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Spiritual Disability Property

2014 • 45 min • Japan

A couple who moved into a certain property. It was a repeated psychic phenomenon that destroyed the happiness that seemed to have been obtained! A family that collapsed in the end of his wife committing suicide and her husband's disappearance. In order to find out the background, a spiritual document work that approaches the truth with a reproduction drama based on the remaining video and the testimony of the people concerned!

My Birthday

2014 • 6 min • United States of America

Jonas Mekas talks about December 24th, his birthday.

Baby Doll Strippers

2014 • 55 min

In the fast paced world of professional Exotic dancers the market for exciting new talent is a hungry one. Sit back and enjoy as Christine Nguyen and her girlfriends do whatever it takes to get to the top in one of the hottest all-girl shows ever produced. No boys allowed here, this playtime is strictly between the ladies, and you'll see why a Baby Doll's diary is meant to be kept a close secret!

The Romantic Introvert's Dilemma

2014 • 8 min

A shy young man and librarian admire each other but are too anxious to let each other know.

Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue

2014 • 56 min

Fizzling fireboxes...there's mayhem on the mainline and it's up to Thomas and his friends to race to the rescue! Flynn finds out you can never have too many fire engines, as Bill and Ben play tricks on speedy Connor. James' spooky story has Stephen and Percy rattling their rails, while Thomas has a hard time believing Charlie's jumbo tale. Bad coal won't keep Henry and Hiro from puffing along to save the day. Full steam ahead for fun with these engine heroes!

Scorsese's Women

2014 • 6 min • United States of America

Five amazing actresses who have starred in Martin Scorsese's films come together in imaginary cinematic scenarios. Each leading lady has her own mysterious narrative-and so does each photograph.

Beautiful Deathbed

2014 • 20 min

Kim In-in is about to die. To protect his deathbed, Sang-woo's family visits the hospital. Kim In-in asks Sang-woo about the whereabouts of Byung-cheol, but Byung-cheol avoids contact. Kim In-in, who was looking for Byung-cheol until his death, faces a lonely death while Sang-woo and his family are watching, and Sang-woo turns to where Byeong-cheol lives.

Portrait

2014 • 27 min • Poland

The story is set in a hotel environment where the main Character meets various people in different hotel rooms and gets involved with their private drama instigates it. The drama turns out to be somehow conducted by the female director, also one of the persons that the main Character meets in a hotel. The plot revolves around subjects of love, youth, death and ones persona and shows the main Character hopelessly trying to figure out the definition of self by means of desperately looking for real emotions in people and himself and channeling them through theatrical form. Will the main Character finally discover who he really is?

Safety Film Collection

2014 • 25 min • Canada

A found footage collection of 26 AIDS adverts. Freud uncovered the mysterious connection between language and bodies at the same moment that moving pictures provided new behavior modellings. How do pictures change desire, or the behaviours of desire? This question carried extra weight after the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, as movie makers struggled to find combinations of pictures that might help create the conditions for safer sex.

The Flying Frenchies - Back to the Fjords

2014 • 33 min

It follows a group of daredevils as they pull off fantastical stunts while touring the fjords of Norway in a big red bus.

Spine-Chilling Short Stories Kowabana: It's Behind You

2014 • 47 min • Japan

Dramatization of an original story by Aruji Kuroki, a young and talented ghost story writer!

Okinawan Horror Stories 2014

2014 • 50 min • Japan

2014 special edition of the Okinawan Horror Stories series.

Halloween 1990

2014 • 5 min • United States of America

Jonas Mekas films the Halloween festivities at Anthology Film Archives in 1990.

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

2014 • 56 min • United States of America

To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted’s efforts to preserve nature created an “environmental ethic” decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics. With gorgeous cinematography, and compelling commentary this film presents the biography of a man whose parks and preservation are an essential part of American life.

A Dream of Snow

2014 • 5 min • Latvia

Exactly 60 filmmakers were selected and asked to carry out a task that seems simple at first glance; to make a short film that is approximately 3 minutes long. However, how to capture the future within the merciless limit of three minutes? Whose future – the personal one, the national one, the global one, or perhaps the future of film? Here is Laila Pakalnina´s answer.

Reflection

2014 • 23 min • Japan

Eerie images of landscapes after the Fukushima nuclear disaster shot on black and white 8mm.

Spine-Chilling Short Stories Kowabana: Scary Woman Kyō

2014 • 47 min • Japan

The monster medium who appeared in the previous film is back again! Cunning and greedy, is this woman a rare impostor or a real medium?

Naked

2014 • 9 min • France

When Jimmy uncovers a naked picture of himself on his roommate Luke's tablet, things get truly awkward. Their friendship is instantly strained, but working through it may just reveal a deeper issue.

Boss I Love You!

2014 • 30 min • China

This short film explores same-sex attraction within the context of power relationships in contemporary China where oppression stems from the socio-economic inequality that leaves the disenfranchised pining for what they cannot have, as a young chauffeur finds himself attracted to his contemptuous and callous boss – without a single word being exchanged between the two men.

By Mutual Agreement

2014 • 11 min • France

In the darkness of their living room Guillaume and Caroline are fighting for their common goods, splitting them with a dice game. All their goods... Including their ultimate one: their"flesh and blood". That’s precisely when they realise that the birth of their son is the reason why their relationship is broken. So they decide to fix it...

Jump Off or Live On

2014 • 17 min • Taiwan

On the rooftop a girl plans to jump from a building but bumps into a gangster cook who tries to persuade her not to commit suicide. Nevertheless, the two are not really on the same page.

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

2014 • 56 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.

Cariocas

2014 • 10 min • Brazil

A voyeuristic hunt during a trip to Rio de Janeiro with lots of sea, sun, sweat and personal encounters. Brazilian men care about their physique and they freely allow admiration of their sculpted bodies. The sensuality of those men creates blurry sexual identities. An outdoors gym in the Arpoador area unveiled to me the vibrancy of the country and the diversity of men.

Checking in at 20

2014 • 20 min

Brian Chippendale is the drummer in Lightning Bolt. Greg Saunier is the drummer in Deerhoof. They've teamed up for a self-titled drum duo album—a limited edition LP featuring two side-long improvisations. Checking in at 20 was directed by Matt Conboy of Death by Audio films featuring interviews with members of the Flaming Lips, Les Savy Fav, Thee Oh Sees, and Oneida.