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OFF & AWAY
Dir: Nira Burstein, United States, 12 min, 2014, Narrative Short
A story through the eyes of a woman who loses her grasp of reality when her husband passes away. ... more »
OFF SEASON
Dir: Jonathan van Tulleken, United States, 13 min, 2009, Narrative Short
An alcoholic transient, with only his dog for a companion, steals from summer cottages during the brutal winter of the off season. When he ventures from hi ... more »
OFF TO THE REVOLUTION BY 2CV
Dir: Maurizio Sciarra, Italy, 98 min, 2001, Narrative Feature
It is dawn on morning of 25 April 1974 when Marco, a young Italian man of roughly 25 years of age, and his Portuguese friend Victor leave Paris in a yellow ... more »
OFF TRACK BETTY
Dir: Clayton Dean Smith, United States, 19 min, 2015, Narrative Short
In a disappearing corner of New York City, a longtime resident realizes she no longer recognizes the neighborhood that she calls home. Unsure about her fut ... more »
OFFERING, THE
Dir: Paul Lee, Canada, 10 min, 1999, Experimental
Inspired by The Young Man and His Death, a ballet choreography written by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). "The Offering" is based on my personal grief over the p ... more »
OFFICER DOWN
Dir: Dan & Matt O'Donnell, United States, 11 min, 1999, Experimental
"Officer Down" is the story of Snookie, a young NYPD beat cop with an unforgivably juvenile attitude toward life, and his mentor, the amiable veteran Detec ... more »
OH IN OHIO, THE
Dir: Billy Kent, United States, 88 min, 2006, Narrative Feature
Priscilla Chase seemed to have everything going for her with one small private exception: She never thought much of sex. When her husband unexpectedly le ... more »
OH MY DOG!
Dir: Marco Comandini, Italy, 2 min, 2018, Animation
A clumsy airport worker is busy taking out the luggage from a plane. When one of the boxes falls and gets opened by accident, the worker will be startled b ... more »
OH MY GOD
Dir: John Bryant, United States, 10 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Oh My God. How did this happen? ... more »
OJALA
Dir: Ryan Velasquez, United States, 21 min, 2012, Narrative Short
All her life, Ana has yearned for the approval of her distant mother, Olga. Though Olga loves Ana, they have never been close. Olga has struggled to let go ... 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 »
Okhmatdyt
Dir: Shelby Wilder, Ukraine, 9 min, 2022, Documentary Short
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of children have been killed and injured. Located in the center of Kyiv, Okhmatdyt is Ukraine's lar ... more »
OLANCHO
Dir: Christopher Valdes & Ted Griswold, United States, 70 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
Manuel is a farmer from a rural village in the mountains of Eastern Honduras. He aspires to be a musician but quickly realizes his only patrons are the po ... more »
Old Dog
Dir: Ann Marie, Canada, 4 min, 2020, Animation
Since his partner passed away, Henry relies on his carer for companionship and help with life's obstacles, from failing eyesight and unsteady legs to fatig ... 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 »
OLILO
Dir: Ao Li, United States, 6 min, 2015, Animation
Olilo is a 2D animation that tells the story of an introverted girl held captive by her own semi-transparent personal space. Created through a combination ... more »
OLIVE
Dir: Neasa Hardiman, Ireland, 11 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A girls' school romance. Deirdre attends an Irish-language school. She is fifteen, lonely and has an unfashionable interest in 70s punk bands. Then her cla ... more »
OLLI
Dir: Jack Rath, Germany, 11 min, 2005, Narrative Short
A cinema tale about a little boy who escapes his tormented life at home and discovers freedom through his will and imagination. Olli moves from closure to ... more »
OMR - THE WAY WE HAVE CHOSEN
Dir: Stephane Beve & Mathieu Auvray, France, 4 min, 2004, Animation
A ruffled sheet of paper is projected in a labyrinthine city made of typography. The ball tries to cut through a path in this universe inhabited by papers ... more »
ON MY OWN
Dir: Jake Marcks, United States, 12 min, 2012, Experimental
A reality show about teens making tough choices, juggling responsibilities, and facing the REAL WORLD! Or maybe something far more sinister. ... more »
ON THE LINE
Dir: Reto Caffi, Germany, 30 min, 2007, Narrative Short
A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, ... more »
ON THE ROOF
Dir: Amirhossein Kotobzadeh, Iran, 10 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Leila, a beautiful Iranian traditional woman, wants to gather her clothes from a clothes line on the roof of a building in Tehran when an encounter with a ... more »
ON THE SAFE SIDE?
