All Films

The Girl and the Dogs

2014 • 15 min • Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden

Mette, Lina and Anna Sophie, three teenagers, are on their way to a party. A strange discovery on a local beach will change the very nature of their friendship.

You I Tourneur

2014 • 16 min

It is the revelation, by a letter to Jacques Tourneur, of the face which crosses all his work and gives herself as a feminine, timeless icon.

The Pawn

2014 • 44 min • Paraguay

Rubén González appears one day on a farm looking for work, the owner of the farm, a German named Hans, gives him the opportunity to stay, what he doesn't know is that Rubén comes with intentions to steal, since he has information that the "German" has many hidden jewels, in turn, Rubén also doesn't know that the "German" will realize his true intention.

Temps contre temps

2014 • 4 min

The union of the Indestructible Objet (1923-1959) by Man Ray and L'Infiltration homogenee for grand piano by Joseph Beuys (1966). Here the intersection of two temporalities is at stake: one punctuated by the pulsations of the metronome, the other marked by the continuous silence of Beuys’ piano.

Firebird

2014 • 3 min

Firebird is a three-minute animated sequence directed by Russian animator Aleksandr Petrov for the Sochi paralympic games.

Adam’s Apple

2014 • 10 min

A 'poet' and a 'painter' discover a malign muse, but their fear and anger keep them young.

Aktion "Leder" Die Stasi und das deutsche Fußballduel WM'74

2014 • 44 min • Germany

The documentary is about the 1974 FIFA World Cup, as well as the German duel between the Bundesrepublik and the DDR.

Some Things are Better Left Untold

2014 • 19 min

Returning to Italy, the narrator tries to find what remains of someone he loved.

Saving Mes Aynak

2014 • 58 min • Afghanistan, United States of America

Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins. Only 10% of Mes Aynak has been excavated, though, and some believe future discoveries at the site have the potential to redefine the history of Afghanistan and the history of Buddhism itself. Qadir Temori and his fellow Afghan archaeologists face what seems an impossible battle against the Chinese, the Taliban and local politics to save their cultural heritage from likely erasure.

Yokai

2014 • 60 min • Chile

Lydia (28) works at Mr. Yokai's jewelry store and knows that he keeps a valuable diamond in his mysterious house. In order to help her ill sister, she decides to steal it and asks her friend Juan (27) for help.

Ice Bear

2014 • 50 min

Sculptor Mark Coreth captures the essence of the Arctic in the form of a life-sized ice-sculpture of a polar bear for Trafalgar Square. As it melts, it leaves a skeleton, a pool of water and a powerful environmental message.

The Pedophile Hunters

2014 • 59 min

With unprecedented access to one of the most controversial agencies within America's Department of Homeland Security, this film follows US agents in Cambodia as they track down American pedophile sex tourists. Working with local activists and police, the American agents use forensics and surveillance techniques to collect damning evidence of sexual predators preying on young children.

Reminiscências de um Projeto

2014 • 29 min • Brazil

A short documentary on how the films "Libertários" and "Chapeleiros" are connected to the "Projeto Imagens e Histórias da Industrialização no Brasil" created by the Campinas State University.

Seth's Dominion

2014 • 42 min • Canada

A 2014 National Film Board of Canada animated/live action documentary directed by Luc Chamberland about the Canadian cartoonist Seth.

Sacred Stages: A Church, a Theatre, and a Story

2014 • 29 min

A short film that tells the unique and inspiring story of the relationship between the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple-Chicago's oldest Christian congregation-and Silk Road Rising, a theatre company founded in response to 9/11 that showcases playwrights of Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds. A shared commitment to storytelling, racial and economic justice, and LGBT inclusion characterizes this profound partnership between a religious community and a secular theatre.

Beck: Live at Austin City Limits 2014

2014 • 55 min

Join alt.rock superstar Beck for ACL’s season 40 premiere. The genre-hopping singer/songwriter plays songs from his album Morning Phase and some of his greatest hits.

The Morning After

2014 • 4 min • United States of America

The feeling of detachment in an intimate setting.

On the Yeti Trail

2014 • 51 min • France

For the first time in over a century, Yeti legends and personal accounts have become the subject of scientific studies. Does the Yeti really exist? Fascinating and thorough, our film sets out to meet the teams involved in this strange race across the world, featuring laboratories, hair analysis, footprints and DNA as well as the search for samples in Indonesia and in Canadian nature reserves.

I Killed JFK

2014 • 60 min

A man by the name of James Files confesses to being the man who fired the fatal head shot at president Kennedy

Haram Queen

2014 • 5 min

Brunei’s first LGBT-themed short film about a prostitute queen and the local drag queen scene.

Roll Out

2014 • 10 min • Cuba

It’s special retrospective night in the Cine Caribe with CLAUDIA (50), the film’s actress. AVELINO (55), the projectionist, worked with her twenty years ago. He goes to meet Claudia in hopes to remember old times and as a present, brings with him a fragment of the film. Not remembering Avelino she takes him for an admirer and autographs the celluloid. Avelino’s boss fires him for stealing part of the film and Avelino realizes time has passed and he hasn’t achieved anything. Along with MARCEL (22), his disciple, he films and inserts himself into the movie to relive his past, but the projection ends and Avelino has to face reality.

Brick by Brick: Inside LEGO

2014 • 20 min

Travel to Lego's Denmark headquarters to learn about the toy manufacturer's history and production, as well as the CEO who helped revive the brand.

Fantastic Man

2014 • 31 min

The music of Nigeria’s reclusive synth funk innovator William Onyeabor has reached a new level of exposure via Luaka Bop’s excellent Who Is William Onyeabor? compilation last year, yet many hard facts about Onyeabor’s biography remain elusive. In their new documentary “Fantastic Man,” Noisey speaks with musicians and champions of Onyeabor’s music, including our own Quinton Scott and Duncan Brooker who included the sublime “Better Change Your Mind” on the first Nigeria 70 compilation, about their appreciation for his music, and the search for the facts about his life.

1000 Plateaus

2014 • 3 min • Canada

Made entirely in the front seat of a car with simple art tools direct to film, this handmade short celebrates the joy of Montréal road maps, travel and jazz music.