All Films

Here Boy

2016 • 14 min • United Kingdom

In Claudia, Simon has met the perfect girl, but it becomes apparent that the relationship can only continue if he lets her treat him like a dog. Simon tries to solve the problem, but it backfires in a way he never could have imagined.

Five Boys and a Wheel

2016 • 19 min • Jordan, Palestinian Territory

A young father has to help his son out of a petty conflict with the neighbors. As the parents of each respective family are summoned to discuss the issue at hand, the discussions begin to quickly spin out of control, putting the values of the father to test. Set in Aqaba, Jordan, this short film is an Arabic-language adaptation of Raymond Carver's 'Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes.'

Bird Songs from Amazonia

2016 • 25 min • United Kingdom, Venezuela

A biologist from London goes to Amazonia to study the local flora. There she meets three other scientists from different nationalities and backgrounds. They advise her not to go near the Autana, a mountain regarded sacred by the local tribes, without a guide. She will do exactly the contrary.

South Korea: Success at all Costs

2016 • 58 min • South Korea

With their long working hours, cultural obsession with productivity, and high-stakes schooling system, South Koreans live life in the fast lane. Everyone has the same aim: to be successful and to beat the competition. Thanks in part to this hard...

Napoleon in Exile

2016 • 16 min • United States of America

'Napoleon In Exile' is the story of a mother attempting to help her autistic son transition into the real world.

The Last Walk: Northwest Territories

2016 • 15 min • Canada

The film follows two sisters for whom past events have torn their close relationship apart. Many years after being separated through tragic events, they journey to find answers as a mysterious being influences their path.

Timecode

2016 • 15 min • Spain

Timecode is a 2016 Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day. One day, Luna's boss asks her to investigate a broken tail light. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or award at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

Incoming Call

2016 • 11 min

Nervous Kerri is delighted when she starts being Skyped by her future self with life advice, but a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

The David Ortiz Era

2016 • 50 min • United States of America

A narrative, documentary-style feature film that tells the story of how Ortiz went from signing with Boston as an unheralded free agent to winning three World Series titles with the Red Sox. Ortiz and many of his teammates, including Pedro Martinez, Kevin Millar, Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield, discuss this incredible era of Sox history in which the mindset of Red Sox Nation was transformed.

Baba's Wedding

2016 • 16 min • Mexico

A delightful farce about a young European man's first encounter with his Mexican boyfriend's mother, whose affectionate hold over her son is at once warm, puzzling and problematic. Set in an elegant Mexican hacienda on the occasion of a wedding, the comedy hinges on personal misunderstandings as well as droll cultural differences.

Filipiniana

2016 • 13 min • Philippines

To reimage, rewrite, and reread my country’s bastard history, using dismembered icons and scenographies that both affirm and negate remembered mythology.

Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon!

2016 • 60 min

He's lovable. He's zany. He's insane-y. He's Baron Von Laugho, a Halloween loving clown here to bring you three terrifying short tales to celebrate the wonderful night of Samhain in this TV special from 1979. Once thought to be forever lost has been brought back due to an amazing find---a homemade VHS copy from when the special first aired.

Beautiful Injuries

2016 • 8 min • France

Rebecca is a young woman who suffers from morbid visions when she feels sad. When the one she loves enters a relationship with another woman, Rebecca's visions begin to influence reality for the worse and the better.

The Tiger & the Guru

2016 • 14 min

A tiger grows up in a cage and battles for survival once set free. An allegorical tale of Fear and Love.

Valley of a Thousand Hills

2016 • 12 min • South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America

The halcyon days of skateboarding are alive in rural South Africa. Indigo Skate Camp is home to the village's very first generation of skaters, who are growing up with a different outlook on life from their elders.

Réplique

2016 • 18 min • France, Belgium

Tony is ready to audition for a drama education. Steven, who is going to help him with the rejoinder, doesn't show up.

Knife of the Party

2016 • 8 min • United States of America

Two hapless DJ's are hired for a one-man-dance-party. Things go from awkward to awkwardly terrifying as their host reveals some KILLER dance moves.

Lego Justice League vs The Avengers

2016 • 50 min • United States of America

When a new superhero team known as "The Avengers" begin to steal the Justice League's spotlight, it's time for the JLA to take them down before things get bad.

Misdirection: The Horror Comedy

2016 • 21 min • United States of America

Teenage deadbeat Michael and Scott have decided to pursue their childhood dream of becoming magicians. Bringing along Scott's outspoken girlfriend Amy and an old magic kit, they arrive at an abandoned old Cabin. Accidentally the group summons the spirit of an evil magician to life. The three must work together to stop the evil before it is too late.

Turtles Are Always Home

2016 • 12 min • Qatar, Lebanon

I left Lebanon in 2006. For the past 10 years I lived in 7 countries, 10 cities, and 21 homes. I slept in 21 beds, cooked in 21 kitchens, cleaned 21 bathrooms, stared at 21 windows, wrote on 21 desks, and locked 21 doors behind me. I packed all of my life into two suitcases and a backpack. The rest stayed behind. Somebody somewhere uses my bed, somebody somewhere has my shoes. I was there. But now I am here.

Fight on a Swedish Beach!!

2016 • 13 min • Sweden

A western Swedish beach during high summer. A variety of people come together to socialise and enjoy the heat. A family with children, a watercolour artist, a group of upper middle-aged friends and a bunch of middle school adolescents. The situation that arises will be called Fight on a Swedish Beach on Youtube.

Hotel Sunrise

2016 • 49 min • Slovakia

A documentary about the present and the past of Čierna nad Tisou, a border town in the south-east of Slovakia, once the "Golden Gate of Socialism".

Oscar

2016 • 12 min • Canada

Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson.

Out of My Mind

2016 • 7 min • Japan

In my deep dream there comes the landscape in my shapeless eyes. The peaceful sight gradually distorts. When anxiety and upsurge stands behind us, the nightly liberation begins.