All Films

Predict This!

2014 • 9 min • Canada

Jenga, a rocket launcher, and seeing into the future.

Mike

2014 • 8 min

Mike, a sulky teenager, has to do a boring job: to take his little brother Jack to the hairdresser. Waiting for him in the car, Mike starts to get worried when Jack takes too long to return.

Day Break on the Bed Ground

2014 • 8 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

A sheep herder talks to his horse and follows his sheep as they take off for the day.

Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem

2014 • 55 min

This is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger

Chris Rea: Montreux Jazz Festival

2014 • 50 min

This English singer and guitarist is quite familiar with Montreux, having come four times but never in the past twelve years. After a decade of recording, it was the late 1980s that saw him earn popularity across Europe. He had been touring with a local group, Magdalene, replacing David Coverdale. Then he also quit Magdalene to record the album "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?" in 1978. "Fool (If You Think It’s Over)" was a huge hit, nominated for the Grammy for song of the year. Rea’s European success was confirmed by "Auberge", and then "God’s Great Banana Skin" in 1992. In 2009, Rea had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. His return to Montreux is a major event, and will of course take place at the Stravinski.

The Looking Planet

2014 • 16 min • United States of America

During the construction of the universe, a young member of the Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws in the name of self-expression.

One Last Hug

2014 • 37 min • United States of America

"One Last Hug" chronicles a three day summer camp for children learning to cope with the death of a loved one. With the guidance of trained professionals, grieving children as young as seven years old learn that their feelings are normal, and that by talking about them they can begin to heal. A testament to the healing power of shared sorrow, One Last Hug shows the often-unseen and particular experience of children's grief.

24 heures en 1913

2014 • 54 min

The Cuban Hamlet

2014 • 60 min • Italy

Documentary/interview with Tomas Milian as he returns to Cuba for the first time since he left in the 1950's.

Libertine X 6

2014 • 4 min • France

At the start of each new verse is added an overlay layer of the same offbeat images and sounds. It follows a result close to phasing, the technique developed by Steve Reich. Reich used tape recorders to repeat the same portion of sound with a time lag between the two parts, the classic cannon technique. In the canon, different voices interpret the same melodic line, but in a different way: this shift produces a superposition of melodies, that is to say, a counterpoint. Counterpoint is a discipline of musical writing whose object is the organized superposition of distinct melodic lines.

The Diatomist

2014 • 5 min

Short documentary about Klaus Kemp, master of the Victorian art of diatom arrangement.

The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve

2014 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.

I 90 graders värme

2014 • 14 min • Sweden

Four women get to know each other in a sauna. Conversations about motorcycles, mothers and love.

Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space

2014 • 22 min • United States of America

No matter how clear the night sky is, no matter how many millions of stars are within view, looking up at the sky on a clear night still hides the halo of man-made debris around Earth that threatens the future of space exploration and endangers us all.

Che Guevara: The making of an icon

2014 • 52 min • France

How does a politician – assassinated more than 50 years ago – gradually become a public figure? An extremely vibrant image which shows up where you least expect it. It served as figurehead for the Arab Spring revolutions, from Rabat to Sanaa, whereas we had thought it had been relegated to t-shirts and cigarette lighters. Why has this image become so universal that we are no longer surprised to find it in drawings, graffiti, tattoos and prints on all types of media in all sorts of contexts the world over? How can this image be used to advertise luxury automobiles and also be brandished angrily by indignant agitators? What is the formula that made this figure go viral? This documentary is a journey to investigate and decode a piece of iconography.

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).

2014 • 1 min • Germany, United States of America

An homage to Harun Farocki, who left us too soon. I hope this memory of a wonderful summer night in Berlin testifies to his openness and generosity.

The Main Celebration of Life

2014 • 16 min • France, United States of America

In Russia, the attitude to death is paradoxically irrational – we all seem to live forever. Entrepreneur Sergey Yakushin is the only reasonable "madman" who conducted a funeral "revolution" in his native Novosibirsk. Yakushin himself turned around to face death after being diagnosed with late-stage cancer 15 years ago. And they gave me a year of life.

Sorrows

2014 • 7 min • Paraguay

Weaving together original audio and archival materials from the 35-year period in which Paraguay was ruled by military dictator Alfredo Stroessner, this film reconstructs the reflections of a man who has been sentenced to house arrest.

Le chercheur inquiet

2014 • 60 min

Witchfinder: The Making of a Short Horror Filn

2014 • 28 min • United States of America

Go behind the scenes with a first-time film crew as they work to bring scary witches to life in WITCHFINDER. This half hour "making of" documentary pulls back the curtain to show the one week experience of shooting a short horror film in Cherry Valley, IL and at Rockton, IL's Macktown Forest Preserve, featuring period clothing, horses, makeup effects test, prop creation, scoring, and more.

Hetero

2014 • 13 min

In a reverse world where homosexuality is the norm, Richie, a heterosexual boy, struggles with his self-identity and gaining acceptance from his gay father. Tensions rise in a climactic clashing of societal beliefs and values when David discovers Richie is not like the other boys.

Jane's Wedding

2014 • 15 min

This short follows the wedding day of Jane, a 35 year old Filipina, as she deals with her decision to marry a much older British man as well as the feelings she continues to have for a former girlfriend who has been invited to the ceremony.

Cruise Ship Down: Saving Concordia

2014 • 46 min

Relive the infamous 2012 shipwreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia and follow the engineering feat to raise her.

A Stranger

2014 • 5 min

A man is found dead under mysterious circumstances by a group of children playing in the deep forest, although the grotesque sight evokes as much curiosity as disgust.