Cinematic Era: 2011 Vintage

Ph.D. candidates make a major breakthrough in quantum computer architecture. Yet it awakens the team to disturbing possibilities. One by one, the research students go mad, missing or both.

Awkward suburban teenager Nic Wooding wants to be the greatest badminton player in the world, much to the dismay of his demanding father, a former tennis champion. With the local badminton competition on the horizon, Nic rebels against his dad's wishes to learn that following your dream may lead you to a bird of a different feather.

A story follows a girl named Sapana, who dreams of marrying a man just like the one she has always imagined. However, she is completely unaware that the one truly meant for her has been by her side all along.

A documentary about the latest days of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last king of Iran.

The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically distant from that of their partner, they are united by their willingness to share ideas and reflections on all that motivates their work. Within this space of freedom, the directors featured in the exhibition examine their affinities and differences, within an environment of mutual respect and simultaneity of interests and with notable formal variants established in each of the correspondences.

Every machine needs fuel.... Every machine needs repair... Every machine breaks down.

McManus & Morgan is the oldest (and once most prosperous) paper shop in Los Angeles. Aardvark Letterpress is a family-run printing business dating back to the 1940s. Located on the same corner in Downtown LA, the two shops struggle to make ends meet in a decreasingly tactile world. A rare and fascinating inside peek into the archaic worlds of letterpress and paper-selling, this short documentary is a strangely touching story of two interdependent businesses hanging onto their livelihoods and passions, doing whatever it takes to keep their crafts – and dreams – alive.

Kem's "Oyasumi" Music Video directed by Tomoyasu Murata. This song is included in Kem's book "สิ่งที่ตี๋ไม่มีวันลืม" released by Amarin in July 2011.

During the 80's, in Athens, a nine-year old girl gradually loses touch with her workaholic communist father. She fantasizes that Vladimir Lenin wants to harm him. Things get worse when the American movie maniac Freddy Krueger joins forces with the Russian.

A Roma beggar on his knees raises many extreme emotions: guilt, rage, sympathy and frustration. Most people just walk on by, but there is always someone willing to help. In this film, the director follows the confrontations between the Roma beggars from Romania and Finnish people, and is forced to question, over and over again, her own ideas about helping.

A journey through the parts of Afghanistan that don't normally feature in news coverage to meet some amazing people and see fascinating places. Lyse Doucet uses her many years experience in Afghanistan to show a different side of a country which has been at war for 30 years.

Restore the classical definition of planet! Bring back planet Pluto! The solar system is twelve!

Three men become unwittingly involved with a ruthless drug cartel. After a chance encounter with two women, they are kidnapped and abandoned in the wilderness where they meet a mysterious scientist....

Ana dies while attempting to have an abortion. Jeronimo, her boyfriend, falls into a deep depression after his failed suicide. Ana's mother takes care of him bringing him back to the family. Jeronimo, distraught, should make final decisions about what is right even given …his shaken mental state.

Surfing is supposed to be an individual act. It's supposed to elicit creativity and take place in a natural environment. It's supposed to have moments familiar and original. It's supposed to be both elegant and raw. Surfing isn’t supposed to be choreographed. The surfer and board do what they want. Let them be seen as they want to be seen; let them be heard through only their motions. Let them surf in climates warm and cold, on waves big and small, on boards long and short, in countries near and far. Let the camera capture what it can. Let there be Sight Sound. From the surfer-director of Picaresque, is another film without dialogue. Another group of talented individuals doing what they do best, with an eclectic soundtrack mixed-in to enhance the vibe.

A chronicle of Tao Lin and Megan Boyle's relationship filmed through a Macbook camera.

From dusk 'til dawn, El Velador accompanies Martin, the guardian angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary life persists and quietly defies the dead.

