August 22, This Year(2020)

FILM(en)

A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.

Blue Boy(en)

A coming of age drama set in Texas, about a suburban teen boy, estranged from his family, who enlists the help of his dysfunctional friends to become a professional motorcycle racer.

Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance(fr)

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.

Fun Size Horror: Volume One(en)

Thirty-one twisted tales made from a collective of genre loving filmmakers, Fun Size Horror: Volume One aims to chill and delight horror fans. From classic slashers and creature features, to horror-comedy and hauntings all made into bite size pieces. Like a bag of Halloween candy after a night of trick or treating, Fun Size Horror: Volume One is filled with the unexpected and not without the threat of the occasional razor blade. Which leaves only one question: Trick or treat?

On Thin Ice(ru)

Two KGB agents are fighting against foreign spies before and during WWII.

Ready, Set, Bag!(en)

Competition of grocery store baggers to name the National Best Bagger at the 2008 National Grocery Bagging competition in Las Vegas.

Taanakkaran(ta)

A group of police recruits encounter horrific treatment at their police training school. Will they overcome the hardships or fall victims to the abusive system?

Antigone, or Let's Make Movies in Transylvania!(hu)

A crew of young filmmakers from Translyvania set out to make an adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone. The film is a summary of their mishaps and obstacles during shooting.

Thundering Fleas(en)

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

Pathala Bhairavi(te)

Thota Ramudu faces opposition when he falls in love with a princess. He then seeks the help of a sorcerer, who secretly plans to sacrifice Thota Ramudu to Goddess Pathala Bhairavi.

The Guru(en)

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

The Laughter Life(en)

The Laughter Life follows a week in the life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show that has garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.

The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever(en)

The story of New Jersey's infamous Action Park is retold by visitors and those who worked there in this humorous, short documentary.

The Magical World of Moss(fr)

They have no roots, no seeds, no flowers, but mosses show immense survival capacities and can suspend their biological activity for long periods. Today, researchers are exploring the exceptional resistance of these archaic organisms. British ecologists have even resurrected a "zombie" moss that has been trapped in the permafrost for 1,500 years. Associated with decay and disliked in Europe, mosses are deified in Japan. With 25,000 species worldwide, bryophytes - their scientific name - are the seat of real ecosystems, and can develop in inhospitable landscapes, through an extravagant reproduction cycle.

Cursed Money(sh)

On the Eve of WW2, the royal government of Yugoslavia hid the national money inside the cave around village of Ozrinići in Montenegro. The locals discovered the heaps of money by accident, and soon begun to build new houses and buy the land. Unfortunately, the Italians occupied the country and burned their properties to ashes. Based on a true story.

Palestine(ar)

Somewhere in the West Bank, Chaim, an Israeli soldier is injured during an accident, losing his memory as a result. When the young man is found wandering lost by a Palestinian villager, he is mistaken for Nasim, a young Palestinian man who has long been disappeared in an Israeli prison.

Las Vegas by day and night(ru)

The fame of many cities is associated with something quite certain - history, famous factories, architectural monuments, the Olympic Games - after all, Located in the Nevada Desert, far from American political and cultural centers - Las Vegas, owes its dubious fame to ... roulette...

Kolobok(uk)

The Kolobok tries to devour starving animals to fulfill its insatiable appetite

Say Goodbye!(pt)

Isolation(en)

Sarah finds herself stuck in isolation and recently broken up with. With nothing to do and nowhere to go, she tries to contact her ex to find out why he has ended their relationship

Akoshat(en)

Akoshat is a film about a child who always think about bad and good things.

Attica in Motion(en)

A four minute audio-visual journey of Athens Greece that has been time/hyper lapsed.

Un Chien Andalou(fr)

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

The Letter League(en)

A shirt film that tells the story of queer artist Heather Spooner and the adult pen pal program she created during the 2020 pandemic, featuring the poignant and humorous stories of connection and humanity that came from it.

Claustrophobia(en)

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus Lane.

Antoine and Colette(fr)

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

The Favor(en)

A gay youth can't face buying porn at his local newsstand: will his straight friend help him?

Nian(en)

A Chinese American girl faces her racist bully with the help of the Nian, a mythological creature said to eat bad children.

Nzu(en)

When a white civil servant visits his Nigerian girlfriend's family to ask for their blessing, he must face the darkness hidden in his history.

Likeness(en)

For Mia, beauty is everything. A trophy, a promise, a ball and chain, a wish upon a star. A life sentence.

I Married a Munchkin(en)

Chesterton, Indiana's annual WIZARD OF OZ parade (as well as their many Oz-themed festivities) provides the backdrop for I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN, Tom Palazzolo's study of the life and career of Mary Ellen St. Aubin. Self-described as "normal, but little," Mary Ellen details her early start in show business as a performer in an all-dwarf vaudeville act, her brief appearance in 1946's THREE WISE FOOLS, her 1948 marriage to former Munchkin Parnell St. Aubin and their subsequent retirement from entertainment to run a bar (called the Midget Club) in the South Side of Chicago. Two other former Munchkins (Margaret Pellegrini and Clarence Swensen) briefly appear among the day's revelry. Also included is a postscript (shot some time after the initial film) featuring Mary Ellen briefly describing the original size of her role in THREE WISE FOOLS, which originally featured a line and an ill-fated "flying" effect. - Tom Fritsche

Haunted at Midnight(de)

Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.

Me...Jane(en)

Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true.

Whistle for Willie(en)

For Peter, learning to whistle means being able to call his dog, Willie, and being a bit closer to those two magic words: grown-up.

Kesh(en)

This video was made for the re-release on LP of the cassette of "Music and Poetry of the Kesh", a soundtrack that Todd Barton and Ursula K. Le Guin made to accompany her book "Always Coming Home".

The Slows(en)

In a regenerating post-apocalyptic world, the only remaining traces of naturally reproduced life face extinction.

The Confession(en)

Fiona seeks refuge in her local church, escaping the evil within her house only to find that something far darker sits in the confession booth next to her. This short film is one of the five winning short films which were made for “My Annabelle Creation" competition as a promotion for the film Annabelle: Creation.

En flirt(da)

The experienced journalist Eva is flattered by the attention of her new boss. But is it just harmless flirtation?

Super Sex(en)

It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!