All Films

Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship

2016 • 58 min • Spain

The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was a rabid anti-Communist and a staunch ally of the United States. But that did not keep him from forging a friendship with a Communist nation that was America's sworn enemy: Fidel Castro's Cuba. The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was a rabid anti-Communist and a staunch ally of the United States. But that did not keep him from forging a friendship with a Communist nation that was America's sworn enemy: Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Plateau

2016 • 13 min • Germany

A man wanders around outside, through deserted spaces. Two women have found temporary shelter somewhere inside. Their deserted environment poses a subtle threat. Plateau is a story of an alienation that has spread from within the protagonists into the outer world. The dystopian outdoor shots were filmed in so-called shrinking cities, in town districts in the Ruhr area and in Bremerhaven, both struggling with massive numbers of unoccupied buildings.

Stillness in Wonderland: the Film

2016 • 15 min

A short film accompaniment to Little Simz's sophomore album release. A reality bending journey into a world that isn't quite what it seems on first glance.

Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405

2016 • 40 min • United States of America

56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.

Goal Volant

2016 • 9 min • France

Angelo dreams that his son Matteo becomes a great goalkeeper. In order to reach this goal, Angelo invests everything. But Matteo turns a deaf ear to his father’s dream. During an important game, Angelo is prepared to interfere in his son’s play in order to back him. But the father pushes his son to the limits. He finally puts more than his very dream at stake.

The Lover

2016 • 60 min

An old lover gentleman, Joe receives a ride in order to go back home on time for his perfect wedding anniversary from a good Samaritan, Bob who turns out to be an undercover police officer. Joe enjoys the day with his lover, until Bob fixes and brings him back the car, but he is the last one Joe wants to see at his door. What is Joe hiding? Bob is truly concerned, but his concern could turn Joe's whole life upside down.

The girls I know... get their hands dirty.

2016 • 5 min

Stranded in the middle of the desert, a filmmaker attempts to change her flat tire in order to make it to the biggest interview of her life.

6 Below

2016 • 10 min

A man goes missing in a small town as a detective becomes suspicious of the townspeople.

The Process

2016 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A meticulous middle manager struggles to narrow down candidates for a coveted office position, but her eccentric boss, armed with a half-understood concept of Japanese efficiency, insists on turning the interview process into an absurdist experiment.

Children of History

2016 • 6 min • France

After swimming class, two 12-year-old boys, Jules and Noam, chat and discover that their grandfathers fought in World War II. One, a German soldier; the other, a Jew.

On Edge

2016 • 7 min • France

Adrien, Louis and Mathieu are three non-conformist youth, a bit hood and drop-out, living in a small french town. One day Adrien makes a surprise for Mathieu : he kidnaps the girl Mathieu loves secretly. Ill appreciated by his two friends who don't know if it's just a joke or if he intends to go trough with his plan, Adrien causes a clash wich could break their friendship.

After the Ashes

2016 • 29 min • France

I came back to life. I feel hungry. I feel thirsty. I feel like having you.

The Mark Lembeck Technique

2016 • 11 min

Acclaimed therapist Dr. Mark Lembeck (Jason Alexander), having suffered a "psychotic fracture", attempts to restore his reputation by offering free sessions out of a community rec center.

Why Me?

2016 • 16 min • Romania

“Why me?” focuses on some of the aspects of the New Romanian Cinema, using its own aesthetics. The short film describes the ridicule situation three film-makers create when all their paths to “glory” seem to be blocked. The only solution they find to their problem is an extreme one.

It Gets Worse

2016 • 20 min • United States of America

Whilst boasting about his new book to his friends, Shane Dawson and his friends are stalked by a killer.

Los tres mundos de Mark

2016 • 55 min • Puerto Rico

When a fugitive takes refuge in a small town, it ignites the passion of a group of filmmakers who want to discover his real story and his past. In the process of wanting to bring Mark’s story to the screen, they reveal more of him and each one of the protagonists than they were supposed to. This is a story of a criminal and of those that want to expose the effects of justice, love, and solidarity in the transformation of a human being.

Binge ∞ Purge

2016 • 40 min

After losing her job, Valerie (Valynn Turkovich) relapses into bulimia. It takes the new found friendship of an oddball woman named Jacey (Kate Huges) to help her find the way back to recovery.

How to Find Love

2016 • 11 min • Philippines

A millennial society's search for post-limerence in the digital landscape.

Bunny and Clive

2016 • 15 min • United Kingdom

News of a new girlfriend disrupts mother-and-son crime duo, Bunny and Clive.

Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior'

2016 • 49 min • United States of America

Retrospective on the making of "Mad Max 2".

By the Pool

2016 • 15 min • Canada

During the heat wave, swimmers flock to a municipal pool. Rain or shine, as the days pass the place takes on a life of its own, and the lifeguards, while immature at times, shoulder considerable responsibilities.

Shooting an Elephant

2016 • 13 min

A British officer stationed in Burma must kill a rogue work elephant.

The Lost Pueblo

2016 • 30 min • United States of America

When kids get lost in the New Mexico wilderness. Just like life, we must not lose love and hope or the Devil wins in the end.

The Virgin Soldier

2016 • 39 min • France

Two soldiers, Daniel and Jerome, flee a war we don’t see and we know nothing about. Jerome is badly injured, he will die, he says it, he knows it, he is afraid. Then Jerome confesses to Daniel his last will: he does not want to die a virgin, he wants to die loved…