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[S]COMPARSE
Dir: Antonio Tibaldi, Italy, 62 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
On a small, isolated island between Sicily and Africa, a film crew lands to shoot a large-scale feature film. The filmmaker and his entourage settle on the ... more »
3 DAYS OF FREEDOM
Dir: Lukasz Borowski, Poland, 28 min, 2011, Documentary Short
Piotr has a pass to leave prison after fifteen years. Even the simplest activity is a real challenge for him. Lost and bewildered, yet fascinated, he tries ... more »
ALWAYS A FAMILY
Dir: The Rauch Brothers, United States, 4 min, 2011, Animation
On the morning of September 11th, Michael Trinidad called his ex-wife, Monique Ferrer, from the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower to say ... more »
AND WINTER SLOW
Dir: Brian Lannin, United States, 16 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Set on a remote frozen lake in the Adirondack Mountains, "And Winter Slow" is the story of a young woman trying to escape the burden of caring for her aili ... more »
ANIMEDITATION
Dir: Jonathan Rosen, United States, 3 min, 2011, Animation
A short, hand-drawn visualization of the mental process of meditation. ... more »
BAROQUE SUITE
Dir: Alex Tyson & Troy Herion, United States, 16 min, 2011, Experimental
A visual-music synthesis that invites the audience to 'listen to image' and to 'see sound.' The film deconstructs and reassembles elements of Baroque maste ... more »
BOOBATARY
Dir: Leah Shore, United States, 2 min, 2010, Animation
Meet a secretary with special multitasking skills. ... more »
BOX, THE
Dir: Dadomani Studio, Italy, 3 min, 2012, Animation
While his master falls asleep, the dog jumps on the sofa to watch TV, but it has to deal with its master's dreams... ... more »
BROOKLYN CASTLE
Dir: Katie Dellamaggiore, United States, 101 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
Intermediate School 318 is an inner-city school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where more than 65 percent of the students are from homes with incomes below the ... more »
BUCKSVILLE
Dir: Chel White, United States, 104 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
Abandoned by his mother at a young age, 25-year old Presley Alan French (Thomas Stroppel) has grown up in the shadow of his father and a small town, secret ... more »
BURIALS
Dir: Zachary Volker, United States, 5 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A heartbroken man wanders New York City in search of his missing sister, posting fliers on streetlamps and derelict buildings. Desperate voice mails hint a ... more »
CAGE, THE
Dir: Bram Fj Van Alphen, Netherlands, 3 min, 2011, Documentary Short
A visual, poetic portrayal of the basketball court "the Cage" at West 4Th street in NYC. Bystanders stop for a brief minute in their daily rushed life and ... more »
CARBON
Dir: Craig Webster, United States, 10 min, 2011, Experimental
Carbon follows a young woman through a series of chance encounters, as if following a single atom on its journey. Unformed motion and light connect to her ... more »
CAT SCRATCH FEVER
Dir: Lisa Duva, United States, 73 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
CAT SCRATCH FEVER is a madcap caper following two young women's adventures in alternate realities. Lisa and Ashley, roommates and best friends forever, di ... more »
CHEAP EXTERMINATION
Dir: Minka Farthing-kohl, United States, 9 min, 2011, Narrative Short
For Ernst, the perfect disguise was to play himself. ... more »
CITY OF GOOD PEOPLE
Dir: Hur Bum-wook, Korea, 16 min, 2011, Animation
A young grandson is missing. The police have been investigating for 6 months but have found nothing. The case remains unsolved. The grandmother cannot acce ... more »
COLOURBLEED
Dir: Peter Szewczyk, Poland, 8 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A young girl, creative and idealistic, dreams of brighter days in a forgotten Eastern European city. Her fate is inextricably sealed when she crosses paths ... more »
COMBUSTION
Dir: Renaud Hallée, Canada, 5 min, 2011, Experimental
Fire used as a visual and musical tool. ... more »
COUNTDOWN
Dir: Celine Desrumaux, England, 4 min, 2011, Animation
An animated ode to the golden age of the space travel. ... more »
DEAFBLIND
Dir: Ewan Bailey, England, 15 min, 2012, Narrative Short
A deaf and blind woman feels Christ's presence in her home despite her deep depression. Is it Christ? Or a disturbed young man who has developed an intense ... more »
DEAR MANDELA
Dir: Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, South Africa, 90 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
When the South African government promises to 'eradicate the slums' and begins to evict shack dwellers far outside the city, three friends who live in Durb ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Documentary
DECISION MAKING
Dir: E. Aaron Ross, United States, 7 min, 2012, Experimental
