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#MEAT
Dir: Marc van den Broek, Germany, 7 min, 2016, Experimental
#MEAT distills a hundred years of human inventiveness and arrives at a wordless digital dystopia that's as inescapable as man's thirst for knowledge and po ... more »
ALBERTINE
Dir: Alexis Van Stratum, Belgium, 20 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Since the death of her husband, Albertine, 81, was isolated from the world and disconnected from all social life, apparently waiting for death impatiently. ... more »
ALIVE & KICKING: THE SOCCER GRANNIES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Dir: Lara-Ann de Wet, United States, 20 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Filmed in the heart of Limpopo, South Africa the village grannies "Vhakegula Vhakegula" lace up their soccer boots and start kicking their way through cent ... more »
AMBROSIA
Dir: Qin Yuke, China, 25 min, 2016, Experimental
A restless ghost, a suicidal clown, a philosopher who transformed into a golden diamond, a training maniac in the body of a dwarf, a masochistic woman, a d ... more »
AMÉLIA & DUARTE
Dir: Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos, Portugal, 8 min, 2015, Animation
In this story we are guided through the relationship of Amélia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings that c ... more »
AWANA
Dir: William Silva Reddington & Guille Isa, United States, 11 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Awana follows the journey of a handmade scarf made by a weaver in a rural village in Peru. ... more »
BAD VEGAN AND THE TELEPORTATION MACHINE
Dir: Antón Goenechea, United States, 89 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Lily, a struggling stand-up comic in NYC, falls for Spike, a childhood geek turned handsome physicist who seduces her, spawning a whirlwind of insanity in ... more »
BAMAKO CHICKEN
Dir: Habib Yazdi, Mali, 4 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Aba Diko prepares chicken dinner in Bamako, Mali. ... more »
BIG BAD WORLD
Dir: Catherine Kelleher, Australia, 13 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Precocious teenager Ellie wants to introduce her inexperienced new friend Neha to the big wide world. They defiantly skip school for an afternoon of thrill ... more »
BLUE BIRD
Dir: Rodrigo Zanforlin, United States, 6 min, 2014, Experimental
Blue Bird is a conceptual fashion short film about a girl who kill her innocence 'blue bird' in order to get what she really wants, power. ... more »
BOREALIS
Dir: Sean Garrity, Canada, 95 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
JONAH, an unemployed gambler, takes his estranged pot-smoking teenaged daughter AURORA on a dangerous road trip to Churchill, Manitoba to show her the magn ... more »
BORROWED TIME
Dir: Lou Hamou-Lhadj & Andrew Coats, United States, 7 min, 2015, Animation
A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back ... more »
BRAVE BUNCH. THE UPRISING THROUGH CHILDREN'S EYES, A
Dir: Tomasz Stankiewicz, Poland, 30 min, 2015, Documentary Short
A Brave Bunch. The Uprising through children's eyes. When the Warsaw Uprising started in 1944, thousands of children lived in the city. Brave Bunch is abou ... more »
CABINET DECISION, THE
Dir: Mayan Engelman, Israel, 4 min, 2014, Animation
Israel and Palestine, two entities competing over their one beating heart. Will they both survive? ... more »
CHINA'S 3DREAMS
Dir: Nick Torrens, Australia, 85 min, 2014, Documentary Feature
From a thousand year old village in southwest China, a young woman searches for a meaningful existence. This leads her deep into China's hidden history - a ... more »
CITY OF TREES
Dir: Brandon Kramer, United States, 76 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
Since 1990, nonprofit Washington Parks & People has tried to reduce poverty and violence in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by improving parks. At the heigh ... more »
COSMIC KID, JUST LANDED
Dir: Jason Evans, United States, 3 min, 2016, Experimental
Shot on the Canal Street in Chinatown, New York, this film shows a traveller engage with his new surroundings through his unique physical presence. A perfo ... more »
CREEDMORIA
Dir: Alicia Slimmer, United States, 90 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Candy injects the "fun" in her dysfunctional life. When your brother is found by a neighbor naked and drunk, you're stuck with a caveman of a boyfriend, yo ... more »
CRONOS
Dir: Chieh Yang, Taiwan, 10 min, 2015, Narrative Short
In vacation with his girlfriend and his son, a father has to face an uncontrolled jealousy for the young boy. ... more »
CROOKED & NARROW