Dir: David Dietl, Germany, 72 min, 2007, Narrative Feature
Journalist Sandra Harkow is producing an Infomercial for the Biometric-Lobby. It is to be presented in front of important State and Business Representative ... more »
ON THE SHORE
Dir: Julien Donada, France, 90 min, 2010, Narrative Feature
"Beau Rivage" is an excellent new entry into the Mediterranean Noir genre, telling the story of a hardboiled cop desperately looking for an impossible love ... more »
On The Side
Dir: Alma Hemmo, Israel, 14 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Friday afternoon. Ella and Yaeli, best friends for years, return drunk and happily from the beach. On their way home, a Police-Officer stops the two on the ... more »
ON THE TRAIL OF THE CAT
Dir: Andrea Caccia & Vittorio Moroni, Italy, 45 min, 2003, Documentary Short
In the north-east of Brasil the "fazendas" look for workers to knock down hectares of Amazon forest. For this purpose they use a foreman called "the cat". ... more »
ON THIN ICE
Dir: Alli Haapasalo, Finland, 60 min, 2009, Narrative Feature
It's Christmas Eve in Helsinki. Young taxi driver Samu is working to escape a family Christmas with his fiancé and baby. At the airport, he picks up a da ... more »
ONCE ALWAYS
Dir: Susanne Boeing, Germany, 21 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Only when a young mother fears her child is in danger is she able to take the first step away from codependency with her own alcoholic mother. ... more »
Once There Was III
Dir: Nina McNeely, United States, 7 min, 2021, Experimental
3 women bound to a shared soul oscillating between the throes of brutality and piety. A visceral display of true sisterhood- they suffer together, thrive t ... more »
Once upon a fact...
Dir: Vincent Scalera, France, 5 min, 2022, Animation
Who says princesses have to be saved?! Who says prince have to save the princesses? ... more »
Once Upon The Forest: Time
Dir: Steve Conry, Drew Levin, Caleb Heymann, Scott Lynch, United States, 1 min, 2017, Experimental
Every shot in this film was captured at Electric Forest 2017, and features real Forest Family in attendance, as well as performers and staff. This piece wa ... more »
ONCE WE WERE STRANGERS
Dir: Emanuele Crialese, United States, 96 min, 1998, Narrative Feature
It is a charmingly unpredictable and all-too-real modern romantic comedy about two couples set in the disarming hodgepodge of New York's colorful ethnic ne ... more »
ONE ARM
Dir: Akemi Tachibana, Japan, 15 min, 2008, Experimental
A man gets one arm of a woman whom he fell in love with, after just one night. Then the man has a tragic nightmare because of one arm. ... more »
ONE BEDROOM
Dir: Darien Sills-evans, United States, 83 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Breaking up is easy. Moving out is hard. After five years of ups and downs, an African American 30-something couple in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood ... more »
ONE DAY AFTER THE TENTH DAY
Dir: Narges Abyar, Iran, 25 min, 2008, Documentary Short
An old man who is given a camel to look after by the village people finds himself bonding with the animal after a few months. ... more »
One Leg In, One Leg Out
Dir: Lisa Rideout, Canada, 14 min, 2018, Documentary Short
A lively, strong-willed sex worker struggles to move from the streets and into a career as a social worker, hoping to help fellow trans sex workers find ac ... more »
One Night in Kathmandu
Dir: Mohan Rai, Nepal, 70 min, 2019, Narrative Feature
A GIRL, 26—together with a BOY, 33, who is a stranger to her-- take an injured man to a hospital when an accident take places near them one evening in Kath ... more »
ONE SECOND PER DAY
Dir: Richard Negre, France, 7 min, 2011, Animation
One second of film, meaning 25 drawings per day during one year, that's the goal. ... more »
ONE WAY TO SEE AMERICA
Dir: Kai Kaljo, United States, 3 min, 1999, Experimental
"In 1998, I spent some time in Buffalo at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre as an artist-in-residence. This was my first visit to America and the video "O ... more »
One Who Went South, The
Dir: Steiní Kristinsson, Iceland, 8 min, 2022, Experimental
A young man returns to his childhood home to improve his relationship with his father. However, when he arrives, everything seems different. ... more »
