STUDENT DOCUMENTARIES
Thirty-Nine
Patrick Richter
Germany
27:05
(English Subtitles)
The film "Thirty-Nine" describes a state of powerlessness. It intimately documents family life and shows a personal reappraisal of the dark depths of anorexia.
Sound Thief
Aditya Kapur
India
8:24
Sound Thief is a documentary featuring independent musician Jivraj Singh, drummer for Pinknoise, and designer/producer. Born to parents who lived life on the road and made music, music was not so much a glamorous externality as much as a way of life.
From Human Life, Bohemia
Hanna Fedoryachenko
Ukraine
17:00
(English Subtitles)
Life stories of Ukrainian bohemians. It is a documentary-imaginative world where they can live free.
Patrick Richter
Germany
27:05
(English Subtitles)
The film "Thirty-Nine" describes a state of powerlessness. It intimately documents family life and shows a personal reappraisal of the dark depths of anorexia.
Sound Thief
Aditya Kapur
India
8:24
Sound Thief is a documentary featuring independent musician Jivraj Singh, drummer for Pinknoise, and designer/producer. Born to parents who lived life on the road and made music, music was not so much a glamorous externality as much as a way of life.
From Human Life, Bohemia
Hanna Fedoryachenko
Ukraine
17:00
(English Subtitles)
Life stories of Ukrainian bohemians. It is a documentary-imaginative world where they can live free.
STUDENT NARRATIVES
Home
CARLOS ALONSO OJEA
Spain
17:44
(English Subtitles)
Bea and Alan live in a bunker. She wants to have a child. He does not. They manage to live as comfortable as they can, trying to understand each other, sheltered from an apocalyptic world. Their food resources are not going to last much longer. Soon they will have to face their biggest fear: going outside the bunker.
Captain Sandy
Eren Ozsan
US
15:30
A 7 year old girl asks for help from her parents to find the start button of her toy spaceship to go to the Moon. (Adult Content)
Zugzwang
Yolanda Centeno
Spain
8:50
Zugzwang in German means obligation to move. Life and chess are not so different. There is a moment in life where you know you have to make a decision, but the best thing to do would be not to make any move. But... you must. We simply call this being screwed. In chess, they call it Zugzwang.
The Premiere
Ana A. Alpizar
Cuba
26:21
(English Subtitles)
Tania has devoted her life to her daughter's formation as an actress. When the young girl is about to premiere her first play under the conduction of an important director, the sacrificed mother tries to do her best for everything to be fine, without realizing that, from a long time, her excessive dedication has started to be unnecessary.
CARLOS ALONSO OJEA
Spain
17:44
(English Subtitles)
Bea and Alan live in a bunker. She wants to have a child. He does not. They manage to live as comfortable as they can, trying to understand each other, sheltered from an apocalyptic world. Their food resources are not going to last much longer. Soon they will have to face their biggest fear: going outside the bunker.
Captain Sandy
Eren Ozsan
US
15:30
A 7 year old girl asks for help from her parents to find the start button of her toy spaceship to go to the Moon. (Adult Content)
Zugzwang
Yolanda Centeno
Spain
8:50
Zugzwang in German means obligation to move. Life and chess are not so different. There is a moment in life where you know you have to make a decision, but the best thing to do would be not to make any move. But... you must. We simply call this being screwed. In chess, they call it Zugzwang.
The Premiere
Ana A. Alpizar
Cuba
26:21
(English Subtitles)
Tania has devoted her life to her daughter's formation as an actress. When the young girl is about to premiere her first play under the conduction of an important director, the sacrificed mother tries to do her best for everything to be fine, without realizing that, from a long time, her excessive dedication has started to be unnecessary.
PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARIES
Pie Lady of Pie Town
Jane Rosemont
US
33:00
Why did Kathy Knapp, a Dallas businesswoman, leave her charmed life to bake pie in a dusty town with no traffic light, no gas station and sketchy utilities? Pie Town came upon its name honestly in the 1920s when a cattle rancher sold pie to supplement his income. The area is teeming with Old West history and hardy characters. The film is about resolve, heartache, healing, and pie as a vehicle for peace. You’ll see an alien, a dummy, feel connections to deep space, and hear some finger-snapping tunes. You will want pie, and probably more than one slice. Welcome to Pie Town, New Mexico. The name is no joke.
