All Films

Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery

2012 • 45 min • United States of America

This story follows one man's quest to uncover the origins and reveal the mysteries of a possible Holocaust artifact some historians now say never existed: lampshades made of human skin. When the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina receded, they left behind a wrecked New Orleans and a strange looking lamp that an illicit dealer claimed was 'made from the skin of Jews.'

Lewis Black: In God We Rust

2012 • 59 min • United States of America

The Emmy nominated, Grammy-winning Lewis Black hits the historic State Theatre stage in Minneapolis for a rant-filled, cathartic ride through through the issues of our baffling world, from inept politicians and the shortcomings of technology to the absurdity of social media. No topic is left unexplored in this sold out performance by the bestselling author, actor, playwright and The Daily Show contributor.

The Killer's

2012 • 15 min • Italy

Italy, summer of 1987. The infamous "Killer" gang is initiating two new members, and it's going to be mess

Hamburg

2012 • 6 min • Ukraine

Ihor wanted to move to America for all his adult life. To Europe, at worst. But his dream was destined to come true only partially – it’s his kidney that moves abroad… His own wife persuades Ihor to sell his organ to Hamburg. Operation will be held illegally and there’s no guarantee that he’ll be given all of the promised money. But the advance is already paid. His wife seems to be satisfied. Now she’s got a new handbag.

Written by Sergey Dovlatov

2012 • 52 min • Russia

Everything that matters to Sergey Dovlatov, one way or another written by the writer Sergey Dovlatov. From fragments of works, letters, interviews, editorial columns, a story about a living person is compiled.

Surrealistica Uniferno 2

2012 • 47 min • Germany

An inner conflict, banned on film, visualized within surreal absurd dreamlike layers. Psychedelic like a dark LSD-Trip and injected by their multiple-personality control system, the good witch Surrealistica and the bad witch Uniferno, run into the inner system of their bodies. Without any security, their rivalry grows to a point of losing all control in an nuclear Inferno. -

Adventure Bahamas 3D - Mysterious Caves And Wrecks

2012 • 53 min • Germany

Experience a virtual Bahamas dream in 3D. The turquoise blue sea, glittering in the sunlight, invites us to explore its secrets. From the depths, the mysterious contours of a huge, sunken ship appear. Accompany us on an extraordinary subterranean voyage to the still largely unexplored cave systems of the Bahamas.

The Little King

2012 • 52 min • France

The little king is called Mathieu. He is thirteen years old and has recently been living with his grandfather in an isolated farmhouse in the mountains. His mother left him there, in this lost house, far from everything, with no explanation, no time to hold on to, no hope of seeing each other again for a long time.

Bez vecuma ierobežojuma

2012 • 51 min • Latvia

A documentary revealing society's perceptions of old age.

The Christmas Jalucha

2012 • 26 min • Andorra, Spain

Aníbal comes to Barcelona for Christmas since he got a very cheap room, but their roommates aren't very happy to have him around.

S is for BIRD

2012 • 12 min

A depressed and bitter employee for an indoor amusement park begins to believe that his destiny is foretold by a children's book.

Winter

2012 • 15 min • Serbia

This is a story about loneliness and intolerance. A story about a small, local hell, where two people are living together bound by their own choice, or predestined by their own fate, does it even matter? This a story about two people chained together hurting each other, limited by space. Based on the story "During winter" by Ivo Andric.

Impunidades Criminosas

2012 • 35 min • Mozambique, Portugal

The Miracle of Saint Anthony

2012 • 40 min • Portugal

In the middle of June the village of Santo Antonio de Mixoes da Serra in the Valdreu region of Northern Portugal honours its Patron Saint with a very special festival. On this day the local farmers bring their animals to the church – cows, horses, dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits – to be blessed. This ancient tradition is passed from generation to generation, and today, just as hundreds of years ago, animals and people flock up the mountain roads to the church square to become a part of the religious festival. The film is about this miracle.

Gears

2012 • 19 min • United States of America

After a near-fatal accident, a single father tries to decipher the strange gears he begins finding throughout his home.

Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm

2012 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A dramatic minute-by-minute account of the superstorm that brought New York State to its knees. Using satellite imagery, CGI mapping and the powerful personal testimony of those who lived through it, this is a forensic analysis of the meteorological, engineering and human devastation wreaked by Sandy.

1892 1982 Dos Historias de Malvinas

2012 • 30 min

It is a fictionalized documentary, filmed in different locations (San Julián; Estancia La Colmena; Morón, Province of Buenos Aires; Capital Federal and Islas Malvinas). The original idea of the project is to reflect the historical and paradoxical connection that unites continental Patagonia with the Islas Malvinas. It is a story that recreates several moments, both the arrival of Islas Malvinas settlers and the departure of Argentine pilots on combat missions during the 1982 war. The documentary is filmed in a cinematic style, but also incorporates the most rigorous documentary logic: interviews, narration, and careful historical research into the events.

Grey route

2012 • 23 min

In a hazy landscape, an allegorical journey begins for Alexis with people - stations that affect a young person's life, by the crisis of days to create dead ends in his path.

Salmon-chan

2012 • 6 min • Japan

Follow the crazy adventures of the young salmon-chan (Half human/half salmon) as she tries to get eaten.

The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

2012 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Programme telling the story of Ronnie Barker, a quiet dedicated actor who might have been a bank manager but went on to become one of the country's favourite comedy stars. Ben Elton, Michael Grade, David Renwick and Josephine Tewson are among friends and colleagues who remember his genius. Famed as one half of the Two Ronnies and the likeable convict Fletcher in Porridge, he was also a prolific writer and admired actor in serious roles.

Shower

2012 • 8 min • Norway

A man enters the shower after his workout, but is soon sidetracked by a noise he cannot identify. He decides to seek out the source of the sound, and enters a situation that will leave him completely exposed.

Fado

2012 • 58 min • Portugal

A documentary project that aims to capture the uncapturable. Explain what cannot be explained. How does one decipher fado? How is it conceived? They say one is born a fado singer, but how do you define what one feels? Does it emanate from within? Many Eastern masters believe that knowledge can only be gained in person. Could it be that through technology we can capture the timeless presence of a master and feel their knowledge? This is a documentary that tries to explain what fado is, to those who know it and those who don't, from the inner point of view of the 'maker' of fado. From the composer to the guitarist, including those who sing it and those who study it. And so, through these testimonies, we can explain the invisible. The inner side of Fado.

Terra Blight

2012 • 55 min • United States of America

Exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the latest technology, Terra Blight traces the life cycle of computers from creation to disposal and juxtaposes the disparate worlds that have computers as their center. From a 13-year-old Ghanaian who smashes obsolete monitors to salvage copper to a 3,000-person video game party in Texas, Terra Blight examines the unseen realities of one of the most ubiquitous toxic wastes on our planet.

Asad

2012 • 18 min • South Africa, United States of America

A coming of age fable of a Somali boy as he struggles to survive in his war-torn land.