The Useless Glassblower
A film by Holger E. Metzger
Password: Glaspuster2023
A fascinating short documentary on a traditional glassmaker and artist deep in the German Black Forest, and what this thousand-year old craft has taught him about life.
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Vocafoli
A film by Stefan Kei DiMuzio
A man wakes up to a world where all sounds are made by an off-screen voice. He sets off to find the creator of these sounds, as they begin to mess with him.
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AKTION B
A film by Manon Pfrunder
Password: AKTIONB
In 1982 Joseph Beuys planted his first of 7000 oak trees in front of the Fridericianum in Kassel (GER). Forty years later, in view of the growing climatic emergency, the experimental art-documentary ACTION B once again focuses on this visionary citizen project. Equipped with a spade, basalt stone and oak tree the action-artist himself returns just in time for the last week of Documentafifteen to Kassel. In order to attempt to plant his last and again his first oak tree with the citizens of Kassel and the Documenta visitors the movie follows the artist in a consistently documented live-performance.
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Love In Vain
A film by Rudy Strukoff
This bleak yet hopeful lament reminds us that all is not lost and that we must take a chance to find love.
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Boombox (The God of The Dance) - Cartoon Version
A film by Christian Candido
An engineering student (Pepi) works as waitress in a pub in Turin. After her shift, on the way home, she meet a boombox radio, who is appears out of nowhere and talk to her ...
Pepi finds out the radio embody a spiteful and irreverent “God of The Dance”... maybe a strange radio will be change Pepi's life?
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Squid Goddess
A film by Eddy Falconer
A silent, Nickelodeon-style forty-six seconds during which a fertility statuette undergoes a fundamental transformation.
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Unica Zürn
A film by Eddy Falconer
A self-portrait that alludes to the German artist Unica Zürn’s account of her madness, her anagram-based poetic strategy, and added snippets from her fellow Surrealist friend, Henri Michaux.
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Eternal Entanglement
A film by Tara Aghdashloo
Musings on a relationship that transcends time and place, made during quarantine as part of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's filmmaking workshop.
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We’re Gonna Come Back
Directed by janine molinari
When Broadway went dark in 2020 it dimmed the hearts of thousands of people who not only depend on it for their livelihood but for artistic expression. Among us were young actors, singers, and dancers, some making their debut on the Broadway stage. “We’re Gonna Come Back” gives hope, resilience, and expression to all whose lives and hearts were affected this past year. But especially to the youth of Broadway, who are the future of theater here and everywhere.
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Unprompted
A Film by Lena Streitwieser
The film concerns a girl named Olive, who struggles to understand who she is while trying to answer an essay prompt for a college application. The question asks her to describe herself in three words, and each adjective she thinks of reminds her of a memory which calls into question her perception of her personality and priorities. Ultimately, she must confront the person she thinks she is in order to realize the person she actually is.
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Our Triumphant Holy Day
A Film by Greg Di Roma
OUR TRIUMPHANT HOLY DAY chronicles filmmaker Greg Di Roma’s journey on a pilgrimage into the Holy Land in Israel and Palestine with 28 other pilgrims in January 2020. The film explores major sites of the Holy Land and their impact on Salvation History. The pilgrims follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ and discover the human side of His story that highlight the true meanings of Love, Faith and Suffering which along the way, leads to a deep conversion in Greg’s Catholic Faith and Life that he never thought possible.
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Santa Guerra
A film by Samantha Casella
Password: weareallnegan
A woman falls down into a timeless place where her subconscious tries to process the trauma that crushes her. While a part of herself is stucked in a ghostly mansion and her double wanders in an ancestral place, the woman will reach a painful awareness.
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Border-Ball
A film by Joel Tauber
Border-Ball chronicles Joel Tauber’s 40-day pilgrimage along the U.S. - Mexico border and shares stories of people he meets along the way.
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Lava Flow
A film by Manfred Neuwirth
A volcanic eruption as an everyday and dramatic event at the same time - a fascination of colors, shapes and sounds.
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Pressure
Directors: Cherie Carson and David Creech
"Pressure" is a music/aerial dance film about the pressure we live under, the pressure to conform. Aerial dance is performed to the a cappella arrangement of David Bowie and Queens "Under Pressure" which is written and performed by David Worm. Aerialists are Kiran Satellite Haithcox and Helium Valentine.
This film speaks to the day to day inescapable pressures we must live with and reaches for possibilities of how we can deal with this pressure.
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The Unusual Suspects
A film by: Jackie Gorman
Plot: When an avant-garde artist is robbed, she perplexes police with her drawing of the culprits.
