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Search 2018, films by premiere (119)
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BIOPHILIA
Dir: Marina Michelson, United States, 11 min, 2017, Narrative Short
When an animal dies under her watch, an isolated new farmer is pushed to prove her worth. ... more »
BREACH
Dir: Lorenzo Monti, Monaco, 6 min, 2018, Experimental
After going through a breakup, experimental musician Isra struggles to compose. Her inner emotional chaos seems to be taking over her creativity. In order ... more »
CASUALTIES
Dir: Holly Voges, United States, 11 min, 2018, Narrative Short
CASUALTIES is the story of James, a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD. Haunted by the trauma of the past, he struggles to know what is real in the presen ... more »
COME DOWNSTAIRS
Dir: Haisi Hu, United States, 5 min, 2017, Animation
An animated musical journey that explores the moment before death - examining the main character's longing, fear, and numbness. ... more »
DAVID'S VOICE
Dir: Graham Hill, United States, 14 min, 2018, Documentary Short
David Worobec is a classically trained vocalist who performs musical theater on miniature stages. Not content to play merely one character, he sings and pe ... more »
DUPPY
Dir: Justin Morris, United States, 10 min, 2018, Experimental
Left to his own devices, a teenager confronts the formidable adversary plaguing his reality. ... more »
DUVALL ET AL.
Dir: Youthana Yuos, United States, 20 min, 2017, Narrative Short
DUVALL hates most people. Wheelchair-bound, he's cared for by his nurse MERCEDES and lives with his sad-sack son, NELSON.When Nelson suddenly commits suici ... more »
HI-FIVE THE CACTUS
Dir: Christopher Thomas, United States, 9 min, 2018, Animation
A small desert town suffers a devastatingly-disastrous-drought.There only hope is an old-cactus, for whom this story is about.His selfless-sacrifice could ... more »
HIDDEN BLUEPRINTS: THE STORY OF MIKEY
Dir: Jeremy Lee Mackenzie, United States, 15 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Hidden Blueprints, is a hybrid short documentary detailing the history and creation of a collection of wood-scrollwork that was designed and hidden in pris ... more »
ICE CREAM
Dir: Saba Riazi, Iran, 63 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Maryam, a 30 year old woman in Tehran, having lost her job and apartment, is forced to move in with her grandmother. She is trying hard to make things work ... more »
LIFE IS FARE
Dir: Sephora Woldu, United States, 61 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Life is Fare is a Tigrinya/ English feature film exploring three wildly different perspectives on the East African nation of Eritrea. The film's premise fo ... more »
MONTANA
Dir: Michael Schwartz, United States, 14 min, 2018, Narrative Short
In the woods surrounding Flathead Lake, Montana, a troubled psychiatrist experiments with unconventional methods while struggling with her own traumatic pa ... 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 »
OKAASAN (MOM)
Dir: Kana Hatakeyama, Japan, 18 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Guilt, old resentment, distance, loss, and love simmer quietly in this story of a mother and a daughter, brought together after the daughter returns to her ... more »
SHOE HORN/OFFICE
Dir: Ingrid Nachstern, Ireland, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
This film deals with the restrictive nature of women's clothing throughout the ages and also with sexism in general. ... more »
SUNNY SIDE UP
Dir: Marie Karkehabadi, United States, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
Animation and live action are combined along with Persona-esque inserts to create a surreal world all its own. The main character, Simon, exists as a deer ... more »
TASTEFUL
Dir: Morr Meroz, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A not-so-friendly competition between two food vendors quickly turns violent, as the dishes they serve get less and less Kosher. ... more »
UNTITLED SHORT FILM ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE
Dir: Nicholas Colia, United States, 17 min, 2017, Narrative Short
A comedy about a WASPy female yuppie who feels so guilty about gentrifying her Brooklyn neighborhood that she overcompensates by trying to befriend the Ind ... more »
