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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 »
J&S Auto
Dir: Grace Jung, United States, 14 min, 2021, Documentary Short
J&S Auto follows a day in the life of Joe Iwama—a 99-year-old Japanese American auto mechanic in Los Angeles who has been opening his auto shop every morni ... more »
JACK THE LAD
Dir: Martin Friend, England, 5 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Kids these days think they're so bloody funny! Well this 'Jack the Lad' will think twice next time he has a laugh at someone else's expense! An irate group ... 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 »
Jamaal Through the Lens
Dir: Ian Phillips, United States, 12 min, 2018, Documentary Short
A young man from the South Bronx discovers photography as his way to escape his past history of abuse and neglect. ... more »
JAMON
Dir: Iria Lopez, England, 8 min, 2012, Animation
Jose is a teenage pig living in a Spanish town, and he is the only pig in his family. One day a new neighbour moves in next door, and Jose starts to come t ... more »
JANE DOE
Dir: Kramer O'Neill, Germany, 5 min, 2004, Narrative Short
A young woman returns home after a hard day at work... ... more »
Jared & Daughter
Dir: Darin Quan, United States, 20 min, 2022, Narrative Short
When an aging table wiper faces a grim diagnosis, his underappreciated daughter must step forward to save the family business. ... more »
JEEPNEY
Dir: Esy Casey, Philippines, 60 min, 2013, Documentary Feature
Jeepney is a lyrical exploration of the Philippines through its most popular form of mass transportation: vividly decorated former WWII military jeeps. Unl ... more »
JESUS 2000
Dir: Remi Bastie, Clement Desnos, Jean Baptiste Cumont, Nicolas Pegon, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, France, 2 min, 2009, Animation
Year 2000, the Future, A new Era, a Prophet ... more »
JIMBO
Dir: Rodrigo Zanforlin, United States, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Jimbo, an young quiet and shy boy suffering for many years with his obsessive ruler dad, and his crazy girlfriend Loli. Realizes that actually his anarchis ... more »
Jmar
Dir: Samy Sidali, France, Morocco, 20 min, 2021, Narrative Short
Jmar alchahwa: piece of red coal. Metaphor used to describe a feeling that warms up, gives pleasure but can hurt if you get too close.On the beac ... more »
JOBURG
Dir: Thabo Wolfaardt, South Africa, 22 min, 2007, Narrative Short
A young newspaper vendor struggles to care for his ailing brother. A pregnant woman discovers a terrible secret about her fiance. At the height of their ... more »
JOE IS DEAD
Dir: Lucía García-Lubén, Spain, 8 min, 2014, Narrative Short
Calvin is going to wake up to find out that his cat, Joe, just died. While everybody seem to know what he should do with the body, Calvin, apparently indif ... more »
JOE JACKSON'S TRAIL
Dir: Lorna Thomas & Eli Kabillio, United States, 57 min, 2003, Documentary Feature
Joe Jackson's Trail is a story of courage, perseverance, and will power in the face of all odds. Joe Jackson was born in 1886 in Halifax County, Virginia a ... 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 »
JOJO IN THE STARS
Dir: Marc Craste, England, 12 min, 2003, Animation
JoJo in the Stars plays out the heart-wrenching tale of two unlikely lovers: JoJo, a silver-plated trapeze artist, and the nameless hero who worships her. ... more »
Journal
Dir: Alex Bliss, United States, 8 min, 2020, Narrative Short
Two best friends retrace their steps after a seemingly average night in hopes of locating a missing item. As their accounts diverge, an ongoing rift in the ... more »
JOURNEY OF MURDER, The
Dir: Jun WANG, China, 105 min, 2019, Narrative Feature
Sha Tao is a village girl with mental disorders. She is married to gambler Ma Saike, who plans to take Sha Tao to a boss in Shanxi Province in exchange for ... more »
JOURNEY TO MARS
Dir: Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina, 16 min, 2004, Animation
In the mid 60's, Antonio is 5 years old. He is fascinated by a TV serial about Mars, and one day he tells his grandfather that he would love to travel to M ... more »
JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN
Dir: Lizbeth Mejia, United States, 7 min, 2005, Documentary Short
