All Films

The Wall

2009 • 39 min • Albania, Germany

An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to live. The existential dilemmas of a prisoner condemned to death from a repressive regime for his participation in a resistance movement and his friendship with the leader of this resistance. When all seems lost and he has already given up the most unlikely coincidence changes the course of events and his life.

Thorns

2009 • 18 min

In ancient Italy, a young servant is offered wealth and freedom... if he will but murder his kindly master.

La mancha

2009 • 9 min • Puerto Rico

Fisherman Sacarías finds himself at sea, immersed in memories of his old friend Chago.

The Armoire

2009 • 22 min • Canada

After a game of hide-and-seek, 11-year-old Aaron is hypnotized to solve the mystery of his missing friend.

Circledrawers

2009 • 60 min • Iceland

Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system, angels living among us and performing the most mundane of tasks. Oleg, a special emissary has arrived at transmission central in Iceland to do the semi-centennial report on the efficiency of the Circledrawer system.

The Muse

2009 • 20 min • Philippines

In a community by the railroad, an old healer named Tatang performs a “miracle” when a young male lover is run over by a train. It is said that Tatang can heal with poetry and his Muse. Another cataclysmic event will make the community discover the next healer by the railroad.

Stella

2009 • 8 min • Italy

A young girl faces a traumatic event and grows up to meet someone who's gone through hardship aswell.

ookie cookie

2009 • 3 min

Learn how to make the ookie cookie with this hallucinogenic glitterdrag-inspired tribute to the work of NYC underground 80’s gay video artist Tom Rubnitz.

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth - STAGE II: The Emperor's Resurrection

2009 • 26 min • Japan

Continuing where the previous story left, Mechazam proceeds to attack EX Zetton in a mad fury but almost perishes in the molten lava until Mebius saves him, despite being heavily injured by EX Zetton. Being thrown to the Battle Nizer, Mechazam tries to break the seal under Mebius' guidance to reverse the disruption field but the container was too strong...

Celestial Avenue

2009 • 21 min • Australia

Kath is looking for love in all the wrong places. In Chinatown in the middle of a less than successful blind date, she overhears the soulful Cantonese singing of Ah Gong. Kath is intrigued. Is there more to Ah Gong than meets the eye?

Tsubasa Chronicle: Shunraiki

2009 • 58 min • Japan

After the discovery and conclusion of Fay’s tragic past during the group’s visit to the country of Celes, where Kurogane will make a great sacrifice to escape the cruel trap prepared by Fei Wang, the adventurers arrive in the country of Japan: There, the struggle between Syaoran and an old acquaintance will lead the boy into the Dream World... where his other self awaits him. What will be the shocking truth that will emerge as a result of your inevitable battle?

Tailenders

2009 • 27 min • Japan

Premiered in Sapporo Short Fest 2009. The destiny of Tomoe Shiro, a formidable racer with a very promising career, experiments an U-turn when a serious accident puts his life at stake. He recovers miraculously, though, when his heart is replaced with the engine of his own racing car. However, because of that very reason, race regulations demote him to the category of a mere mechanical part of the vehicle and is deprived from the right to participate as a pilot in regular races. Only in a far away colonial planet, along with a multitude of other charismatic pilots also vetoed from participating in regular competitions, he will be given the opportunity to race for his pride and the money of the prize. And so this exciting rally starts!!

Thawing Out

2009 • 27 min • France

Léo is dragged to a nudist camping resort by his mother. Like most boys at the age of 12 or 13, being nude in public holds little appeal for Léo, who protests by wearing extra layers. Until he meets a certain special girl, who captures his heart and releases his inhibitions.

Rapunzel

2009 • 58 min • Germany

A wicked witch locked Rapunzel in a tall tower without doors. Whenever she wanted to enter, the witch would call, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair", and Rapunzel would lower her extremely long hair for the witch to climb. Years pass until one day a prince, riding through the forest, heard her beautiful singing and was captivated.

Prep & Landing

2009 • 22 min • United States of America

Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.

Shyness Machine Girl

2009 • 22 min • Japan

Ami's friend, Yoshie, was murdered and desecrated by the Kimura Gang. She was saved and, like Ami in the previous film, received modifications from the same mechanics. Remembering her past, Yoshie decides to avenge herself and Ami.

Merry Madagascar

2009 • 30 min • United States of America

While trapped on the island of Madagascar, the Central Park Zoo escapees receive a visit from Santa--crash landing on their territory and getting amnesia to boot! The animals must help Santa assume his rightful place in the universe, while King Julian laps up the opportunity for his subjects.

Sei hanzai sôsa II: In'yoku no ejiki

2009 • 60 min • Japan

Saki is a detective in the Sexual Crimes Investigation Division. She works alone with her boss, Iwasaki, in a so-called dead-end department. Just then, her boyfriend, Taiki, emerges as a key witness in a rape case. The victim is Rie, a medical student and Taiki's student. She was raped by a masked man on her way home. The decisive factor was that Taiki's bodily fluids were found in Rie's vagina after she was rushed to the hospital, and his favorite fountain pen was found at the scene.

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth - STAGE I: The Graveyard of Darkness

2009 • 26 min • Japan

In the Land of Light, the Ultra Brothers receive the interrupted Ultra Sign sent by Hikari, which comes from the Monster Graveyard. Obtaining Zoffy's approval, Ace and Taro depart to investigate the matter while Mebius, on his routine patrol, is quickly notified by Zoffy to join the investigation.

Apricot

2009 • 11 min • Australia

A mysterious man with missing memories asks some very personal questions of a beautiful woman he just met.

Reflections of Christ

2008 • 42 min • United States of America

From the manger scene to the setting of Christ's baptism to the site of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, watch Mark Mabry recreate the Savior's most awe-inspiring moments as if you were there witnessing the events first-hand. Hear powerful testimony and life-changing experiences from Mabry and many others who participated. Prepare to be spiritually moved. Prepare to come unto Christ.

Like a Man on the Earth

2008 • 60 min • Italy

Since 2003 Italy and Europe have asked Libya to stop the African migrants. What are the Libyan police really doing? What do thousands of African men and women suffer? And why does everybody pretend they do not know about it?

HA'Aki

2008 • 5 min • Canada

In this short abstract-impressionist film the animation and music were made simultaneously in an organic process of symbiotic creativity. Filmmaker Iriz Pääbo tells the highly subjective story of a complete hockey game using a new cinematic vocabulary she calls "animbits." Pääbo readily admits she is not the biggest fan of Canada's national game, so the great, though highly underappreciated NHL stalwart of the '60s and '70s, Eric Nesterenko, was her hockey muse in this artistic journey. A lyrical and wonderfully unorthodox interpretation of hockey.

Estamos Ganando

2008 • 50 min • Argentina

An analysis of the role of journalism during the 1982 Falklands War and how the Argentine media's support for the cause made 74 days of triumphalist fiction possible.