Trace #23

Land Without Bread(es)

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)

Mint in Box(en)

Abby awakens to find herself trapped inside a crate, with unknown figures outside and her only hope is to find a means of escape.

The Face of The Devil(en)

While investigating a recent string of murders a photographer uncovers a strange mask.

Busca(en)

"Search" is an experimental film that shows a camera trying to see what is on the other side of the window.

All Stuck Up(en)

When the paperhangers go on strike, guests at a newlyweds' housewarming party try to finish the job with disastrous results.

Upside Down Boxers(en)

Two men box while standing on their hands

Reflection(en)

Alice comes face-to-face with her reflection.

We All Scream(en)

A neglected boy with a sweet tooth gets more than he bargained for when he receives a special visit from the mysterious Ice Cream Man, Mr. Sweetie.

Bo Hai(cs)

They think as Czechs, they speak as Czechs, but they look as Vietnamese. How is the second generation of Vietnamese people in Europe?

Gate(xx)

It’s feels like a vision of a pilgrimage gone south. Desperately looking for the gate in the forgotten lands where only military planes dare to fy. By using gouache painting and their digital processing, animation artist Francesco Rosso imagines two monks rehearsing, fnding perfect pitch which fows through walls and fences, despite their layers. The impulse for this animation comes from an existing musical composition by Karl Saks who recorded Buddhist monks chanting while on a trip to China.

A Doonesbury Special(en)

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Teenage Father(en)

About a high school boy who accidentally got his girlfriend pregnant. They both agree that they’ll give up the baby for adoption when the child is born…. turns out things are not so simple.

The Window(ko)

Sergeant Jeong Cheol-min's squad are in a renovated stock room with no window. The squad members are well known to be a hardworking group until Councellor Hong Yeong-soo comes in and starts causing trouble. Hong Yeong-soo seems to have difficulties adjusting to this environment. Things in the army changes rapidly, Jeong Cheol-min and his crew find themselves under attack perceived as the aggressors.

Dragon Fruit(en)

In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.

100m(fr)

To win a frantic 100m dash, 5 heroic sprinters transform themselves into savage beasts.

Un jour à Paris(fr)

A young man finds love on the streets of Paris, thanks to an Umbrella

Sleepwalker(en)

A husband's attempt to keep his sleepwalking wife from injuring herself descends into chaos as he discovers she may be in the grips of mind control.

BETA(de)

A young woman finds herself in a cold cellar room without any recollection how she got there. Two men alone with her. Both captors try everything to get information from her. Are these men her kidnappers or is there any other reason why she is held captive?

Falling(fr)

In the winter of 1994 in the French suburbs, Léo and Baptiste, two polar opposite students, meet up one evening to work on a school presentation.

Oedipus Complex(en)

Oedipus Complex short film.

Box(en)

The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..

Box(en)

A doomsday pepper is surprised to find a mysterious box appear in his living room with no trace as to how it could've gotten there.

El camino del Pancracio(es)

A moment in the life and work of Alan Salvador García López, a recently graduated vocation career nurse, originally from Zacapu, Michoacán, who on Sundays performs a ritual that transforms and transports him to his personal nirvana, which is ultimate fighting. Also, his perspective on life, his love for his family, and his path to self-esteem and maturity.

Black Birds(sh)

WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.

On the Roof of the World: The Journey of H.R.H. the Duke of Abruzzo to Karakorum(it)

Travelogue about the 1909 expedition of Duke Luigi Amedeo of Italy to K2.

Thunder in Paradise 3(en)

Spencer and Bru break into his HQ and capture notorious drug lord Manuel Santiago of a DEA Agent. Santiago's angered assistant, Mason Lee, takes the school hostage where Kelly is teaching and Jessica is one of the students in attendance in retaliation to Santiago's capture. Alison, knowing a way in, joins Spencer and Bru in the rescue.

Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber(cs)

A meat-eating monarch marries a vegetarian princess.

Vengeance Is Mine(en)

Unsuccessfully trying to close old family wounds on a trip back to the Rhode Island home of her miserable childhood, a troubled young woman finds her new friendship with a neighbor has her stuck in another family drama.

Daddy Long Legs(en)

In this animated version of the Jean Webster classic, living in an orphanage, Judy Abbot earns a scholarship to study at a prestigious American university thanks to a mysterious admirer.

Homebird(en)

Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.

Gamers(it)

Media Man(en)

“Danny and Nancy Lyon’s ‘Media Man’ is a documentary in search of the truth. . . totally honest and very funny.” - Phillip Brockman, Curator of Media Arts, The Concoran Gallery of Art

Capul de zimbru(ro)

DARK SIDE of the GREENS(en)

Documentary investigating how developers, often working with local officials, are using golf as a smokescreen to build massive luxury resorts with negative effects on the local environment. However, people are fighting back. The programme features appearances from Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin, environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr and real estate developer Donald Trump. TV follow-up to You've Been Trumped, about the continued opposition to Donald Trump's plan to build a colossal golf course on Aberdeenshire coastal wilderness. Baxter now looks at other global beauty spots threatened by luxury resorts.

Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus(fr)

In 2019, the director Leos Carax proposes to Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet to design, make and animate "Annette", the puppet of his new film. This one will be the child of the couple Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver. Propelled into the world of cinema, begins for this charismatic duo a unique and singular adventure in their career as puppeteers. Faced with the demands of the filmmaker, the impossible, they are held.

The Delhi Durbar(en)

The Shining Will Come Crashing Down(xx)

The Shining Will Come Crashing Down