ONLY FIVE MINUTES
Dir: Mohammad Mohammadian, Iran, 5 min, 2016, Experimental
Brief Synopsis : A blind girl is walking in the streets and faces multiple obstacles. ... more »
Only Good Things
Dir: Kristian Gianfreda, Italy, 87 min, 2019, Narrative Feature
"Only Good Things" is the story of Benedetta, a popular sixteen-year-old girl, as she meets a bizarre family home that's just moved into her small town of ... more »
ONLY IN DREAMS
Dir: Adam Badlotto, United States, 2 min, 2010, Experimental
Over 3,000 images, shot entirely on a flatbed scanner, arranged into an avant-garde stop-motion film that explores the dynamic relationship between sight a ... more »
OPEKA
Dir: Cam Cowan, United States, Argentina, Madagascar, 89 min, 2019, Documentary Feature
Logline: An iron-willed Argentine priest inspires hope for an entire nation by teaching people living in Madagascar's largest landfill to build a highly f ... more »
Open Mic
Dir: Jonathan Rosen, United States, 10 min, 2020, Animation
At an open mic night, a young couple navigates a tense moment against the backdrop of an old comedian, a washed up country singer, and a crazed, oracular p ... more »
Open Your Eyes
Dir: Julia Jansch, United States, 3 min, 2019, Experimental
Written by Vanessa and proudly spoken by a true oracle of our time, Nancy Lorenza Green, “Open your Eyes" is a cento, an anthem piece. At once, it celebra ... more »
OPERATION MIDNIGHT CLIMAX
Dir: Will Keenan & Gadi Harel, United States, 78 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
If you asked Will Nitch, he would eagerly give you evidence of a mysterious world operating just below the surface of our day-to-day existence - a world of ... more »
OPINION POEM
Dir: Suzy Maier, United States, 2 min, 2009, Experimental
An experimental animated film about my struggles in the past. It is animated by hand, in graphite. The monologue is written by me and I have done the voic ... more »
Orange child, The
Dir: Alexandre Desane, France, 12 min, 2020, Narrative Short
In deep introspection, a Black actor sought for some answer when he found his childhood computer, he explores a video game he started creating when he was ... more »
ORANGISH TREE, THE
Dir: Amir Houshang Moeini, Iran, 7 min, 2016, Animation
A small girl lives in an orange tree and wants to help the city. ... more »
ORBIT
Dir: Richard Beenen, United States, 4 min, 2003, Experimental
Inanimate objects come alive in a playful arrangement of space, movement and sound. ... more »
Orbital Squares
Dir: Moojin Brothers, Korea, 18 min, 2020, Experimental
Technology keeps searching for a physical object. The obsessive and inefficient eyes of technology, namely the threads tangled around the person, capture t ... more »
Organ Stops - Saving The King of Instruments
Dir: James Dawson, United Kingdom, 70 min, 2021, Documentary Feature
Martin has spent his life playing and building pipe organs; nowadays he dedicates all his time to rescuing them – "It’s a real crisis. There are around fif ... more »
Orion Saga
Dir: Keon Hedayati, International, 7 min, 2021, Experimental
A spaceship travels the galaxy searching for dead planets to bring back to life. ... more »
ORPHAN OF ANYANG, THE
Dir: Wang Chao, China, 84 min, 2001, Narrative Feature
This film is set in the ancient city of Anyang, in Henan Province. A prostitute from China's Northeast(Manchuria), desperate and unable to make ends meet, ... more »
OSTOJA WILL MOVE YOUR PIANO
Dir: Sandra Mitrovic, Serbia, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Today is a day when Ostoja, legendary piano mover from Belgrade, gets a special delivery. ... more »
OTHER FINAL, THE
Dir: Johan Kramer, Netherlands, 54 min, 2002, Documentary Feature
The Other Final is about making the impossible happen: of cultural meeting, and social engagement. An old-fashioned story in a modern world. The Other Fina ... more »
Other Morgan, The
Dir: Alison Rich, United States, 14 min, 2020, Narrative Short
When a happy young exterminator discovers there's a better version of her out in the world, she begins to question the life she chose for herself. ... more »
OTHER SIDE, THE
Dir: Griselda San Martin, Spain, 5 min, 2016, Documentary Short
Just like every other weekend at Friendship Park, dozens of people have come to meet and greet one another on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a ... more »
