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Comic
A group of friends has a den in the woods. They have been friends for as long as they can remember. They never fight, but they do sometimes argue, and then they have a timeout. Their simple rules keep the peace and all is well until, one day, Tom buys a Comic that everyone wants to read. Tensions grow, the group splits, reforms using a timeout, but splits again, and this time things get really out of hand.
Saturday 24 October
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The Debs, an Irish coming of age event. A group of friends piece together the events of the night before with the morning after when Chloe (17) wakes up after being spiked.
The Abduction of Persephone
Interpretation of the famous Greek myth "The Abduction of Persephone". The young goddess Persephone was forcibly taken to the underworld by Hades. The girl becomes a hostage of circumstances and subsequently accepts her fate.
True West
A German longs for the Wild West in his everyday life and gets mentored by a genuine Cowboy.
Melodia: a short film in rondo form
A rendezvous in Taiwan’s capital city. A musician gives voice to the day as contrasting lives intersect.
Morning Glory
Life's a bitch and then you cry
Confetti
Some parties don't end as you expect.
Ready for a Baby
A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited – she has a partner, everything in her life is under control, so now is the perfect time to have a baby. It should be easy and natural, with love and fun and everything else … right?
Beautiful Smile
Amid the chaos of a dark cattle car, a fragile bond forms between Viktor, an Estonian boy, and the German girl Magda. In the midst of hunger, fear, and despair, Magda’s smile offers Viktor a fleeting moment of hope — but the brutal reality soon catches up with them.
Fort Box
'Ten-year-old James loves making cardboard models with his Mum, who has an idea for their most ambitious project yet - a fort made from thousands of boxes. After a turn of events, James and Dad set out to build the fort with help from the local community...'
Transvestite revenge
During the golden age of cabaret, a businessman has an affair with a transvestite who works in his nightclub; fearing discovery, he ends up killing him, and his spirit asks two other transvestites to take revenge on his behalf. One of them will use his weapons of seduction to lure the businessman into her clutches.
Shining Tor
A young couple out hiking discover a doorway to another world.
Rita
A Stop-motion short horror film, exploring themes of obsession and loneliness, independently handcrafted for my illustration BA grad.
Actress
An Actress prepares for a Lady Macbeth audition, while simutamously making a major life desion with her husband.
The Chamber
A young man lives in a dark, strange chamber, unsuitable for a decent life, trying to cope with constant disturbances from outside. One day, strange people bring him something that will change his life and lead him on a journey of contradictions, troubles and uncertainties.
Home
“Home” is a short animated film depicting an astronaut’s return from a long space mission to his family. After spending 437 days alone in a tiny spaceship, he discovers that the concept of “Home” holds a unique meaning for him, diverging from conventional interpretations. Through subtle visual storytelling and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, “Home” explores themes of isolation, longing, and the emotional complexities of finding one’s place in the universe. The animation style emphasizes realism, with detailed environments that reflect the character’s internal journey. Technically, the short employs a mix of traditional and digital techniques to create a rich, immersive experience.
Teeth
A woman recounts a vivid dream and discovers that she has lost her teeth.
Where The Shadows Fall
After being caught kidnapping a woman, a murdering psychopath hunts down the photographer to silence the loose end.
One Step To Perfection
Upon leaving prison, Jesse incarcerated for 5 years learns that his mother is volunteering for an experiment : Take a pill that will take away her feelings. He then sets out to prevent it.
Pivot
Pivot the movie Pivot is a short 3d animated film, created in a collaboration between ARTIBITE.com, Soulbase and Plastiek.Synopsis:When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter. All resulting in an unfortunate ending.Pivot had it's premiere at the Dutch film festival in october 2009.During this festival Pivot got nominated for best short film 2009.This film was part of the NPS-KORT! program. Financed by The Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund, The Netherlands Film Fund, and the CoBO Fund. FILM CREDITSDirectorAndré BergsTechnical DirectorArno de Grijs Art Director Kevin Megens Art Director Floris Vos Sound Director Alex Debicki
Taste In Music
When a cosmic storm hits Earth, a man alone in his remote cabin has to face down the transformed evil that has become of his keyboard.
MANIERA GRECA
The night comes to its end at the greek night club (bouzouki-dance floor). It’s five o’clock in the morning. The few last clients left at the club are clapping out of habit for the opening singer while she finishes her appearance with a long ‘goodnight’. Nobody could have guessed what would happen when the leading star of the night program, the famous singer Koureas, begins to sing his brand new hit, a zeibekiko* song called, ‘the bearded man’. A sequence of ecstatic events? A raised challenge? Hugs hanged on alcohol? Maniera Greca or in other words, the way the world goes round? We are the witnesses of the clients leaning on their drinks with their eyes on us, our eyes on them and Katerina Gogou, still looking straight to all of us..37 years later. *Greek folk dance of free choreographic structure
SoMe Interrupted
Swimming in the deep waters of social media, what do you do when your battery dies?
