All Films

National Theatre Archive: I Want My Hat Back

2015 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Bear's hat is gone. He loves his hat. He wants it back. He asks all the animals in the forest, but no one has seen it. WAIT. He has seen it somewhere.

5ive

2015 • 5 min

Two AI's enter an experiment to see if they are capable of experiencing the most basic human feeling, love.

American Comandante

2015 • 52 min

U.S. citizen William Morgan rises to power in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.

Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary

2015 • 42 min • United Kingdom

Meet Hans Zimmer before his concert at the Apollo Theater, London, during the Fall of 2014. See the rehearsals at John Henry's studio, witness the magic happens.

Bronco's House

2015 • 45 min • United Kingdom

A young couple quest for a roof in this Cornwall-set drama with the atmosphere of a thriller, made with hand-developed B&W 16mm.

Bong!

2015 • 10 min • Brazil

BONG loves to hammer everything on his way.

Misty Copeland

2015 • 4 min

Misty Copeland was promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre in 2015, becoming the first Black American ballerina to do so in the elite classical company's 75-year history. Misty sheds light on beating all odds through a difficult upbringing and learning ballet at 13 years old. She also expresses the importance of giving back to the communities she hopes to inspire. Friends and colleagues also share their admiration for the prominent dancer and advocate.

It Was Mine

2015 • 8 min • Norway

Is there really such a thing as coincidence? R. is scouring bookstore after bookstore in search of a remarkable book that he yearns to read. He finally finds it in the most unexpected way. A playful and offbeat reflection on the surprising moments where you get the feeling that everything is somehow connected. Based on a short story by Paul Auster.

The Complete Works

2015 • 42 min

Fifteen years in the making, The Complete Works adapts the work of internationally acclaimed avant-garde poet bpNichol. From comic book detective stories and westerns to documentary and magic realism, and from hand drawn animation to computer generated images, The Complete Works wrestles Nichol’s writing off the page and projects it on to the screen. It uses bpNichol’s poetic methods on Nichol himself to create a film that is subversive, entertaining and visually arresting.

The Secret

2015 • 10 min

The Secret is a film about the themes of isolation and frustration, told through the experience of a teenage boy during what appears to be a normal day at school. The film begins with the familiar and routine start of a school day - a school bus pulls up, feet march to class, books are placed on desks. For David, his late arrival distinguishes him from the others, a distinction that frustratingly continues in class as his teacher and classmates appear to ignore him. Young Rosie offers David some clues and tells him of a secret that he must figure out for himself. She warns him of sinister others who might try to prevent him finding out. His frustrations reach boiling point before David comes face to face with his darkest imaginings. As he flees the school in fear he finally realizes the true horror of the secret.

Neverland Now

2015 • 19 min • Germany

With her reckless behavior art student Kalina (21) provokes her fellow students, her teachers and sometimes even her only friend Ruth (24). Kalina convinces Ruth take a spontaneous trip to Portugal the next day and they euphorically head out to celebrate their plan. After a half-hearted attempt to steal a car they end up on a big student party. When Ruth voices doubts about the planned trip, the night takes an unexpected turn.

Fuck Work

2015 • 13 min • Germany

Identity and performance, resistance and submission, and monotony and quiet rage crash into one another in this clear-eyed vision of a lesbian working as a professional dominatrix with a police officer as a regular client.

Best Friends

2015 • 27 min

Ferry and Robert have been best friends since the beginning of their life's. Robert slowly changes into a zombie after he gets himself into trouble. The big question is: is their friendship strong enough to last?

The 7/7 Bombing: Survivors Stories

2015 • 60 min • United Kingdom

On Thursday 7th July 2005 four suicide bombers struck in Central London. Within an hour 52 people were killed and 770 wounded in an attack that brought London to a standstill. On the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 attacks, this documentary recounts the events of that day, paying tribute to the bravery of survivors and rescuers and commemorating those who lost their lives.

As If We Were Somebody Else

2015 • 24 min • Germany

15-year-old Nike is torn between her wish of belonging to the cool clique around her friend Jess and individual autonomy, which to her is represented by her new friend Lea. When she takes Lea along to a party she does not know how to react to the competing friends - resulting in her not reacting at all. - The film deals with mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion the disorientation of young girls, whose identities are rather theatrically claimed then actually realized – a Brechtian teen drama.

Strange Alloy

2015 • 2 min

An experimental pessimistic short film about humanity. An extraterrestrial and poetic reflection on the sources of the collapse of humanity.

White Elephants

2015 • 15 min • Ukraine

An adaptation of Hemingway's story "White Elephants". The action takes place on a godforsaken old train station in the middle of beautiful Ukrainian mountains. We are witnessing the most difficult conversation in the lives of a man and a woman who are trying to justify their difficult decision and attempting to save the relationship.

The Cat and the Mouse

2015 • 13 min • Russia

The story of an unusual and touching friendship between a cat and a mouse.

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

2015 • 60 min

Joanna Lumley travels to the USA to follow in the King of Rock 'n' Roll's footsteps.

Sweet Thirteen

2015 • 44 min • France

A year in the life of Imane. A fictional process in which we are both filming. Her with his mobile phone, me with a camera.

Maggie's Problem

2015 • 30 min

A young woman cannot contain her sinister desires, as love reaches the darkest depths of the ocean and enchants a swamp man-beast from the dawn of time. Maybe she’s twisted maybe she’s troubled! What ever she is, Maggie has a problem!

Of Shadows and Wings

2015 • 13 min • France, Switzerland

In a society where the greatest concern is the size and power of one’s wings, nihilist Ciobeck tries to protect Moann. But how can one survive in a barren land populated by imprisoned-mind people?

Sea Devil

2015 • 9 min • United States of America

An American fisherman attempts to smuggle two Cuban immigrants into Miami, passing them off as day laborers. While the group trawls for shrimp, a fourth person boards the boat, carrying a secret at the bottom of the Ocean.

The Great Zoo of Mr. Vanel

2015 • 20 min • France

At Vanel's zoo, there is Rafael, Ludovic and the elegant Mr. Vanel. There is also Philippe, the little monkey, and a very discreet panda, not to mention the Dutch tourists. When Marthe, the young and inexperienced accountant arrives to save the zoo's finances, she has no idea of the strange world she is entering into. That's because Mr. Vanel's zoo is not exactly an ordinary zoo.