All Films

Shaadi, Sex aur Parivaar

2016 • 26 min • India

The documentary short film observes the institution of marriage through the perspective of three brides in India.

Purple Night

2016 • 19 min • Brazil

While a Carnival party takes place in the living room, Lu enters her mother's room looking for needle and thread to sew Tati's blouse strap.

Panic Attack!

2016 • 3 min • United States of America

"Panic Attack!" is a hand-drawn animation from the point of view of a woman having a panic attack. I wanted the transitions between reality and her imagined fears to be seamless, so there are no edits -- it is one continually transforming drawing. -Eileen O'Meara

The Nansen Passport

2016 • 56 min • France

On July 5th, 1922, Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen creates a passport with which, between 1922 and 1945, he managed to protect the fundamental human rights as citizens of the world of thousands of people, famous and anonymous, who became stateless due to the tragic events that devastated Europe in the first quarter of the 20th century.

Le saut

2016 • 15 min • France

Old Clockman's Park

2016 • 3 min • Japan

Animation by Maki Morimoto.

Museum: Introduction

2016 • 56 min • Japan

Hitoshi Kudo is a journalist who covers various murder cases. One day, his daughter is kidnapped by the frog man. In order to safely rescue her, Kudo is cornered by one unreasonable instruction after another.

Motherboard

2016 • 11 min • Canada

Prim and proper mother, Lesley fights hard to resist her addiction to technology whilst battling motherhood and keeping with in the social norms.

Lamb's Damnation

2016 • 17 min • United Kingdom

A man seeks immediate refuge in a church in the dead of night, seeking to confront his gruesome tormentor and put an end to the immense pain they both feel.

Dead Man Walking

2016 • 55 min • United States of America

Two detectives team up to investigate several murders that they think are linked together. When the latest murder and a mission person report happen on the same day they question if they have a copy cat on their hands.

Too Legit

2016 • 16 min

A woman tries to determine if her rape was legitimate or not.

Don't Fall Asleep

2016 • 44 min • United States of America

With her mother and friends dead and her relationship with her father slowly slipping away, Nancy is alone. As she struggles to regain faith in herself, Nancy must rise to become what the other kids on Elm Street desperately need: a Dream Warrior.

Out of the Rubble

2016 • 18 min

In Out Of The Rubble, Woolcock shows how planners grappled with the grimmest poverty imaginable in the post-war era, from Brixton to Glasgow, Islington to Birmingham, believing that tower blocks would transform the lives of those living in decaying slums. She follows the cycle of optimism, building and eventual decline, meeting people who 50 years on bear witness to the effects of housing on real families, striking a contemporary chord with the theme of immigration and gentrification affecting working class communities. The irresistible nostalgia of scenes from the 1950s, 60s and 70s is tempered by a realisation of the force of history at work.

Salem

2016 • 30 min

Mara, a withdrawn and solitary artist, has to spend Christmas with her mother, who decided to move in with her after a long term hospitalization. The two women try to reunite as suddenly suppressed memories start to come alive again.

To Build a Fire

2016 • 13 min • United Kingdom, France

To celebrate Jack London's 100th death anniversary, director Fx Goby adapted his famous novel, "To Build a Fire", tragic tale of a trapper and his dog in the freezing Yukon, into an animated short film.

Love Is the Longest Con

2016 • 20 min

Adrian is a con man, struggling to get by, with bigger plans in mind. However, those plans come to an abrupt halt when he meets May, who he believes is the love of his life.

Analysis Paralysis

2016 • 9 min • Switzerland

A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds. The man is looking for somebody who is better at playing chess than his dachshund. The gardener is looking for a mysterious vandal who is missing a yellow boot. In the end, they might just be looking for the same thing.

Lazar: Cosmic Whistleblower

2016 • 18 min

A short film about Bob Lazar

Brilliance

2016 • 13 min

Two gunmen prepare for a jewelry heist, unaware that they're about to change six lives forever.

You're Gonna Die Tonight

2016 • 15 min • Spain

A woman enjoys the pleasure of a hot bath while savoring her own body. A call from a stranger interrupts her tranquility. The worst night of her life has just begun with just a few words: “You're going to die tonight.”

The Moonlight Man

2016 • 3 min • United States of America

A girl walking alone at night is stalked by a creepy monster called The Moonlight Man in this short horror film.

Mango Sticky Rice

2016 • 15 min • United States of America

Katie is a dog loving foodie who is very content with her single life. Soon, she finds herself being pressured to find love. Meanwhile, Chris, the delivery boy just wants to get her attention. Will Katie find someone who will love her for who she is? Will Chris finally win her over?

Sam

2016 • 7 min • United Kingdom

Samantha (Sam) Rhodes needs a dress for the prom

In Particular, Barbara Findlay

2016 • 54 min • Canada

Over the last 30 years, barbara findlay has brought together the forces of feminism, anti-oppression and community activism, advocating for the rights and freedoms of queer and transgender Canadians.