All Films

The Artificial Humors

2016 • 29 min • Portugal

Using a mix of Hollywood aesthetics with documentary strategies, the film follows a young indigenous girl from the Xingu National Park to São Paulo, where she falls in love with a robot that also happens to be a stand-up comedian. This strange story mixes the anthropology of humor, indigenous communities, and artificial intelligence.

Elton John: A Singular Man

2016 • 52 min • France, Germany

An in-depth portrait of British composer, pianist and singer Elton John, pop star and myth of modern culture.

Our Walls

2016 • 15 min • Spain

The neighbourhood of Housewives. The district of Insomniacs. The newsstand of the Unknown Mother. The underground of The Lonely Women. Our walls pay tribute to the people we love.

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

2016 • 60 min • United States of America

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

Turtles Take Time (and Space)

2016 • 6 min • United States of America

The Turtles discover an artifact that sends them through time and space.

She's So Cold

2016 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A bitter film director is forced to explain why her latest film, 'She's So Cold', reflects worrying ideas about relationships and men. Reluctant to cooperate, she hijacks the interview and propagates her own twisted perspective on life.

They Charge for the Sun

2016 • 16 min • United States of America

In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.

A Thousand Mothers

2016 • 39 min

Set at an ancient nunnery above the majestic Irrawaddy River, A THOUSAND MOTHERS is an unprecedented look at the lives of Buddhist nuns in Sagaing, Myanmar.

Lazy Boy

2016 • 12 min • Australia

Ray discovers his La-Z-Boy recliner is a one-minute time machine. Will he learn from his mistakes or is he destined to repeat them forever?

Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination

2016 • 17 min • Japan

A short film that was made in one day on an iPhone.

Nazi Law: Legally Blind

2016 • 54 min

Sobering look at how Hitler and the Nazi party manipulated laws to further their hate-filled agenda. People who were considered physically or racially inferior or disloyal to the state were deprived of their rights and often their lives under these Nazi laws. When Germany was ultimately defeated, Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg Trials, in an attempt by the world community to restore the rule of law.

The Amazing Colossal Woman

2016 • 30 min • United States of America

Dr. Carol Heisler is angry... very angry. Her rage registers with a flying saucer scanning the populace. The alien being inside decides that she is an ideal subject for an experiment. Using its advanced technology Solopticus grows the furious female to giant size and names her GARGANTA!

The Human Equation

2016 • 5 min

New Game, New Rules. She wakes up alone in a desert. She can't talk, she's naked, and she's tattooed. Someone, or something, is toying with her.

Bambina

2016 • 10 min

An isolated expatriate experiences a psychotic break after giving birth to a child fathered by her married lover.

The Wrong Disguise

2016 • 10 min • Peru

Catalina arrives with her family at the costume party for her cousin's birthday, on the outskirts of the city. Her presence makes her cousin behave strangely.

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?