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- DirectorGabriel AbrantesStarsJoana BarriosFrancisco CiprianoFilipe VargasA supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi's infamous 'Princess X'
- DirectorMahdi FleifelStarsAtef AlshafeiJalal QaniryThymios KoukiosAlone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
- DirectorBárbara OliveiraJoão Rodrigues"Until one day... when the first shot was fired, everyone had to leave their homes."
- DirectorGuido HendrikxBakary Diarra comes from Mali and has two eyes. One is brown, the other blue. This is a story about his eyes.
- DirectorEvelyn Jane RossIn the beginning of them She created us.
- DirectorAntonis DoussiasAris FatourosA surreal journey inspired from the paintings of the acclaimed artist, Theodore Pantaleon. A requiem to Form, Feminine-Goddess, eternal Eve, and Art.
- DirectorMichael CusackStarsMichael CusackA poignant short stop motion film about a middle aged man coming to terms with the loss of his mother.
- DirectorDuncan CowlesWhat's it like to feel no emotion?
- DirectorAl Hodgson
- DirectorArnaud BriseboisStarsÈve LemieuxAlexi CharronNycola PlaisanceTwo hardy orphans survive upon the remains of a humanity that has left them behind.
- DirectorNathan ErasmusThis short takes us on a familiar journey of a difficult day, as seen from the unfamiliar perspective of a monkey.
- DirectorIndra SprogeA nearly impossible story, supported by a catchy melody, guides us through the ABCs- from Awesome Beetles to Yellow Zebra.
- DirectorNeely GoniodskyStarsBrian CapshawBased on the poem by Edward Smyth Jones, "Behind the Bars" tells the story of Jones' life of oppression, moving from his early childhood, when he began writing, through the prejudice he faced as an African-American intellectual, through to the end of his life, when his writing became instrumental to depicting the life of his community, previously ignored.
- DirectorHyun LoriesStarsMohamed AminHabi KasseSouleyman ThiamHabi takes us on a tour around the 5 Towers, her neighborhood. She learns us that an empty square only exists in the head of the person who looks at it that way but if you take a closer look you might think differently.
- DirectorErik SchmittStarsMarleen LohseTino MewesFolke RenkenA bear escapes and a whole city goes mad: While all citizens go about their absurd everyday activities, a bear has managed to free itself from its kennel. Meanwhile Kore has a completely different problem: The shadows of her past are haunting her--shadows she cannot banish. There is simply no way out: she needs to face her worst fear.
- DirectorEvan DerushieA portrait of the exotic bird-trade industry.
- DirectorTheodore UshevStarsCaroline DhavernasThe tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.
- DirectorAlan FrielStarsMaxine PeakeLetitia WrightTwo women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die.
- DirectorBrenda LienWhile we watch the "cat fail" of the day in cheerful safety, all that remains invisible in this neoliberal nightmare catches up with us.
- DirectorJessica MehlerStarsTom CallisCatawampus is based on the Slavic folktale of Baba Yaga, an old witch who lives in a forest, in a magical house which can walk around on chicken legs. The story follows a regular, 21st century little girl who appears to be lost during a wander around the woods. A storm starts to brew, rain begins to fall and she finds shelter in a small log cabin. But when that cabin suddenly comes to life, the little girl must hide from its frightening owner.
- DirectorRicardo SaraivaCarvalho, a bus driver in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, just bought his grandson a very special gift for their first Christmas together. In order to join the family's celebration, he now must hope for his night shift replacement to turn up on time.
- DirectorEno MfonStarsAshauna NorrisKazia PinnockIdentity and conformity collide as two sisters drift apart.
- DirectorAndrew JeffreyStarsHannah Endicott-DouglasJack KnightOliver BeckerIn a small farming community, two brothers brutally attack a local boy who sexually assaulted their sister. The three siblings quickly face the threatening consequences of this vengeful act when the beaten boy's father mysteriously arrives on their farm in the middle of the night. CHICKENS is an intense story about loss of innocence and the deep bond between siblings struggling to connect in the aftermath of unspeakable violence.
- DirectorHonami YanoAn ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.
- DirectorZofia KowalewskaStarsBarbara TorhanZdzislaw TorhanAn elderly couple grumble constantly to each other. But why? At a special dinner the story is revealed.
- DirectorLena ÓlafsdóttirStarsAnne PripErik C. SchmidtApparently normal people arriving at a clinic's waiting room start to show their worst behavior.
- DirectorRosie WesthoffStarsZara Mirabelle CooperMaddie HollidayCrush is a coming of age film about a girl's first crush. One day while waiting for the train to school Ella see's Jamie. For the days to follow she can't get her out of her head.
- DirectorDamon RussellStarsShawn ChristensenPhoebe TonkinAvery FinnIn the latest stunner by the team behind the Academy Award-winning short Curfew, a married couple's bubble of suburban normality is punctured when they find a surprise inside their toddler's teddy bear.
