All Films

Hands In the Dirt

2014 • 14 min • Canada

Two young farmers and an old timer fight to protect farmland from illegal dumping while next door in Vancouver; hip urban farming threatens to steal the show.

Azerbaijan: The Petroglyphs of Arasbaran

2014 • 60 min

A research on prehistoric Petroglyphs of Arasbaran area in Azerbaijan province of Iran, and the megaliths of Pirazmian area as signs of a lost civilization.

Azerbaijan: Sheikh Safi and King Ismail

2014 • 60 min

Story of Azerbaijan, from Sheikh Safi-al-din Ardabili to establishment of Safavid dynasty by King (Shah) Ismail in Iran, and Sheikh Safi-al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil.

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014 • 60 min

The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: From Aras to Tehran

2014 • 60 min

Azerbaijan in the era of the Qajar dynasty and Russo-Iranian wars at the sides of Aras river, also The Persian Constitutional Revolution in Tabrizi until death of Sattar-Khan (National Commander) in Tehran.

I want it!

2014 • 8 min

Juancito finds a little horse and wants to keep it. But the horse is waiting for someone.

Voudoun Gods on the Slave Coast

2014 • 48 min • Benin

Vodoun Gods On The Slave Coast explores the ceremonial splendor of sacred dance and ritual in Benin, the birthplace and cradle of Vodoun. Formerly known as Dahomey, Benin was also called the Slave Coast due to its importance in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Today, the worship and supplication of Vodoun gods remains integral to everyday life in Benin.

Spider Web

2014 • 4 min • Russia

A curious spider has settled in the house of an old lace-maker. The love of weaving patterns helps them to make friends.

Passing

2014 • 12 min

A mysterious relationship between a boy and a stone drawn by a 16-year-old high school director

Da Vinci vs Mona Lisa

2014 • 2 min • Poland

Leonardo da Vinci arrives at his workshop to paint a portrait of the Mona Lisa. As it turns out, the woman had enough of the inventor and ran away. His apprentice, Antonio, comes up with an idea that may solve the artist's problem.

Alltid på Mors dag - Elitloppet

2014 • 26 min • Sweden

Tom Alandh tells both about his soul and the story of the Elite Race. As every year goes off the rails on Mother's Day

Pornland

2014 • 36 min

An examination of the modern pornography industry and its affect on culture.

Nilusak

2014 • 19 min

In a modern life captured in the heart of a Valley, one peculiar family used to live in the same old state of living because of the far reaching place of their house location. Mang Dencio, the father, was a ten – year widow who used to sell a smashed banana using the traditional tool, “Lusong and Alho” (mortar and pestle), to support his child Nene. Their lives turn complicated when the head of the family Mang Dencio made horrible mistake that will twist their lives into shattered nightmares.

Sim 2

2014 • 8 min

James is a natural prankster and enjoys doing it. One day, his practical joke gone wrong and caused irreparable damage to Jean, his girlfriend. Jean is unhappy and not yet ready to face her fate. She went back to visit James.

The Perfect Plan

2014 • 11 min

The gay short film "Perfect Plan" tells the story of Nguyen and Khang, a loving couple living together in a boarding house with very sincere and happy feelings. One day, Khang's mother came up from the West to visit her son's place. Both were extremely confused because they were afraid that Khang's mother would know everything when she saw their " lair". After thinking, Khang and Nguyen decided to take this opportunity to plan for Nguyen to conquer Khang's mother and convince her to accept their love story. Both were very well prepared and careful. Will their plan succeed? Will the sincere feelings between Nguyen and Khang shake the mother's heart? Everything will be opened with an extremely unexpected and emotional ending, where motherhood is a precious and sacred feeling built from the mother's respect, insight, and sophistication.

tear

2014 • 5 min

I've passed through all holes of a city... The struggle to re-cover the feeling of a tear and its seam.

Connecting Flights

2014 • 8 min • Netherlands

On a summer day Julia gets on a plane, on the way to her destination, not knowing what awaits her. Eduard is in a barbershop where the Barber is annoyed by a fly. The Barber tries to chase the fly away. At that moment, panic breaks loose on the plane...

Whale

2014 • 3 min • Germany

The whale swims proudly through the sea, but all the animals are afraid of his huge size and his broad grin. Will he find new friends to play funny games?

Sunset

2014 • 9 min • Germany

Love, relationship, pain. An argument with his boyfriend leads a young man into a park after sunset. He's looking for distraction.

Sheri, A Life of Downs and Ups

2014 • 54 min • South Africa

This documentary is a fascinating story of a high-functioning woman with Down’s Syndrome. Not only did Sheri finish high school, but she has attained a tertiary degree and is a qualified school teacher. She is also a motivational speaker, inspiring people around the globe. Part of Sheri’s success is her remarkable memory, making her an excellent case study for a team of researchers in London, who are examining the links between Down’s Syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.

Little Favour

2014 • 1 min • United States of America

This is a multiple animation which uses pixilation, pencil, pastel, stop-motion, paper cutout to express a simple but warm story.

Secret State of North Korea

2014 • 53 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

FRONTLINE shines a light on the hidden world of the North Korean people, revealing how ordinary citizens are resisting one of the world’s most oppressive regimes. Kim Jong-un rules one of the world’s most isolated countries with an iron fist. Like his father and grandfather, he is trying to maintain tight control over what the world sees of North Korea—and what North Koreans see of the world.

Hepburn

2014 • 6 min

A divorced father takes his young son to work. Based on the short story "Hammerlock" by Scott Wolven.

Nude and Crude

2014 • 4 min • Italy

This short film is a playful stream of crude human emotions. Fantastical hallucinatory moments of passion, cruelty, loneliness, disconnection and love unfold humorously in a simple and innocent form but with deep, sometimes dark meanings. Hypnotic music accompanies a dance of lines that reinvents itself with each new squiggle of the artist's pencil.