Ubi sunt or Where are those who were before us?
The main theme of my work, as the title suggests, is memory and death. The invention and democratization of the medium of film/video has profundly changed the perception of family continuity but humanity's as well. "Ubi Sunt" is comprised by material taken from the Internet Archive in order to create an ecumenical family death album. It's part of the "Ars Moriendi" triptych.
Blue Eden
Dana and Ema meet to rehearse one last time before competing against each other for a scholarship to study professional skating abroad. Amidst nerves and pressure, confessions and feelings emerge that will test their friendship, dreams, and the unpredictable future.
Ahab
A member of the international antinuclear force Damocles, Ahab is tasked with recovering stolen plans for a new nuclear weapon designed to make Hiroshima look like a firecracker.
Bea
During the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bea finds herself confined to her apartment, isolated from the outside world. At first, try to maintain a sense of normality by following a daily routine: exercise, remote work, video calls with friends and family. However, as the days pass, loneliness and anxiety begin to take over, bringing out his deepest fears. His mind reels under the pressure of isolation and extraordinary situation. The nights are the hardest. While silence envelops the apartment, Beatrice begins to hear disturbing noises and see shadows that turn out to be only figments of her imagination. His mental state slowly deteriorates, fueled by paranoia and anguish. He begins to suspect that there is something sinister hidden in his apartment, but it is nothing more than the manifestation of his fears and stress. When a vaccine is found, the authorities force the entire population to take it, including Beatrice. Hoping that the vaccine can bring some normality back to his life, he undergoes the treatment. However, the days pass and Beatrice begins to develop strange feelings of anxiety and paranoia related to the vaccine and the isolation situation. Each dose increases his terror and his hallucinations become more vivid. The border between reality and delirium is becoming increasingly thin. Beatrice keeps a diary in which she writes down her confused thoughts and growing fears. The diary becomes a refuge, but also a chronicle of his descent into madness. She often dreams of being chased or surveilled, believing that the authorities are monitoring her through the vaccine. The border between reality and delirium becomes increasingly thin. Bea is convinced that there is a conspiracy against her orchestrated through the vaccine. He begins to keep a diary in which he writes down his confused thoughts and his growing fears. Her sanity finally crumbles when a doctor arrives to administer another dose of the vaccine. Bea, in the grip of paranoia, believes that the doctor is part of a plot to poison her. In a fit of madness and terror, she kills him, convinced she is defending herself from a non-existent threat. This tragic act is the pinnacle of her descent into madness, a reflection of the strain and isolation the pandemic has inflicted on her.
Short Circuit
A mother speaks to Lili, her five-year-old daughter who suffers from epilepsy. She lovingly and poetically imagines the play-space her daughter creates in her mind during the seizures in which she loses consciousness.
IT WON'T HAPPEN TO YOU
A laid-back embalmer’s career is cut short when the corpse she is working on gets its revenge.
Don't Mention Me
When Enya and Axel meet they both experience an instant connection. However, a silent agreement hangs between them – they deliberately sidestep conversations about their respective partners from home. When Enya dares to confront this unspoken pact, a tension descends, raising a compelling question: is the unspoken bond between them a result of concealed emotions, and does their silence about their relationships constitute emotional infidelity?
New Paths, Old Roads
Born and raised in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, a now 80-year-old Wendy recounts the limited opportunities and systemic barriers that kept her childhood community in economic stagnation. Retelling her journey to forge a different future as a young woman, she makes the bold decision to leave everything she’s ever known behind—family, home, and the familiar landscape—to pursue work in the nation’s capital.
PAPERNAUGHT
In a fragile handmade universe, a father launches into the cosmos after his son is abducted by aliens - risking everything on an impossible journey of love, loss, and hope.
Remote Postal Services
A postman in a submarine with a single package is slowly traversing the seabed. In an attempt to combat the boredom, he begins to imagine wild and surreal scenarios. However, as he continues on his journey through the depths, he begins to lose track of what is real and what is imaginary.
CINCO95
CINCO95 is a haunting, experimental film that explores the exhausting repetition of existential despair.
Thailand Inspiration
"Hold on to this moment. To see this world and to feel that emotions and stories have captured the mood of our moments."
Das Bilderhaus
An ensemble short about people going to a movie theater. Three storylines: A boy falling in love, a couple in a very strange relationship and two film nerds having a discussion with an unexpected outcome ...
Narciso Convexo
This short film is a free adaptation of the myth of Narcissus. It explores themes of identity, obsession, and self-perception through a modern and personal lens, reimagining the ancient story in a contemporary setting. "The sound of the wind transforms into the sound of train tracks; a boy continues his journey through convex mirrors and infinite reflections multiplied into infinity.
