All Films

Can't Piss

2014 • 27 min • China

A divorced man must deal with his son's delicate issue after his ex-wife drops him off. So much for his bachelor's life.

Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories: Tudor Crystal

2014 • 26 min

Martin Parr’s third film for Multistory. Stourbridge, in the Black Country, was once world famous for its glass. Established in 1922, Tudor Crystal is the last, multi-furnace company producing 30% lead crystal, within a traditional glassmaking cone. Martin filmed in April 2013, during the last three days that the owners, Barbara and Richard Beadman, remained in charge before they handed the company over to the new owners. The film is part of the Black Country Stories body of work commissioned by Multistory to document life in the Black Country.

Our Colonial Hangover

2014 • 60 min • Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Our Colonial Hangover analyzes the debate surrounding the racist component of the Dutch Black Pete character. Although the debate always heats up around the time of the Saint Nicholas celebrations every December, it reached an unprecedented level of ferocity in 2013.

You Don't Own Me

2014 • 6 min • United States of America

An obsession with Lesley Gore's T.A.M.I. Show performance of "You Don’t Own Me".

La fin du SIDA?

2014 • 51 min

The Younger

2014 • 44 min • Taiwan

Chen Hao-Zhi lives alone with his Grandmother who has Alzheimers and has suffered from a stroke. In order to pay the bills and his grandmother's medical expenses, he goes to work in a gay massage parlor. At first, it was just work...but Hao-Zhi soon finds that he is attracted to some of his clientele, and gets pulled into a world where he loses control of things he thought he could handle.

Asian Tsunami: The Deadliest Wave

2014 • 50 min • United States of America

Re-examines the dramatic events of Boxing Day 2004, and investigates the new science of Tsunami forecasting.

21 con 40

2014 • 4 min • Spain

A mature woman and a young man share a bed - but not the same intentions.

Vultures: Beauty in the Beast

2014 • 58 min

Vultures are the birds that many people love to hate, but cameraman and naturalist Charlie Hamilton James sees them as beautiful and intelligent creatures that deserve respect. He believes that to appreciate them, people just need to spend time with them and he headed to East Africa to do exactly that. His journey exposes not only a softer, more caring side to these maligned birds but also a much bigger story, one that leaves vultures needing many more admirers.

Ballads Not Bullets: Tom Jackson

2014 • 6 min

This short film tells the story of how actor, singer, producer, and activist Tom Jackson came to use his gift of song to contribute millions of dollars to the fight against poverty and homelessness.

Zokuri. Kaidan Yowa Norowareta Hachi-hen

2014 • 55 min • Japan

1st installment in "Zokuri. Kaidan Yowa" film series.

Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special

2014 • 60 min

Worlds collide as the stars of Comedy Central come together for the first ever All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special. Starring John Michael Higgins, this night of seasonal celebration features a variety of Comedy Central personalities presenting the most awesome Advent calendar ever.

Cruising Electric (1980)

2014 • 2 min • United States of America

The marketing department green-lights a red-light tie-in: 60 lost seconds of modern movie merchandising.

Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend

2014 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The northern soul phenomenon was the most exciting underground British club movement of the 1970s. At its highpoint, thousands of disenchanted white working class youths across the north of England danced to obscure, mid-60s Motown-inspired sounds until the sun rose. A dynamic culture of fashions, dance moves, vinyl obsession and much more grew up around this - all fuelled by the love of rare black American soul music with an express-train beat.

Sandorkraut

2014 • 12 min

This short documentary profiles the queer farmer and food writer Sandor Katz, whose work in culinary fermentation transformed his relationship with life and death.

15 bis

2014 • 6 min

Born on September 17, 1919, my grandfather - whom I only knew until the age of 4 - worked as a hairdresser in his salon, at 15 bis avenue Liegeard, in Livry-Gargan, in the Parisian suburbs, from 1964 to 1980. All that remains of her activity is the testimony of my grandmother and her husband's work tools, which she treasures. No doubt because in them still resides the repeated gesture of the craftsman, since that is what boy hairdressers were called until the 1980s. Just looking at them brings a vanished world to life before my eyes, and I can easily imagine these ancient times: my grandfather already well established in his salon, getting down to business, like a good artisan hairdresser of the years 1970. So, discovering these tools, I wanted to do some sort of memory work, reconstituting the past with and through them.

Beep

2014 • 10 min

Experimental filmmaker and multi-media artist Kim Kyung-man explores his country’s institutionalized culture of fear and hatred toward North Koreans.

So Refreshed!

2014 • 16 min

Kim and Choi are two gay friends. Kim likes Choi, but Kim is not Choi's type. Choi's type is middle-aged men who have big bellies. While they are playing at home, Choi asks Kim to call a middle-aged masseur.

The Silly Bastard Next to the Bed

2014 • 11 min

In 1963, President Kennedy recorded one of the most foul mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of that phone call and the silly bastard who started it all.

Sebastian

2014 • 10 min • United States of America, Peru

Alex has just met the love of his life who is leaving to go back home to Argentina forever. Rationally, Alex knows that a relationship is impossible, but in his last ten minutes with Sebastian, will he let him go or take a chance on love?

In rehearsal: Simon Rattle conducts 6 Berlin school orchestras

2014 • 22 min

The School Orchestra Extravaganzas of the Berliner Philharmoniker's education programme are always a big event, and this year's meeting in February was no different. Six Berlin school orchestras had rehearsed excerpts from Grieg's Peer Gynt suites for the big day under the guidance of members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and the conductor of the public performance in the Philharmonie was none other than Sir Simon Rattle.

Tree Lighting Ceremony

2014 • 2 min • United States of America

The Minions bring their signature chaos and humor to the holiday season in this short, festive featurette. As they gather to perform their unique rendition of the Christmas classic Jingle Bells, their enthusiastic antics turn a simple carol into a comical spectacle. Full of holiday cheer and Minion mischief, this short is a delightful treat for fans of the yellow troublemakers.

Sugar vs Fat: Which is Worse?

2014 • 59 min • United Kingdom

It is one of the hottest questions in nutrition, and probably filling your Facebook feed full of articles telling you what you should be eating. It’s a constant stream of differing opinions telling us we should be eating carbs and low fat, while others advise us we shouldn’t be eating any carbohydrates, it’s fat and protein you should be consuming. If only we were all robots. In this documentary, twin doctors Chris and Alexander Van Tulleken set out on a month-long experiment to see which diet really works, the high fat or the high sugar diet. But what they discover is both shocking and surprising, and what they find out about this on-going debate is that real enemy is in plain sight.

Love Notes

2014 • 16 min • Australia

Two blind neighbors discover each other through a shared musical interlude that shapes their path to happiness.