All Films

Escales

2015 • 7 min • Canada

Escales is the result of the manipulation of electronic signals using digital means. Electricity, as raw material, is being sculpted, transformed and altered to be reborn as architecture. Inspired by hotel lobbies, the video recreates the ambiance of these aesthetically rigorous spaces which, despite their aim at being inviting, are in fact impersonal and cold.

The Fox of Shichigorosawa

2015 • 14 min • Japan

The Fox of Hakodate Higashiyama have been living by the Shichigoro swap for generations, but humans have begun polluting these waters with medical waste... Through traditional Ainu storytelling, this story illustrates the tale of this Fox entirely in Ainu.

Beginning of the End

2015 • 30 min • Sweden

A pandemic spreads and the death toll soars. In a venerable hotel an elevator gets stuck. The pregnant Irene, the receptionist Mia, the janitor Kristof, and the actress Liz are trapped. On a radio they hear the world outside collapsing. As hunger and thirst increase the elevator turns from safe haven to death trap. As they lose hope they let go of built-in defenses and get under each others skin. Kristof and Mia have a common past laden with betrayal and sorrow. Irene is married to a man who abuses her. Liz is torturing herself over the death of a child. Finally Irenes water breaks and there is no alternative but to cut the cable that holds the elevator and plunge towards an unknown fate.

Jeff's Ghost

2015 • 10 min

A vision quest goes awry when the spirit of Jeff Buckley is summoned.

My Worst Enemy

2015 • 11 min • Spain

Lara is a teen with anorexia complex, humiliated and abused by the girl than lives with her, his worst enemy. Only Manu love can will change everything and save Lara of her nightmare.

Mariane com E

2015 • 15 min

Mariane is an actress who auditions to make a TV movie for a frozen food brand. Everything goes well until she loses her temper.

To the Top!

2015 • 15 min

It's finally here! The Broadway smash musical 'To The Top! is at last coming to Australia, and the auditions for Desiree Starr are going to be fierce.

Coming Home

2015 • 14 min • Taiwan

Gay high school couple - Ivan, a well-behaved local Taiwanese, and Eric, a rebellious international student from the US, take a road trip down the most dangerous highway in Taiwan. Their trip is cut short when Eric reveals that he must return home after graduation, forcing Ivan to confront his darkest demons.

The Arctic Fox: Still Surviving

2015 • 34 min • Iceland

A beautiful filmed short documentary about the life cycle of the arctic fox. A treat for nature and animal lovers alike.

The Afflicted Animal

2015 • 15 min • Norway

A young girl seeks help for her afflicted dog, but other members in her family need more help. The mother is lost in her own mind, the father wants to cure his loneliness and the girl is searching for truth. The film takes place in a small Sámi home in a remote area in Northern Norway and portrays a dysfunctional relationship between father and daughter.

Weird Is Who's Not Weird

2015 • 16 min • Mexico

Alex feels atracted to Samuel, and even though his best friend warns him he has a girlfriend, something makes him think he is not that indifferent.

The Naked Body

2015 • 23 min • Brazil

In this hybrid, a director is documenting how people relate to nudity and their own body. Meanwhile behind the scenes the director gets involved with one of the subjects.

I've Got Your Back

2015 • 15 min • Sweden

A couple of young friends are going to a party when things start to go wrong.

Dream Big: A Big Gigantic Story

2015 • 19 min • United States of America

It’s been a long road for saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken to “ROWDYTOWN IV,” the fourth installment of their massive hometown experience. Their journey is beautifully captured in this documentary short film which chronicles the duo’s history and how they broke saxophone into dance music alongside a compelling behind the scenes look at producing the Rowdytown show.

Rivero

2015 • 9 min • Argentina

Rivero is a cemetery nightguard being held in a tiny room by the ghosts which inhabit it. He is writing a letter about his months of horror. Tonight will be decisive for him. Based on the story 'A la luz de una vela' by writer Raúl O. Etchegaray.

Fifth Avenue

2015 • 3 min

An exiled Pakistani poet finds fresh inspiration in his new home, while reflecting on the tragedy of partition that has left a legacy of war and strife in his beloved land. Fragments of a globalized world seem to coalesce here on fifth avenue, strung together in the poet's mind.

Lueurs

2015 • 15 min • France

Vanessa, aged eighteen, has just come out of prison and is staying at her half-sisters that she does not know that well. Each night, captivated by the chimaeras, the noise and the fury, she is reborn.

Isolation

2015 • 6 min • Italy

In a shelter, two men face isolation and paranoia, while the whole outside world and society seem to have disappeared.

We Are Petrol Stations!

2015 • 10 min • Russia

When I first came to you - it was scary. You too, probably. And I still do not know what is happening. And never know. But. I really wanted to meet someone. I saw that you had some kind of hunger. Life is always engaged in its business - continues itself. We are gas stations. You are a gas station. And I am a gas station. And I found you. And you found me. And I refueled, and you refueled. And bang! Energy has arisen in us.

Endgame

2015 • 7 min • United Kingdom

After a tough week at the office, Richard and George like to play war games over the weekend to relax. The dispassionate atmosphere and minimalistic style with which the growing brutality is handled slowly wipes the smile from your face, before making sure that it doesn’t return.

Jewish Blind Date

2015 • 16 min • Switzerland

Mary Lou is unhappy in love and decides to reconnect with her religious roots by marrying a practicing Jew. In order to get married, she has to pass the Shidduch test, which will determine whether her life will be a success or failure.

The Story of Kazakh Cinema – Underground of Kazakhfilm

2015 • 52 min • Kazakhstan, South Korea

A film director and an actor have worked till midnight at a film studio. A security guy locked all doors and so now our heroes have to look for an exit, walking through the studio and meeting various people on their way – famous Kazakh film directors, film critics and just strangers.

Untethered

2015 • 29 min • Canada

Untethered takes an immensely personal look straight into the heart of the slacklining and highlining community in Vancouver BC. It is an epic ride from beginning to the end, offering an inspiring look into a group that pursues the unthinkable.

My City Screams

2015 • 25 min • Macedonia

The story and the characters are fictional. The movie is about the violence and the crime within a city; a city run by a group of gangsters. Killings, violence and drugs are some of the characteristics of this city, whose fate is in a gangster's hands. But, in the mean time we have the good in it, the good that is making Trim leave this gang. It's Trim's love, Ana. Trim's main challenge is to make it out of this city and live free.