My film is about three people, two in the present and one in the past. My friends Marilyn and Yasmine both became pregnant last spring. I know about tee ... more »
JOYRIDE
Dir: John Cernak, United States, 5 min, 2005, Animation
What "THE MAN" wants, "THE MAN" gets... and if you don't pay attention it will all go by in the blink of a sound bite! Hundreds of channels, remote contr ... more »
Judas Collar
Dir: Alison James, Australia, 15 min, 2018, Narrative Short
In outback Australia a wild camel is captured and fitted with a tracking device known as a Judas Collar. Based on a real life practice, Judas Collar is a s ... more »
JUDGMENT, THE
Dir: Serge Marcotte, Canada, 9 min, 2001, Experimental
In a unique, very stylised narrative film style, a short story by Franz Kafka has been filmed, in which a man is punished for half a lifetime of misdeeds. ... more »
JUKKA
Dir: Emmanuel Trousse, Monaco, 12 min, 2009, Experimental
"Two nights ago, a man put the barrel of his gun to my forehead and started to cry..." This film is a labyrinth, a journey into the human condition in tim ... more »
JULIETTA
Dir: Christoph Stark, Germany, 93 min, 2001, Narrative Feature
As German youth converge on the Berlin Love Parade, Julietta meets up with her boyfriend Jiri. Separated in the crowds, Julietta enjoys the fun of the Para ... more »
JULY TRIP
Dir: Wael Noureddine, France, 35 min, 2006, Documentary Short
Beirut, July 2006. The Israeli bombings strike the city. While Beirut is still on fire, the filmmaker starts a journey across his natal land. The film is n ... 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 »
Jungle X
Dir: Jose Fernando Rodriguez, United States, Puerto Rico, 21 min, 2021, Experimental
A father reflects on his strict upbringing in early 1960’s Puerto Rico, as Hi8 videos - filmed by his son - reveal his son's fascination with violence duri ... more »
Junglefowl
Dir: Kalainithan Kalaichelvan, Canada, India, Sri Lanka, 15 min, 2023, Narrative Short
In a small village in northern Sri Lanka, a young girl is forced to confront the consequences of a deadly civil war as a wounded freedom fighter is brought ... more »
JUNKO'S SHAMISEN
Dir: Sol Friedman, Canada, 10 min, 2009, Experimental
Set in the rural backwoods of feudal Japan, a young peasant girl named Junko, returns home to discover her blind grandfather brutally murdered. Filled with ... more »
JUST GO!
Dir: Pavel Gumennikov, Latvia, 11 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Inspired by the incredible true story about a young man Just (24), who lost both of his legs in childhood accident and who is in love with the girl next do ... more »
JUST MAKE BELIEVE
Dir: Jadrien Steele, United States, 12 min, 2007, Narrative Short
Two lonely dreamers masquerade in lives that are not their own in a search for happiness. But when they discover an uncommon emotional connection, can lov ... more »
Just Right
Dir: Camille Wormser, United States, 16 min, 2022, Narrative Short
After having a striking dream where she’s running down the street in a duck costume, Mel wakes up feeling compelled to do something new with her day. Her r ... more »
Kabibi
Dir: Elaisha Stokes, Congo, Canada, 12 min, 2020, Narrative Short
A young woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo learns how to walk in high heels. ... more »
KAGAMI
Dir: Benjamin Landshoff, Netherlands, 72 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Kagami is a film about a man who is stuck in the corporate ratrace of living and working in New York City in this day and age. He blindly follows a routine ... more »
Kalokhachya Parambya [Prop shoots of Darkness]
Dir: Makarand Anaspure, India, 98 min, 2020, Narrative Feature
Kalokhachya Parambya is a story of a teen-aged orphan, Alif, who’s dealing with inner conflicts between wrong and right, dark and bright, and, passion and ... more »
Kapaemahu
Dir: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson, United States, 9 min, 2020, Animation
Kapaemahu reveals the healing power of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach – and the legendary dual male and female spirits within them.Lon ... more »
KARAMUK
Dir: Sülbiye V. Günar, Germany, 94 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
