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MY NAME IS PEDRO
Dir: Lillian LaSalle, United States, 96 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
This film explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education. In ... more »
My own colors
Dir: Brenda Elizabeth, Mexico, 15 min, 2021, Documentary Short
Lalo a 14 year old boy, is forced to leave his house home in which he lived for more than twelve years due to Covid 19 pandemic;He will need to f ... more »
My Own Mecca
Dir: Alba Roland Mejia, United States, 11 min, 2020, Narrative Short
Oakland native, Dre, must contort himself in order to safely navigate through life. We follow Dre as he comes to terms with the relationship between his ve ... more »
My Parent, Neal
Dir: Hannah Saidiner, United States, 9 min, 2021, Animation
A animated documentary reflecting on my parent coming out as transgender and how our relationship evolved, as told through domestic spaces, intimate object ... more »
MY SCARLET LETTER
Dir: Karen Dee Carpenter, United States, 10 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Marked as outsiders, Emily and her friends are searching for a quick escape from their small town on this Friday night. They long to break free from the cl ... more »
My Strange Elder Brother
Dir: Julia Orlik, Poland, 12 min, 2018, Animation
A movie about a specific relationship between a young woman who really wants to succeed in her working life and her eccentric brother. They are complete op ... more »
My Year of Dicks
Dir: Sara Gunnarrsdóttir, United States, 25 min, 2022, Animation
It’s 1991 and Pam is trying very hard to lose her virginity, but it sure doesn’t match up to her fantasies. Always searching for her ultimate paramour, thi ... more »
MY YIDDISH PAPI
Dir: Éléonore Goldberg, Canada, 7 min, 2017, Animation
A young woman misses her grandfather's last phone call. After his death, she remembers a promise not kept: her vow to pass on to future generations his sto ... more »
MYSTERY OF FLYING KICKS, THE
Dir: Matthew Bate, Australia, 14 min, 2009, Documentary Short
Murder, sex, drugs, art, politics... sneakers hanging on telephone lines have become a powerful urban symbol, inspiring genesis theories both hilarious and ... 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 »
N.A.S.A. "A Volta"
Dir: Alexei Tylevich, United States, 5 min, 2009, Animation
Another day, another drug deal gone wrong in this NC-17 bit of ultra violence set in 8-bit isometric metropolis. ... more »
N64Q: BORN FREE
Dir: Sasha Gransjean, Japan, 11 min, 2014, Documentary Short
After spending almost half a century in Los Angeles, originally in search of revolution, ultimately the owner of a pet fish store, Kyoto is forced by finan ... more »
NADIA'S JOURNEY
Dir: Carmen Garcia & Nadia Zouaoui, Algeria, 72 min, 2006, Documentary Feature
As a young woman, Nadia Zouaoui vowed that her suffering would not be in vain. When she was 19, her parents forced her into an arranged marriage with an Al ... more »
NAIADE
Dir: Nadia Micault & Lorenzo Nanni, France, 12 min, 2008, Experimental
Ava rules over a swamp where fairy creatures live. A strange boy secretly observes her flourishing kingdom, trying to figure out a way to save the life of ... more »
NAISSANCES
Dir: Anne Émond, Canada, 17 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Naissances examines an ephemeral connection between strangers and the false hope borne of living in a moment that does and does not belong to you. ... more »
NANI
Dir: Justin Tipping, United States, 20 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years, Isabel may ... more »
NATASHA
Dir: Signe Baumane & Josh Rechnitz, United States, 9 min, 2001, Animation
Natasha is a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household applience. ... more »
NATIVE AMERICAN IN MANHATTAN
Dir: Steve Bilich, United States, 7 min, 2001, Experimental
"Native American In Manhattan" was shot on 9-11 in real time with a 1920 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera. In the foreground a Native American Shaman/Trail S ... more »
NATIVITY
Dir: Mahyar Abousaeedi, United States, 7 min, 2005, Animation
