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AARDVARK
Dir: Kitao Sakurai, United States, 80 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
AARDVARK is perhaps the first narrative film to star a man blind since birth. In a role inspired by his own life, Larry Lewis plays a solitary man recoveri ... more »
AD INFINITUM
Dir: Benjamin Ridgway, United States, 2 min, 2010, Experimental
'Ad Infinitum' is an animated exploration of the fractal like details of a sculptural continuum. ... more »
AFTER ME
Dir: Patrick Jean & P. Jean, T. Bozovic, M. Charruaud, D. Fibleuil, B. Flouw, M. Riciotti, A. Robert, France, 4 min, 2010, Animation
I is another, but it's still me. A frustrated lover chases an illusion, but always ends up finding himself again. ... more »
AFTER THE SNOW
Dir: Brooke Sebold, United States, 8 min, 2010, Narrative Short
A gun rests on a pregnant belly, rising and falling with the quivering breaths of June Allman. Through the frosted windows of her car, June glares at a lon ... more »
AMAR
Dir: Isabel Herguera, Spain, 8 min, 2010, Animation
Ines travels to India to visit her friend amar, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Ines remembers the last days they spent together and ... more »
AMONG HORSES AND MEN
Dir: Marjoleine Boonstra, Netherlands, 80 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
A unique portrait of a Nevada prison program that trains inmates to become horse trainers. While still officially in prison, the men work outdoors, breakin ... more »
AMY GEORGE
Dir: Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas, Canada, 97 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
Thirteen year old Jesse wants to be an artist, but believes that his mundane middle class Toronto life has left him unprepared. After reading a book on wha ... more »
ASSESSMENT
Dir: Mark Gutteridge, England, 12 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Rachel's developing adolescent shape is of concern to her tutors at a top London ballet school. Michael, a boy at a local urban school, is struggling with ... more »
ATHLETE, THE
Dir: Davey Frankel & Rasselas Lakew, Ethiopia, 93 min, 2009, Narrative Feature
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefoot Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila ... more »
AUDITION, X2.90907, THE
Dir: Thierry Loa, Canada, 17 min, 2009, Experimental
A psychoanalytical drama film about the audition of a young actress; creating an allegorical scenario. ... more »
BABYLAND
Dir: Marc Fratello, United States, 27 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A woman seeks love and beyond in a small, working class town. ... more »
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
Dir: Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky, United States, 93 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
BATTLE for BROOKLYN is an intensely intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by owners and residents facing condemnation of their proper ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Documentary
BED STUY - DO OR DIE
Dir: Daniel Bishop, England, 80 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
This powerful documentary takes viewers deep into the gritty streets of Bed-Stuy with a group of modern-day heroes from the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Am ... more »
BENEATH CONTEMPT
Dir: Benjamin Brewer, United States, 100 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
When Sean Beckett was 18 years old he killed everyone he thought was cool. It was early in the morning when Sean lost control of the car and ended the live ... more »
BEST THING I EVER DONE, THE
Dir: M. Emily Mackenzie, United States, 16 min, 2010, Documentary Short
Hailed as the 'godfather of Brooklyn pizza,' for forty-five years Domenico DeMarco, Italian emigre, has been slinging pizzas in his legendary pizzeria, Di ... more »
BIRDBOY
Dir: Pedro Rivero, Spain, 12 min, 2010, Animation
A terrible industrial accident changes Little Dinki's life forever. Now, Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who l ... more »
BROOKLYN BRIDGE, THE
Dir: Derek Garcia, United States, 3 min, 2010, Documentary Short
A Portrait of The Brooklyn Bridge from day to night. ... more »
CASUALTIES OF LOVE
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri, United States, 1 min, 2010, Animation
Casualties of Love is a depiction of the unintentional cruelty to human replicas by children. It is inspired by the intense and uncontrolled love that chil ... more »
CI'IY LIFE
Dir: Mark Phillips, United States, 2 min, 2011, Animation
'Ci'iy Life' is based off the song of the same name produced by oddisee featuring the vocals of Tranqill. The video explores the isolation of winter city ... more »
CINDERELA
Dir: Magali Magistry, Brazil, 11 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A heartbroken Rio de Janeiro bartender, Luiza, has to suffer the cruelty of watching her former lover and his fiancée celebrate their engagement. As the ca ... more »
CLOSED DOOR
Dir: Heather Takahashi, United States, 14 min, 2010, Experimental
A room. A locked door. A pin. One man and two women. All with secrets. Each of three guests strives to discover why each of the others is there. A US produ ... more »
CONFUSION OF TONGUES
Dir: Em Cooper, England, 6 min, 2010, Animation
Inspired by the work of Sándor Ferenczi, one of the original pioneers of psychoanalysis, Confusion of Tongues takes us into the world of a woman suffering ... more »
COUNTERFEIT
Dir: Geoff Bailey, United States, 20 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Among the counterfeit watches and knock-off handbags that litter New York's Chinatown markets, a West African immigrant has found his corner of the America ... more »
DAME FACTORY INC.
