All Films

Dan Soder: Not Special

2016 • 60 min • United States of America

In Dan Soder's first hour-long special, he reveals the creepiest thing about his grandmother, admits that his recent breakup was his fault and remembers the hardest thing about being raised by a single mom. Throughout his special, Soder is so laid-back and charming that you'll be grateful he wasn't actually possessed by the devil that one time.

Her Satanic Majesty

2016 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A gorgeous woman allegedly ruins a neurotic man's youth, leading him to reminisce about his life of chaos and desolation.

Dinosaurs in the Distance

2016 • 30 min • France

Aurore, 16, is sent to the countryside so as not to see the physical decline of her dying father. In this strange interlude, she meets Loup, a charming and solitary teenager who seeks refuge in his dreams to find Joshua, an imaginary lover.

CrossRoad

2016 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Liam, a young man wrecked with confusion after an incident that one night guides him on a mission of self-discovery where the choices he faces may risk changing his life forever.

Exceptance

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

Dark, tragic comedy about a judgmental mother who learns her teenage daughter is into much older men, testing relationships and perceptions as one woman's denial leads to 'exceptance.'

Define Intervention

2016 • 10 min • Ireland

When an Irish priest begins to lose faith, Jesus intervenes.

Hush

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

A British Nigerian family, fragmented by their personal struggles tries to come to terms with their youngest daughter's mutism.

The Girl Next Door

2016 • 11 min • Canada

When Evette moves into a new apartment, she learns she can hear her neighbors through the wall. Can her detached obsession take the place of her longing for human connection?

Unbalanced

2016 • 31 min

After a nearly fatal misunderstanding which involved borrowing "ibuprofen" from a chemistry-seat partner, Andrea, a rebellious teenager, finds herself involuntarily admitted to a mental institution under suspicion of attempted-suicide. While there, she must learn to make the best of her stay, befriending the lively offbeat residents of the institution and coming to terms with her defiant behavior as a daughter, sister and friend.

B-ROLL with Andre

2016 • 19 min • United States of America

An anonymous and mediated testimonial about one man's dangerous dream.

Condensed

2016 • 7 min • Ukraine

Explosion of the condensed milk on the kitchen stove - seems to be the worst thing that can happen. Even those who are responsible for its consequences don't know what will be next. A small crash in a small apartment can be an occasion for something more.

Feel

2016 • 6 min • Japan

A woman is drying her hair after a shower; when she looks up, she finds two men in her apartment, watching her.

Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)

2016 • 11 min • United States of America

Flap flap flap flap. A large bird and a small boy cohabit in an unhappy relationship, trapped by four walls and a mutual codependence. The fragile balance of their relationship is cracked by a new arrival.

Mario, Kike and David

2016 • 20 min • Spain

Mario and Kike hook up on a dating app. What initially was never meant to be more than a sex date will turn into something else, in spite of their different ways of viewing their bisexuality and how they both cope with it in their respective social circles.

Demon in the Freezer

2016 • 18 min

Errol Morris' "Demon in the Freezer" is a short 17-minute documentary about the stockpiles of the smallpox virus that remain stored for research purposes.

Trinkets and Dark Thoughts

2016 • 27 min • France

On a Sunday morning, a group of young revelers enter a large, vacated apartment. Tired drag queens mix with debauched grannies, drunken vagrants and shy virgins over the course of the morning.

A Round Trip to Love 2

2016 • 58 min • China

Five years apart, they reunite as lovers, but when family-demands force Xiao Chen to marry, Lu Feng feels betrayed—and vows revenge.

Snatched

2016 • 23 min • Belgium

Raïssa and Alio have shared the same room in a foster home since their childhood. One evening, as she returns home, Raïssa discovers that Alio has left the place without telling her.

The Expendable People

2016 • 58 min

Using rare archival footage and interviews with the legendary anthropologist, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, and adivasi activists from the 80s and 90s, some of whom were killed by Indian security forces for their opposition to "commercial forestry projects", the film explores the continuing struggle of the adivasis. It also focused on a moment of hope when the government brought in the Forest Rights Act (2006) to right "historic wrongs" only to betray that promise, so as to protect predatory developers against these expendable peoples.

Whoever Was Using This Bed

2016 • 21 min • Australia

A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.

Home Is Where The Sunsets

2016 • 9 min • United States of America

Alison’s life in L.A. turns upside down when her family comes to visit from Hong Kong for the very first time. Stuffed into her cramped apartment, Alison finds beauty and heartache in the smallest of moments.

Lost Face

2016 • 14 min • Australia, Canada

Subienkow is in mortal danger. The fort he and his fellow fur thieves have erected in the snow is in flames - attacked by the very tribe they enslaved to build it - now only he and Big Ivan remain. As Ivan is tortured before him Subienkow must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...

Waiting for Iftar

2016 • 9 min • Indonesia

A conversation between husband and wife during Ramadhan while they're waiting for Iftar that includes politicians, money, gemstone, and sex.

Amelia's Closet

2016 • 18 min • United States of America

Amelia's Closet is a coming of age story about an 11-year-old girl from a low income background who lives with her hard working single father. At school, she is heavily bullied and often left feeling powerless. In attempt to reclaim a sense of power, she steals from the kids bullying her and hides the items in her closet. When she is caught, Amelia must learn the true meaning of empowerment.