All Films

The Face of Mercy

2016 • 57 min • United States of America

Since his election to the papacy, Pope Francis has inspired millions by urging us to embrace Mercy, ultimately revealed in the face of Christ. Now comes an extraordinary new film on this powerful message that brings hope, healing and forgiveness to a broken world. Narrated by Jim Caviezel, The Face of Mercy explores the history and relevance of Divine Mercy in our turbulent times. (Released 2016)

A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton

2016 • 2 min • United States of America

An astonishing Holy Grail-like glimpse of choreographer/dancer Anna Sokolow's famed 'A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton' (1952), from Shirley Clarke's 'Home Movies #20'.

The Oz Project

2016 • 11 min • United States of America

The Oz Project is a love letter to THE WIZARD OF OZ and THE WIZ created by some of their diehard fans at heart. This 10-minute music video follows the parallel journeys of the Dorothy character in each adaptation as they both get whisked away in the same tornado, land in their respective versions of Oz, and follow their own yellow brick road. Their stories are interwoven as the two classic versions are combined through their well-loved scores, and sung by some of the greatest voices on Broadway.

New Planica

2016 • 52 min • Slovenia

The rich history of famous Slovenian ski jump and its present-day use.

The Last Day Before Zanzibar

2016 • 22 min • Brazil

They heard the drums from the woods. And Arthur knew it was time to leave.

The Sunken Convent

2016 • 15 min • Denmark

An elderly man has a steady routine: working at a gas station, coming home and listening to the neighbours having sex. But something is going on in his own life. What?

We Could Be Parents

2016 • 15 min • Sweden

Erik's boyfriend Marely left him. Now, the last chance for Erik to get him back is to make this movie to explain, that the only reason he sold sex was so they could afford to become parents one day.

Rebecka, Portrait of a Mother

2016 • 25 min • Sweden

A woman suffers from a Postpartum depression and creates an illusion to find her happiness.

Return to Downtown Pittsburgh

2016 • 59 min

In this sequel to his 1992 documentary Downtown Pittsburgh, Rick Sebak takes viewers on a tour of a twenty-first century Pittsburgh that's both changing and charming.

If Everyone Looked the Same

2016 • 3 min

A glimpse into a world where uniformity and conformity rule.

Frida and Diego: The Australian Years

2016 • 6 min

Fleeing New York after an artistic scandal, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera seek sanctuary with the Australian people... of now.

Amal

2016 • 5 min

A young girl Amal discovers the death of her father in Paris attack, which causes a difficult time for the family, and the mother to take a new step which creates a new hope for both of them.

This Is You and Me

2016 • 15 min

A chance encounter at a bar unravels into a surreal and intense all nighter.

Versailles' Dirty Secrets

2016 • 52 min • France

The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?

Fan Girl

2016 • 16 min • Canada

A group of super fans break into the house of a faded 90s pop star.

Meet Cute

2016 • 25 min • United States of America

They meet. It's Cute. Then it's not.

Party Patrol

2016 • 9 min • United States of America

A shy co-ed has her heart set on throwing a party with her crush in attendance. But first, she and her father must convince her frazzled mother that their hired "security" can handle all the details. They are all in for a surprise as, they could have never expected what happens next...

Moving Mountains

2016 • 46 min • China

Yang Fudong, one of the most influential contemporary artists in China, is known for his epic black-and-white films and photographs, which straddle the worlds of contemporary art installation and cinema. Moving Mountains is a 46-minute, black-and-white film, accompanied by photographs from the film set, drawings and props. The film is inspired by the ancient tale of a man, seeking to move a mountain, and extolls the virtues of perseverance and collective action. The artist makes this story a poetic reflection upon human nature and the shifting values to which it can be subjected.

How Do You Thirst

2016 • 23 min • United States of America

Set amid a growing water crisis, a lonely Japanese woman living abroad takes in a stranger whom she finds passed out in the stairwell of her apartment complex. She patiently waits for the young man to wake, hoping someone can quench her unbearable thirst.

Jack Ensch: Hanoi Hilton POW

2016 • 12 min • United States of America

Jack "Fingers" Ensch served in the Navy for 30 years. Recounting his experience of getting shot down and held as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Jack explains how he was able to move forward from the experience and enjoy a full life.

Moroshka

2016 • 8 min • Russia

A mere sight of a gray wolf terrifies the entire village. There’s just one little girl who can empathize with the wolf and even make friends with him.

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

2016 • 59 min • United Kingdom

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.

They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music

2016 • 39 min • Estonia

Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature. Together with autumn rains arrives Aleksander’s daughter Marju, who hopes to inherit the old man’s house, tear it down and put up a guesthouse on the lot instead.

Mimic

2016 • 3 min • United States of America

A child is having trouble sleeping in the new house.