All Films

The Devil's Ballroom

2012 • 16 min • Norway

Along his strenuous journey to the North Pole, a chance encounter forces a fearless explorer to make an impossible decision. After burying his last remaining companion, a fearless explorer has to find his way to the North Pole alone, fighting snow-blindness and physical strain. An unexpected encounter forces him to decide between honor and fame in the history books or keeping the moral high ground—a choice which will haunt the rest of his life. Although taking place in the early 1910s, The Devil's Ballroom tells a timeless tale of greed, self-sacrifice, the blinding yearn for success and the sacred myth surrounding European explorers.

Bff

2012 • 8 min • United States of America

Two best friends meet to discuss love and loss over a cup of tea. Things do not go as planned.

Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None

2012 • 6 min • Japan

When three bounty hunters accidentally meet in a bar, their stark personalities begin to clash, turning into a three way gun fight.

Calling

2012 • 50 min

A cleaning man wants to become a painter, but he continues to devote himself to his wife by giving up the dream.

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers

2012 • 55 min • United Kingdom

David Attenborough narrates this close up look at these tiny pollinators captured in flight as never before. Acrobats of the air - flying jewels - iridescent partners of countless plants: hummingbirds are amongst the most remarkable creatures on our planet.

Bewitched

2012 • 11 min • Portugal

She arrives home at the end of the day, tired. While she prepares dinner, he reads the newspaper. Finally, she decides to bake some special cookies.

Simonetti Project: Kiss Me Dracula

2012 • 4 min • Italy

A vampiric Claudio Simonetti and a few of his fellow musicians sing and play in Dracula's castle.

House of Monsters

2012 • 8 min

House of Monsters is a stop-motion animated short film featuring the adventures of everyone's favorite classic monsters. Best described as 'Rankin/Bass meets Looney Tunes', House of Monsters features a return to old-school filmmaking and hand-made artistry. Being 5,000 years old can leave you a little dry and itchy. Seeking relief with a little moisturizer goes too far and in an effort to regain the vitality of his youth and the love of a very special lady, the mummy sacrifices the only thing holding him together.

Dig a Hole and Die

2012 • 9 min • United States of America

A suicide patient is forced to dig his own grave at gun point.

Hyena: Queen of the Masai Mara

2012 • 52 min

This is the unusual portrait of two hunters - the cheetah and the hyena. It is a dramatic story built around the competition for prey and territory and the fight for survival.

Life Begins at Rewirement

2012 • 21 min • United States of America

A man struggles with the health care system and his own feelings of guilt when he checks his 100-year-old, estranged mother into Gateway TransCare -- a memory care facility that uploads elderly minds into computer data banks.

Douchebags

2012 • 59 min • Estonia

After getting fired from an advertising agency, the project manager Rain tries to make a new company. He tried to convince Andres, a film director to join in hopes of getting a feature film contract. Everything goes smoothly until the lies surface.

The Crab House

2012 • 60 min • China

Early in 2008, the district government of Jiading, Shanghai invited Ai Weiwei to build a studio in Malu Township, as a part of the local government's efforts in developing its cultural assets. By August 2010, the Ai Weiwei Shanghai Studio completed all of its construction work. In October 2010, the Shanghai government declared the Ai Weiwei Shanghai Studio an illegal construction, and was subjected to demolition.

Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

A unique exploration of fashion and hairstyles in the 1970s using found footage as the subject matter.

Undress Me

2012 • 15 min • Sweden

Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.

Georgina Adams

2012 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Georgina Adams was all set for a happy life with her man Jimmy. One slight problem Jimmy wants to break-up. Now with Georgina 's mother making plans for a big wedding and not wanting to look like a sad loser in front of her friends and family. Georgina gets ready for her big day with or without Jimmy.

Stealing Africa

2012 • 52 min • Zambia, Switzerland

Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they've extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world. So why hasn't copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia's case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens. Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That's enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year. For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools, pensions and infrastructure. Money that would make them less reliant on aid.

Minami-ke Omatase

2012 • 25 min • Japan

Halloween descends upon the Minami family: Kana surprises Makoto wearing a vampire costume that Touma made. Since Makoto knows nothing about Halloween, Kana enlightens him. To get into the spirit Makoto is dressed up as a magical girl, and saying "Trick of Treat" to Takeru, yields some candy. The New Year's Day festivities are pretty much over on January 3rd, but when...

Electric Holiday

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

After seeing a beautiful dress in the window, Minnie dreams of herself in Paris, France where she is a popular fashionista on her way to her next runway, where she struts down wearing the dress from the window. After she wakes from her dream, Mickey arrives and has revealed to have bought the dress as a gift for Minnie, much to her absolute delight.

Restoring the Power and Beauty of 'Wings'

2012 • 14 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

A thorough and thoroughly entertaining look at "Wings" and the undertaking of restoring the film's visuals, recreating and re-recording its score, and adding authentic sound effects.

Transferring

2012 • 20 min • Japan

Yoko meets a transfer student when she is isolated by her junior high school classmates.

Fresh to Move On

2012 • 18 min • Indonesia

A girl tries to 'move on' from a devastating break up with her ex, by practicing “7 Steps to Move On” with the help of her best friend.

Desterro

2012 • 14 min

Pilão Arcado was a Brazilian city. Dona Pequenita never left the place where she was born. From a past submerged by the waters of the dam what remains are words, songs, ruins loaded with memories.

One More Dance

2012 • 12 min • Greece

Mrs. Kaiti prepares a birthday party for Giannis, her husband. Her love for him has always been pure, sincere and true. Nothing has stopped her from considering him the perfect match. Not even now, when Kostas, her son, opposes her view since his dad had never been close to them.