All Films

A Carcass

2015 • 3 min • Belgium

An attempt to illustrate in animation Baudelaire's poem "A Carcass". A mixture of horror and irony, sacred and profane, life and death.

Plaster

2015 • 11 min • Netherlands

Pelle is a shy 12-year-old dreamer. During a family holiday he comes to realize he can’t stay a wallflower forever and is determined to change his ways, although the circumstances are far from ideal.

Awakenings

2015 • 14 min • India

Chased by a malevolent entity, a babysitter's child care session turns into a nightmare as reality becomes more and more twisted.

The Big Burn

2015 • 53 min • United States of America

The dramatic story of an unimaginable wildfire that swept across the Northern Rockies in the summer of 1910.

Tremulous

2015 • 20 min • Mexico

Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

Tiny Tiny Pieces

2015 • 22 min • Sweden

Fia lives with her mentally ill father in a small community where it’s important not to stand out. She does everything to hide what it’s like at home. After a fight with her boyfriend at a party, she runs off, and gets a ride with Elsa, who’s not afraid of standing out at all.

Essence of Pandanus

2015 • 26 min • India

A young man is on a regular monthly visit to his grandmother. Things take an unexpected turn as she starts reminiscing and as the future and the past collide.

Silently Within Your Shadow

2015 • 14 min • United Kingdom

As their relationship grows, Lucette's obsession for ventriloquism and her dummy Hugo starts to strain her relationship with Jace. To Lucette Hugo is more than just a dummy, he's her best friend and represents her ambition as an artist, to her, he's very much real. But to Jace Hugo is just a puppet, or is he?

Punani

2015 • 14 min • Denmark

Masturbating in a bed filled with dolls and teddy bears, teenage girl Agnes is tired of hearing about how accepting God at her confirmation will serve as a rite of passage to adulthood. She seeks out to find her own path to adulthood - and she enlists her older brother's friend to help her.

Too Full To F***

2015 • 4 min

Jane and Celia try to get it on, despite having just gotten their brunch on. Written by Jocelyn Guest Performed by Joanna Bradley and Kelly Hudson Directed by Carly Usdin

An Crann

2015 • 15 min • Ireland

A married couple in Donegal contemplate revenge after a mysterious new neighbour fells their tree.

Girl, Wavering

2015 • 20 min • Japan

A heart that is shaken by empty reality. I draw a figure of a girl who desperately pursues something. School girl Mizuho who continues part-time work of dating site cherry. One day, I receive a message asking a man named Kenzo to help with suicide. What is Mizuho's action taken from there...

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank

2015 • 50 min • Netherlands

Dutch presenter Astrid Joosten travels the world to find out why Anne Frank's written words in her diary still inspires hope and regardless of own circumstances, works for unity and peace.

Cerberus

2015 • 12 min • United Kingdom

A modern take on Greek Mythological Eternal Punishments, Cerberus is the tale of two brothers tormenting each other in a scenario they can't escape.

Soil

2015 • 46 min

A young filmmaker with mixed intentions sets out to document the friendship between a fifteen year old Parisian girl and a homeless alcoholic on the verge of death. Between documentary and fiction, Soil is an exploration of manipulation, dependency, and objectification.

Tough

2015 • 12 min

An estranged father and son reconnect after 11 years when they discover that they share the same apartment complex. The cause for the disconnect was the father inability to deal with his sons lifestyle.

Dog Days

2015 • 19 min

Wisconsin, summer. A portrait of brothers and a coming of age story for two teenagers: Stephen and Isaac. It is a boring hot day when the family dog goes missing and Stephen leads a rescue mission into their farmland.

Girl

2015 • 9 min • Japan

The pornographic dream girl of the boy character from “ME!ME!ME!” becomes lonely in a peaceful paradise, as the boy becomes committed to a safe relationship.

Everything Will Be Okay

2015 • 30 min • Austria, Germany

A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.

L’Aquarium et la Nation

2015 • 32 min • Switzerland, France

A film in three parts: An aquarium, a man sitting at a table reading various text passages, and a sequence from Jean Renoir’s film LA MARSEILLAISE. This is all from a film by Jean-Marie Straub – about fate, the soul and the cosmos, about the evident nature in which man lives, just like in the aquarium surrounding him. And finally, there’s the nation as a symbol for the community of free people. A Straub film represents a gift that isn’t based on exchange, but rather the opposite of communication. And what could be more beautiful and liberating in life?

Saturday Night Cosmic Breakdown

2015 • 5 min • United States of America

For this metaphysical short, Leo Fitzpatrick plays a confused and concerned NYC East-Villager who hears the end of the world is happening on Saturday night.

Way Back Home

2015 • 8 min • South Korea

The second installment to BTOB's Ballad Trilogy, "Way Back Home" tells the story of three troubled boys who, after having lost their way, finally find their way back home.

Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive

2015 • 8 min • Israel

Ronen Matalon, born and raised in Jerusalem. He start make a tour guide. His tour, called "From Trauma to Fantasy" leads people in the footsteps of terrorist attacks on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, and attempts to touch upon the collective trauma of those days.

Movies in Space

2015 • 15 min • United States of America

The axiom that in Hollywood “nobody knows anything” also rings true in the rest of the galaxy, so Earth Ambassador Travis Shepherd discovers when he inadvertently becomes a movie mogul on an alien planet. An infectiously hilarious marvel in its comic escalation.