FILM LIBRARY
Search 2014, films by title (107)
12
ACTIVE IMAGE O
Dir: Becky James, United States, 8 min, 2014, Experimental
An oddly funny text-only film about language and mental imagery. The film is the result of a translation chain: I made an animation based on Wittgenstein's ... more »
ADRIFT
Dir: Frederik Jan Depickere, Belgium, 8 min, 2013, Documentary Short
A random refugee wanders alone, without purpose or direction, 150 kilometer above the arctic circle. ... more »
AMYGDALA
Dir: Jeannette Louie, United States, 10 min, 2013, Experimental
'Amygdala' is a scientific tale. Located deep inside the temporal lobe of the human brain, a small almond-shaped region orchestrates our emotional life. Th ... more »
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
Dir: Elena Rogova & Zhenia Pavlenko, Hungary, 4 min, 2014, Animation
People often successfully hide their true feelings, moods and intentions. Unlike children and pets. ... more »
ARENA
Dir: Martin Rath, Poland, 23 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Arena is a film about learning to believe in yourself. A hitchhiker is taken in by a remote Polish mountain community. Tested by the hardened locals and t ... more »
BEAUTY, THE
Dir: Adam Mcdaid, United States, 6 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Hooves dance on a concrete floor dirtied with straw and mud. Looking down a row of cows harnessed in collars, a burly farmer walks steadily down the line. ... more »
BESS
Dir: Joshua Zerangue, United States, 2 min, 2013, Experimental
Bess beetle, hand made lead chain and stereo microscope. ... more »
BORN TO FLY
Dir: Catherine Gund, United States, 83 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Born to Fly harnesses the thrill and energy of Elizabeth Streb's Brooklyn-based STREB Extreme Action Company. Inter-cutting archival footage from decades o ... more »
BOX WALK
Dir: Tony Fulgham, United States, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A quiet thirteen-year-old and his stepfather track down a wounded deer. The lessons learned in those dark woods aren't fully realized until seventeen years ... more »
BOY SALOUM
Dir: Audrey Gallet, France, 74 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
They are thirty years old. They have fire in their bellies. They have charisma. In 2011, a few young Senegalese rappers created a social movement called Y' ... more »
CHI RAQ
Dir: Will Robson Scott, United States, 12 min, 2013, Documentary Short
Chicago's nickname 'Chi Raq' refers to the city's epidemic of violence, where the annual homicide rate rivals the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq and ... more »
COFFIN MAKER
Dir: Theo Anthony, Congo, 8 min, 2014, Documentary Short
Filmed throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final days of a devastating three-year war, 'Coffin Maker' weaves together three separate journey ... more »
COPENHAGEN
Dir: Mark Raso, Canada, 99 min, 2014, Narrative Feature
After weeks of traveling through Europe the immature William finds himself at a crossroads in Copenhagen. Not just another European city, Copenhagen is als ... more »
CRACK, A
Dir: Lilian Mehrel, United States, 10 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A crack in everything, that's how the light gets in: memories and music reverberate around a man as he steams in a Russian bathhouse. Each sad-eyed strange ... more »
DANSE MACABRE
Dir: Malgorzata Rzanek, Poland, 5 min, 2013, Animation
A dense, pitch black night. The moon glances balefully. Someone will die tonight. Suddenly the carousel of death moves on and there is nothing to stop it. ... more »
DEMON DEEP IN OKLAHOMA, THE
Dir: Lance R. Marshall, United States, 34 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Katie Heaton lives with her older brother Wes in their remote childhood home, in a small town in Southeastern Oklahoma. Trapped inside four walls with bad ... more »
DIAMOND CUTTER, THE
Dir: Nicholas Weissman, United States, 5 min, 2014, Documentary Short
In New York City's diamond district, behind the glistening jewelry markets and through a maze of narrow corridors, sits a ninety-two-year-old diamond cutte ... more »
DIVA
Dir: Geoff Bailey, United States, 16 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Set against a lyrical, majestic portrait of New York, a young dancer runs up against the limits of her talent. ... more »
EIDEANN
Dir: Álvaro Granados, Spain, 5 min, 2013, Animation
Setting in the XIV Century, Eideann is the story of how a courageous shepherd from the Highland of Scotland and one of the sheep of his flock become the pi ... more »
ELISABETH
Dir: Katharina Woll, Germany, 19 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Elisabeth is a writer. Since her mother was sent to a nursing home, she lives completely isolated, spending her days writing. One day when Elisabeth takes ... more »