'Decision Making (A Triptych)' is part performance, part documentary, and part experimental narrative. Each section centers around the activity of jumping, ... more »
DIY LOVE SEAT
Dir: Magsamen + Hillerbrand, United States, 2 min, 2011, Experimental
DIY Love Seat, is a playful experimental short video that reinterprets our family and its identity. In this dark comedy a woman takes the family couch and ... more »
EASY SNAPPIN
Dir: David Lombroso, United States, 14 min, 2011, Narrative Short
The story of Johnny and Marianne: a young couple--maybe in love? Johnny messes with the wrong guy and is on the run, in this fast-paced New-Wave throwback ... more »
EDMOND WAS A DONKEY
Dir: Franck Dion, France, 15 min, 2012, Animation
Edmond is not like everybody else. A small, quiet man, Edmond has a wife who loves him and a job that he does extraordinarily well. He is, however, very aw ... more »
EILEEN PRATT
Dir: Michael Kratochvil, Australia, 15 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Eileen Pratt is a lonely middle-aged bus driver who feels disconnected from the world around her. A tragic work accident prompts Eileen to confront her pa ... more »
EMOTION STUDY
Dir: Ina Conradi, Singapore, 10 min, 2010, Experimental
Expressive paintings were layered into animated compositions manifesting energy of five emotions: Gloom, Torment, Fear, Loneliness and Lust. ... more »
ENDLESS
Dir: Matt Bloom, England, 8 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Endless is a supernatural horror short film telling the story of a 30-second siege in a bathroom. A woman takes a shower, alone in her apartment bathroom. ... more »
FEAR OF BLOOD
Dir: Luciano Coelho, Brazil, 20 min, 2011, Narrative Short
The sound of something falling, broken glass, a car alarm triggered. She runs down the stairs of the building and faces the scene. In desperation, she move ... more »
FRAGMENTS OF A STANDSTILL TRIP
Dir: Lionel Mougin, France, 12 min, 2011, Narrative Short
An amazing journey through time and space for two lovers who had come to visit a forest: their childhood playground. ... more »
FRAY
Dir: Geoff Ryan, United States, 95 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Just back from combat, a young U.S. Marine veteran - burdened by the physical and emotional scars of war - faces a new battle to find purpose in the mundan ... more »
FRIDAY
Dir: Sebastian Rice-Edwards, England, 17 min, 2011, Narrative Short
The story of a teenager struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother on the one-year anniversary of the tragic event, "Friday" examines the aft ... more »
FRIED CHICKEN
Dir: Serdar Yilmaz, Turkey, 13 min, 2012, Experimental
In a family made up of a grandmother, daughter and a 9-year oldg randdaughter, granddaughter is forced to eat. The moral supporter of this little girl who ... more »
GALLERY
Dir: Robert Proch, Poland, 5 min, 2010, Animation
A pit bull's patience is tested as his owner is drawn towards both the endless offerings in a surreal shopping centre and the affections of a classy dame. ... more »
GAMMA
Dir: Jonathan Gales, England, 7 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Gamma is a story of urban regeneration in a nuclear irradiated future, following a group of researchers through the ruins of the 70's utopia, moving across ... more »
GEORGE THE HEDGEHOG
Dir: Wojtek Wawszczyk, Jakub Tarkowski, Tomasz Lesniak, Poland, 80 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
George is a hedgehog who knows what he likes: drinking beer, skateboarding, and having sex with married women. Unfortunately, his freewheeling lifestyle is ... more »
GOLDEN EARS
Dir: Jonathan Rosen, United States, 5 min, 2011, Animation
A peaceful Mountaineer with mountains for ears is visited by an absurd and foreboding cast of characters: the Electioneer, the Engineer, the Musketeer, and ... more »
GUT RENOVATION
Dir: Su Friedrich, United States, 81 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
"Gut Renovation" is Su Friedrich's epic personal essay film charting the destruction of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After living in the neighborhood for 20 yea ... more »
HATCH, THE
Dir: Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman, Ireland, 13 min, 2011, Narrative Short
In the midst of a stormy night, on-board a rural Irish fishing trawler, a fisherman and his son witness a glowing object fall to sea. As they battle the e ... more »
HERE NOW BE HERE NOW BE HERE
Dir: Chloe Zimmerman, United States, 2 min, 2012, Experimental
In this first encounter with film, I was seduced by its presence -- tangible, dancing with particles, fragmented and reconfigured on a reel. The spliced sh ... more »
HIDDEN SMILE, THE
Dir: Ventura Durall, Spain, 15 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Daniel, a 10-year-old Ethiopian kid, roams the streets of Addis Ababa alone at night. He is one of 170,000 children without family who inhabitate the city. ... more »
HOW TO RID YOUR LOVER OF A NEGATIVE EMOTION CAUSED BY YOU!
