All Films

Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

2017 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural centre of the UK and bringing poetry to pop audiences. With the help of famous friends and fellow writers, McGough and Patten tell the inside story of this modern classic and how they made poetry cool.

Fabulación

2017 • 60 min • Venezuela

Two short stories that explore the ability of the human mind to create an alternate reality in order to escape existential torments.

Beatrice

2017 • 9 min • Italy

Beatrice Vio has been fencing since she was five; she used to do it standing and now she does it sitting. When she was twelve, she had her four limbs amputated due to complications from meningitis, which didn't stop her pursuing the sport she loves and becoming a world champion at the age of nineteen. With the implacable support of her family, she has defied all limitations and expectations. This short documentary is a window into the extraordinary, that becomes ordinary, of Beatrice's life.

Hulhumale’ Skatepark – The Build

2017 • 21 min • Maldives

Follow the story of how a skatepark was built in the Maldives and the volunteers who worked day and night for a month to make it happen. See how the project unfolded from initial idea to completion.

H.b.

2017 • 1 min • France

A family runs to the house shelter, but not all will make it in.

Alpha

2017 • 5 min

Francisco forces his boyfriend David to sneak out with him to their vacation rental pool to have sex.

Le loup boule

2017 • 4 min • Belgium

The Round Belly Wolf lived with a round belly, but all empty. One day, by chance he found out a hidden talent to finally fill his tummy.

Take 2

2017 • 13 min

Experimental short by Thanit Yantrakovit.

Night Encounter

2017 • 2 min • France

A lighthouse technician witnesses strange signals of light coming from the sea.

The Knowledge: The World's Toughest Taxi Test

2017 • 46 min • United Kingdom

A documentary going behind the scenes of one of the hardest exams in the world, the test that all black cabbies must take: The Knowledge of London. For the first time, a fixed camera rig has been allowed inside the gruelling, nerve-wracking oral exams or ‘appearances’ for which candidates known as ‘Knowledge Boys or Girls’ must pass to show they have the necessary expertise. To pass this legendary exam candidates must memorize and be able to recall the capital’s 25,000 + streets, 100,000 points of interest and how they all fit together. The film follows the surprising range of characters who are each at various stages of the process, including a single mum, Kosovan immigrant and a bus driver. It takes an average of four years to pass The Knowledge and with a 70% drop out rate any candidate needs a dogged determination to pass and join the ranks of the world’s most elite taxi service.

Jéssika

2017 • 19 min • Brazil

​Jéssika is a trans woman. Years after leaving the Northeast countryside, she returns to her hometown. On this journey, she finds a way back to her own story and herself.​

One Up

2017 • 16 min

Hadley jumps into an uncomfortable sexual encounter after she's brutally rejected by her teammate crush Christine.

Intolerance

2017 • 16 min • Ukraine

17-year-old Lesia from the east of Ukraine temporarily moves with her family to central Ukraine and falls in love with a local boy. But the political hostility of Lesia's father tries to destroy the young people's mutual love.

Watch

2017 • 24 min

When given an opportunity to ease the constant abuse of his army superiors, Private Hyun-jo is willing to commit crimes of his own--promising even more severe consequences.

Soul II Soul

2017 • 50 min • United Kingdom

At London's Metropolis Studios, the British R&B collective Soul II Soul performs some of their smash hits, including the chart-topper "Back to Life".

Revamp

2017 • 30 min

Experience the adrenaline rush of jumping off waterfalls, cliffs and cave walls with a team of adventurers in Switzerland and Northern Italy.

Dark Tunnel

2017 • 32 min

A teenage girl discovers the mystery behind her best friends behavior, only to find out that the connections run deep with an underground organization.

Word Party: Happy Birthday to You!

2017 • 2 min • United States of America

It's your birthday, and the babies are so excited. Franny, Bailey, Kip and Lulu are here to sing a very special song just for you.

Last Nomads Of Everest

2017 • 29 min

4000m above sea level, lies a small spiritual village called Nurkum. This is a mind blowing story of the last Sherpa family holding the traditional Sherpa profession of the Mountain cow husbandry in the most extreme weather conditions. It shoes redemption and pain while holding the old ways of tradition in the backdrop of the modernist way of life.

Ugo Dossi - Art and Space

2017 • 60 min • Germany, Italy

The figurative artist Ugo Dossi presented his works in the field of metaphysics, astronomy and the cosmos, hypnosis, telepathy, tarot, alchemy, collective subconscious, Franz Anton Mesmer and Wilhelm Reich two times at the Documenta in Kassel and twice at the Biennale in Venice as well as in many other international exhibitions and museums. The documentary offers exclusive impressions and views into the atelier of the Bavarian artist and explains the deeper meaning of his artworks. Moreover, we are going to talk about the system and history of the tarot and the method of automatic drawing designed by the artist himself. Furthermore, we will have a look at the questions of relative liberty and the own me in correlation to the whole view of the universe.

Grey Black and Blue

2017 • 60 min

In this film, 4 Palestinian revolutionary activists bear witness to their imprisonment in Israeli jails and their life after prison.

Oddlands

2017 • 30 min

Des and Tam are members of a clean-up crew in a strange toxic wasteland. It’s a lousy job, but it’s the best they can get, and it may just get them what they want. When they stumble upon what may be the wasteland’s last human survivor, these determined but lowly Level 7s will have to decide between saving humanity or saving themselves. ODDLANDS is a story about two unlikely heroes who manage to find a little hope in the strangest of places. The question is, what will they do when they find it?

Narcis și Fifi

2017 • 29 min • Romania

A story about the struggle of Narcis, a 2.000 euro debt to some gangsters and a dog named Fifi.

The Fruits of Clouds

2017 • 10 min • Czech Republic

Furry lives in a clearing surrounded by dark woods with a pack of animal friends. Their only food is rare orange seeds that transform into large glowing fruit as soon as they touch the ground. Furry’s friends are afraid to venture into the scary woods, but he’s bored doing nothing but waiting.