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12113 DEGREES
Dir: Sabrina Doyle, United States, 21 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A fable of love, sacrifice and spaceships. Francesca and Joe are astronauts who've become lovers. Bunkered up in their little spaceship, Earth is a distant ... more »
9 METER
Dir: Anders Walter, Denmark, 17 min, 2012, Narrative Short
16-year-old Daniel is a long jumping talent who is constantly breaking his own records. Setting new records is a way for him to keep his dying mother alive ... more »
AMATEURS, THE
Dir: Kai Gero Lenke, United States, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Edward and Kevin are two big-mouthed teenagers who know sexuality mostly from watching internet porn. One day they decide to hire an actress to finally bec ... more »
ARE WE NOT CATS
Dir: Xander Robin, United States, 12 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A welder discovers his eccentric girlfriend eating his hair subconsciously as they take a truck drive to an abandoned resort. ... more »
BALDR
Dir: Timothy Ziegler, United States, 7 min, 2012, Experimental
Somewhere in the depths of our universe, an aged spaceman laments the loss of his only friend--an octopus in a specimen jar. ... more »
BEN : IN THE MIND'S EYE
Dir: Iva Radivojevic, United States, 14 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Ben is solipsistic. He finds home in music which keeps him alive and gives meaning to his life. Wanting desperately to express himself, he lends his though ... more »
BETTER WORLD, A
Dir: Sacha Feiner, Belgium, 24 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Henry, dedicated citizen of a pitiless dictatorship, has always worked intensely at the Denunciation Ministry. But suddenly, the regime collapses; the cold ... more »
BLACK OUT
Dir: Arne Toonen, Netherlands, 91 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
On the day prior to his wedding, retired criminal Jos Vreeswijk wakes up next to a murdered man. He has no recollection of what happened the night before b ... more »
BORDER
Dir: Anil Dogan, Turkey, 6 min, 2012, Experimental
Border is about a young man who is waiting for his same day HIV test results. During the time he spends in the doctor's office, He finds himself in a journ ... more »
BOY IN THE VOID
Dir: Miroslav Macala, United States, 7 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A proud boy opens the door to a masculine world of a hardcore Brooklyn gym and quickly learns that the image he has of himself is seen much differently by ... more »
BUTTERFLIES
Dir: Isabel Peppard, Australia, 13 min, 2012, Animation
A young artist sits on the sidewalk, struggling to make a living. She makes drawings for the passersby. A businessman recognises her talents and offers her ... more »
BYE
Dir: Chris Muir, Canada, 3 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Sometimes one word tells the whole story. Bye explores the rise and fall of a relationship through the action of leaving. ... more »
CAFFE CAPRI
Dir: Casimir Nozkowski, United States, 6 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Caffe Capri is a movie about an Italian coffee shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, run by a brother and sister-in-law for almost 40 years. A truly one-of-a-kin ... more »
CAVE, THE
Dir: Niclas Gillis, United States, 3 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Writer / director Niclas Gillis relates his experience as an alien in America in this conceptual short film inspired by Plato's Cave. ... more »
CAVEDIGGER
Dir: Jeffrey Karoff, United States, 40 min, 2013, Documentary Short
Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes years to comp ... more »
CHAOS
Dir: Wimerf ., Mexico, 10 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Marc goes to bed one night and when he wakes up he discovers that all the furniture in the room has switched positions. At work he finds out that this phen ... more »
CHARLES
Dir: Monique Moumblow, Canada, 14 min, 2012, Experimental
A man delivers a monologue in Danish. Simultaneous English translation is typed on an old, metal typewriter. The man describes the peculiar behavior of hi ... more »
CHASER
Dir: Sal Bardo, United States, 16 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and culture, a promising, young, gay schoolteacher seeks solace in the barebacking community. ... more »
CLOSING BELL
Dir: Janek Ambros, United States, 5 min, 2012, Experimental
It is September 2008 and as Congress contemplates a 700 billion dollar bailout for the banks, the market is rapidly crumbling and a broker must decide wher ... more »
COSMIC ANCESTRY
Dir: Jill Taffet, United States, 3 min, 2012, Experimental
An experimental non-narrative digital animation inspired by the theory that life on Earth was seeded with genetic material from space. ... more »
COURSE, THE
