All Films

A study in the light, textures and ghosts that make up the abandoned.

A performance of masculinity and élite-white-male rage, filmed inside the fraternity house of the Yale chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

v=d/t is the physics formula which calculates velocity by dividing the distance traveled by the time required to travel that distance. This film explores the possibility of measuring distances between loved ones through time zones. The sound track is comprised of personal and tragic phone messages left on voicemail when individuals could not connect due to great time zone differences, while the visual elements present simple and contemplative images of antique telephones.

Inspired by automatic painting machines and looking for a way to replicate the effect in a digital space, Mengbo discovered that within the code for the video game Quake III Arena there existed a parameter called r_drawworld. After changing the parameter from it's default of 0 to 1, he found it was possible to capture a sequence of animation in one frame, which he used to create a painting machine from entirely within in the game's engine. His live painting efforts using this technique are showcased and set to a Hawaiian music soundtrack.

Short film by Omori Hiroki screened at YIDFF 2009. A drunken lover. An anti-romantic friend. The soliloquy of a cat. Fragment gleaned from time to pass away is keeps obtaining the place on the film, and asking the meaning until the future. The camera works everyday to collect fragments of usual daily life. This film was made with usual days.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) is the largest First Nation police force in North America. Police officers in this severely underfunded police force go above and beyond the call of duty when compared to other police officers. NAPS officer duties include, cutting firewood for the wood stove that heats the police detachment and emptying slop buckets with prisoners’ urine and excrement. "A Sacred Calling" shows the deplorable working conditions and the devastating personal consequences to NAPS officers as they heroically provide security and safety to First Nation communities in the remote north of Ontario.

Designed by Thomas Jefferson to represent the “authority of nature and the power of reason,” the Rotunda is the physical and symbolic center of the University of Virginia, founded by Jefferson in 1824 as the first secular Liberal Arts university in America. Composer Judith Shatin and filmmaker Robert Arnold have created a portrait of the Rotunda that combines its timeless majesty with the ever-changing hum of daily life. Sounds and images recorded over the course of an entire year from season to season, are presented as a single day, from dawn to sunset.

In the night of November 14, 2006, a Castor transport drove to the Gorleben interim storage facility. Some opponents of nuclear power are protesting on the streets. They are faced with a large contingent of police. Also in May 2007, at the meeting of the G-8 states in Heiligendamm, the demonstrators were confronted with an enormous police presence. Andree Korpys and Markus Löffler documented the two events.

Super-8 film of night and daytime cityscapes and illuminations, collected over several years and spliced together into a split-screen collage. The work is a mixture of home movie found footage, offcuts from various projects and specially filmed sequences, and has an electronic soundtrack to compliment the cut up collage style.

The second episode from the "Mystic Tube" series ascertains the variations of "transitions of the reverberations as the sound sources are moved" with continuing the same basic simple plot of "pilgrims pass through a tunnel, playing music as they make their way to their destination". This episode is about the four pilgrims who are led into a high-key sunbeam. The drones and Mevrevic riff in three different folk flutes (Quena, Shinobue, Suling) are intoxicated under the interference of the fluorescences, still, the four continue with their pilgrimage.

A cross-section of Bay Area youth take viewers on a quest for the very history that has no name in their schools. Together, they open archival closets and talk with LGBTQ artists, activists, and pioneers. In a world where their queer history is still regularly erased, what will they discover?

Experimental short film featuring artwork by Daisuke Ichiba.

Between age three and four, Vera Loumpet-Galitzine traverses many landscapes, exploring where she comes from, to come into her own. We follow her to her school and neighbourhood activities in France, Cameroon and Russia. As Vera dances, sings and runs around these visually engaging landscapes, seemingly easily integrated into her rich fantasy world, we attempt to imagine what they look like to her. What does she see, think, or imagine?

Two girls, Cândida and Serena, with different expectations about their relationship. Serena, unable to deal with Cândida's lightness, decides to take a stand and face the ghost that haunts her. The ghost hides in the closet ....

In this animation short directed by four Gobelins students, a time traveller takes off for the first manned trip to the future ... but the past beckons.

The nuclear trail to Titanic and the intact treasures of the Black Sea. It was the greatest nautical mystery of the 20th Century: the final resting place of Titanic.

A bathroom lock and Judy Garland join forces in this poignant tale of a boy exploring his style and sexuality.

For a newcomer, sex with a woman can be daunting. What better way to learn than to hire a prostitute? Over sushi dinner, white wine and soft music, the two women both reconsider the prejudices they have about themselves, and about one another.

Latinos share funny, often touching anecdotes and real-life accounts of what it means to be Latino in NY.

Ariel Nasr's documentary gives voice to the complex dilemmas faced by contemporary Afghanis under Canadian intervention. The film introduces us to young Afghan-Canadians torn between a deep desire to help Afghanistan and a fear that things will never change. Good Morning Kandahar asks whether Canada's mission in Afghanistan is failing.

In this observational documentary, a young woman tries to retain her individuality while living at a treatment center for drug addiction.

Echagh (The Well) is a research film on a Tuareg Fraction called Igorareine. They live in a locality called Echgah situated to 40 km in the northest from Gao, nothern Mali. They basically look after sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and have been practising a nomadic life for generations. Nowadays, some of them are about to leave this ancestral way of life due to many loss of animals caused by the desertification of the Sahara. That is how they settled in the surrounding of a colonial well, called Echgh in 1988. A decade later, they created a primary school for their children. Since then, they are thinking about another way of life. But it should be noticed that this newly introduced school system is subject of many interpretations in Echagh. Some of them believes in other opportunities that school may bring about. In contrast others see it as a device which threatens their traditional way of life. Within such a divergent context, the film explores the life choices of three kids.

The emperor's southern tour, where the place is full of hospitality, needless to say, local food attractions need to taste the tour. West Lake Moonlight Night, quiet and distant, the emperor sat in the boat and tasted the famous West Lake vinegar cooked by famous chefs. Even though the taste of the world's famous dishes, the emperor is still attracted to the delicious taste of this dish, for a time completely disregard the image, big. The so-called music is very sad, and the bones of the fish are stuck in the throat, and the pain is unbearable. The chef tried his best, and it was hard to see the results. He was also raised by the emperor who was angry and angry. At this time, the calm prime minister is coming out...

Special Vol.1" will features "Legends about Tunnels," "Urban Legends in History," and a report on a certain abandoned building where an atrocity actually took place, and will be released to convey the raw atmosphere of the scene.