Dir: Neal Dhand, United States, 89 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Amy Walsh returns to Philadelphia after 10 years to visit her ex-cop, current-con father and to join a stick-up crew. After a job gone wrong, Warren Mercer ... more »
DELINQUENT
Dir: Kieran Valla, United States, 96 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Delinquent is the story of Joey, a 17-year-old in rural Connecticut who finds the idea of following in his father's footsteps as a small-time crook romanti ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor Male
DEPROGRAMMED
Dir: Mia Donovan, Canada, 86 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
Deprogrammed is a feature-documentary about the rise of Ted 'Black Lightning' Patrick's deprogramming technique and anti-cult crusade. Deprogramming, as a ... more »
DREAMLANDS
Dir: Sara Dunlop, England, 13 min, 2016, Narrative Short
17 year old Pixie is a tough-talking, wild and beautiful hedonist. In a dead end seaside town on the British coast, she and her friends have spent their su ... more »
EMBERS
Dir: Claire Carre, United States, 85 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories explore how we ... more »
ERASURE
Dir: Ana Teresa Fernández, Mexico, 6 min, 2015, Experimental
On the 26th of September of 2014, 43 poor young men, students from a rural teacher's college were kidnapped in Iguala, Mexico, because their activities mig ... more »
EYE FOR AN EYE
Dir: Steve Bache, Mahyar Goudarzi & Louise Peter, Germany, 4 min, 2016, Animation
Frederick Baer spent over a decade on death row in Indiana State Prison. He is still waiting for his death penalty to be executed. Hand-drawn animated Do ... more »
FARMER/VETERAN
Dir: Alix Blair & Jeremy Lange, United States, 82 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
After three combat tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton attempts a fresh start hatching chickens and raising goats on 43 acres in rural North Carolina. Alex embraces ... more »
FATA MORGANA
Dir: Amelie Wen, China, 20 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Inspired by true events, Fata Morgana tells the story of a Chinese couple who must examine their relationship's fractures -- and future -- after they arriv ... more »
FILM BY VERA VAUGHN, A
Dir: Sorrel Brae, United States, 10 min, 2015, Narrative Short
In this ghost story for the digital age, filmmaker Vera Vaughn works late into the night, editing her suspense/thriller about a woman jeopardized by a myst ... more »
FLIRT
Dir: Rahel Gerber, Switzerland, 6 min, 2015, Animation
Fabrics make wishes tangible. Dreams woven from airy fabrics make wishes tangible. Walter is a loner. Hanging up his laundry the resident sees how easily ... more »
FORBIDDEN CUBA
Dir: Art Jones, United States, 80 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
"Forbidden Cuba" is a dramatic comedy. It follows Gil Bigelow, an American businessman sent on a covert mission to Cuba to find an executive gone rogue and ... more »
FREE TO LAUGH
Dir: Lara Everly, United States, 15 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Free to Laugh is a short doc about the power of comedy after prison. ... more »
FREEDOM-TO GO!
Dir: Ingrid Nachstern, Ireland, 9 min, 2015, Experimental
Freedom-to go! is a commentary on present day USA, in verse form. It comments on child beauty pageants, war, sex and celebrity culture ... more »
FROM THE EASTERN LANDS
Dir: Sarah Tabibzadeh, Iran, 5 min, 2015, Animation
The story of a familiar love between a young couple in the eastern lands who live neighborhood of gravity. Main point of their meeting, separation and Join ... more »
FROST
Dir: Jo Roy, Canada, 4 min, 2015, Experimental
Set in the Mojave Desert, a group of contemporary dancers illustrate the human journey. ... more »
GOOD BUSINESS
Dir: Robert Schermbrucker, South Africa, 25 min, 2015, Documentary Short
A man's fight to build an ethical company in an immoral country. The true story of Raymond Ackerman's commitment to grow Pick n Pay retail chain birthed d ... more »
GOOD MAN, A
Dir: Kai Gero Lenke, United States, 8 min, 2015, Narrative Short
When a man tries to save a young girl, he loses a part of himself. ... more »
HELMSMAN
Dir: Majid Esmaeili Parsa, Iran, 86 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Hassan is a boy who that is trying to revive his family ship for his father's birthday. His father has left the house and did not return after the drying o ... more »
HOW SWEET THE SOUND -- THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
Dir: Leslie McCleave, United States, 89 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
