All Films

Bi-Curious Me

2013 • 47 min

A film about female sexuality with a distinct visual style. With increasingly open attitudes to sexuality for women in particular, interest in same-sex relationships and ‘bi-curiosity’ are becoming more acceptable. Bicurious Me meets three women coming to terms with changes in their sexuality and exploring same-sex relationships. The documentary explores the ramifications of usually straight-laced ladies seeking sexual fulfillment with other women - not just the thrill of a kiss, or augmented reality girl-on-girl porn - but the real long-term implications. Delving deep into this very modern dilemma, it asks important questions: Why this trend is occurring now? Will same-sex attraction empower a new generation of women? Is it a good or a bad thing for men?

Made with Pride

2013 • 56 min

Filmmaker Tammy Jones follows her brother Martin and his partner of 10 years Maxim in their journey to become parents. Maxim, 36, grew up in Russia and Martin, 41, grew up in a small northern Ontario town. They now live in Ottawa. Martin and Maxim have succeeded against all the odds. They welcomed Sasha and Lucas home in January 2012 after years of research, planning, surgery, waiting, expenses, and miscarriages. These brave young men set off on a road less traveled. They are paving the road for other gay couples and LGBTQ people as our society changes and our laws rush to catch up with societal changes.

The Last Survivor

2013 • 6 min • Germany

Shortfilm remake of the finale of "ALIEN": After her ship has been destroyed, the last survivor of the ship's crew tries to finally get some sleep. But the hideous creature has also survived the explosion. Only question ist: Who will be able to rest at last?

Trigger: The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence

2013 • 55 min • United States of America

Documentary that frames gun violence as a Disaster and Public Health issue by taking an in depth look at how one shooting impacts individuals, families and communities, while also giving voice to the questions and insights that arise from these conversations. In the documentary, all those scarred by gun violence eventually arrived at the same question: "Why...Why did this happen to us?" After looking at these in depth experiences of gun violence "Trigger turns its attention to the bigger question: "What can we do to prevent gun violence?"

Dive

2013 • 18 min

Dive is an urban fairy tale about a self-destructive man who can't feel anything. From the moment he sets eyes on a mysterious young woman, something inside him stirs. Unbeknownst to him, she is part of the White Eye community, a marginalized group of hyper-sensitive beings inhabiting the same world as humans. When her true identity is revealed, his destructive nature reaches its peak as he contemplates a drastic escape from his melancholy.

Foam Drive Renegades

2013 • 9 min

A gang of petty criminals enlists the last-minute help of an irrational acquaintance to pull off a job. When this new addition gets the gang in increasingly hot water, they're forced to re-examine their life choices, those they associate with, and themselves.

Some Idealistic Future

2013 • 14 min

An unprecedented look at the ten year history of The Postal Service, from the initial collaborations that created 2003's sleeper classic Give Up, through to their recent sold out show at New York's Barclays Arena. The Creators Project provides an intimate look at the band and its process: from the dressing room to the digital (re)construction of the music to the moment the band takes the stage.

Great White Shark

2013 • 40 min • United States of America

Misrepresented, maligned and on the verge of extinction, the great white shark is an iconic predator: the creature we love to fear. Great White Shark will explore the great white's place in our imaginations, in our fears and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain. The film will concentrate on key aggregation points around the world: Mexico, South Africa, Los Angeles and New Zealand. Key figures in the history of shark research, people whose lives have been changed by contact with the great white, will tell us of their experiences, culminating in a direct encounter between man and shark.

Hotel Fortuna

2013 • 8 min • United States of America

A fatigued hitman checks into a very unusual hotel.

Casey Conklin: Ranger Battalion

2013 • 7 min • United States of America

Casey Conklin joined the 3rd Ranger Battalion as a medic, because he always believed they were the toughest group around. After his experience in the Battle of Mosul in Iraq and receiving his Ranger tab, he doesn't question how tough he is. After returning home, he finds that he still must challenge himself to stay healthy and redefine toughness at home.

Das Foto-Shoot

2013 • 4 min • France

A photographer tries to get a very specific emotion out of his model inspired by The Holy Mary, John Lennon and German sausages.

Tradition

2013 • 6 min

A stressed-out family of three is trying to get time to make a perfect Christmas preparation.

Memorize

2013 • 7 min • Sweden

In 2027, everyone is implanted with a chip which records everything they see. It is the end of judicial doubt, but not of crime.

Little Doll

2013 • 4 min • France

A little girl lives in a strange room and spends her days playing with her dolls.

Frankenstein's Master

2013 • 6 min • United States of America

Driven to the wilderness to bury the key to a horrible secret, a harried scientist is confronted by his own gruesome creation. Based on excerpts from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this atmospheric and moody short film is a haunting look at what rules us.

Chocolate Milk

2013 • 23 min

Chocolate Milk is the story of two slow-witted brothers, Kyle and Phillip, who are forced to fend their way through life after a low-flying Cessna killed their mother. Kyle is an eternal optimist and Phillip is depressed, lazy and lives in the past. This film follows Kyle and his determination to get Phillip off the couch and out into the world by going on a job interview, which goes terribly wrong.

The Real Lion Queen

2013 • 50 min

The circle of life is broken in Zambia's Liuwa Plains National Park. Settlers, poachers, and professional hunters have almost wiped out the lion population, leaving just one lioness in the vast wilderness - but not for long. This is the story of "Lady Liuwa," a lion queen without a kingdom, and Herbert Brauer, a wildlife cinematographer on a six-year journey to find her a mate in hopes of forming a new pride. It's a mission full of setbacks and disappointments, chaos and danger, and the magic of unexpected relationships

Fumando Espero

2013 • 6 min • Spain

She only smokes and waits for the man she loves. Sometimes we fall for the wrong person even if we are aware of it. But blind love, insane love can fight against all and 100 hours waiting with 100 cigarettes is the least a woman can do when she is madly in love.

Kalki

2013 • 2 min • India

In a world crippled by oil wars, economy & chaos the tenth incarnation of God rises.

Niagara

2013 • 14 min • United States of America, Chile

Estranged siblings Genevieve and Stephen are caught in their father's cabin during a thunderstorm, emptying it from what it used to be. The electricity fails and they slowly find the calm that they were looking for.

Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time

2013 • 6 min • Japan

The narrator, an unnamed adolescent boy living in the present time in an unspecified part of Japan, begins to notice that he can see strange creatures that no one else seems to be able to see. As time passes, he ruminates over his relationship with these creatures, why he is able to see them, and what it says about the person he is. One day, however, he notices that one of these creatures seems to be behaving differently than before...

French Fries

2013 • 2 min • Netherlands

It is Halloween and three kids go out for 'tricks or treats'. It is a windy night and the only welcoming friendly person in the small town is unfortunately treated to a rather frightning and truly horrific sight.

Before the Gate of Ictihad

2013 • 16 min

Four Muslim friends meet in the forest to pray together and to talk in peace. The harmony gets broken by the coming out of Seydi and the circle gets in an endless spiral of contention; about Islam, sin and belief, forgiveness and punishment. Because Seydi wants the just punishment for his sin, so he is sinless before Allah.

L'Aurore boréale

2013 • 12 min • France