All Films

Life of Silence

2014 • 27 min • Taiwan

Tensions between society’s expectations and true happiness are explored in this compelling short film that tells the story of three gay men who are entangled in doomed romances.

Painted Parakeets

2014 • 13 min

This short film tells the story of love as it is filtered through the lens of an irreparable dilemma. What remains of what was once most important to two women can never be the same. If love is not lost but cannot be fulfilled, what becomes of it?

Lily in the Grinder

2014 • 14 min

Ryan struggles to find meaning in his provisional existence, exploring sex and death and the idea of 'becoming something.'

A Proud Woman

2014 • 10 min

Mei, a transgender caretaker living in Singapore, is forced to fight for her job when, Xue Mei, the daughter of the woman she cares for threatens to expose her.

Sonderkommando

2014 • 19 min

A train, a trip, a destination. Two strangers start to look each other while travelling in a couch of a train. Cold, pain, farewell. Arrived at the destination one of them is chosen to be a labourer of the Death in a Nazi concentration camp, a Sonderkommando.

Veil of Silence

2014 • 36 min

On the brink of an impending law that could re-write their destinies,young group of sexual minorities in Nigeria defy all odds in the pursuit of happiness.

Strings

2014 • 14 min

Convinced his dad is a spy, Luke embarks on a journey that leads him to discover the awkward truth.

The Rapture

2014 • 5 min • Netherlands

A pulsating bombardment of images about our insatiable pursuit of perpetual happiness and freedom from fear. A frame by frame hand manipulated 35mm celluloid collage film, the found footage is augmented by stills that were taken from various magazines, then distorted and deformed.

Damaged Goods

2014 • 5 min

A college freshman's emotional torture has pushed him to a suicidal breaking point, having lost all hope of fully living his ideal life in peace.

Martyrs: Fire

2014 • 7 min

Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) consists of four plasma screens, each showing a single figure who is progressively overwhelmed by the onslaught of a natural force. The experiences of the four individuals are orchestrated together to form a coherent whole. The overriding theme is martyrdom for deep-seated beliefs, with the physical suffering of the body made dramatically evident through the cardinal element

Static V

2014 • 38 min

The Static series grand finale brings an overwhelming amount of talent from NYC to SF, Florida to London, and Paris to LA and wraps it all up with a series of cameos and surprises that will satisfy any fan of underground skateboarding. With a line-up including Aaron Herrington, Quim Cardona, Jake Johnson, Yonnie Cruz, Vivien Feil, Ben Gore, Jimmy Lannon, Kevin Tierney, Steve Brandi, Jahmal Willams and many more it is a perfect combination of styles and personalities that we’re proud to have together under one project. And proud to offer as the final piece from the Static saga.

Nature Sex

2014 • 3 min

Reach into nature, explode into space.

De-Extinction

2014 • 13 min

Huyghe's film installation captures a moment of reproduction between insects over 30 million years old. The title resonates with current scientific experiments into the de-extinction of prehistoric species.

Guys Night

2014 • 15 min

While Bardo begins to flirt with Thomas's girlfriend, a zombie apocalypse breaks out. Because of this, Bardo has to choose, does he go for the girl or for friendship?

Reencontro com o Cinema

2014 • 28 min

From a screening of "Antes, o Verão" (1968) in the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Artes of Rio de Janeiro, in 2005, "Reencontro com o Cinema" follows the rediscovery of the life and works of filmmaker Gerson Tavares, who hadn't worked with cinema in 30 years.

In Line for Anne Frank

2014 • 54 min

All year long there is an 'eternal line' of people waiting to visit the Anne Frank House in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Who are they? Where are they from? And why are they here? This film watches the line through the course of the four seasons, in search of stories from all over the world. We see people both before and after their visit to the Secret Annex, and hear what it felt like to spend a few moments in such close touch with history. Personal stories are interspersed with passages from Anne Frank's diary, read in many different languages by girls about the same age as Anne at the time. Meanwhile we get an impression of everyday life as it unfolds around those waiting in line - the canal boats, the street musicians, the ticket seller, the homeless man... For all its poignancy "In Line for Anne Frank" is a document that also inspires hope.

Triangles: Witnesses of the Holocaust

2014 • 40 min

This film allows victims and survivors of the Holocaust who have been left out to tell their stories in their own words. Victims were of other religions, different classes, the disabled. Three million Soviet POWS, fifteen thousand male homosexuals, lesbians, transsexual and transgender people, one million Gypsies and two million Poles were also murdered.

Serial K.

2014 • 19 min • Algeria

Self-produced minimalist short screened at the Béjaïa Cinematographic Days.

An Owlegories Christmas

2014 • 39 min

Owlegories is a new animated series and interactive digital app that teaches kids about God through the amazing things found in nature and revealed in God's word! You can tell a lot about artists by what they create. That is the premise behind Owlegories, the animated series. Owlegories explores the nature of God as the creator of the universe through this new, fun-filled, animated series. Episode 1: The Christmas Gift -The class throws a Happy Birthday Party for Jesus when an unexpected guest shows up. The owls learn about loving others, the true meaning of Christmas, and three important lessons about gifts. Episode 2: The Star (Part 1 & 2) - In this special two episode adventure, the class must find Twitch, rescue his parents, and get back in time for the annual Christmas pageant. Along the way, the owls discover three things they can learn about God from the stars He created.

Happiness Comes at 40

2014 • 16 min • Brazil

An elderly couple sees the furniture in their house suddenly disappear, as if by magic. They call the police and religious support, but nothing solves the situation.

Hanging

2014 • 5 min • France

a black and white negative documentation about a intime and extreme body experience.

Grief or Madness

2014 • 19 min

A lonely gay widower and his drug dealer's discontented wife debate the finer points of life, loss, Buck Rogers and horse tranquilizer.

Pepe's Letter

2014 • 8 min

Pepe writes a letter to his mother in the province talking about how nice Manila is, and how his new job is going to give the whole family a better life.

Waking Windows AKA Victoria’s Wake

2014 • 9 min

Waking Window's aka Victoria's Wake is inspired by horror shows, like the magic lantern and phantasmagoria. It consists of several variations around the origins of the moving image and the death of cinematograph as support and device for projection.