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- DirectorDelphine GirardStarsVeerle BaetensSelma AlaouiGuillaume DuhesmeA night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by she must make the most important phone call of her life.
- DirectorReed Van DykStarsShinelle AzorohJohn BrockusMichael BrownInspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.
- DirectorZsófia ZsemberiStarsSzofi BerkiDénes BernáthJúlia BernáthA heartbreaking depiction of a family abandoning one of their own.
- DirectorLouise Ní FhiannachtaStarsDoireann Ní FhoighilBrídín Nic DhonnchaDara DevaneyAs her classmates prepare for their First Holy Communion, Rubai announces that she is an atheist and refuses to participate.
- DirectorFabricio BambrattiStarsPedro PedroYara Dewi HowePedro tells the story of what he believes are the only 7 ways someone can die from.
- DirectorPhil JoanouStarsThomas JaneRon PerlmanSammi RotibiFrank Castle is staying in a bad neighborhood, where he encounters a gang that terrorizes its residents.
- DirectorDaniel JungeSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsSarkar AbbasMohammad JawadPlastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.
- DirectorStéphane RiethauserStarsTom GramenzSwen GippaProra, on the Baltic Sea. Mysterious, endless. In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that puts their friendship at risk.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsSara CushmanDon HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt closes his trilogy as Bill struggles to piece together his shattering psyche.
- DirectorPatrick BiesemansStarsTheodore BouloukosDanae AbrahamsEthan SharrettThe paths of two starkly different men, a generation apart, converge late one evening for them to discover they have a dark and destructive bond.
- DirectorChristopher KezelosStarsNick McKayReina McAndrewShelley HepworthBorn into a world of numbers, an oppressed zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
- DirectorWilliam Branden BlinnStarsNick SoperCarlos SalasLawrence Jefferies and Hugh Greerey have just met. They both have had girlfriends in the past...they're both straight. Thirteen or so minutes later, however, something's happened and things have changed.
- DirectorSantiago Bou GrassoPatricio PlazaA man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsSean BiggerstaffEmilia FoxStuart GoodwinBen is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsWilliam McInnesAdam tells us the story of an older cousin who had cerebral palsy. Adam would go over to play and they'd dress as superheroes, jump off the shed and run about the the street with an old shopping trolley. Adam explains his cousin's wayward left arm, his strong right one, his aunt's understanding of her son's rages ("bake a cake," she'd tell him), and the boy's love of swimming. On Adam's eighth birthday, the cousins are separated by tragedy; it's left to Adam to wonder about his cousin, and if he still smells of licorice.
- DirectorChristoph LauensteinWolfgang LauensteinA group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsClaudio BrookSilvia PinalEnrique Álvarez FélixSimon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsBea BenaderetMel BlancA bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiHamilton LuskeStarsNelson EddyThe Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actually Willie, a whale who can sing in several voices simultaneously. A friend of his, a gull called Whitey, tells him about the searching ship, and Willie goes to audition, as it's been his ambition to perform on stage. Unfortunately, Professor Tetti Tatti from the Opera believes that one or more singers have been swallowed by the whale, and need to be rescued.
- DirectorMarianne FarleyStarsBéatrice PicardSandrine BissonAn aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsDomhnall GleesonLily JamesMark Lockhart160 years in the making, a story inspired by the pioneering discoveries of our founder, reimagining key events that have shaped Burberry's history.
- DirectorRichard JakesMichael TammanStarsChristopher DunlopFiona PearceA beautiful British production that speaks the terrifying and most normal thing in the world: love. Besides the amazing soundtrack, the short features fine performances and a brilliant text that plays with words in 6 minutes and summarizes all paths, desires, events, all the steps of a relationship.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorFrédéric DoazanAn update of our classic human anatomy.
- DirectorDarwin SerinkStarsMojean AriaBobby NaderiInspired by true events, Aban and Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before their execution for being gay.
- DirectorJames W. GriffithsStarsTom CullenMichael GouldYuri KlimovA prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to.
- DirectorBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsAndy RodoredaAlison GallagherRuth VennStranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect his infant daughter.
- DirectorNicholas VersoStarsToby WallaceCody FernBrian LipsonIn 1995, Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teen mental health clinic. But when a new patient, Richard, is admitted and the boys are forced to share a room, Jonah finds himself forming a connection despite himself. But will their bond be strong enough to protect them from the darklings that hide in the night shadows?