Dir: Rachel Salomon O'Meara, United States, 11 min, 2013, Animation
The Course follows the journey of an ambitious young woman unaware she is trapped in a loop of continuous competition. Set in a hand-drawn environment, liv ... more »
CUT TO BLACK
Dir: Dan Eberle, United States, 91 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Bill Ivers, a disgraced ex-cop, is hired by a wealthy former friend to rid his estranged daughter Jessica of a stalker. Soon, Bill finds himself intercedin ... more »
DEAD COW'S VENGEANCE
Dir: Carlos Tarabal, Paraguay, 18 min, 2012, Experimental
Murder of Naivety. A girl leaves the countryside and runs away to the city. She leaves behind a story of perversion. In the city she meets an indigent man, ... more »
DESTRUCTION ARTIST, THE
Dir: Michael Sharpe, United States, 13 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A short film based on the monolog THE DESTRUCTION ARTIST by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham. ... more »
DETONATOR
Dir: Damon Maulucci & Keir Politz, United States, 93 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Sully, former frontman of a prominent Philly punk band, struggles for a new identity after moving into an affordable rental outside of Philadelphia with Ka ... more »
DRAGON GIRLS
Dir: Inigo Westmeier, Germany, 90 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
'Dragon Girls' tells the story of three Chinese Girls, training to become Kung Fu Fighters, far away from their families at the Shaolin Kung Fu School, loc ... more »
DUKE, THE
Dir: Jonathan Campo, United States, 2 min, 2012, Animation
The Duke is about a sandwich -- a chicken parmesan hero to be precise. ... more »
EAT
Dir: Moritz Krämer, Germany, 7 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A photo shoot. The model Helen is unnerved. Back in the changing room she makes a surprising discovery. Everything around her is edible - the chair, the TV ... more »
ELEGY
Dir: Dawn Hollison, United States, 16 min, 2012, Experimental
A man and woman inhabit separate spaces, enacting mysterious rituals. These ceremonies unfold to reveal their states of grief and entanglement, and the cyc ... more »
EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES
Dir: Francesca Gregorini, United States, 95 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Emanuel (Kaya Scodelario), a troubled girl, becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor (Jessica Biel), who bears a striking resemblance to her de ... more »
ETERNAL AMAZON
Dir: Belisario Franca, Brazil, 88 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
At a time when the world is focused on the impact of humans on the environment, Eternal Amazon is a lyrical, poetic documentary that presents a critical an ... more »
EXIT POINT
Dir: Jagoda Szelc, Poland, 18 min, 2012, Documentary Short
He has an unusual passion. He is ready to sacrifice a lot for it, including his own life. Exit Point is a film about decision making. In order to be free, ... more »
FAVOUR, A
Dir: Simon Cheek, England, 3 min, 2013, Narrative Short
An encounter in a car park questions the assumptions of characters and audience alike. ... more »
FIBONACCI BREAD
Dir: Danijel Zezelj, Croatia, 8 min, 2012, Animation
Fibo the baker makes bread and rolls every night, and in the morning, he rides his bicycle through the labyrinth of the city to take them to his customers. ... more »
FILM DIGITALIA, NO. 15
Dir: Matt Whitman, United States, 4 min, 2013, Experimental
This work is a study of the durative moment of montage between three bodies: the digital, the filmic and the human. It is a moment of confrontation between ... more »
Film Portrait on Reconstructing 12 Possibilities that Preceded the Disappearance of Zoe Dean Drum, A
Dir: Eduardo Menz, Canada, 12 min, 2011, Experimental
Happily living in the suburbs, Zoe Dean Drum is a wife and a mother of two. Then, on the eve of Halloween something unchangeable happens. Through a series ... more »
FLYING BLIND
Dir: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, England, 93 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
A passionate post-9/11 love story: an older woman with a young Muslim man in a world where security is paramount and nothing is what it seems. Frankie is p ... more »
FORBIDDEN VOICES
Dir: Barbara Miller, Switzerland, 97 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But world-famous bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are not frightened of their di ... more »
FRECKLE
Dir: Mike Cantor, United States, 5 min, 2012, Experimental
19,000 velcro dots. 18 months. Two velcro dot-suits. 20 volunteer 'velcro pushers'. A girl. A guy. Space. Skin. Atoms... Freckle! ... more »
FUREVER
Dir: Amy Finkel, United States, 81 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Furever is a feature-length documentary that explores the dimensions of grief people experience over the loss of a pet. It examines the sociological evolut ... more »
