All Films

Ave Maria

2015 • 15 min • Germany, Palestinian Territory, France

The silent routine of 5 Nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.

The Russian Sleep Experiment

2015 • 29 min

Russian researchers funded by the Soviet Union during WWII are testing an expirimental gas on subjects deemed enemies of the state. The experimental gas is meant to eliminate the need for sleep, but all goes wrong as the gas has unexpected effects on the subjects.

On the Roof

2015 • 11 min • Spain

A group of Spanish boys take advantage of a high roof to ogle a sunbathing woman, but the presence of an adjacent male nude complicates matters.

Mainsqueeze

2015 • 8 min

A compelling mix of attraction and repulsion, Mainsqueeze is entirely composed of footage found online, surfing the deep web.

CIA Covert Experiments

2015 • 55 min • France

It is August 1951 and an entire French village goes crazy. People are screaming in the streets and throwing themselves out of windows. 300 people are affected and 7 end up dead. Wild theories start circulating to explain the tragedy. 60 years later declassified documents from the United States reveal that the CIA conducted experiments on unsuspecting citizens.

The Satanic Thicket - Two

2015 • 30 min • Germany

Anna is milking the cows, Jakob smokes pot, Berni works on a telescope and Ulrike celebrates her birthday. So far, everything is fine in Otto's farm. When Ulrike's coffee cup breaks on the kitchen floor, something dark breaks loose. Sometimes the devil has to take the hindmost.

Copsi

2015 • 22 min • Iran

A young couple have problems in their marriage.

Men in Suits

2015 • 56 min • Romania, United States of America

Adventures of a Low Budget Hollywood Film Director at war with his Movie funding failures.

Edge of the Woods

2015 • 17 min

Pif, Behind the gimmicks

2015 • 52 min • France

Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Absent

2015 • 13 min • Germany

Winter in a big city. Thirty-year-old Klara arrives home with a random guy that she has just met. Both are drunk, they are giggling, having fun. But there is someone else in the apartment: Anton (9) catches them having sex. The next morning, Anton is gone.

Kihniö

2015 • 52 min • Finland

Director Saija Mäki-Nevala was born in Kihniö but moved away as soon as it became possible. The village road with few buildings, and faces that were all to familiar to her, wasn’t enough. The real life and the possibilities of achieving dreams seemed to be somewhere else. After 18 years she goes back to look at Kihniö. She observes the ex-home village with feelings between love and foreignness. Is Kihniö more than its inhabitants? Is Kihniö just a name for the roots which we can’t either choose or forget? This observational documentary is a portrait of silent village, but the main role still belongs to its people. They are proud of living in a safe place where they all know each other. The most important goals in life are to have a permanent job and to own a house. When they achieve those things and can have their family around, everything is just fine. You don’t need anything else.

În care eroina se ascunde și apoi are parte de o întâlnire neașteptată

2015 • 19 min • Romania

One stressful morning, like every other morning, Cristina suddenly stops in the doorway. She is unable to take the step that would lead her out of the house.

Amélia & Duarte

2015 • 9 min • Germany, Portugal

In this story we are guided through the relationship of Amelia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings that come after a relationship has ended.

The Law of the Jungle

2015 • 6 min • France

A clever little monkey remembers to keep his wits about him when the bigger monkeys encroach on his bounty of bananas.

Dji. Death Sails

2015 • 5 min • Moldova

Bad days at work may happen in anyone's life, even if you are a Grim Reaper.

Past Tense

2015 • 12 min • United States of America

After finding a mysterious note, two would-be time-travelers must face the consequences of their actions -- before they even finish building their machine.

Calon

2015 • 14 min • Indonesia

Adam is on the brink of the most important night, as he tries to convince his girlfriend Nisa’s father, that he is the right guy for her. Things took a wrong turn as Nisa’s father, a religious conservative man, questioned every single thing that Adam said in logics that he can't understand.

That Is Not Me

2015 • 29 min • Russia

The young man doesn't remember how he spent last night, but finds at home an evidence that he murdered a girl. Attempt to understand what happened leads him to new crimes.

The Man of Death

2015 • 6 min • United States of America

A former hitman encounters with Death in an ultimate attempt to save his daughter's life.

Sugar Ray Dogs: Mexi-Cola

2015 • 5 min • United States of America

Set in a Mexican bordello, one man discovers the bitter truth about temptation & the consequences of eating forbidden fruit.

Rien ne va plus

2015 • 10 min • Germany, Switzerland

It is every professional gambler's dream: getting rid of that stupid thing called 'luck' which helps amateurs win nevertheless. But when you have it at gunpoint be sure to pull the trigger - because if you don't you'll learn it the hard way: don't mess with luck!

Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space

2015 • 49 min • Japan

Zorori, Ishishi, and Noshishi search for a meteor that sunk in the ocean. When under attack by octopi, Zorori accidentally launches his submarine into space and land on another planet.

The Great Chicago Adventure

2015 • 27 min • United States of America

For those who heart history and the great city of Chicago, this film will take you through time with a small child and his nervous babysitter. Feel the intensity of the Great Chicago Fire and splendor of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Explore the sights of bustling Maxwell Street in the 1950s and peer down from an I-beam of the Sears Tower in the 1970s. Relive Chicago sports victories and cheer on President Obama during his Grant Park victory speech.