All Films

The Joy of the Guitar Riff

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Traces the history and mechanics of the guitar riff over 60 years from the 1950s, from Chuck Berry through Hank Marvin, Black Sabbath and others to the White Stripes. Featuring interviews with some of the core arbiters of change and new techniques.

For Love We Can

2014 • 48 min • Hong Kong

Jun is a reckless, rebellious young man. His coming out enraged his father, with his mother (Han) stuck in the middle. Even after his father's death they are still unable to reconcile and the two barely communicate. Knowing that being gay is not accepted by his mother, there is a wall between the two even though they live under the same roof.

Tongue Tied

2014 • 2 min • United States of America

Artist and filmmaker Quentin Jones joins forces with Miley Cyrus in a kinky collaboration, stripping away the pop phenomenon's cartoonish persona in "Miley Cyrus: Tongue Tied".

One Direction: The TV Special

2014 • 60 min • United States of America

One Direction's first network special offers backstage footage, comical stunts and performances of some of the band's biggest hits.

B.l.b.

2014 • 13 min • United States of America

Often left alone due to his struggling mother's work schedule, Jahlil, a precocious young boy from the Bronx, spends most of his time roaming New York City's transit system. Using the perks of life underground to his advantage, he soon discovers that the subway is no place for bad little boys. Part of the Open City Mixtape series.

Rite of Spring

2014 • 11 min • Canada

Set during the dog days of summer, a group of teenage boys inhabit a makeshift bike part in a secluded wooded area of Toronto. David (14) craves the attention of Peter (17), an older boy and a natural leader to the group, while being mercilessly teased by his best friend, John (14). When their hidden world is breached by an outsider, anger, fear and misunderstanding lead to a violent outburst.

Pokémon: Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain

2014 • 5 min • Japan

The Diamond Ore Country is in crisis, and so the leader, Diancie, and her four Carbink butlers have decided to hunt down the legendary Pokémon, Xerneas, in order to try and resolve things. However, on the way, they encounter many trials.

I'm You, Dickhead

2014 • 12 min • Australia

A man travels back in time to force his 10 year old self to learn guitar, so that he can get more action with the ladies in the present day.

A Blue Room

2014 • 15 min • France, Poland

A man wakes up in a blue room. He's stuck and he can't escape. A window is his only connection to the outer world. It filters the reality in a very mysterious way.

The Horrors of Hamilton High: The Making of Prom Night

2014 • 41 min

An all-new documentary of the making of Prom Night.

Allergy

2014 • 8 min

A girl's day with an unexpected experience due to allergies.

St. Cloud

2014 • 9 min • United States of America

Billy discovers a secret of his past.

Gates of the Lamb

2014 • 44 min

Man at the gates of eternity. Water flows form a small pitcher. The Jordan River immerses death and it immerses life. A small oil - cross on the forehead of a new - born, the scent of God, a candle lit to show the road even when the night is at its darkest. A film about the unseen miracle of Baptism and the inexplicable touch of God.

A Little Craving

2014 • 1 min • Canada

In this surrealist stop-motion animation, two disembodied wigs give in to their desires and grow themselves into something a little more whole. Inspired by found sound of two dogs growling, decadently delicious, and produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Heritage Minutes: Sir John A. Macdonald

2014 • 1 min • Canada

Canada's first Prime Minister outlines his vision for Confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference.

Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest

2014 • 54 min • United States of America

This chronicle of Russian musical group Pussy Riot explores how they morphed from an obscure feminist protest band to an international cause celebre.

The Stowaway

2014 • 12 min • United States of America

A stowaway is discovered on an emergency dispatch ship and must come to terms with the consequence of her action.

Miss 3000

2014 • 27 min • Slovenia

Four young girls, Leja, Sanja, Nina and Ines enter a beauty pageant in their local shopping mall. After an official pageant party Leja, Sanja and Nina come home, still drunk from the wild night and notice Ines did not come with them.

Blood Stars

2014 • 30 min

A movie star and a TV weather girl go on vacation to Ms Relaxo's Health Spa. The workouts are deadly.

A Long Walk

2014 • 15 min

A father humiliates his son by parading him through the neighborhood in women's clothing in front of all the other kids on a summer day. The impact of that decision ripples through his family and best friend's lives for years to come. This story is based on true events.

I Am Syd Stone

2014 • 11 min • Canada

Lights, Camera, Action! When a much-desired Hollywood heartthrob returns back to his home town for a reunion of sorts, he expects to rekindle an old closeted relationship. But soon he learns that things aren't as they seem and secrets always catch up in the end.

Up and Down

2014 • 13 min • Canada

Trying to get the attention of a boy at school, Emily practices his hobby of yo-yo(ing). But the difficulties of love are more complicated than the tricks she is trying to learn.

Retrospective

2014 • 20 min

A wartime photographer takes the last photograph of his career in Palestine, and later uses it to save his own life...

The Visit

2014 • 27 min • Israel

Hagar comes to visit her father who lives in a nursing home in Jerusalem. Unable to deal with his condition she looks at him and turns away, but a series of incidents forces her to spend the day in the building. First a mishap which makes her change her clothes, then an old woman stuck with her wheelchair in the hallway and then the head nurse that thinks Hagar is a Russian caretaker. She gets swallowed up in the work and slowly becomes part of the staff. The short visit turns into a journey between the narrow corridors of society.