- DirectorMarysia MakowskaStarsLuke DollimoreSherwin FraanEtienne KilleOut of boredom two girls break into a stranger's empty house, setting in motion unintended consequences.
- DirectorEmile GignouxStarsSigne FrausigLillith Pilgaard KnudsenStefan A.L.N. NielsenYoung princess Maria has had about enough of her royal life - it's all lesson, responsibilities and duties on top of each other, every hour of every day. Overwhelmed, Maria is swept away on an adventure into the monster-filled dark, dark woods.
- DirectorMarc RibaAnna SolanasIn an isolated and unknown place during a war a child is forced to flee. On his way, horse corpses everywhere. Only dead horses. Why? Why horses have decided to kill themselves?
- DirectorLin WangStarsEvan LiuWei RenAllen Theosky RoweDeath in a Day tells the story of Evan, a young Chinese boy who, after visiting his comatose father in the hospital, witnesses his mother's struggle and must come to grips with the impending death falling upon their family.
- DirectorMason FlemingA tender look at dating in the golden years of your life - your eighties. Phil, a widower at the age of 86, decides to venture into the unfamiliar world of online dating in a search for companionship.
- DirectorEva RileyStarsCharlotte SpencerAndrew BridgmontSamiha IsmailA seemingly conventional young woman's anxieties reveal themselves through her secretive evening job.
- DirectorSuraya RajaLayla fights daily against urges and compulsions, until challenged to face her darkest fears.
- DirectorLaura GonçalvesAlexandra RamiresStarsHorácia AlvesDiamantinoFernando EscaleiraThe last habitants of a village refuse to let themselves sink into oblivion.
- DirectorBen OckrentStarsDavid BradleyRebecca FrontMark BonnarWhen news breaks that the county pig fete's being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to make one final roll of the dice - and invest his life savings in a thoroughbred piglet with which to breed new life back into his now dilapidated farm. But when he puts young Edmund out to breed and the lad abstains, the Farmer's forced on a journey that will challenge everything he thought he knew about pigs, love and the true value of life.
- DirectorIvan Wanis-RuizOne mistake and 5 lives in the balance.
- DirectorVictoria VerseauStarsMattias MalmrosAnna PaavilainenJuli has undergone a gender reassignment surgery, man to woman. A film about a transperson's loneliness and desire for closeness and love .
- DirectorBrett FoxwellA stop-motion adventure ten years in the making, Fabricated is a journey through an alien world that was once our own.
- The 25 year old daughter has moved back home to her aging parents. We get to follow the family members in their sexual dreams, their attempts to family solidarity and in vulnerable health. What do they do together? And what do they do in privacy?
- DirectorJohnny KellyStarsMonica DolanFrank BourkeHelena Jinx JonesA woman loses her husband and finds a potted plant.
- DirectorAlexander RönnbergStarsMagnus SundbergFreja GustafssonA short horror. A dad comes home after work and his daughter wants to play hide and seek. But is it really his daughter?
- DirectorTim Grabham'Films to Break Projectors' glues, scrapes and splices 35mm, 16mm and 8mm film to create unprojectable celluloid collages. Reanimating the material reveals traces of ambiguous narratives that emerge from the complex loops.
- DirectorRoss BrierleyJoshua SadlerStarsRoss BrierleyLaurence BuddIs this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? After a tip-off he's not really dead, a documentary crew embark on a journey to track down the whereabouts of Freddie Mercury. To their surprise, they find him. He's alive ... and Welsh.
- DirectorTingting LiuStarsAmanda HughesThis is one animated story happened thousands years ago in China. He is a eunuch servant in the royal palace. She is the emperor's daughter. Growing up together, they become friends and soul mates. Naturally their budding feelings for each other are forbidden in this feudalistic kingdom, but they strive for the freedom to love and to bloom.
- DirectorViktor HertzStarsMilla BerghPhilip HughesRebecka WellénA young couple, suffering from the worst imaginable form of "fear of missing out", decides to take on a tough challenge.
- DirectorHeidi Stokes'For Ray' is a celebration of Human kindness, and pays homage to how small acts of kindness can make a profound difference in a persons life.
- CreatorSarah Smallwood ParsonsStarsSarah Smallwood ParsonsAndy BustillosColin O'BrienGirls get fucked in an old apartment where a man lives to relive his past. Women flock at his door to see if he has the largest in town. He seeks more than just sex but can't find what he's looking for. Will find it before death gets him?
- DirectorTeemu NiukkanenStarsJouko PuolantoJanne ReinikainenMinna SuuronenSatan worshipping sex cult moves in next door to Raimo.