GENESIS
Dir: Isaac Kerlow, United States, 3 min, 2012, Experimental
Life is created from light and motion. A man and a woman are born and fall in love, but their harmony is short lived. Genesis is an experimental 3 minute a ... more »
GIRAFFES
Dir: Enrique Alvarez, Cuba, 96 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Three young flatmates seek their footing in today's Cuba, where you must fight for a home of your own. The young lovers Manuel and Lia manage to lay their ... more »
GLASS EYES OF LOCUST BAYOU
Dir: Simon Mercer, Canada, 15 min, 2013, Documentary Short
A retired worker for the highways department in rural Arkansas has been making films starring local townsfolk for over 30 years. Phil Chambliss's invented ... more »
GOOD GRIEF
Dir: Fiona Dalwood, Australia, 8 min, 2012, Animation
Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living. Good Grief is a short stop motion animated ... more »
GREAT PLASTIC PURGE, THE
Dir: leftchannel, United States, 3 min, 2013, Animation
An animated short about marine plastic pollution commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The video serves as a call for action alerti ... more »
HAIRBRAINED
Dir: Billy Kent, United States, 106 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
When 14-year old genius/outcast Eli Pettifog is rejected from Harvard, he ends up at Ivy-League wannabe Whittman College. It's hate at first sight. Eli's 4 ... more »
HANK AND ASHA
Dir: James E. Duff, United States, 74 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
In this modern love story, an Indian woman studying in Prague and a young New York filmmaker begin an unconventional correspondence - two strangers searchi ... more »
HERE TO FALL
Dir: Kris Kelly, Ireland, 7 min, 2012, Animation
When a girl receives a call from her father she is set on a frantic journey through a chaotic world. ... more »
HOLE IN THE SKY, A
Dir: Antonio Tibaldi & Àlex Lora Cercós, France, 11 min, 2013, Documentary Short
Young Alifa looks up at the Somali sky thinking about her daily life as a shepherdess... She knows that the day that will change her life forever is about ... more »
HOW'S EVERYTHING
Dir: Dylan Redford, United States, 5 min, 2012, Narrative Short
HOWS EVERYTHING peels back the facade of pleasantries, exchanged in an everyday conversation between two college dudes, to reveal the distance between what ... more »
IN SPRINGTIME
Dir: Joel Schlemowitz, United States, min, 2013, Experimental
The change of seasons, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. ... more »
INDOOR
Dir: Simon Atkinson & Adam Townley, England, 16 min, 2012, Narrative Short
An eleven year old boy uses discarded objects to make a kite. Despite strong winds and a dogged persistence, he can't make the kite fly. He befriends a pec ... more »
JAMON
Dir: Iria Lopez, England, 8 min, 2012, Animation
Jose is a teenage pig living in a Spanish town, and he is the only pig in his family. One day a new neighbour moves in next door, and Jose starts to come t ... more »
KINGDOM OF DOUG, THE
Dir: Victoria Thaine, Australia, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Josie and her fellow cult members have gathered in an ice skating rink to commit mass suicide. But when Josie loses faith in Doug, her charismatic cult lea ... more »
LA MIRAGE
Dir: Arianne Alizio, United States, 14 min, 2013, Experimental
The routine of a motel housekeeper quickly disintegrates upon losing her cleaning glove. Now trapped in a surreal purgatory, she sets out to vanquish the ... more »
LEFT
Dir: Eamonn O Neill, Ireland, 13 min, 2012, Animation
When I was 12, my best friend was Neill. We were in the same class at school. We cycled our bikes.We played. In summer, we fished off the jetty. We got old ... more »
LIGHT
Dir: Maja Fernqvist, United States, 16 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A dark short film about the power struggle between 14-year old Toni's will for life and her mentally ill mother's wish for them to depart together on their ... more »
LIVE BAIT
Dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy, 7 min, 2012, Animation
A small fish one day meets a big fish. The big fish wants to eat him, and that is more than normal... but a discussion between the two will turn the story ... more »
LOVE LETTER
Dir: Lindsey Martin, United States, 14 min, 2012, Experimental
Love Letter examines the fantasies of Basil, an eight-year-old coping with emotional anxieties triggered by the divorce of her parents. Basil's uncertainty ... more »
MARCEL, KING OF TERVUREN
Dir: Tom Schroeder, United States, 6 min, 2012, Animation
Marcel is a rooster who belongs to a friend, Ann, in Tervuren, a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. During a bird flu scare in Europe a few years ago, the provin ... more »
MARKING THE DISTANCE