Johanna, a chubby 17-year-old teenager, dreams of studying fashion design in Paris. For years Johanna has been making her own, very off-beat clothes and no ... more »
KARAOKE
Dir: Carolina Hellsgard, Germany, 15 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Liselotte is an aged actress. She hasn't been on stage for a while and is now trying to earn a living with it again. She is auditioning for different adver ... more »
KARMA
Dir: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou, United States, 4 min, 2017, Animation
A boy meets a fish in a mysterious forest. ... more »
KATE CAN'T SWIM
Dir: Josh Helman, United States, 90 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
When her best friend returns from Paris with a new lover, Kate's life is thrown off track. Encountering new personalities, old promises and sexual fluidity ... more »
Kate in Oxnard
Dir: Emily Tomson, United States, 18 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Kate moves to a small coastal town for a bartending job, anticipating a summer of freedom. What she finds instead is less idyllic, and she comes to realize ... more »
KEBAB CONNECTION
Dir: Anno Saul, Germany, 96 min, 2004, Narrative Feature
Kebab Connection is a crazily comedic tale of two fast food stands (one Turkish, the other Greek), a frustrated filmmaker, the coolest commercial of all ti ... more »
KEEPING IT REAL: The Adventures of Greg Walloch
Dir: Eli Kabillio, United States, 86 min, 2001, Documentary Feature
"Keeping It Real: The Adventures Of Greg Walloch" is part documentary, part concert film and part traditional filmed comedy starring Greg Walloch. The fi ... more »
Keys to the City
Dir: Ian Moubayed, United States, 33 min, 2022, Documentary Short
KEYS TO THE CITY, a documentary short, follows Matthew Ballard, an aging Brooklyn locksmith struggling to unlock a higher acceptance to the changes in his ... more »
Kibomango Story, The
Dir: Savva Svet, United States, Congo, 4 min, 2022, Documentary Short
The incredibly true story of Kibomango, a former child soldier turned Congolese national boxing champion. Now a struggling mechanic, he has devoted himself ... more »
KIDS MIGHT FLY
Dir: Alex Taylor, England, 7 min, 2009, Narrative Short
A young homeless girl is taken into care. Set in an urban wilderness, this film is an offbeat and touching experimental drama about East London kids. ... 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 »
KILL JAR
Dir: Brian K. Landis, United States, 10 min, 2016, Narrative Short
On a sweltering Summer afternoon while searching for a prize insect, HENRY, an amateur entomologist, comes face to face with his neighbor, WAYLAND, a pathe ... more »
KILL ME TENDER
Dir: Ramón de España, Spain, 89 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
A recently widowed baker with a lot of dough. A sexy young lady big on sass but low on scruples. A bumbling ex-legionnaire who works for a debt-collecting ... more »
KILLER
Dir: Matt Kazman, United States, 20 min, 2015, Narrative Short
When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something bad happens... ... more »
KILLING TIME
Dir: Haritz Zubillaga, Spain, 14 min, 2007, Narrative Short
Four young friends have park an old rented autocaravan next to a road. Someone is aiming at them with a rifle. When the sniper fires, everything is tinged ... more »
KIN
Dir: Mila Zuo, United States, 17 min, 2020, Narrative Short
A tense love triangle between three twenty-somethings in rural Oregon ends in unimaginable violence. KIN explores the libido of hate and the psychosis of w ... more »
Kindred Spirit
Dir: Caroline Lindy, United States, 18 min, 2018, Narrative Short
It's a Saturday night and ELOISE is stuck at home doing laundry. Feeling very single, Eloise decides to go on a dating app called, KINDRED SPIRIT, to look ... 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 »
King of the House
Dir: Zige Zhang, United States, China, 10 min, 2019, Animation
A delusional man lives alone in a small dark house, believing that he is the king of the world and his supremacy is secure. However, his sovereignty is sha ... more »
KINGDOM
Dir: Bentley Heyman, United States, 6 min, 2016, Experimental