Nearly 70,000 tons of steel from the World Trade Center was shipped across the globe to India after September 11. Dozens of smelting towns will reprocess t ... 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 »
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 »
NATURE OF THE BEAST
Dir: Nate Pommer, United States, 16 min, 2007, Narrative Short
Darryl is an ex-con fresh out of the joint and looking to stay out of trouble. Suddenly his old pal Leo shows up, on the run and needing a place to crash. ... more »
NEBULOUS THEOREM
Dir: Kelly Loudenberg & Arianna Lapenne, United States, 4 min, 2011, Documentary Short
One of Albert Einstein's greatest insights was the realization that time is relative. The speed of the passage of time, is relative to the velocity of the ... more »
NECESSARY GAMES
Dir: Sophie Hyde, Australia, 19 min, 2009, Experimental
A dance film triptych about the human need to connect and the games we play. ... more »
NEEDLE TOWN
Dir: Henrik Hylland Uhlving & Kaspar Synnevaag, Norway, 2 min, 2015, Documentary Short
Heroin addict Cato is steeling books to fund his drug habit. He has fallen in love with Goth Girl, who works at the local book shop. But the mall cop Crab ... 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 »
NEMTSOV BRIDGE
Dir: Ivan Makachev, Russia, 11 min, 2018, Documentary Short
A tireless caretaker of the Nemtsov bridge visits the improvised site day after day, a memorial set up by volunteers by the Kremlin walls at the place wher ... 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 »
NEUTRAL CORNER, A
Dir: Emily Greenwood, England, 14 min, 2006, Narrative Short
When Graham Brien, a young boxer, is out on a training run, he finds himself in a mysterious and desolate town where he is goaded by a dog and a mysterious ... more »
NEVADA
Dir: Emily Ann Hoffman, United States, 13 min, 2017, Animation
In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap. ... more »
NEVER
Dir: Thomas Kiel & Nico Vogelsang, Germany, 3 min, 2004, Experimental
Taking place in a "perfect" future world, this music video describes the effects of everyone being a flawless person: Interaction is futile, as everybody l ... more »
NEVER DRIVE A CAR WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
Dir: Gregor Dashuber, Germany, 10 min, 2009, Animation
The awkward hero stumbles over a long forgotten piano. Music leads him from his run down existence out into the city life. There he plays a last funeral ... more »
NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, A
Dir: Anthony Wilson & Sam Hollenshead, United States, 36 min, 2006, Documentary Short
In October 2004, artist Anthony Wilson traveled across the United States publicly displaying six paintings of Bush Administration figures. "A New American ... more »
NEW EDUCATIONAL SERIES - CANARIES IN COLOUR
Dir: Jill Kennedy, New Zealand, 3 min, 2007, Experimental
Canaries is a nostalgic pastiche of found graphic material from AV learning programs of the 1970s. The birds take on a life of their own as the viewer is t ... 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 »
NEW MAN, THE
Dir: Devorah Baum & Josh Appignanesi, England, 75 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
A married couple (writer Devorah Baum & filmmaker Josh Appignanesi) turn the camera on themselves as they undergo the frequently hilarious ordeal of becomi ... more »
New Ways
Dir: Jonas Hegi, United Kingdom, 9 min, 2019, Experimental
A four-part voguing odyssey withthe father of the House of Milan, Benjamin Milan featuring original music by GaikaSwedish choreographer and mov ... more »
New Year's Eve
Dir: Hao Zheng, United States, 22 min, 2019, Narrative Short
It's not always easy to come home and face your family on New Year's Eve, especially for 19-year- old XIAOYU, who returns to his childhood home in rural Ga ... more »
NEWS FROM THE L PROJECT
Dir: Samuel Benchetrit, France, 9 min, 2000, Narrative Short
One night, at the foot of L tower, a man is waiting, then another one comes and asks for some chocolate? A discussion begins. ... more »
NEXT FLOOR
