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Dir: Alessandro Maresca, Italy, 2 min, 2005, Narrative Short
John Black, 33 years old. The last minute of his life. He's going to die by electrocution, for a crime he never committed, nor even thought of. Fortunately ... 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 »
LAUD WEINER
Dir: Philip Euling, United States, 4 min, 2001, Narrative Short
Inspired by the infamous Los Angeles Times-produced cinema trailers profiling different jobs within the film industry, LAUD WEINER* follows Lauden Weine ... more »
LAUGHTER OF GOD, THE
Dir: Dylan Verrechia, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Mr. Gouliate, an Algerian journalist in exile, lives with his daughter in New York. He has to deal with the burden of his memory and the reality of his dau ... more »
LAY IT ON ME
Dir: Michelle Larkin, United States, 9 min, 2015, Narrative Short
If this mattress could talk.... It would share a series of sincere, relatable stories about the human condition. ... more »
LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Dir: Bert Gottschalk, Germany, 9 min, 1999, Experimental
Desert. A vulture enjoys the silence of a hot afternoon. The sudden appearance of a noisy vehicle destroys the quietness of this situation. Two pistoleros ... more »
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Dir: Wen Pey, Malaysia, United Kingdom, 4 min, 2022, Experimental
LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W examines the influence of the Industrial Revolution via the relics from architecture in London, reflecting the effects techno ... more »
LE REGULATEUR
Dir: Philippe Grammaticopoulos, France, 16 min, 2004, Animation
A couple adopt a child, whom they built with many different pieces. But the choice of the pieces is so huge that the child will not be as perfect as it sho ... more »
LEA'S SUNDAYS
Dir: Yohann Kouam, France, 19 min, 2011, Narrative Short
Lea, 18, woke up naked with a killer headache in the bed of a stranger who must have been twice her age. All she remembered from the night before was headi ... more »
Learn To Swim
Dir: Thyrone Tommy, Canada, 90 min, 2021, Narrative Feature
After a tragic loss, Dezi, a jazz musician, flees in an attempt to rebuild his life, only to find himself haunted by the truth of his past. ... more »
Learning To Breathe
Dir: Joe Brewster, United States, 10 min, 2020, Documentary Short
In 2014, the police killings of Eric Garner, John Crawford, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown led to protests all across the country. That year, in a sho ... more »
LEARNING TO LIE
Dir: Hendrik Handloegten, Germany, 94 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Helmut is a shy, awkward kid...and a bit naïve when it comes to girls. When Britta, the most gorgeous girl in his high-school class, finally notices him on ... more »
Leeper
Dir: Lorenzo de Guia, United States, 2 min, 2019, Documentary Short
Blake Leeper is an eight-time Paralympic medalist representing the United States. Throughout his life, Blake has not let anything stop him from achieving h ... more »
LEFT
Dir: Eamonn O Neill, Ireland, 13 min, 2012, Animation
When I was 12, my best friend was Neill. We were in the same class at school. We cycled our bikes.We played. In summer, we fished off the jetty. We got old ... more »
LEFT BEHIND
Dir: Fabian Daub & Andreas Gräfenstein, Germany, 13 min, 2008, Documentary Short
In Waldenburg, situated in the Lower Silesian Coalfield, all mines are closed down. Lukasz and his elder friend Jacek have been digging coal at their own r ... more »
LEFT HANDED
Dir: Baoqi Ye, Canada, 10 min, 2002, Narrative Short
The round hole...the square peg. If neither bends, which will break? A left-handed boy is just beginning school. In 1979 China, conformity is a matter of s ... 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 »
LENNY
Dir: Cyril Amon Schaublin, Germany, 17 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Two teenagers lives are brought together through internet webcams. Anton's desire is awakened after discovering Lenny's personal video blog on Youtube. Awa ... more »
LEO AND SANDRA
Dir: Alessandro Celli, Italy, 7 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Leo is a very quiet boy who would like to introduce himself to his neighbour who studies on the opposite terrace. ... more »
Leon's Fantasy Cut
Dir: Josh Caras, Jon Valde, United States, 99 min, 2021, Narrative Feature
Two first generation Ukrainian-American brothers George and Iggy know they are destined for great things. George is a wannabe business scion festering in a ... more »
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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 »
