4 Bed, 4 1/2 Bath
Sudden divorce spurs a newly-single Marjorie to sell her family home of 35 years. We move through, room by room, this newly-made intermediate zone. It is at once ripe with decades of memories and artificially staged for prospective buyers.
Directed by: Amanda Katz
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A Share of a Share
In a tent in a refugee camp, the man of the family protests what happened for their food's share.
Directed by: Kaveh Jahed
Aftermath (Nachspiel)
When you wake up in a strange bed the morning after a party, you find that it's often the small things that raise the questions of greatest importance. A film about the time between yesterday and today.
Directed by: Ralf Beyerle
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Appellation
Ex-government scientist James Rampton's secret research is in jeopardy when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour to the ruthless government investigator tasked with finding and terminating "extremists" like himself.
Directed by: Tracy Mathewson
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And the Moon Stands Still
The presence of the moon affects all under its glow, but the demon wants to destroy the peaceful world. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance.
Directed by: Yulia Ruditskaya
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Blood Letting
Set deep in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, filmed on grainy 16mm film and lit entirely by torches and lanterns, this dark tale follows a mob of angry torchbearers in pursuit of an unfortunate man through the rural countryside.
Directed by: William S. Davis
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Building No. 13
The story of human life in the sewage systems in which people from upper floors make their social environment dirty.
Directed by: Amir Gholami
Charlie vs Goliath
Former Catholic priest Charlie Hardy is 75 years old and has no money or political experience. But none of that dissuades this 21st-century Don Quixote from running for the US Senate in his home state of Wyoming. Charlie’s courage to take a principled stand against money in politics attracts a ragtag group of young volunteers and together they jump aboard a 1970 Crown school bus, campaigning across the Wild West state in a bid to shake up this country’s political establishment.
Directed by: Reed Lindsay
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Cold Breath
Maryam is in her thirties. She was born as a woman, but since puberty has lived as a man. This influences her life, work, and love.
Directed by: Anbas Raziji
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Color Field
Are you a sincere seeker? Are you satisfied with your position in life? If obstacles seem to prevent you from enjoying the better things in life, you are not using the powers that reside within you. At the Spectre Institute, our sensory enhancement programs are structured to help you exist at your full potential.
Directed by: Diego Chavez & Daniel Stanush
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Compression Diary
Millennial urban sprawlers, lost in the fog of youth, explore romance in a digital swipe culture.
Directed by: Ryan Kendrick
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Earworm
Oh, the things that get stuck in our heads. When a reclusive man is repeatedly woken up over the course of a night by severe headaches and musical repetition from an unknown source, his sanity begins to swiftly unravel. This creepy and unsettling short film will leave viewers squirming in their seats.
Directed by: Tara Price
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Emerald Ice
Emerald Ice is a cinematic journey exploring the mind of the American poet Diane Wakoski. Narrated by the poet herself, the audience assumes the side of the reader as facts of the author’s life weave through enigmatic, fantastical and fractured stories.
Directed by: Jesseca Ynez Simmons
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Enhanced Interrogation
A Muslim-American writer struggling with writer's block is detained by two agents who mistake his terrorism satire as evidence of his involvement with a terrorist group called ELMO.
Directed by: Farraz Khan
Falling from Time
Eón arrives at Alfredo´s house. Everything in it is fugacity, fleeting time; the walls, ceilings and floors have been corroded by time. During their encounter they will enter into a relationship in which Alfredo will have to overcome fear, accept himself as a perpetual becoming and be prepared to the unavoidable falling from time.
Directed by: Ian Quintana
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Fetishes
A woman discovers that her good friend enjoys scalding her tongue with hot liquids. The question becomes whether it is the tongue-burner or her friend who is fetishizing this strange act of masochism.
Directed by: Oskar Peacock
For Better, For Worse
Three couples in different phases of their lives find themselves in the hospital on the same day, each for their own reasons. The film examines where is the boundary between love and dependence, habit and choice? And the biggest question: What is true love?
Directed by: Tal Greenberg
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The Forever Woods
The end-of-the-world through a young girls' eyes.
Directed by: John Jamilkowski
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Garbage
Jean and Jacob want to change their lives, but Jean and Jacob need to get trashed first.
Directed by: Tayler Robinson
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Goodbye Mother Earth
The work aims to disrupt the crosstalk in the brain between thought and perception; to be awake and in the moment, to see and hear unhindered by thoughts persistent chattering. It delves beyond the surface of both the image and the sound to discover shapes and movements beyond what the eye sees and ear hears.
Directed by: Greg Penn
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Hermetica Komhata HK320
A masterpiece of metaphysical science fiction made in 1943 by a mad scientist of dubious origin, who called himself Dr. Joseph H. Stanislaw.
Directed by: Ricardo Salvador
This film will be playing as an installation all day on Saturday in the Front Lounge.
I Like It Better When You Do It
The mountain and the wind meet. Three of cups enter. A man rides a chariot. Nine swords pierce his psyche. A queen is born.
Directed by: Michelle Sutherland
The Interview
Christophe, in his thirties, passes a job interview in the company where his girlfriend, Emma, works. The same night, convinced he got the job, the couple celebrates the event. But in the heat of the moment, Christophe asks himself if he will be chosen for his skills or if he received special treatment. The evening has only just begun.
Directed by: Marc Gurung
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Katzen
Katzen is a film about friendship, cats and sex. While having a late night reunion, four friends discuss their rela onships with cats and humans. It’s a night full of smoking, drinking and talking.
Directed by: Moritz Gerber
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Kill Jar
On a sweltering summer afternoon, while searching for a prize insect, an amateur entomologist, comes face to face with his neighbor, a pathetic and violent man. Their showdown pits cruelty and justice in a dog-eat-dog world.
Directed by: Brian K. Landis
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Knowing Nothing Cold
A group of teenagers living in the American Midwest of the 1970's confront the impossibility of a graceful entrance into adulthood.
Directed by: Jeff Kao
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Kobalt Elektra
Tophat is presented with several choices that involve artifacts, moments of time and (human) nature while exploring present and futuristic ruins, for the first and last time. "Perhaps?" Tophat wonders.
Directed by: Leigh Anthony Dehaney
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Light Sight
M.E., the imprisoned character in a room, is attracted to a hanging light and tries to catch it. But the room itself becomes an obstacle on his way.
Directed by: Seyed M. Tabatabaei
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