ESCAPE FROM PLANET TAR
Dir: Luigi Campi, United States, 20 min, 2013, Experimental
This is the story of how humans learned the Alien language, and of the sacrifice that one man made for all of us. This is a story of loneliness, aliens and ... more »
FACES
Dir: Chantal Dupont, Canada, 2 min, 2013, Experimental
By a series of self portrait, the director explores with humor and poesy the transformation of her visage with some objects that she holds in her mouth. ... more »
FAKIE
Dir: Rick Manlapig, United States, 5 min, 2013, Animation
An adorable cat and dog duo go out for a night of fun, but they're completely unaware that a mysterious beast is terrorizing the city and murdering everyon ... more »
FALLT
Dir: Chadwick Whitehead, United States, 2 min, 2013, Animation
A farmer struggles to keep his farm when Mr. Fall's fault finding goes too far. Gravity must be found and a judge must question his judgment. ... more »
GAME, THE
Dir: Pedro Coutinho, Brazil, 18 min, 2013, Narrative Short
After an argument during a road trip to the countryside, Julia and Fred begin a sexual game with definitive consequences for their relationship and their l ... more »
GHOST OF A SMILE
Dir: Peder Thomas Pedersen & Simon Bonde, Denmark, 4 min, 2013, Experimental
In a dreamlike setting a boy looses his innocence, when he witnesses his fathers brutal defeat in a deadly fight. As a stark contrast to the dreamy, cinema ... more »
GIRLS ON LIBERTY STREET, THE
Dir: John Rangel, United States, 62 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Her boyfriend is pulling away. Her sister is growing up too fast. Her brother is falling under a bad influence. Her friends have plans that don't include h ... more »
GLASS SUN
Dir: Greg King, United States, 7 min, 2013, Experimental
In an experimental take on the classic Film Noir genre, an impeccably dressed detective is visited by a mysterious woman one night, who inspires him to tak ... more »
GLENA
Dir: Allan Luebke, United States, 85 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Glena was living the American Dream: successful career, two happy children, long-term relationship, and a beautiful family home. Then one day, with no back ... more »
GRAND CANAL, A
Dir: Johnny Ma, Canada, 19 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A Greek tragedy told in Chinese pop music. The tragic events of a boat captain trying to collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his te ... more »
GREY MATTER, THE
Dir: Peter & Luke McCoubrey, United States, 17 min, 2014, Narrative Short
In the dead of night, a man wakes up in an alleyway drenched in blood. He can't recall how he got there or what happened to him, but oddly enough, he does ... more »
GUM, THE
Dir: Olga Makarchuk, Ukraine, 7 min, 2013, Animation
The bubble gum normally doesn't get much attention, and if it does - it's not perceived as something well-mannered. It's a guilty pleasure, a secret kept u ... more »
HANGING BY A THREAD
Dir: Catya Plate, United States, 10 min, 2013, Animation
It's the future, and humanity appears to be but a memory, existing only in scattered pieces. That is until a pillow's needlepoint rendering of three indivi ... more »
HEX/HEZ
Dir: George Kalpa, Australia, 8 min, 2013, Experimental
A glimpse into a young woman's disorientated world. Mary struggles to balance her personal and professional life in the endless black spaces and industrial ... more »
HOLLOW LAND
Dir: Uri Kranot & Michelle Kranot, Denmark, 13 min, 2013, Animation
A story about the eternal human search for home - Hollow Land begins, as all such searches must, with the dream of utopia. Solomon and Berta are two seeker ... more »
HOTLINE
Dir: Tony Shaff, United States, 82 min, 2014, Documentary Feature
From crisis centers to psychics and sex workers, eavesdrop on the inner-workings of hotlines and put a face to the voices on the other end of the line. Hot ... more »
HOTZANAK, FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
Dir: Izibene Oñederra, Spain, 5 min, 2013, Animation
I told her I was a filmmaker... and nothing has changed. Amid these landscapes traipses the soul, at times certain, at others uncertain of its own existenc ... more »
I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
Dir: Leah Meyerhoff, United States, 80 min, 2014, Narrative Feature
I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS takes us on a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed ... more »
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
Dir: Leah Shore, United States, 3 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Two people love each other very much ... more »
IMMERSED
