All Films

Love Somehow

2016 • 30 min

'Genius is a terrible thing'. The life of Caitlin Thomas, the wife of the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

You, Queer

2016 • 53 min • Spain

A story about love, friendship and loneliness that throws a glance at the gay universe in today's Spain. Julian, trying to forget an ex boyfriend, takes refuge in sporadic encounters and occasional dates with random men. Based on Julián Almazán and Alfonso Casas' comic book.

Into the Mud

2016 • 10 min • Spain

A young woman wakes up naked in the middle of the woods. After the initial confusion and after verifying that she's hurt, she discovers a fisherman and hunter who will not easily let his new prey escape. Let the hunt begin.

Sırat

2016 • 14 min

A father who lost his everything at war dreaming of crossing the border with his son and a piece of peaceful land. But the cold breathe of war will never stop haunting those who witnessed it. To pass 'Sirat' you need to die first.

En moi

2016 • 29 min

A movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks for ways out of his solitude and fear of failure. With each step forward, his imagination reveals itself to him, and mysterious characters lead him towards his desire to create and love.

The Forsaken

2016 • 15 min

A man awakes in the desert. As he walks towards the nearest town, he realises mankind has disappeared. Forsaken by the flood, he utters the remains of a ravaged memory like an amnesic chronicler adrift. When the memory of an old love re-enters his mind, the past begins to resurface.

Volere Votare

2016 • 30 min • Italy

Through the testimonies of some Italian women, the documentary evokes the day of 2 June 1946, when they were called upon to cast their vote for the first time. The battles conducted by Italian women in the years leading up to 1946 to demand recognition of the right to vote. The approval of the right to vote for women by the Italian Parliament on 1 February 1945, at the proposal of the Italian Communist Party Secretary Palmiro Togliatti and statesman and founder of the Christian Democratic Party De Gasperi. The role of the first 21 women elected to the Constituent Assembly on 2 June 1946, and their contribution to the writing of the Italian Constitution.

I Am Not a Swan

2016 • 17 min • France

Pierre, 20, looks like any other guy his age. But to support his studies in molecular biology, he also has another life which he prefers to remain secret—to make some extra money, Pierre works as an escort. One day, he receives an insistent SMS from Hélène, one of his regular clients. Intrigued, the young man will discover a side to her that he did not know existed.

Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

2016 • 39 min • United States of America

Puentes de Salud is a volunteer-run clinic that provides free medical care to undocumented immigrants in south Philadelphia. Here, doctors and nurses work for free to serve people who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Clinica de Migrantes, a potent film by Maxim Pozdorovkin, follows the workers and patients of Puentes through months of routine care and growth. Along the way, the film puts a face to the millions of people who exist on the margins of society: people displaced from their homelands, separated from their families, unfamiliar with the customs, unable to obtain health insurance and terrified to come forward to seek medical help. Along with revealing these patient stories, Clinica is also a look at the heroic doctors and nurses who work pro bono to ensure these people receive care, offering a deeply moving look at the limitless potential of humanity.

Overwatch Animated Short "Hero"

2016 • 7 min

While a teenage girl is fetching ingredients for her mother, an unlikely hero saves her from a group of gang members.

They Really Exist! Earthbound Spirits 2 - Cursed Scene Submitted Video Collection

2016 • 42 min • Japan

A photographer sneaks into a public restroom in Shinryokuchi Park, which used to be an execution ground, alone late at night.

Persistencia

2016 • 46 min • Ecuador

In Antarctica, an artist prepares his installation simultaneously with a group of scientists conducting research. An essay on the persistence and loneliness of the creative act; like the flight of a butterfly in chaos theory or a silent prayer. A sensory experience. A visual poem made of ice, snow and wind.

La Vieja

2016 • 9 min

Little Pol's fears will become genuine terror as he discovers the cruel intentions of the oldster who lives in the bathroom.

Moving

2016 • 12 min • New Zealand

In the wake of a painful break up a group of friends band together to help the former couple move out of their old room.

Absinthe

2016 • 15 min • Germany

Summer night, in a smokey bar where lonely foreigners sipping their last glass. That night, Angelique decides to part with her lover Ernest. Under the influence of absinthe, For her, nothing seems more like before.

A/k

2016 • 10 min • France

Kim and Anouk are waiting for a bus that will never come. To pass the time they create a story about Ted the cowboy cop and Joe the psychopathic redneck. Suddenly, Ted’s police car stops in front of the bus stop.

After the Ispeguy Pass

2016 • 24 min • France

Martial lost his father after the Ispeguy Pass. Since that day, he strangely persists in repairing the damaged vehicle. Maybe to keep him close, just a little more before growing up.

Bête Noire

2016 • 20 min • France

Eleven-year-old Ariel and eight-year-old Maxence live in a small, remote farm. After a fit of madness, their mother Marine is obliged to leave the family home. Maxence believes his mother's disappearance was caused by monsters in the forest. Ariel enters the forest with the aim of killing the beast lurking their and bringing back his mother.

When Waters Rise

2016 • 17 min • United States of America

Based on the Parable of the Wise & Foolish Builders, a father and daughter seek refuge and hope in the midst of an unprecedented storm.

And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow's Eye

2016 • 19 min • Chile, United States of America

Emeteria is visited by a ghost she believes has come to take her to the afterlife. But he has more devastating news.

Casa de mi madre

2016 • 12 min • Cuba

A fire rages in the woods near a village. This fire triggers a memory in a lonely, middle-aged woman, which pushes her to utter aloud the words she's always wanted to say.

Crowley: Every Cowboy Needs His Horse

2016 • 15 min • Germany, United States of America

Crowley is 11 years old and lives together with his father on a ranch in Colorado. At first glance Crowley is a little cowboy, but he is 'not quite there yet' as he says himself. A real cowboy takes on responsibility and is able to stand on his own two feet. Crowley helps out on the ranch wherever he can: he helps branding animals, catching cattle, that got lost in the large canyons and repairing the fences. It's not an easy life. But nonetheless, he wants to take over the ranch when he's all grown up so he can finally say: I am a real cowboy!

An afternoon with Bolaño

2016 • 6 min • Spain

A short film homage to Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño for the Festival d'Art Independent PEPE SALES 2016.

Pussy

2016 • 9 min • Poland

A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.