Dir: Melanie Abramov, United States, 7 min, 2011, Experimental
"Dame Factory" is a short experimental film. It's a stylish yet grotesque, cynical yet sexy look at how our culture commodifies and objectifies female bodi ... more »
DAMN!
Dir: Aaron Fisher-cohen, United States, 72 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
This is the story of the charismatic New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is 2 Damn High Party, and his rise to international fame ... more »
DAVID
Dir: Joel Fendelman, United States, 80 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
'David' tells the story of Daud, an eleven year old religious Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn. Concealing his Muslim identity, Daud inadvertently befrien ... more »
DAY IN. DAY OUT.
Dir: Carl Valiquet, Indonesia, 29 min, 2011, Documentary Short
This short film is a montage of still and moving images that visually depict the laborious struggle of workers living on different islands of Indonesia. It ... more »
DAY WE DANCED ON THE MOON, THE
Dir: Tristan Daws, Germany, 11 min, 2011, Documentary Short
THE DAY WE DANCED ON THE MOON tells the story of THE CHANNEL ONE BAND, a reggae band of mental health patients, as they journey to the West Coast of Irelan ... more »
DAYS OF WRATH
Dir: Charles Redon, France, 21 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Léopold has an extraordinary body and incredible physical capacities. However, he is an undocumented immigrant in France. He is exploited and downtrodden a ... more »
DOCTOR'S JOB, A
Dir: Julio O. Ramos, Peru, 10 min, 2010, Narrative Short
A doctor, forced by circumstance to also drive a cab, finds himself challenge by his latest fare. ... more »
DREAM GIVER
Dir: Tyler Carter, United States, 6 min, 2011, Animation
A regular night of dream delivering turns into a literal nightmare when an orphan's book of Ancient Aztec Mythology comes alive. The Dream Giver must save ... more »
DWELLINGS
Dir: Aaron Wendel, United States, 4 min, 2010, Animation
Over time, two houses slowly destroy each other. ... more »
EVERYONE IN THEIR ROOM
Dir: Marco Missano, Italy, 6 min, 2010, Animation
This is a melancholic, romantic, heartbroken story made in stop motion.The last man on the earth, a diver, crosses the wasteland with his metallic boat. Du ... more »
EXTINCTION II.- QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLES
Dir: Fernando Usón Forniés, Spain, 11 min, 2010, Experimental
A married couple dresses up to attend a ceremony. Life is too brief to be wasted in quarreling. ... more »
FALLING UP
Dir: Djuna Wahlrab, United States, 9 min, 2010, Animation
Falling Up tells the story of a young man facing the adult world for the first time. The protagonist is confident and enthusiastic about his prospects, but ... more »
FIRST FRUITS
Dir: Pao Paixao, Switzerland, 29 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Joshua (18) and Simone (19) meet. They let themselves be driven by their desires. While diving in their intimacy, they fall in love with a young beautiful ... more »
FIVE DAYS GONE
Dir: Anna Kerrigan, United States, 85 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
After her father passes away, Camden discovers she has an illegitimate half sister: Alice. The two couldn't be more different; but Camden is confident tha ... more »
FOAL, THE
Dir: Josh Tanner, Australia, 9 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Young Chloe goes to live on her uncle's ranch after the death of her mother, finding solace in a foal with whom she strives to exercise some control over i ... more »
FORGET ME NOT
Dir: Vladimir De Fontenay, United States, 5 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A troubled woman steals a lonely kid waiting for his parents outside of school ... more »
FRIDAY NIGHT TIGHTS
Dir: Joonki Park, United States, 4 min, 2010, Animation
On a Friday night, one guy puts on his tights. ... more »
FUNCTION, A
Dir: Hyunsoo Lee, Korea, 8 min, 2011, Narrative Short
In an empty classroom, a girl is sitting at her desk, solving a math quiz. If she cannot solve it in time, something horrible will happen. The clock is tic ... more »
GHOSTS, THE
Dir: Eddie O'keefe, United States, 13 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Kathy, a sheltered and sensitive teenage girl comes of age when her small sleepy suburb is turned upside down with the mysterious appearance of The Ghosts, ... more »
GOWANUS 83
Dir: Michael Wood, United States, 11 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Ex-con Dame wants nothing more than to leave behind his life of crime. But when he gets into Gowanus Taxi Cab 83, he finds himself in a world of kidnapped ... more »