US Premiere
A P E X
Dir: Stuart T Birchall, England, 4 min, 2018, Experimental
"Emergence of a hybrid human-alien consciousness from the void" This conceptual film was inspired by a love of the 'Alien' franchise and the work of H.R ... more »
AMORICANIA
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri, United States, 5 min, 2017, Experimental
A postmodern animated depiction of Americana, creating a narrative through a system of neo-archetypes that work together; hyperreality rendered in hyper-un ... more »
BONOBO
Dir: Zoel Aeschbacher, Switzerland, 16 min, 2018, Narrative Short
When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, ... more »
BROTHERS
Dir: Bram Schouw, Netherlands, 106 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Lukas and Alexander, brothers, are opposites, but they have a very strong bond. Lukas is quite shy and looks up to his high-spirited older brother, and fol ... more »
CHRISTMAS RABBIT, THE
Dir: Christophe Lopez-Huici, France, 11 min, 2018, Animation
On Christmas eve, an old lady finds her beloved cat dead. All day long, she'll try to find him a fitting final resting place, but will remain unsuccessful ... more »
COLLECTION
Dir: Marcin Polar, Poland, 19 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Mieczyslaw lives with his wife, Wladzia, in a small, lost village. Being on the edge of life he lives a simple life, taking care of his disabled wife. In h ... more »
DIVING INTO YOUR ABSENCE
Dir: Concha Vidal, Spain, 4 min, 2014, Experimental
An elegant combination of rich, provocative imagery and economical design. Just as the movement in the film evokes ideas of things un-forming as you reach ... more »
ELISA
Dir: Kristina Kean Shtubert, Germany, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
'Elisa' portrays the claustrophobic and extremely painful relationship between nine year old Elisa and her mother. At night, Elisa scratches herself raw. T ... more »
HOW TO BECOME A POPE?
Dir: Justyna Mytnik, Poland, 16 min, 2017, Documentary Short
A warm-hearted comedy about a ten year old boy who wants to become a Pope. The protagonist is an alter boy, who finds out about an audition for a part of J ... more »
I AM NOT PRETTY
Dir: Keung Yin Ni, Sin Man Ting, Hong Kong, 6 min, 2017, Animation
Della always puts on heavy make-up, anecdotes happen because of it. Wanting to appear more confident, wanting to look adorable for loved one, wanting to ge ... more »
JOHNNO'S DEAD
Dir: Chris Shepherd, France, 8 min, 2016, Experimental
Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can't shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who ... 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 »
PACK IT UP
Dir: Samuel Flores & Kitjan Lau, Switzerland, 4 min, 2017, Animation
How often have you found yourself looking for your keys, a missing sock or a misplaced rucksack? This film explains the phenomenon of the black hole throug ... more »
SCRATCH
Dir: David Valero, Spain, 20 min, 2017, Narrative Short
This is JM's life, a young DJ with a cognitive disability, which makes his live unaware of a marginal world surrounding him. One night he will witness a be ... more »
SILENCE IS A FALLING BODY
Dir: Agustina Comedi, Argentina, 75 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
The film follows Agustina as she finds the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded before the accident that took his life. The family secrets surrounding ... more »
SWIMMER, THE
Dir: Thomas Beug, Ireland, 11 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Stephen Redmond from West Cork was the first person ever to complete the world famous 'Ocean's Seven' challenge. This film looks at the beauty and the poet ... more »
THAT PART
Dir: Mia Sorensen, Catherine Delaloye, United States, 4 min, 2017, Experimental
That Part, is a spoken word dance piece that shows the power of women in their resilience, and their doggedness in the face of adversity. The film focuses ... more »
UNDERNEATH
Dir: Palle Lindqvist, Sweden, 11 min, 2017, Narrative Short
A young couple are about to have sex . But he wants to try something else. What exactly does "reversed roles" imply? A short study in how stereotypes a ... more »
WHERE ARE YOU?
