Sidelines

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Fish Out of Water manages to unfurl its light-hearted tale of young man and the sea, without a word of dialogue. Avoiding the morning traffic jams, our man (Nick Dunbar) finds peace by rowing each day to work in the city. But when a seductive blonde unexpectedly enters the picture, he finds his morning boat ride heading in unexpected directions. Directed by Lala Rolls (Land of My Ancestors), Fish Out of Water was invited to play in the 2005 NZ Film Festival, plus another 10 overseas fests. Victoria Kelly composes the brass and banjo-inflected soundtrack.

Lelaina was mellow, eating marshmallow.

Sofia's brains went missing, when mixing toasting with ironing.

A community of women lives in an old convent that falls apart. They never talk and strive to keep everything clean. One day, Irene realizes for the first time that there is much more beyond the routine she and her sisters keep doing over and over. Irene, following nature’s signs, starts a journey of reconnection with her own impulses and body to finally find her own voice.

A young man living far from his beloved one wastes his existence absorbed in modern distractions until he loses contact with her.

A mysterious old man and a dark past made up of classic cars, beautiful women and the excesses of his youth.

Set in 1980s Toronto, a young boy shuffles between the homes of his recently divorced parents.

An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.

Angels watch over an old farmer as he works to bring a tsunami-ravaged land back to life.

While moving out of their home, a desponding couple recollects on their crumbling relationship.

A little cat witnesses the passing of his family.

When a woman working in an office is tempted by the final cupcake from the snack stand in her office, she must fight tirelessly to have it from a colleague who keeps getting there before her.

Two gender confused youth question the binary that surrounds their every day.

The bodies of women lying on the ground weave relationships around them, they breastfeed, they connect with the ground ... Carla Simón's first short, shot on 16 mm in the Californian forests. An experimental exercise that connects with the cinematographic avant-gardes of the early twentieth century.

Volpina

The story of Ramiro, a young boy, who is leaving to war; his return and his missing with the love of his life, Laurinda.

A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction.

A devastating plague has wiped out half the population of New York City, leaving it in a perpetual state of emergency. After years of lockdown, a young man, Paul, puts on his hazmat suit and ventures into the abandoned streets to meet Justine - a woman with whom he has developed a romance online, but never met. Paul has dreamed about this day, but doing this in reality is something else entirely. Will they be able to overcome their anxieties - and is it worth the risk?

An elderly novelist re-visits the crossroads of his first and 2nd love through memory, imagination and a typewriter.