Screen Test [ST238]: Nico

I'll Kill Myself!(pl)

Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves

Moon River(pt)

Everything's Ducky(en)

Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough take to the streets as pots and pans salesmen, wreaking havoc door to door with their demonstrations of their cookware.

Small Talk(en)

A young phone sex operator named Al's career takes a strange turn as her more unpleasant clients begin dying under mysterious circumstances after speaking with her. Al is left with sudden, intense headaches after each incident, the likes of which she has never experienced before. Is this coincidence, or is she somehow causing these deaths? Al attempts to keep her grip on reality and enlists her best friend investigate--battling violent ex boyfriends and the horror of the service industry along the way

Piety(es)

As a poisonous dust cloud is heading towards their house, a mother and father will have to choose between sacrificing one of their three children or taking the risk of losing them all.

History of Civilization(ru)

Indira decides to restart her life and move to London. However, on her last day, she dares to explore what she will leave behind.

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper(en)

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking

The Green Beret(en)

One of two short films created and produced by Spongebob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg at CalArts in 1992.

The Crown Prince(en)

Frank Robinson abuses his wife verbally and batters her physically, with frightening consequences not only for her, but also for their sons, Billy and Freddy. This thought-provoking drama delves into the complexities teenagers encounter when faced with such issues, highlighting the beginning of a healing journey for this family.

Jam Today(en)

Robert is stuck on a boating holiday with his parents in the English countryside. Impatient to grow and become a man, an unexpected sight cracks his world open.

Feeler(en)

16mm film by Paul Clipson, and music by Sarah Davachi. Filmed in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Krakow, Sidney, Portland, Napa, Oakland and San Francisco.

Jurassic Punk(en)

In 1976, punk rocker Danny Brooklyn was kicked out of his own band. 45 years later, he's crashing the reunion.

The Dog that Drinks Seawater(az)

The short film tells the story of a woman who was betrayed by the man she loved and lost her unborn child. The depressed woman arrives at a deserted beach, where she becomes a silent witness to the clarification of her life story.

Seeking Arrangement(en)

Danny, a young Mexican-American wrestling with his sexuality, is desperate for twenty-five dollars for a mysterious Craigslist arrangement. Standing in his way is his conservative mother, clouded by her concerns for what her son is up to. As Danny pursues the elusive arrangement, he finds himself navigating a deeper journey of self-acceptance and identity.

Vocacelli(pt)

Falling Tide(en)

A boy waits for his seat on a train at a platform in the middle of nowhere.

Skin(en)

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

Detainment(en)

Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.

Kiss Me Through the Window(ja)

Madoka and Miharu met as neighbors and became lovers. However, due to the strict outing monitoring system, it becomes impossible to meet, even though they’re neighbors.

Death of a Stag(fr)

Russian emigré Dimitri Kirsanoff’s film, alternatively titled Death of A Stag and Une chasse à courre, is a post-war study of a traditional stag hunt. The pursuit of the animal finds a cross-cutting parallel in the felling of a tree in the forest.

Screen Test: Mary Woronov(en)

With light only shedding on half of her face, Mary Woronov remains calm and stern as she stares into the camera, until the very end, where she sheds a slight smile.

Screen Test [ST244]: Nico Coke(en)

Nico swigs from a Coke bottle while the camera maintains constant movement, zooming in and out, panning right and left.

Box(en)

A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.

Six Children and One Grandfather(en)

David McDoll is a selfish and wealthy man living an enviable lifestyle in his large villa and collecting fancy cars. However, his life is about to be changed forever when he inherits his six grandchildren. His glamorous lifestyle quickly becomes complete chaos. But he will learn a valuable lesson that teaches him about placing family first and discovering a newfound appreciation for life.

La danza del venado(en)

Mexican feature film

Box(ro)

Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael (19) is a young boxer who dreams to conquer the world; Cristina (33) is a single mother who lost her balance. Two lives; one running very close to the earth, the other trying to fly high up, too high.

Yolanda(en)

After her daughter is sold to a new owner, Yolanda (a mannequin head) does the unthinkable.

Favorite Concubine(ko)

Jun-soo, a rich old man, decides to live in a local villa after retirement due to paralysis and health reasons. Only Jun-soo's wife, Hye-sook, and Joo-seok, will move to the provinces, and Hye-sook will only wait for the day Jun-soo dies. Jun-soo gradually becomes paralyzed, so he relies on a wheelchair, and Hye-sook meets up Joo-seok. However, Jun-soo suffered from paralysis that night. Unaware of this, Hye-sook and Joo-seok hire Jun-soo's caregiver to avoid Jun-soo and enjoy comfortably, but Joo-seok begins to look at the caregiver. After learning about the affair between Hye-sook and Joo-seok, Jun-soo begins to make a secret proposal to So-eun.

A Czechoslovak Fairy Tale(fr)

In Czechoslovakia, between 1946 and 1971, the characters of two very different fairy tales interacted and enriched each other: on the one hand, the filmmakers of the Czechoslovak New Wave who, through poetic, committed and ambitious cinema, fought against the Soviet yoke with subtle irony; and, on the other, the writer Jan Procházka, who in 1968 added his voice to the popular outcry of the Prague Spring.

Trilby(en)

The hypnotic Svengali controls the singing voice of a young starlet, but he cannot control her heart. This 1915 Maurice Tourneur film is a version of the famous du Maurier novel. It was later done in a more famous 1931 film named Svengali with John Barrymore. The later film obviously changed the title due to the huge presence of its star.

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..

A Drifting Story(ko)

This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.

The Party(ar)

When businessman Sherif (Ahmed Ezz) reports his wife's Sara (Ruby) mysterious disappearance to the police, investigation led by officer (Mohamed Ragab) reveals conflicting testimonies and the possibility of a very sinister abduction.

A Winter's Journey(fi)

A documentary film about singing and a young man in search of himself and his voice.

Junket 89(en)

Science-fiction comedy: Junket, a schoolboy, borrows an apparatus invented by the absent-minded science master for transporting matter - and, by accident, makes it work...

Symptoms(es)

A 17-year-old girl faces a life with an adverse perspective, where her social life, her experiences, her happiness and emotional stability only depend on a thread that is too damaged.

Little Gravel Voice(en)

A little burro is beloved by all the cute wild creatures until he opens his mouth and they hear the horrible braying.

Playing Away(en)

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.

Foreign Letters(en)

A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.