All Films

Salem

2016 • 30 min

Mara, a withdrawn and solitary artist, has to spend Christmas with her mother, who decided to move in with her after a long term hospitalization. The two women try to reunite as suddenly suppressed memories start to come alive again.

To Build a Fire

2016 • 13 min • United Kingdom, France

To celebrate Jack London's 100th death anniversary, director Fx Goby adapted his famous novel, "To Build a Fire", tragic tale of a trapper and his dog in the freezing Yukon, into an animated short film.

Love Is the Longest Con

2016 • 20 min

Adrian is a con man, struggling to get by, with bigger plans in mind. However, those plans come to an abrupt halt when he meets May, who he believes is the love of his life.

Analysis Paralysis

2016 • 9 min • Switzerland

A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds. The man is looking for somebody who is better at playing chess than his dachshund. The gardener is looking for a mysterious vandal who is missing a yellow boot. In the end, they might just be looking for the same thing.

Lazar: Cosmic Whistleblower

2016 • 18 min

A short film about Bob Lazar

Brilliance

2016 • 13 min

Two gunmen prepare for a jewelry heist, unaware that they're about to change six lives forever.

You're Gonna Die Tonight

2016 • 15 min • Spain

A woman enjoys the pleasure of a hot bath while savoring her own body. A call from a stranger interrupts her tranquility. The worst night of her life has just begun with just a few words: “You're going to die tonight.”

The Moonlight Man

2016 • 3 min • United States of America

A girl walking alone at night is stalked by a creepy monster called The Moonlight Man in this short horror film.

Mango Sticky Rice

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

Katie is a dog loving foodie who is very content with her single life. Soon, she finds herself being pressured to find love. Meanwhile, Chris, the delivery boy just wants to get her attention. Will Katie find someone who will love her for who she is? Will Chris finally win her over?

Sam

2016 • 7 min • United Kingdom

Samantha (Sam) Rhodes needs a dress for the prom

In Particular, Barbara Findlay

2016 • 54 min • Canada

Over the last 30 years, barbara findlay has brought together the forces of feminism, anti-oppression and community activism, advocating for the rights and freedoms of queer and transgender Canadians.

Canta el diluvio

2016 • 30 min

Back in Andalusia, in the gypsy area of Santiago in Jerez de la Frontera, the men gather up and spend the day at the "Colegio", their former school turned into a "peña", the last refuge for heart-felt everyday flamenco.

Lorenzo

2016 • 22 min • Colombia

Before leaving to Europe to continue his career as a musician, Ariel decides to spend his last day in Bogotá with Lorenzo, his baby son. In the brief encounters with his family and friends, Ariel begins to learn the meaning of being a father, a few months later the illusion collapses.

The Unexpected Taste of Apple

2016 • 18 min • France

Lucas and Ellie are two teenagers who will become two lovebirds. Their pureness and innocence exclude them from the world they live in. Hand in hand, they will be searching for a better world in which they will be able to grow up. But in every fairy tales, there is a dark side. On their journey, they will face violence and cruelty. Both of them have a past and a background that they want to run away from.

See Memory

2016 • 15 min

"See Memory" is a 15 minute stop motion film made out of 10,000 painting stills. The film explores how our memories define who we are, how we remember, and the inextricable link between memory and imagination.

Vadim Mister Cool

2016 • 57 min • France

As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific father... Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, a.k.a. Roger Vadim, tried everything until his death in 2000. Portrait of a man at the cutting edge of fashion and trends.

Test of Courage

2016 • 19 min • Germany

During WWII, a bunch of children, with 11-year old Anton and his younger brother Rudi in the middle, meet up at a wall at the cemetery. They regularly have tests of courage. As it is Rudi's turn, he makes his way, armed with a knife, to the grave of a child murderer, where the night ends in terror.

The Race to Dope

2016 • 60 min • France

Russia is about to be banned from participating in the next Olympics. Six other countries are on the watch list. Not a week goes by without a new doping scandal in the world of sports. But how does the doping system really work? Who designs the programmes and who supplies the substances? Filmed in 11 countries, this multi-sports investigation explores the implications of widespread doping.

Immure

2016 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A young man risks it all when the repercussions of keeping his sick mother alive leads to a lost soul.

The Girl Who Danced with the Devil

2016 • 14 min • Brazil

A girl from a very religious background goes out at night to local discos.

Arthur's Eyes

2016 • 15 min

Arthur wants to be a swimmer. Maria, Arthur`s babysitter, wants to get married.

Pearlies

2016 • 13 min • Luxembourg, France

Pearlies is a story about a little mouse, but not just any mouse. It is THE little mouse, or tooth fairy, of your childhood. The one that brought you your first coin in exchange for the tooth under your pillow. In everybody's mind, the little mouse is a benevolent and generous character... What if it isn't ? What if it is actually a neurotic psychopath obsessing about its collection of dental trophies? If a tooth is missing, it simply must be replaced. By any means necessary...

Ascension

2016 • 18 min • Portugal

At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure the situation. In the centre of it all, a mother awaits her son's body. How can life cease to be when in nature there is an enduring renewal?

She

2016 • 15 min • Malaysia

Adapted from the short story "She" from the book "Bitter" by Bissme S. The short film tells the story of an forbidden incestuous love affair from two point of views of the husband and the wife. As they continue to not confront the affair it slowly spiral out of control.