All Films

Suni Man

2012 • 19 min

'Suni Man' is a touching, yet brutal coming-of-age story of a young Samoan man who must find the courage to choose between a stable life with his loving and traditional family, or an exciting life with his delinquent and dangerous cousin.

Skyborn

2012 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Stranded in a foggy post-apocalyptic wasteland, a father Gideon and his son Blue build a flying machine to see above the clouds. But Blue is fed up with his father's crackpot dream: their flying attempts are becoming too dangerous, and he is sure there is nothing but cloud in the sky. So Blue hatches a devious plan to keep his father on the ground.

A Running Jump

2012 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.

The Girl

2012 • 17 min • Ireland

Following another devastating miscarriage, a couple moves to a new life in the west of Ireland. Left alone in the old house, emotionally fragile Sophie finds a starving young girl wandering the area and all her maternal instincts surface. But is the girl a blessing or a curse?

Forces of Nature

2012 • 2 min • United States of America

Determined to scare The Once-ler out of Truffula Valley, The Lorax decides to create the illusion of ominous forces of nature.

I Love You, Eddie Deezen

2012 • 14 min • United States of America

Mabel is unhappy with her life and needs a change. She leaves the Midwest for Hollywood to find the man of her dreams. Brad? Nope. George? Ugh. Eddie? You bet! Because nerds need love, too.

Lambs

2012 • 14 min • New Zealand

A boy from an abusive family wants to escape, but doesn't want to desert his younger siblings.

ej·kei

2012 • 56 min • Puerto Rico

ej·kei (skate) is the first documentary about the history of skateboarding in Puerto Rico. It traces skateboarding's history since the early seventies until now, through the testimonies of iconic skaters in the island. ej·kei offers a past, present, and future view of this activity in the island.

Dara Ju

2012 • 15 min

A young Nigerian-American desires a better life for himself and for his mother. But when a lie he tells leads to an unexpected reckoning, he's forced to confront a deeply personal truth.

Ulisses

2012 • 3 min • Brazil

A literary adaptation by Ivan Cardoso

Ruweda

2012 • 9 min • Philippines

Three people cross paths at a local town carnival, each with something to gain and to lose. One of them acquires it, the other two pay the price.

Sugar Wars - The Rise of the Cleveland Mafia

2012 • 57 min

The Sugar Wars chronicles the story of the Lonardos, the first organized crime family in Cleveland, Ohio. On his deathbed, Angelo Lonardo comes out of hiding at 90 years old to tell the story of the Cleveland Mafia.

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

2012 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A huntsman is punished for stumbling upon naked nymphs. A visual adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphis' telling of the ancient myth.

Mandevilla

2012 • 20 min • United States of America

John Kim, a struggling Korean-American immigrant mechanic, reaches out to a young boy and his mom caught in the middle of an exploding violence in the same apartment complex. When John finally confronts the husband, he uncovers something far more insidious below the surface and must choose to come to terms with his own dark past.

The Craig Murray Incident

2012 • 8 min • United States of America

If you had a Time Machine, would you go back into the past to relive a memory or change an event? Or would you go into the future to f*@! your best friend's kid?

True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon

2012 • 15 min • United States of America

A conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, and Robin Wright about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

2012 • 60 min

I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in Hollywood, Bernie Mac's sharp tongue and heart of gold resonated with millions of fans throughout his career.This film revisits much of his work through exclusive recordings of early stand-up, featured scenes from his film and TV appearances, and interviews with his co-stars, including Samuel L. Jackson, Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, and many more. Testimonials from friends and family offer colorful anecdotes about Bernie Mac, from his practical jokes to his strong appreciation for manicures, and paint a vivid picture of who he was as an actor-comedian, husband, father, and friend.

Trey (Interlude)

2012 • 2 min • United States of America

During a ride on the Staten Island ferry, nineteen-year-old Trey opens up about his life and the dreams he hopes to realize in New York City. Part of the Open City Mixtape series.

The Atheist

2012 • 12 min

A dark, absurd morality tale about a man's desperate search for human truth in between rhyme and reason, fact and fiction, life and death.

Melvin & Jean: An American Story

2012 • 59 min • France, United States of America

When Melvin and Jean McNair hijacked a plane from Detroit to Algeria in 1972 with their two babies on board, they called it an act of political resistance. The hijacking was also an act of desperation committed by two people in their early twenties who saw no other way to escape what they felt was the constant state of racial oppression in America. Living in Paris forty years after the hijacking and unable to return to the U.S., Melvin and Jean are still coming to terms with their crime and its lifelong consequences.

Bowy Is Inside

2012 • 50 min

Four friends visit an outdoor festival. In the queue mass panic arises. Their relationships inform the way the friends react during the chaos. One of them is killed, the remaining friends are seen as a hero, a victim and a villain. But aren't the victims guilty as well. And isn't the bad-guy also a victim?

Bumsicle

2012 • 20 min

A homeless woman is found frozen to death in a park, unlocking troubling memories for a weary cop and a powerful Chief of Police.

Fivesixths

2012 • 28 min • Germany

Truth, Dare or Lemon is a game played by stupid boarding school kids who don't know what to do with themselves. Before Tim died he was the number one of a close-knit boarding school gang. When the friends engage in a ritual one year after his death a familiar game turns into a sadistic night...

Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

2012 • 10 min

A modern Miami adaptation of the 1962 French short film "La Jetee", the film recounts Luke's (Uncle Luke, legendary rapper from the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew) rise to fame as he changes the face of hip-hop and fights for first amendment rights, and later as he ushers Miami into a golden era of peace and prosperity as Mayor. Everything changes when a nuclear meltdown at Turkey Point Power Plant turns Miami into a radioactive wasteland filled with mutants, and Luke is the only survivor left unscathed.