LES MISERABLES
Dir: Ladj Ly Ly, France, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specifi ... more »
Lesbians On The Loose
Dir: Steph Jowett, Tilly Robba, Australia, 14 min, 2022, Documentary Short
This documentary chronicles the origins of Lesbians on the Loose (LOTL), a free lesbian magazine started in 1989 as a grassroots 8 page black & white newsl ... more »
Lessons From Jeju
Dir: Nicole Gormley, Korea, United States, 13 min, 2019, Documentary Short
An Adventure into Motherhood is a first-hand exploration of the haenyeo, a unique group of free-diving women known for shattering traditions by becoming Ko ... more »
LESSONS FROM THE NIGHT
Dir: Adrian Francis, Australia, 9 min, 2008, Documentary Short
As dusk approaches and workers stream out of the city, Maia, a Bulgarian immigrant, is about to begin her day. She reflects on life, work and toilet bowls ... more »
LESTER SHOW 'HAPPY HOUR', THE
Dir: Allan Steele, United States, 6 min, 2003, Animation
The story revolves around Lester, a skinny kid who lives with his rat in an abandoned car underneath the freeway overpass. On this epic journey he makes fr ... more »
LET IT RIDE
Dir: Mark Phillips, United States, 3 min, 2013, Animation
The story of one soldier's moment in an abstract battle that has no beginning or end. ... more »
LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN
Dir: David Petersen, United States, 87 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
In an age when fundamentalist religion is often tied to terrorism, LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN offers insight into the role it plays in human society. This doc ... more »
LETTER TO COLLEEN, A
Dir: Carolyn & Andy London, United States, 9 min, 2007, Animation
Head smack into the purgatory of modern teenage life. Using fittingly raw and economical animation, this film is a harsh and wrenching plea to make sense o ... more »
LETTERS FROM THE DEAD
Dir: Ari Taub, United States, 88 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Northern Italy late 1944. A German Army lieutenant desperately waits for Italian reinforcements. The Italian reinforcements finally arrive, but to everyone ... more »
LEVIATHAN
Dir: Simon Bogojevic-Narath, Croatia, 15 min, 2006, Animation
Jerky but smiling characters from this short film take the audience through an animated pageant inspired by Thomas Hobbes' "The Leviathan," written in 1651 ... more »
Lewiston
Dir: David Shayne, Jacob Roberts, United States, 15 min, 2019, Documentary Short
A series of lyrical vignettes explores the cultural encounter between two radically different communities—one Somali, one white—that coexist in a precariou ... more »
LIBERATION ON BAIL
Dir: Ignacio Nacho, Spain, 7 min, 2002, Experimental
"The freedom for some people, is the worst of the jails." Anonymous ... more »
LIFE & LIFE
Dir: NC Heikin, United States, 80 min, 2021, Documentary Feature
Life & Life focuses on pressing criminal justice issues in America as seen through the life of recent parolee Reggie Austin, an engaging, talented musician ... more »
LIFE HACK
Dir: Sloan Copeland, United States, 85 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
White hat hacker Charlie (Derek Wilson, "Preacher") finds out that his best friend Bobby (Dylan Pinter) was caught masturbating on video and is now being b ... more »
LIFE IN TRANSITION
Dir: John R. Dilworth, United States, 4 min, 2005, Animation
Life in Transition is a visual and symbolic journey depcting the continual transformations of life from birth to death to re-birth. ... more »
Life Is a Particle Time Is a Wave
Dir: Daniel Zvereff, United States, 10 min, 2021, Animation
In an attempt to ease his sadness, a widowed watchmaker spends his remaining days in solitude, distracting himself with repetitive activities to pass the t ... 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 »
LIFE OF SIGNIFICANT SOIL
Dir: Michael Irish, United States, 71 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
As Conor and Addison trudge through their failing relationship they realize suddenly that they are trapped. Working together in an attempt to escape what s ... more »
LIFT
Dir: Marc Isaacs, England, 24 min, 2001, Documentary Short
When filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they ... more »
LIGHT
Dir: Maja Fernqvist, United States, 16 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A dark short film about the power struggle between 14-year old Toni's will for life and her mentally ill mother's wish for them to depart together on their ... 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 »
LIGHTNING BUG
Dir: Robert Hall, United States, 109 min, 2004, Narrative Feature