Others
Dir: Grace Rex, United States, 13 min, 2019, Experimental
A series of non-narrative vignettes involving people in everyday moments who are connected to otherworldly beings. ... 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 »
Our Bed Is Green
Dir: Maggie Brennan, United States, 8 min, 2020, Animation
Realm, a virtual reality facility, is quite transparent about the erotic potential of its services. Wall to wall, Realm is lined with tempting previews fro ... more »
our brief eternity
Dir: William Morrison, United States, 23 min, 2006, Experimental
Modern ideas of progress rest upon a body of labour, of repetitive, invisible, and often unacknowledged intense effort. our brief eternity pays tribute to ... more »
OUR DAILY BREAD
Dir: Khavn De La Cruz, Philippines, 5 min, 2006, Documentary Short
A short documentary on how one family lives out each day to earn their daily bread. How one man's trash is literally transformed into this family's treasur ... more »
OUR HOUSE
Dir: Greg King & David Teague, United States, 58 min, 2010, Documentary Feature
On Dan Taylor's first day out of prison he had nowhere to go, and faced one of the most important choices of his life: to return to his past of drug addict ... more »
OUR MAN IN NIRVANA
Dir: Jan Koester, Germany, 10 min, 2005, Animation
John, a famous rockstar, dies during a live gig with his band and awakes in nirvana. There he has to face his wishes and deeds. ... more »
Our Mine
Dir: Shayna Strype, United States, 11 min, 2021, Experimental
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Our Own
Dir: Jeanne Leblanc, Canada, 103 min, 2019, Narrative Feature
When faced with life’s challenges, Ste-Adeline’s community has always stuck together. But this time, a scandal sends shockwaves through the quiet little to ... more »
OUSMANE
Dir: Dyana Gaye, Senegal, 15 min, 2006, Narrative Short
Dakar, Senegal. Ousmane a 7 years old child, who begs in the streets, decides to write a letter to Santa Claus... ... more »
OUSTAZ
Dir: Bentley Brown, Chad, 22 min, 2016, Documentary Short
In 1999, I move with my family from Texas to Chad, where I am introduced to the town Arabic headmaster to begin learning Arabic. At the same time that this ... more »
OUT OF BOUNDS
Dir: Fulvio Bernasconi, Switzerland, 86 min, 2007, Narrative Feature
"Out of Bounds" is the story of Mike, a young Italian boxer from Trieste. A troubled man, like many of his peers, Mike is thirty years old and still a drea ... 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 »
Outer Space Love Story
Dir: Iva Gocheva, United States, 10 min, 2018, Narrative Short
After an unspoken line is crossed, three women are forced to navigate strange passageways and painful secrets. But things aren’t always what they seem. Wha ... more »
OUTPATIENT
Dir: Alec Carlin, United States, 109 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
A stylish psychological thriller of duplicity, dance, and the descent into madness. When a soft-spoken young writer, Morris Monk (Justin Kirk) – inad ... more »
OUTSIDE
Dir: Ah-Young JUNG & Seungwon CHOI, Korea, 9 min, 2002, Animation
We go outside, and we are always on the inside. We go inside, and we are always on the outside. ... more »
OUTSKIRTS
Dir: George Gargurevich, United States, 14 min, 2002, Narrative Short
A 'white' affluent Latina on her way to nowhere breaks down in a poor town outside of Los Angeles where a Mexican pulls over to assist her. Hesitant at fir ... more »
Overdosed
Dir: Mary Sue Connolly, United States, 77 min, 2018, Documentary Feature
OVERDOSED, a debut feature-length documentary by Award-winning Editor Mary Sue Connolly.OVERDOSED, an 80-minute documentary film, is set in t ... more »
P.O.V. POINT OF VIEW
Dir: Tómas Gislason, Denmark, 107 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
Kamilla, a young Danish girl leaves for Las Vegas to get married. During the ceremony she changes her mind and runs away. She is picked up by Rock, a 40 ye ... 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 »
PAD WITH ME
Dir: Chia-ching Chu, Taiwan, 5 min, 2014, Animation
A mother is busy doing housework: cooking, doing laundry and cleaning etc. in a banal family. When the mother is busy with chores, her child comes to her w ... more »
PADAM...