Sunflowers on the Sun
In the ruins of time, there is a strange man who has been searching for the most precious things of mankind and keeping them for himself. He's got a heart that beats forever and a clock that can turn back time, but he's forgotten why he's looking for these things. Until one day, a dying old man asked him to help deliver a letter, and the strange man entered the old man's memory and began a special journey.
The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch (Album Doku)
Alone in a dusty rehearsal room, Nils Wittrock writes the most personal album of The Hirsch Effekt—caught between parenthood, post-pandemic pressure and self-doubt, he searches for air, meaning, and a way back to the band.
The Arrival
Anna contemplates a big decision while waiting for someone in a cafe.
Made With Peace And Love
If you were a coffee bean in a glass jar with other coffee beans, how would you process the everpresent, looming feeling of impending doom?
myTune
A music driven short film about finding yourself in the melody of others
First Date
An American and a supposed Azorean meet for the first time on the island of Pico... what now, Cupid? -- Santiago and Melissa flirt on a dating app. She loves Romana Petri, the author of books set on the island of Pico. He desperately wants to meet her. “What if our first date was there? It's my home!” The young American accepts the offer. Now, the Lisbonite, who posed as an Azorean, has quite a dilemma to solve... --- Uma americana e um suposto açoriano encontram-se pela primeira vez na ilha do Pico... e agora, Cupido?... Santiago e Melissa namoriscam numa rede social. Ela adora Romana Petri, autora de livros passados na ilha do Pico. Ele quer desesperadamente conhecê-la. “E se o nosso encontro fosse lá? É a minha terra!”. A jovem americana aceita o desafio. Agora, o lisboeta, que se fez passar por açoriano, tem um belo dilema para resolver...
“Kinship”: A Short Film
Hari Raya Puasa is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. To commemorate this significant day, PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, produced its first festive short film, “Kinship”. The story follows two orphaned brothers who are virtually inseparable. Their relationship is put to the test when one of them receives news that he is going to be adopted. Can the brothers reconcile with each other after a deep misunderstanding causes a rift between them? Will they be separated for life? The film tells of family ties and forgiveness, which are both central to the spirit of Hari Raya. It finally resolves with a meaningful Malay proverb – “Air dicincang tidak akan putus”, which loosely translates to “water doesn’t break apart when you chop it” – imparting the notion that kinship is enduring and precious, just like water.
The Sandman
The Sandman, a fairy of dreams, accidentally puts a train station operator to sleep just as two furious oncoming trains race against each other. He must now find a way to wake the operator up in order to avoid the crash!
The Thoughts She Left Behind
The Thoughts She Left Behind explores the delicate interplay of imagination and reality in the lives of two individuals, Emily and Joseph. Set against the tranquil backdrop of a park, Joseph recalls a poignant encounter with Emily, an artist who sketches her innermost thoughts. A forgotten sketchbook and a peacock feather become the threads weaving their stories together, as Joseph reflects on her courage, creativity, and the lasting impression she leaves behind. Through a blend of vivid imagination and heartfelt reality, the film captures the beauty of fleeting moments and the power of unspoken connections.
F'Arts Sake
F'Arts Sake is the slapstick comedic tale of Colin, a man with a singular obsession - a painting, that’s due to exhibit at the art gallery next to his office. Through the barriers of sold out signs and a love tussle with his sleazy boss for a date with co-worker Claudia, Colin devises a master plan to see the picture he worships, with the woman he loves…
The Red Bike
When Jack receives a red bike as a birthday present, no one could have predicted what it would lead to. In Pharr, Texas, a father builds a racing bike for his son, Jack's birthday. But when the bike disappears only a few days later, stolen by classmate Brian, the duo confronts Brian, only to be met with denial. Determined to get the bike back, they stake out Brian's house to reclaim what's theirs.
The cherry brothers
Les Frères Cerise follows the adventures of two attached cherry brothers who have completely different personalities. The wild and bold cherry-brother is determined to attack the ant-eating creature who holds desperate helpless tiny ants under his captivity. However the other one would prefer to stay out of trouble
Love in Times of whatever right now is called
In a classical art museum where the paintings come to life at night, a frustrated Black painter who works as a janitor must decide whether she will intervene when a new acquisition portrays the rape of a female slave.
Those Dirty MacGuffins
Tony has the nostalgic notion of putting his old band back together, but it quickly goes pear-shaped. Past grievances are aired before they all face an unexpected twist.
South City Underdogs
The story of how an unknown man, who briefly appeared on a public access television show in 1994, became "internet famous" decades later without his knowledge. Joe Parisi sets out to find out how this could have happened.
Forestscape
Jane walks through the forest, tranquil and full of colour. As if caught in an ideal dreamscape.
PLANET X
A Farmer and an Alien have a climate change "conversation" after the alien crash-lands in his field.
Red or Green ?
