All Films

Me In Front of Me

2011 • 8 min • Italy

A sensitive teenage boy is being harassed by peers in school because of his unwillingness to date girls.

Animal Love

2011 • 16 min

In a near future of environmental degradation, a couple meets for an internet hook-up in an animal lover's apartment.

The Lady ParaNorma

2011 • 6 min • Canada

Estranged from the rest of the townsfolk, an eccentric lady is haunted by ghostly whispers that grow louder with each passing day.

Bone Wind Fire

2011 • 30 min • Canada

A journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of the 20th century’s most remarkable artists.

Games of the North

2011 • 26 min

For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for survival within the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community. Following four modern Inuit athletes reveals their unique relationship to the games as they compete across the North. As unprecedented change sweeps across their traditional lands, their stories illuminate the importance of the games today.

The State That I Am Fish

2011 • 27 min • Argentina, Croatia

A film within a film within a film within a fish.

The Truth About Beauty & Blogs (short)

2011 • 13 min • United States of America

A social media diva is thrown off her game when her boyfriend starts acting up on the internet.

Bahiya & Mahmoud

2011 • 14 min • Jordan, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon

Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into a reliable routine of bickering and making one another miserable until the morning that Mahmoud wakes and finds Bahiya gone.

T Is for Thread

2011 • 4 min • Canada

While arguing with her husband from behind a closed bedroom door, a woman accidentally begins removing sutures from a recent face-lift.

A Norml Life

2011 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary on the current state of medical marijuana in America. Personal stories from patients, doctors and caregivers verify its medical effectiveness while leading activist rally support to end prohibition.

The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?

2011 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.

Jamie: Drag Queen at 16

2011 • 57 min • United Kingdom

Documentary following the story of teenager Jamie Campbell, who wants to be a drag queen. But will he be accepted by his family and his peers?

A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'

2011 • 10 min • United States of America

The filmmakers discuss the creature design for the film 'Mimic.'

Hanuman Airlines: Fly Over Everest

2011 • 28 min

Two Nepali men climb Mt. Everest, launch a paraglider from the summit, fly over the top and set a new free flight world record.

The Little Mermaid

2011 • 7 min • Canada

Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse. Produced by Samantha Jewell, Lindsey Mann, Justin Simon and Aliya Tarmo through the VFS Compendium series and Directed by Nicholas Humphries (Riese: Kingdom Falling), The Little Mermaid is a twisted re-imagining of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.

Je maudis ma nuit

2011 • 9 min • Belgium, Switzerland

Lost in his nightmares, Thierry the lighthouse keeper gloomily watches the jellyfish as they float past his window… It has been many years since his lighthouse sunk under the ocean. In her empty room, Lucie gazes at a picture of a faraway beach. Lucie falls asleep. Thierry sleeps fitfully. They are to meet on the beach of their dreams.

Brutal Killers

2011 • 47 min • United States of America, Netherlands

Successful lions need to be brutal and use any means to quash would-be kings. These are not random acts of violence, but vital behaviour to secure their own genetic future.

Children of the Night

2011 • 25 min • France

Spring 1944. «Some love stories seem self-evident. Perhaps they were unaware of its fatal outcome. In any case, it was inevitable.» Coming from a family of Resistance fighters, Henriette lives the inconceivable : she falls in love with Josef, a young German soldier. Marcel, her friend since childhood, secretly in love with her, discovers their romance and joins the maquis the day before the Liberation. When he will come back, he will not be alone anymore, and they will wear the armband of the FFI.

Los Minutos, Las Horas

2011 • 11 min • Cuba

Yoli always lived with her mother in a humble neighborhood in Havana. Until one day, a boy invites him to leave and Yoli decides to wait for him, trying to change his routine, even if it is for a day.

The Wasteland

2011 • 13 min • France

Two lovers talking on a beach in France. One hides the fact that he is in need of a heart transplant. He knows that someone has to die so that he may live. But to find out who it was that died so that he may live.

Führung

2011 • 37 min

Documentary about politicians visiting an art school.

Here and There

2011 • 55 min • France

One summer evening in a small town in France, two teenage boys, Clarinet and Piano, say goodbye. For twelve years, they rejoin each other at irregular intervals in the same town, discussing their ambitions as they drift apart. Michaël Dacheux's 'Here and There' is a delicate exploration of the eager aspirations of two young men, wise beyond their years yet still innocent in their experience.

Vibratum Vitae

2011 • 11 min

The relationship of Santiago and Afonso is on the verge of ending. Facing a medicated depression, Santiago is a pianist in a creative block caught in an inner fight between his love for music and Afonso. At the risk of compromising his dreams and his own sanity, Santiago has to make a decision that will change the course of his life.

Rabbit's Cabbage

2011 • 6 min • Lithuania

A story about a bunny who decided to grow his own cabbage. And for that it was necessary to get seeds from St. Peter who lives in heaven...