HARD BOILED
Dir: Erik Beck, United States, 3 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A tech-savvy detective takes a cold case into his own hands, but is he prepared for answers? ... more »
HEAVY HEADS
Dir: Helena Frank, Denmark, 7 min, 2010, Animation
In a gray kitchen Monika lives a solitary life, to the sounds of a dripping water tap and a buzzing housefly. Monika is seducing the housefly, when a sad s ... more »
HIGH LOW
Dir: Jean-louis Schuller & Sam Blair, Luxembourg, 52 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
In Hong Kong and Macau four gamblers take us on a journey into the world of winners and losers created by a culture of speculation, addiction and debt. Gam ... more »
HOW TO TALK TO WOMEN
Dir: Josh Weisbrod, United States, 2 min, 2011, Animation
A simple trip to the neighborhood taco cart turns into a very informative discussion about the fairer sex. ... more »
I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
Dir: Matthew Wollin, United States, 4 min, 2009, Experimental
A startling and stunning bright green Rorschach print is the first thing shown, and then quickly gives way to a direct address to the viewer. Via onscreen ... more »
LAST BATTLEFIELD, THE
Dir: Nico Vogelsang, Germany, 1 min, 2010, Animation
Cinematographic animation of an ancient battlefield with a surprising end. In a transformation of time we see historic wars. In the end the soldiers clash ... more »
LAST WISH
Dir: Alessandro Maresca, Italy, 2 min, 2005, Narrative Short
John Black, 33 years old. The last minute of his life. He's going to die by electrocution, for a crime he never committed, nor even thought of. Fortunately ... more »
LEA'S SUNDAYS
Dir: Yohann Kouam, France, 19 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Lea, 18, woke up naked with a killer headache in the bed of a stranger who must have been twice her age. All she remembered from the night before was headi ... more »
LITTLE WHITE LIES
Dir: Stuart Napier, England, 10 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Two young brothers, both in temporary foster care, look forward to a picnic with Mum but the unexpected arrival of Mum's new boyfriend Greg, has unforeseen ... more »
LOVE IS BLIND
Dir: Ertug Tufekcioglu, Turkey, 11 min, 2011, Experimental
A desperately unhappy woman finds love while not expecting at all. And Love makes Serap blind. If it's Love... ... more »
LOVE PATATE
Dir: Gilles Cuvelier, France, 13 min, 2010, Animation
Some french fries, a love triangle, a potato with a scar, a huge nose, North of France and a bunny... ... more »
MAKE ME
Dir: John Ma, Australia, 6 min, 2010, Experimental
It is one thing to die for a cause, but what are you prepared to kill for? ... more »
MANN V. FORD
Dir: Maro Chermayeff & Micah Fink, United States, 105 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
One of the worst environmental disasters in the United States is located just 19 miles from New York City. This toxic Superfund site is at the former home ... more »
MARY MARIE
Dir: Alexandra Roxo, United States, 80 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
Two sisters, Mary and Marie, return to their childhood home after their mother's death to enjoy one last summer together there. The heat and isolation of t ... more »
MEANING OF EGGSISTENCE, THE
Dir: Bruce Ryder, Ireland, 8 min, 2010, Animation
A man is attacked by a swan and subsequently gives birth to an egg. He grows to love the egg and looks after it until the day it hatches. ... more »
MELT
Dir: Noemie Lafrance, Canada, 9 min, 2011, Experimental
Perched on a wall and wrapped in sculptural beeswax and lanolin costumes that melt away, dancers progress in euphoria and exhaustion, melting until their s ... more »
MILLHAVEN
Dir: Bartek Kulas, Poland, 7 min, 2010, Animation
Fifteen-year-old Loretta knows we all have to die. Will she be able to do a 'dance' of life? The untold story of the narrator in Nick Cave's dark ballad, b ... more »
MONEY DOG
Dir: Michael Holman, United States, 14 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Two teenage boys living on the desperate streets of the 1980's South Bronx steal a pit bull puppy from Paco the Psycho. They plan to train the dog to one d ... more »
MOONFISHING
Dir: David Michael Friend, New Zealand, 11 min, 2010, Animation
A fisherman's hobby of sculpting is interrupted when he must perform his monthly task of illuminating the town he lives in. With container on back, fishing ... more »
MORNING STROLL, A
Dir: Grant Orchard, England, 7 min, 2011, Animation
