All Films

Birth of an Island - The Making of Iceland

2011 • 56 min

Birth of an island is a film that gives the viewer a unique opportunity to experience the creation of Iceland, the youngest country in Europe; an island that is still in the making! And why is that? Birth of an island explores how Iceland was created through volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic submarine ridge, why they continue and what effects they have on the island today. Why there are geysers and how the Icelanders learned how to harness the power of the natural hot water from deep below, as well as that of glacial rivers. It also shows how natural forces, such as glaciers, rivers, waterfalls, the Atlantic ocean and volcanoes constantly sculpture and mold the island. Explains why the island lost most of its vegetation, so Iceland is now the only country in Europe that has deserts. Also, what measures Icelanders have taken to recover the island´s woodlands.

Children’s Game #10: Papalote

2011 • 4 min • Afghanistan

A 10-year-old boy in a pink salwar kameez stands near a dune-coloured wall under a powder-blue sky. He frowns and gesticulates, conversing in stops and starts with the heavens or at least with the gusting wind because you don’t see his kite at first, and the string is so fine you can’t see that either. What you see is a body interacting with unknown forces, pulling to the left, the right, up, down, quick, over to the left again, and so on. Here is not only the body of the boy but the body of the world in deft mutual mimesis, amounting to ‘the mastery of non-mastery’ which is the greatest game of all: a guide, a goal, a strategy –all in one– for dealing with man’s domination of nature (including human nature). Afghan kite fighters often attach small blades to their kite strings, or coat them with ground glass and glue, the better to down their opponents’. Under the Taliban, kite-flying was banned.

Glimmer

2011 • 19 min • Iran

An old optician is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not referred to receive her spectacles yet.

An Rinceoir

2011 • 5 min • Ireland

At a competition, a young dancer waits nervously in the wings. Once on stage, however, she shines, demonstrating her great passion for Irish dancing.

Radiohead Fan

2011 • 3 min

Follows a heated debate between a hardcore Radiohead fan and a casual fan, commentating on the realities of obsessive fandom.

Son of None

2011 • 17 min • Liberia

Orphaned, disheveled and falling behind in school, a 7 year-old Liberian's future looks bleak. Yet Joshua possesses a quality that transcends his dire circumstances.

Nebalta drobė

2011 • 50 min • Lithuania

A documentary about art in a closed society - prison art. The protagonists, who are serving their sentences for various crimes, reveal their worldview.

Sarajevo Ricochet

2011 • 58 min • Norway

Documentary about the effects of 9/11 on the post-war radical Islamism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tons of Passion

2011 • 12 min

"You have to have diesel or hydraulic oil in your blood for this job, otherwise you can't do it!" Dust in the eyes, noise in the ears, and passion in the heart: that's part of the job of an excavator operator in the demolition business. How excavators become ballerinas, and why size does matter after all.

Male behaviour

2011 • 8 min • Finland

Two males of a small town fighting for the attention of a local bank teller.

Merry-go-round Jody

2011 • 13 min • Italy

Jody toured Italy with hid dad's carousel. While his peers live a life dedicated to the stability of friendships and family relationships in the same city and in the same school, he travels and meets dozens of teachers and classmates.

Mount St. Helens: 30 Years of Change

2011 • 41 min • United States of America

A look at the people, history, and recovery of the mountain since the eruption in 1980.

Zyklon Zombie

2011 • 45 min

After the Nazi's had invaded Belgium in 1940, they started experimenting on Jews. Little did they know what consequences one of their experiments would have.

Hiếu's Story

2011 • 11 min • Vietnam

This is a story about Hieu - a youngster who belongs to the 9x generation in Vietnam today. With the pressure of not being understood and the incapability to share with his family, Hieu tries to get away from them, lives on his own, and seeks enjoyment from friendships and other social encounters to fulfill his life with... This is his way of showing that he has changed and grown up.

Love Struck

2011 • 9 min • United Kingdom

An enchanting short film based on the Welsh fable 'Llyn Y Fan Fach'.

can

2011 • 11 min

Two men fight over a can of beans.

Hype Williams Boiler Room Set

2011 • 10 min

Hype Williams Boiler Room Set is a Music film directed by and starring Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland. It has a runtime of 10 minutes.

Water's Silence

2011 • 8 min

A short documentary about a new art exhibition in Tehran.

Storm Warning

2011 • 8 min • Russia

The story of two shy young people, who happen to have violent storm raving both inside themselves, and outside too.

Duvec

2011 • 7 min

Since the catastrophe, the world has been contaminated, society has been ruthless and hunger has been torturous. How far would you go to get a can of food? Steal? Secure. Use violence? Its possible. Murder? For a canned food? But what if your daughter otherwise starves? Boundaries are constantly being redefined. Who is on the good side or what one can subsequently agree with one's conscience is as unpredictable as the intentions of a stranger in an unknown gang hideout.

Operação plástica com Flávio Freitas

2011 • 10 min • Brazil

The solitary and beautiful adventure of the artist Flavio Freitas in his daily work. The artist in his studio. The artist in private. The artist's work. The artist's thoughts: the creative process, observational drawing, daily discipline, creating and selling, the history of the studio in Ribeira, spirituality.

Sucker Punch: Dragon

2011 • 3 min

An animated short inspired by Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch

Jimmy

2011 • 12 min • United Kingdom

A unique point-of-view insight into a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy who on a daily basis fights for the rights of others.

Aya Takano - Queen of Superflat

2011 • 20 min • Japan

Aya Takano was born 1976 in Saitama, Japan. She is a Japanese pop artist associated with the Superflat movement.Influenced by both manga and American Science Fiction, her art typically depicts large-eyed female heroines, often partially or completely nude. Known for mostly her drawings and paintings, she usually works in ink and acrylics. Drawing has also been the base for other works such as 2004's Subterraned, a comic book like series, or in video, such as The World After 800,000,000 Years, in which small adventures usually take place.