All Films

The Interview

2015 • 30 min

On a bright September afternoon in the fictional mid-Ohio town of Crestwood, a high school newspaper reporter named Gabe meets with Geraldine Harris, a school board member, for an interview seeking Geraldine's opinion on how certain "hot-button" issues, such as the right to bear arms, LGBTQ equality and prayer in schools, work to threaten or uphold the rights of U.S. citizens. Ultimately, however, as the interview progresses, hidden motives and long kept secrets of both individuals are revealed.

Nancy Corrigan

2015 • 52 min

Explore the life and times of Nancy Corrigan, the trailblazing aviator who became one of the earliest female commercial pilots in the United States.

Ghost Chase

2015 • 55 min

News about various supernatural events near an outdoor theme resort spread like wildfire within a certain authoritative online media where Feng Yini worked. Her subordinates kept submitting applications for publication. Feng Yini, who was careful and cautious, repeatedly rejected the news reports until one day, she was designed to live in this resort far away at the foot of the mountain. Living in the resort, Feng Yini felt the powerful devil power from the darkness. When she was completely in despair, she carefully discovered that this was a man-made conspiracy. Just when she was about to play a game with this power, a real serial murder case began to occur in the resort, and the object of the game also changed from "ghosts" to people.

Disappointed dromedary

2015 • 3 min • France

A young dromedary attends its first conference. Its happiness is going to turn into deep disappointment.

Viewing Prohibited 6 TABOO Video

2015 • 51 min • Japan

6th entry in the 'TABOO' series that investigates and fully recreates horror stories posted on the Internet.

Raiders of the Jade Empire

2015 • 46 min • China, United States of America

China, as we know it today, would not exist without the Han Dynasty. About two millenniums ago, its emperors ruled for over 400 years, and yet, few visible remains of this period exist above ground. Underground, however, it's a different story. Join a team of archaeologists as they enter the royal tombs of three emperors spanning the reign of the Han Dynasty. By excavating these sites, they hope to further our knowledge of their wealth, their beliefs, their quest for immortality, and how their culture and philosophy shaped modern China.

Mission: Sahara

2015 • 53 min • Spain

On 1976 twenty thousand Spaniards left the last European colony in Africa, and thousands of Saharawi’s are abandoned to their fate. Forty years have gone by and Western Sahara has become a forgotten conflict. This film offers an original point of view: the version of the conflict from the opposition to the regime within the occupying power, Morocco, and the odyssey of a group of young people to achieve these testimonies, while trying to reach the capital of the Occupied Territories, El-Aaiun.

Subida ao cerro

2015 • 5 min • Spain

Climbing the hill, and a loved person in an image that is split and multiplied like a memory shock wave. A film that is part of a project where Veloso studies the process that memory follows to reconstruct images: romancing, error, the projection of that which no longer ex-ists in that way in reality

Ma vie, mon histoire

2015 • 15 min

In a filmed interview, a young student named Ethan agrees to testify and tell his story and his conflicts with his father about his homosexuality.

Behind the Torchlight

2015 • 8 min

Behind the Torchlight creates a transhistorical space - a place neither here nor there - that reflects the missing history of "the usherette" in early American cinemas. Constructed using found and original footage shot at an abandoned movie theater in Brooklyn, NY, the film abstracts historical temporality. At once on display and concealed by the partial darkness of the theater interior, usherettes served as objects of fantasy for moviegoers and were themselves spectators.

Shooting the Hunter

2015 • 5 min

A tribute to Derek Jarman.

Silent Sufferers

2015 • 13 min

“Silent sufferers” This film tells a harrowing story of a young woman’s struggle with death and abuse. It is the story of a young Australian girl who loses both parents and is forced to live with her abusive uncle. She is a prisoner in her own life.With none to turn to and a seemingly endless cycle of abuse ahead of her,How will she gain the strength to survive? This is her story

Law Action Future

2015 • 10 min • China

Death cases due to art-house films being to boring are too common, so filming them is considered an illegal activity. One day, the police received a report that an illegal cultural and artistic film crew in a certain community was preparing a new film, and a thrilling arrest operation was about to begin

John Crist: I Got Questions

2015 • 55 min

I GOT QUESTIONS, the debut comedy special from award winning standup comedian John Crist is a joyride of non-stop merriment. Crist's undeniable wit combined with his feel-good comedic sensibility will have you in tears. Poking fun of the government, helicopter parents, gamers, fast food cashiers and even himself...if you've ever thought it, Crist will say it. So sit back and buckle up, because John Crist has questions.

My Life is a Dream

2015 • 9 min

Perky and portly Cousin Wonderlette never imagined she'd meet the man of her dreams so when her dreams turn into nightmares she's not so surprised. In this dark comedy, we follow sweet Wonderlette on a disturbing journey to creepy places where she encounters demented housewives, greedy swine, sexual deviants, and worse, her drunk mother.

Sapphic Press

2015 • 12 min

A frustrated owner of a feminist academic press faces extinction after a slew of feminist bookstores close down across the country.

The House of Gay Art

2015 • 5 min

In November 2014, Gengoroh Tagame joined MASSIVE's Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins on a pilgrimage to The House of Gay Art. Tucked away in a quiet suburban neighborhood in Saitama Prefecture, the private museum is one of Japan's only institutions devoted to preserving gay art. It's a labor of love, run independently out of the home of the charming curator, and novelist Masahiro Ogizaki. The collection contains more than 150 original drawings, paintings, sculptures and photographs, and an extensive archive of rare books and magazines.

Life in Colors

2015 • 13 min

Set during a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, this is a powerful and heartbreaking love story between two women of the 1940's. Their love is pushed to the boundaries and ultimately leads to tragedy.

Night in the Wild Garden

2015 • 6 min • Spain

Experimental short.

Windjarrameru, the Stealing C*nt$

2015 • 35 min • Australia

As miners steal and pollute the ground underneath them, a group of young Indigenous men are chased by police for allegedly stealing two cartons of beer.

Within the Dark

2015 • 22 min • United States of America

"Within the Dark" is the story of high school senior, Max, facing the realization that the fun of his childhood is over. The weight of such a revelation culminates on his favorite holiday, Halloween. The depressing nostalgia of his trick-or-treating years takes over, as Max's mind becomes more and more entangled with the sadness of saying goodbye.

Industrial zone

2015 • 3 min • Austria

The title appears in thick boldface print. A short sequence of documentary snapshots, filmed off found paintings. These images pick up on figures from everyday life and religious practice, and according to the signature, were painted on public walls by a certain “Papisto Boy”. Two men are seen standing in front of an old whitewashed industrial building, smoking and talking. They turn toward the camera with their arms around each other, to pose for a portrait – the camera remains distanced. A tilt guides our gaze up to the underside of the tin roof where metal has been eaten away by rust. Off-screen the sound of drums is heard.

The Making of "Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade"

2015 • 46 min • Japan

On the making of Studio Trigger's "Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade" (2015).

Islander's Rest

2015 • 18 min • Switzerland

ISLANDER'S REST is a bitter-sweet, affectionate tale of innocence lost, bottled-up desires and the comfort of recycling.