Selling the Silence is a creative documentary film. It witnesses the rise and fall of one family of entrepreneurs, the Kuukkanen family from Salla, Lapland, side-by-side with the current changes in the values of our society. In combining private and personal family memories with ongoing changes in the scenery, the documentary asks: How to avoid irreversible changes in the nature when earning your living? Selling the Silence is a journey to the North, past and present. Sometimes the journey can be surprising, sometimes sad, sometimes absurd in a black Finnish way. When the film asks: ”What is the price of the wilderness?”, it is also a question of identity: Who you really are? What is your real nature?

The nightmare created by the camera, "ghost photography," has been and continues to be an existence beyond human knowledge.... The seal of unprecedented horror is now opened! A series of three cool horror titles to cool down the summer nights.

On the 7th of February 2009, devastating bushfires tore through Victoria, Australia. Swathes of prime forest were destroyed and it's wildlife incinerated. But, against all odds, there were survivors of 'Black Saturday.'

Eight college students want nothing more than a wilderness excursion of no responsibility, but their guide on his own excursion to bring closure to his foreclosure. In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are only consequences.

What could a couple, two girlfriends, two rival gangs, one murderer, and four prisoners have in common? The night will be stained in blood...

A hardworking husband and father, Jay Harding views himself as a generous, loving and selfless man giving all to make a great life for his family. But, he quickly discovers he's missed the mark and everyone around him views him as greedy, manipulative and selfish. On the brink of a destroyed marriage, a failed business and losing life as he knows it, Jay goes on a quest to prove that he loves and can provide for his family. On his journey, he learns that there is a result to every experience - right or wrong, good or bad. Jay Harding learns what happens if you're willing to let go of everything and choose to live a life Surrendered.

One day in an egyptian town.

Silvio, One of us, shows the current political mood in Italy and through some portraits investigates the phenomenon of how far Berlusconi and his politics mirror Italy.

The lives of a group of stylish girls on campus revolve around their Blackberry phones. Those that exist on the fringes of the popular group are willing to go to any length to attain one, simply to be accepted. [parts 1-2]

Based on Actual Events, The Gadarene Swine is a modern-day parable that explores the consequences of keeping our demons locked inside of us. Told through three thematically connected vignettes, the movie graphically shows how our personal demons destroy lives - not only our own, but the lives of those around us. These compelling and heart-wrenching tales will force you to ask yourself: "what demons am I holding onto?"

Rivals Black and White constantly compete with one another to prove whose color is better, but when the competition gets heated and the two accidentally slip off the edge of their world and fall into a strange place full of colors and monsters, the two rivals must work together to find their way home.

A new style musical documentary that tells the biography of Yi-Feng Hung, the King of Taiwanese songs. The story begins in 2010 when the three sons of Hung promised to perform a concert for their father. In search of their father, the brothers discovered the missing pieces of their lives and gradually pieced together the life of the legendary music master they loved.

Concert film featuring YUI's final show of her 4th Tour 2010 ~HOTEL HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN~ filmed at Nippon Budokan on November 2, 2011,

A wicked, atmospheric journey into the dark depths of the human psyche.

Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience. Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. The stories in Monkey Sandwich are urban myths or stories created with or by the actors. The film was originally part of a stage performance of the same name.

Six Drummers take over a retirement home. They perform a cheerful X-mas tune on the various items inside.

A bittersweet story about love, fate and coincidence. Mika, a 30 year-old journalist, is frustrated with her job and non-existent love life. After a car accident, her self-confidence has been shattered. She believes that life is just about luck, especially love life. She meets different people, but will her and her soulmate's paths eventually cross? Can Mika really influence her fate?

A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet, Anna Akhmatova; shot in winter in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), it contains rare interviews with people who knew her, academics, and dramatized readings of some of her poems.

A little short Brett and I made last year. never really knew what to do with it.. After seeing "The Trip" felt king of redundant. Oh well, judge it for what it is.

In December 2008, Placebo embarked on their 8th worldwide tour campaign in 15 years, performing in 44 countries, 143 shows to over 2.5 million people. It began at Angkor Wat in Cambodia and ending in London, England, in September 2010. Shot and directed by Charlie Targett-Adams, this candid and intrusive film follows the band through the different continents and cultures with footage compiled from many of the countries, shows and travels which Placebo undertook throughout the Battle For Sun tour.

