All Films

Underwater

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.

Talk Radio

2016 • 14 min • United States of America

Lou spent so many years listening to talk radio that he was left wondering whether there was actually any reason to live.

The Nest Egg

2016 • 14 min

The Nest Egg: the story of a chicken suit, benevolence and eggs.

Story of...Coffee

2016 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Discovered in Africa in the Middle Ages, coffee spread around the globe, taking on many different forms ranging from murky concoction to artisan brew.

Jeewan Hathi

2016 • 60 min • Pakistan

This riotously funny satire on Pakistan's media industry explores the dark underbelly of a reality show that has the nation enthralled as a channel owner who will do anything for higher ratings.

Mysteries of Ancient China

2016 • 40 min • United States of America

Archeologists discover a pit filled with terracotta warriors buried to protect the grave of the First Emperor of China.

Knit

2016 • 13 min • United States of America

One day, while using a popular broadcasting video app, a teenage girl named Katie discovers the truth about the urban myth known as The Old Knitty. They say that if you stumble upon Knitty's live stream, and she happens to see you watching, she'll call out your name, and mark you. She will then haunt you via any electronic device you happen to own or be on.

La fertilidad de la tierra

2016 • 15 min • Mexico

A documentary about the importance of taking care and respect for the earth, man and all forms of life, as an eternal cooperation, having as its main premise, to heal the earth to heal man. The whole story is narrated through the doctor and farmer Dieter le Noir at his Rancho Valle La Paz.

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House

2016 • 26 min • United States of America

Music live performance of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto at the Glass House.

Entropic

2016 • 13 min

Universes collide when a scientist seeking to uncover the meaning of life accidentally disrupts the robbery of a small town grocery store from another world.

Eleganssi

2016 • 26 min • Finland

Elegance is a short film about a group of Finnish men, and the style and elegance of hunting partridge and pheasant. The film’s protagonists are all wealthy men, for whom hunting is a treasured hobby, a passion and a way of life. The film unfolds in three acts on a scenic autumnal field. Meet the three businessmen: Nokia’s former CEO, Jorma Ollila, engineering company Kone Oy’s owner, Antti Herlin, and the charming narrator, Publishing Company Otava’s former CEO, Heikki A. Reenpää. His narration leads the viewer through hunting expeditions, creates the mood and introduces the people. Almost equally important are the gentlemens’ dogs: handsome pointers and setters, whose pedigrees, abilities and hunting prowess ultimately determine whether any birds are caught at all.

If I Could Tell You

2016 • 36 min • United States of America

After years of financially and emotionally draining fertility treatments, Abby Taylor is so desperate to get pregnant that she secretly turns to the online, underworld of natural insemination in order to create a miracle.

Lincoln Center at the movies presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

2016 • 38 min

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Takademe and Ailey's masterpiece Revelations. From 2016.

The Quality of Life

2016 • 34 min • United States of America

After 40 years of living in group homes, Jill Kohfield, an intellectually disabled woman, moves back in with her twin sister and mother.

Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive

2016 • 49 min

The story of how an Irishman from Belfast, William Mulholland built the Los Angeles aqueduct to supply the city with water. Mulholland was self taught but managed to finish the aqueduct on time and on budget. However today, as Kielty discovers, water is still a sensitive topic, some people have it, others do not. It is a story of water, power and money.

World War Three: Inside the War Room

2016 • 59 min

Following the crisis in Ukraine and Russia's involvement in Syria, the world is closer to superpower confrontation than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Now, a war room of senior former British military and diplomatic figures comes together to war-game a hypothetical 'hot war' in eastern Europe, including the unthinkable - nuclear confrontation.

Gone

2016 • 5 min • Canada

A family's daily lives are affected by a recent event.

Some Rain Must Fall

2016 • 15 min • Taiwan

Their dull relationship is ended in this humid rainy season. Seven days later, the boy and the girl both come back to the apartment to pack.This day,the space and time within the apartment begins to swirl. They witness the proof of their love and passion, breaking the boy and the girl into pieces.

Retrosex

2016 • 15 min • France

Year 2065. Convinced sex was better in the old days, a group of teenagers set out on the trail of Retrosex.

Gourd and Evil

2016 • 4 min

A grandfather and his grandson prepare for an unwelcome Halloween guest.

Pickle

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

An ode to man's capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence, displayed through the homegrown remedies Tom and Debbie Nicholson create for disabled animals.

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident

2016 • 6 min • United States of America

Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, this punchy short features James Toback recounting a bizarre, years-long rivalry sparked by a drunken argument with Norman Mailer over bourbon versus Scotch—an ego duel that escalates from boozy barbs to a tense Jets–Browns stare-down and a few jabs to the gut. A brisk, first-person tale of bravado, celebrity circles, and the fine line between literary legend and street-corner scuffle.

After School

2016 • 10 min • United States of America

Sisters Addie and Xandra come to terms with a dark secret from the past in one explosive afternoon.

July and Half of August

2016 • 12 min

A simple film about the process of moving on but not making any forward progress.