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekKim AllenHaving reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
- DirectorJérémy ClapinStarsJulien BoisselierThéo GrimmeisenMado DebrusHaving been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
- DirectorKate HudsonStarsVirginia MadsenDakota FanningKristen StewartWhen Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car, an Olds Cutlass Supreme.
- DirectorBruno ColletStarsDominique ReymondAndré WilmsAn aging painter and his wife struggle increasingly to cope with his advancing dementia.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtA series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonRúaidhrí ConroyDavid WilmotA black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....
- DirectorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsJames Arnold TaylorCarrie-Anne MossTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonA private detective is hired to track down the computer hacker known as Trinity. But as he gets close his goal, reality takes a weird turn for him.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsJames LauferA father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
- DirectorB KelleyStarsSophie GiannamoreNia MinottMichael TorpeyA soldier returns home to meet his daughter, who transitioned while he was on tour.
- DirectorChris OvertonStarsRachel FieldingPhilip YorkRachel ShentonA deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
- DirectorJake GrafStarsNicole GibsonHarry RundleTommie GrabiecIt's always darkest before Dawn.
- DirectorBenjamin ClearyStarsMatthew NeedhamChloe PirrieEric RichardA man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- DirectorKai StänickeStarsMaximilian GehrlingerJakob JörkeKarl KreibichA tale of being different and growing up.
- DirectorMichael GoodeStarsDaniel LissingRose McIverDawn SorensonImmediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?
- DirectorRosana SullivanAn unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull.
- DirectorGoldyBradley SlabeStarsMaria AngelicoMarc GallagherA clumsy crochet dinosaur must unravel itself to save the love of its life.
- DirectorJérémy ComteStarsFélix GrenierAlexandre PerreaultLouise BombardierSet in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
- DirectorJeff CassidyStarsJosh DallasChristian Michael CooperEmily Bett RickardsA struggling father tells his son a bedtime story to convey an important life lesson.
- DirectorAndrew CoatsLou Hamou-LhadjStarsGreg DykstraNick PiteraSteve PurcellA weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
- DirectorPatrick VollrathStarsSimon SchwarzJulia PointnerMarion RottenhoferA divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
- DirectorPedro Solís GarcíaStarsMiriam MartínBelén RuedaMaría TempradoMaría's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
- DirectorMalcolm ClarkeStarsAliza Sommer-HerzZdenka FantlovaAnita Lasker-WallfischAliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsJohnny SimmonsNate LangJ.K. SimmonsA ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
- DirectorLeonardo Cata PretaStarsLeonardo Cata PretaEduardo MoreiraSince the 12-year-old Francisco make sky photographs. One day, something different appears in one of your photos changing his routine.
- DirectorSébastien RossignolStarsSophie-Charlotte HussonIsabelle de HertoghMarie-Béatrice DardenneDeeply hurt and disfigured in a car crash, the famous star Vera Bella leaves the 'St James Plastic Surgery Hospital' where surgeons tried to give her back her famous beauty. Trying to escape the mass media pressure, she decides to take some rest in a secret family Manor near the Ocean.
- DirectorJoshua WeigelStarsEduardo VerásteguiNick VujicicDoug JonesA circus troupe brightens the spirits of audiences in Depression-era America and inspires hope in a limbless man from a sideshow.
- DirectorGregor SchmidingerStarsMichael W EllisonTruman ChambersDamon PrestonA closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous and uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. The host suddenly gets a call and must leave; he gives the hustler money and tells him to stay. After he leaves, the door of the adjoining room opens, revealing his son. The prostitute and son identify a commonality...the cycle finally ends.
- DirectorNash EdgertonStarsNash EdgertonMirrah FoulkesChum EhelepolaA young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
- DirectorRoger AllersA poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.
- DirectorChris LandrethStarsRyan LarkinChris LandrethFelicity FanjoyThe movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
- DirectorGabriel Osorio VargasAn old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.
- DirectorPatrick OsborneStarsSteve ApostolinaKirk BailyBen BledsoeThe love life of a man as told through the meals he gives his adopted dog, Winston.
- DirectorRobert KondoDaisuke 'Dice' TsutsumiStarsLars MikkelsenCourtney LockwoodA little pig, who keeps his town safe from a cloud of pollution with his windmill dam, is ignored by a thankless public and bullied at school. When a new kid arrives, things begin to change.
- DirectorDustin ShroffStarsCarson Trinity HaverdaGreg BagliaCharles BashamA boy's gender crisis in the aisles of a discount super-store.