Filmed over the course of ten years, How Sweet the Sound is the first film to tell the story of this legendary gospel quartet. The Blind Boys of Alabama m ... more »
IF PROJECT, THE
Dir: Kathlyn Horan, United States, 90 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
A compassionate Seattle police officer creates a unique writing program along with a group of inmates at a maximum-security women's prison, challenging the ... more »
IN A GOOD WAY
Dir: Yi Ju Tsai, United States, 4 min, 2015, Animation
"In a Good Way" is an 2D animation short about the fear of social value. The poetic story addresses how society tries to shape and distort people, to evok ... more »
IN CRYSTAL SKIN
Dir: Michaela O'Brien, Colombia, 18 min, 2015, Documentary Short
In Bogotá, Colombia, a charismatic eleven year old named Maria Alejandra struggles to maintain a normal childhood despite the limitations imposed by a rare ... more »
IN DEEP WATERS
Dir: Sarah Van den Boom, Canada, 12 min, 2015, Animation
From the moment they are conceived, twin babies forge a close bond in their mother's womb. But when one twin dies during the pregnancy, the surviving twin ... more »
INSTANT ZERO
Dir: Yannick Mourcia, France, 18 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Eve, a girl ill at ease, goes to a rather strange patient at the request of his mother, a nurse at home. She will discover a mysterious object: an ancient ... more »
INTERFACE
Dir: Mel Hsieh, Taiwan, 3 min, 2015, Experimental
This animated film rests on the idea that digital media is like a transparent, thin layer of skin that shields our notion of self, and also the ability to ... more »
J'OUVERT
Dir: Philip Bell, United States, 15 min, 2015, Documentary Short
New York's J'ouvert overwhelms the senses during the pre-sunrise hours as it marks the start of Carnival festivities. Steel bands are ushered down Brooklyn ... more »
JAGON
Dir: Murat Eyüp Gönültas, Germany, 20 min, 2015, Narrative Short
An old hunter finds the lost rosary of a mysterious saracen princess, which keeps an old secret power. ... more »
JUNCTION
Dir: Nathan Jurevicius, Lithuania, 7 min, 2016, Animation
For generations the Face Changers have made the clay tokens that alter the winds and faces of their kin. This month the youngest is tasked to take the ten ... more »
KILL IT 4 THE KIDS
Dir: Chris Ullens, England, 3 min, 2015, Animation
A cute and colourful handmade town sees the arrival and consequences of capitalism hit the town in bold and comic stop-motion animated footage synced on "K ... more »
KILLER
Dir: Matt Kazman, United States, 20 min, 2015, Narrative Short
When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something bad happens... ... more »
LAFMS: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
Dir: Holly Thompson & Mark McNeill, United States, 16 min, 2016, Documentary Short
These irreverent, LA-based experimental musicians have been fearlessly exploring sound since the early 1970's. The collective is bonded by friendship and a ... more »
LAPACHHAPI (Hide N Seek)
Dir: Vishal Furia, India, 110 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Lapachhapi is a haunting story of a young couple based in the heartland of India. The wife Neha (Pooja Sawant) is eight months pregnant when the couple see ... more »
LAST DOOR SOUTH
Dir: Sacha Feiner, Belgium, 15 min, 2015, Animation
The world is made of floors linked together by stairs. The floors are made up of rooms linked together by corridors. And when you put together all the floo ... more »
LAST SHIP
Dir: Daniele Ragusa, Italy, 10 min, 2015, Documentary Short
In the same places where "La Terra Trema" by Luchino Visconti (1948) was filmed, the Rodolico family has been building ships for four generations. If yeste ... more »
LAY IT ON ME
Dir: Michelle Larkin, United States, 9 min, 2015, Narrative Short
If this mattress could talk.... It would share a series of sincere, relatable stories about the human condition. ... more »
LIFE OF SIGNIFICANT SOIL
Dir: Michael Irish, United States, 71 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
As Conor and Addison trudge through their failing relationship they realize suddenly that they are trapped. Working together in an attempt to escape what s ... more »
LIGHTNINGFACE
Dir: Brian Petsos, United States, 19 min, 2016, Narrative Short
An origin story, of sorts -- LIGHTNINGFACE stars Oscar Isaac as Basil Stitt, who in the aftermath of an inexplicable incident, decides to sequester himself ... more »
LILOU
Dir: Rawan Rahim, Lebanon, 8 min, 2015, Animation
Lilou is extremely sensitive and curious, but also crippled by an unbearable shyness. She receives the power to see into the past of people, and that will ... more »
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED?