Dir: Soledad Águila, Chile, 3 min, 2012, Animation
A mysterious portrait of the beauty in decaying of natural wild life. An atmospheric piece, which has been inspired by the landscapes of southern Chile, sp ... more »
IMPECCABLES, THE
Dir: Ramin Matin, Turkey, 96 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Two sisters in their early thirties find themselves isolated in the Aegean summer cottage of their childhood, where they must deal with their uneasy siblin ... more »
INTIMATE SEMAPHORES
Dir: T.J. Misny, United States, 56 min, 2014, Narrative Feature
A collection of three short stories, each a surreal and darkly comic exploration of creative expression and how our artistic impulses have the power to uni ... more »
JEEPNEY
Dir: Esy Casey, Philippines, 60 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Jeepney is a lyrical exploration of the Philippines through its most popular form of mass transportation: vividly decorated former WWII military jeeps. Unl ... more »
LA MINER
Dir: Thomas Wood, United States, 24 min, 2014, Documentary Short
LA Miner is the story of a redneck savant and natural story-teller who started mining for gold on the outskirts of Los Angeles after contemplating suicide. ... more »
LAPTOP
Dir: Egor Gavrilin, Russia, 14 min, 2013, Narrative Short
An office clerk finds out that the cursor from his computer can move outside the computer itself - and allows him to 'edit' the world using computer progra ... more »
LAST BREAD, THE
Dir: Maria Badia, United States, 12 min, 2014, Documentary Short
After 17 years in business, La Villita Bakery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was forced to close its doors. A victim of rising rents and rapid gentrification, t ... more »
LET IT RIDE
Dir: Mark Phillips, United States, 3 min, 2013, Animation
The story of one soldier's moment in an abstract battle that has no beginning or end. ... more »
LITTLE BLOCK OF CEMENT WITH DISHEVELED HAIR CONTAINING THE SEA
Dir: Jorge Lopez Navarrete, Spain, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A dog and a mare embark upon a voyage together. With every step they take, the differences between them become inevitably clearer, and yet the profound mut ... more »
LUCKY RICOCHET
Dir: David Svedosh, United States, 4 min, 2013, Experimental
Lucky Ricochet is an experimental, fast-motion performance music video created by David Svedosh in collaboration with the band, The Karma Exchange. ... more »
MALAGASY WAY, THE
Dir: Nantenaina Lova, Madagascar, 84 min, 2014, Documentary Feature
The Malagasy Way is a poetic, proverb-packed tour of an alternative way of life central to Madagascar's culture and society. Rejecting the waste and overco ... more »
MAN ON EARTH
Dir: Yianni Warnock, Australia, 6 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A man confronts his greatest challenge: how to deal with loneliness and the separateness of living entities. Will a pet help? Or maybe laughter is the cure ... more »
MATEO'S ROOM
Dir: Maximilian Williamson, United States, 20 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Mateo is an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a diner-runner on the bleak winter streets of New York City. With nowhere to go, he seeks refuge in the di ... more »
MENTHOL
Dir: Micah Van Hove, United States, 83 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Four male twenty-somethings spend 24 hours reliving their high school glory days. The drugs, video games, and boozing end in a moment of terrible violence, ... more »
METEOR, THE
Dir: Charles Griffin Gibson, United States, 14 min, 2013, Experimental
The meteor that hit the United States in 2014 caused unbelievable damage to the nation. It devastated homes, destroyed farm land and forced the world's pop ... more »
MIMOUN
Dir: Tallulah Schwab, Netherlands, 26 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Mimoun, a young boy living in the Netherlands, needs to get his hands on some money to buy a gift for Soraya, his first love. Dragged into the criminal wak ... more »
MONEY
Dir: Étienne De Massy, Canada, 10 min, 2012, Experimental
An Art film (political) about money (Euro crisis). ... more »
MONGREL
Dir: Joé Rimet, France, 6 min, 2014, Animation
In a world devoid of human lives the death comes to look for a last soul. ... more »
MONTAUK
Dir: Vinz Feller, Switzerland, 16 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Elisabeth's husband commits suicide. His last wish was to travel to Montauk where the couple met years ago. So Elisabeth embarks on a last journey from Swi ... more »
MOONS
Dir: Liesje Kraai, United States, 1 min, 2013, Animation
A short music video that pays homage to Laika, the Russian space dog, set to Josh Ritter's song 'Moons'. ... more »
MOVEMENT AND LOCATION
