Birthday

Wormhole(en)

A woman calls a man and asks him to keep her company. Manifestations of their worst fears come through the walls to attack them.

Ukraine in Flames(ru)

A 1943 Soviet war propaganda film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkiv. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.

Liberation(uk)

Wartime documentary by Dovzhenko and Solntseva.

Words with Gods(en)

The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.

Dos Caminos(en)

2-way tells the stories of three couples of strangers who must accompany each other because the pieces are put that way. We do not know who we are until we are faced with another person.

Cris Superstar(es)

A Native Street in India(en)

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

Your Friend, Ranger Doug(en)

A 94-year-old Glacier National Park ranger confronts the decline of the park he calls home as he reflects on his life and the legacy he will leave behind.

Beau(en)

Beau, an emerging artist is about to unveil her latest installation. Her lover Paloma, is a devoted supporter. Her final breakthrough hinges on the success of this piece and soon this pressure causes a rife in the two women's relationship.

Vincent Before Noon(fr)

A father pays his son a visit after years of conflict and turns up in the middle of his house move. The son, Vincent, reacts violently to that intrusion. Emotionally weakened, the father involuntarily reveals the true reason of his visit, which revives the tension between them. Within a few minutes, the anger, the memories and the crossed looks move the two men deeply.

Self Portrait 2(en)

Loops within loops, audio and video mutually affective and early computer-generated delay and window effects. -ETC

The Hollow and the Horseman(en)

After the death of her father and a flood of unsolved murders, a young girl struggles to unlock the truth in a town too afraid to confront its own demons.

Story of the Eye(pt)

A pair of eyes tries to see what it cannot.

Crosseyed(es)

A pair of anarchic nuns go on a road trip with a coachload of kids.

Pixels(es)

This short film portrays the disintegration of a relationship. When the distance between the couple seems hopeless, facing it will be the only option.

Little(en)

Short film by Lily Gao.

Biosphere! Time to Apprehend(ru)

A journalistic story inspired by Volodymyr Vernadsky about the genesis of life in the universe — from the physical elements of the primordial broth to the civilization of intelligent man.

Liar(es)

Mentiroso, a period piece set in a small Mexican town, is a coming-of-age story about a boy who tells his friends that he can get a nude photograph of a beautiful girl.

Macrocosm(en)

Planet earth’s contaminated drinking water threatens to end civilization. A celebrated quantum physicist, volunteers to be the first interdimensional traveller with the hopes of finding an answer to the contamination problem.