Two dudes try to defuse a bomb.
The Pickpocket
A short film. Mystery. Directed by Nick Rizzini.
Heart Full of Feelings
"Heart Full of Feelings" tells the story of a girl named Mai, who has a major flaw despite seeming cute and having friends. When she sees a boy she is interested in, her jealousy rises quickly when other students get in the way of her interacting with him. When she does something unflattering in front of the boy she likes, she is shamed and runs away, but is later met with sympathy by another girl.
The everyday city bustel
The main character is an ordinary office worker, living a monotonous life. Work, home, home, work. It is his whole world. But although his house is a multi-unit column of text, and the office is a news section in a newspaper, the city itself is a newspaper, life and events have nothing to differ from the most possible, although the news from the more real world is most likely repeated. My film shows the priceless human freedom, its slavery in the social system. I hope this film will give people at least a minute to think about their existence.
NOW
There never has been, nor will there ever be, a moment when life wasn't in the present. The seed is a seed, the flower is a flower, and the reunion with a loved one is experienced with all the traces of those shared "nows" in those present moments.
Rendez-vous
In a manor out of time, a man begins to paint a canvas.
Innerglow - So Long
A short film. Music. Directed by Nikolay Draganov. 2019.
RINGO ROCKET STAR and his song for Yuri Gagarin
‘RINGO ROCKET STAR and his song for Yuri Gagarin' is a dry tragic musical comedy (short) film about a gipsy guy who does think he can be famous by writing a song for the first man in the space 'YURI GAGARIN'...
FRAMED
A short film shot entirly on an IPhone 5
Secret world of squirrels ultrashort
Enter the Secret world of wildlife and meet Midnight the cat, Freddie the fox and many, many cheeky squirrels.
An Illusion
Just like a tiny spark can turn into a big fire, small ego problems over little things in our daily lives can quickly turn into strong anger. In this story, "An Illusion," a man killed his girlfriend because she didn’t answer his calls or messages. He continues to struggle with his ego in his subconscious mind throughout his 20 years in prison. Overall, the dark color palette reflects the dark side of thoughts, and there is red color depicting ego and anger.
FLY (파리)
Teacher Kim has been ambushed in the school bathroom by a fly. Who will emerge victorious: Him or the fly?
MANGIA! (EAT!)
Music video of the song "MANGIA!" by Italian songwriter Alessandro Fiori
The Tale of Búkolla
A young boy is sent into the Icelandic wilderness to find his family's beloved cow, Búkolla. Upon finding Búkolla in a cave, they begin their journey home, only to be chased by a pair of trolls. To evade capture, Búkolla uses her magical hair to conjure a river, fire, and a mountain, creating obstacles that keep the trolls at bay.
Anastómōsis
A young man who cannot let go of his past mistakes meets the result of them. Will he redeem himself or slip again?
The crossing
El amor a primera vista es un milagro que no deberíamos de desaprovechar "Love at first sight is a miracle that we shouldn't waste"
Luca's Resilience
Luca's Resilience is a coming-of-age drama that focuses on Luca, a 12-year-old boy who finds himself in a new family with his mother after the divorce of his parents. After a difficult period in which he has to get used to his new situation, Luca needs his father's presence more than ever. Unfortunately, his father fails to do so, and the disappointment and pain this causes Luca drives him further and further into emotional isolation.
Comic
A group of friends has a den in the woods. They have been friends for as long as they can remember. They never fight, but they do sometimes argue, and then they have a timeout. Their simple rules keep the peace and all is well until, one day, Tom buys a Comic that everyone wants to read. Tensions grow, the group splits, reforms using a timeout, but splits again, and this time things get really out of hand.
Working Late
A woman accuses her husband of working late.
Creation
CREATION is a poetic short film of opposites: beauty and ugliness, order and chaos, light and darkness, joy and sadness, antiquity and postmodernity, primitivity and the advancement of technology, war and peace, destruction and re-creation, birth/life and death. It is a film about the visibility and invisibility of the conflicting nature of creation in the things and events we take for granted, although ever-present in our lives.
Momo
The story is about a racoon who is obsessed with cleaning. One day he runs out of liquid detergent. He goes to the supermarket to steal cleaning supplies and then he starts cleaning. What he cleans that turns pure white. As a result, he causes more and more problems for the people around him. The people chase him out of the city, so he runs away into the forest to clean. As time goes by, the winter sets in and he stops cleaning, because everything has turned white. However, he sees himself on the ice and realizes that he is not white.
The Weekend
A lonely man takes in a beautiful drifter for a weekend after discovering her dark secret. The Weekend, a quiet and stunning debut by director Dennis Cahlo, has gone on to 47 film festivals and won 30 film awards. Packed with brilliant performances and subtle storytelling, The Weekend is a touching piece of short cinema that truly reveals the human condition.
