All Films

Continuum

2015 • 51 min

A scientist sends a test subject back in time and encounters difficulty getting him back.

Wild Slovakia

2015 • 53 min • Germany, Slovakia

Slovakia lies in the heart of Europe. What natural treasures the small country holds, what spectacular nature and what peculiarities of flora and fauna, it is told in "Wild Slovakia".

The Rink

2015 • 55 min • United States of America

Branch Brook Park Roller Rink, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. This concrete structure is nestled in a public park bordered by public housing and a highway. Upon first glance, the exterior resembles a fallout shelter; however, the streamers and lights of the interior are reminiscent of 1970s roller discos. This 55 minute documentary depicts a space cherished by skaters and a city struggling to move beyond its past and forge a new narrative amidst contemporary social issues.

Don't Look Down

2015 • 5 min

An annoyed theatre goer takes revenge on the texting couple seated in front of him.

The Next Stop

2015 • 17 min

A forty-something Brooklyn man rebounds from a long-term relationship with a closeted man by hooking up with a 23 year-old rugby player he meets on a sex app.

Fragments

2015 • 19 min • Canada

Chloe, a straight talking film director, tries to convince her friend Sam to be an actor in her next short film. Just after finding out that he once again didn’t get into medical school, Sam meets Alex, a hypochondriac 18 year old. A love triangle forms in these self-reflexive, humoristic fragments filled with sex talk , set in New Orleans.

A Tangled Web

2015 • 56 min

Three couples go on a ski retreat together. However, what began as a fun trip ends in bloodshed when a blizzard strikes and leaves the six friends trapped in their cabin.

Året var 1965

2015 • 59 min • Sweden

1965 - The Rolling Stones is coming to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than The Beatles who were here a few years earlier. And the fashion trend is spreading across Sweden - to the horror of many. The medium-strong beer will start to be sold in Sweden - in regular grocery stores. And at the end of the year Hasse och Tage's new feature film with Gösta Ekman in one of the main roles premieres. Tragedies strike: 10 Swedish youths die in an avalanche, a tunnel collapse in Stockholm causes suspense. American astronaut Ed White spacewalks after the Soviet Union's Aleksey Leonov. Hep Stars led by Svenne Hedlund dominate with three top-ten songs, including "Cadillac."

My Husband's Not Gay

2015 • 42 min • United States of America

In Salt Lake City, Utah, seven Mormons live their lives a little differently. The men (Jeff, Pret & Curtis) are attracted to their wives (Tanya, Megan & Tera), but they are also attracted to other men. They refer to it as Same Sex Attraction...not gay, SSA.

The Burrow

2015 • 28 min • France

Odile lives alone. Afraid that someone might enter her flat when she’s not at home, she enters a video surveillance online community, in the hope that users will keep an eye on her apartment and inform her in case of unexpected intrusion. And the intrusion happens: dark smudges appear on the walls. Furious, she decides to leave the community. While she tries to fight against infiltrations, she realizes that she is still on watch…

All the World in a Design School

2015 • 59 min • Sweden

Documentary about an eclectic group of students from all corners of the planet at one of the world's top industrial design schools in Sweden's faraway north just below the Arctic Circle. The film explores everyday life and dynamic design processes at Umeå Institute of Design during the school's 25th anniversary when traditionally generous and export-driven Sweden has decided to impose steep tuition fees for non-Europeans, the very students instrumental in making the school what it is today.

Zaina's Cake

2015 • 17 min • United Arab Emirates

Zaina's bake sale hobby turns into a lifestyle choice that could force her to choose between her father and a young man.

Family Outing

2015 • 22 min

A family goes on a road trip and sparks various conversations along the way in their car.

Babor Casanova

2015 • 35 min • Algeria, Switzerland

Algiers, 2015. Adlan and Terrorist navigate the Sacré Coeur neighborhood, desperately trying to make a few dinars.

East of Main Street: Taking the Lead

2015 • 41 min • United States of America

The acclaimed documentary series East of Main Street returns with a celebration of Asian Americans working in the film and television industries.

Story 2 Couples

2015 • 4 min • France

A young and hyper man falls in love with a girl addicted to her phone.

Tuition

2015 • 21 min • Malaysia

A dark drama about the relationship between a high school student and his young tutor. When the boy is being punished for not doing his homework, he starts to develop affection for the teacher until he realizes the teacher herself maybe just like him is another victim of torment and bullying.

Cliché - Gypsy Life

2015 • 47 min • France

Ten years since the inaugural “Gypsy Tour”—Cliché Skateboards notorious pan-European road trip/survival tour — the company celebrates a decade of scraping by on 15-Euros-a-day and sleeping under the stars by combining it with their 8th full-length video release. Gypsy Life is split between documenting Gypsy Tour 4 (with guest janitor Chet Childress) and showcasing full parts from Paul Hart and Max Geronzi along with heavy footage drops from Kyron Davis, Brad McClain and Adrien Coillard. In the footsteps of Bon Appétit and Freedom Fries, Gypsy Life will introduce an entire new generation of Cliché prodigies to the world, while including hefty Gypo helpings of Lucas Puig, Joey Brezinski, Andrew Brophy and the rest of the Pro team to boot. Get in the caravan!

La canoa de Ulises

2015 • 14 min • Argentina

Itaeté, a Guaraní elder, tries to instill his traditional legacy in Ulises, but the boy's vocation is music. Due to an accident, the old man dies, and Ulysses accepts the atavistic legacy of canoe construction.

Voices of Muslim Women from the US South

2015 • 32 min • United States of America

When one thinks of the American Deep South, the image of veiled Muslim students strolling the University of Alabama campus is the last thing that comes to mind. VOICES OF MUSLIM WOMEN FROM THE US SOUTH is a documentary that explores the Muslim culture through the lens of five University of Alabama Muslim students. The film tackles how Muslim women carve a space for self-expression in the Deep South and how they negotiate their identities in a predominantly Christian society that often has unflattering views about Islam and Muslims. Through interviews with students and faculty at Alabama, this film examines representations and issues of agency by asking: How do Muslim female students carve a space in a culture that thinks of Muslims as terrorists and Muslim women as backward?

The Society of Anonymous Optimists

2015 • 35 min • Russia

Boris, in a state of deep depression, gets drunk in a bar and meets his childhood friend Kostya. He advises him to enroll in the Society of Optimists Anonymous.

Noise & Confusion

2015 • 10 min • France

A patient suffering from a rare auditory symptom faces an invisible enemy.

Bluehue

2015 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A short film about the joys of year-round naked swimming in the mountain lakes of Snowdonia, N.Wales.

It Was OK: An Album of Comedy by David Heti

2015 • 55 min

The deeper the truths, the deeper the laughs: it’s a truism that applies to most of the roster here at Stand Up! Records, especially so with David Heti’s new combined CD and DVD release, “It Was OK.” Not the set—the set is exceptional—but the experience of Heti’s life, of telling jokes he writes at 4am in a cloud of existential dread, well, that’s okay. Collective, social suffering and comedic catharsis? That’s okay, too.