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Sphinx
A film Alec Palumbo
My name is Alec Palumbo, “Sphinx” is the name of the film. It is a horror film about a tennis player who sees a stranger who irks him. Who is watching him and why won’t they go away?
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For the Greater Good
A film by Michael Gavino
Password: FTG
When three people are introduced to The Better Earth Program, they learn sacrifices must be made.
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TALKING TO A SURVIOR
A film by MILENA OLIP
The whole extent of globalization and capitalism is often reflected in day-to-day actions.
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Eunuco
A film by Giorgio Perrig
A man, tired of having repeated sexual intercourses with his wife, decides to cut his own penis
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Daggers and roses the spirit of shadows
Directors Juan Manuel Fagetti, Alejandro Maidana.
He introduces us to the young Amoeba and Ambar, imposing their will to order in Ciudad Paraiso.
Night Angel turned into the most respected hitman and feared by those who have faced her.
Clans, hitmen, and conspiracies together with Director Kraft are made in the shadows of the city....
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RETARDATION
A film by Nils Agdler
Password: Seaman
RETARDATION is the second short film in the Male Nature Studies series. What if the human male begins to see himself as a small part of nature instead of striving to "conquer" it? What if he slows down and throws his paralyzing yoke? RETARDATION visualizes ideas of another future man – the resigned man, the regressed man, the liberated man, and possibly – the last man.
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The Pixiestick Incident
A film by Mike Henry
Password: pixiesticks
Disgraced ex-Detective Eldridge Haas and his “best good buddy” investigate a bizarre murder in a small New England town.
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Dadiani Palace Christmas Ball
Directors: Noe Sulaberidze, Zura Pankvelashvili
With the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth of Georgia, it became possible to revive the centuries-old tradition of celebrating Christmas night with a ball. This whole process and the history are described in a beautiful short documentary. Dadiani Palaces are saturated with history, part of which was numerous, colorful, and joyful Christmas parties. You will witness that our centuries-old art is an organic and inseparable part of European culture. This ball will also become part of the memories and the history of this palace, so this documentary gives viewers the opportunity to witness the history in making.
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FOREVER QUEER
Directed by: Candle Leung
Password: foreverqueer2023
While many queer individuals from the Chinese diaspora often struggle with their gender and sexual identities, some found in Hong Kong a relatively friendlier haven to discover and grow — one in which they could live and thrive as their ‘true selves’.
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Lucy Palustris: The Dinner Party
A film by Patricia Coates
Lucy Palustris is a manifestation of our human psyche and our animal selves. Her role is ambiguous: Is she an agency of care, a psychologically (de)-stabilizing force or an intrusive presence? Fecundity, violence and death interweave. A call for restitution plays out like a Sisyphean gesture where tenacity and futility reign.
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SerendiPity
A film by Eddie Allegretti
3 Lines of Plot: The "SerendiPity" music video plays out a bittersweet coming-of-age story that emphasizes trusting the process of life. A series of home videos from Eddie's childhood makes this the most personal project yet from the young independent director. This music video leaves us with a reminder to take everything in stride while not falling victim to our own hubris in celebrating success.
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Party Quest
A film by Débora Rocha
This is a story about Austin, an autistic college student who makes a bet with the voice in his head. If he gets out of his comfort zone and gets his crush's phone number, then the voice in his head will leave him alone forever. If not, he will be haunted forever. With a quest as enticing as this and the possibility to live an adventure, Austin goes to one of the scariest places he could ever go to: a party. It is just as bad as he thinks it's going to be, until maybe it isn't.
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Wish You Well
A film by Nadia Guo
Password: wishyouwell@vimeo
Plot: The Boy and the Girl were in love, however an illness took the girl's life. Before the Girl died, she had told the Boy that one’s longing for the loved one would send one’s shadow to the other. After the Girl was gone, the Boy was overwhelmed with longing and sadness.
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Password: Adelashorts
During the start of the Mexican Revolution, Adela, a humble kid is the witness of the rape and abduction against his mother made by the rebels, this event forces Adela to hide and escape.
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Give Till It Hurts
A film by Thomas L. Callaway
PW: Canal303
About: A dark comedy about two brothers seeking the return of their inheritance that their deceased mother donated to a televangelist.
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Makeover #2Dye4
A film by Santiago Larrauri.
Synopsis: A once attractive woman is depressed by disfigurements caused by her many autoimmune diseases. After an attempt to permanently solve her problems, an answer slaps her in the face. The woman who once stood at the edge of a cliff, now stands at the threshold of her fate.
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Just like you
A film by Brian Spellman