All Films

Viewing Prohibited 7 TABOO Video

2015 • 54 min • Japan

7th entry in the 'TABOO' series that investigates and fully recreates horror stories posted on the Internet.

Caste on the Menu Card

2015 • 21 min

This film made by students of the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), focuses on beef-eating practices in Mumbai. It portrays the prevalence of caste differentiation in food choices of people in Mumbai, how it causes exclusion, and touches upon concerns related to livelihood, social inclusion and human rights. By tracing the mythological and historical roots of meat-eating culture in India, the film explores the hierarchy maintained by Brahminical standards and their subversions. This is demonstrated through the stand taken on dealing with the political economy of the leather and meat industries. The film also follows the tumultuous scene of university caste politics through the demand for the inclusion of beef in institutions’ canteen menus. The filmmakers observe that many restaurants in Mumbai offer beef delicacies, but off the menu.

Motion Picture

2015 • 12 min

"Dedicated to someone who truly loves, so to no one - probably" (a video in six parts)

Proba de Axilidade

2015 • 4 min • Spain

The screen is crossed by flying dogs while, on the ground, their eager owners perform a symbiotic dance. A series of images that go beyond everyday life and conjure up the fluctuating, underlying meanings of the mundane. This project was developed within the framework of Chanfaina Lab’s program.

Kimyou De Kikai Na Kaishinwa 2

2015 • 60 min • Japan

Encountering a bizarre phenomenon! A new urban legend! An omnibus drama of horror composed of horror tales and stories of experiences, with interviews with contributors who have encountered strange events.

Terrifying Mobile Videos - 13 Consecutive Screaming Submissions 7

2015 • 55 min • Japan

The director, Takeshi Kiba and his staff collected these ghost videos from all over the country. Included are 13 videos in total.

On n'a pas fait l'amour

2015 • 8 min

Sonsoles said she came from an island.

The Dark O

2015 • 32 min • Croatia

A short documentary about the origin, idea and implementation of the first ever Dark O Metal Fest, which took place on August 15 and 16, 2014. at the Hartera paper factory in Rijeka.

Summer Song

2015 • 5 min

Coney Island, Leslie, ice cream, Mermaid Parade, Niagara Falls, home, Mia’s last breaths.

John Carpenter's Corpse

2015 • 23 min

After the Holocaust

2015 • 56 min

World War II in Europe ended on the 8th of May 1945. Hitler is dead. Allied armies have occupied Germany. The death camps have been liberated. But, for the Jews of Europe, the suffering, the dying, and the grief continues, and still continues to this very day.

Nuthouse Drawings

2015 • 6 min

Susan Lowe is most well known as an actress in the early movies of filmmaker John Waters. This short portrait film focuses on Susan's life as an artist and in particular her works known as 'Nuthouse Drawings'. Sometimes thought of as painting friends, Susan started creating these works while staying at a psychiatric hospital. Serving as a way to battle her depression, fear, and loneliness, the 'Nuthouse Drawings' are a one of a kind look into the mind of one of Baltimore's most imaginative artists.

Before David

2015 • 20 min

A short documentary film about pre-partum depression, its symptoms, and the difficulties it poses when a woman is going through extreme physical and emotional changes. The film reflects on the constructed image of the pregnant woman in Western society, and on the expectations placed on women at a time when they are undergoing an extreme physical and emotional transformation. It challenges the prevalent idea that pregnancy is an antidote to depression in women, and that symptoms of depression tend to occur only after birth, as postpartum depression. "Before David" aims to create awareness and start a conversation about women’s mental health during pregnancy, and about the dangers of antenatal depression for women and their newborns.

Fragments/Structures

2015 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Brief vignettes of selected urban scenery are presented with intervals of blank space offering colourful impressionistic glimpses into small details of a costal town. The materials and detritus, people and architecture -fragments from everyday life, are collected through the ritualistic patterns of single-frame shooting, forming structures directly on the filmstrip as they are discovered, just as pebbles are collected on a walk across a beach.

Superficies

2015 • 4 min • Spain

A work of the series Superficies, in which Pagán reflexively shoots im ages projected on different surfaces.

Sotobosque 1

2015 • 5 min • Spain

A slug observed as never before, in a film that makes the unctuous body sculpture, a fantastic creature from another world, dark universe and field for marveling contemplation.

Materia Prima

2015 • 4 min • Spain

A trip down the memory lane and memories of a girl about three houses of San Sadurniño city council. Present, past and future.

Beleza do Verán

2015 • 4 min • Spain

An instant, ephemeral summer beauty, in a film that combines pr sent and evocation of what is already dead.

O tempo da mazá

2015 • 5 min • Spain

A serene reflection on life cycles through several generations of women united by the seasonal appearance of the apple, inscribed in silver black and white 16mm film that Mariño manipulates with various handmade techniques.

Nazareth - No Means of Escape

2015 • 56 min

No Means Of Escape combines a live sat by Nazareth, filmed before a select audience at London s famous Metropolis Studios, with a documentary Made In Scotland , which tells the full story of Nazareth s remarkable career from their formation in 1968, to their breakthrough in the 1970s and right through to their ongoing career in the present day. The concert features hit tracks and album favourites from across the years whilst the documentary contains classic footage and new interviews with past and present members of the band including now retired lead singer Dan McCafferty.

Once the Toothpaste Is Out of the Tube - An Art Apart: Charles Gatewood

2015 • 58 min

American photographer Charles Gatewood started out in the 1960s as a young man with dreams of showing the world the radical cultural developments that were going on in his country. He met many of the iconic instigators of change and documented them for posterity. As the decades passed, Gatewood drifted more and more into a personal expression of sexual subcultures, both in America and abroad. His powerful photos of pioneers within the tattooing- and piercing scenes helped pave the way for the movement that was to be called "Modern Primitives". It's a classic example of when art, and in this example, specifically photography, merges with its general environment and takes on new forms that are impossible to stop. Or, as the San Francisco based photographer himself describes it: "Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you can't put it back".

Can Can Diaries

2015 • 52 min

A behind the scenes look into the avant-garde, burlesque and decadent world of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, the magical mixture of erotic dance and vaudeville acts that has entered its 125th year.

The Five Elements of Adventure

2015 • 26 min

Matt Walker has worked as an international mountain guide for the past two decades, climbing the world’s seven highest peaks and leading expeditions across some of the world's most spectacular and challenging environments. Like so many of us, Matt has struggled to find a balance in life, fighting against the predetermined path carved out by modern work culture. Drawing from the pivotal moments in his own life and the insights gleaned from the hundreds of people he has led on his expeditions, Matt has dedicated his life to exploring the true power of adventure and its potential to positively impact our everyday lives. Joining four fellow adventurers from across Europe on an incredible journey through the foothills of the Himalayas, beautiful cinematography and insightful storytelling provide an inspiring exploration of the ‘Five Elements of Adventure’.

Unhittable: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball

2015 • 23 min • United States of America

In the spring of 1985, Sports Illustrated profiled the latest prospect of the New York Mets farm system: Sidd Finch, a Harvard dropout who spoke 10 languages, played the French horn, wore one hiking boot … and threw 168 mph. If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it was. Finch was an elaborate hoax constructed by the late George Plimpton for SI’s April 1 issue. Unhittable brings back all of the people who made this hoax possible, including Joe Berton, the bespectacled middle school teacher who truly brought Sidd to life.