Dir: Nadia Litz, Canada, 15 min, 2010, Narrative Short
In true love, emotions are overwhelming. Positive emotions. Negative emotions. Sadie's found the perfect way to keep things neat and tidy with Dennis so ... more »
HUNTER, THE
Dir: Marieka Walsh, Australia, 7 min, 2011, Animation
A lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains, on the journey he is forced to make decisions that will forever cha ... more »
HURDY GURDY
Dir: Daniel Seideneder & Daniel Pfeiffer, Germany, 4 min, 2011, Narrative Short
An enclosed cosmos - just like a hurdy gurdy, that starts over to play its song anew. ... more »
I AM NASRINE
Dir: Tina Gharavi, England, 86 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
Nasrine and Ali are sister and brother in a comfortable middle class Iranian home, but when Nasrine has a run-in with the authorities, the punishment is ... more »
INNER CITY
Dir: Alain Fournier, Canada, 9 min, 2011, Animation
In a city hung between two endless walls, a boy with only pigeons for company, tries to seduce his remote neighbor with wacky inventions. ... more »
IT AIN'T OVER
Dir: Caleb Slain, United States, 11 min, 2011, Documentary Short
Once a man with all the answers, Dr. Ed Dobson is struggling to resolve his own questions before succumbing to the unusual disease eating away his body. ... more »
KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS - BUBBLE
Dir: Elliot Dear, England, 5 min, 2011, Animation
Elliot Dear creates a dreamlike mixed media promo for King Creosote and Jon Hopkins. The film features a small boat marooned in a snowy harbor. Elliot grad ... more »
KING DAVID: PART ONE
Dir: Jeff M. Giordano, United States, 14 min, 2011, Documentary Short
A glimpse into the past and present lives of David McClain, an ex-gangster from New York City who carries the heavy scars of his past. ... more »
LABYRINTH
Dir: Tolga Ornek, Turkey, 124 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
A massive explosion rips though a busy street in Istanbul, Turkey. 95 people are dead; 30 Americans and 5 British. The massacre sends shockwaves from Turke ... more »
LADDER, THE
Dir: Emily Wormley, United States, 4 min, 2011, Animation
THE LADDER is the official music video for the song by Andrew Belle. It is the story of boy-Andrew's journey to regain possession of his magical keys, whic ... more »
LAST BELLE, THE
Dir: Neil Boyle, England, 19 min, 2011, Animation
The Last Belle is an animated short featuring two characters journeying towards a blind date: WALLY, who suffers a nightmarish drunken trip through London ... more »
LAST KIND WORDS
Dir: Kevin Barker, United States, 87 min, 2012, Narrative Feature
A modern day Southern Gothic ghost story set in the farmland of Kentucky, "Last Kind Words" tells the story of 17-year old Eli, who moves with his family t ... more »
LATE NIGHT FLIGHT, THE
Dir: Jason Brandenberg, Switzerland, 11 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A vast airport hotel. Two people are awake in the dead of night. A stewardess and a reception clerk. Her problem: unknown. She cries in silence in her roo ... more »
LEFTY LOOSEY RIGHTY TIGHTY
Dir: James Yaegashi, United States, 91 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
Mid-life crises overtake a group of friends in this charming romantic comedy set in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Michael, Franklin and Lloyd are facing the preci ... more »
LIGHT THAT DIED IN MY ARMS, THE
Dir: Alan Foreman, United States, 2 min, 2012, Animation
New York is a thousand miles of wire away... ... more »
LONG DAYS
Dir: Adam Keleman, United States, 16 min, 2011, Narrative Short
In the desolate landscape of the American Northeast, Carol, an alluring woman living on the fringe, carries out her quiet routine. Even as she lands an in ... more »
LOVE HITCH
Dir: Adam Badlotto, United States, 7 min, 2011, Experimental
They say it takes only 8.2 seconds to fall in love...'Love Hitch' is a psychedelic journey that visualizes the cognitive process of forgetting a lost love; ... more »
MACHINE MAN
Dir: Alfonso Moral & Roser Corella, Spain, 14 min, 2011, Documentary Short
A reflection on modernity and global development, documenting the use of human physical force to perform work in the 21st century. The film takes place i ... more »
MAKING OF LONGBIRD, THE
Dir: Will Anderson, Scotland, 15 min, 2011, Animation
An animator/filmmaker attempts to make its mysteriously long character relevant in the modern world. An extreme close-up 'behind-the-scenes' look as this ... more »
MARK LOMBARDI - DEATH-DEFYING ACTS OF ART AND CONSPIRACY
