All Films

Quantum Code

2016 • 60 min • Latvia

Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs is a man who feels the world with each single one of his atoms and breaks the stereotype about physics as a dry and impersonal field of science. In parallel to splitting electrons in the laboratory, he seeks a connection to the Almighty, and is a dreamer, an exceptional scientist, family man and educator, socially active and civically minded. What allows him, unlike most of us, to be so harmonious and seemingly omniscient? Together with quantum physicist, theological authority and Latvian patriot Vyacheslav Kashcheyev, the film searches for the code to modern-day life.

Coffee and Cake

2016 • 7 min

Having lost her parents, Milou is in mourning. Little sympathy is shown by her long lost siblings, who seek to claim their inheritance.

Mad God: Part 2

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

Part 2 of Animation Legend Phil Tippett's apocalyptic stop-motion descent into the bowels of the unconscious

Moscow Mother Montreal

2016 • 27 min • Russia

The story of the young engineer Anton, constantly running around in search of work and the opportunity to prove himself. His life becomes like a carousel of monotonous fruitless attempts, but one day fate throws him an excellent proposal - a serious company, a big project, a life abroad. This proposal puts the hero in front of the choice between the future and the one most desired for him, the last, but the most expensive, that remains in his present life.

A Time to Kill, A Time to Die

2016 • 25 min • Brazil

In the countryside in Brazil, a group of boys hangs out around a gas station with its manager, Élcio. The men drink beer, do lots of macho stuff, play soccer. In the midst of this, there is an exchange of looks that demonstrates repressed desires, the need to sublimate oneself to be in tune with the rest of the world.

A Year in Space

2016 • 56 min • United States of America

Follow astronaut Scott Kelly's 12-month mission on the International Space Station, from launch to landing, as NASA charts the effects of long-duration spaceflight by comparing him to his identical twin on Earth, astronaut Mark Kelly.

Choose Me

2016 • 10 min • Spain

A young couple flees from the chaos and the monotony of the big city to spend a few days together in a country house. What appears to be an idyllic getaway ends when he honestly tells her how he feels.

Strangers in the Night

2016 • 12 min

El and Jali, a twenty-something couple from Sydney’s Inner West, arrive at a house party. As El wanders through the house, she experiences a myriad of gender performances, and finds kinship in another girl, Fleur. The night changes route completely when they are confronted by a violent figure.

Ambassadors of the Sky

2016 • 45 min • Canada

Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light pollution. See how dark sky preserves in Wood Buffalo, Jasper and Elk Island National Parks educate the public about the importance of protecting the night sky for the health of humans and wildlife. Then visit star parties in British Columbia and Alberta where amateur astronomers and astrophotographers watch and celebrate the night sky.

Till One Cries

2016 • 16 min • Germany

Hanna doesn’t believe in relationships anymore. The young woman lives wildly and without restraint. She stubbornly avoids any intimacy. But when she meets Tim at a party one night, everything changes. The young man challenges Hanna.

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

2016 • 52 min • France

In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom. How, in the space of a few years, did this uncontested genius of silent films, go from the status of being a widely-worshipped star to an alcoholic and solitary fallen idol? With a spotlight on the 7 years during which his life changed, using extracts of Keaton’s films as magnifying mirrors, the documentary recounts the dramatic life of this creative genius and the Hollywood studios.

The House of Tears

2016 • 26 min • France

Who's Who in Mycology

2016 • 15 min

A young trombone player spends an adventurous night trying to open an impossible bottle of wine. An unconscious girl, a crooked bookcase and some mold get in his way.

Fainting Flicker

2016 • 5 min • Germany, Italy

Two young strangers meet in Naples and begin to flirt and dance in the street.

Hot Set

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

Cast and crew shoot porno movie in the house in mountainside, when they receive the news: nuclear war has begun.

Home

2016 • 20 min • Kosovo, United Kingdom

As thousands of men, women and children attempt to get into Europe, a comfortable English family sets out on what appears to be a holiday.

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special

2016 • 13 min

Driving his car Frank gets a call from Betty reminding him to attend daughter Jessica's cycle race. As a result he has an accident with a well-known Formula 1 driver and a well-known - except to Frank - politician. Other mishaps follow culminating in an intrusion into the cycle race where Frank accidentally sabotages Bradley Wiggins' attempt to go for the world record.

Oh Abe

2016 • 34 min

A faith-based 30-minute television series. It takes fables from the Bible and places them into modern-day situations. Each episode will have a different Guardian Angel to protect a character from the enemy.

Tomato

2016 • 8 min • Finland

Unemployed actor Kati gets a job as a tomato on a commercial. Turns out that the gig is not what she expected.

Hell or High Water

2016 • 30 min • Nigeria

A film about a young pastor loved and adored by the people around him. Things change for him when he has to confront a hidden truth about himself, a truth that could make or break him psychologically. Whatever decision he makes, he is still going to crash and burn, for life as he once knew it will never be the same again.

Enfant chéri

2016 • 23 min • France

A car trip will be an opportunity for a son to at last tell his father everything that is weighing on his heart.

Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock

2016 • 25 min

One of Jonathan Demme's last works, a 2016 short documentary hosted by Tavis Smiley.

Portugal's Mountains of Wonder

2016 • 50 min • Portugal

In a remote corner of Portugal, two small but mighty mountains boast an incredible wealth of forests, natural formations and wildlife.

The King's War

2016 • 47 min • Romania

Few know what happened, in fact, on August 23, 1944, and who were the main actors of change. Words like "coup", "war" and "communists" are used often in the same sentence, without knowing anything about the courage that a king nor 23 had when it was across Hitler's plan.