All Films

Bison

2015 • 12 min

A meditative and mysterious dramatic film, Bison ultimately explores the violent legacy of colonialism in a contemporary context. The film is anchored by thematic concerns around implicit cultural culpability, systemic issues of failure surrounding the contemporary and historical relationship with First Nations peoples and notions of responsibility in an individual and societal context.

The Master

2015 • 18 min • Estonia

A dog, Popi, and a monkey named Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home. But one day it becomes clear that he’s not going to be coming home anymore. From that day their mutual lives begin. While he is actually smarter and stronger than his simian companion, Popi capitulates to every one of Huhuu’s whims in a show of obedience and subservience. Huhuu meanwhile becomes a symbol of licentiousness and tomfoolery. The film is based on the short story "Popi and Huhuu" by Estonian author Friedebert Tuglas.

Dr. Phil meets Tracey Armah

2015 • 30 min • United States of America

Nothing bad ever happens to me..like ever! Tracey gets Dr.Phil's attention by telling stories of abuse, violations and excesses. The audience gets upset and speechless. Tracey becomes the overnite sensation of train wrecks in the making.

The Case of Patient Paul Edward Kelley

2015 • 34 min • Brazil

A psychologist faces the case that will challenge his foolproof technique: the patient needs to forget something that he cannot remember. In this mental challenge, every step towards healing is a step beyond the edges of reason.

Celia - la más hermosa flor

2015 • 57 min • Cuba

Celia Sánchez Manduley (1920 - 1980) was a Cuban revolutionary, politician, researcher and archivist. She was a very close friend of Fidel Castro. She joined the struggle against the Batista government following the coup of March 10, 1952. She was the founder of the 26th of July Movement in Manzanillo. Together with Frank País, she was one of the first women to assemble a combat squad during the revolution.

Nothing Can Turn Into a Void: An Art Apart: People Like Us

2015 • 58 min

British artist Vicki Bennett takes you on a roller coaster-ride with her art project People Like Us. In performances, videos, collages and music, her amazing editing techniques and sense of humor leave you flabbergasted and enthusiastic at the same time. People Like Us is like free-zone where appropriation meets alchemy, humor meets social critique and the boundless imagination meets so-called reality.

DIY Not Dead

2015 • 31 min • Argentina

In the vibrant heart of Buenos Aires, music pulses as a collective act of passion and resilience. This documentary delves into the untold stories of the city's DIY music scene, where musicians are more than performers—they are organizers, producers, and creators of their own ecosystem. From setting up gigs to recording tracks, they embody the spirit of self-reliance and community.

Filters <3

2015 • 3 min

A time capsule from 2015 on the use of social media with the Boyhood theme song in the background. Shot w/DSLR T3i and iPhone 6. Remembering the present as it was, as it is, and as it should be.

The Front Row

2015 • 20 min

The Front Row is a dynamic anti-gun violence documentary, filmed in Rochester NY and created by the youth and adults of our community who have seen too many lives lost to gun violence. You have three front rows to offer your family: the front row of your trial, the front row of your funeral, or the front row of your graduation: Which will you choose?

Nuvola

2015 • 18 min • Italy

Filippo is a retired teacher marked by pain over the loss of his wife. The man is determined to take his life, but someone knocks his door.

The Art of Gesture

2015 • 16 min

In a disused chapel, a man is tortured in strange circumstances

Schoolmates

2015 • 26 min • Slovenia

Young teacher Sonja tries to resolve a quarrel between two classmates. Parents intervene, and unexpected consequences begin to develop from school disputes in school offices.

VMA - Important Message to the Public

2015 • 15 min • Sweden

VMA is a surrealistic action movie about alternative ways to make yourself heard.

The Burden

2015 • 9 min

Short indie movie by surrealist artist Dimitri Kozma

Prysia’s Garden

2015 • 11 min • Slovakia, United States of America

An intimate meditation on exile and home, Prysia’s Garden portrays the quiet life of aging Ukrainian refugee Prysia through the detailed photographic lens of first-generation Ukrainian-American Lida Suchy. By confronting Prysia’s story, Lida reflects upon her own roots, looking to understand what makes a new place a home.

De vida y de muerte, testimonios de la Operación Cóndor

2015 • 42 min • Chile

Documentary that explores the "Archives of Horror" of the General Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship, discovered in Paraguay in 1992 and in the documentation of Operation Condor found there, which reveals who was responsible, their goals, strategies, accomplices and murders.

Venus Flytrap

2015 • 23 min • Germany

Jolene is supposed to please a customer in her trailer - a somewhat cocky man who is accompanied by an Asian man. But while the suitor is having fun with Jolene, the Asian slits his throat. When Jolene's pimp bursts into the scene, the situation escalates completely.

Tabasum

2015 • 3 min

The story of a heartbroken young woman. Produced for the "From Afghanistan, With Love" series.

Chandra

2015 • 15 min • Nepal

With his elderly grandfather, seven year old Chandra walks through earthquake-hit Kathmandu to visit his mother and newborn sibling in hospital.

Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden

2015 • 58 min • United States of America

Ansari headlines the iconic Madison Square Garden and delivers his most hilarious and insightful stand-up yet. Filmed in front of a sold-out audience, Ansari's latest special is an uproarious document of the comic in top form -- covering topics ranging from the struggle of American immigrants to the food industry to relationships to gender inequality.

Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session

2015 • 35 min • United States of America

In the video John Hanlon, producer/recording engineer says: "Neil just captures the moment, he gives it his all, he goes for the throat. If he is not feeling it, he ain't gonna pick up the guitar. If he's feeling music, then he is recording, he's playing and I am recording it because that's what art is, capturing the movement, all the human imperfections, that is what it is about always. He is the commensurate artist, we get first takes on everything, that's the idea, cuz that's often times the best stuff. If you have to think about it that's not creating, that's thinking, then it doesn't work, it doesn't have that passion."

The Furniture

2015 • 15 min • Spain

Every morning Manolo Aldeguer opens his business: an old-fashioned, tacky furniture shop located in a small Spanish town. Another working day begins: once again Manolo has to face eight endless hours to kill.

La chasse aux canards

2015 • 6 min • France

I ragazzi... che bugiardi!

2015 • 46 min • Italy, Switzerland

The story of a young girl who, after many disappointments, no longer believes in love, until...