This video spotlights the range and utility of the long-running Crying Jordan meme, which re-immortalizes one of the 20th century’s most successful athletes (Michael Jordan) into an avatar of failure: an everyman for disappointment, angst and sorrow, a tool for rapid responses to live events and a demonstration of the increased power of (anonymous, decentralized) fan culture.
Shutter is an experimental short film that blurs the line between narrative, satire and self reflection. It primarily explores the anxiety of performance and the fear of being judged. Through various lives, the film communicates these pressures. A man who loses his temper over a letter, a comedian dying on stage and a dishonest friend. Anything from everyday actions to major stunts spiral out of control into moments of scrutiny and even silence becomes a form of judgement. By combining satire with a sense of self awareness, Shutter captures the true essence of creating, performing and exposing oneself to the gaze of others.
Aisha, a Palestinian girl, lives in Hebron. With her camera, she documents her family's resistance in a city where oppression is a central part of everyday life.
The 1990s: Amid the chaos of the post-socialist East, East German car mechanic Andreas and Alexej, a border crosser from the former Soviet Union, team up to smuggle German cars into Russia. Among the ruins of their old homeland, they try to build a future for themselves. But the new capitalist game is brutal: West German investors buy up the GDR, while corrupt border guards and ruthless gangsters control all the smuggling. Andreas and Alexej are painfully stripped of their naivety and forced to realize that in this world, they never really had a chance.
Carlitos, a curious and lonely boy, discovers a mythical creature hidden and chained in his own home by his father, Mario. As Carlitos grows closer to the creature, Mario begins to plot how to profit from it.
Pollo, a drawn bird, escapes from the pages of a notebook to embark on a surreal journey to the SMMX Festival. A two-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Stop Motion Mexico Festival.
A man named Ben wakes up with no memory and a gun against his head. Aster, a grizzly and mysterious man, offers Ben the opportunity to join him on the way to sanctuary. On the way to this sanctuary, Aster explains to Ben that the world that he may remember is gone and he must now live the rest of his life hiding from vampires who rule the world.
“Entity” is a striking exploration of the human experience. Against the backdrop of Iceland’s landscapes, the film invites the audience to witness the evocative journey of two isolated souls, as they discover the boundless energy within and ultimately evolve into a unified, expressive whole.
When Phoebe goes on a camping trip with her best friend Kate, Something horrible happens and changes everything, leaving Phoebe and Kate questioning what's going on.
Today, many laundry soaps in the Czech Republic are referred to as “the soap with the deer on the label.” However, the original product was manufactured by the Schicht factory in Rynoltice near Liberec. In the mid-19th century, Georg Schicht founded a small family business in the basement of a local house, which later grew into a multinational corporation. The progressive company's stability was first tested by World War I, then by the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The greatest upheaval came with the expulsion of the German population after World War II and the confiscation of property. Schicht's descendants are now scattered around the world. Their search for their roots forms the backbone of a documentary that captivatingly reconstructs the history of one company and one family.
Vitória, a young trainee at a company, competes with three other men for a permanent position. Therefore, in an act of irrational competitiveness, she decides to murder them in her quest for success.
For six months, 42 nonprofessional singers gather weekly to indulge in their passion for music. They are Victoria Chorale, an alumni choir led by conductor Nelson Kwei since its inception in 1988. After an 18-year hiatus, Kwei is preparing them for the world stage again, but the thrill of competing soon meets the stress of gruelling practice.
An intimate drama about an aging war veteran forced into a retirement home, where he confronts the ghosts of his past and forms an unexpected bond with his Black caregiver.
Professional Ash Scatterer, Arthur, takes a job from a mysterious past familiar in the middle of the outback. Memories blur with the present as Arthur seeks answers for the unanswerable.
A heartfelt drama following Casie, an international student who buries herself in parties to avoid confronting her grief and disconnect from her culture. With a high-stakes presentation on her home traditions, she is determined to excel and she would do it–except an invisible elephant keeps creating chaos in her life and ignoring it only makes it worse.
When director and ethnologist Hana Nováková encountered an elk, it changed her life. And she wasn't the first. For centuries, people across continents and cultures have been fascinated by this ancient totem animal, one of the largest mammals in the northern hemisphere. Whereas in the past they wanted to conquer it, today they tend to listen to it. The director's cinematic odyssey is the result of several years of searching for the secrets of the moose. It leads from Czech forests through a Russian domestication station to the territory of the indigenous peoples of Canada. A collage of stories told from personal, spiritual, and scientific perspectives shows the moose as a guide between worlds, a symbol of balance and renewal, and a possible answer to the question of how we can heal our relationship with nature.
Fleeing a painful past, Nico travels from Spain to New Zealand to start over, but when a vibrant young actress pulls him into an ambitious student musical film competition, he’s forced to face his fears, open up to new friendships, and rediscover the spark of storytelling that might just heal him.