All Films

Obscure

2015 • 20 min

Through all the confusion and obsession that he is passing through, He gets lost between what it's real and what it's not.

For Pina

2015 • 5 min • Italy

Michele Bernardi has created a portrait of the dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch (July 27, 1940-2015), inspired by various film and video clips of her in the incessant studio of movement. The animation is rotoscoped and it recapture the almost abstract quality of dance. The soundtrack by Luca D’Alberto enhances the succession of images and recomposes a unique cameo whom the legendary Pina she is.

The Last Dukes

2015 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A look at the lives of the last 24 non royal Dukes of England in the 21st century and some are of their homes. Over the centuries, monarchs created dukedoms for a variety of reasons, such as a way to reward major war heroes or acknowledge a king's illegitimate son. The last dukedom was created by Queen Victoria in 1889 and it is unlikely any more will ever be created. What will become of those who remain? Do they have power and wealth?

Cholo

2015 • 60 min • Argentina

An introverted greyhound trainer must care for his employer's niece, with whom he develops a symbiotic relationship as they both grieve. He, for the loss of a loved one, and she, for her recent separation.

Bastard

2015 • 20 min

On the day he is to film his first comedy special, comedian George Harmon finds out that his ex-wife may be pregnant with his child.

Little Barber Shop of Horrors

2015 • 7 min • Italy

Joe is a kid with long and wild hair. When he'll decide to cut it out he'll realize how is hard to trust a barber.

Of Cat and Creature

2015 • 6 min

A mustached cat inventor creates a monster with unintended consequences.

Half a Century of Disco

2015 • 60 min • Croatia

In 1964, Petar Ivulić, an adventurer from Split with roots in Brac and address in Paris, opened the first disco club in Jelsa on the island of Hvar. This pioneering venture started a wave of opening disco clubs across the country.

Life on the Mother River

2015 • 57 min • Estonia

The River Emajõgi forms a powerful water world hiding an ancient life. Little Aleksander together with his filmmaker father Remek Meel discovers Alam-Pedja nature reserve and the secrets of its enchanting world. Father and son get acquainted with the hidden life of eagles, beavers, otters, waxwings, great snipes, ravens, penduline tits and Ural owls.

Papa Maafin Risa

2015 • 11 min

Sometimes, parents are too strict in raising their children. Risa, a girl who is still in elementary school often gets bad treatment from her father. Like being scolded a lot, even physically hurt. Until one day something bad happened to Risa that caused her father to regret what he did to Risa.

Vídeo-Chamada

2015 • 24 min • Brazil

Through virtual conversations, the film reveals a diverse panel of experiences of Brazilians living abroad. They are students who have moved in search of academic knowledge and professional training, and now have to deal with issues such as being a foreigner, the distance from Brazil and the impact of their choices. Made from the research material for “Bildungsroman”.

A la cama con Francisco

2015 • 7 min

An autobiographic short film, in which Francisco, a trans-guy, fat, and sadomasochistic, tries to struggle in a world that excludes him from the market of desire. Refusing that his existence is not celebrated, desired, and enjoyed, Francisco opens the door of his daily life to show us that being an object and subject of desire.

Easter

2015 • 13 min • Belarus, France

Every year, on Easter, the church inevitably encounters an endless stream of believers, many of whom come here only once a year - on this day. What do they expect from this holiday? What are they hoping for? What are they searching for?

The Revival of Dracula

2015 • 9 min • United Kingdom

After Mary-Ann and Paul's car breaks down beside a haunted woodland area, they both learn the hard way not to underestimate the occult woodland's rituals.

The Secret of Fowst

2015 • 12 min • United Kingdom

A year ago Colin Fowst's friend Paul and his girlfriend Mary-Ann appeared to have been kidnapped by Occultists in the Hamleigh Woods. Now with a little assistance from an unassuming podcaster he is obsessed on creating a secret weapon against them.

Fish in Puddle

2015 • 19 min • Hong Kong

Although 15-year old Wing is bounced around in foster homes, he forms a genuine sibling relationship with 9-year old Hoi Lam and the mentally challenged Chi Yan. They are cared for by Chi Yan's grandmother who heads up this makeshift family. Occasionally full of teen angst and bordering on delinquency, Wing nevertheless showers Hoi Lam and Chi Yan with brotherly care. Cheerful Ho Lam dreams of reunion with his mother. Wing, more world-weary, ends up transferring to a youth hostel. In their brief days together, the trio formed a true family bonded by love instead of blood. The immensely likeable and talented trio of actors shines in this poignant and heartwarming tale on how children find strength in each other.

The New Species

2015 • 7 min • Czech Republic

Stumbling across a mysterious bone sparks the imagination of three kids, who decide to seek scholarly wisdom from a palaeontologist and see what clues they can dig up.

Limbo Limbo Travel

2015 • 17 min • Hungary, France

In a country where men seem more interested in their electronic gadgets than in their peers, a group of lonely and disillusioned women take the Limbo Limbo bus. Off to a far exotic country, they hope to find happiness.

The Touch of an Angel

2015 • 60 min • Poland

The poetic documentary, shocking testimony and unbelievable reminiscences imprinted in Oswiecim-born, little boy Henryk Schoenker, who narrowly escaped from World War II.

Sibling Power

2015 • 15 min • Canada

A pair of super-powered siblings grow up and grow apart as they struggle with the changes that come with puberty.

Un obus partout

2015 • 9 min • France

Beirut 1982. In order to see his fiancée on the other side of the city, Gabriel has to cross a heavily guarded bridge. He chooses the night of the opening game of the World Cup to try his luck. Will the snipers be watching the game and allow the Gabriel and his friend Mokhtar to cross the bridge in their old Plymouth?

Shift

2015 • 29 min • Germany

SCHICHT (SHIFT) is both a reckoning and a search for traces of the past. Layer by layer the film unfolds the portrait of the filmmaker's family - brought to life by records from private archives - and embarks on a dizzying trip through the shrinking industrial city of Salzgitter, Germany.

Winter, Sea

2015 • 24 min • South Korea

A boy finds an unconscious woman by the sea and brings her home.

A Distant Episode

2015 • 18 min • United Kingdom

“A meditation on the illusion of filmmaking, shot behind the scenes on a film being made on the otherworldly beaches of Sidi Ifni, Morocco. The film depicts strange activities, with no commentary or dialogue; it appears as a fragment of film, dug up in a distant future—a hazy, black-and-white hallucinogenic world.”—Ben Rivers