All Films

Through the Dust

2016 • 7 min • United States of America

September 11th, 2016 marks the fifteen-year anniversary of of the largest terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil. Annual memorials and ceremonies will dutifully commemorate the tragedy and its victims. In this recollection, every one of us is presented with an important opportunity for deeper reflection on how we can offset 9/11’s damaging legacy together.

Monks

2016 • 1 min • Lao People's Democratic Republic

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Cavello

2016 • 24 min

Twelve-year-old Kai and his best friend Thomas are inseparable. Together they are everything, alone they are nothing. Until the first day of the new schoolyear, when a new girl is in their class that Thomas fancies. Short drama sees Kai frenetically trying to win back his pal. He gradually loses control and makes a choice that will determine the rest of his life.

Hvatir

2016 • 5 min • Finland

After a great storm, is there silence?

Al sur de la Navidad

2016 • 12 min • Argentina

Wednesday with Goddard

2016 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Eugene wonders if there really is a God. After all, he can't see Him, so how can he believe without visual proof?

The Botanist

2016 • 20 min • Tajikistan

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.

Ubi Sunt

2016 • 23 min • Portugal

Ubi Sunt. Porto. Cartography of an imaginary place attracted by the margins (social and geographical) Hybrid and eclectic project, it is the outcome of a audiovisual research residency of humam and urban exploration of an expanding city. Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?, meaning "Where are those who were before us?". Reflective essay on mortality and life's transience, it emerges from that dialectic, of a and episodic and fragmented structure with a choreographed cinematography; where the memory intersects the contemporary.

A World Without Down's Syndrome?

2016 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, fronted by Sally Phillips. This film explores the science and thinking around the proposed new screening test for Down's syndrome and its possible availability on the NHS. Driven by the experience of raising her son Olly, who has Down's syndrome, Sally explores some of the ethical implications of our national screening policy. By talking to experts in the Down's syndrome community, the world's top scientists and including people with Down's syndrome in the debate, Sally investigates a thorny subject that begs questions relevant to us all: what sort of world do we want to live in and who do we want in it?

Hesperidina Express

2016 • 15 min • Argentina

An elderly couple runs away in a stolen car. Stalked by a storm and a mysterious car, the couple must arrive to destiny in order to continue the trip. They won't lose their cool mood.

How Do You Raise a Black Child?

2016 • 4 min • United States of America

This impressionistic adaptation of Cortney Lamar Charleston's poem "How Do You Raise a Black Child?" portrays the everyday life of a young black man growing up in America and the issues thrust upon his parents.

Where Have You Been

2016 • 13 min

A story about a little boy his sad secret and real magic.

Alan Bennett's Diaries

2016 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with Bennett, including a trip to New York to receive an award from the city's public library, a national radio appearance and a visit to his local community-run library in Primrose Hill, London. Reflecting on key periods of his life as well as providing observations on current events.

Apollo

2016 • 8 min • France

Apollon is a teenager hung up by the social ideals of masculinity. He fantasizes about having the perfect body - complete with big beefy muscles and a big banana.

A Midnight Snack

2016 • 3 min

A short film about a late night street walker and their unsuspecting prey.

Saïd's Cremation

2016 • 30 min • France

When Elias returns home, he is informed of the death of his father, Saïd, a former Harki. The family is then torn apart, on one side the elders who want to observe the rites of the Muslim religion by burying Saïd, on the other Elias and his sister who want to respect his wishes and cremate him.

Bread Crumbs

2016 • 3 min • United States of America

Make a self-portrait in the form of a short film, but never show your face. Those were the guidelines.

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole

2016 • 34 min

An in-depth interview with John Waters, Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole on the making of Serial Mom.

Our Friend the Moon

2016 • 15 min • Spain

Hadji, a young man living humbly on the banks of the Ganges River and in desperate straits after losing all his possessions, is accepted as a disciple by a mysterious spiritual guide.

They Live in Forests, They Are Extremely Shy

2016 • 4 min

An Aboriginal man is invited to London for the Colonial Exhibition of 1886.

Beep

2016 • 16 min

Andrew investigates a disturbing phone call.

Besøgsvennen

2016 • 30 min • Denmark

A robber on the run from the police hides out in the wild nature when he discovers a lonely house and the old woman living inside. She invites him in for coffee and against all odds they form an unlikely alliance.

Srdohrd

2016 • 21 min • Slovenia

Jelena and Jastog flee war and find refuge in the mountains, where they brace themselves for a fatal meeting with a scary phantom from Jelena’s childhood and play badminton. But you are never really alone in the mountains, and they quickly get company. Life is just sick.

Profondo Giallo

2016 • 29 min

A lonely woman spies on her neighbour and his girlfiend.