"Lightning Bug" is the story of a young boy growing up poor and misunderstood in the rural South. He dreams of escaping by becoming a special effects make- ... more »
LIGHTNINGFACE
Dir: Brian Petsos, United States, 19 min, 2016, Narrative Short
An origin story, of sorts -- LIGHTNINGFACE stars Oscar Isaac as Basil Stitt, who in the aftermath of an inexplicable incident, decides to sequester himself ... more »
Lights Out
Dir: Mike Fernandez, United States, 11 min, 2022, Documentary Short
Lights Out monitors the streets of downtown Philadelphia to find out where birds are colliding with buildings during migration. Looking for dead and injure ... more »
LILA
Dir: Broadcast Club, France, 13 min, 2009, Documentary Short
This must be the wood, she said thoughtfully to herself, where things have no names. ... more »
LILOU
Dir: Rawan Rahim, Lebanon, 8 min, 2015, Animation
Lilou is extremely sensitive and curious, but also crippled by an unbearable shyness. She receives the power to see into the past of people, and that will ... more »
LIMITED, THE
Dir: Katherine Mackinney, United States, 11 min, 2000, Narrative Short
What if you had to give an account of your life when you die? John Hansen is about to find out. On his way to the store to pick up milk for the baby, he en ... more »
LINE, THE
Dir: Kent Bassett, United States, 23 min, 2007, Narrative Short
A migrant father and son run out of water while crossing the desert border and must seek help from a ranch house. ... more »
LIONESS(ES)
Dir: Jae-Hee Hong, Korea, 20 min, 2008, Narrative Short
A meat market: Jung-hee, a butcher, run away from her abusive husband, Sung-chil, who gambles and even beats her. Her neighbors, pitying her situation, sug ... more »
Lionheart
Dir: Cam Tribe, Ghana, 16 min, 2020, Documentary Short
Trapped by misfortune and poverty in Ghana, two young men, Felix and Emmanuel, devote themselves to boxing as their way out. When the two are scheduled to ... more »
Lions in the Corner
Dir: Paul Hairston, United States, 9 min, 2019, Documentary Short
In Virginia, Scarface started a fight club in his backyard to combat gun and knife violence in the area. Soon it turned into something much more. ... more »
LISTEN
Dir: Monteith Mccollum, United States, 10 min, 2013, Experimental
'Listen', a short film made as part of a collaboration of works curated by Slamdance Film Festival, examines shortwave radio as a technology that can be u ... more »
Little Berlin
Dir: Kate McMullen, United Kingdom, Germany, 13 min, 2021, Documentary Short
When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 36 cows. Based on a true story, narrated by Christoph Wa ... more »
LITTLE BLOCK OF CEMENT WITH DISHEVELED HAIR CONTAINING THE SEA
Dir: Jorge Lopez Navarrete, Spain, 15 min, 2013, Narrative Short
A dog and a mare embark upon a voyage together. With every step they take, the differences between them become inevitably clearer, and yet the profound mut ... more »
LITTLE DOG
Dir: Valeria Radivo, Argentina, 9 min, 2000, Narrative Short
A young couple, very much in love, returns to their home at night by bus. He gives her a box containing a present. It's a little dog with a sign saying I l ... more »
LITTLE FUGITIVE
Dir: Joanna Lipper, United States, 90 min, 2005, Narrative Feature
Joey and Lenny don't realize how much they love each other. Like so many siblings, they fight often. Each brother sometimes wishes the other were dead. On ... more »
Little Hurts
Dir: Debra Solomon, United States, 11 min, 2022, Animation
An errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a free-for-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions. ... more »
Little Pakistan - Future Histories
Dir: Sana Akram, United States, Pakistan, 120 min, 2021, Documentary Feature
Little Pakistan—Future Histories is a dérive—a drifting in an online environment illustrating an immigrant neighborhood of Pakistani-Americans spread acros ... more »
LITTLE RABBIT IN A HOLE
Dir: Hanna Doose, Germany, 11 min, 2004, Narrative Short
After this specific day, that starts out as normal as any other one, the relationship between twelve year old Marcus and his father will never be the same. ... more »
Little t
Dir: Masha Ellsworth, United States, 6 min, 2023, Animation
Follow Alexis on the biggest day of her life - her dream job interview as an interior designer. She's armed with an impressive resume, design portfolio, an ... more »
LITTLE WHITE LIES
Dir: Stuart Napier, England, 10 min, 2010, Narrative Short
Two young brothers, both in temporary foster care, look forward to a picnic with Mum but the unexpected arrival of Mum's new boyfriend Greg, has unforeseen ... more »
LIVE A BIT LONGER...