Dir: The Rauch Brothers, United States, 3 min, 2012, Animation
When Gweneviere Mann lost her short-term memory, following surgery to remove a brain tumor, she was forced to navigate life in a new way. But she wasn't a ... more »
MILES & WAR
Dir: Anne Thoma, Germany, 79 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
Who are those people, who try to put an end to fighting and bloodshed in conflict areas, every day, again and again? A portrait of three men, who counter ... more »
MILKIN' IT
Dir: Astrid Edwards, United States, 4 min, 2012, Experimental
This music film is essentially about community and draws reference from the old school hip hop vibe of the early 80's; the whole lo-fi, diy style that subs ... more »
MR. ANGEL
Dir: Dan Hunt, United States, 70 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
It's early morning in Mexico. Buck starts the day by feeding his seven dogs. Trailed by the pack, Buck takes us to his office, and, picking up photographs, ... more »
MYSTIC CHILD
Dir: Colinet André, Belgium, 6 min, 2011, Experimental
A visionary study in data moshing and a tribute to Stan Brakhage, an influential American experimental filmmaker who died on the cusp of the digital age. ... more »
NATURALIST, THE
Dir: Connor Hurley, United States, 15 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Long-term partners Simon and Oliver live in a militant future that mandates genetic therapy for all 'abnormalities,' including homosexuality. Despite the o ... more »
NERVOUS PERSON
Dir: Max Sherwood, United States, 6 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Nervous Person is a loud silent film. An upsetting slapstick comedy. An accessible, plot-driven art film. It's about a man struggling and lost at a publ ... more »
NOT FOR SALE
Dir: Matthew C. Levy, United States, 11 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Native New Yorker Anthony Pisano, has lived in Manhattan's East Village for over thirty years in an antique shop where nothing is for sale. Attracting peop ... more »
OJALA
Dir: Ryan Velasquez, United States, 21 min, 2012, Narrative Short
All her life, Ana has yearned for the approval of her distant mother, Olga. Though Olga loves Ana, they have never been close. Olga has struggled to let go ... more »
ON MY OWN
Dir: Jake Marcks, United States, 12 min, 2012, Experimental
A reality show about teens making tough choices, juggling responsibilities, and facing the REAL WORLD! Or maybe something far more sinister. ... more »
PHANTOM PAIN, THE
Dir: José Pablo Escamilla González Aragón, Mexico, 18 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Cynthia, a therapist for the limb-impaired, receives a phone call with news that her brother has unexpectedly passed away. She will be forced to face the e ... more »
PLACES WHERE WE LIVED, THE
Dir: Bernardo Britto, United States, 7 min, 2012, Animation
A man wakes up with a terrible feeling. His parents are selling his childhood home. ... more »
PLAYPALS
Dir: Yianni Warnock, Australia, 11 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A man yearns helplessly in his home attempting to deal with the small task of existing. ... more »
RAILWAY WATCHMAN, THE
Dir: Piotr Szczepanowicz, Poland, 12 min, 2012, Animation
The life of a railway watchman living in a small station in the middle of the forest follows the rhythm of passing trains. In his free time he plays the tr ... more »
REAL MOTEL LIFE, THE
Dir: Winnie Cheung, United States, 9 min, 2013, Documentary Short
The Real Motel Life is a documentary short inspired by the book The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin. It is a living video portrait of Reno, Nevada. Through the ... more »
RETROCOGNITION
Dir: Eric Patrick, United States, 18 min, 2012, Animation
A dystopian sitcom reanimated from the narrative residue of Golden Age radio dramas. ... more »
RINK, THE
Dir: Sarah Friedland, United States, 55 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
Branch Brook Park Roller Rink, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. This concrete structure is nestled in the pit of ... more »
ROAD HOME, THE
Dir: The Rauch Brothers, United States, 4 min, 2012, Animation
Eddie Lanier struggled with alcoholism for over 40 years, until his 28th stint in rehab finally led to sobriety. Homeless and hungry, Eddie roamed the stre ... more »
ROGALIK
Dir: Pawel Ziemilski, Poland, 18 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Traveling among people and objects, we discover a world usually considered ugly and unattractive. However, this dream-like journey is not a dream. Who are ... more »
SADO TEMPEST
Dir: John Williams, Japan, 95 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Sado Tempest is a radical retelling of Shakespeare's 'Tempest', fusing Noh theatre, Taiko drumming and Japanese rock. Japan, the near future; rebel rock st ... more »
SALVATION
Dir: Nico aMarca, United States, 6 min, 2012, Experimental
