All Films

Forest Falls

2011 • 27 min • United States of America

Four college-grads rent out a cabin in Forest Falls for a final week of fun, unaware that someone else has slightly different plans for them.

Requited

2011 • 20 min

Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two had a falling out years earlier after Nicolas inexplicably kissed Aaron's girlfriend. Nicolas clings to an idealized image of his former friend, unconsciously sabotaging his own happiness in the process. The film is a realistic slice-of-life that poses the question "How do you get over something you never had?"

Zombeach

2011 • 18 min • Brazil

After the lights went out, Samuel goes for a walk down at the beach and stumbles upon a half-conscious girl (Monica Mattos); who had just apparently drawned and presents reliable traces of amnesia. Soon he will realize that he is up for a bigger threat than what he imagined. She had been probably infected with some strange kind of virus which is causing her to mutate into something that may change both of their lifes... and deaths, forever!

Brownout sa Neighborhood Namin that Day

2011 • 39 min • Philippines

Amidst a city-wide brownout, Sunlight experiences the balmiest Christmas of her young life.

Scattered Explorations

2011 • 48 min

In 'Scattered Explorations,' two artists meet at a time of transition, when their old ways of thinking and creating no longer appeal to them, and they are looking for something new, something different, and something revolutionary. They use each other as a form of connection between their previous ways of thinking and doing and what they hope to be their new ways of thinking and doing. 'Scattered Explorations' is about the time between; the analysis of a pending revolution.

Men Who Don't Work

2011 • 12 min • United States of America

When an unusual family moves into a house on his route, a small town postman becomes enthralled by their mystery and strives to understand them. Based on a short story by Raymond Carver.

Khwaab

2011 • 10 min

A Kashmiri lady is waiting for her husband from across the border. The day comes when he finally arrives. But their contentment doesn't last long.

Gvido Zvaigzne

2011 • 42 min • Latvia

In January 2011, Latvia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in January 1991. Film producer Andris Slapiņš was killed, and cameraman Gvido Zvaigzne was fatally injured on the night of January 20th and died in hospital two weeks later. He was a young man whose talent had not yet fully flourished. His story, however, contains elements that make it not only possible to demonstrate his personal tragedy, but also the problematic existence of a young and creative person during an era when everything was crumbling around him. Destiny kept Gvido Zvaigzne from finishing his route, but the events and values of his life represent a model of his generation’s efforts.

Pool Blue

2011 • 9 min • France

Pool Blue is an attempt which tells, without dialogue nor rationality, a connection fantasized between two men. It is the fantastical projection which reveals certain eroticism. Pointless and discreet, the desire is present, two men are careful, gauge to the point to create a link of seduction. This link is intelligently staged, it is invisible with the eyes of the other swimmers, mysterious for both men and very explicit for the spectator.

Vera

2011 • 33 min • Iceland

Vera is a young woman who has no memories of her mother. Her desperate search for a mother image merges with her own search of self as she inevitably makes an attempt to define the boundary between herself and a mother she never knew.

Among the Fallen

2011 • 60 min • United States of America

Among the Fallen delves into the unexplored inner workings of the human mind, by balancing both the physical and mental horrors that a person experiences when dealt a horrible loss of a loved one, and combines that with the gruesome visual decadence of a zombie film. Combining the reflective aesthetics of art-house cinema with the gory and primitive nature of zombie films, Among the Fallen brings about an original story of a grieving writer struggling to come to terms with his past as he battles his inner and outer demons. Gathering inspiration from such filmmakers as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, and George Romero, the film combines a plethora of unconventional themes to create an unorthodox and surreal zombie story. One with a human soul.

My Life as a Turkey

2011 • 60 min • United States of America

Naturalist Joe Hutto's remarkable experience of being imprinted on by group of wild turkey hatchlings, and raising them to adulthood and beyond, in the remote wilderness of northern Florida.

Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge

2011 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Between April, 1975 and January, 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people in Cambodia. A quarter of the population were wiped out in one of the most brutal and virulent genocides of the twentieth century. This new film explores the life of Pol Pot, the ever-smiling, obsessively secretive leader of the Khmer Rouge. What drove him to inflict such a radical experiment on his own people? How did the Khmer Rouge turn from a band of nationalist revolutionaries into a ruthless killing machine? And why did the West stand by and let it happen?
 As an international tribunal in Cambodia finally brings the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge to justice, it's time to re-examine the gruesome legacy of Pol Pot.

#hdboyz

2011 • 15 min

The world's first boy band in high definition...

The Death and Life of a Severino: In Cartoon

2011 • 56 min • Brazil

The Brazilian poem 'Morte e Vida Severina', a masterpiece of João Cabral de Melo Neto, comes to life in an animated version directed by Afonso Serpa.

The Night We Were Kings

2011 • 4 min

A boy and a girl meet at a party and decide to run away from the city together, for the time of a night. But the sun catches up on them...

The Mask of James Henry

2011 • 5 min • Canada

Diggerfilms’ response to the Horrorbid short video contest also organize by Rue Morgue Magazine and The Prop Shop. Inspired by classical short story authors such as Poe, Lovecraft and Wild, it is a very literary take on the slasher movies.

Estruendo

2011 • 12 min • Argentina

When you hate, a wallet is a treasure, the dance is hell, and the other is an enemy. Hate destroys even what is loved.

Mosaic: Love & Marriage

2011 • 32 min • United Kingdom

Four older gay couples discuss their relationships, civil partnerships and their views on multiple topics such as spirituality, religion, love, gay rights, etc.

Golden Rule

2011 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A middle age man, lies to his wife that he's going to have a match with his friends. Actually, he's meeting his partner in crime with whom, he will rape and kill a young woman. When John is back home with his wife they receive bad news.

And God Created Sex

2011 • 51 min • Czech Republic, Poland

The story of father Ksawery Knotz, a charismatic Catholic monk, family counsellor, author of bestselling books, and speaker during retreats for couples – many on sex.

About Killing the Pig

2011 • 6 min • Italy

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

My Spiritual Medicine

2011 • 35 min • China

Two white-collar clerks setup a private radio program in Shanghai. An Otaku lady lives in isolation. As the random fates of individuals are linked and changed by the radiowave, love, in all possible forms, burgeons.

Time Always Moving

2011 • 10 min • United Kingdom

The sequel to Time Stops Moving. Whether it be 2 years ago, tonight or tomorrow, time is always moving. And Adam will realize that no matter what time it is- beyond the girlfriend, the best friend, the other woman and the truth they finally chose to say- is the one who stayed