Dir: Alexis Boling, United States, 95 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Kim Getty is an immigrant from 400 years in the future, sent back in time to live out an easier life. It's a one-way trip of difficult isolation, but in th ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, Audience Award
MR K AND THE E
Dir: Dennis Mueller & Iring Freytag, Germany, 4 min, 2012, Animation
A modern fairy tale of Capitalism and Elephants. Day in and day out, Mr. K works in a factory. He accomplishes his work with perfect precision. But one da ... more »
MY BLIND HEART
Dir: Peter Brunner, Austria, 92 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Kurt suffers from the rare Marfan syndrome and is almost blind. After killing his mother, he goes on a journey where the boundaries between perpetrator and ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Cinematography, Best Actor Male
MY FATHER'S TRUCK
Dir: Mauricio Osaki, Vietnam, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
My Father's Truck is a coming-of-age road film about 10-year-old Mai Vy, as she skips school one day to help her father with his truck-for-hire. In the cou ... more »
MY NAME IS BOFFER BINGS
Dir: László Csáki, Hungary, 20 min, 2012, Animation
The film is based on the well-known short story 'Oil of Dog'. The rough and simple chalk animation technique is match for the absurd and surrealistic style ... more »
NIGHT BLOOMING FLOWER
Dir: Karl Nussbaum, United States, 11 min, 2013, Experimental
We often bring flowers to our loved ones in the hospital. And then, in the dark, these flowers become the silent witnesses to the changes the patient makes ... more »
NINE
Dir: Wanichaya Phraejunya & Chawalit Kaewmanee, Thailand, 8 min, 2014, Animation
Nine is a haunting tale of innocence lost as the Grey Cat, afraid of losing his final life, makes a deal with the devil and gets much more than he bargaine ... more »
NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS
Dir: Nima Sarvestani, Sweden, 77 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Takhar Prison. 40 women. 34 children. Four cells. No burqas. This documentary takes viewers inside one of the world's most restricted environments: an Afgh ... more »
NOW YOU CAN HEAL
Dir: Andrius Sarapovas, Lithuania, 3 min, 2013, Experimental
Action revolves around an imaginary dialog between two characters. It's a clash between two distinct positions: two genders, two roles - one that strikes a ... more »
OFF & AWAY
Dir: Nira Burstein, United States, 12 min, 2014, Narrative Short
A story through the eyes of a woman who loses her grasp of reality when her husband passes away. ... more »
PARADISE CRUISE
Dir: Matan Guggenheim, Israel, 101 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Dora spends her time photographing Israeli military funerals and commemoration ceremonies. She is trying to capture the face of a soldier that haunts her. ... more »
PAYADA PA' SATAN
Dir: Carlos Balseiro & Antonio Balseiro, Argentina, 7 min, 2013, Animation
A Gaucho lives peacefully in the countryside with his wife until one day they hear explosions and the earth starts to shake. Bewildered, the gaucho decides ... more »
PETER PAN BAKERY
Dir: Keif Roberts & Peter Haas, United States, 8 min, 2014, Documentary Short
As waves of change engulf Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the Peter Pan Bakery remains the same. This popular neighborhood institution has been slinging coffee and o ... more »
PIG ROAST
Dir: Jessica Kingdon, United States, 3 min, 2013, Experimental
Without narrative, dialogue, or voice over, "Pig Roast" offers a visual study in consumption of flesh. We see the red shoe of a girl; a curled tail turnin ... more »
PORTRAIT AS A RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE
Dir: Randall Okita, Canada, 4 min, 2012, Experimental
Portrait as a Random Act of Violence is a piece that incorporates performance and sculpture toexamine themes of harm, protest, and destructive and restorat ... more »
PREOCCUPIED
Dir: Brendan Gibbons, United States, 83 min, 2014, Narrative Feature
Two New York investment bankers attempt to shut down the Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011, creating their own counter movement called Bankers Unite. Bu ... more »
PUNK LOVE
Dir: Marcos Mello, Brazil, 4 min, 2014, Experimental
Marcos Mello develops the technique of 'motion light painting' to tell 'The story of the cathartic encounter of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen's souls'. The ... more »
RECENTLY IN THE WOODS
Dir: Daniel Van Westen, Germany, 1 min, 2013, Animation
Recently in the Woods is a short tale about acceptance and tolerance. Two horses laugh at a unicorn's horn because of it's different appearance. ... more »
RETREAT!