Dir: Kim Rocco Shields, United States, 123 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Bullying, prejudice, and human rights with a twist: Imagine our world where homosexuality is the social norm and heterophobia is common. This award winnin ... more »
MDUDU BOY
Dir: Ella Smith, England, 20 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Football is Mdudu Boy's world. But he isn't allowed to play with the big boys as he might get 'stepped on.' Asking why he's called MDUDU it's pointed out t ... more »
MECHANICAL WALTZ
Dir: Julien Dykmans, Belgium, 6 min, 2015, Animation
On this dark and rainy morning, the puppet people trudge off to work. From day to day the routine never changes, their gazes never meet. Are they aware tha ... more »
MEDIATOR, THE
Dir: Parker & Graham Phillips, United States, 15 min, 2015, Narrative Short
A cowboy mediator seeks to resolve a dispute between a boy and an indian. ... more »
MONODRAMA ODYSSEY
Dir: Patricia Gloum, United States, 1 min, 2016, Experimental
This video is a representation of the convergence of multi-dimensional layers of past and present, reflected in the constant of humanity. It's an homage to ... more »
MORIOM
Dir: Mark Olexa & Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland, 12 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Summer 2014. Rural Bangladesh. "I came from Heaven. I came to destroy all bad things in the world. I'm a police officer. I'm a flower angel. I got a job at ... more »
MUHAMMAD ALI - ME WHEE
Dir: Arny Stone, United States, 25 min, 1975, Documentary Short
Screening for the first time in 40 years! Shot in 1975 in and around his training camp in Deer Lake PA. and in Las Vegas "Me Whee" captures an incredible ... more »
MY HOME
Dir: Phuong Mai Nguyen, France, 11 min, 2015, Animation
Hugo's mother is back home. The day after, when Hugo wakes up, he finds black feathers all over his house. ... more »
NELLY
Dir: Chris Raiber, Austria, 16 min, 2015, Narrative Short
A car drives through the snow. Behind the wheel is Nelly. She is thirteen years old. Nelly wants to go home. Separating her from her goal are three questio ... more »
NEW GUARDS
Dir: Charlotte Sclapari, United States, 3 min, 2015, Experimental
In a modern setting, a young black woman contends with our collective dark and painful history, forcing us to face the stark realities of our past. ... more »
NINA
Dir: Emmanuel Elliah & Maria Körkel, Belgium, 8 min, 2015, Animation
Six-year-old Nina plays at the beach at the seaside, together with her older brother. Soon after, he abandons his sister to play with another boy. Being le ... more »
OCEAN PICTURE
Dir: Daniel Ryan, United States, 4 min, 2015, Experimental
Enveloped in the cinematic soundscape of musical duo, Big Noble (award-winning sound designer Joseph Fraioli and Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler), "Ocean ... more »
OFF TRACK BETTY
Dir: Clayton Dean Smith, United States, 19 min, 2015, Narrative Short
In a disappearing corner of New York City, a longtime resident realizes she no longer recognizes the neighborhood that she calls home. Unsure about her fut ... more »
OLILO
Dir: Ao Li, United States, 6 min, 2015, Animation
Olilo is a 2D animation that tells the story of an introverted girl held captive by her own semi-transparent personal space. Created through a combination ... more »
OUSTAZ
Dir: Bentley Brown, Chad, 22 min, 2016, Documentary Short
In 1999, I move with my family from Texas to Chad, where I am introduced to the town Arabic headmaster to begin learning Arabic. At the same time that this ... more »
PANTY SYMPHONIC, THE
Dir: Zach Strum, United States, 13 min, 2015, Experimental
When Arnold dies before finishing his will, a rat race ensues for his most prized possession--a pair of panties. Comic and irreverent, this nearly wordless ... more »
PATRIOT
Dir: Eva Riley, United States, 14 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Against the backdrop of simmering racial tensions within her rural English community, the life of eleven year old Hannah changes forever when she meets a b ... more »
PATROLLING SANDY HOOK
Dir: Caroline Clark & Kelly Quinn, United States, 20 min, 2016, Documentary Short
The mass murder of twenty children and six adults inside an elementary school is still hard for many to believe...and some choose not to. Three years after ... more »
PEACEFUL REFLECTIONS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Dir: Tom Hunt, United States, 3 min, 2015, Animation
A man recalls his brief foray around town immediately following the Rapture. ... more »
PLEIN SOLEIL
Dir: Fred Castadot, Belgium, 24 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Under the leaden sky of a summer day, Eric is driving to his workplace to present an important project. But the stress makes him forget what matters the mo ... more »
PUDDLE, THE
Dir: Serdar Yilmaz, Turkey, 9 min, 2015, Experimental
A young man (Mihran Tomasyan) walks in a desolated flea market in a completely head in the clouds mood. He encounters an incarnating object while checking ... more »
RABBIT BLOOD