We enter the Kingdom to discover that the greatest battle occurs within ourselves. This film examines one man's internal struggle to come to terms with who ... more »
Kingdom of Archers
Dir: Robert Hixon, United States, Bhutan, 78 min, 2019, Documentary Feature
When the Kingdom of Bhutan joined the United Nations in 1971, archery was designated as its national sport. Indeed, archery in Bhutan is a rich part of the ... more »
KINGDOM OF DOUG, THE
Dir: Victoria Thaine, Australia, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
Josie and her fellow cult members have gathered in an ice skating rink to commit mass suicide. But when Josie loses faith in Doug, her charismatic cult lea ... more »
KINGS OF BROOKLYN, THE
Dir: Lance Lane, United States, 91 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Three childhood friends from Brooklyn are corrupted by the dark side of Wall Street and suffer the consequences of innocence and ignorance. ... more »
KISSED BY ANGELS
Dir: Daniela Zanzotto, England, 10 min, 2001, Documentary Short
Kissed by Angels is an intimate window on one woman's experience of breast cancer. Combining hyper-reality with surreality, this lyrical documentary featu ... more »
KNIFE POINT
Dir: Carlo Mirabella-Davis, United States, 27 min, 2009, Narrative Short
An evangelical family passing through upstate New York gives a ride to an unusual traveling knife salesman. ... more »
KOKOYAKYU: HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Dir: Kenneth Eng, United States, 53 min, 2006, Documentary Feature
Taking Western viewers inside a never-before-seen world, the film follows two of the 4,000 high school baseball teams in Japan striving to make it to the N ... more »
KONTROL ESKAPE
Dir: Stephane Beve & Mathieu Auvray, France, 11 min, 2005, Animation
In an out of time urban universe, a crowd of small bits of paper slowly wander, like zombies, under the yoke of tyrannical and violent hands. Their life se ... more »
Kringle Time
Dir: Matthew Lucas, United States, 103 min, 2021, Narrative Feature
After becoming the unlikely star of a children's show, a public access TV station manager grapples with the problematic legacy of his predecessor. ... more »
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Kultama
Dir: Jarkko Räsänen, Finland, 8 min, 2023, Experimental
The latest addition to a series of experimental short films by Jarkko Räsänen is KULTAMA, in which he demonstrates the possibilities of misunderstanding fo ... more »
LA BOULE D'OR
Dir: Bruno Deville, Switzerland, 15 min, 2008, Documentary Short
A tranquil little island hidden away under a bridge in Lausanne, the bowling club of La Boule d'Or is home to a team of pensioners who, under the direction ... more »
LA MINER
Dir: Thomas Wood, United States, 24 min, 2014, Documentary Short
LA Miner is the story of a redneck savant and natural story-teller who started mining for gold on the outskirts of Los Angeles after contemplating suicide. ... more »
LA MIRAGE
Dir: Arianne Alizio, United States, 14 min, 2013, Experimental
The routine of a motel housekeeper quickly disintegrates upon losing her cleaning glove. Now trapped in a surreal purgatory, she sets out to vanquish the ... 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 »
LA SVEDESE
Dir: Nicolas Liguori, France, 9 min, 2008, Animation
A woman arrives in Italy to meet a lover. The man, a filmmaker fascinated by his country, guides her through the places he likes. When he has to leave to f ... 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 »
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 »
Land of Champions, The
Dir: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei, Iran, 18 min, 2022, Documentary Short
The House of Power (zurkhuneh), a home for traditional Persian martial arts, creates a strong community in a south Tehran neighborhood. Members g ... more »
LANDSCAPE NO. 2
Dir: Vinko Moderndorfer, Slovenia, 90 min, 2008, Narrative Feature
The burglars Sergej and Polde steal a valuable painting Landscape No.2. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of th ... 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 »
LAPTOP
Dir: Egor Gavrilin, Russia, 14 min, 2013, Narrative Short
An office clerk finds out that the cursor from his computer can move outside the computer itself - and allows him to 'edit' the world using computer progra ... more »