The Mural
Fran Guijarro
US
19:03
The Mural follows the stories of several artists with developmental disabilities from the non-profit thearcsf.org as they work together with a group of civic artists from freespace.io to paint a wall that aims to erase barriers. The film explores the unlimited nature of Art and its capacity to express freedom, even for those individuals whose lives seem to be confined to the boundaries of their disabilities.
Something You Can Call Home
Rebecca Kenyon
UK
01:15:00
A former marine with a government career, a student (and female impersonator) living under a bridge - the face of homelessness is changing rapidly. Some make the transition; others fall deeper through the cracks. With both intimacy and touches of dark humor, this film - set in the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina - explores what's essential for physical and emotional survival.
Jane Rosemont
US
33:00
Why did Kathy Knapp, a Dallas businesswoman, leave her charmed life to bake pie in a dusty town with no traffic light, no gas station and sketchy utilities? Pie Town came upon its name honestly in the 1920s when a cattle rancher sold pie to supplement his income. The area is teeming with Old West history and hardy characters. The film is about resolve, heartache, healing, and pie as a vehicle for peace. You’ll see an alien, a dummy, feel connections to deep space, and hear some finger-snapping tunes. You will want pie, and probably more than one slice. Welcome to Pie Town, New Mexico. The name is no joke.
The Mural
Fran Guijarro
US
19:03
The Mural follows the stories of several artists with developmental disabilities from the non-profit thearcsf.org as they work together with a group of civic artists from freespace.io to paint a wall that aims to erase barriers. The film explores the unlimited nature of Art and its capacity to express freedom, even for those individuals whose lives seem to be confined to the boundaries of their disabilities.
Something You Can Call Home
Rebecca Kenyon
UK
01:15:00
A former marine with a government career, a student (and female impersonator) living under a bridge - the face of homelessness is changing rapidly. Some make the transition; others fall deeper through the cracks. With both intimacy and touches of dark humor, this film - set in the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina - explores what's essential for physical and emotional survival.
PROFESSIONAL NARRATIVES - SHORT
Pixel Theory: Pandora’s Box
Daniel Hernández Torrado
Spain
15:00
(English Subtitles)
In a future decadent world, a professional player of the Laserball league is disqualified during the game and forced to be disconnected for a few hours. Returning to the real world, he is reunited with his father. The clash between their realities reopens old wounds.
TIC
Nataliia Garipova
Ukraine
3:49
(English Subtitles)
It is the love story of Neil Hilborn, the man with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The story is based on real events.
Dead Hearts
Stephen Martin
Canada
16:00
A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love. A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, Kung fu, and biker werewolves.
Shotgun
Maverick Moore
US
12:12
(English Subtitles)
Three girls burn rubber and leave no survivors on an inexplicably wild ride. (Adult Content)
Mosquito
Timo von Gunten
Switzerland
12:30
A tragedy-thriller about the fight between an elderly man and a mosquito; without any dialogue. This film reveals how far a decent citizen in our civilisation is willing to go to kill a small insect.
Daniel Hernández Torrado
Spain
15:00
(English Subtitles)
In a future decadent world, a professional player of the Laserball league is disqualified during the game and forced to be disconnected for a few hours. Returning to the real world, he is reunited with his father. The clash between their realities reopens old wounds.
TIC
Nataliia Garipova
Ukraine
3:49
(English Subtitles)
It is the love story of Neil Hilborn, the man with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The story is based on real events.
Dead Hearts
Stephen Martin
Canada
16:00
A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love. A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, Kung fu, and biker werewolves.
Shotgun
Maverick Moore
US
12:12
(English Subtitles)
Three girls burn rubber and leave no survivors on an inexplicably wild ride. (Adult Content)
Mosquito
Timo von Gunten
Switzerland
12:30
A tragedy-thriller about the fight between an elderly man and a mosquito; without any dialogue. This film reveals how far a decent citizen in our civilisation is willing to go to kill a small insect.
