All Films

#WhereIsBeauty

2016 • 11 min • United States of America

Nina, mid 20’s, is a visual artist whose art depicts the feminine beauty of all women but struggles with self-identity as a multicultural millennial woman. While flipping through social media her frustration leads her to brood over old photos of complex stages in her life. She’s inspired to create a portrait that represents her personal voyage to self confidence and finally see her beautiful self.

The Day Is Ours

2016 • 11 min

Unable to deal with his best friends terminal illness, Julius visits a slaughterhouse looking for answers.

Fauler Zauber

2016 • 13 min • Germany

He Sees You

2016 • 3 min • Canada

A clairvoyant man tracking down a killer, winds up on the receiving end when a demonic entity follows him back during a remote viewing mission.

The Hauntening

2016 • 5 min • United States of America

Kevin is haunted by a ghost of questionable spookiness.

Cunk on Christmas

2016 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via 'Sir Charles Dickings', all the way up to today's obsession with Santa. Along the way Philomena will be grilling a variety of experts, trying to expose the truth about Christmas, such as why people still put up with 'brussels sprouts'.

Before Love

2016 • 19 min • Russia

Melancholy and tender reflections on solitude and misunderstandings, with a profusion of graphic detail. Human shortcomings tie the dramatic knot of the story. Everybody finds his way to be unhappy. Everybody is looking for love.

The Herd

2016 • 11 min

Dinner turns sour when young Louis discovers the haunting truth behind the family business.

I Was a Winner

2016 • 14 min • Sweden

Two men and one woman addicted to videogames are interviewed to tell their stories. In this documentary, they are animated characters resembling the ones on computer games.

Remain

2016 • 9 min

A naive young girl and her resilient mother must fight to survive in a disaster-ridden world after encountering a desperate traveler.

Kitten Witch

2016 • 9 min • New Zealand

A precocious kitten wants to be a witch's familiar and must pass a test or she will forever be just simple cat, but the witch sees something in the kitten she does not expect.

Extremis

2016 • 24 min • United States of America

A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

Cold Shivers

2016 • 19 min • Norway

Kristoffer brings a girl home for the first time, that which at first seems as a fragile and tender love story makes a tragic shift.

Milwaukee 53206

2016 • 55 min • United States of America

MILWAUKEE 53206 chronicles the lives of those living in the ZIP code that incarcerates the highest percentage of black men in America, up to 62%. Through the intimate stories of three 53206 residents, we witness the high toll that mass incarceration takes on individuals and families that make up the community. The film examines Milwaukee’s ZIP code 53206 to illuminate the story of people from across the United States who live with the daily affects of mass incarceration.

The Last Music Store

2016 • 37 min

Documents the closure of Rhythm House, Mumbai's oldest music and video store, that went out of business last year due to piracy.

Mama — Saint Sebastian

2016 • 27 min • Russia

Mother is eighty, Seva - sixty.That's the whole family right there. Seva spent his life looking after his mother. While he was at her beck and call, he barely had any time for himself and ended up childless with no soul to turn to. The inevitable happens - mother dies. Without her life loses its meaning. On top of this he finds out the story about his birth. The unbearable truth turns his life upside-down. Questions keep piling on. How to forgive? How to find humility and the strength to carry on?

Blood and Water

2016 • 20 min • United States of America

An Olympic platform diver struggles to return to the pool after a horrific training accident.

A Girl Untouchable

2016 • 16 min • Japan

As the last summer vacation of high school approaches before university entrance exams, Shun meets a shrine maiden named Nagi at a mountain lodge he visited with his friend Tatsuya.

The Attendant

2016 • 13 min

The story of a hapless and hopeless romantic, who has worked the graveyard shift of an isolated petrol station longer than he cares to remember. In the early hours, as he readies himself to embark on another flight of fancy, a customer appears at the window who might just change his life forever.

10 Seconds of Carla

2016 • 15 min • Canada

During a party, Gaby begins to suspect that spreading rumours of a football team gang-bang may well involve her best friend, Carla.

Signos de vida y rebeldía

2016 • 30 min • Mexico

Documentary following Gloria Contreras, a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, as she manages her own dance company.

Grandma

2016 • 9 min • France, Germany

Milica lives with her aging grandmother in the Serbian countryside. When Milica’s uncle arrives, he delivers the surprising news that they are departing for Germany and in order to cross the border, Milica must pretend to be his son. However, Milica is very resistant to the idea of leaving her grandmother.

Tokyo Videos of Horror 14

2016 • 56 min • Japan

Fourteenth installment of the Tokyo Videos of Horror collection.

I Know Something I Can't Remember

2016 • 12 min

In this psychological drama, a mother must find a way to save her family- from itself.