All Films

Freedom Under Load

2016 • 58 min • Slovakia

With hundred kilos on their backs they are facing storms, blizzards and deep snow. Their craft is not only a profession, but also their way to the calmness. We get to know the oldest generation of the porters in the High Tatras, who climb with supplies to the mountain huts every day. We discover why they have chosen this way of life and why they remain the last of the Mohicans.

Animavi Festival for Poetic Animation Opening

2016 • 1 min

The opening animation of Animavi Festival for Poetic Animation Opening.

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

2016 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better.

Polonaise

2016 • 16 min • Poland

In the quirky Polish village of Aleksandrów Kujawski, culture center officials have decided to host a "patriotism contest."

3 Versos

2016 • 13 min • Mexico

3 girls visit a psychic for a seance

The Passenger

2016 • 6 min • France

A man wakes up to find himself alone in a train carriage. During his train journey, unexpected events will lead him through to finally discover his lost memories.

15 Years of Terror

2016 • 53 min

Investigate the psychology of a terrorist and examine how radical organizations have grown to make use of modern propaganda and social media tools in order to cultivate an army of self-radicalized killers.

A Song for Silence

2016 • 15 min • Brazil

A father receives a devastating call: his son was found dead. This tragic news makes him travel in order to identify and release his son’s body for burial, a journey that will force him to recognize his absence as father and find a way to reconnect with the memories of his own child.

Advice From Ghosts: Frida Kahlo

2016 • 2 min • United States of America

The late artist, Frida Kahlo, provides advice on life.

John Wayne on Film

2016 • 27 min • United States of America

A retrospective of the career of actor John Wayne, showing clips from many of his most famous films.

Bronze Sonata

2016 • 24 min • Mexico

An overprotective father decides to keep his daughter locked up in a beautiful room. One day, she discovers a disturbing power she has over him.

The Bridge

2016 • 19 min • Bulgaria, South Korea

Just when So-Ri is about to break down, a stranger enters her life. He seems to know all her secret fears, doubts and hopes. Unable to stop herself, So-Ri follows him to a place from which there might be no coming back…

chUrchroad

2016 • 54 min

Club chUrch is a subculture within Amsterdam nightlife. This cruise club offering freedom, unprecedented sex and apparent absence of judgement has the film director constantly pushing his own personal boundaries, bringing out a side of him he didn’t know existed. Is it healthy and can he deal with the freedom? In this personal documentary the maker explores what Club chUrch means to him, while his late great–uncle, who was also gay, seems to watch over his every move. Robin Vogel bares all in a film about sexual identity, non–monogamy and bridging different worlds.

Le repos des braves

2016 • 37 min • France

Short documentary about older cyclists who annually tour the great Alps. We see them take some well-deserved rest on the coast of the Mediterranean. There they look back on what moves them and on highlights from the history of cycling.

Absolution

2016 • 5 min • Ireland

An old woman thinks back to the murder of her husband by British officers.

Pitty: Dê um Rolê

2016 • 55 min • Brazil

"Dê Um Rolê" is a behind‑the‑scenes documentary chronicling Brazilian rock artist Pitty on tour across Brazil supporting her 2014 album SETEVIDAS. Directed and edited by Otavio Sousa, the film includes backstage footage, live performances, team interviews, and reflections on life on the road.

À Notre Liberté Retrouvée

2016 • 15 min • France

The meeting between Colombe and Hermes, two beings in search of reconstruction, healing and freedom.

Posture

2016 • 27 min • United States of America

Posture explores the controversial world of competitive yoga. It follows three yogi athletes as they compete for gold at the 2016 USA Yoga Federation National Championship. But it's not all zen for the many critics who consider competitive yoga offensive to the very nature of this ancient practice.

Animal Park

2016 • 51 min • China

Ge Ningning performs a series of solo dances.

Coiffeur

2016 • 3 min • Argentina

Reflection on the coiffeur profession and the steps that he follows to make the ideal haircut.

The Roman

2016 • 12 min

A police detective, haunted by an unsolved case, stumbles onto an occult ritual while staking out the local graveyard.

In Dreams, Im Mine

2016 • 17 min

Described as ‘American Pie meets Dogme 95,’ this film was deemed too controversial by the college it was produced under, and was subsequently erased from their database, along with all footage. The film received an overwhelmingly positive reaction from initial audiences, but is now consider ‘lost media.’

The Dog Is Gone

2016 • 7 min • United States of America

Mystery short.

Martyr

2016 • 15 min

A hardworking young man bent on saving his sick son must convince a stranger to kill an innocent student or an unknown group will detonate the bomb strapped under his coat.