PROFESSIONAL NARRATIVES - FEATURE
Stories Forlorn
Uri Schwarz
Hong Kong
01:25:00
Struggling to find answers to his brother's questionable suicide, a sixteen year old aspiring writer is lured into the underground world of Hong Kong, as the Chinese march their way over the border during the last summer under British rule, 1997. (Adult Content)
The Descendants
Yaser Talebi
Iran
01:24:00
(English Subtitles)
Jacob's family worries about Farrokh, the son of the family. Farrokh left Iran to continue his studies but he has not been in touch with them for a long time. Jacob travels to Sweden to look for his son...
The New World
Jaap van Heusden
Netherlands
01:23:00
Mirte is the grumpiest cleaner in the airport immigration centre, a single mother who cannot take care of her 9-year old son, just managing to keep a grip on her life by following a strict set of routines. That is until Luke arrives, a West African refugee who is not put off by her aggression. During the ten days of his asylum procedure their disruptive encounters lead to an unexpected relationship that will challenge Mirte to change her life.
Uri Schwarz
Hong Kong
01:25:00
Struggling to find answers to his brother's questionable suicide, a sixteen year old aspiring writer is lured into the underground world of Hong Kong, as the Chinese march their way over the border during the last summer under British rule, 1997. (Adult Content)
The Descendants
Yaser Talebi
Iran
01:24:00
(English Subtitles)
Jacob's family worries about Farrokh, the son of the family. Farrokh left Iran to continue his studies but he has not been in touch with them for a long time. Jacob travels to Sweden to look for his son...
The New World
Jaap van Heusden
Netherlands
01:23:00
Mirte is the grumpiest cleaner in the airport immigration centre, a single mother who cannot take care of her 9-year old son, just managing to keep a grip on her life by following a strict set of routines. That is until Luke arrives, a West African refugee who is not put off by her aggression. During the ten days of his asylum procedure their disruptive encounters lead to an unexpected relationship that will challenge Mirte to change her life.
VANGUARD
Too Bad
Lorenzo Berghella
Italy
18:05
(English Subtitles)
A journey through Bangland, a city situated in a dystopian America, where the newly elected
Republican President has declared war on Mahaba, an African country, starting a terror propaganda that considers every non-Caucasian citizen as a potential terrorist. On the eve of the presidential elections, which could mean the end of the current government, the lives of a few inhabitants of Bangland cross each other. (Adult Content)
Lady and the Tooth
Shaun Clark
UK
8:00
Hidden away in a village where the most precious commodity is teeth, a toothless man lives in fear of being sacrificed by the villagers. Lonely and in search of acceptance he resorts to kidnapping as a desperate way to find love and freedom. “Lady and the Tooth” is a short animation entirely create by a series of studies made on an ongoing sketchbook collecting life drawings of passerbys.
The Glass Hedgehog
Jean-Sébastien Bernard
France
9:25
Summer 1955. The sun shines brightly on a bucolic landscape sprinkled with poppies. A young beautiful and mysterious woman lays in this sparkling field of blood-red. The sunbeams caress her smiling face. A moment of happiness that nothing seems to be disturbing. (Adult Content)
Lorenzo Berghella
Italy
18:05
(English Subtitles)
A journey through Bangland, a city situated in a dystopian America, where the newly elected
Republican President has declared war on Mahaba, an African country, starting a terror propaganda that considers every non-Caucasian citizen as a potential terrorist. On the eve of the presidential elections, which could mean the end of the current government, the lives of a few inhabitants of Bangland cross each other. (Adult Content)
Lady and the Tooth
Shaun Clark
UK
8:00
Hidden away in a village where the most precious commodity is teeth, a toothless man lives in fear of being sacrificed by the villagers. Lonely and in search of acceptance he resorts to kidnapping as a desperate way to find love and freedom. “Lady and the Tooth” is a short animation entirely create by a series of studies made on an ongoing sketchbook collecting life drawings of passerbys.