The Party's Over
When we leave our childhood homes and slowly turn into young adults, we all slowly start to realise the party of youth must someday end. For Makayla, Jake and Noah its today, and they must face the future without each other.
Gender Twister
Gender Twister is a satirical commentary on society's rigid gender rules.
Kishta, the black cat
Kishta tells the story of a black cat who wants nothing more than to make friends. But in a city ruled by superstition, everyone fears him—believing he brings bad luck. Lonely and rejected, Kishta struggles to find his place in a world that sees him as a curse.
The Health Inspector
A new bakery-owner's stress from a controlling boyfriend is exacerbated by a corrupt health inspector extorting her for money and pastries.
Nowhere Road
Two soldiers patrol a world that has been invaded by Aliens.
Lux et Tenebrae
Award-winning short experimental documentary showing the light and darkness of interstellar space as captured by the Hubble, Keppler and Voyager. This film has been accepted into the official archives of the European Space Agency.
All That Was Tender
A young man gifts a hairpin—a tender story the Jianghu adores. That night, as fire blazed across the sky, was he truly just leading the pursuers away? Ten years later, when a sword-wielding wanderer in green finds that ruined figure, consumed by forbidden arts, the world marvels at a love so deep he traded his life for hers. Yet when the Sishui sword meets the Wuhuo blade and the truth of the secret manual unravels under moonlight, Twelve must ask: in those ten years of solitude, was he waiting for her, or waiting for the chance to surpass her?
In The Death Valley
A little boy is exploring the horizons of the death valley in the Armenian mountains, where he discovers a time machine. Stepping inside, he is thrust into a brutality of his future shaped by fear and despair. But as he faces the darkness within, he is given a chance to return. Upon his return, the valley has transformed, blooming with life.
Forest of Light Aquarium
The story tells of a girl who often dreams of coming to a magical world where forests and oceans intertwine in time and space. However, this world also seems to be someone else's dream. What adventures will she have? Dreams and reality, mystery and fate. The ending of the story awaits you to unfold. All films and the entire production process are 100% completed using AI, including concepts, visuals, videos, music, etc. This is an early AI micro movie production attempt, I hope everyone will enjoy it, thank you for your support.
Dubai - Into the Future
In my opinion, Dubai is a futuristic city with full of opportunities. This film is how I perceived the city while staying there for a short period. The theme of this travel film is a mix of its present developed state and futuristic approach towards growth.
The Boulder
An aspiring artist repeatedly paints Sisyphus pushing the boulder, as she attempts to break into the art world, experiencing simultaneous success, failure, support and disappointment.
Bloom
Bloom is a story of resilience and hope—one that can be interpreted in many ways. It could be about finding where we truly belong, waiting for a loved one, or never giving up despite life's hardships. We all face struggles that push us to the brink of despair. Some people will walk past, some will help, and others may stand in our way. But no matter what, we must keep moving forward. It's okay to fall. It's okay to cry. But we are not alone—we never were. And together, we'll rise. For we are all just a seed, blooming into a beautiful flower.
Nuovo Cinema Para-Virus
During the lockdown, the cinema sends a video letter to humankind. The theatres are closed, sets are locked, and the cinema can no longer create new dreams.
La cuna de Moisés
José Guillermo’s mind is still in the countryside, but his body is already in the city. The sounds take him to a torturous past and life ends up giving him a surprise.
Desolation Follows
Designated as areas of outstanding natural beauty, the English moorlands elicit in us a sense of the wild and untamed. A pristine wilderness, untouched by the advances of civilisation. Yet all is not as it seems.
The last page
Two siblings live in a hostile, adverse and far from our time environment, looking for a safe place. They are the opposite of each other. United by blood but distant in facing the tragedy of a finite world, populated by unscrupulous predators, at least until an unexpected event changes their lives forever.
Love Hate Date
Some say love is blind, others maintain that it’s all around us. On occasion, it can be a very cruel mistress indeed. Meet Becky and James: a happy couple, a perfect day in central London, a late lunch…a bolt from the blue. James is moving on and Becky’s taken aback, reeling from the revelation that she’s ‘too nice’. But she gets an opportunity to move on quick smart via a chance meeting with the host of a speed dating event. With a difference.
Tom Galson
Tom Galson, directed by Emmanuele Saccà, is an intense story of redemption set within a prison environment. Through the delicate relationship between an incarcerated father and his daughter, the film explores the power of love as a force capable of transforming pain into hope and restoring dignity even in the most difficult circumstances.
Flow
The journey of water, from rainforest to ocean.
Indigo
The only color that exists in her world is BLUE...
Hot Monkey
A bedtime story takes a turn for the weird when a woke storybook builds into something wildly inappropriate.
"За Дверью..." / "Behind the door..."
A silent room. A discarded dress. A closed bedroom door. When a husband returns home to find a dress on the floor, what will he discover behind the door...
