All Films

The Going Away Party

2015 • 10 min • United States of America

With a broken nose, a grandmother convinced he's autistic and a psychiatrist saying he's depressed, Connor sees only one way out: suicide.

The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal

2015 • 17 min • Portugal

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films. For almost 90 years, nothing more was known: no reply was ever found and Régio never mentioned the subject again. The discovery of some old reels in a collector’s hoard seems to provide the ending to the story.

Até a China

2015 • 15 min • Brazil, China

I went to China with hand luggage only. In China, motorcyclists wear the reverse jacket and restaurants serve fish heads, crayfish and eels. The event's employee studies cinema and likes Kung Fu films. I bought vacuum-packed chicken feet.

Johnny Physical Lives

2015 • 22 min

This heart-rending love letter from one brother to another uses animation to mythologize Jonathan's fantasy life as punk singer Johnny Physical. After being hit on the head with a beer bottle, Jonathan was dealt a devastating diagnosis—and escape into rock star Johnny's sex, drugs and rock ‘n' roll lifestyle becomes a vital source of energy as he fights for his life

Sonidos que trae el viento

2015 • 15 min • Puerto Rico

Amalia is extremely shy, keeping her from socializing with people around her. The music that her neighobr interprets is her way of relaxation. An event brings the threat that the piano will be gone, putting at risk her intimate space of security.

The Foundation

2015 • 28 min

A portrait of a site and its multiple layers of existence, The Foundation takes place around Tom of Finland’s Foundation in Los Angeles, exploring the multiple layers, sub-communities, interpersonal relations, and erotic and artistic imaginaries that this site hosts, promotes, and projects.

O Efeito Isaías

2015 • 12 min • Portugal

Isaías never heard about quantum mechanics or parallel universes. One night his reality perception will be irredeemably changed.

Can I Stay?

2015 • 4 min • United States of America

An apprehensive homeless girl must traverse a dangerous, wintry city in order to escape her adorable pursuers.

Helljus

2015 • 8 min • Sweden

Two men in an unexpectedly meeting on a highway in the middle of the night.

The Forgiven

2015 • 15 min • China, France

Henry and Clement are in a relationship for one month in Paris. The last night before Henry goes back to London, where he studies, Clement comes to his hotel to surprise him. But when he arrives at the door, he hears that Henry is with another man in the room...

Birdy Wouaf Wouaf

2015 • 4 min • France

A baby bird startles his parents when one day he starts barking like a dog.

Elemental

2015 • 3 min • United States of America

40,000 years in the making: Kogonada's video essay created for The Connected Series.

Lost in Expression

2015 • 21 min • United States of America

After discovering his boyfriend’s infidelity, a stoic fraternity president attempts to suppress his emotions by getting wild at his fraternity’s party. As the night goes on, unexpected events and repressed childhood memories force him to face his erupting emotions and the decision between saving his collapsed relationship or letting it disintegrate into nothing.

Of Roads

2015 • 19 min

What happens if one has to make a quick decision that proves wrong? What are the consequences, if one does not meet the requirements one sets for oneself when something unexpected happens? And what if after all this, one finds new qualities in one’s character that force one to reconsider one’s entire self-image?

Cry of the Loon

2015 • 4 min

Set in the lake country of Northern Minnesota, Cry of the Loon is a lyrical mediation on life, death, and the beauty of the natural world.

Today

2015 • 13 min • Netherlands

When Kees (42) and his two children, Roos (12) and Willem (6), stop at a gas station for a quick toilet break, they all shortly separate and go their own way. In this short period of time, each of them witnesses something which makes them think about themselves. The young Willem accidently witnesses a couple making love in the bushes and doesn't know how to deal with this. Roos, a real 'tomboy', starts thinking about who she wants to be, after another girl confuses her for being a boy. Kees, a divorced man, thinks he has a flirt with a younger woman. When he finds out she wasn't flirting at all, he realizes that he has entered a new period of his life where he has to find his place. The three characters separately all experience a small tilt in their lives.

The Invisible Man

2015 • 4 min

A leader from organized crime is targeted by an invisible man.

Nurse Kennedy

2015 • 3 min • United States of America

Tom Rodgers is making his video diary entry for his Doctor Sherman about his experiences with his nosy neighbor Mrs. Kennedy, when he gets knocked back to reality in a disturbing turn of events.

400 Ways to Kill a Vampire

2015 • 22 min

A vampire hunter snares what he believes to be a low level vampire but it turns out this ones got connections.

Reminiscence

2015 • 4 min

During a dance audition, Roxanne falls prey to a sudden malaise and gets into her memories and trauma exhibited by a being who symbolizes her conscience.

The Birthday Present

2015 • 15 min • Sweden

The atmosphere in the car is strained when Jimmy's dad drives him and a woman to execute this year's birthday present. A wish that suddenly has the opportunity to become a reality on completely wrong premises.

Street Cuts

2015 • 22 min • United States of America

Mark Bustos is a hair stylist to the stars, but it's what he does on his day off that truly sets him apart. Every Sunday, Mark sets out on the streets in search of anyone in need who'd appreciate a free haircut, using his talent to make people feel good.

Psychic Darkness Video 8

2015 • 59 min • Japan

8th installment in the "Shinrei Yami Douga" series, the successor to "Yami Douga".

Modern Love: A Man Too Good to Be True

2015 • 3 min • United States of America

While battling Alzheimer’s disease, Deenie Hartzog-Mislock’s grandmother invents a wild story and the family learns to love an imaginary man named Nick Stephanopoulos.