Aslan
0Florian Metzner | Germany | 2015 | 40 m German, Turkish with English Subtitles Facebook In Istanbul, the young Turkish martial arts fighter Aslan gets an anonymous phone call originating in the German capital city Berlin. He is being informed that his brother, who has been vanished since childhood days, is in deep trouble. Aslan… Read more »
A Theory for Tangled Wires
0Claire Cowperthwaite | United States | 2016 | 22 m 25 s A neuroscientist and an aspiring writer’s lives intertwine over a potential cure for PTSD. Cast Cameron Cowperthwaite Nicholas Ricciardi Sonaz Izadi Andrew Hunsicker John Flynn Pierre Kennel
101 Cupcakes
0Jane Eakin | Australia | 2016| 13 m 30 s Healing comes in many flavours. An uplifting story about love, death and the healing power of cooking. Cast Shondelle Pratt Diane Craig Tara Morice
Drama Exercise
0Jan Senius | Czech Republic | 2015 | 24 m Members of an amateur theatre group who regularly meets in curious premises (equipped with a bar and even a bartender) rehearse a short play written by an inexperienced newcomer. Despite the piece being mostly accepted, there is one person who just can’t get over it,… Read more »
What Grows out of Pink
0Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum | Norway | 2015 | 9 m Moa do not fit into any of her friends clothes, they are to big. Her friends convince her that she has anorexia. Moa has never gotten so much attention, compliments and confirmation before and begin to enjoy the new illness. Perhaps anorexia be a… Read more »
Smile
0Carolina Giammetta | United Kingdom | 2016 | 9 m Craig and Heather exemplify a normal everyday working couple as they efficiently and wordlessly get ready for their respective jobs. But when their daughter Daisy (7), who has dressed herself as a Clown, doesn’t respond to Craig’s goodbyes, Heather’s anxiety foreshadows something far more sinister. As Heather… Read more »
The Lost Soul
0Tommi Kainulainen | Finland | 2015 | 18 m A Man from Karelia is visited by the Demon and thrust into an absurd nightmare, where he is put on trial for breaking the Demon’s rules. This black and white short features the women of Finnish folk ensemble Puhti (Anne-Mari Kivimäki and Reetta-Kaisa Iles) taking on… Read more »
The Gardener
0Madara Dislere | Latvia | 2016 | 20 m The old gardener works from morning till night in harmony with the rhythm of nature and the ancient Latvian wisdom. His happiness and fulfilment is a garden, which does not belong to him anymore but which he regards as his own – for years he has… Read more »
NightShades
0Max Hegewald | Germany | 2015 | 40 m Manuel works as a gardener in the Botanical Garden. Despite his pedantic mother trying to push him to finally meet a girl, all Manuel wants to do is to continue his solitary existence with only his plants as company. However, the ice cream vendor Victoria notices Manuel and… Read more »
Masks
0Andrew Tigani | United States | 2016 | 16 m A young man who has trouble showing his true self finally meets a new friend who sees the world similarly. Cast Jeremy Cook Bianca Khatibshahidi