The Glass Hedgehog
Jean-Sébastien Bernard
France
9:25
Summer 1955. The sun shines brightly on a bucolic landscape sprinkled with poppies. A young beautiful and mysterious woman lays in this sparkling field of blood-red. The sunbeams caress her smiling face. A moment of happiness that nothing seems to be disturbing. (Adult Content)
YOUNG FILMMAKER
Mona
Alexis Barbosa
France
13:10
(English Subtitles)
Gary, a robotics engineer, has developed a domestic android named Mona. He brings the humanoid robot home to carry out some tests. How will Gary 's wife Marie react?
Girly
Kira Bursky
US
8:58
A girl struggles to make the most of the last few moments with her lover, while trying to figure out whether or not his love for her is forever.
Connie
Abbey Sacks
US
1:59
An experimental film based off of the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
Alexis Barbosa
France
13:10
(English Subtitles)
Gary, a robotics engineer, has developed a domestic android named Mona. He brings the humanoid robot home to carry out some tests. How will Gary 's wife Marie react?
Girly
Kira Bursky
US
8:58
A girl struggles to make the most of the last few moments with her lover, while trying to figure out whether or not his love for her is forever.
Connie
Abbey Sacks
US
1:59
An experimental film based off of the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
ALABAMA FILMS
Clean Break
Nick Corrao
10:00
The last day of a dysfunctional romantic relationship.
Fixed
Connor O’Neill
9:21
Though the numbers are not public record, it is estimated that the state of Alabama euthanizes between 200,000 and 400,000 dogs and cats every year. Around 70% of these animals are healthy and adoptable. This documentary explores the reasons for these numbers, the possible solutions, and the emotional toll of working in the animal welfare industry in the state.
River Dreams
Hunter Nichols
01:12:00
Hunter Nichols, a canoeist and cinematographer, spends forty-four days paddling solo from his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama to barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico. Hunter begins his trip on the Cahaba River, renowned for its beauty and biodiversity. The voyage continues on to the Alabama River, then through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, and finally enters the Gulf of Mexico. Each of these scenic waterways becomes a character in this inspiring film showcasing some of the last wild places remaining in the South. As the voyage nears the Gulf Coast, powerful storms, alligators, sickness, and pollution threaten to unravel this trip of a lifetime.
Sanctuary
Myah Wilder
10:31
A profile on a church in Huntsville, Alabama that helps people reconcile their faith with their LGBTQ+ identities.
Teacher’s Pet
Kenneth Hurd
5:21
A student goes to his teacher's house for a tutoring session, but he soon finds out that she has something else in mind, and that they are not alone.
Old Timer
Andrew Reed
6:33
An elderly man relives his boyhood through a backyard game of wiffle ball with his family.
Nick Corrao
10:00
The last day of a dysfunctional romantic relationship.
Fixed
Connor O’Neill
9:21
Though the numbers are not public record, it is estimated that the state of Alabama euthanizes between 200,000 and 400,000 dogs and cats every year. Around 70% of these animals are healthy and adoptable. This documentary explores the reasons for these numbers, the possible solutions, and the emotional toll of working in the animal welfare industry in the state.
River Dreams
Hunter Nichols
01:12:00
Hunter Nichols, a canoeist and cinematographer, spends forty-four days paddling solo from his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama to barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico. Hunter begins his trip on the Cahaba River, renowned for its beauty and biodiversity. The voyage continues on to the Alabama River, then through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, and finally enters the Gulf of Mexico. Each of these scenic waterways becomes a character in this inspiring film showcasing some of the last wild places remaining in the South. As the voyage nears the Gulf Coast, powerful storms, alligators, sickness, and pollution threaten to unravel this trip of a lifetime.
Sanctuary
Myah Wilder
10:31
A profile on a church in Huntsville, Alabama that helps people reconcile their faith with their LGBTQ+ identities.
Teacher’s Pet
Kenneth Hurd
5:21
A student goes to his teacher's house for a tutoring session, but he soon finds out that she has something else in mind, and that they are not alone.
Old Timer
Andrew Reed
6:33
An elderly man relives his boyhood through a backyard game of wiffle ball with his family.
