All Films

The Graveyard Shift

2016 • 2 min • United States of America

A young first time Graveyard Shift worker learns what this truly means, while discovering the best weapon to fight off the crazed night zombies.

A Funeral for Lightning

2016 • 25 min • Canada, United States of America

Seven months pregnant and stuck in a sleepy corner of Tennessee, a young woman begins to see through the promises made by her charismatic husband.

Life In The Snow

2016 • 58 min

In a seasonal special, Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands. He reveals their survival secrets, from the polar bear mother who gives her cubs the best possible start in life to the owl that finds food hidden beneath a blanket of snow, plus the plucky penguins that huddle together to keep warm. Gordon also unwraps the lives of our favourite Christmas characters - those wonderful reindeer and our very own robin redbreast!

Lulin

2016 • 24 min • Sweden

‘Lulin’ is a joint creation of electronic duo Gidge, film production company Lampray and arts platform Norr – all friends from school in Umeå, Sweden. Usually, a film comes with a soundtrack and an album comes with music videos, but Gidge and Lampray wanted to make something different: a project where film and music are separated, yet strongly connected.

AirBNB Dream or Nightmare

2016 • 47 min

Airbnb has become a useful tool for millions, but some are not so enamoured with it. This documentary not only hears from those who have had nightmare experiences but also looks at the site's wider impact on rental markets and communities.

Underneath the Makeup, There's Me

2016 • 9 min • Canada

This story follows the life of Amber a transgender teen that is trying to become her true self while dealing with the pressure of society.

Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary

2016 • 52 min • Germany, Italy, Switzerland

The world of fashion, between the end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Noughties, had a key character that embodied its spirit and told the tale: journalist Anna Piaggi, living witness of that contamination between art, society and culture that changed fashion and sanctioned its success on a global scale. The daughter of a manager for La Rinascente (Milan's iconic high-end shopping mall whose foundation goes back to 1865), Karl Lagerfeld's muse, "a poet with her clothes" in the words of Bill Cunningham, her life is retraced through interviews with designers (Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Stephen Jones, Manolo Blahnik, and more) together with archival images from four decades of fashion history.

Ready to Burst

2016 • 11 min

Kate and Dylyn have been dying to have a baby. When they finally find success, what follows is Kate's struggle with the early stages of an unusual pregnancy as it takes a horrific turn.

Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters

2016 • 15 min

Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD contracts a deadly new STD, The Sex Lobsters, and unknowingly spreads it around town while visiting Tromaville's best orgy spots. Only Dolphinman can find the cure and save the day!

Europe‘s Largest Desert

2016 • 49 min • Spain

Near the cold Pyrenees of Iberia, surrounded by ancient and dark green forests, lies a strange land where the rain is scarce and the wind is always blowing. The soil is poor, there are no trees and the landscape resembles the moon. Is this what the future of desertification will look like? Incredible creatures with surprising behavior live in this strange landscape. The documentary explores a place with very dry skin but a wet hidden heart where even waterfowl or amphibians can live. Living in such conditions is not easy and only the toughest animals will survive.

CBeebies Presents: The Nutcracker

2016 • 44 min • United Kingdom

Two children have a magical Christmas Eve adventure as they travel to the Land of Sweets and witness their toys coming to life! Staged at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with a cast packed full of CBeebies stars, this production is a festive treat for the whole family.

Scratch

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

When a repressed 1950s housewife is left alone by her philandering husband, she makes a horrifying discovery about the noises in the house that are coming from the walls.

Diasporadical Trilogia

2016 • 16 min • United States of America

Diasporadical Trilogìa follows the story of a woman who mysteriously lived on three different continents at the same time. Through a magical realism lens, she shares her memories of growing up as a little girl in Brooklyn, a young lady in Accra and a middle aged woman in Bahia, while struggling with love, immigration and gentrification.

The Past Inside The Present

2016 • 12 min • United States of America

An allegorical tale of a couple who attempt to renew their dying relationship by plugging directly into recordings of their memories.

My B.F.F.

2016 • 60 min • United States of America

Inspired by true events and shot on location in New Orleans, LA. GEMMA BROWN and MARNI WILKINS and their families have been best friends since they were babies. At five, when Marni lost her mother, she was left with an unfulfilled soul. It was a devastating loss, but thankfully her best friend, Gemma and her family were always by her side

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

2016 • 34 min • United States of America

In this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.

Khallina Hakka Khir

2016 • 19 min

Baba Azizi is an old man, who moves all the time between his children's houses until he ends up at his daughter's house, and there comes a whole new problem waiting for him.

Death$ in a $mall Town

2016 • 7 min • United States of America

A mayor has a unique way to revive the fortunes of his small town that had been losing citizens, businesses and tourist prior to his taking office.

What Remains

2016 • 18 min

Following a criminal act perpetrated by a small group of young men, several questions remain unanswered. While François searches for them, he must maintain control over his emotions, but struggles with his impulses and rational thoughts.

Robeth

2016 • 17 min • Canada

Beth is 31 and, since yesterday, single. She lives alone with an old cat found in her alleyway and barely makes a living working at her sister's café. Beth is also a robot. Beth is in a strange place, really.

Under the Bed

2016 • 16 min

A gay-for-pay porn star catches his wife cheating on him and together they face the cracks in their decaying marriage.

Be Good For Rachel

2016 • 16 min • United States of America

Tonight Rachel is double-booked: babysitting job and nervous breakdown. But she's fine. REALLY, SHE'S FINE!

Narco Blues

2016 • 8 min • Canada, Czech Republic

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country with their parents. Near his home he meets a disturbing character, a drug pusher looking for clients, who introduces him to an artificial paradise. The teenager discovers a seductive and terrifying world that frequently draws him back to his neighbour.

The Huntingtans: Chewing Gum & Love Affairs

2016 • 7 min • Germany