LAST ARTIST, THE
Dir: Allysha Webber, Australia, 7 min, 2014, Animation
The last man on Earth, William; an artist, must come to terms with his existence and artistic practice away from the eyes of society. William must forge hi ... more »
LAST BATTLEFIELD, THE
Dir: Nico Vogelsang, Germany, 1 min, 2010, Animation
Cinematographic animation of an ancient battlefield with a surprising end. In a transformation of time we see historic wars. In the end the soldiers clash ... 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 BREAD, THE
Dir: Maria Badia, United States, 12 min, 2014, Documentary Short
After 17 years in business, La Villita Bakery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was forced to close its doors. A victim of rising rents and rapid gentrification, t ... more »
LAST BREATH, THE
Dir: Paola Charuand Lara, Mexico, 18 min, 2005, Narrative Short
An elderly villager, is about to pass away. His state of health is severely fragile, but he mantains all his strenghth to stay alive. His family, Damiana ... more »
LAST CHIP, THE
Dir: Heng Tang, Australia, 21 min, 2005, Narrative Short
Madam Fang, Mrs Nguyen and Sister Ah Lan appear to have little more in common than unfulfilled dreams. Yet together they're tempted to leave their everyday ... more »
LAST DAY OF DECEMBER
Dir: Bogdan George Apetri, Romania, 15 min, 2006, Narrative Short
A man tries to reconcile a harrowing tale from his past and confront old questions that will keep on haunting him forever. But what will it mean for the pr ... more »
Last Days, The
Dir: Dipo Baruwa-Etti, United Kingdom, 13 min, 2021, Narrative Short
In a near-future world where you can discover your Death Day, an apolitical woman (BRIDGERTON's Adjoa Andoh) learns that she and many Black people have bee ... 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 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 »
LAST LETTER
Dir: Ted Ciesielski, United States, 5 min, 2007, Experimental
A stark urban landscape of rooftops, billboards, and highways provide the backdrop for an open love letter that never reaches its recipient: a young soldie ... more »
LAST LULLABY, THE
Dir: Jeffrey Goodman, United States, 93 min, 2008, Narrative Feature
Can we make movies thoughtful and quieter and still make them riveting? That's the question at the heart of Lullaby. This beautifully shot contemporary f ... more »
LAST QUEEN OF THE EARTH, THE
Dir: Mohammad Reza Arab, Iran, 89 min, 2006, Narrative Feature
A simple yet powerful film about a young Afghani immigrant who works in a Henna grinding factory in Iran. As a US-led attack becomes more likely in the wa ... more »
LAST REEL
Dir: Steven Bognar, United States, 8 min, 2014, Documentary Short
The final days of projecting movies on 35mm celluloid film have arrived at one weathered art house cinema. But the Little Art Theatre is going out with a b ... more »
LAST REQUEST
Dir: Tom Hodges, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A hit man takes his victim to the middle of the desert to make the victim dig his own grave. But when the victim finds out this is the hit man's first time ... more »
Last Seen
Dir: Nathan Ginter, United States, 13 min, 2021, Narrative Short
Last Seen follows Devon, who struggles to maintain his mundane life after his younger sister has gone missing with no leads. As Devon's relationship with h ... 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 »
Last shot
Dir: Jihyun Yu, Korea, 5 min, 2021, Animation
A photographer tired of having repetitive daily life and a ghost waiting for his son. The photographer discovers a ghost through a camera. The ghost ... more »
LAST SOVIET MOVIE, THE
Dir: Aleksandrs Petukhovs, Latvia, 81 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
A film about Love, Death, and Communism. "My dear Aleksandrs, we filmmakers are all sitting in the same train. Unfortunately there are very few seats. I wi ... more »
Last Stop For Lost Property
Dir: Vicente Cueto, United States, 13 min, 2019, Documentary Short
What happens when you lose something on the subway in New York? Chances are you'll run into the wise, gentle, and unofficial ambassador of the Transit Auth ... more »
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