Dir: Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 12 min, 2008, Narrative Short
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic ... more »
NEXT TO EUROPE
Dir: Veiko Taluste, Estonia, 2 min, 1999, Documentary Short
A film shot in August 1998, during an expedition to Siberia, a region with a population, victim of oil pollution. A poetical clip, shot with sensitivity. S ... more »
NICKY'S BIRTHDAY CAMERA
Dir: Andrew J. Traister, United States, 93 min, 2006, Narrative Feature
A 12-year-old boy's home video ruins his parents marriage, sends his father to jail, and solves a murder mystery. Shot completely from the boy's POV. ... more »
NICO&TINA
Dir: Rodolfo Pastor, Spain, 8 min, 2007, Animation
Nico and Tina are both hardened chain-smokers. They prepare themselves for a date while the tango, "Smoking Waiting," underscores the scene. The song descr ... more »
NIGGUN
Dir: Yoni Salmon, Israel, 12 min, 2017, Animation
After a long journey through space the last two believers are about to reach their destination. Ananda, the space archaeologist, hopes to prove that Earth ... 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 »
NIGHT IN A HOTEL
Dir: Matus Libovic, Slovakia, 8 min, 2004, Narrative Short
It's something natural, that eyes and the feelings are the most important in a human life. However, sometimes the man becomes only a little part in the cir ... more »
NIGHT ON THE TOWN
Dir: James Holland, United States, 19 min, 1999, Narrative Short
"Night on the Town" is the story of three children left at home while their parents enjoy a night out. Inspired by memories of the filmmaker's own childhoo ... more »
Night Ride
Dir: Todd Karehana, New Zealand, 10 min, 2021, Documentary Short
When a mother of ten returns nightly to the old family home to feed stray cats, her son questions its connection to the death of his brother.A 66 ... more »
NIGHT SHADOWS
Dir: Ivan Viaranchyk & Bat-Ami Rivlin, United States, 7 min, 2016, Animation
In a dark, old victorian city, a young doctor is summoned by a mysterious coachman to attend a patient in need. Rushing to meet his client, the Doctor find ... more »
NIGHTINGALE IN A MUSIC BOX
Dir: Hurt McDermott, United States, 96 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
NIGHTINGALE IN A MUSIC BOX is a prison escape movie for the 21st century. The prison is no longer made out of concrete and steel but out of the thoughts of ... more »
NIGHTLIGHT
Dir: Chris Messina, United States, 10 min, 2005, Experimental
An experiment in digital photography exploring the nights and lights along the Charles River in Boston. This film is made up entirely of still photographs ... more »
NIGHTWALKING
Dir: Ellen Blom, Netherlands, 12 min, 2007, Experimental
The deaf and blind are the main characters of a lyrical depiction of the handicapped. Their movements are enhanced by painterly piano accompaniment along w ... more »
Niko & Eleanor
Dir: Samantha Severin, United States, 12 min, 2021, Narrative Short
Niko moves into the attic of an unknowing woman with Alzheimer’s. As he lives off of her and pawns her belongings for cash, the two form a surprising symbi ... 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 »
Nina & Irena
Dir: Daniel Lombroso, United States, 20 min, 2022, Documentary Short
On the verge of her 90th birthday, a grandmother reveals to her grandson the painful story of her sister’s disappearance during the Holocaust. ... 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 »
Ninety-five Senses
Dir: Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess, United States, 14 min, 2022, Animation
An ode to the body’s five senses, delivered by a death-row inmate with little time left to enjoy them. Tim Blake Nelson and a diverse team of animators fro ... more »
No Avocados in the Ghetto
Dir: John Hammond, United States, 3 min, 2019, Experimental
No Avocados in the Ghetto is a music video directed by John Connor Hammond, written and performed by Dekunle Somade. The song and it’s video are a satirica ... 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 »
NO CONTRACT
Dir: Randall Okita, Canada, 8 min, 2011, Experimental