Dir: Mareike Wegener, Germany, 80 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
Brooklyn based artist Mark Lombardi created graphic artwork portraying the opaque global network of financial and political elites, including their ties to ... more »
MIRROR
Dir: Emma Rose & Neil Boynton, England, 4 min, 2012, Experimental
The film explores the idea that the face of nature, made visible in the representation of landscape, can be treated as that of a quasi-person with whom the ... more »
MOVE
Dir: John Graham, Canada, 7 min, 2011, Experimental
MOVE depicts the surreal dream life of a young comatose man, and how it attempts to guide him to consciousness. Although he seems to be disconnected from l ... more »
MUTA
Dir: Lucrecia Martel, Argentina, 7 min, 2011, Experimental
In this contemporary film noir, an elegant crew of female creatures emerges insect-like from portals on board a ship anchored in a tropical sea, their face ... more »
MY BROOKLYN
Dir: Kelly Anderson, United States, 80 min, 2012, Documentary Feature
"My Brooklyn" documents the dramatic transformation of Downtown Brooklyn and the Fulton Street Mall, where government policies and corporate development jo ... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
OLD DOG
Dir: Pema Tseden, China, 88 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
A Tibetan sheep herder sells his father's prized Tibetan mastiff to a dealer without his father's approval. When his father finds out, he must travel into ... more »
OLD MAN
Dir: Leah Shore, United States, 6 min, 2012, Animation
For more then 20 years Charles Manson has refused to communicate to the outside world. Until now. These are actual never before heard phone conversations b ... more »
OLD MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN, THE
Dir: Basia Goszczynska, United States, 8 min, 2011, Animation
Two soul mates struggle with opposing fears of death and loneliness in this short dark comedy. ... more »
OTTO AND THE ELECTRIC EEL
Dir: Duncan Skiles & Andrew Zuchero, United States, 5 min, 2011, Narrative Short
In this modern adaptation of an Afro-Cuban Yoruba myth, Miami Bass legend Otto Von Schirach, playing the role of Chango the God of Thunder, battles to keep ... more »
OUT OF ERASERS
Dir: Erik Rosenlund, Sweden, 14 min, 2011, Narrative Short
A woman on her way home becomes a victim of a strange infection. She soon realizes that an epidemic is spreading and there are larger forces at work. Whi ... more »
PAPARAZZI
Dir: Piotr Bernas, Poland, 33 min, 2011, Documentary Short
Paparazzi is a film about a world in which values are confused and rules are flexible but it shows that there is always a second chance, where we can make ... more »
PERCIVAL'S BIG NIGHT
Dir: William Sullivan, United States, 85 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
PERCIVAL'S BIG NIGHT is 87 minutes of real time in the life of Percival and Salvatore's Brooklyn bedlam universe. The film unfolds in one single shot as th ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Producer, Best Actor Female
PHANTOM IMAGES
Dir: Fourquet Gregory, France, 5 min, 2011, Experimental
This experimental work is about the appearance of 'ghost images' in old 9,5mm super 8 and 8mm films. The images you can see here are a part of the Centre I ... more »
PIGEON KICKER
Dir: Daniel Long, United States, 18 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Two teens battle emotional issues and physical abuse as their lifelong friendship is tested when one of the boys begins seeing a therapist. ... more »
PLACES OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LIVED
Dir: Laura Yilmaz, United States, 6 min, 2011, Experimental
a mixed media exploration of the relationship between memory and place, as examined through the sale of a childhood home. Using old photographs, recorded i ... more »
PLURAL
Dir: Dan Inglis, New Zealand, 5 min, 2011, Experimental
Plural is an experimental digital short film exploring concepts of world-view, subjectivity, and relationships between human perception and nature. Icons f ... more »
PRICE OF GOLD
Dir: Sven Zellner, Germany, 86 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
Mongolian "ninjas" dig blindly into the Gobi Desert, hoping to find veins of gold. Their dangerous work is illegal, and they face harsh conditions, hand- ... more »
PYRAMMMID, THE
Dir: Eldar Salavatov, Russia, 105 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
Russia, 1994. Socialism has already been destroyed. Capitalism has not yet arrived. An unknown mathematician, Sergei Mamontov, announces the creation of th ... more »