Mountainous Corinthia of Greece
The element of mythology is very intense in this area. Here is the lake Stymphalia where Hercules killed the Stymphalian Birds with his bow to accomplish his sixth labour. According to the myth, the birds where man-eating and had beaks of bronze.It is one of the few Greek mountains which have so many tops over 2000 m in altitude and features rich alpine scenery. Lakes, highlands and a green plateau comprise the natural scenery for a varied biota to live in. Film directed & music produced by Stamatis Liontos www.LionD-productions.com
Nino'
Nino is a boy of about twelve years old; he has no father, his mother is absent most of the day because she works, and he has to take care of his brother Marco, a child with Down's syndrome and autism. At school, he is bullied by some classmates until one day the teacher discovers something that will confront them with their conscience.
Schrodinger's Cat - Intergalactic Super Spy
What do you get when the greatest spy kitty in the known universe, an emu with a touch of megalomania and a pair of cheeky kiwis cross paths? "Schrodinger's Cat - Intergalactic Super Spy" that's what! The nefarious General Emmanuel Eduardo Estophelos Emu the Third is determined to pull off a daring heist when his plan is unexpectedly interrupted by the coolest cat in the espionage business, Agent Guybrush Slade. Will General Emu succeed? Will Agent Slade stop him? Will the kiwis watch everything unfold with a bag of buttered popcorn? FIND OUT! MEOW!
Way Home
When a baby raccoon gets lost from it's mother. The player must help the baby raccoon find it's way back and help those they meet along the way.
a city ball
a ball rolls through, capturing the beauty of Los Angeles.
The Piss Artist
A comedy about a Greek artist living in Eastbourne
Elodie
Elodie is a fairy passionate about painting, living in a world where even fairies have to work. Dreaming of only one thing—living freely with her daughter—she must overcome her fears to perhaps break free from the chains of everyday life.
14:00
Just before the performance, a single pianist is trembling with tension in the sleeve of the stage. It is time for the performance to finally come. He goes to the stage quickly as if he had made a decision. Actually, he is a man who has won the Grand Prix several times at the International Piano Competition. Will recitals succeed?
Magician
Magic happens when people are mesmerized by fascination... A politician; A movie hero or a playground hero can be a magician who fascinates people. But these fascinations are fleeting. In actual magic change; In the release of hypnosis. The real magic will be on the day when there will be a permanent revolutionary change by removing discrimination, disintegration, division, all isolation. The day when people will try to live together by sharing a loaf of bread, all the barbed wire fence in the earth will be removed. We will be released from the cage. On that day, the war will end; Flowers will blossom with love. Fighter aircraft will fly as white pigeons. Who is the real magician? The true magician is the common man. The day they will wake up; On that day, people's conscience, humanity and values will wake up. People will be united. And on that day this world will change like magic. There will be no more complaints of lack of people.
1976
A short film. Music. Directed by Daniel Shapiro.
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was is a short film covering themes of depression, suicide and mental disorders. It is a game of cat and mouse where the prize is one man’s life.
Hearts Want
Two former lovers who reunite for a play face the consequences of a secret that threatens to tear them apart forever.
CASTI quel che costi - (Casti, whatever it takes)
An artist is asked by a fraudulent showbiz agent and an improvised historian to write a "performance" to commemorate Giovanni Battista Casti on the three hundredth anniversary of his birth. A situation and a tribute that, much like the author in question, can only result in a satirical portrayal of today.
Harvest
On an unknown planet, a worker drone comes under attack.
LIN ZHENGYU：TEAR AND FIRE
Tears and Fire is an animated short film adapted from the folk myths and legends of the Hakka communities in southern Jiangxi (Ganzhou region). The project draws on long-standing local oral traditions centered on Lin Xian Erlang—Lin Zhengyu. From a young age, Lin Xian Erlang studied Daoist practices in the mountains and returned to his village to protect the people using his spiritual powers. However, in the course of avenging his enemies, he tragically lost his young children and ultimately his own life. When his village was threatened, he used his final strength to defend it, eventually ascending a guardian deity. The creators conducted extensive field research, genealogical studies, and oral history collection to reinterpret traditional narratives in a contemporary context. Parts of the production also employed Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) techniques.The project explores innovative expressions of local cultural resources within animation, filling a gap in the representation of Hakka culture in this medium. The film has received support and attention from institutions such as the Longnan Hakka and Yangming Culture Research Center and the Zhengyu Temple Council in Chenglong Town, Longnan City, Jiangxi Province. The narrative revolves around themes of fate and personal choice, portraying Lin Zhengyu’s journey as he protects his people, unintentionally killed his adopted son, and ultimately transcends to divinity. Visually, the film blends Hakka architecture and traditional clothing with Chinese artistic forms such as ink painting, paper-cutting, and shadow puppetry. In its sound design, it incorporates Hakka dialects and mountain songs, creating a distinct regional cultural identity and an Eastern aesthetic.
