All Films

Amor de madre

2012 • 22 min • Spain

The love that a mother feels justifies everything, a mother is capable of murder because of her child, she kills, she steals, she works the corner or any other thing that keeps her child alive; the love that a mother feels, brings up the better and the worst in every woman. Ursula (Ana Polvorosa) is a mother and she is living two tragedies at the same time, a zombie invasion and the fact that her husband left home with their son, Nicolas. To Ursula, the zombie invasion is just “an anecdote” because she, as a mother and as a woman, only cares about her missing child, helpless and alone in a world surrounded by green and crazy beings.

Salty Dog Blues

2012 • 52 min • United States of America

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a median age of 82, are beset with a host of life-threatening illnesses, the movie tells how they navigated issues of racism, disparities in the workplace, gender and familial relations.

Yelo

2012 • 30 min • United States of America

After a tragic accident involving his mother, Franck, a man in his 20's, alters reality to help him make the most difficult decision of his life: the decision between life and death.

Summits of My Life - A Fine Line

2012 • 52 min • France, Spain

A breathtaking journey over the spectacular snow-covered peaks of the Alps as we join a small group of extraordinary mountain athletes in their pursuit of happiness and fulfillment.

A Therapy

2012 • 3 min • France

Short by Roman Polanski shot for Prada.

Alekhin

2012 • 42 min • Russia

Fly-on-the-wall documentary on the day-to-day life of Evgeniy Alyokhin, russian poet and musician, and his girlfrend Oksana.

Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story

2012 • 56 min

As PlayhouseSquare celebrates its first 90 years, “Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story” pays tribute to the people who were instrumental in saving the theaters and shows how the community worked together to create a cultural showplace in the heart of downtown Cleveland. This new documentary, a production of WVIZ/PBS, in collaboration with Think Media Studios, reveals a Cleveland rags-to-riches tale as dramatic as any on Broadway.

Other

2012 • 14 min • United States of America

Patrick is a brilliant doctor, in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results.

Tek Ölüm Yetmez

2012 • 21 min

God Save My Shoes

2012 • 60 min • United States of America

God Save My Shoes is the first documentary film to explore the intimate relationship between women and shoes, questioning why shoes are the most addictive item in a woman's closet and how shoes have become a totem object.

Wild Girls

2012 • 39 min • Denmark

They do what suits them, have a lot of temper and attitude, and often get up and down. In an instance of failure, abuse and violence, only the girlfriends are usually leaning up. The raw life on the edge of the law, the lack of schooling and the eternal confrontations with the surroundings makes it difficult for the wild girls to imagine otherwise.

The Clown Statue

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

Short Horror film. Based on the terrifying urban legend. While babysitting for a wealthy family, a young girl is disturbed by an expensive clown statue carefully placed in the corner of the room. However she quickly learns there's more to the statue than meets the eye. Written by Aaron Mirtes

JB Smoove: That's How I Dooz It

2012 • 60 min

JB Smoove is a gifted writer, comedian and actor who continues to entertain audiences all over the world with his unique brand of comedy. When JB's not touring the country with his stand-up act, he's making millions laugh at home with his reoccurring roles in Everybody Hates Chris and Curb Your Enthusiasm. This hilarious extended and uncensored feature-length special includes exclusive behind-the-scenes special features and is a must-own for all stand-up fans.

You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse

2012 • 3 min • United States of America

The "You're so hot" duel rematch: a spaghetti western.

Artefact #2: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney

2012 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

2012 • 3 min

2012. Animation

Posfácio at the Clothing Factory

2012 • 30 min • Portugal

Posfácio works at the factory of Madam Cannon and dates her daughter Claudete. Everything would be going great for Posfácio, if it wasn't for terrorist plans from his work buddies Marques and Mendes.

Meaning of Robots

2012 • 4 min • United States of America

This short film profiles the benevolent Mike Sullivan, who has been in the process of shooting a stop-motion robot sex film in his New York City apartment for the last ten years. Obsessed with the meticulous construction of the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands, leaving him only tiny paths to navigate and no place to film his epic.

The Meaning of Style

2012 • 5 min • Malaysia

Shot with Malaysian skinheads in Penang, it’s a meditative fantasy on signs, signals and butterflies, leading to pointed reflections on the relationship between British colonial history and popular culture in South-East Asia

Looking for Buenos Aires

2012 • 52 min • France

Eric Cantona went to Buenos Aires to figure out the sports and social issues behind the rivalry between the clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate in the Argentinian capital. The former is supported by the working class, while the second benefits more from the support of the middle class…

Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman

2012 • 30 min • Finland

A silent film about a sorrowful man who's searching for a buyer for his goods and acceptance for his existence.

The Miners' Hymns

2012 • 52 min • United Kingdom

The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their story is told entirely without words, yet the film is far from silent: it features a remarkable original score by the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Star Wreck 2π: Full Twist, now!

2012 • 53 min • Finland, Switzerland, Norway

The world was been conquered by Emperor James B. Pirk with the help of the Russians. Now everybody must speak Finnish and a huge space fleet is built. Captain Stöcklin joined the P-Fleet, after signing up while being very drunk. His first mission is to test a new FTL drive (the Hadron Twistdrive), since the original design did not work. In the beginning everything works fine, when they want to shut down the drive, the system doesn't react due to a software bug. The ships goes out of control and destroys a planet by accident.

Artefact #4: Swandown – Culled from a Waterbound Journey from Hastings to Hackney

2012 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Each piece was edited from material that was from the SWANDOWN shoot and named Artefacts 1-5.