All Films

The Path Covered in Roses

2013 • 53 min • Serbia

Life path of Serbian princess Olivera, youngest daughter of King Lazar and Queen Milica, which is given as a peace offer to Sultan Bajazit's harem.

Fire Island '79

2013 • 8 min

Filmmaker Chase Hook committed suicide on December 31st, 1979. His conservative family destroyed all of his films. Recently Super 8 home movies of his last summer on Fire Island were found. Also recovered was the tape from his answering machine.

The Obsessive Tutor: The Ogasawara Family Book

2013 • 57 min • Japan

A family that broke up because of the visit of an overly beautiful tutor. However, in the interrogation room about the incident, the tutor and three family members give different testimony.

That Day After Everyday

2013 • 22 min • India

A short film on eve teasing by Anurag Kashyap, it talks about issues related to gender sensitization and equality of genders.

The Killers

2013 • 28 min • Hong Kong

“Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.” Inside an after-hours bowling alley, a counselling session is underway with the attendances discussing the various merits and drawbacks of execution strategies and the prevention of occupational hazards. A man offers to play the flute and all hell breaks loose from there. The weapon is a folded chair, the victims his fellow professionals and the crime is predestined by karma. As the camera lingers on the gory actions, set to offbeat music and at times muted and occurring out-of-frame, a foreboding, dark and somewhat sinister overtone hangs heavy in the air. In a profession such as his, life is predestined by karma and choice is not an option.

The Sixth Gun

2013 • 42 min

Failed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that give dark powers and are tied to its owners until their deaths. A heroine and an antihero are after the sixth gun that grants visions.

The Night Before Christmas

2013 • 10 min • United States of America

The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve is beautifully brought to life with exquisite illustrations and festive music.

Yome no nedoko: hajishirazuna uzuki

2013 • 60 min • Japan

Flirtatious Husband Koichi On the other hand, Noriko, a wife who does everything she can. A father-in-law, Shuhei and Koichi's younger brother, Kazu, watching over her. Kasei faintly thought of Noriko... Meanwhile, Shuhei meets a woman, Aya, who has the image of her lost wife. At that time, Koichi's mistress's pregnancy was discovered.

Madagascar 3D

2013 • 47 min • Germany

Conditioned by its long lasting geographical isolation Madagascar is home to unique Fauna and Flora, with a high percentage of endemic species. Due to the lack of predators, monkeys and poisonous snakes on the island, extraordinary animal species like the funny lemurs were able to develop in a unique way.

Le Fauteuil

2013 • 6 min • France

In a grand father’s hand made living room, a precious leather arm chair is sitting enthroned. Life passes by in sweetness and tranquility for these two long-time companions, but by suddenly changing decors and owners, our arm chair will realize that objects are not always treated with attention and meticulousness, and gradually it will become unusable. But is this the end of the journey?

The Camera

2013 • 2 min • Philippines

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". During a break in filming of a group of poor people in the Philippines, the camera is stolen.

This Must Be the Only Fantasy

2013 • 12 min

Set in present day Los Angeles, the film begins with a friendly teenage gathering but quickly evolves into a mystical journey, complete with a nefarious horseman, young hooligans who are not who they appear to be and a white unicorn.

Mision W2M

2013 • 27 min • Mexico

Famous internet celebrity Werevertumorro is called by a strange person to carry out an operation, if he doesn't do it the guy will threaten to kill his girlfriend. Werever will have to destroy a virus that kills humans with his friends, also involved.

Offerrollsretorik

2013 • 14 min • Sweden

A short film about women who is comfortable in their role as victims.

Immortal, Suspended

2013 • 6 min • United States of America

The idea of suspension is evoked on shifting registers – as levitation, cessation, preservation, and suspense – and located in sites whose identities slip as we track through a space within a space.

Comet of the Century

2013 • 44 min

Comets have fascinated, even terrified us for thousands of years. This year, a particularly massive chunk of ice and rock is hurtling our way, an object that will fascinate billions and should create the space show of the century.

The Last Days of Peter Bergmann

2013 • 19 min • Ireland

In the summer of 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann and claiming to be from Austria arrived in Sligo Town. Over his final three days, Peter Bergmann would go to great lengths to ensure no one would ever discover who he was or where he came from.

Das Phallometer

2013 • 7 min • Germany

The phallometric tests were used in the Czech Republic until recently in order to verify the homosexuality of asylum seekers, who reported homosexuality-based persecution in their home country as grounds for asylum. This short tells the story of a young guy whose sexuality will be tested through this method in a satirically way.

Minami-ke Natsuyasumi

2013 • 28 min • Japan

Second Minami-ke OVA bundled with the 11th volume of the manga. Chiaki, Kana, and Haruka decide how to spend their last few days of summer together. Kana struggles to finish her homework.

Intus

2013 • 13 min

A man wakes up with a start. He is walled up in his own bedroom. Faced with the events that unfold in this enclosed environment, the man is confronted with himself and his past.

Something in the Dark

2013 • 16 min

Caroline realises she is being stalked by an alien when a bright object crashes near her countryside home.

Don't Move

2013 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Set on one fateful night, six friends gather for their monthly 'games night'... and accidentally unleash a demonic force that might tear them - and their friendships - to pieces.

An Evening

2013 • 19 min • Canada

In the minutes that it takes for a day to lose itself to darkness, we see a house that has suddenly become empty. It is the home of Maria, who has recently passed, and who has left her mark in every corner of every room. A portrait of absence is also an attempt to resurrect the dead, perhaps even a moment of magical thinking. The winter outside is well settled, snow accompanies each thought. Based on a poem by Zofia Bohdanowiczowa.

Entrañas

2013 • 23 min • Spain

A bar and a slaughterhouse next to a road in the middle of nowhere. It is barely a month since Edu went to live there with Manolo, the owner. Edu tries to adapt to his new life but there is something that keeps him awake all night long.