Under the Parasol
Marie comes to the beach to catch some sun. The only problem is that it's nighttime...
Almost Unintentionally
Darío and Tania, a young teenage couple, go to a party on the last night of October where certain problems will come to light and will cast doubt on whether their relationship should continue or whether it is time to end their story.
The Behind
Salsabella, a little curious girl who found herself to be drawn towards the forbidden forest and suddenly got sucked into it. Scared, she not only finds out she is in very sticky situation, she tries to find a way out between two worlds. She finally understands what is more than meets the eye. Fear, shock, and speechless in one go.
Materre
Award-winning short documentary about the beauty of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station.
The Last Conversation
The film presents to us a single conversation within which several crucial elements are invoked. A friendship that has lasted twenty-four years, international security matters and secrets, and the confession about a person’s identity to his friend, all of them are brought to life within it. As matters come to a head, there is the endeavor to finally offer a moment of high tension as the film's climax. The final result exhibits potential in weaving a story and plot, one that should definitely be explored further. ‘The Last Conversation’, thus becomes a seminal and important first step in that direction.
Like and Follow
When a kid starts spending time in the real world, it's up to his smartphone to bring his attention back to where it belongs.
Wild Hive
In a paean to an imperiled pollinator, Wild Hive honors the wild bee as it faces decline from the ravages of climate change, pesticides, changing land use policies and competition from managed hives. Dropped into a darkened vortex, an intricate geometry emerges as the dancer unspools against extravagant patterning. Watch the invisible become visible when Arianna Hartanov enters a mysterious world of nectar and cultivation.
Vendetta
Vendetta (revenge) rɪˈvɛn(d)ʒ/ noun noun: revenge 1. The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.
Daag
A city housewife is occupied with her daily household chores. Stains have accumulated in various corners of the house—some fresh, some old. Then, the doorbell rings. A gift has arrived. She tries to feel happy, but a shift in her thoughts unsettles her. She notices the stains are not just on the walls—they have settled on her body too. She attempts to clean them, starting with the ones in the house, but she hesitates, unable to bring herself to do it. Caught in the same cycle, she grows weary. Can she break free?
iRony
A film that explores the relationship between man and technology...told from the perspective of a phone. Variously described as an Animation, an Experimental Film, a Narrative, a Documentary or a Film-Poem depending on who you speak to, this hand drawn animated film is based on the poem 'Seven Billion' written by the film director that won 2 National poetry awards: The Young Australian Writer’s National Award for Poetry, selected out of a field of 30,000 and the Karen W Treanor Poetry Award (Youth). iRony has been selected to 7 Academy Award Qualifying Festivals. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tZUdUJdpuw&feature=youtu.be
Beer Pressure
Bottled up tensions are finally released in the aftermath of Uncle Sam's funeral.
Crude Picnic Drilling
What is energy? Where did it come from? How do we find it? How do we obtain it? An oil tycoon seeks wealth in a city park.
Silent Scream
A man wakes up in a white room, unable to move. He has also lost his memories. Where is he? Why is he here? Little by little, he pieces the mystery together in order to escape the room.
Taste of Night
A brilliant handsome man meets a young girl at the ball and tries to seduce her. How will this end, if one of them is an extraordinary creature?
Journey
Alone in space, an astronaut drifts through the empty void. After finding another astronaut in the same predicament, she gives him a polaroid image of the Earth. They then team up to go on an epic journey across the universe to return to their planet. Will these star-crossed lovers find home?
Conflict
After a mass evacuation, Cris and Julia find themselves isolated in a house in a deserted city. Struggling with scarce resources, they face the weight of isolation and growing tension between them. While the external danger seems imminent, secrets and internal conflicts test the bond that ties them together. What is more terrifying: what’s out there or what’s inside?
OFFICEMAN
Gosha is a weary office manager who once dreamed of becoming an actor. On the verge of losing his job, he stumbles upon a casting call for a superhero and decides to take one absurd chance on the life he left behind. Armed with a homemade costume, Gosha steps into an audition that may not change his life — but could change the way he sees himself.
Iridescence
A single drop of water is carried inside a bottle by a drone. It travels across a scorching, futuristic desert world where each place becomes increasingly dangerous. Along the way, it narrowly escapes a man with a net, a boxing kangaroo, and giant jellyfish… until it finally finds itself in the middle of a billionaire’s party.
A Day with Anxiety
Anxiety disorder affects more than 300 million people worldwide from all walks of life, in a myriad of different ways. it can be a debilitating all-consuming destructive mental illness that affects suffers and carers alike. A Day with Anxiety looks at the way this can affect daily life in a satirical but equally emphatic way.