Dir: David Lambert, Belgium, 15 min, 2009, Narrative Short
In the early hours of every single morning, while his lover Pierre is asleep upstairs, Nico works with his father the baker. All of the sudden, he falls to ... more »
LIVE BAIT
Dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy, 7 min, 2012, Animation
A small fish one day meets a big fish. The big fish wants to eat him, and that is more than normal... but a discussion between the two will turn the story ... more »
LIVE BOYS
Dir: Birgit Großkopf, Germany, 12 min, 2002, Narrative Short
On a hot summers day two teenaged girlfriends skip school and escape boring suburbia by playing a special game: they ride in cars with men and try to humil ... more »
LIVE YOUR LIGHT
Dir: Jendra Jarnagin, United States, 5 min, 2016, Experimental
Eight unique and accomplished professional performers from the Bushwick Brooklyn circus arts collaborative called "House of Yes" perform for the camera in ... more »
Living Fish
Dir: Isabela Costa, Brazil, 13 min, 2022, Experimental
A few days before the apocalypse, a lonely young woman has a revelation: she has been wrongly trying to fit in on Earth, as she is actually a sea creature. ... more »
LOCAL, THE
Dir: Dan Eberle, United States, 90 min, 2008, Narrative Feature
A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to extract his daughter from the drug-induced stranglehold of her lover, a sadistic war-scarred veteran. "The ... more »
LONDON
Dir: Garry Waller, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
A short animation which uses the spoken word alongside animated typography to convey a brief story about the blitz in London during World War II. As th ... more »
LONELINESS OF ANIMALS, THE
Dir: Fabienne Bouville, United States, 20 min, 2001, Narrative Short
A woman who keeps herself company with visions of wild animals goes on a blind date. ... more »
LONELINESS OF THE CROCODILES, THE
Dir: Jobst Oetzmann, Germany, 97 min, 2001, Narrative Feature
Günther, an intellectual son of a butcher from East Westphalia, is considered an eccentric in his village. He antagonizes his parents by taking the farmer' ... more »
LONELY BLISS OF THE CANNONBALL LUKE, THE
Dir: Levi Abrino, United States, 11 min, 2007, Narrative Short
A human cannonball named Luke returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania to launch himself back into the lives of his ex-flame Hannah and her daughter El ... more »
LONELY BOY
Dir: Becalelis Brodskis, England, 2 min, 2002, Animation
A moving portrait of loneliness. The story of a man who is estranged from those around him and lives out his life utterly alone. ... 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 »
LONG DISTANCE
Dir: Moritz Siebert, England, 27 min, 2009, Documentary Short
Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career in the US. Once he was a promising member of the Ethiopian natio ... more »
LONG JOURNEY HOME, THE
Dir: Billie Mintz & Jeffrey Stewart Timmins, Canada, 7 min, 2008, Animation
In a village that never knew sickness a boy is sent into the wilderness to find the cure to his illness. He returns from his great journey to a village tha ... more »
LOOKING FOR ALFRED
Dir: Johan Grimonprez, Belgium, 10 min, 2005, Experimental
What's your favorite Hitchcock film? Obsessed with de/reconstructing our corrupted visions of media, celebrity and appearance, Johan Grimonprez assembled a ... more »
LOOPLOOP
Dir: Patrick Bergeron, Canada, 5 min, 2008, Experimental
In a train going to Hanoi in Vietnam, the houses boarding the railroad are passing by. Using animation and time shifts this video runs forwards and backwar ... more »
Los Otros
Dir: Monica Pendergrass, Eric Baldetti, Mexico, 13 min, 2019, Documentary Short
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Americans are deported from the United States to "their country of origin" every year. What happens to these "non-cit ... more »
LOST CHILDREN
Dir: Ali Samadi Ahadi & Oliver Stoltz, Germany, 97 min, 2005, Documentary Feature
For over 18 years the civil war in north Uganda started - nearly unnoticed by the world's public. The rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) are waging ... more »
Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan, The
