A superb animated film about pain, loss and the Argentinian dictatorship’s atrocities.
Afarin Eghbal
| 2011
| English, Spanish
| s.t. English
| 10 min
Abuelas
Auschwitz today: a brilliant visual reflection on how we approach the memory of unspeakable horror.
Lukasz Konopa
| 2011
| 7 min
After
In an Argentinian village, a Polish immigrant child and his Argentinian friend explore the bittersweet world of childhood. Magical.
Wojciech Staron
| 2011
| Polish, Spanish
| s.t. English
| 59 min
Argentinian lesson
The filmmaker returns to his childhood haunts in the Congo, where he explores unbreakable bonds with his childhood friends, and the fissures opened…
Robert-Jan Lacombe
| 2011
| French, Swahili
| s.t. English
| 39 min
Back to Mandima
A warm and tender portrait of bygone Belfast, through the irresistible figure of a bookseller without a bookstore.
Alessandra Celesia
| 2012
| English
| s.t. French
| 54 min
bookseller of Belfast, The
Each year, Scotland’s prisons organize a barbers’ competition. An unusual and moving look at life behind bars.
Adrian McDowall , Finlay Pretsell
| 2011
| English
| s.t. English
| 29 min
Cutting Loose
The Sisyphean task facing street sweepers in an Afghan town forms the core of a bitter reflection on the human condition.
Ali Hazara
| 2011
| Persian
| s.t. French
| 19 min
Dusty Night
Addicts visit a Vancouver pharmacy to receive their dose of methadone. Somewhere between theatre and direct cinema.
Antoine Bourges
| 2012
| English
| 46 min
East Hastings Pharmacy
Home movies spark nightmarish memories. A terrifying look at darkest America.
Dustin Guy Defa
| 2011
| English
| 10 min
Family Nightmare
An aesthetically unique and deeply poignant quest for family origins.
Jeffrey St.Jules
| 2012
| English
| s.t. French
| 37 min
Let the Daylight Into the Swamp
The filmmaker visits North Korea to meet relatives for the first time: grasping history through personal tragedy.
Jason Lee
| 2012
| English, Korean
| s.t. English
| 28 min
Letters from Pyongyang
A sensitive portrait of a transsexual in Havana – quite simply, the portrait of a woman.
Sofiane Belaid , Ulysse Del Drago
| 2012
| Spanish
| s.t. French
| 38 min
Mari
An intense, devastating portrait of a young Iranian woman whose ambition is to be an actress.
Loghman Khaledi
| 2012
| Persian
| s.t. English
| 60 min
Nessa
A short film about our shared humanity, devastating in its simplicity.
Jean-Gabriel Périot
| 2012
| French
| s.t. English
| 22 min
Our days, absolutely, have to be enlightened
A Mayan child’s daily walk through the jungle makes for a wonderful cinematic encounter with a born storyteller.
Christoph Müller , Victor Vargas Villafuerte
| 2012
| Spanish
| s.t. French
| 21 min
Paal
An absorbing short that proves that cinema can trick the eye: watch it and expect a surprise.
Ben Russell
| 2011
| lang_sans paroles-en
| 10 min
River Rites
The often touching and cheeky portrait of an exceptional woman, by her filmmaker granddaughter.
Laura Laabs
| 2011
| German
| s.t. English
| 20 min
Spinach & Sugar
We accompany Anton, 12, to a summer boot camp in today’s Russia. Terrifying.
Jasna Krajinovic
| 2012
| Russian
| s.t. French
| 59 min
Un été avec Anton