All Films

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

2014 • 36 min

Deus ex Machina in collaboration with Raen are super stoked to present the latest occular extraviganza, ‘I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT’. To give you the good oil, the movie follows the simplistic travels of two surfers, meeting friends along the way, on an open ended journey across an archipelago littered with islands and breaks. Connected by ribbons of tarmac and separated by deep ocean valleys these islands have been here for millennia and will continue to do so for millennia to come. An veritable eden for waves of every nature, from long reeling glassy points breaks to sketchy urchin infested waves in the middle of nowhere.

La tía Helga

2014 • 16 min • Peru

An old song resonates in the mind of Helmut, a song that returns to open the door to the old ghosts of his childhood and confronts him with the most dominant presence of his life, Aunt Helga.

Le jour après ma mère

2014 • 15 min

Short film by SCRIBE (writer of The Smell of Us) and his twin brother, with Lukas Ionesco on the first role.

Twelfth Man

2014 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Twelfth Man belongs to Short Plays, a Daniel Gruener project commemorating the 2014 World Cup.

We Hit The Road

2014 • 56 min • Turkey

Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.

American Loneliness

2014 • 54 min

American Loneliness tells the story of filmmaker Mathieu Le Lay's solitary journey into one of the most attractive areas on the planet : the American West. His journey consisted of a six week adventure backpacking through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Washington. From snowstorms in Yellowstone to the Wild Pacific coast, this is the story of his quest for freedom and the great outdoors.

Fu377

2014 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court's latest rejection.

Fahr mit uns zu Linda

2014 • 12 min • Germany

Oi, Meu Amor

2014 • 4 min

Men are from Mars. Women are from Brazil.

I Shall Return as a Flaming Rose

2014 • 39 min • Latvia

Lonely, 45 year-old worker Kasandra has just received a lethal diagnosis from her doctor. She goes to her high school reunion, confused, and is faced with phantasmagorical events that completely shatter her daily routine. Kasandra flees from the city. In the forest, she is engulfed by a river and brought to a secluded sea shore. Alone and over time Kasandra experiences an unusual healing and rebirth.

Brother-in-law

2014 • 22 min

Setif, in present-day, Ali, a young man from the lower class leads a dull, narrow and isolated life. One evening, he is forced to give his sister-in-law a ride home, yet Habiba's ways are in total contradiction with his own values.

Refreshment

2014 • 3 min • Netherlands

Water is spilled on a stone pavement leaving a small stain. As time passes the stain dries up, shrinks and changes shape. Just before the water is completely evaporated the process is put on hold. The new shape of the stain is then being enlarged and recreated with new water. This process repeats and with these interventions the ‘life’ of the stain is artificially refreshed and extended to an unnatural length. Which allows new shapes to evolve that otherwise could never have existed.

Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio Onde Nunca Estive

2014 • 24 min • Portugal

“The artist, in his movement towards the ideal, upsets the stability of any one society. Society aspires to achieve stability; the artist aims for infinity. That is the artist’s responsibility and the spiritual sacrifice demanded of him.” Rui Chafes, O Perfume das Buganvílias, 2012 (19).

Je T'adore

2014 • 7 min • United States of America

Short Film by Luke LoCurcio with Taylor LaShae

Everybody has its own way

2014 • 33 min • Brazil

Documentary about the director's father and his passion for photography.

Laki Laki Virtual

2014 • 24 min • Indonesia

A DVD rental shop staff falls in love with a man she "meets" through a VHS tape.

No Name: The Fastest Knitter in the West

2014 • 47 min • United States of America

In post-Civil War Bexar County, Texans live in abject poverty, forcing folks to make ends meet by any means necessary. No one messes with No Name Somethin'-or-Other.

My Dad's a Rocker

2014 • 29 min • China

This is a documentary about a 60-year-old man who is part of the first generation of Chinese rockers. After being sidelined for three years due to a stroke, he is now ready to compose again.

The First and Last

2014 • 15 min

A terminally ill young man wants to live the pleasures of love at least once before kicking the bucket.

Ancient Thrace: A Door to Immortality

2014 • 33 min • Bulgaria

A documentary film about Ancient Thrace.

Black

2014 • 12 min • Azerbaijan, Ukraine

What is the stranger you have picked up on the side of the road thinking? Maybe he knows what you think? Shot in Baku with non-professional actors, this project was born by chance when the director met with Sarkhan and Sabir, the two protagonists of the movie. This short film offers us the chance to watch a few hours of the strange fate of a young man linked to a criminal association.

05:55

2014 • 13 min • Indonesia

"05:55" is a unique fiction film that depicts the daily activities of villagers in (Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) area before a strong earthquake occurred on May 27, 2006. The film is a record of a personal experience of the director who wants to invite us to feel terrified when an earthquake occurs. Sense of loss, fear, anxiety, and trauma victims into deep reflection for us just how small we are compared to the power of the Nature.

The Men From Vidsel

2014 • 35 min • Sweden

Meet three men, who grew up in Vidsel, a small village in the north of Sweden. The men feel its hard to find a life partner, they have all found their love in Thailand.

Cloud Shadows

2014 • 17 min • Germany

Hypnotising slideshow of weathered images presents itself as a relic of an imposing event. A village's inhabitants flee into the darkness of a cave to refresh themselves with projected images. Ultimately, they will pay a high price for their wonderment.