Dir: Burt Grinstead, United States, 83 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
A young journalism student decides to return to her hometown to investigate a brutal murder that took place 30 years prior. Without much hope of finding an ... more »
LOST TRIBES OF NEW YORK CITY, THE
Dir: Carolyn & Andy London, United States, 3 min, 2009, Animation
Urban anthropologists Andy & Carolyn London interview some of New York City's more overlooked citizens. ... more »
Louise From 9 to 5
Dir: Julien Marcotte, Canada, 13 min, 2021, Narrative Short
Louise works as a human resources advisor. She operates in a tense work environment in which power dynamics take many forms. Trying to manage a conflict be ... more »
LOVE & SUICIDE
Dir: Rene Gabri, United States, 128 min, 2004, Experimental
In Love & Suicide, a filmmaker is asked by a stranger to document his suicide. Part documentary, part fiction, and refusing to be tied to genres, the film ... 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 »
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS
Dir: Melissa Johnson & Robertino Zambrano, Australia, 9 min, 2014, Animation
Melissa Johnson hit 6'4'' tall in 8th grade. Although this made her an instant basketball star, LOVE IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS explores her hilarious a ... more »
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED?
Dir: Kim Rocco Shields, United States, 123 min, 2015, Narrative Feature
Bullying, prejudice, and human rights with a twist: Imagine our world where homosexuality is the social norm and heterophobia is common. This award winnin ... more »
LOVE IS BLIND
Dir: Ertug Tufekcioglu, Turkey, 11 min, 2011, Experimental
A desperately unhappy woman finds love while not expecting at all. And Love makes Serap blind. If it's Love... ... more »
LOVE IS THE ONLY MASTER I'LL SERVE
Dir: Nicholas Lens, Belgium, 22 min, 2006, Experimental
Two women address themselves to an imaginary love-god seeking a unification into one and the same entity. ... more »
LOVE LETTER
Dir: Lindsey Martin, United States, 14 min, 2012, Experimental
Love Letter examines the fantasies of Basil, an eight-year-old coping with emotional anxieties triggered by the divorce of her parents. Basil's uncertainty ... more »
LOVE PATATE
Dir: Gilles Cuvelier, France, 13 min, 2010, Animation
Some french fries, a love triangle, a potato with a scar, a huge nose, North of France and a bunny... ... more »
LOVE THUNDERBOLT
Dir: Vincent Primault, France, 5 min, 2006, Narrative Short
Two friends are chatting in the street when one of them sees a girl he falls immediately in love with. He decides to go talk to her. ... more »
LOVE, PARTITION
Dir: Tong Hoi Ka, Hong Kong, 15 min, 2009, Narrative Short
This is a record of the love between Him and Her, told through nine different thirteen-minute-long shots which are separated into nine pieces and shown s ... more »
Lovers, The
Dir: Avra Fox-Lerner, United States, 10 min, 2020, Narrative Short
A roommate stuck in a codependent cycle finds her burgeoning romance might lead to something unexpected. ... more »
LOWER CITY
Dir: Sergio Machado, Brazil, 97 min, 2005, Narrative Feature
Deco and Naldinho are best friends in a constant struggle to earn an honest living in the gritty world of Salvador de Bahia's Lower City. When a beautiful ... more »
Lucienne in a world without solitude
Dir: Geordy Couturiau, France, 30 min, 2021, Narrative Short
In a world without solitude, where everyone shares their life with their double, Lucienne has a relationship with Paul, a former lover who has lost his twi ... more »
LUCKY
Dir: Nash Edgerton, Australia, 5 min, 2005, Narrative Short
Lucky finds himself in a bind ... more »
LUCKY
Dir: Avie Luthra, South Africa, 20 min, 2005, Narrative Short
Lucky is an AIDS orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village for the bright lights of Durban. He is full of excitement and hope but Lucky has to learn ... more »
LUCKY DIP, THE
Dir: Emily Skinner, England, 4 min, 2001, Animation
The story is set in charming seaside town blown by autumn winds and rain. A small girl visits the town with her parents and is fascinated by all the fairgr ... more »
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