25th meridian

I Am an Other, from Treatment (18 Ano) to Social Integration(el)

We often wonder what becomes of people who finish rehab and try to integrate back into society. Do they succeed? In this film, we meet several such cases – people who completed the 18 ANO drug rehabilitation program and have been drug free for a number of years. We observe them in their daily lives and listen to them talk about their efforts to find a job, to become creative, to go through with something they had left undone, to face the problems bequeathed to them by their drug use, to build new relationships with their parents and children, to make new friends and fall in love. If we choose nurture over nature, these people’s efforts are nothing more then the efforts we all make to get back on our feet after an inescapable misfortune

Techboy(en)

A short film about Techboy's epiphany told through the power of DIY animation.

Eriksson's War: A Talk with Actor Michael J. Fox(en)

An interview with actor Michael J. Fox about his role in the 1989 film 'Casualties of War.'

Devil Put the Coal in the Ground(en)

Uniquely structured upon the personal storytelling of native West Virginians, Devil Put The Coal In The Ground is a meditation on the suffering and devastation brought on by the coal industry and it’s decline. From the realities of a crumbling economy, to the ravages of the opioid epidemic, to the irreparable environmental damage and its tragic impact on human health – the film is a cautionary tale of unfettered corporate power, and an elegy to a vanishing Appalachia.

Plamuz(en)

Plamuz animates a cool jazz ensemble's jam session, splitting the screen into pulsing shards of color that dance to different instruments from one moment to the next.

Don't Want(th)

Alone staying in the big city. What would I do?

The Road to Singapore(en)

A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.

Karkonosze. Pieśń Wiatru i Mrozu(pl)

Amor(en)

Cutting and sewing as metaphors. Central to this work is the complex emotions surrounding love, separation, and the metonymic twinning of objects, including that of edited images and saturated sound. “AMOR is an exquisite lyric, shot in Rome and at the natural theatre of Salzburg. The recurring sounds of cutting cloth, hands clapping, hammering, and tapping underline the associations of the montage of short camera movements, which bring together the making of a suit, the restoration of a building, and details of a figure, presumably Beavers himself, standing in the natural theatre in a new suit, making a series of hand movements and gestures. A handsomely designed Italian banknote suggests the aesthetic economy of the film: the tailoring, trimming, and chiselling point to the editing of the film itself.” (P. Adams Sitney, Film Comment).

Guernsey(nl)

Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.

We Ate the Children Last(en)

Researchers discover a radical cure for digestive tract illnesses by transplanting pig organs into the human body. Medical miracle morphs into pop phenomenon as eating garbage explodes in popularity, but society may not be prepared for consequences more chilling and irreversible than a fleeting fad.

Alicia(en)

Jotta, a young atheist and militant, is disarming the house of his dead mother after a long cancer. On the way to the fight against violence so that she could die with dignity in that house. Also your search for answers in religion, science and politics.

Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman(en)

Comedian Louie Anderson tells a story of one Christmas when he was a kid, growing up in Wisconsin, and how he and his dad brought Christmas cheer to a woman who appeared to have none.

HGTV: My House Goes Disney(en)

TV Special converting a Disney fan's house into their dream home.

The Crying Woman(es)

A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.

Wherever You Are(tl)

A bereaved wife searchs for her lost husband, only to be found with no memory of her and a new woman in his life

One Left(en)

The man in the white coat does not seem to be in a hurry as he overstretches the lifetime of his patients waiting in the waiting room to tell them the exact time of their death. Sebastian Doringer's black-humorous satire shows that time does not always mean money, and that the "Gods in White" do not always heal, but do have life in their hands.

The Boogeywoman(en)

While roller-skating, Sam, a sensitive teenage girl, hears about her small town's local legend: the Boogeywoman.