All Films

Baron In The Trees

2015 • 17 min

The Baron in the Trees is a short narrative film about a pair of identical twins: one of them is playing a role in a children’s theater and the other one is a spectator of theshow. The identical appearances and different behaviors create a motif for the film. Along with Anahita’s previous short films When the Kid was a Kid and Needle, The Baron in the Trees will be the last piece to a trilogy of short films with young protagonists. Growth, gender-identity and family dynamics are the main themes of this trio.

Stony Paths

2015 • 60 min • France, Turkey

Stony Paths is the story of a walk across Anatolia. Arnaud Khayadjanian starts a trek in Turkey, on the land of his forefathers who survived the Armenian Genocide. Starting from a painting, from encounters and from accounts by his relatives, he goes on exploring the little known issue of the Righteous, all these anonymous people who saved lives in 1915.

Ladies Without Lipstick

2015 • 4 min • Australia

Lonely and struggling with getting older, Joyce eagerly anticipates a visit from her distracted granddaughter.

Wake Man

2015 • 29 min • Georgia

Rezo is a 70 year-old resident of the old people's house. He is tired of the lack of proper food at the institution, so he keeps notes from the local obituaries. He attends wakes of unknown individuals and stays for the dinner, which is the traditional feast that takes place after the funeral. At one such feast Rezo meets his former student, whom he taught Georgian dance in the 90's.

On Solace

2015 • 12 min

Filmmaker ::kogonada explores director Ingmar Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers," a film in three movements.

Island of the Blind Dead

2015 • 3 min • United Kingdom

The Triptych

2015 • 60 min • United States of America

This documentary profiles contemporary artists Wangechi Mutu, Barron Claiborne, and Sanford Biggers. Each monologue is a reflection of their life experiences, letting the viewer discover how their observations have shaped the art they create.

Lady At Baths

2015 • 19 min • South Korea

It begins in a deserted public bath house, on a sultry summer afternoon. The building is blacked out and its landlady goes into men's bath to handle the situation. There, she accidentally witnesses something which afterwards causes irreversible changes in her life.

Las Gitanas

2015 • 16 min • United States of America

Las Gitanas follows a group of hustlers as they dance their way through a night in Los Angeles, seducing lonely targets to expose their weaknesses and their wallets. It explores chance interactions amongst disparate souls and the common pulse that binds them.

Max Verstappen: The Next Generation

2015 • 26 min

The road to winning F1. Max Verstappen prepares to make history as the youngest Formula One driver ever.

Soar

2015 • 7 min • United States of America

A precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine. Now she must race against time to return him home, before her new friend becomes stranded on Earth forever.

Summer '78

2015 • 3 min • United States of America

"Summer '78" is a short film about the power of imagination. Watch as a young boy during the late 70s plays with his favorite Star Wars toys and learn how his simple, but elaborate front yard adventures inspire his future.

Salamanca

2015 • 41 min • Russia

For generations, the Salamanca community of Mennonites has been living in the same modest and rigidly organized way. Modern-day scenes are accompanied by a voice-over narrating a man’s recollections of his youth. “As soon as I close my eyes,” he explains, “I go back to the past, to the moment when I made the choice that shaped my entire life.” Speaking in the Plautdietsch language, he talks calmly of the strong curiosity he felt as a young boy about the world beyond Salamanca and the Mennonite faith – a curiosity for which he paid dearly.

Noite Escura de São Nunca

2015 • 22 min

Some nights never dawn.

Afterlife

2015 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A short, black comedy set in a world between the living and the dead. After Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident he finds himself in a waiting room, pending judgement.

Cereal

2015 • 8 min • United States of America

A nightmare turns into reality

Movie Palace

2015 • 15 min • United States of America

Dean has been living in a movie theater ever since the world ended, spending his days watching movies. His world gets shaken when a group of survivors finds their way into the theater, and he lets them watch his glorious movies with him. Their passivity towards his passion causes Dean to ask the question of which is more important - the movies and the sanctity he loves, or humanity?

Without Milk

2015 • 18 min • Greece

An aspiring screenwriter and a seasoned producer try to work out problems regarding their upcoming collaboration. One of the two will have to compromise, adding milk to his coffee.

The Beast

2015 • 12 min • Argentina, Bolivia

1538. In the Inca empire a strange visitor has arrived. The messenger Sisco will give the news.

How Tasty Was My Little Cafaçu

2015 • 14 min • Brazil

It feels so good to dream of you. It feels so real it fills me with pleasure. And I can't think about anything else.

Louis and Gabriel

2015 • 15 min

An actor and a director find themselves alone for the first time after a bad experience shooting a film. An opportunity for both to discuss the reasons working together was disastrous and the origin of their relationship malfunctions.

The Promise of Piha

2015 • 16 min

A young Samoan man has been chosen as the next leader of his community, but first he must confess his true desire.

O Som da Prata

2015 • 5 min • Portugal

Streets, Roads

2015 • 9 min

An homage to Gus Van Sant's MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991).