All Films

Stories Sarah Tells

2013 • 4 min • Canada

Tribute to director, screenwriter and actress Sarah Polley. A whimsical, playful film tells the story of the kinds of stories Polley tells, using humorous, simple line animation, the film comments on the messiness of life and art.

From The Woods

2013 • 26 min • United States of America

A recently single mother must learn to let go of her fear and obsession about her abusive husband in order to save her son from the hands of a mysterious creature from the woods.

Küpeli

2013 • 12 min

Hidden away in the Suriçi quarter of Diyarbakır, the Küpeli swimming pool has been a place to cool off in the heat of summer for many years. The pool is known as a draw for swimmers in waist-cloths and idiosyncratic divers and the source of many a legend. Its future, however, is uncertain given plans to demolish the site as part of an urban regeneration project.

Minerita

2013 • 27 min • Bolivia, Spain

Minerita is the story of three women, Lucia (40), Ivonne (16) and Abigail (17), working as guards inside the potosi mine in Bolivia and struggling to survive in a hell unsuitable for life when they have to defend themselves from men converted into vermin. Their only weapons, courage... and dynamite.

Hanging By a Thread

2013 • 10 min • United States of America

It's the future, and humanity is but a memory, existing only in scattered pieces. That is until a pillow's needlepoint rendering of three individuals, collectively known as the Clothespin Freaks, finds the spark of life and surfaces to fulfill their destinies. Once aware of their purpose, the group begins assembling the remains of humanity they see all around them.

Invincible

2013 • 32 min • Burkina Faso, France

Burkina Faso in 1987 is a country in the throes of revolution. Manu, an eight-year-old who loves comics, tags along with Albert, his big brother. When Albert decides to undergo a magic ritual to become invincible, Manu realises there are real powers to rival those of his comic-book superheroes.

Munya in Me

2013 • 20 min • Netherlands

"Munya in Me" is a stop-motion animation about heavy ten-year-old Munya trying to avoid her bullies on her daily trip to the Turkish supermarket, mostly without success. Until one day she realizes that she shouldn't hide. She should show herself.

Comet: A Great British Air Disaster

2013 • 47 min • United Kingdom

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into service, two aircraft blew up in mid-air, killing all aboard. PM Winston Churchill ordered an assemblage of experts to discover what went wrong - in the process, inventing many of the air crash investigation techniques still used today.

Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert

2013 • 57 min

The Dreamchaser World Tour is an upcoming 2013 concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman in support of her album Dreamchaser. The North American tour had been planned to begin in early 2013, but all dates were rescheduled for late 2013. The early 2013 North American leg of Sarah Brightman's "Dreamchaser" tour consists of her performing 67 shows over a five-month time span. She will be touring around North America, South America and Asia.

Happy Birthday

2013 • 24 min • Denmark

Life can be frustrating for a 14-year-old boy in Denmark, where the age of consent is 15.

Pop! The Science of Bubbles

2013 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Physicist Dr Helen Czerski takes us on a journey into the science of bubbles - not just fun toys, but also powerful tools that push back the boundaries of science.

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

Several comic greats pay tribute to the legendary stand-up stage founded by Budd Friedman in 1963.

Bloomberg Inside: Pixar

2013 • 21 min • United States of America

When it comes to animation, few do it better than Pixar and Disney. They are the dreamers and doers with multi-billion dollar imaginations. Bloomberg television takes you behind closed doors to see how this powerhouse makes movie magic.

Iris

2013 • 9 min • Canada

Devoted teenage boyfriend Marshall worries his girlfriend Iris, who has Asperger's Syndrome, might be losing her grip on reality when she tells him she sees another world.

A Good Story

2013 • 20 min • Germany

A woman offers to pay an exorbitant amount for a beat up old jug in an antique store, but the owner says he will only part with it if she tells him a good story about herself.

The Last Witch

2013 • 45 min

A young woman abruptly moves into an elderly lady's house. Strange things start to happen and soon it becomes clear witchcraft is involved.

Accidental Activist

2013 • 58 min • United States of America

Ted and Lynn Murphy lead a simple suburban life. They have three wonderful children, their own small business, and good relationships with friends and neighbors. But that life is turned upside down when Ted signs a petition advocating traditional marriage. It is a small act of civic duty in his mind, but to others in their community it seems like an act of heartless bigotry.

Orbit Ever After

2013 • 20 min

Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn't easy to follow your heart - especially when the girl of your dreams is spinning around earth the wrong way!

Those for Whom It's Always Complicated

2013 • 50 min • France, United States of America

The story of an LA couple, Camille and G.J., who escape the city for a weekend trying to rekindle their relationship, when G.J.’s best girlfriend crashes their road trip.

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

2013 • 26 min • France

The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.

The Secret Life of the Sun

2013 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the sun's behaviour may have powerful effects on our climate.

The Apothecary

2013 • 17 min • United States of America

In a former mining town in the American Southwest, a beloved druggist navigates a profound divide between his jovial public persona and his private pain while operating the community’s main hub: the sole pharmacy within 4,000 square miles.

The Best Friend

2013 • 18 min • Brazil

Lucas and Felipe spend their first day of vacation together wearing out jokes and hanging out. But beneath this apparent normality, Lucas’ heart is burning in fire.

Whaled Women

2013 • 8 min • Sweden

SchlopSchlop (SS) and KK are two annoying women who work at the Office of Development in Krabstadt, a small town located in an Arctic region of sorts where the Nordic countries have sent their unwanted people. One day a group of whaled women are stranded on Krabstadt’s shores, and it is now up to KK and SS to deal with the situation.