All Films

Geomancer

2017 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Heralded by the futuristic computer-generated cityscapes that have become a signature feature of his work, Lawrence Lek’s mini-opus Geomancer is less inclined to map the building blocks of the urban architecture of tomorrow than to try and summon up the spirit of our rapidly dawning age - one whose characteristics, Lek implies, include the growing ascendancy of the cultural phenomenon of Sino-Futurism. As the geopolitical axis tilts further to the East, and as once-dominant economic/technological models are cast into doubt, Lek alights on a longstanding tension between the place of the human and the role of the machine, sharpened by contemporary hopes and anxieties around the rise of East Asia, and by speculations that new forms of artificial intelligence, already outperforming mere mortals in matters of automation and aggregation, will challenge us in more creative skills as well. (fvu.co.uk)

What's Wrong with Mom?

2017 • 2 min • Mexico

Something is happening to mom. Her daughter starts praying for her mom's health but soon she will find out what is happening to her. This short film is one of the five winning short films which were made for “My Annabelle Creation" competition as a promotion for the film Annabelle: Creation.

Crumbs

2017 • 9 min

Wer kann etwas verändern?

2017 • 8 min • Germany

Short film tackling depression and it‘s causes in teenagers and young adults.

Steamwrecked

2017 • 18 min • United States of America

After their lightning catching zeppelin crashes, Rowe and her Captain August, must protect their haul from lurking scavengers as they struggle to survive in the harsh desert.

Last Love

2017 • 18 min

The plot begins with them and ends with humanity. This author wanted to show continuity: the first love and the supposed last is an indivisible whole of one eternal Love.

Repense o Elogio

2017 • 48 min • Brazil

A documentary that proposes a conversation about the way children are praised. While girls are often praised solely for their appearance, boys can receive compliments by highlighting their skills. "Rethink the Praise" reflects on the power of words and culture that has brought an imbalance in the way we commend our boys and girls.

Strawberry

2017 • 16 min • Palestinian Territory

Samir, 43, is the owner of a shoe shop in Ramallah who has never seen the sea. He decides to sneak past Israeli borders with other Palestinian construction workers to fulfill his dream of seeing the sea.

One Hour Real

2017 • 12 min

One Hour Real explores the coulisses and facades of a contemporary free-time phenomenon, real-life escape games. These games originally emerged in Japan, and their popularity among players in Europe has recently snowballed. In its unbiased observation of the automated mechanisms used in escape rooms, the film raises questions about surveillance, the human yearning to play, and the relation between imprisonment and desire.

FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival

2017 • 9 min • United States of America

A documentary that introduces FIT Hives, a student-run organization whose mission is to educate the FIT community about the importance of bees to the environment, the use of bee-derived resources in the industries related to the majors at FIT and its goal to put a beehive on the roof. FIT Hives is a recipient of an FIT Innovation Grant which also supported the making of this documentary.

How Far She Went

2017 • 13 min

Adapted from the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story by Mary Hood, How Far She Went takes an unflinching look at family, personal sacrifice, and the lengths we will go for those we love.

The Rise and Fall of an American Scumbag

2017 • 38 min • United States of America

The Rise and Fall of an American S* is a depraved hardcore punk themed drug film from Denver auteuer filmmaker Dakota Ray (American Antichrist, The Acid Sorcerer) The film documents the rise and eventual self destruction of several murderous, drug addicted bottom dwelling characters and takes the viewer on a dark and nihilistic journey full of drugs and death.

Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month

2017 • 13 min • Singapore, Philippines

Jodilerks, a gas station attendant is on her last day of duty. The night is young…

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day: A Series Becomes a Family Reunion

2017 • 42 min

Documentary about the making of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 German television series EIGHT HOURS DON'T MAKE A DAY, featuring interviews with actors Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Wolfgang Schenck, and Hans Hirschmüller.

Prime Live Events: Robbie Williams Live at St. John's Hackney

2017 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Live from London, UK, Prie Live Events: Robbie Williams at St. John at Hackney Church. The award-winning and multi-palatinum singer performs songs from his new album The Heavy Entertainment Show, as well as classic songs.

Roswell: 70 Years Later

2017 • 46 min

A look at the Roswell crash landing.

Am Ballermann von Thailand - Deutsche in Pattaya

2017 • 50 min • Germany

Documentary about the city of Pattaya in Thailand, which is visited by thousands of Germans every year. Not only the weather attracts men to the coastal city...

Meat Lovers

2017 • 10 min

A pizza boy unknowingly goes a house off from his delivery and finds himself captured to be used as a sacrifice for a basement cult's God. In a battle of bloody carnage, the pizza boy must escape if he is to ever deliver another Italian pie again.

The Modernist

2017 • 22 min • United States of America

Comprised of 852 black-and-white photographs, The Modernist presents a dystopian view of Los Angeles, a city which has figured prominently in Catherine Opie’s work over the years. She uses the formal and narrative structures from Chris Marker’s legendary photo-play La jetée to address contemporary themes of environmental collapse, global upheaval, and political breakdown.

Seeing the Beginning of Time

2017 • 47 min

Couples Night

2017 • 4 min

A couples night goes off the rails when one couple reveals they're blood sacrificing devil worshippers. And then things get weird...

The Blue Helmet

2017 • 10 min

Mira, mid fifties has a set schedule every day. Mira wakes up, brushes her teeth, drinks tea, does yoga, and goes to the market every day. She wears the helmet everyday everywhere, in the house, outside the house. Why? Is she crazy, senile or just over the edge?

Foreign Body

2017 • 17 min • France

David, 24-year-old, is graduating from the Fine Arts School in Paris. It is another opportunity, to try to get closer to his father whom he never sees. But this time it will be different, hopes David. - Because this time, it will be man to man.

Hi Stranger

2017 • 3 min • United States of America

I made this film especially for you. I needed to check in with you. I needed to tell you how I feel.