Independent animation by rapparu.

Arthaus presents a truly new way of looking at La clemenza di Tito with this famous and star-studded production from the Salzburg Festival 2003. Here Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned for his analytical approach to the search for the core of the music, interprets Mozart’s last opera. Martin Kušej, who is acclaimed for his theatre productions directs the production. Nikolaus Harnoncourt identifies with Mozart’s score as both an extremely knowledgeable musician and a conductor who invariably plays an active part in helping to shape the drama. Together with the Vienna Philharmonic, he savours the miracles of Mozart’s late work, bringing out its instrumental colours and effects and at the same time stimulating his singers while proving a solicitous accompanist.

A television documentary charting the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its impact on European political and social structure.

Filipino indie film directed by G.A. Villafuerte.

A film about puppets, the creative process, and how conflict can end in resolution.

A short film by Takuya Okada set in a conformist society.

A man and a woman have completely lost touch with the outside world - that is until the woman takes one last desperate measure to erase the pesky memory that ruined their lives.

With $10,000 on the line, everyone's a suspect at the Brotherhood of Butlers Annual Retreat.

Ayuko is left alone at home while her parents travel abroad. Her childhood friend Isao and his bandmate Utsuho show up and their limited-time only sleepover begins.

This is an incredible look at the life and times of three brothers, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, one of the worlds first super groups, taking us on a journey from their roots to the pinnacle of their careers. This is a must for all music fans!

Whoops! After an unintentional button pressing incident alerting Earth of its impending demise, Gail must find a way to reverse this misunderstanding and save the world!

In 2009, exground filmfest presented Jörg Buttgereit's picturized stage play “Captain Berlin vs. Hitler”. Now he had actors speak his radio play in a theater and then filmed it. A re-enactment of an Italian horror film of the 1980s. A stranger steals the hearts of corpses from a NY morgue. Detective Jack Romero and anthropologist Andrea Spinell are to solve the case of ritual mutilations. Their investigation leads them to a tribe of cannibals on an island in the Pacific. There Dr. Fulci pursues to turn the natives into aboulic zombies. Buttgereit's media transfer touches the video revolution and high time of splatter aesthetics as well as cannibal- and zombie themes.

What do we see in our own reflection? What do we expect from others? What do the others see in ourselves?

A young man with a troubled past puts on the mask and sets out to clean up the drug underworld in Molde, Norway.

Young neo-Nazi Jan's world is somewhat limited, but stable. At least until he ends up in an Asian strip club while on the run from the police and experiences a moment there that rocks his world.

Cris discovers that his five years relationships is about to end when his live-in boyfriend Michael leaves him supposedly for an out of the country business trip. He then embarks on a long journey to catch his lover and the third party, passing by his boyfriend's maternal home, his boyfriend's best friend, his own best friend and a mysterious acquaintance. Will Cris catch his boyfriend and will he be able to prevent their relationship from its inevitable ending? Not until someone dies so another can move on. Hinala is not only about fidelity but more about that long journey we take when a relationship bitterly ends and we are broken. How many times must we die so we can be free from the baggage?

Lisandro Alonso returns to La Pampa, to the same locations of Freedom, to shoot his Carta para Serra (or Sin título), with a camera that seems to float among the vegetation. He has the company of Misael Saavedra, and yet instead of looking back (or making a tribute to his actors, because that was the subject in Fantasma) this movie seeks to be a prologue for his next one.

The story of Scallie, a modern Arsène Lupin.

So often a documentary will try to capture the supposed real experience of life in New York City, and fail miserably. Usually this is because the filmmaker tries to incorporate larger-than-life characters, and give his audience just one somewhat overwhelming experience of life on this busy little island. In the NY Pizza Confessions, Finbarr Wilbrink, instead focuses his camera on plain everyday people, and the result is genuine New York.

Surprise! is a dark comedy that satirizes the art world while taking a provocative look at the increasing problem of the misuse of sexual aid medication in elderly men with young wives.