Dir: Yagmur Altan, Turkey, 5 min, 2016, Animation
Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where its residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea. ... more »
REBOUND, THE
Dir: Shaina Allen, United States, 65 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
Miami is a city known for its sports and diversity. For the Miami Heat Wheels it is a city of opportunity, second chances, and a call to win - against all ... more »
RED EGG
Dir: Hoi Chiu, Hong Kong, 4 min, 2016, Animation
RED EGG is sand animation consist of 1582 individual sand painting. The story is about ones life from start to the end, with the desire of chasing dream am ... more »
REMITTANCE
Dir: Patrick Daly & Joel Fendelman, United States, 90 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
When Marie takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another. Betrayed by her husban ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Screenplay, Best Actor Female
REVOLTOSO
Dir: Arturo & Roy Ambriz Rendón, Mexico, 30 min, 2016, Animation
Revoltoso is a stop-motion short film that tells the story of a little one-eyed boar who lives in Don Gonzalo's hacienda during the Mexican Revolution in 1 ... more »
ROSSO PAPAVERO
Dir: Martin Smatana, Slovakia, 5 min, 2015, Animation
Once upon a starry night, a small boy with a head full of fantasies witnesses dreamlike circus performances. Dazed by endless chain of glittering attractio ... more »
SABINE
Dir: Sylvain Robineau, France, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
After a difficult break-up, Franc, the owner of a video store, decides to get out of his misery by making movies of a different style. ... more »
SEXY LAUNDRY
Dir: Izabela Plucinska, Canada, 13 min, 2015, Animation
How can the flames of desire be rekindled after 25 years of married life? Izabela Plucinska's erotic comedy, made entirely through the use of modelling cla ... more »
SILENTIUM DEI
Dir: Attila Rostas, United States, 14 min, 2015, Experimental
Silentium Dei is a single and continuous long take film about ritual, chauvinism, and human brutality. Inspired by true events, the film sets forth after a ... more »
SIMON
Dir: Camille de Galbert, United States, 12 min, 2015, Experimental
A man prepares for his final entry onto the grand stage, only to be confronted by his inner self. Simon is a genre-crossing, dizzying dive; an inside-outsi ... more »
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU
Dir: Duke Merriman, United States, 10 min, 2015, Narrative Short
In this darkly comic take on the dual realities of friendship, a dinner party goes painfully sour. ... more »
SOLO FINALE
Dir: Ingo Putze, Germany, 8 min, 2015, Experimental
Solo Finale is a story of a relationship gone awry. Depicted through poetic, surreal pictures, where the physics of the world we know do not always apply, ... more »
SOUVENT SUR LES DENTS
Dir: Hugo Rocci, Netherlands, 7 min, 2015, Experimental
This movie is about a roadside attraction, A building shaped as a giant bear and used as a cafT. Built by a man who spent all his energy and hope in buildi ... more »
SPARROW DUET
Dir: Steve Socki, United States, 4 min, 2015, Experimental
Animated abstract shapes and gestures dance together playfully with bird-like motion. The original music score was composed and performed by Gary Chang ... more »
STATIC RUN
Dir: Sean Ye, United States, 4 min, 2015, Animation
"Static Run" is a 2D animated short about a paranoid man trying to get away from some unseen threat. When the dread becomes unmanageable, he surprisingly f ... more »
SUCK IT, BOSS
Dir: Joe Rendón, Mexico, 14 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Hernandez leads a miserable life under the pressure of his pathetic and unbareable boss, Peralta. After a chain of lay offs from the company, Hernandez's w ... more »
SUSTAINABLE
Dir: Matt Wechsler, United States, 95 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
America is facing a food crisis driven by profitability and a lack of consumer education. While the window to transforming our heartland continues to shrin ... more »
SWEET DILLARD
Dir: Jim Virga, United States, 55 min, 2015, Documentary Feature
One of the most successful high school jazz bands in the country is in Broward County, South Florida, just steps away from highway I-95. Sweet Dillard chr ... more »
THRIVE
Dir: Paul Szynol, United States, 13 min, 2015, Documentary Short
A short documentary about the prodigious talent and irrepressible spirit of a musically precocious 12 year old blind boy who plays the piano. ... more »
TIMMY BROTHERS -- WATER MAKERS, THE
Dir: Paul Riccio, United States, 5 min, 2015, Narrative Short
THE TIMMY BROTHERS: WATER MAKERS is a quick, funny look at Bill and Terry Timmy, Brooklyn-based makers of artisanal drinking water. Carried overland by the ... more »
TOMORROW AFTER YESTERDAY
Dir: Behzad Moloud, Iran, 12 min, 2014, Experimental
A thief steals a car , but while escaping , he had an accident with a woman. He escapes the accident place and tries to go to a safe place but he's uncon ... more »
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