All Films

Bastien

2016 • 20 min • Portugal

The story of a 24 year-old, who grew up in an institution for six years and returned home of their host family. He lives with his younger brother Zezito and his adoptive grandmother, Dona Angustina.

What the Eye Doesn't See

2016 • 14 min • France

Alice, 15, has a date with Mathieu. Her friend Julie lends her a pretty red dress, which does not fit her old sneakers. They set out together in search of the perfect pair of shoes, but nothing turns out as expected.

Vitamins For Life

2016 • 2 min

An educational film about some lesser known vitamins.

Mars IV

2016 • 15 min • France

2053. Four astronauts, assisted by a robot, are on a two-year mission in an subterranean base on Mars. An unexpected discovery puts them face to face with a grave responsability with regard to Earth. They then start falling prey to violent hallucinations.

Thanks Man!

2016 • 26 min • Latvia

A story about a young mechanic who tries to collect debt during a friend's funeral.

The Elvis Room

2016 • 22 min • United States of America

Based on the story by Stephen Graham Jones, two young women learn the truth behind a spooky hotel industry superstition.

The Adult Swim Golf Classic

2016 • 24 min • United States of America

Professional golf champions John Daly and Adam Scott (as portrayed by professional actors Jon Daly and Adam Scott) go head to head in this televised charity golf championship, set in 1966. The competition is fierce, emotions are high, the charities are real, and both men are rarin’ to prove they’re king of the links.

Motherland

2016 • 28 min • United States of America

A lighthearted psychodrama about mommy issues and Hillary Clinton.

AKA Amber

2016 • 16 min

A formerly homeless teenager realizes this is her last day at the Peterson's house, when a detective closes in on her threatening to reveal her secret; she must decide to runaway or say goodbye to her crush.

De Puerto Rico para el mundo

2016 • 55 min • Puerto Rico

On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic into their second home, but with Puerto Rico in their hearts.

Events in a Cloud Chamber

2016 • 22 min • India

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events in a Cloud Chamber. This was one of the only Indian experimental films ever made. The print is now lost and no copies exist. Over 40 years later, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia worked with Padamsee, now 89 years old, to remake the film.

Remember the Name: Saba

2016 • 25 min • United States of America

Remember The Name: Saba chronicles the path of an up-and-coming Chicago-based rapper, Saba, as he prepares to take two monumental steps forward in his career — finishing his first full-length album, and performing at one of America’s most iconic music festivals: Lollapalooza.

Small Steps

2016 • 15 min

After a young woman suffers a miscarriage, she tries to continue her day as if nothing had happened.

Piece of Cake

2016 • 16 min • United States of America

Sarcastic & complicated Jessie and her free-spirited girlfriend Alex couldn't be any more different from each other, but cupid's arrow is blind, and it was love at first sight. After a year of dating paradise, things go awry when Jessie's parents, who are unaware that Alex is a girl, arrive to town for their anniversary. At a crossroads, she must decide between revealing her sexuality to her parents, or losing the love of her life.

Lucky Penny

2016 • 7 min

A lonely barista searches for her lucky penny.

Happily Ever After

2016 • 19 min

A short comedy about a prince and his beloved stable boy who are left not knowing what to do when the fairytale book ends. They summon the book's narrator to guide them through this confusing new world of love...and sex.

Fliegen

2016 • 20 min

It's Nadia's 15th birthday. Instead of celebrating with her friends she takes care of her drug addict mother. To earn their living Nadia is working in a chinese restaurant. Due to the clash of hope, fights and reconciliation the life with her drug addict mother becomes an intoxication for Nadia herself. Trapped between responsibility and the thoughts to escape Nadia's loving care is put to the test.

Ouch

2016 • 14 min • India

A married man and a married woman meet in a hotel room.

Jedi's Code

2016 • 8 min • United Kingdom

When the smuggler, Kai Arclighter, crash lands on the remote world of Adara Prime, he's forced to confront his Jedi past. The nefarious Imperial Agent, Pi-Thea-Tezu, has Kai in her sights. Can Kai reconnect with the Force to vanquish his foe? Or will he become another fallen Jedi for the glory of the Emperor?

Concerned Student 1950

2016 • 32 min • United States of America

A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college president. From the hunger strike, to victory, to the fear of violent reprisals, we live with the students who started a campus revolt.

Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera

2016 • 23 min • France

An opera ballet that doesn't exist. A ghost-like piece, played in Opera Bastille and danced at Opera Garnier. An almost mystical link between both scenes. A musician is testing sounds in Bastille's pit. The choir are taking their place in the rehearsal studio. Both sides are fine tuning the work in progress of an opera ballet: Sarah Winchester, her grief, her madness, her home and her ghosts.

Darkly

2016 • 8 min • Italy

A forbidden love between Raf and Sulfus, the former an angel and the latter a demon, is destroyed by Reina, an ancient entity trapped in Purgatory who swore revenge on both Heaven and Hell. Now both are reborn as regular humans. But will they reunite or will Reina suceed in crushing the one thing keeping her from taking power?

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

2016 • 60 min • Germany

Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.

The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

2016 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Ten years ago, in an award-winning series, Stephen Fry first spoke about living with manic depression and began a national conversation about mental health. A decade later, we return to the subject to understand where he and thousands of others diagnosed with bipolar (as it is now called) are now.