🔥 Popular Films

“Tree People” debuted as an 11 minute, 8-channel video installation within the exhibition “Model Home Part 1: After Wisconsin Death Trip”, at an experimental art space called The Poor Farm, in rural Wisconsin. The installation makes use of a grid of flatscreen televisions to assume the appearance of a nineteenth-century puppet theater. This tableau sets up a conversation between two digitally constructed “hand puppets” who discuss a fictional video game. Animations of historical “fortune teller” style games, such as the ouija board and magic eight ball accompany the characters to address themes of destiny, history and death within emerging, interactive forms of entertainment. AWARDS:

On a remote farm, Dalva lives among dry branches and silent afternoons, waiting for the return of Antônio, her only son, sent off to war. When the radio announces Hitler's death and the end of the conflict, the world seems to exhale — but instead of relief, Dalva plunges into a whirlwind of memories. The last words exchanged with her son, and the many left unsaid, echo in her mind like voices in an empty field. In a time where past and present blur together, Dalva keeps watch over the road with eyes full of hope and longing. Original/Alternative Title: My Little Sentry AWARDS:

Isolated in his fallout pod within Zone FF, days blend together as Thomas longs for any contact with the outside world, until he "meets" Jane.

When tourist Jason McMann vanishes without a trace, Inspector Borg is called in to investigate. But as he questions locals and fellow travelers, he finds an unsettling pattern—almost no one seems to remember McMann at all. Borg must unravel the truth as now the whole country is watching. AWARDS:

A competitive surfer makes a compelling discovery when he is dragged under the waves. AWARDS:

Support for the environment takes many forms, and the passion young audiences have for short films offers a unique opportunity for connection. Using visual language that resonates with today’s youth, we present environmental challenges in a simple yet powerful way, igniting hope and action without lecturing. This dramatic work is crafted specifically for the younger generation, encouraging them to reflect on the future of our planet and embrace their responsibility for the environment in a natural, organic way. We believe this approach will inspire more people, especially young individuals, to come together and create a greener, more sustainable future. As we face an unprecedented climate crisis, this short film delivers a powerful call to action. Through doomsday prophecy and striking visual metaphors, it warns of an impending environmental disaster and the urgent need for a global response to climate change, resource depletion, and ecological imbalance. Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this film unites global communities to take responsibility for the Earth. Our cinematic journey urges a worldwide awakening, calling all to care for the planet and secure a thriving future for all of humanity. AWARDS:

A man discards a trash bag in the woods and walks away. But something isn’t right. The bag moves. It follows. No matter how fast he runs, it’s always there—closer, waiting.

In the near future, only the Voice of the State counts. Books, being seen as a means of dreaming, and of escape, are considered a threat to the stability of the system. There is only one solution for remedy this problem, make them disappear. AWARDS:

A group of schoolmates who have just passed their final exam sets off to celebrate at a countryside house, far from everyone. During a party fueled by alcohol and drugs, one of the girls, Beatrice, dies of an overdose, questioning long-standing relationships and friendships. From that tragic moment, a murky story of destructive and nihilistic choices unfolds, where each person brings out the worst in themselves, turning into their own 'monster', and leading the entire group towards a hopeless fate. AWARDS:

Three childhood girlfriends reunite to celebrate Demie’s 30th birthday. Unbeknownst to them, Demie’s boyfriend organized a special evening. A night featuring mystery guests, enigmas and maybe a murder. AWARDS:

Discover the transformative power of Nouns DAO through the journey of Benbodhi. AWARDS:

After being raised on a pig farm in the UK, Matilda the pig decides to undergo a brave and daring escape in order to save herself and her piglets. However, the farmers have a different plan for Matilda and set out to bring her back. AWARDS:

In "My Snow Man" short film, Cheryl brings a plastic snowman as her date to her family's Christmas dinner, much to the confusion of her family. Despite their initial shock, they attempt to include the snowman in the festivities, leading to some hilariously awkward moments. AWARDS:

As a student, the protagonist watches Emir Kusturica’s film “Black cat, white cat”, about the wacky life of the Balkans, and suddenly realizes that he has already seen all this in his childhood in Võrumaa. The film shows the creative approach to life that the people of Võrumaa have. Despite hardships and the complex landscape, for example climbing mountains barefoot, they always find bubbling joy in life and the wisdom of survival. This wonderful state of mind combines dung vapor and the mist of the Milky Way in the highest sense. Original/Alternative Title: Artists of survival AWARDS:

In a surreal 1950s house, a dinner party takes a deadly turn when a seemingly ordinary dessert reveals the eerie reality of the evening, leading to silent deaths and an unsettling dance with mortality.

Charlotte is ready to give up: she has worked for years at a Skid Row community center trying to make a difference but nothing ever changes. When she catches a young woman named Rose trying to sneak drugs into the community center bathroom Charlotte decides it is time to leave and go back to San Francisco. On her way to the bus station Charlotte once again encounters Rose now drunk and lying on the sidewalk. Unwilling to leave Rose at the mercy of the streets Charlotte agrees to help her up the stairs to a fourth floor apartment where Rose claims to be staying. With each struggling step Charlotte is forced to come to terms both with the ongoing struggle of life on Skid Row as well as her own dark past.

Partiu portrays the spoiled kids of the easy wealth of the Brazilian nouveau riche in Rio de Janeiro. Daniel (Victor Gorgulho) turns 20 and has the night in his life that will redefine who he is, his future and his moral self. The short exposes Brazil's culturally void and morally decadent high society.

A salesman faces the most difficult and important negotiation of his life.

With the assistance of an experimental subliminal file, a spy hunter is tasked with tracking the source of a false flag event by pretending to be the Russian defector who had been paid by a rogue American agency to carry out an attack.

Filmed at Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennett Barrow, Silbury Hill, and The Cove, Avebury Wiltshire UK. A world heritage site, the location is home to the largest stone circle complex in the UK, the film documents the site with a soundtrack of audio which has been recorded directly from standing stones within Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennett Avenue and Avebury Cove. The work is part of a wider field recording project documenting and recording the sonorous audio of these standing stones. Paul Vivian is an artist whose work encompasses Neolithic stone circle sites across the UK and Europe.

In a moment of weakness, an exhausted food delivery boy makes the fateful decision to stage a spontaneous rebellion. A rebellion that develops into an uncomfortable, escalating dance between the social classes in contemporary Sweden.

Billy Forster, a dishwasher, dreams of becoming a hero. One day, he leaves Hollywood for Texas, where he is soon hired as a ranch hand by Tom Spielman. What Billy does not know is that the rancher is also a highwayman who, with the help of his Negro henchman Sam, terrorizes and robs isolated travelers. But, assisted by Nelly, Spielman's adopted daughter, and Partridge Eye, an Indian, Billy manages to bring the two criminals to justice.

This documentary explores the growing difference in the voting patterns of men and women (the gender gap) that could no longer be denied by the mid-1980's. Issues like compensation equality, environmental preservation, subsidized childcare and healthcare became wedge issues in Ronald Reagan's America as more and more women joined the workforce.

A short film directed in 1984 by Dutch artist Peter Klashorst (as Peter van de Klashorst), shot by Robert Klaasman, and conducted while Mapplethorpe is trying different light settings to take Klashorst's portrait. During the shooting, Mapplethorpe explains how he would like to build a film studio in his SoHo loft to shoot adult features.