- DirectorShih-chieh ChiuThe animation is based on a self-experience. It is about the injury of rigid religious upbringing to a teenager who discovers the strange and terrifying reality behind fundamentalism. Warped into an ultra-religious environment from a young age, his surroundings force him to adhere to a rigid and sometimes irrational world-view. He eventually succumbs to the madness, and lives consumed by guilt while devouring every crumb of false hope thrown at him from his religious community. One day he gathers the courage to leave his faith behind, and sees that human existence is actually a more nuanced experience than the black and white reality in which he grew up in. By using metaphors of signs and symbols, the animation highlights and describes the mental illness caused by the conservative church on the lead character and illustrates how the character makes his way out from his dire situation.
- DirectorSophie AnsellAnnie JenkinsStarsIsaura Barbé-BrownAduke KingHelena Marrion-ColeA masochistic girl is saved from a life of scrounging and skiving when she develops an obsessive crush on David Cameron. Totally irreverent in tone, 'Funemployed' exploits whimsical pop-video imagery to playfully present a dreamworld of job seeking far removed from the grey reality of being young, broke and directionless.
- DirectorFlorian BabikianVincent BayouxVictor CaireIn a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.
- DirectorNeville PierceStarsAlice LoweChristien AnholtRay PanthakiA widow's attempts to find love are ruined when the ghost of her cheating dead husband joins her on her dates.
- DirectorSara KernStarsTin VulovicPrimoz PirnatTin MarnAs his parents mourn the loss of his baby sibling, Orlo does what he thinks is necessary to repair his family. However, even the best intentions can lead to questionable decisions.
- DirectorWill AndersonA looping GIF has an existential crisis.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeStarsGarrett DavisThe story is about 50 shapes of you drawn by cute nutty human being that stares directly into your soul.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouA filipino man's nightmare in Athens cityscape.
- DirectorQuentin HaberhamFrancis raises his son Kip in isolation. But when the boy outgrows his father's protective confines, Francis learns that what is right for himself may not be best for his son.
- DirectorMatt ReynoldsStarsGillian Wallace Horvat
- DirectorBruno CentofantiStarsLouise Kim SalterSophie Kennedy ClarkFrances RuffelleIn a post-apocalyptic England, two sister flee a London in ruins. Wiping out signs of emotions is essential to be allowed into a safe territory.
- DirectorCatriona MacInnesStarsAmy BowdenNoah GrahamNathan ByrneA young mum, Janey, runs away with her fragile son, Brodie, to a woodland hut community in Scotland. She doorsteps a boy she has recently met from the community in hope they will be welcomed. As they try understand each other and adjust to their new environment, mother and son are set adrift. They both experience their own kind of awakening but Brodie's odd behavior draws attention and hope of acceptance in the community quickly fades. In frustration, Janey gives up on Brodie, whilst he finds solace in a mysterious wolf he has been seeing since they arrived.
- DirectorFela BellottoEtienne KompisOn a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions the traveler suddenly comes across himself.
- DirectorEoin DuffyStarsNicholas CampbellFred EwanuickA mysterious traveler journeys across space and time in search of the origin of the universe, life, and God. Eventually finding himself alone in the dying light of an aging cosmos, he arrives at a devastating realization. Yet the world continues to spin. Through sharp modernist shapes and a riveting score by composer duo Menalon, I Am Here takes a curious and contemplative approach to dark and complex themes like the nature of time and consciousness. Directed by Oscar®-shortlisted animator Eoin Duffy and featuring the voice acting of Nicholas Campbell (Da Vinci's Inquest, Goon), I Am Here is a thoughtful and open-ended exploration of existence itself.
- DirectorGabriela StaniszewskaStarsGabriela StaniszewskaOne cold dark night, a woman encounters something strange and terrifying on her walk home. When it asks her a question, her sheer terror causes her to lie... with disastrous consequences.
- DirectorSophie MalpasStarsIda IsadiA cooling short film from Calling The Shots director Sophie Malpas, who enters into the weird and wonderful secret world of an ice lolly disco.
- DirectorFabio FriedliFrom a seed to war, from meat to love, from indifference to apocalypse. An attempt to capture the world in a nutshell.
- DirectorMarnik LoysenStarsRyan LaughtonDr Frank Buckett invents the Expando-Ray, what could possibly go wrong? Marnik Loysen is a 3D Animator and Model maker who after making his Random Acts film in Aardman's studios, has been hired to work on their new feature film.
- DirectorMustashrik MahbubAn empowering short animated film that empowers young girls living in difficult conditions around the world to believe in themselves.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsSarah-Megan AllouchMathilde MennetrierAlphonse MaîtrepierreCharacters wander through an erotic maze of love and desire.
- DirectorChris ShepherdStarsChris FreeneyIan HartNathan TurnerDespite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can't shake off the ghosts of the past.