When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker. ... more »
MY LAST DAY WITHOUT YOU
Dir: Stefan Schaefer, United States, 92 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
When a young business executive, NIKLAS, is sent from Frankfurt to New York to shut down a division of his firm, he doesn't realize his life is about to be ... more »
NATURAL PLASTIC
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri, United States, 2 min, 2010, Animation
Natural Plastic is a metaphor for the delicate balance between man and nature. ... more »
NOBODY BUT HER
Dir: Phillip Jordan Brooks, United States, 7 min, 2010, Narrative Short
The terrifying story of 8-year old Greta and her abusive grandmother. After her grandmother's strange death, two detectives work to unravel the mystery by ... more »
ODE
Dir: Dawn Hollison, United States, 18 min, 2010, Experimental
A story of Collector and Collected, Ode examines the human cycle of action and effect, and its reflection in the internal experience of recognition, regret ... more »
ON THE SHORE
Dir: Julien Donada, France, 90 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
"Beau Rivage" is an excellent new entry into the Mediterranean Noir genre, telling the story of a hardboiled cop desperately looking for an impossible love ... more »
ONE SECOND PER DAY
Dir: Richard Negre, France, 7 min, 2011, Animation
One second of film, meaning 25 drawings per day during one year, that's the goal. ... more »
ONLY IN DREAMS
Dir: Adam Badlotto, United States, 2 min, 2010, Experimental
Over 3,000 images, shot entirely on a flatbed scanner, arranged into an avant-garde stop-motion film that explores the dynamic relationship between sight a ... more »
PIECE OF SUMMER, A
Dir: Marta Minorowicz, Poland, 23 min, 2010, Documentary Short
It is the last days of the summer holidays. A grandfather, who works in the Bieszczady Mountains, awaits the arrival of his grandson. Surrounded by wild na ... more »
POSE
Dir: Ivaylo Getov, United States, 28 min, 2010, Experimental
Fascinated by finding beauty in the detritus and refuse of the city around her, a young woman wanders late at night looking in junk piles for items that ca ... more »
PYJAMA GIRLS
Dir: Maya Derrington, Ireland, 70 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
Pyjama Girls presents the chaotic friendship of Irish teenagers Lauren and Tara as they navigate the trials of life, dressed all the while in their uniform ... more »
RED ROPE, THE
Dir: Vincent Ma, United States, 10 min, 2011, Narrative Short
In a time of scarcity and hardship, a blind woman and her sick daughter struggle to eke out a living in a secluded mountain forest. Using an ingenious sys ... more »
REQUIEM FOR CHE, A
Dir: Corey Ogilvie, Canada, 6 min, 2010, Experimental
A modern day historical portrait of che's image of cuba, now and then ... more »
RITA
Dir: Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia, Italy, 19 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Rita, a blind child, shelters a boy on the run who suddenly breaks into her home. It's a mysterious, enigmatic meeting that lets Rita experience a brief mo ... more »
SCRAPPER
Dir: Stephan Wassmann, United States, 88 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
'Scrapper' explores a darkly enigmatic and brazen American outlaw subculture - a small clutch of survivalists and wild-eyed iconoclasts who earn a dangerou ... more »
SEA LEGS
Dir: Amanda Rosa, United States, 9 min, 2011, Narrative Short
When a nine-year-old son of a professional gambler is left alone in a parking garage in Atlantic City, he witnesses an altercation between a showgirl and h ... more »
SEE WALL
Dir: Brian Zahm, Guyana, 4 min, 2010, Experimental
Georgetown, Guyana, a city built below sea level, is protected from the mighty Atlantic Ocean by a concrete barrier the locals call, the 'Sea Wall.' It is ... more »
SHE WAS THE ONE
Dir: Mike and Tim Rauch, United States, 2 min, 2010, Animation
In 2005, StoryCorps, the Peabody-winning oral history project, began a special initiative to honor and remember the stories of survivors, rescue workers, a ... more »
SIBERIA, MONAMOUR
Dir: Slava Ross, Russia, 101 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
As unrelenting as a wild dog attack, "Siberia, Monamour" is a powerful story of life and death on the fringes of Russian society. In a deserted Siberian vi ... more »
SIEMIANY
Dir: Philip James McGoldrick, Belgium, 18 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Andrzej and Michal are two young teenagers who come together every summer in the small tourist village of Siemiany, in the Belgian countryside. Their frien ... more »