Red Glory
Award-winning short documentary about humankind’s first walk on the moon with Apollo 11, NASA’s first test mission of Orion for beyond low-space orbit, and Mars 1, the upcoming first manned mission to the red planet.
Shamewich
A comedy short about pleasure, discontent and packed-sandwiches.
5.5
What starts as a normal date slowly unravels as one woman’s desperate pursuit of love reveals just how far she’s willing to go.
Come Inside
Come Inside tells the story of a young woman caring for a man with dementia. As tensions escalate, a deeper and more unexpected connection between them is revealed.
Red Line
A spiritual bath of a man who tries to walk on a red line. There comes a light which shows the way. It is when he realizes that he is not walking on the ground. Observing reality, gives him strength and courage to leave the rope and the cane aside. And that is when and how he conquers the universe.
Loo
There’s nothing quite like romance; the warmth of candle light, the clink of crystal glasses; and the promise that your date will return from his trip to the loo? Not likely.
Outside Arcadia
On a southern farmstead just outside Arcadia, more than 20 years after life-altering events, a boy and his sister finally make their moment to break free.
PORFYRI LEMONIA
Lemonia wants to escape from a traumatic force of violence against her, that violates her right to life, as well as the right to enjoy life without discrimination. She demands an end to a situation that tests and undermines democracy and culture.
Xié gùshì (Shoe Story)
In a world gone mad, Shelby—a young Hong Konger in Taiwan—makes an impromptu short film.
Grandpa Mazay and the sunbunnies
Only the sunbunnies will help Grandpa Mazay get rid of huge thunderclouds that are out of control.
Dropouts
Six People wake up in a dark room and are forced to play a survival death game. Follow these characters as they try to make sense of things before the game finishes!
Kaleidoscope
A young boy has his carefree childhood routines warped with cynicism and fear when he inadvertently witnesses something on his 7th birthday.
Molina
A man and a woman sit in a quiet pub. The mood is tense. As the story unfolds we discover how their lives have become entwined in a foreboding tale of recreational technology run amok.
Good Choice, Joseph
Joseph’s indecision has brought his life to a standstill, until he finds a mysterious tape player that can tell the future. It seems like the answer to all of his problems, but as the device begins to dictate his every move, Joseph is forced to confront the reality of a life without free will.
Two Floors Above Me
A young professional struggles to strike up a conversation with his crush who lives in the same building.
Roland
Roland goes to spend an ordinary day in a dark and dangerous world. But then he has an encounter and the inevitable happens.
Exiles
Born aboard the drifting spaceship 'Malus,' Lucy yearns for the world her ancestors were exiled to, a distant planet now lost to time. But when an unexpected encounter with a foreign life form threatens her existence, she is forced to confront her survival in the vast emptiness of space.
What’s Wrong with Raymond
'What’s Wrong with Raymond' is a deaf man’s journey from isolation to inspiration. We learn about Raymond Antrobus’ emotional journey growing up deaf and how his love of language and poetry led him to help young people avoid the challenges he faced. Following Raymond’s negative experience of the education system in his East London neighbourhood he now works in schools, helping deaf children accept their condition and unlock their potential. We see how much Raymond values the power of communication and the importance of inclusion rather than feeling like an outsider. He treasures the spoken word and the effect of reading his poetry to an audience. We see the power of language to connect people, break down barriers and provide a source of inspiration. A Red Earth Studio Production.
Memories of the Future
"Memories of the Future" is a cinematic reflection on the growing crisis of space debris, blending science, metaphor, and artistic abstraction. The film is presented from the perspective of a child—a future Earthling—who looks back at humanity’s actions with both wonder and concern. This perspective shapes the visual style: everything is slightly exaggerated, much like a child’s drawing, but rendered in a futuristic way. The satellites appear oversized, the debris fields impossibly dense, and the vastness of space feels surreal. It is a new era of storytelling, where scientific reality meets the boundless imagination of a child. At the heart of the film is a seemingly insignificant object—a single bolt. It drifts through space, small and unassuming against the backdrop of immense orbital structures. But its presence is deceptive. The bolt represents overlooked dangers, a silent consequence of human negligence. As it moves through the cosmos, it ultimately cracks a camera lens, distorting the view—a metaphorical warning that ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. Like a tiny mistake that spirals into disaster, the bolt embodies the unintended consequences of human actions. The film’s aesthetic is deeply influenced by classical opera and ballet, using Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, 2nd Movement to transform the slow-motion collision of debris into a haunting "space ballet." The choice of music elevates the visuals, creating a dreamlike yet unsettling atmosphere where beauty and destruction coexist. By incorporating real audio recordings—Sputnik 1’s signal, abstract radio transmissions, and Earth's magnetic field sounds—the film merges fiction with reality, grounding its imaginative visuals in scientific authenticity. The child’s voice, generated artificially, adds an emotional layer, as if the future is speaking directly to the past.