Dir: Jose Manuel Carrasco, Spain, 12 min, 2007, Narrative Short
Pilar doesn't want to be alone, so she decides to go to a dating agency and she gets a blind date. What she doesn't know is that her date has different pla ... more »
PAGÜEY RIVER, THE
Dir: Ramón París & Tere Castillo, Spain, 4 min, 2005, Animation
At the shores of the Pagüey River, Honorio prepares to leave his home due to the coming flood, when an unexpected scream transforms his fled into a person ... more »
PAINFUL GLIMPSE INTO MY WRITING PROCESS, A
Dir: Chel White, United States, 1 min, 2005, Animation
Dark and humorous, this extremely short film is a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the subconscious ... more »
PALE MALE
Dir: Frederic Lilien, United States, 54 min, 2002, Documentary Feature
In the heart of New York's Central Park, a bold and daring red-tailed hawk has taken up residence. Affectionately known to New Yorkers as Pale Male, the ha ... more »
Palm Sunday
Dir: Wes Andre Goodrich, United States, 15 min, 2023, Narrative Short
Inspired by true events, Palm Sunday is a southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean Immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church ... more »
PALOMA
Dir: Giovanni Autran, United States, 11 min, 2016, Documentary Short
A series of intimate vignettes are woven together by the memories and dreams of people in central Havana. ... more »
Panchita!!
Dir: Doug Bello, United States, 5 min, 2023, Animation
Panchita is a South American girl living in a poor community with dreams of dancing. This new passion will connect her with the wide world as she transform ... more »
PANDORA'S BEAUTY
Dir: Charles Binamé, Canada, 92 min, 2000, Narrative Feature
Her name is Pandora. She harbours a secret she wanted no part of. She intends to share it with someone. Fate determines that, one day, Pandora shall meet V ... more »
PANG NAT DET
Dir: Andreas Geiger, Germany, 87 min, 2007, Documentary Feature
In Indonesia, one of the largest Islamic countries in the world, kids are punking out, and the motto isn't NO FUTURE, but DIY- DO IT YOURSELF. An aging pun ... more »
PANIC ATTACK!
Dir: Eileen O'Meara, United States, 4 min, 2016, Animation
You know the nagging thoughts that start with "did I leave the coffee on?" and turn in to "what if I give birth to Satan's baby?" This hand-drawn animation ... more »
PANMAN, RHYTHM OF THE PALMS
Dir: Sander Burger, Netherlands Antilles, 90 min, 2007, Narrative Feature
"Panmans" tells the story of the rise and fall of the steel drum pan player Harry Daniel. Harry is an icon of the Caribbean whose personal life suffers whe ... more »
PANTY SYMPHONIC, THE
Dir: Zach Strum, United States, 13 min, 2015, Experimental
When Arnold dies before finishing his will, a rat race ensues for his most prized possession--a pair of panties. Comic and irreverent, this nearly wordless ... more »
PAPAL CHASE, THE
Dir: Kenny Hotz, Canada, 53 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
The Papal Chase follows director Kenny Hotz's hilarious quest to meet the Pope. When a friend bets him $1,000 he can't meet the Pope during his 2002 visi ... 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 »
PAPER MACHE CHASE, THE
Dir: Dave Jordan, United States, 10 min, 2002, Narrative Short
The Paper Mache Chase offers a rare look behind the doors of The Bellinger Pre-School, a veritable establishment, where PDATS (Playdate Aptitude Tests) and ... more »
PAPERBOYS
Dir: Mike Mills, United States, 41 min, 2001, Documentary Short
An expoloration of paperboys and their place in American culture. ... more »
PAPILLON D'AMOUR
Dir: Nicolas Provost, Belgium, 4 min, 2003, Experimental
By subjecting fragments from the Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon to a mirror effect, Provost creates a hallucinatory scene of a woman's reverse chrysalis in ... more »
PARADISE
Dir: Treuniet Maarten, Netherlands, 75 min, 1999, Narrative Feature
The life of brothers Adri and Henri is disrupted when Adri wins a photo model, Diane, in a quiz show. Diane is no spring chicken when she comes, and Adri c ... more »
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