No Contract is a visceral video that combines elements of performance, sculptural cinema and documentary to explore themes of urgency, isolation and escape ... more »
NO MAN'S LAND
Dir: Nina Rosenmeier, Denmark, 90 min, 2000, Narrative Feature
"No Man's Land" is an original film about love, described on a series of levels in today's Denmark where the changing morals and generations from several p ... more »
NO MORE SMOKE SIGNALS
Dir: Fanny Bräuning, Switzerland, 90 min, 2008, Documentary Feature
Kili Radio "Voice of the Lakota Nation" is broadcast out of a small wooden house that sits isolated on a hill, lost in the vast countryside of South Dakota ... more »
NOAH
Dir: Monty Marsh, United States, 17 min, 2021, Documentary Short
Through Noah, we see firsthand what life is like as a black boy in America in the wake of George Floyd's murder, national protests and civil unrest. Noah r ... 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 »
Nocturnal Burger
Dir: Reema Maya, United States, India, 28 min, 2022, Narrative Short
A 13-year-old girl and a 30-something man are brought to a police station in Mumbai in the middle of the night by two strangers. Amidst questionable motive ... more »
NOISE
Dir: Esther Löwe, Germany, 24 min, 2010, Experimental
Caroline encounters a young man in a cinema and accepts his invitation to meet. During a subsequent graffiti session the two of them are ambushed by a ga ... more »
NOMI'S BAT MITZVAH
Dir: Jessica Sharzer, United States, 13 min, 2000, Narrative Short
A sentimental comedy about what it means to become a woman. There is family, ritual and all the trappings of "femininity." On the other hand, there are boy ... more »
Noodle School
Dir: Jia Li, China, 16 min, 2018, Documentary Short
Lanzhou beef noodle soup is as ubiquitous as McDonalds and KFCs in China. A quick bowl slurped down during lunch, served up in a few seconds time; it’s the ... more »
NOON
Dir: Dan Popa, Canada, 7 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Today is Koppa's birthday, and he is celebrating it by sitting on his 9th floor balcony and putting the finishing touches on his customized fishing hooks. ... more »
NORTH CAPE
Dir: Carlo Luglio, Italy, 102 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
Four young men from southern Italy, dreaming of an easy way to get rich, reach distant Norway full of hope. Making enough money is the first issue. Despite ... more »
NORTHERN COUSIN, THE
Dir: Andrés Arteaga and Andrea Arízaga, Ecuador, 21 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Twenty years after immigrating to the United States, Pedro Erazo, an Ecuadorian musician living in Brooklyn-New York, reflects on how this event has influe ... more »
NOSFERATU TANGO
Dir: Zoltan Horvath, Switzerland, 13 min, 2002, Animation
A mosquito falls in love with a vampire... A fable that shows how blind love is... ... more »
NOSOTROS
Dir: Felipe Vara de Rey, Spain, 93 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
A generational portrait of Spain's youth in a time of crisis, "Nosotros" follows a group of five friends during the weekend of the Spanish presidential ele ... more »
NOT A WORD
Dir: Cathy Mooney, Ireland, 10 min, 2006, Narrative Short
Sheila, Maggie and David work late shifts in a department store. Overexcited Maggie heads off on holiday leaving Sheila behind yearning for some excitement ... 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 »
NOT ON MY WATCH
Dir: Emmanuelle Cuau, France, 86 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
A single mother struggles to make ends meet and gets tangled in a Web of lies and crimes to protect her two sons. ... more »
Not that kind of guy
Dir: Sarah Al Atassi, France, 25 min, 2020, Narrative Short
Léto is a transgender and gay 20 something boy living in an industrial suburb of Tours (France). He is stuck between a boring day job at the local art hous ... more »
NOT THERE YET
Dir: Jason Tammemagi, Ireland, 5 min, 2004, Animation
Not There Yet, the title taken from Irish Rail's inspired advertising campaign, is a journey into Irish transport, one of the finest examples of transport ... more »
NOT TODAY. NOT NOW.
