All Films

Take Me Home

2016 • 9 min • United States of America

A man from West Texas decides to Hitchhike in order to make it home for his daughters 8th birthday.

Say U Will

2016 • 11 min • United States of America

It's past midnight on New Year's Eve. Marcus, broke and new to town, catches a break when Ray picks him up at a warehouse party. But when the cops bust the party - and their otherwise casual encounter - each is pushed to try something new.

1, 2, 3... You Please.

2016 • 15 min

"1, 2, 3... You Please" is a personal tale about OCD explored through the life of Jesse, a successful young Woman and Artist mending a broken heart while simultaneously falling in love again (opening up all of her deepest fears and insecurities). This story was inspired by OCD through my teens and 20's and my ritual three count in order for my world to feel safe again. Or at least somewhat in my control (Ha). Here, Jesse learns to both accept herself and another and let go for the moment. Our insecurities and quirks are always going to be a part of us and it's not a curse but rather what connects us. So feel free to smile.

The Parrot

2016 • 18 min • Jordan, Germany

The Parrot tells the story of a Mizrahi Jewish family, who emigrate from Morocco, trying to settle into their new life in Haifa, Palestine in 1948.

Tom Papa: Human Mule

2016 • 60 min • United States of America

Tom Papa has become a Human Mule and he’s not afraid to admit it. In this follow up to his 2013 special, Tom is at his fast paced comedic best while relating the everyman struggles of family life, falling behind to the super rich and his hilarious cure for angry young men.

mayumi

2016 • 5 min • Japan

Mayumi is a spoiled girl whose parents buy her everything she wants. She names her name "Mayumi" to everything she receives, and her room is gradually filled with many Mayumis. Mayumi herself gets swallowed by the characters of her name.

Pedro

2016 • 20 min • Portugal

Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.

3 Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks

2016 • 59 min • France

In November 2015, when gunmen attacked Paris, France declared war on the Islamic State. But that war - and France's 'year of terror' - began a year ago with the attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. With unprecedented access to the French authorities and previously unseen footage, five-time Bafta-winning director Dan Reed reveals the untold story of the massacre and of the first Islamic State strike in Paris at a kosher grocery store. Key witnesses, police officers and survivors - many speaking for the first time - piece together the dramatic attacks and the unprecedented manhunt that gripped the world for three extraordinary and terrifying days.

Life on Mars

2016 • 16 min • Spain

What do you think is the desire of every human being?

Dragon Island

2016 • 50 min

There is an island where dragons still roam. A Jurassic type underworld where ancient warlords still rule. Where they fight for supremacy...where they fight to survive. Komodo Island - deep in the remote basin of the Pacific Ocean - its an ancient Kingdom of fire and brimstone. Here, a string of 452 volcanoes erupt from the ocean bed, its known as "The Ring of Fire" and it's the perfect habitat for dragons. Komodo Dragons! The largest living lizard on the planet with 34 million years of survival in his DNA. Its no surprise that he's still known as a dragon, he has the presence of an ancient gladiator. He's armored in claws and scales, but instead of spitting fire, he spits deadly venom.

At The Mouth of Summer

2016 • 6 min • Japan

The beach is packed in a Chinese resort. People are enjoying the summer holidays. An abrupt thundershower makes them run around in a flurry.

All Rivers Run to the Sea

2016 • 24 min • Romania

Radu is having a hard time dealing with his mother’s death.

Winston

2016 • 9 min • United States of America

Alina, eager for a promotion at work, agrees to take on what appears to be a straightforward task: Housesitting and taking care of her boss Sybil’s precious dog, Winston. But confusion sets in when Alina arrives at the home only to discover that ”Winston” is in fact a stuffed animal — leading her to question both her boss’s motives and her mental state.

No Names

2016 • 10 min • United States of America

Bored in your marriage? Desperate for an intimate encounter? Feeling more secure having it with someone in a similar situation? Nonames.com pairs up the espoused and dissatisfied yearning to scratch the carnal itch in the comfort of their own anonymity. Your sexual adventure is a click away. No hassle. No risk. No names. Just dark secrets and deadly lies.

Infinity Train

2016 • 8 min • United States of America

In this non-canon pilot to the animated series 'Infinity Train', Tulip must learn to set her personal interests aside to make her way through a mysterious train and help the king of all corgis save his people.

Noro

2016 • 19 min

Caitlin is having therapy to cope with the loss of her son but is becoming increasingly more paranoid about those around her. A simple accident leads her to a truth that nothing can prepare her for.

Milky Ways

2016 • 8 min • Japan

A woman pours milk from the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain a man milks and pours it into a tank. One evening his pigeon doesn’t come back as usual, and finally it brings back small miracle from a woman. 1st year work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation

Ape Sodom

2016 • 14 min • Canada

Three degenerates navigate the descending hierarchy of post-consumerist enlightenment.

Extra Time

2016 • 19 min

Troubled by her parents recent divorce, Seven tries to reconnect with her father despite his new marriage and stepchildren. When he constantly misses her football matches, she starts to lose hope that they'll have the same relationship that they had before.

Wing It

2016 • 2 min • United States of America

Short animation by Hanna Kim at Calarts

The Jihadis Next Door

2016 • 47 min • United Kingdom

Over the course of two years, filmmaker Jamie Roberts meets those spreading extremist Islamic fundamentalism in Britain, including a bouncy castle salesman who is now one of the world's most wanted men.

Òrun Àiyé: A Criação do Mundo

2016 • 12 min • Brazil

Òrun Áiyé shows the journey of Oxalá (Carlinhos Brown) to fulfill his mission, the creation of the world. The animation will be narrated by the griot figure, represented through the historian, Ubiratan Castro (1948-2013), affectionately called Bira (Carlos Betão), who will lead the discovery of his granddaughter, Luna (Fernanda Crescencio), to the living memory that is the African continent. The gods Orunmila (Jorge Washighton), Oduduwa (Fábio Santana), Exú and Nanã will play a fundamental role in the outcome of this story.

If People Such as We Cease to Exist

2016 • 16 min • Philippines

A grieving widow attempts to find the missing piece of her husband's remains.

Swallowed

2016 • 17 min • United States of America

Sam, newly a mother, shops at a supermarket with her baby and husband Carlson. She throws a neighborhood shishkabob party and has a family Sunday breakfast. But through her smiles and picturesque tasks, there's a suppression. Sam’s grown something she can no longer contain. This breaking point is the film SWALLOWED, where psychological horror meets dance.