Dir: Massimiliano Cosi, Italy, 8 min, 2017, Experimental
A desperate journey in search of man's childhood, through prophetic visions and apocalyptic scenarios. An invocation to History, which moves from stories, ... more »
East Coast Premiere
AFGHAN CYCLES
Dir: Sarah Menzies, United States, 90 min, 2018, Documentary Feature
A new generation of young women in Afghanistan are breaking deep-seated gender taboos by learning to ride bicycles, normalizing the visibility of women in ... more »
ASIAN GIRLS
Dir: Hyun Lee, Australia, 6 min, 2017, Narrative Short
CHAN is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japan ... more »
ATLANTIC CITY
Dir: Miguel Alvarez, United States, 15 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Pony and Junior are two south Texas drifters - brothers in spirit, if not blood. The two come at odds when Junior refuses to help Pony find his estranged m ... more »
BEFORE THE FALL
Dir: Kamelya Alexan, United States, 11 min, 2016, Narrative Short
In the midst of the American Civil War, a young boy named Thomas, determined to cure his dying mother, wanders into the woods motivated by a mythical story ... more »
BIG ADVENTURE OF A LITTLE LINE, THE
Dir: Antoine Robert, France, 7 min, 2017, Animation
A small boy taking a walk picks up a little line he finds lying on the sidewalk. Putting it in his pocket, he forgets about it entirely. Then the line star ... more »
CANNONBALL WOMAN, THE
Dir: Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix, Switzerland, 14 min, 2017, Animation
Madeleine the Human Cannonball and her husband are carnies. Their lives, like their show, seem to be perfectly under control. But in reality, Madeleine is ... more »
CONTACT
Dir: Alessandro Novelli, Spain, 8 min, 2017, Animation
Between reality and fantasy, a woman's inner journey awakens her consciousness. ... more »
CRISANTO STREET
Dir: Paloma Martinez, United States, 12 min, 2017, Documentary Short
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending ch ... more »
DISTRUST
Dir: Sam Rolfes, England, 3 min, 2017, Experimental
Choked and pinned with glowing scraps of regressive netscum, a body thrashes and steps through the digital visual violence as a familiar green figure hangs ... more »
EGO
Dir: Kaya Dayan, David-Simon Dayan, United States, 13 min, 2017, Experimental
EGO is a visually shocking, surreal, dali-esque silent short film showcasing the various manifestations of the human ego. ... more »
EL ASTRONAUTA
Dir: Manuel Trotta, Venezuela, 24 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Beto, a sophisticated man, returns to his remote hometown with the goal of bringing his senile father to a care home in the city. But his father, Don Alfre ... more »
ETHOS
Dir: Jay Worsley, United States, 3 min, 2018, Experimental
We easily forget about the incredible beauty that is within arms reach of us. Ethos is a short aerial cinematography film that leaves you feeling in awe th ... more »
FIGHTER
Dir: Bugsy Steel, England, 7 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Ten minutes before a boxing match, a teenage boxer with downs syndrome fights for his right to get in the ring. ... more »
GENESIS
Dir: Abtin Mozafari, Iran, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
A fantasy short film with a critical point of view about the horrible situation in Syria. "this is the first episode of my episodic film and I'm going to m ... more »
GIVE
Dir: David De Rozas, United States, 16 min, 2018, Documentary Short
After decades of building an alternative visual narrative for the black community, a senior Reverend seeks to preserve its monumental legacy before his imp ... more »
GOLNESA
Dir: Sattar Chamani Gol, Iran, 94 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Golmammad and Golnesa, a young Afghan couple, are illegal immigrants who are working in a traditional brick making kiln. Following the events happening to ... more »
GOODBYE, BROOKLYN
Dir: Daniel Jaffe, United States, 9 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Struggling with New York living, Dana Schapiro decides to move, saying goodbye to a neighborhood that can barely remember who she is.... ... more »
HURRY UP, HEROLD!
