All Films

Theoretical Architectures

2014 • 5 min

The shadow landscapes on hard plaster secure the days.

Handmade in Thamaga

2014 • 5 min • Botswana, United States of America

Handmade in Thamaga chronicles the founding and work of Bothlalo Centre, a women’s pottery collective and business in the small rural village of Thamaga, Botswana.

Nazis: Ultimate Evil

2014 • 45 min

When we think of the most evil Nazis, the first that comes to mind is Adolf Hitler. But Hitler couldn't have done it alone. The atrocities of the Nazi party required a vast network of evil; from the intellectual elite who legitimized Hitler's ideas to the public, to the desk-jockeys who carried out his orders with ruthless efficiency, to the low-level thugs who delivered those orders face-to-face and blow-by-blow to their intended victims. Who were these people? What did they do? How did they become this way? And which ones--in some people's minds--are considered as evil--or maybe even more evil--than Hitler himself?

Je suis lesbienne. Montreal

2014 • 45 min

I am a lesbian, so ? Twenty-two Montrealers (young, old, butch, feminine, English speaking, French speaking, from all different kinds of places…) are affirming it loud and clear, exposing view points and experiences. A dive into lesbianism based on self-expression : personal and sensitive, lucid and proud, often engaged. An opportunity to hear voices which still remain too unfamiliar often ignored and rarely acknowledged. The strength of words through testimonies, self-affirmation and empowerment ! Yes !

In Love With Hitler

2014 • 45 min

This is Adolf Hitler as we’ve never seen him before — through the eyes of his mistress, Eva Braun. From 1937 to 1944, Braun shot a series of remarkable amateur movies that take us into the inner sanctum of the Third Reich — Hitler’s chalet, the Berghof, the veritable decision center of the Nazi regime.

One Night Stand

2014 • 4 min

Two women on a comic collision course, learn after their one-night stand that, sometimes, you wind up with more than you bargained for.

Auto-Collider XX

2014 • 13 min

The 20th installment of the Auto-Collider series. "In 2005 we were still living in San Francisco, we were there for 18 and a half years, I really like the city very much but we also miss New York. When I retired and our son graduated from 8th grade we decided we move back to New York, one day after dropping him off at school in the morning, my wife decided to drive me along a different route than we normally took, just for a change of scenery, and it happened to be something called Ocean Avenue. For about a mile and a half as we were driving, I had a sense of what the automobile has done to our cultures, not only in the U.S. but also elsewhere. At one time there might have been vital commercial centers where people also live, and in San Francisco that didn’t seem to be the case any longer." – Ernie Gehr

Blenheim Palace: Great War House

2014 • 46 min

Julian Fellowes, the author and creator of `Downton Abbey' tells the stories of the real men and women of Blenheim, whose lives were changed forever by the Great War.

Ultimate Kill 2: Alien

2014 • 11 min • United States of America

Alex, an agent for the good guys, infiltrates an alien compound to unexpectedly find that Jarvis, his friend at the agency, is undercover as well.

Ultimate Kill

2014 • 5 min • United States of America

A mysterious man infiltrates a military base to get revenge on Professor Z.

Ultimate Kill 7: The Chronicles of Krevchencovich

2014 • 14 min • United States of America

The story of Krevchencovich, leading up to finding Alex Z.

Celestial Object

2014 • 9 min

Here are the playful recordings of a naturalist—the observations of a difficult object. As the studio accelerates and numerous cinematic strategies are employed, the information gathered becomes noise; all these measurements become doodles.

Puppets

2014 • 13 min

A puppet show in a retirement house brings strange memories to an old man, that take him on an unsuspected journey on Christmas Eve.

Don't Do Skit 2

2014 • 11 min • United States of America

Tired and injured after their first operation goes bust, Jackie Boy & Zeus set up shop in a new cook house. This time, revenge on the cop who shot them is on their mind.

Love of Costellation

2014 • 60 min

Playing as a judge in the film, the plot takes filial piety, family affection, and love as the theme, which makes people cry.

Unconditional

2014 • 26 min

A short film that explores how second-parent adoption laws in North Carolina harm children and parents in same-sex families. A second-parent adoption, for an unmarried couple, allows a 'second parent' to adopt their partner's biological or adoptive child without the legal parent losing their parental rights. The film follows two North Carolina families as they navigate the legal system and fight to obtain legal parental-child bonds. Watch them rise up and persevere against a legal system that fails to protect them.

A Teakettle’s Thermal Beings

2014 • 28 min

“A Teakettle’s Thermal Beings” coaxes into visibility a process of material computation without a computer. In the sinuous tangle of projective shadows, an observable process takes place. The emergent thermal beings not only compute a circular (convecting) current, but also briefly maintain this rotational circuit in a rhythmic equilibrium. Poised between liquid and gas states, the thermal beings form a coherent structure for an intense moment on the edge of chaos.

Nena

2014 • 12 min • Spain

Directed by Christi Arce. With Mylena Barrios. Nena, a short film inspired by a true story follows the evolution of a young woman

For the Love of Julio

2014 • 11 min

Alice and George are best friends. They are young, passionate and looking for love. A story of frustrated desires and unfulfilled expectations.

I'm Christian Okoli

2014 • 7 min

They say the 'Truth Hurts,' and this couldn't be epitomized anymore by this piece. A brutally truthful and honest performance from Christian Okoli makes this an incredibly powerful piece.

Why Not?

2014 • 9 min

A young man is offered an unexpected opportunity to try everything on the menu. Why not?

Word of the Day

2014 • 8 min

One guy's day starts out pretty bad, but ends up pretty good. And one word sums it all up.

Way to Hell

2014 • 14 min

Jesus, a forty-year-old man, accompanies his mother Maria to a choir retreat. The Catholic code of conduct could well be maintained, if it weren’t for the temptations of the world outside.

Ephemeres

2014 • 14 min • France

Larva for a long time, sublimago for a few hours and imagoto breed, not equipped to eat, this short-lived being is reminiscent of the legacy of the fireflies expressed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Referring to Philippe Jaccottet, Yuki Kawamura juxtaposes time and movement without dreading the motionless moment.