- DirectorPeter Zhaoyu Zhou
- DirectorDavid O'ReillyStarsMark LawrenceBrian CoxAlan CurranIn 1973 Stanley Kubrick came to Ireland - and brought the British Army with him. A romantic comedy set behind the scenes of Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975).
- DirectorDina VelikovskayaStarsElena BushuevaIrina EvdokimovaIn a desert world inhabited by anthropomorphic birds, the Cuckoo is a pilgrim fascinated by the sun. An inopportunely laid egg is perceived by her as a hindrance. You can habitually get rid of an egg, but suddenly a chick hatches from it.
- DirectorElizabeth Jaeleigh DavisStarsAlex MacNicollMadeleine WatersWhen a virginal girl follows her lover into a mysterious forest, a twist of fate wrenches them apart forever. The girl struggles to be ever closer to him in this fairytale about sex, death, and pie.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsThea BrooksSydney BuchanGermain GulickOn a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight.
- DirectorEllen PearsonStarsTilly LawlessEllen Pearson directs a collaborative project exploring the everyday experiences of Tilly Lawless, a sex worker in Sydney's decriminalised sex industry, understood within the context of society's taboos and an ever increasing call for international decriminalisation of the profession. Unlike previous documentation of sex work it welcomes the viewer into Tilly's world as a confidant, rather than as a voyeur.
- DirectorKatey WheelhouseStarsLiz McGeeverTyler PeckA young woman discovers the unexpected when she skips work for the first time.
- DirectorSteffen Bang LindholmStarsDave DysonScott KeckLawrence MarvitA freelance reporter ventures into a post-zombie resettlement camp and interviews two ex-zombies trying to find out whether ex-zombies are ready for reinsertion into normal society.
- DirectorJim ChuchuSelly Raby KaneStarsMarrianne NungoJason RunoJesse MutakiwaA group of Africans have left the Earth to create a colony on a distant planet. They respond with disquiet to the arrival of an uninvited guest.
- DirectorRoss HoggWill we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle?
- DirectorRobert LöbelTwo characters are linked by their hair. They influence each other by every move they make.
- DirectorNimer RashedStarsOmar TibiAmmar Haj AhmadMudar AbbaraA 10-year-old refugee living in the 'Jungle' refugee camp of Calais seizes the opportunity to escape to a better life.
- DirectorTsung-Han TsaiStarsChien-Na LeeHong-Chi LeeAfter a nuclear disaster, the world has gone dystopian. Many people have undergone physical mutation, and therefore are cut off government supplies. A female mutant robs the provisions of a military officer with a strong sense of justice. His chase ends in a rundown, gaudy amusement park. Just when the girl is about to be arrested, she discovers a top secret. The division between normal and abnormal should not be a raison d'être.
- DirectorSean BuckelewA story of net-crossed lovers.
- DirectorChintis LundgrenStarsTrevor BorisFrance CastelDrasko IvezicA hot young plumber Toomas breaks into the harmonious life of Manivald and his retired mother.
- DirectorRana KazkazAnas KhalafStarsZiad BakriZayn KhalafZidane AwadOn the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter's life at risk.
- DirectorJessica PaludStarsFlavie DelangleJonathan CouziniéAnne SuarezMarlon, 14 years old, is visiting her mother in jail for the first time since her imprisonment. The young girl, protected by her family and relatives, stubbornly believes that her mother is still her childhood heroine...
- DirectorDanfung DennisTen years after 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Al Gore takes viewers on an immersive, 3D journey to the front lines of climate change.
- DirectorSamira BadranA figure has to go through a checkpoint in Palestine. It has to overcome a series of obstacles that will drastically affect her mobility. The consciousness of the past and the longing for a future coexist simultaneously into her day-to-day life. 'Memory of the Land' is a reflection on the human condition under the yoke of violence.
- DirectorDaniel MoshelStarsRaul BartoschFelipe JimenezAugust SchramAfter Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1, the odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the internet has ever witnessed!
- DirectorEran Amir
- DirectorNari JangShe was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she was struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion.
- DirectorLia HietalaStarsErika ColemanTina Pour DavoyTina Pourdavoy10-year old Cleo joins her lesbian sister Gabbi and her girlfriend to her summerhouse. In the center of attention is the biggest question: Who is Cleo in love with, is it a girl or is it a boy?
- DirectorNg'endo MukiiStarsCarol KariukiNg'endo MukiiEddy SibworTwo women and a man wrangle. Each must hollow out the other's core for fruits promised but only ever borne in dreams. A poetic symphony on Nairobi.
- DirectorRu KuwahataMax PorterStarsAlbert BirneyEven though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
- DirectorEddy Hohf
- DirectorWim ReygaertStarsPauline BillialdLawrence BuntonGoele DerickA Michael Jackson impersonator dedicates his whole life to the perfection of his act.