Dir: Francie Liebschner, Germany, 8 min, 2017, Animation
Herold is a superhero and a dad, wears a superman-chainmail-unitard, and is a veteran in dealing with dangerous situations. But now he faces a particularly ... more »
I'M NOT SURE
Dir: Gabriel Hensche, Germany, 7 min, 2017, Experimental
Why does he say "swimwear" when he sees René Magritte's painting of a naked woman? Is he too shy to say "boobs", "butt" or "vagina"? Perhaps he has mainly ... more »
IMMORTALS
Dir: Erik Morales, India, 7 min, 2017, Documentary Short
'Immortals' is a portrait of the Nihang, the last Sikh warriors, the old vanguard of their armies. Nomadic soldiers with no war to attend to, who wander Pu ... more »
LA MORT, PÈRE & FILS
Dir: Paronnaud Vincent, Waltgenwitz Denis, France, 13 min, 2017, Animation
The Death' son doesn't want to take back the family business. He has the secret dream to become a guardian angel, this will trigger a succession of collaps ... more »
LES ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES
Dir: Jean Lecointre, France, 22 min, 1970, Animation
Mr and Ms Archibald adopt by turns a dog, a cat, a fly, a toad and a moth... But they do not know anything about animals... ... more »
MUST KILL KARL
Dir: Joe Kicak, Canada, 12 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Everyone has "that" friend - the one who shows up uninvited, drinks all your booze, and hits on your girlfriend - who we all secretly hate and wish would j ... more »
MY COUNTRY
Dir: Giancarlo Iannotta, United States, 78 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Two brothers - one American, one Italian, who've never met - take a road trip from Rome to the unknown but picturesque region of Molise on a journey to spr ... 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 »
PRESCHOOL POETS: AN ANIMATED SERIES
Dir: Nancy Kangas, Josh Kun, United States, 6 min, 2017, Animation
For nearly a decade, resident artist Nancy Kangas led a poetry program for preschool-aged children at Columbus Early Learning Centers on the near east side ... more »
RESCATE
Dir: Mark Bone, Canada, 13 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Rescate is a gritty documentary about the heroics of the Rescate Ambar volunteer Paramedics and their leader Reynaldo Ortiz as they rush to provide medical ... more »
ROOM FOR RENT
Dir: Matt Atkinson, Canada, 89 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
In senior year, Mitch Baldwin won the lottery. Three years later, he was flat broke and a laughing stock. He's been holed-up in his family home ever since. ... more »
SACRILÈGE
Dir: Christophe Saber, Switzerland, 14 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The money has gone missing in the mosque of Saint-Etienne. Saoud, the gang leader is suspected. ... more »
SCORPION´S TALE, THE
Dir: Jhosimar Vasquez, United States, 22 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The Scorpion's Tale is a story of death, revenge, jealously and greed. The perfect killer sits on death row awaiting his fate. But when someone from his pa ... more »
SERVING JOY
Dir: Martin Sharpe, Australia, 14 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The table is set, the roast is cooked to perfection, and the soufflés are rising as high as Joy's blood pressure for the most important dinner party of her ... more »
TALE OF ENDURANCE: CELEBRATION OF THE IMPERFECT, A
Dir: Stephanie Bollag, United States, 1 min, 2017, Experimental
A celebration of color, race and women 'A Tale Of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect' is meant to send an empowering and disruptive message about pre ... more »
THREADS
Dir: Torill Kove, Norway, 9 min, 2017, Animation
In her latest animated short, Academy Award®-winning director Torill Kove explores the beauty and complexity of parental love, the bonds that we form over ... more »
TOMMY BATTLES THE SILVER SEA DRAGON
Dir: Luke Shirock, United States, 110 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
When a man finds himself on trial in a courtroom haunted by his own demons, he must reckon with the guilt of his mother's death before it destroys him and ... more »
TWO SECONDS OF SILENCE
Dir: Felipe Sanz, Spain, 16 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Javier is an exemplary pianist, admired by the jury. Isabel plays following her feeling, praised by the audience. The two pianists will meet in a final and ... more »
UNDER MOM'S SKIRT
Dir: Sarah Heitz De Chabaneix, France, 12 min, 2017, Narrative Short
In a small Florida town, a young French woman goes with her mother to a routine medical check-up to act as her interpreter. However she is taken by surpris ... more »
UNNATURAL
Dir: Amy Wang, United States, 26 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Desperate to escape his past, James, a reclusive teenager moves into a new town with his strict parents. He is eager to fit into a new high school and befr ... more »
WALE
Dir: Barnaby Blackburn, England, 22 min, 2018, Narrative Short
An 18 year old youth offender is trying to start his own business as a mobile mechanic. But enterprise isn't so easy when you're a young, black male with a ... more »
WAYWARD WIND, THE
Dir: Steve Delahoyde, Monica Thomas, United States, 4 min, 2017, Experimental
