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Knockdown

Knockdown

2016 • 42 min • France
A woman's waiting for a man who will never return, another one boxing proudly the vacuum, a singer without orchestra, a conductor lonely. Lonely characters united by a fable, a naked young man lost in the woods, chasing or fleeing something.
But Elsewhere Is Always Better

But Elsewhere Is Always Better

2016 • 4 min • France, Israel, United States of America
A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s. Using her own footage of Chantal Akerman, the filmmaker remembers a few moments that illustrate Chantal's personality. Forty years of friendship condensed into four minutes...
R. F. Lucchetti, a Multiplicidade da Linguagem

R. F. Lucchetti, a Multiplicidade da Linguagem

2016 • 12 min • Brazil
Everything that is said about Rubens Francisco Lucchetti will still be little. Lucchetti is one of the most forgotten cultural personalities in our history. Newspaper, magazine, comic book, cinema, television, radio and now the internet. The man who wrote over fifteen hundred books. There is not a single medium of communication in which he has not shone. And what happens? Almost nobody knows who he is and what he did or represents for our Culture. This short film captures the mythical writer in flagrante delicto of his intimacy, in his daily life, bringing him closer to his readers. His house is an invitation to the universe of letters and images.
Cured

Cured

2016 • 9 min • United States of America
A young woman, possessed by a demonic entity, encounters a doctor with a very unusual method for performing exorcisms.
Rainbow over the Karakum

Rainbow over the Karakum

2016 • 52 min • Ukraine
During World War II the Kyiv Film Studio relocates to Ashgabat, which will provide a safe haven for many Soviet filmmakers. This is where, thousands of miles from the front line, one of the most famous war films in the history of cinema will be made.
Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

2016 • 3 min • Russia
Without a doubt, Willem Dafoe really likes his gappy teeth.
The Perfect Family

The Perfect Family

2016 • 11 min
Edda, a parrot-woman hybrid, and former circus performer, struggles to deal with her daughter's new found embarrassment of her freakish family.
Popcorn

Popcorn

2016 • 5 min • Russia
A visual fantasy, based on Gershon Kingsley's famous melody "Popcorn.
Splatoon – Squid Sisters - Live Concert at Niconico Tokaigi 2016

Splatoon – Squid Sisters - Live Concert at Niconico Tokaigi 2016

2016 • 24 min • Japan, United States of America
This footage is from Callie and Marie’s first live performance at Niconico Tokaigi, a gaming event in Japan.
Overwatch Animated Short "Alive"

Overwatch Animated Short "Alive"

2016 • 6 min
Widowmaker makes attempts at assassinating the Omnic civil rights leader, Mondatta. While Tracer is in pursuit to stop her.
Penumbria

Penumbria

2016 • 9 min • Portugal
Penumbria was founded two hundred years ago, in a distant istmus - a place of arid soils, angry seas and violent weather. The city was due its name to the almost permanent shadows and cloudiness. One day, its inhabitants decided to leave, offering Penumbria to time. This is the story of an uninhabitable place.
Water Path for a Fish

Water Path for a Fish

2016 • 7 min • Colombia, Spain, France
It's a starry night in a poor neighborhood in Latin America. Óscar is sleeping in his room when a sudden wind wakes him up. From his window he sees a little goldfish in a dirty puddle gasping for air. Óscar will try to save the goldfish through a rampant adventure full of mysterious challenges.
I Love Anna

I Love Anna

2016 • 11 min • Finland
Santeri (13) looks on as older guys are driving their motor bikes and wants to be part of their world. He combs his hair and goes to meet his friend Anna (13). At Anna's home childhood's anarchy meets puberty.
Sweet Maddie Stone

Sweet Maddie Stone

2016 • 23 min • United Kingdom
15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control - and the closer she gets to becoming the man she’s trying to save.
Flipside

Flipside

2016 • 45 min • Russia
Flipside is a documentary about the world of wax records in Russia. The film unveils the story of the legendary medium for records, very popular in the USSR, undeservedly forgotten in the years of the perestroika and raised from the ashes nowadays. What is the place of the wax record in the world of digital technologies? Who are the people that collect, sell and buy wax records today, and why do they do this? Who are those that try their best to impede them? Why do disk jockeys and musicians continue to idolize wax records? How did the wax record players make it back from garbage cans to the luxury HI-END shops? You will find answers to all these questions in a unique film for music fans, a trip through the world of music in the 20th century, at high speed, to the most sincere and humane format of the music.
Taandav

Taandav

2016 • 11 min • India
Head constable Tambe isn't having the best of days. His wife slams doors in his face. His little daughter won't speak to him. His only friends, havaldaars Sawant and Shilwant, feel cheated by him. And to make matters worse, he's been given nightlong Ganpati visarjan bandobast duty. The lights are blinding. The drums are deafening. Explosions. Clanging. Flashing. Thrashing. His senses are being attacked from every which way. Every screaming face seems to be mocking him tonight. His blood slowly rises to boil. Until he snaps, plunges into the crowd, pulls his gun out, and as jaws drop around him... he unleashes a TAANDAV!
The Sled

The Sled

2016 • 4 min • Russia
A red squirrel cub, amazing bullfinches, and dazzling white snow. The fluffy squirrel is sledging down the hill and having fun.
The Virgins

The Virgins

2016 • 19 min
The Virgins is a Hindi short film directed by Sandeep A. Varma starring Divyendu Sharma, Pia Bajpai and Akshay Oberoi. It is a hilarious take on the (non)issue of virginity in current India.
The Nazi Jesus

The Nazi Jesus

2016 • 44 min • Australia, France, United States of America
While Nazi ideology dominated Europe, Adolf Hitler used all dogmas to his advantage and fed the cult of his personality. How did the Führer manage to transform the Bible, the Church and the symbols of Christianity into instruments of power, winning the support of the Germans? This documentary traces the rise of a little-known theological organization: the “German Christians”, which became the most powerful propaganda tool of the Third Reich.
Ecuador: The Royal Tour

Ecuador: The Royal Tour

2016 • 59 min • United States of America
The Royal Tour is a groundbreaking series of television specials, produced and hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist and CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg. Guided by some of the most dynamic and powerful heads of state, Peter journeys deep inside each country to offer viewers an all access pass to extraordinary locations, historic landmarks, and cultural experiences. In this latest edition, Peter received a royal tour from the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. For an entire week, Mr. Correa became the ultimate guide, showcasing the visual gems that his country has to offer. They took four camera crews along as they swam with piranha in the Amazon rainforest, went whale watching off the coast of Manta, shopped like a local in a rural town in the Andes Mountains, returned to the President's hometown of Guayaquil and the school he attended, visited a cacao plantation (aka chocolate) farm in Cacao, and went diving with sharks in the Galápagos Islands.
Before They Were Cowboys

Before They Were Cowboys

2016 • 50 min
Before Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson teamed up as owner and head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, they were key players on Arkansas' unbeaten national champions in 1964. This documentary examines how their time at Arkansas shaped their futures.
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

2016 • 60 min • United Kingdom
This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.
Having a Cigarette with Álvaro Siza

Having a Cigarette with Álvaro Siza

2016 • 52 min • Germany
Talking about architecture with Álvaro Siza Vieira, Pritzker Prize and one of this century’s finest architects, socialist and passionate smoker. The film spotlights his early work and allows the viewer to gain insight into Siza’s way of working and thinking.
Lost

Lost

2016 • 18 min • Taiwan
Lonely Kevin hooks up with George via a dating app for a steamy night. After a risky choice, Kevin’s cold lingers, and George vanishes.