Dir: Eshkar Dahan, Israel, 22 min, Narrative Short
Jerome, a failed farmer, finds his eldest son’s dead body in the family’s shed. He struggles to tell his wife Aliza and his young son Tomer about the trage ... more »
NOT YET
Dir: Arian Vazirdaftair, Iran, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
It's Hasti (a 21 year old girl)'s Birthday. She studies abroad and her parents in Iran want to congratulate her via Skype. ... more »
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
Dir: Julia von Heinz, Germany, 100 min, 2007, Narrative Feature
Carla runs away from home with grand plans of traveling to Lyon to study fashion. When her luggage is stolen at the train station, she is forced to accept ... more »
NOVECENTO, PIANIST
Dir: Sarah Van den Boom, France, 17 min, 2005, Animation
Born during an ocean crossing, Novecento is thirty-years-old and has never been ashore. Sailing endlessly the Atlantic, he spends his life in the piano lou ... 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 »
NOWHERE
Dir: I-Cheng Lee, United States, 2 min, 2014, Animation
Nowhere is a motion graphic project that expresses I-Cheng's personal journey of pursuing happiness. To be happy or not happy, people have the choices of t ... more »
NSFWHALE
Dir: Nathan Campbell & Alec Cummings, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A whaling run takes a turn for the worse when a fearless captain and her small crew of whale-hunters encounter a far more ancient and horrible evil. ... more »
NUCLEAR PHYSICIST GIVES HIS SON FREE ADVICE, THE
Dir: Hanan Harchol, United States, 16 min, 2006, Animation
In this funny and poignant animated short, the animator has impersonated the voices of his Israeli parents. The parents provide their "words of wisdom" on ... more »
Nuisance Bear
Dir: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, Canada, 14 min, 2021, Documentary Short
Churchill, Manitoba, is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife series ca ... more »
NURSE ME
Dir: Kezia Barnett, New Zealand, 11 min, 2016, Experimental
Emerging from the sea's dark folds, three lone figures are reborn into a post-apocalyptic world. The nurses — bearers of solace, fetish and sexual power — ... more »
OATES' VALOR, THE
Dir: Tim Thaddeus Cahill, United States, 14 min, 2006, Narrative Short
Fourth-chair trombonist, Boyson Oates, flees home after several failed attempts to appease his father's militant demands. ... more »
OBJECTIFY ME
Dir: Annique Delphine, Germany, 3 min, 2017, Experimental
Objectify Me is a short experimental film about the different ways women's bodies are objectified and sexualized. We have been objectified to such an exte ... more »
OBRAS
Dir: Hendrick Dusollier, France, 12 min, 2004, Animation
In one single shot, Obras proposes a poetic and graphic journey through time and space, exploring Barcelona's wild irreversible destruction and reconstruct ... more »
OBSERVATION
Dir: Klara Elenius, Denmark, 15 min, 2007, Experimental
A dance film inspired by the Scandinavian mentality. The atmosphere is a little bit tense among the three characters in the film, as we meet them in a dark ... more »
OBSERVATIONS IN HOLLAND 3/4/5
Dir: Rob Britta & Hosman Smits, Netherlands, 30 min, 2000, Documentary Short
Observations in Holland is a truly rare piece. Made up of 6 ten minute micro-docs, the series explores what it is to be Dutch in an ever changing social an ... 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 »
Odd Timbre
Dir: Matthew George, United States, 11 min, 2018, Experimental
Two friends display their creative process of making music. ... 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 »
ODE ON A KOREAN URN
Dir: Hyonok Kim, Korea, 10 min, 2011, Experimental
The Korean Urn represents Korean culture. As an object close to daily life, used to ferment and preserve basic foods , it is symbol of the long time spent ... more »
ODES OF GORNA
Dir: Ali El Ghazouli, Egypt, 23 min, 2004, Documentary Short
The Egyptian cultural identity was established in the times of the pharaohs when the social and environmental conditions, which existed in the Nile Valley, ... more »
OF ONE BLOOD:RETURNING HOME TO AFRICA
Dir: Scott Douglas & Brenda Berg-Morrow, Ghana, 29 min, 1999, Documentary Short
An American husband and wife, who have embarked on a pilgrimage to Ghana, West Africa, present a special gift of dance to the Asante people, symbolizing th ... more »
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