Dir: Lizzi Akana, United States, 3 min, 2013, Animation
In her first animated music video, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings take on a pack of rampaging, cat-calling wolves in a psychedelic battle of dance. Hell ha ... more »
REZETA
Dir: Fernando Frías, Mexico, 84 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
Rezeta is a 21 year old model born in Albania who arrives in Mexico after making a living out of her beauty all around the globe. She soon meets Alex, a ta ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Actor Female, Spirit Award
RIVERBERO
Dir: Federico Biasin & Giorgio Ferrero, Italy, 14 min, 2013, Experimental
The reverberation chamber, this tremendous, unfamiliar space, moves those who walk over its threshold into an overflow of mystical awe.Yet it is but a meas ... more »
SEND
Dir: Peter Vack, United States, 8 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Separated for the summer, the only way for a teenage girl to communicate with her boyfriend is over the Internet. ... more »
SHIPSMEN, THE
Dir: Erik Christopher Lopez, United States, 3 min, 2014, Experimental
In the underground fish oil cologne trade, no one is safe and everyone gets caught... The Shipsmen is an extended music video/commercial for a discreet br ... more »
SILLY ACCIDENT, A
Dir: Alexandre Fatta, Canada, 2 min, 2013, Animation
A contemporary portrait of our market civilization's dehumanization, agony and present and future catastrophe unfolding in a generalized indifference guide ... more »
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES
Dir: Yousif Al-Khalifa, England, 9 min, 2013, Animation
Sonja lives a lonely life as a fishmonger, more at ease with her fish than her customers, until one day a delivery man turns up who looks like a rainbow tr ... more »
STICKY
Dir: Jilli Rose, Australia, 19 min, 2013, Documentary Short
A short animated documentary telling the astonishing true story of the stick insects from Lord Howe island, a tiny speck in the sea between Australia and N ... more »
THEY CAME AT NIGHT
Dir: Andrew Ellis & Alex Mallis, United States, 21 min, 2013, Narrative Short
In a desperate attempt to return home, an abducted child soldier risks his life to flee from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army deep in central Africa af ... more »
THIRD SHIFT
Dir: Anthony Simon, United States, 20 min, 2013, Documentary Short
Once producing half of the nation's sugar, the Domino Sugar Refinery was an icon of Brooklyn's industrial waterfront, and operated for over a century in So ... more »
THIRD SISTER, THE
Dir: Augusto Giachino, United States, 14 min, 2013, Experimental
A contemporary interpretation of the mythical Hecate, using modern dance choreographed expressly for film. This short is centered on the evocative power of ... more »
TO LIVE
Dir: Maharaki, Guadeloupe, 13 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A teacher asks his pupils what they want to do when they grow up. While his classmates answer lightly, Tom - a quiet 10-year-old boy - slips away into thou ... more »
TO THY HEART
Dir: Ewa Borysewicz, Poland, 10 min, 2013, Animation
He was so handsome, with his jet-black hair, standing by the swing. When he smiled, eyes would stand on end. It was schizophrenic - he was so messed up tha ... more »
TONITA'S
Dir: Beyza Boyacioglu & Sebastian Diaz Aguirre, United States, 20 min, 2014, Documentary Short
Toñita's dives into the microcosm of The Caribbean Sports Club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Known as 'Toñita's' because of its owner, Maria Toñita, the club ... more »
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Dir: Wojtek Smarzowski, Poland, 117 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Seven friends, officers of the Warsaw's traffic police department, are leading seemingly fulfilled lives. They work together, party together, play jokes, c ... more »
TUNNEL VISION
Dir: Stephen Greenwood, United States, 9 min, 2014, Documentary Short
Beneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, Bob Diamond discovered the world's oldest subway tunnel. Tunnel Vision documents Diamond's incredible story ... more »
UNICORN BLOOD
Dir: Alberto Vázquez, Spain, 8 min, 2013, Animation
Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey. Unicorns have tender flesh and delicious blueberry-flavoured blood which the bears need to stay c ... more »
UNPLUGGED
Dir: Mladen Kovacevic, Serbia, 53 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
The traditional leaf-players of Serbia are slowly fading away. Vera, a private detective retired to the village where she grew up as shepherdess, and Pera, ... more »
UNTITLED, 2013
Dir: Anna Valdez Hanks & Anna Blandford, Colombia, 9 min, 2013, Experimental
A European photographer in Colombia takes portraits of street prostitutes against their wishes. The portraits are exhibited in London where the gallery env ... more »
UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE
Dir: Janek Ambros, United States, 11 min, 2013, Documentary Short
An intense examination of the military industrial complex, from President Eisenhower to the modern day. ... more »
UP ON THE ROOF
Dir: Nour Wazzi, England, 17 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A troubled young boy finds his rooftop escape jeopardized by the girl he pines for. ... more »
VICTORIANA
Dir: Jadrien Steele, United States, 94 min, 2013, Narrative Feature
When Sophie Becker convinces her husband Tim, a struggling author, to invest her inheritance in a Victorian townhouse in Brooklyn, what begins as a classic ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Narrative Feature
VIRTUOSO VIRTUAL
Dir: Thomas Stellmach & Maja Oschmann, Germany, 7 min, 2013, Experimental
Abstract ink drawings seem to come out of nowhere. Following a secret choreography, they take on characteristics and moods of the music and narrate a story ... more »
12