REAL TALK
Dir: Patrick Ng, United States, 13 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Pax and Iggy are best friends, but their bond is broken when Pax discovers where Iggy's loyalties truly lie. A portrait of the end of a friendship set in ... more »
RESTIVE
Dir: Jeremiah Jones, United States, 92 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
An intensely bizarre tale of a mother who inhabits her husband's suffocating behavior before falling into her own flawed maternal instincts. Centering arou ... more »
ROCK, THE
Dir: Raul Santos, Spain, 85 min, 2011, Documentary Feature
La Roca is an epic Romeo and Juliet love story between the massive Rock of Gibraltar and its neighboring Spanish city of La Linea. Despite being declared e ... more »
ROSE
Dir: Wojtek Smarzowski, Poland, 94 min, 2011, Narrative Feature
Summer, 1945. Right after the end of World War II. Tadeusz, a Polish soldier whom the war has deprived of everything, arrives in Masuria, a German territor ... more »
SEA PAVILION
Dir: Marysia Makowska & Todd Somodevilla, South Africa, 10 min, 2012, Experimental
An innocent picnic turns surreal when curiosity leads to the uncovering of secrets hidden in the decrepit yet beautiful ruins of a seaside pavilion. Filmed ... more »
SHIFT
Dir: Daniel Trenkle, Germany, 11 min, 2011, Experimental
SHIFT shows an architect whose worldview is shifting dramatically. This is a short film that was produced in the spring of 2011 in Nuremberg and Frankfurt, ... more »
SHOOT THE FREAK
Dir: Bradford Willingham, United States, 7 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Through the Freaks's musings, this film chronicles the last days of the iconic and abrasive Coney Island attraction, Shoot the Freak. Remaining in masked a ... more »
SID THE KILLER
Dir: Harry Teitelman, United States, 5 min, 2011, Animation
While visiting their friends, a heart specialist and his wife, Sid reluctantly accepts Dr. Dan's invitation to play tennis on his private court. Dan has a ... more »
STOPOVER
Dir: Neil Stubbings, Switzerland, 4 min, 2011, Animation
Every road trip requires a stopover. We just hope it won't in the wrong place at the wrong time! A spaceman on a mission in the middle of nowhere. And time ... more »
STRANDS
Dir: Paul Neudorf, Canada, 7 min, 2010, Experimental
Animated fingerprints interact with dancers in this live action/animated dance film about desire, consciousness and identity. ... more »
TAPPERMAN
Dir: Alberto Meroni, Switzerland, 15 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Paul, a door-to-door salesman, struggles - with a smile - to sell his food containers. In fact, his life resembles the preserved foods they hold: hermetica ... more »
TENNIS
Dir: Darren Herczeg, United States, 3 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Two men play an evenly-matched game of tennis. When one player misses a shot, a group of soldiers storm the court and apprehend him. Later that night, the ... more »
THREE BROTHERS
Dir: Lucas McGowen, United States, 22 min, 2012, Narrative Short
Three brothers from upstate New York struggle to free themselves from the limitations of their childhood. ... more »
TO HIBERNATE
Dir: David Pantaleon, Spain, 7 min, 2011, Documentary Short
Ernesto Navarro has been living in the USA for 40 years. Since the 1980's, he's been working at an ice cream truck company in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Durin ... more »
TO THE SEA
Dir: Anna Valdez Hanks & Anna Blandford, England, 14 min, 2011, Experimental
Suffolk Coast. The present. A quiet dawn creeps into a family home. The morning routine is punctured when the father hears a cry for help in the sea. He se ... more »
TRAVELERS OF THE MOON, THE
Dir: Mariangela Fasciocco, Italy, 14 min, 2012, Narrative Short
When the carnival comes to town, the old blacksmith helps to repair the chair swing ride, and experiences a rejoining with his former itinerant life and wi ... more »
TULIPOMANIA: RUMBLE THUD
Dir: Cheryl Gelover & Tom Murray, United States, 3 min, 2011, Animation
Rumble Thud is the first music video presented by Tulipomania for their third full-length album titled The Whispering Campaign. Created by band members Che ... more »
VITRIOLAGE
Dir: Alice Millar, United States, 17 min, 2012, Experimental
'Vitriolage' is a love story gone wrong. Young, hastily-married Laura and Oliver decide to visit Oliver's parents in their secluded forest home. But in the ... more »
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