All Films

Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

An exclusive all-new interstitial content for the first time in 15 years. See the Cryptkeeper take a blast through the past, decomposing the best of the '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s, on his way to welcoming in 2013.

Fresh Guacamole

2012 • 2 min • United States of America

In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.

Preists

2012 • 21 min • Italy

A deep and unconventional friendship is formed between two, somewhat homophobic, priests serving the same church.

The Incredible Journey of the Monarch Butterfly

2012 • 41 min • Germany

Known for their stunningly beautiful colours and mystical powers of transformation, the humble butterfly is revered by many. In one small creature lays the mystery of creation as in a short lifetime a full evolution occurs. Amongst the most captivating is the Monarch Butterfly. Known as the wandered , this striking orange insect undertakes a mammoth voyage that many of its larger counterparts could not even fathom. Follow this incredible creature and allow yourself to be lost in its magic as this 3D feature allows you to have a firsthand experience of the glorious Monarch Butterfly. A captivating journey for the whole family!

Who's Afraid of Cris Negão?

2012 • 26 min • Brazil

Cristiane Jordan, or Cris Negão, as she was called, was a transvestite who worked as a bawd in downtown of São Paulo known by her violent methods to control the other transvestites. Hated and feared by a legion, she also had her fans until she was tragically murdered with two shots in the head. The documentary is a dive into the transvestite universe through the stories of this legendary character of São Paulo's underworld.

Daimi

2012 • 19 min • Denmark

12-year-old Daimi rattles around a decrepit house with her Christmastime companion, a magical piglet. A painful truth hides in the murky water of the bathtub, seamlessly blending reality with fantasy.

Tambylles

2012 • 58 min • Czech Republic

An eighteen-year-old delinquent was recently released from a juvenile detention center. He returns to his parent's old home with a clean criminal record and a new identity. However, local villagers sense an injustice in this lack of punishment; they remember what happened there just a few years earlier. Also an ambitious filmmaker has decided to follow and document this delinquent's return to a 'normal' life. With the backdrop of contemporary society, where "everything is meaningless and nothing is real", this story of maturity and guilt unfolds.

Poppety in the Fall

2012 • 26 min • France, Canada

In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition, by chance uncovering a hitherto closely guarded family secret.

The Contract

2012 • 9 min • Netherlands

Emma, a dissolute young woman with a strong desire to become a mother, has finally found the love of her life to settle down with. When she receives a mysterious postcard her new life is turned upsidedown. Her shady past has caught up with her: she has been traced by the company that wants from her what was agreed upon. She’s forced to pay her debt by making an impossible choice.

Room 69

2012 • 3 min • Switzerland

A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…

Station Zero

2012 • 20 min • United States of America

Skeptic turns believer when a late night talk show host is visited by a mysterious guest.

Mike and Melissa

2012 • 16 min • United States of America

A college student named Mike is going through a normal day in his banal life when he hallucinates a purple skunk woman.

Demetri Martin: Standup Comedian

2012 • 60 min • United States of America

Demetri Martin entertains the New York City audience with a terrific set that brings the hysterical wonders of his smart, quick witted imagination to life.

Show Me Love

2012 • 11 min • Netherlands

Alize ran away from home after a fight with her parents. She's answering her phone, and now the evening is slowly turning into night, her parents are increasingly worried. What they don't know is that Alize isn't far away: she has hidden herself across from the house and is observing her worried parents from a distance.

L'expérience Intello

2012 • 16 min • France

An unruly group of students are subjected to an experiment by a chemistry teacher.

Americans

2012 • 11 min • United States of America

"Americans" is a short 'public service' film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stereotypes portrayed by the media by confronting them head on. It reminds us that what really matters is that we're all Americans, with diverse thoughts, opinions and stances on issues. We are millions of unique, individual parts, the sum of which comprise a whole that is the shining beacon of freedom throughout the world. The film reminds us to be proud of our differences, and to never forget that we're all in this together as Americans.

Raptor

2012 • 43 min • United States of America

A musical odyssey that takes place in an uncertain time, RAPTOR is a short film from writer/director Marc Dickerson, with songs composed by Owen Byrne. It is a surreal journey into a comedic tragedy brought on by delusions of grandeur; and a story about the passion to create something new without knowing how.

Deus et Machina

2012 • 9 min • Spain

The employee comes to the factory every day. He is the only person who is qualified to do his particular job. It is precise, mundane, and repetitive work. Every morning he goes through the same drill, starting up each machine. Today, though, he has made a decision...

Burial at Sea

2012 • 15 min • Germany

SEEBESTATTUNG (Burial at Sea) is the story about the development of a forbidden love between the teenage siblings Larissa and Fabian. After the death of their father, the two are left with an inseparable mixture of love, guilt, and loss. The film is to show the emotional turmoil of naive teenagers and, in a erotic-romantic way, sheds light on one of the last taboos in our society: incest.

The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023

2012 • 7 min • United States of America

Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade. Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of gene-therapy sterilization, Sir Peter prides himself on his motto, “If we can, we must.” After a three year media blackout, Weyland has finally emerged to reveal where he’s heading next. Wherever that may be, we will most certainly want to follow.

A Performance

2012 • 53 min

Marcelo, a disillusioned intellectual who is unable to publish his book, and Paulo, a failed cultural producer, decide to apply a blow to the plastic arts market, inventing a young and brilliant artist.

London: A Tale of Two Cities

2012 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The 17th century saw London plunge into a series of devastating disasters. The Civil War, a murderous plague, and the destruction of the great fire should have all but destroyed the small medieval city, but somehow it not only survived - it thrived. Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century.

Aqua

2012 • 8 min • Latvia

A cat wakes up surrounded by water and must learn to survive.

Driving Lesson

2012 • 14 min • Belgium

A 17-year-old girl who has just discovered that she is pregnant is obliged to take her outspoken grandmother along on a driving lesson.