SINISTER SISTERS SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Dir: Michaela Mandel, Austria, 12 min, 2009, Animation
In a city named Franecker, there once was a father who slaughtered a pig, and his children watched. In the afternoon, when the children began playing, the ... more »
SKYDANCER
Dir: Katja Esson, United States, 75 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
For more than 120 years, six generations of Mohawk Ironworkers have raised America's modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fea ... more »
SNOW ON THA BLUFF
Dir: Damon Russell, United States, 79 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
Snow On Tha Bluff tells the story of Atlanta robbery boy and crack dealer, Curtis Snow. When Curtis steals a video camera from some college kids in a dope ... more »
SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE
Dir: Jack Perez, United States, 93 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
Destined to be a cult classic, "Some Guy Who Kills People" is an off-kilter black comedy about a small town loner who sets out to kill the men he deems res ... more »
STICKY ENDS
Dir: Osman Cerfon, France, 7 min, 2010, Animation
Jinx is a man with the head of a fish. Misfortune bubbles escape from his mouth. When one of them follows somebody, he becomes dogged by bad luck, and come ... more »
STRANGE THING HAPPENS
Dir: Martin Toro, United States, 22 min, 2011, Experimental
It is a cautionary tale about society losing self -awareness, sincerity and disconnection in everyday relationships. As a trilogy, this alternately tragic ... more »
STRANGER
Dir: Christophe Hermans, Belgium, 12 min, 2010, Documentary Short
Sophie lives alone. She spends her time between small jobs and moving ...flats. She creates sculptures of her body to fill the empty space of her life. ... more »
SUMMER KNOWS
Dir: Jan Seemann, Germany, 11 min, 2011, Narrative Short
An accidental encounter between a young man and a couple turns into a game of light and shadow. ... more »
TAKE ME HOME
Dir: Sam Jaeger, United States, 97 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
How much does it really cost to take a NYC taxi across the country? Claire Barrow is about to find out. Claire isn't having a good day. First she comes hom ... more »
TEARDROP
Dir: Damian John Harper, Germany, 14 min, 2011, Narrative Short
One afternoon Dan is brutally jumped and accosted by a gang in his neighborhood. The leader of Dans crew demands that he murder his punisher and thus offic ... more »
TIDE
Dir: Sylvia Guillet, France, 17 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Barricaded in her mansion, Mathilde takes care of her husband Andrew, who is suffering from a very strange disease. Mathilde must also defend against those ... more »
TIME FREAK
Dir: Andrew Bowler, United States, 11 min, 2010, Narrative Short
A neurotic inventor creates a time machine only to get lost trying to make yesterday perfect. ... more »
TIME OF BREADTH
Dir: Ali El-darsa, Canada, 8 min, 2009, Experimental
Time of Breadth is a document of a telephone conversation between the artist and his mother recounting the Lebanese wars. It is a portrayal micro-politics ... more »
TO BE IN ME
Dir: Marina Mello, Brazil, 7 min, 2010, Experimental
Troubled by the echoes of her past, Veronica isolates herself in a world of solitude, dreaming and longing for the days when she was not afraid. She tries ... more »
TRANSPLANT
Dir: Ikko Suzuki, United States, 3 min, 2010, Experimental
A visual poem about pain and recovery. A young woman dreams while undergoing an open heart operation. In the dream, she finds a withered flower in the midd ... more »
TYRANT'S WOMEN, THE
Dir: Ernesto Solo, Venezuela, 20 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Violent waves crash over the cliffs of 'El Tirane' a small fishing village in Margarita Island whose fish market is run by generations of local women. Mati ... more »
W ZAPPATORE
Dir: Massimiliano Verdesca, Italy, 84 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
This hilarious, quirky Italian comedy explores the question: is it better to play the music of Satan or listen to the word of God? Marcello Zappatore i ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor Female
WALZER
Dir: Rob Lücker, Netherlands, 16 min, 2010, Experimental
Scrap metal pikey Arec discovers a valuable treasure during his demolishing and gathering work in a dark basement. He decides to keep it for himself, but s ... more »
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