- DirectorMick AndrewsBrett O'GormanStarsAlison BruceJoyce IrvingA stubborn old lady struggles to send a text message to her daughter.
- DirectorWill HutchinsonStarsJohn MoraitisAnn OrsiAmy PowellA touching, bizarre and sometimes comic look at the serious issue of depression.
- DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsGhilherme LoboTess AmorimFabio AudiThe arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeA transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
- DirectorAndrew RuhemannShaun TanStarsTim MinchinA boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.
- DirectorPhilip SansomOlly WilliamsStarsNapoleon RyanA sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?
- DirectorJochen Alexander FreydankStarsJulia JägerCedric EichTamay Bulut ÖzvatanA German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
- DirectorBen SheltonStarsCarlie NettlesSally SmytheJeff Grimm13 year old Lisa deals with her mother's Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorNick WhiteStarsBenedict CumberbatchNatalie PressDylan ByrneWhen young dad, Joe, discovers he's dying, drifter Charlie is given a unique opportunity to turn his life around.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr PalamishevAleksandra ZhivovaEvgeniya KryukovaIn nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr KaydanovskiyThe man decides to die, but falls asleep at the last moment. He dreams that he died and ended up on another planet, very similar to the Earth, but the people living here do not know sin.
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn FlausThe odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
- DirectorMahiro MaedaStarsJulia FletcherDane A. DavisDebi DerryberryA tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.
- DirectorPhillip J. BartellStarsBrett ChukermanEma TuennermanWeston MuellerTina has a big crush on her new friend, Robbie. But one day, she discovers that he's gay. She is disappointed, but still tries to fix Robbie with his crush, Tim.
- DirectorRaoul O'ConnellStarsRaoul O'ConnellAnn RussoKevin McClatchyWinston arrives at NYU as a freshman, knowing he's gay and wondering where that fact will lead him. He falls hard for Tom, his temporary roommate who's soon to leave for L.A., and it's a big risk to express these feelings. Meanwhile, temptations and opportunities abound in the Village: sex in public toilets, uninhibited people at parties, and knowing Act-uppers. Plus, there are misinterpreted signals, like the ones Winston gets from a Moonie. With help from his hometown friend Anne, Winston keeps his equilibrium and finds the perfect place to meet someone: the Judy Garland rack at Tower Records.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsNikolai GusarovLyubov TeplovaKostya PanovIn the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used to have a cow, how this cow fed everyone with milk and how she suffered when the calf was sold for meat.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsThe Boswell SistersConnee BoswellMartha BoswellWell, a mouse *is* stirring... And he's having fun playing with the toys, until he mistakes Tom for a stuffed toy and wakes him up.
- DirectorGuy NattivStarsJonathan TuckerDanielle MacdonaldAshley ThomasIn a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
- DirectorLouise BagnallStarsFionnula FlanaganNiamh MoylesLucy O'ConnellAn elderly woman drifts back through her memories. She exists between two states, the past and the present.
- DirectorJamie DonoughueStarsLum VeseliAndi BajgoraMelihate QenaThe friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.
- DirectorKonstantin BronzitTwo cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.
- DirectorAthanassios VakalisA sociopolitical metaphor of the world as a formal dinner that takes an unexpected turn when there's no more food to be served.
- DirectorDavid CageStarsValorie CurryTercelin KirtleyHanako DanjoKara is a visually stunning and emotional PS3 technology which is here "represented" by a female android who becomes self conscious.
- DirectorKim Rocco ShieldsStarsLouis BottinoC. Ashleigh CaldwellPatrick CharlesThe story of a bullied young teen who lives in a world where heterosexuality is considered immoral.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsAndrew GarfieldLyle KanouseNancy MunozA young man faces the abrupt loss of his friend.
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
- DirectorConnor ClementsStarsNiall WrightMatt JenningsMargaret GoodmanYoung James struggles as the outsider kid at his school. His teacher, Mr. Sutherland, the only person he feels he can connect with. When James finally puts a voice to his feelings, Mr. Sutherland's response isn't what James had hoped for.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtDark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery, in this second chapter to "Everything Will Be OK".
- DirectorMike LemonStarsBob BowersoxDavid DuzenskiVicki GormanWhat happens when two profoundly lonely men who are strangers, one older and gay, and the second younger and questioning, take one last chance at making a sincere human connection? Based on true events in the life of the writer/director.
- DirectorPeggy RajskiStarsBrett BarskyJudy KainJohn LizziUpon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.