All Films

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.

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.