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A Taylor Story(en)

A teenage girl battling cancer sneaks out on Halloween with her two best friends for a night to remember.

A Capital Plan(en)

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction. Street congestion, air pollution, and rail traffic were all the negative results of a city that had grown without being properly planned. French architect and urban designer Jacques Gréber stepped in to create a far-sighted plan for the future development of Ottawa. With tracks moved, factories relocated, and neighbourhoods redesigned as separate communities, Ottawa became the capital city of true beauty and dignity we know today.

Interruptus(en)

A "glitch" is a malfunction in a system. Glitch art takes these errors and uses them as moments of aesthetic revelation. Interruptus is a glitch film, comprised completely of strategically halted downloads of digital videos. These broken files are then transformed into a stunning fugue of abstract texture. (Selected Exhibitions: In Media Res, Glitch Media Theme Week, Dramatic Chromatic, International Video Exchange (US Delegation, Trømso, Norway), GLI.TC/H at The Nightengale (Chicago, IL), GLI.TC/H at STEIM (Amsterdam))

One Hundred Years(en)

A short animation set to and inspired by The Cure's One Hundred Years. Max Anderssons debut animation film won 1st Prize at Melbourne international Film Festival, 2nd Prize at Los Angeles Animation Celebration and a special prize at Berlin Film Festival.

Lonely Planet(en)

While on a temporary assignment in Barcelona, a restless travel guide writer meets a tall dark stranger who challenges her to live in the moment... with him.

Ayer(es)

One Per Person(en)

An awkward fast-food worker gains a new perspective on life while competing for customers against an excessively happy-go-lucky rival.

I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory(de)

Berlin queer community members mourn the substance abuse-related loss of their friends by sharing memories and rituals. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support and care.

Invincible Summer(fr)

Sixteen-year-old Clément spends a hot summer evening home alone by the pool. Determined to lose his virginity, he swipes through guys’ profiles on Grindr.

An Odd Turn(es)

Buenos Aires, 2019. Lucrecia, who jobs as a museum security guard, foresees a sharp rise in the dollar’s value with her pendulum and falls in love with a currency exchange house employee.

Circle(xx)

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people.

Ouiji(en)

Do you ever get that eerie feeling that someone is standing behind you. They say that if you can feel it, then it is definitely present. The next time you feel the creeps, please do not look back. You might see it.

A Perfect Day for Swimming(he)

A story of separation between a mother and her much loved daughter, who leaves the familial home in order to move in with her new boyfriend. Their relationship is incredibly complicated, full of jealously, love and hatred.

Snap(da)

A couple of teenage boys decide to send a "dick pic" from the locker room. When the anonymously sent image is discovered, the culprits of the naughty image must choose to either hang out or stand together.

Hypnerotomahia(ru)

An eight-minute Russian animation directed by Andrey Svislotskiy of Pilot Animation Studio LOOSELY based on the novel Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream or The Dream of Poliphilus.

Tala Pasifika - Talk of the Town(en)

Tala Pasifika was a pioneering Pacific Island drama series; this award-winning episode is one of six films that screened on TV One in 1996. 'Talk of the Town' is an entertaining short drama about Cindy (Henry Ah-Foo Taripo), a fa'afafine who has grown up to become a cabaret performer. She breaks the fourth wall from her dressing room to tell her story, which begins in her youth when her father (Alvin Fitisemanu) is impressed by her culinary skills and assigns her to the role of family cook.

Crossing Over(el)

Aris awakens in another world, happy that he finally managed to die. Despite the objections of Hades, that he is not yet ready, he begins his journey towards death.

The Fallout Shelter(en)

An 80s throwback about a teenager who makes a wish on a magic coin only to find that it has unleashed a curse on his boarding school.

Sacred Journeys(en)

Marco is a mess. He's lonely, depressed, and just barely going through the motions of life. When a surprise visit from his past turns him upside down, he discovers what's been holding him back all this time.

1923(en)

One of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). Based on Lesage's painting A Symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World from 1923.