Some grandpa's are hairy. Some grandpa's are tough. Pascal Flörks's grandpa is both. A series of pictures from the family album tell the life story of his grandfather, encompasing trips with the …
Ernie Biscuit
Five years after his touching feature film Mary & Max, we welcome back director Adam Elliot. For his latest "clayography" he returns to a shorter canvas. The rather glum title hero is a …
Mama Agatha
The ever-energetic Mama Agathe inspires immigrant women from all over the world to get moving in her weekly cycling lessons in the Amsterdam neighborhood Bijlmer. This short documentary paints a …
Blobby
Cross our hearts and hope to die: you will never before have been this touched by a chunk of plasticine. By a little blob. By Blobby. …
Born to Be Mild
There's a good chance you're a pleasure seeker. Someone who seeks out the joys of life, who sucks the marrow from the bones of day and night, who is there for every cultural evet and party, who lets …
Coda
A young Irishman meets the Grim Reaper in this celebrated short. Or some kind of reaper, anyway, with a scythe and a flowing black robe. And then it gets complicated, and fairylike as well, as Irish …
Bath House
Niki Lindroth von Bahr first stole our hearts in 2012, when she unleashed neighbours Tord and Tord in the short of the same name. The realities she creates are just as bittersweet in 2015, as …
Master Blaster
Last year, Sawako Kabuki burst onto the scene with Ketsujiru Juke, a fysical and colourful celebration of... how shall we put it... the bodily fluids found at the human rear. International title: Anal …
Listen
The point of view keeps changing in Listen. A woman wearing a veil tells her story; that story is translated; the translatin is heard. But the translation falters, and the hearing falters. The …
Forever Over
Apparently, it's a German thing: finding a new lust for your bourgeois life by challenging each other. Check out Hin und Weg. In Forever Over, Mia and Tim find its the best way to spice up their …
Emotional Fusebox
Visitors to Rachel Tunnard's website are welcomed with a question: “Rachel is warding off an existential crisis with: a) Philosophy? b) Religion? c) Re-runs of Columbo and a drip feed of gin?” It's …
Palm Rot
After a sudden explosion somewhere in the Everglades, Bill finds a mysterious crate. He takes it along on his airboat, but that quickly turns out to be the first in a series of unwise decisions. And …
