All Films

The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth

2017 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Based on William Boyd's short story collection, The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth follows 22-year-old Bethany as she flits from one possible career to another looking for answers to life's most important questions.

Echt Herman Koch

2017 • 52 min

A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and most translated writer from the Netherlands

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Swallow-een Falls Spooktacular!

2017 • 22 min

There is some monstrous Halloween fun brewing in Swallow Falls! Flint accidentally creates his own Frankenstein- like monster. The Monster quickly becomes attached to Flint, and Flint has to learn to live with his new "son". Things get even more frightful when Mayor Shelbourne buys up ALL the town's candy at Halloween, and promises to give it to any kid who can make it through his super-scary haunted house. Is Candy-obsessed Sam up to the challenge?

Quiet

2017 • 8 min • Lithuania

A point of view on clergy sexual abuse.

Frenchman's Flat

2017 • 14 min

In 1953 at the height of the Cold War "Frenchman's Flat" focuses on the atomic weapons testing that was conducted on U.S soil in Nevada.

X-Manas

2017 • 18 min • Brazil

In the underworld of sexual dissidents, gangsters, transvestites, ballet shoes and all marginalized bodies come up with a plan to destroy the cisheteronorma.

Penny and Paul

2017 • 13 min • United States of America

Penny may have found her soulmate in Paul in Las Vegas. But on their drive back to her home in Houston, Texas, they begin to realize maybe they don't know as much about each other as they thought.

Julie Taymor: Shakespeares Kino

2017 • 54 min • Germany

A documentary about stage and film director Julie Taymor

Hold On

2017 • 9 min • United States of America

Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.

Zembla - The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump Part 1: The Russians

2017 • 46 min • Netherlands, Russia, United States of America

For months, the FBI have been investigating Russian interference in the American presidential elections. ZEMBLA is investigating another explosive dossier concerning Trump’s involvement with the Russians: Trump’s business and personal ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union. Powerful billionaires suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in Moscow and with the mafia. What do these relationships say about Trump and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump’s controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others.

Sophie's Turn

2017 • 8 min • Australia

Before she can join the cool girls, sweet little Sophie must sacrifice a piece of herself to a mysterious demonic force in the woods.

Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man

2017 • 56 min • Russia

Gennady Shpalikov. He was 25 when he offered George Danelia a script for the future film “I walk through Moscow”. At this time, Shpalikov was already finishing the script for Ilyich's Outpost for Marlen Khutsiyev! Both of these films will be called the manifesto of the generation of the sixties, the symbols of the era called "thaw". All his life he had dreamed of “The Quay” ... This script was his favorite work. But “Berth” was never staged "..." "There is no choice in the USSR. Or you drink, or you freak out, or you are not printed. The fourth is not given.

Betty: They Say I’m Different

2017 • 54 min • Netherlands

An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty Mabry Davis arrived on the scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion style and outrageous funk. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and The Commodores and married Miles Davis, turning him from jazz to funk and then went on to ignite stages in the 70s with her sassy sexed up mix of hard rock and bluesy funk, inspiring artists from Prince to Erykah Badu to Karen 0 and Peaches. Then she vanished…

In Flight

2017 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Welcome on board, strap yourselves in! 36,000 feet up. Jack a lone business traveller is pleased to be seated next to the breathtakingly beautiful Scarlett on this long haul flight. Jack's intent on impressing her with his well-honed chat-up line. But looks can be deceiving, as feisty Scarlett slowly reveals her dark secret and even Hanna the cheery air stewardess cannot save him.

Cadarço

2017 • 17 min • Brazil

Every day is the same thing: Zeca's mother wakes him up, putting his shoes on. It is the reason why he has never learned to tie them. All was well. Mainly because the most beautiful girl in school has a crush on him. But taking a big tumble in front of her was such a shame. Zeca needs to take a radical attitude.

All for a Rose

2017 • 19 min • Italy

Elena has just turned 18 and this is her first day working in a coffee bar in Bobbio, a town in the north of Italy. It's summer and the coffee bar is very busy. The first day at work is a chance for Elena to meet lots of different people. Each person has a different story to tell - not just in words but also through simple gestures and actions. These characters can sometimes be quite odd and reflect the countless nuances of the human soul.

Velocity Into Execution

2017 • 5 min • United States of America

In continuous motion with no end or barrier in its way.

Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema

2017 • 20 min • United Kingdom

Documentary that breaks down the rise of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema.

Das Leben der Darts-Legende Phil Taylor

2017 • 47 min • Germany

Darts legend Phil Taylor: the complete documentation of his great career - Phil Taylor is the darts legend. SPORT1 accompanied him during his career and shortly before his last World Cup.

Jerusalem

2017 • 11 min

Two brothers, James and William Jenkins, volunteer to fight for Britain in the trenches of WW1. James wants adventure, William wants to keep his younger brother safe. The reality of war will test their bond to breaking point.

Red Night

2017 • 18 min • France

A territory becomes independent. Accompanied by his advisor, and in the presence of a journalist, the president of the new state tries to write a speech.

Me and Mariupol

2017 • 10 min • Ukraine

Mariupol is an industrial city on Azov sea. I went there as a young sailor 20 years ago. The places alive in my memory are mostly destroyed. The battle-line of the Russian-Ukrainian war is just nearby the city. In the night I can hear the bombing. However, I am looking for the miracle there.

William Eggleston: Musik

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

A short documentary portrait of the artist William Eggleston; focusing particularly on his musical endeavours and his album Musik that was released through Secretly Canadian in 2017.

Remembering Leonard: His Life, Legacy and Battle with COPD

2017 • 60 min • United States of America

An intimate journey into the life and legacy of one of the most respected and beloved legendary icons, Leonard Nimoy. "Remembering Leonard" focuses on Nimoy's personal battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).