An industrial and darkly surreal vision to the concept of the Seven Deadly Sins and 'Dante's Inferno', taken from Italian philosopher Dante Alighieri's 'Di ... more »
SCATTERED
Dir: Lindsay Lindenbaum, United States, 27 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Home movies rarely tell the whole story of someone's life. Instead, they show fragments of a story that the person behind the camera hopes and imagines his ... more »
SCOUNDRELS
Dir: David Figueroa García, Mexico, 16 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Acapulco, Mexico. Paco and Memo, two brothers, break into an empty house with a group of friends but instead of finding a night of fun and debauchery they ... more »
SIGHT, THE
Dir: Jeremy Moss, Canada, 5 min, 2012, Experimental
A song of creation: immaterial spawns volatile matter; landscape emerges from splintering celluloid. Hand-processed July 2012 at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm ... more »
SIN DOLOR
Dir: Joe Greco, United States, 23 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A curious doctor seeks the source of a young patient's inability to feel pain. ... more »
SINCERUS
Dir: John Graham, Canada, 8 min, 2013, Experimental
A young, artistic man experiences visions of a world that he once knew with sight. Having never fully come to terms with a boyhood train accident that left ... more »
SIXTY SECONDS
Dir: Nathaniel Lieb, United States, 3 min, 2013, Experimental
Sixty people were asked to time themselves for one second each. They were then edited into a one 'minute' film. ... more »
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES
Dir: Nicole Gomez Fisher, United States, 95 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES is a comedy which captures one girl's journey of self-discovery and the dynamics of her zany family. With its fair share of "ay d ... more »
SOFT IN THE HEAD
Dir: Nathan Silver, United States, 71 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Thrown out of her New York City apartment, Natalia, a 25-year-old hot mess, relies on the kindness of friends and strangers. Seemingly unaware of the havoc ... more »
SOLITUDE
Dir: Liova Jedlicki, Romania, 18 min, 2012, Narrative Short
The police conduct an investigation after a young Romanian prostitute is raped. She does not speak French. A translator must make the link between the auth ... more »
SOMEWHERE SLOW
Dir: Jeremy O'Keefe, United States, 94 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Intimate, raw and funny, SOMEWHERE SLOW features a searing and complex portrait of Anna Thompson, a 40 year old skin care rep, coasting through an unfulfil ... more »
SONS OF ATOM
Dir: Adam Butcher, England, 13 min, 2012, Narrative Short
It's 1970. Bradley and Curtis are 13. They are not friends. They have an empty weekend ahead of them. And nuclear apocalypse looms. ... more »
SUPERF*CKERS: BURGER BROTHERS
Dir: Fran Krause, United States, 4 min, 2012, Animation
SuperF*ckers is a parody, farce, and homage to modern superhero comics, and depicts what teenagers with super abilities would actually do with their specia ... more »
SWEET HARMONY
Dir: Robin Comisar, United States, 4 min, 2013, Experimental
Music video for Slow Knights 'Sweet Harmony', the new solo project of Del Marquis of the Scissor Sisters. Shot on green screen at Windmill Studios and prod ... more »
TAMBOURINE BUTTOCKS
Dir: Carlo Sampietro, Brazil, 3 min, 2012, Experimental
While the ass is a universally recognized symbol of sexual allure, the film blurs lines between gender and race, reducing each participant to the utilitari ... more »
THIS IS VANITY
Dir: Oliver Goodrum, England, 24 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A dark and tragic tale of a tiring mother struggling to protect herself and her disabled daughter from the continual attacks of local adolescents. Frustrat ... more »
UNDERTAKER AND THE LIFEGUARD, THE
Dir: Matthew Booras, United States, 6 min, 2013, Animation
A short satire set in Coney Island over the course of a day that illustrates the exploits of a nefarious undertaker alongside those of an adolescent lifegu ... more »
VENOM & FIRE
Dir: Brandon Faris, United States, 9 min, 2012, Documentary Short
Amidst the modernization of a small town in Eastern Kentucky, Pastor Coots and his congregation set aside their iPads, pack their snakes, and head to the F ... more »
VICISSITUDE
Dir: Matthias Negrello, France, 10 min, 2012, Experimental
With Tokyo as natural background, the film is an introspection that goes deep into the unpredictable aspects of life, doubts, fears, and the passing of tim ... more »
WATERMELON
Dir: Tato Kotetishvili, Poland, 11 min, 2012, Narrative Short
In Georgia, in the middle of a desert, on the hottest day of summer two water-melon sellers cross paths and their competition begins. ... more »
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