All Films

Somnambule

2016 • 10 min • France

When you sleep, you no longer control anything... Discover "Somnambule", the new short film from Studio Movie. Inspired by real events.

The Runaround Club

2016 • 16 min

A pair of thieves get more than they bargain for when they trespass on a battered suburban family and their controlling father. As situations escalate, morality comes into question for all involved.

Encounter

2016 • 1 min • Japan

Studio Ghibli animated Chōjū-Jinbutsu-Giga Emaki, the famous Japanese "Scrolls of Cartoons of Birds, Animals, and People" or "Chōjū Giga" for short, for a Marubeni Power commercial.

Grey Matter

2016 • 14 min • Canada

Three old men investigate the strange behavior of an alcoholic recluse when his son insists he's metamorphosing into a degenerate creature.

The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven

2016 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary which celebrates, over the period covering the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 60s, the phenomenon of the Everly Brothers, arguably the greatest harmony duo the world has witnessed, who directly influenced the greatest and most successful bands of the 60s and 70s - The Beatles, The Stones, The Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel to name but a few.

Running Through Life

2016 • 8 min

A lyrical short film that explores the stress and expectations of modern society.

The Girl Burying Bodies

2016 • 18 min

Mori is a girl who collects the carcass of victimized animals from roadkill to bury them. Her elder sister doesn’t like her doing that, and the two have a quarrel. But the real reason that Mori cannot leave this place is something else.

Sar

2016 • 38 min • Russia

Waking up in a bungalow by the ocean, our hero does not remember where he came from or how he got here. Day by day, he is becoming more and more hopeless. People who meet on the way do not understand a word of what he says and cannot give answers to his questions. A psychologist, neighbors, a new friend cannot help him, because the answer lies not outside, but inside.

The wedding dress

2016 • 25 min

Short Film A seamstress believes that sewing a wedding dress for herself would kill her.

Koffie & Cake

2016 • 27 min • Netherlands

A short documentary about the youngest female funeral director in the Netherlands. What's it like as a young woman working in an industry driven by older men and what's it like to be confronted with death on a daily basis?

The Third Man

2016 • 14 min • United States of America

The moment where American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved hands in defiance on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics is one of the most memorable images in sports history. But there is a third man in the photo, the white Australian who finished second to Smith and ahead of Carlos in the 200 meters. His name is Peter Norman, and he stands in quiet solidarity with them. Norman’s story is retold in this film with passion and perspective.

Michel's Mouse

2016 • 25 min

Just when he is about to move in with his girlfriend, Michel is overcome with anxiety. To avoid commitment, he'll convince himself he's homosexual.

Die, Damn It!

2016 • 3 min

A dark tale about a drug addict who internalizes his life through a paranoid trip. Slowly he makes sense of his past, and spares no one in the process.

Juliet's Band

2016 • 47 min • France

Maglone and Juliette are 19. After graduating from high school, Juliette has decided to study the visual arts. She has made new friends whom she invited to her cottage in Normandy in order to introduce them to Maglone. “Juliette and I have known each other since the sixth grade. I don't know her squad, but... are my friend's friends also mine?”

Minor Setback

2016 • 11 min • United States of America

Two teens girls scheme their way out of work to spend a day at the beach. Things don't go as planned.

From Beavis (M) to Beatrice (F)

2016 • 27 min • Hong Kong

A personal transgender documentary. From the time of coming out to the time of having sex reassignment surgery.

Tomer & Elias

2016 • 18 min • Netherlands

Coming of age film about Sven, a boy who feels trapped in his own family which only consists of duos. His brother Alex in return tries to keep Sven by his side through the same methods his parents use.

Burning Soul

2016 • 14 min • Australia

Australia, June 1727, a ship from the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the hostile coast. Pieter and Hendrick are friends like brothers - they grew up together, sailed together, survived together. But when Hendrick discovers the true nature of Pieter's heart, the two men are taken in a storm where friendship and faith collapse.

Contested Ground

2016 • 47 min

Apocalypse at the Little Bighorn, Custer's final battle.

Stacey & the Alien

2016 • 15 min • Belgium

Eighteen year old cheerleader Stacey can't handle the loss of her recently deceased mother. She decides to keep mother's body hidden from the outside world and tries to hold on to the illusion that by doing this, they can keep on spending their lives together.

The Cricket and the Ant

2016 • 15 min • Germany

A forbidden relationship between a student and her french teacher shows how passionate and exciting but also how complicated and painful love can be.

Cycle

2016 • 10 min • United States of America

A teen aging out of the foster care system, scrambling to determine his future, is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of his biological father.

Made in Spain

2016 • 12 min • Spain

An absent-minded traveler arrives at a Spanish beach where chaos is about to break out. (Followed by Mad in Xpain, 2020.)

Got a Girl

2016 • 16 min

Feeling neglected by her hotshot musician boyfriend, Emma decides to spend time with an old crush who just moved back to town.