All Films

Closer

2013 • 20 min • Italy

Something terrifying is happening to the Earth. Luke and Sarah, unaware of the danger, are just worried about having a passionate offhand camping weekend. Two unexpected guests will ruin their plans.

Immanuel Kant. Philosophical pathway

2013 • 52 min

This film is a portrait of the most celebrated citizen of Koenigsberg, the greatest philosopher and humanist of the Age of Enlightenment Immanuel Kant. The purpose of the film is to refute popular idea of the philosopher's life as of a tedious one with no significant events; to convincingly prove deep and true relationship between the life and philosophical ways of the brilliant scientist and an extraordinary man.

9/11 Firehouse

2013 • 44 min • United States of America

Documentary film recounting the story of Ten House, the fire station right next to the World Trade Center, and the experiences of its firefighters on 9/11

Zebra

2013 • 3 min • Germany

There once was a happy zebra. One day, however, she ran into a tree and her stripes changed. She then tries to fix it, but the more she tries, the more diverse the shapes are that appear on her. In the end, the unhappy zebra discovers that, because of her uniqueness, she'll be a successful star to the others.

Marina's House

2013 • 60 min • Lithuania, Russia

Andrei Tarkovsky said, “I find it hard to imagine the inner world of women, but I think it must be connected with the world of men…”

The Odd Sound Out

2013 • 7 min • Denmark

Trootpout is part of a small band of invisible creatures that play the mood quiet young man named Olaf, but his excited spontaneous sounds often disrupt the melody of the others. Therefore they decide to expel him. Will he ever find a band with room for an odd sound or will he remain alone?

Moments

2013 • 4 min

A short film about a young man saying his last goodbyes to his girlfriend, talking about the moments they shared together.

When Björk Met Attenborough

2013 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Award-winning musician Björk and legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough have admired each other's work for years but this is the first time they have discussed their mutual love of music and the natural world on screen. In this remarkable documentary, Björk explores our unique relationship with music and discovers how technology might transform the way we engage with it in the future.

Omelette

2013 • 3 min • United States of America

California Institute of the Arts student Madeline Sharafian created 'Omelette', an animated short film that centers on making food for someone you love. The short features a little dog and an overworked owner who can barely cook himself an omelette.

The Ascent

2013 • 12 min

As the new World Trade Center tower rises, a photographer obsessed with 9/11 falls for a mysterious woman.

Scott Castle: Battle of Fallujah

2013 • 8 min • United States of America

Scott Castle served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years. While assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division he served three combat tours in Iraq, including the First and Second Battles of Fallujah.

Los demonios

2013 • 13 min • Spain

Javi, Fer and Miguel are three friends who roam the city looking for fun. Tonight they have prepared something special.

The River's Divide

2013 • 47 min

Donnie Vincent's The River's Divide is a full-length documentary film featuring Donnie Vincent's bowhunting journey into the Badlands of North Dakota, chasing a whitetail deer known as Steve.

Fúria

2013 • 20 min • Portugal

Agressivity and the will to compete are also part of childhood. At a poor district’s boxing club the kids live a close friendship and find a place to express a fury that is violent but liberating.

Féminisme, rafale et politique

2013 • 11 min • France

An actress is confronted with her inner demons.

Not Enough of You

2013 • 4 min • Russia

Two very good friends struggle with having to share the intimacy they crave from each other with their boyfriends. Music video.

Vadātājs

2013 • 26 min • Latvia

'Vadātājs' is an ancient Latvian mythological creature that leads people to Nowhere. As Latvia has been declared the most superstitious country in the EU, it is important to understand – what do we believe in? Three young filmmakers – a director, cinematographer and sound girl – question if Latvia is a lost country and if a Vadātājs has achieved enormous power by leading Latvian society into confusion. A search for a contemporary Vadātājs*, and the understanding of the origins of confusion within people in the 21st century.

Truth Unspoken

2013 • 25 min • United States of America

Romantic misunderstandings abound with tempestuous couple Jay and Tracy, as Jay plans on proposing marriage, only to discover that Tracy has been cheating. Soon Tracy learns, however, that Jay has secrets of his own.

The Big House

2013 • 5 min • Yemen

When a young boy finds a key to the empty mansion down the street, he lets himself and his imagination run wild in the big house. His little adventure creates a lyrical allegory for the Yemeni revolution.

Unfastening

2013 • 44 min • Russia

A documentary essay on inner freedom, on choosing the path, about responsibility for one's destiny and for the destinies of close people. The heroes of the film are clergymen, who for a canonical reason are temporarily forbidden to serve: priest John Okhlobystin and hierodeacon Prokhor (Lisitsyn). Priests banned from service or resigning voluntarily are referred to as offensive nicknames for "rasstrigi."

The Enclave

2013 • 40 min • Ireland

Commissioned for the Irish representation at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, The Enclave is an immersive, six-screen video art installation by Irish contemporary artist Richard Mosse. Partly inspired by Joseph Conrad’s modernist literary masterpiece Heart of Darkness, the visceral and moving work was filmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo using 16mm colour infra-red film, which captures otherwise invisible parts of the spectrum. The resulting imagery in Mosse’s work is hallucinatory and dream-like with the usual greens of jungle and forest replaced by shimmering violet. The Enclave depicts a complicated, strife-ridden place in a way that reflects its complexity, using a strategy of beauty and transfixion to combat the wider invisibility of a conflict that has claimed so many.

Wildcat

2013 • 7 min • United States of America

Filmed in Grayson, Oklahoma, Wildcat meditatively combines documentation of a Black rodeo subculture with an abstract portrait of Joseph’s aunt who helped found the event.

The Real Pinball Wizard

2013 • 7 min

Tom Hintenach has one job... Keep over 100 pinball machines running. At all times.

Bianca

2013 • 15 min • Brazil

Bianca is an old, middle-class prostitute, tired of her profession and in menopause, but her only way of making a living is by working for her pimp, Paulo Ana lives an unhappy marriage with Roberto, but does not have the strength to take control of her life and change her situation.The delicate encounter between Bianca and Ana, creates, for the first time in their lives, courage, hope and a desire for a new destiny where oppression gives way to happiness and enchantment.