All Films

New Guy in Town

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

A man finds himself in the clutches of a strange new town.

Anquanto La Lhéngua Fur Cantada

2012 • 50 min • Portugal

A documentary about the singings of a Portuguese Village that has their own dialect

Nadie nada

2012 • 38 min • Argentina

After seven years, Laura returns to her hometown due to the death of her father. As the days pass, his death becomes uncertain. She also discovers betrayals and hidden truths that force her to leave.

Bud's Songs Time

2012 • 4 min • Brazil

Follow the story of Roxx, once again walking in the desert of Gueramba. He arrives to his favorite place and as usual, starts playing a song. The music attracts Bud, the monster, an old fellow.

Fuck UK

2012 • 13 min • France

Michel suffers from a strange pathology. A perfectly old-fashioned and rare type of racism: the hatred of Englishmen. This obsessional fault, led him to create an association (which the only members are, except himself, his brother and a friend) and to lead commando operations (covering of English terms with stickers, and street hawking of a violently anti-British review).

Sealed Video 8: Self-harm Queen

2012 • 50 min • Japan

Redial: Out of curiosity, a student picked up a discarded cellphone. Left on the phone mere one number and a single video. Past Life Therapy: An experimental PLT video made for a local TV-station. The video was shelved after shocking incidents occured a few days later. Devil Tube: A video that become sparked a hot topic on the BBS. Those who see the full video, will surely be met with an "unexpected death". Karaoke: Posted by a group of high school girls. While having a good time at a karaoke bar, they capture something rather mysterious. Queen of Self-Mutilation: This video was immediately removed from the video sites.

Planet Food: Japan

2012 • 50 min

Merrilees Parker travels to Japan to learn about its unique food culture. She begins her journey in Tokyo, at Tsukiji, the world's biggest fish market. Master chef, Romeo teaches her how to make the ultimate sushi, an art that takes years to master. Then it's off to a ramen museum, where you can try various regional styles of the noodle soup. Escaping the city, Merrilees takes the bullet train to Matsusaka where she visits a farm that produces the most expensive beef in the world. She also visits Kyoto and Mount Fuji for the annual Summer Fire Festival to gorge herself on wonderful street food.

Al final

2012 • 15 min • Ecuador

Jose has got testicle cancer. For him, this is jut another reason to laugh and not to take things too seriusly. He will find the way to make his other 3 roomates deal with the situation in a similar way.

Wide Embraces

2012 • 40 min • Russia

At first glance, charity is easy: gather things, spend time, help with money. But it turns out, it's not easy when you are 17 and you are not ready to see lonely old age, poverty and disease. And when you realize that now you are there - in a nursing home - waiting, it becomes even more difficult.

Tío Jess

2012 • 16 min • Spain

Out of Nowhere

2012 • 7 min • Israel

An old lifeguard arrives every day for work, when in fact the swimming pool he guards has been empty for years. One day, an unexpected guest appears out of nowhere, filling him with doubts about his everyday reality.

Titanic and Me

2012 • 52 min

This documentary talks with the descendants of families affected by the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. It includes stories from the builders, the passengers, the rescuers and even some who ignored the call for help.

Petey & Ginger

2012 • 59 min

When the global economy collapses the only true victors are those that weren't invited to the boom. Petey plays in a band and works in a pornography warehouse; Ginger works the night shift in a bar. From opposite coasts of the country, the two provide their personal takes on individual vs. collective crisis, together weaving a narrative that exposes a wasteland of shattered economic dreams, unfulfilled social promises and a bleak reality that only music and friendship can float freely above.

The Story of the Turban

2012 • 40 min • United Kingdom

In September 2011, Sikhs from all over Britain gathered in Parliament Square to protest. The focus of their concern was the turban. Since the terrorist attacks of the 21st century Sikhs believe their turbans have singled them out for discrimination. In a case of mistaken identity the Sikhs claim they've been wrongly regarded as religious terrorists and subjected to increased airport security searches. This documentary traces the history of the turban in the Sikh religion, from its roots in Moghul India, through the battlefields of Europe, to the fight for British Sikhs to wear it without fear. It reveals that the turban is a crucial symbol of the Sikh faith - one that Sikhs will even risk their lives for.

Waiting to Whisper

2012 • 15 min • Philippines

It is in the culture of the Filipinos that when a person dies, you can whisper and send your wishes to the dead. The film is about a family who happens to take care of their ailing mother / grandmother. They see this as a burden in their lives and they wait for her death so they could whisper their wishes.

Breadfruit and Open Spaces

2012 • 30 min • United States of America, Guam

This half-hour educational documentary is shot in an intimate, backyard style. Breadfruit & Open Spaces gives a rare look into the personal stories and open living spaces of the Chuukese and Yapese people who live, work, and attend school on Guam, the land where they now grow and prepare their traditional foods. It explores their journey and challenge to hold their ground and find a voice on a new island, while also maintaining their ties to their families on their home islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.

The Song For Rain

2012 • 8 min • China

The animation tells the story about a gloomy rainy season, a boy who accidentally met a little fox. There are two worlds, one is a humid but oppressive city, the other is bright and natural but needs water.

Mad Mimes

2012 • 30 min • Russia

An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.

Meow Meow's Little Match Girl

2012 • 60 min • Australia

Direct from London's glittering West End, our favorite multi-award winning international cabaret sensation, Meow Meow (Vamp), returns to Sydney Festival with a perfectly wild take on Hans Christian Andersen's bittersweet fable. With Malthouse Theatre director Marion Potts, composer Iain Grandage (Optimism), the Wild Dog Orchestra and the ever-dexterous Mitchell Butel (Woyzeck), Meow and her cohorts ignite a fantastical flight of musical fancy with dark, cut throat comedy and a whiplash score.

Bat

2012 • 12 min

David, a sensitive 12-year-old boy, is teased and alienated by his brutish older brothers and father, until he gets a bit of vindication.

Hairy

2012 • 4 min • Spain

A filmmaker scrutinizes his coarse body hair.

Bad Bitch

2012 • 20 min • Brazil

Three friends plan a jewelry store heist, to unexpected results.

Dirt Racer

2012 • 2 min

A saturday evening at the Lone Star Speedway with JR, a young circle track dirt racer.

Sex file: Musabori nikutai sennyû

2012 • 60 min • Japan

A time when sex among citizens was regulated by law, and people with legal licenses could have sex if they matched their licenses and heard the authentication tone. Torikotsu Chicken Life (commonly known as UL) was a membership-based organization that ostensibly sold Torikotsu Chicken eggs, but secretly dealt in counterfeit licenses and drugs. Legendary female investigator F.G infiltrates UL as Fumio..