With music by Carl Sondrol, The Wayward Wind uses movement and humor to turn the idea of the "rambling man" on it's head. ... more »
WEIRD
Dir: Fausto Montanari, Italy, 2 min, 2017, Animation
"Weird" is a short animated film about the diversity. It is a shout of a girl usual to be judged like weird and different. She express in the monologue her ... more »
NY Premiere
[ UNUM ]
Dir: Michael Lange & David Gesslbauer, Germany, 9 min, 2017, Experimental
[ UNUM ] (lat.'one') is presented in 9:16 format - flipped vertically - as a metaphor for the singularity of life. Beginning with a carnal prologue between ... more »
ACT OF TERROR, AN
Dir: Ashley Paige Brim, United States, 16 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South. ... more »
ADAM
Dir: Evelyn Jane Ross, United States, 2 min, 2016, Animation
In the beginning of them She created us. ... more »
ARE YOU GLAD I'M HERE
Dir: Noor Fay Gharzeddine, Lebanon, 85 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
A Lebanese woman and an American girl become friends and accidental partners-in-crime in a story that explores the nature of happiness and self-actualizati ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Original Score, Audience Award
BABS
Dir: Celine Held, Logan George, United States, 12 min, 2018, Narrative Short
An estranged son discovers an alarming purchase made by his late father. ... more »
BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS
Dir: Wendy McColm, United States, 92 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Desperate for human interaction, six emotionally damaged individuals risk self respect, shedding their disillusionment in a last grasp for happiness. A cru ... more »
CASTING IN JAGUEY GRANDE
Dir: Thomas Winston, Cuba, 15 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Just a few clicks north of Bay of Pigs' pristine mangrove flats - some of the best bonefish habitat in the world - lies Jaguey Grand, Cuba. A surprising sc ... more »
CLOUD OF PETALS
Dir: Sarah Meyohas, United States, 30 min, 2017, Experimental
At the site of the former Bell Labs, sixteen workers work tirelessly to photograph 100,000 individual rose petals. This massive dataset they compile is use ... more »
COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO
Dir: Reema Sengupta, India, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
In a country where marital rape is not a legal crime, it took a lot for Smita to escape an abusive marriage. She lives in a one room apartment in Mumbai, e ... more »
DADDY
Dir: John Gallen, Alex Faoro, United States, 30 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Daddy tells the story of youth basketball coach and drug trafficker Curtis Malone. In 1993 Curtis founded the DC Assault, an AAU basketball team whose miss ... more »
DECORADO
Dir: Alberto Vazquez, Spain, 12 min, 2016, Animation
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful. ... more »
FAITH
Dir: Tatiana Fedorovskaya, Russia, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
An old widower, a former radio operator, perceives the flashing bulb as his late wife's messages. The love of his life will never die, even when the lights ... more »
GENTLE MENTALS
Dir: Veronica Padilla, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
One in five people is affected by mental illness, yet it's still considered a taboo topic. And the stigma prevents many people from getting the crucial hel ... more »
MAMA
Dir: Nicholas Brennan, United States, 7 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Sub-Saharan Africa is the most dangerous place in the world to be a pregnant mother. In rural villages, women turn to traditional birth attendants to bring ... more »
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Dir: Olga Chajdas, Poland, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The main character, a woman, stabs her husband dead and drowns the daughter. Quietly, no emotions. She goes to bed only to wake in the morning and discover ... 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 »
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 »
PARTHENON
Dir: Frank Mosley, United States, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. PARTHENON is a slippery, dizzying provocation on art, control, and perception. A recipient of the 2015 Oak Cliff ... more »
PINK GOLD
Dir: Daniel Anguiano Zúñiga, Mexico, 20 min, 2018, Documentary Short
Looking through the lens of the fishing boat, "Kolsillo," PINK GOLD offers a portrait of shrimp fishing off the coast of Mexico in Sea of Cortez. A stunnin ... more »
PRISON LOGIC
Dir: Romany Malco, United States, 91 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Prison Logic is a comedic tale of a stubborn ex-convict with dreams of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker. Two things stand in his way: his no ... more »
ROOMS
Dir: Andrew Zimbelman, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A short film about life, death, and mice. Based on the poem by Billy Collins. ... more »
STREET FIGHTING MEN
Dir: Andrew James, United States, 110 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to buil ... more »
SWEET MADDIE STONE
Dir: Brady Hood, England, 23 min, 2016, Narrative Short
15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she h ... more »
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