Martian Chronicle (2017)

Memories of a Rainy Day

In a rainy afternoon drive, a man embarks on a journey through his memories. As he questions his faith, the line between past and present begins to blur, leading him into a maelstrom of fragmented images.

Bears Discover Fire

'Bears Discover Fire' is the strange tale of a lonely man, his aging mother, his curious nephew, and a family of bears that have discovered how to use fire.

Spider

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

Augmented

A short film set in the near future, where augmented reality has become so ubiquitous that the line between the real and virtual worlds have become blurred. When a new, dangerous technology is created that can manipulate the perception of this brave new world, who will exploit it? Who will monetise it? Who will become twisted by it?

Alan Smithee

'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws, inevitably being met with the errors of your parents, and the necessity to make room for the pain. While Alan is surrounded by what is thought to be the American ideal, all the material comforts that should equate happiness, he learns that sometimes all we are is lost in the woods.

A Father's Day

Unexpectedly reunited with his daughter amongst the ruins of the world as they knew it, a father is determined to make this day special, even if they are already dead.

Por Magda

Josefina and her daughter Magda take refuge in the Andean mountains to find a way to ensure a free future, despite the fact that this decision could land them in prison.

It Grows!

As Zac’s relationship with his long suffering girlfriend deteriorates, a mysterious ‘plant’ is discovered in his back yard.

Fraud

A trans rocker girl getting by with petty credit card fraud is left to question who she wants to be when her latest target surprises her with an unforeseen proposition.

Not the 80s

Two people, one restaurant, some preconceptions and a bit of fish.

To Where the Sky Turns Blue

At an abandoned gas station, the paths of Rue, Halley and Rayleigh cross and unravel through layers of time, where their memories and the impact of choices on each other link the past and the present inextricably together.

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A Day Too Soon

After waking up from a thirty year sleep, a man finds himself in a unfamiliar setting. Challenged by the course of time, he must re-establish a connection to the present day and make amends with the world left behind.

Nowhere

In a vast, open desert landscape, two strangers with troubled pasts collide.

I Remember Ashes

The surreal state of childhood perception is evoked in this 35mm portrait of a mischievous duo running amok in the Czech countryside.

I Am the Doorway

After Saturn XVI crashes back to Earth, ex-astronaut Arthur struggles with an infection. Richard and his friends are blind to it's origin but his victims won't be. The Doorway is open.

Enchained

A woman in her daily life at home. A ballerina practicing her art. Realities mix in a remembrance of an irretrievable time.

Thread: My Rose

Thread: My Rose is the 1st part of the Sequel: Thread

Strange Way of Life

After 25 years, an ex hired gun visits his old colleague, who is now a small town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.

Aloof

Yariv is a shy photographer charged to take photos at a family birthday. The photographs he takes highlight his problematic relationship with his brother, and increasingly intertwine to his extreme sexual experiences at the gay sauna.

Valentine's Day

One night on Valentine's Day, Rúben take dinner in a restaurant until someone spills accidentally a glass of wine on his shirt. Within the quiet of the street he smokes a cigarette with Jorge. Between cigarette puffs Jorge asks him a simple question for a complex answer: How long can he continue to run away from his problems?

Black Mist

Black drops fall from the water faucets, peek through the drains, and flood the city. Sisters Paula and Teresa, cornered in their apartment, can do nothing but observe as that strange substance takes hold of their lives. Hypnotized, with nowhere to go, they come into contact with the liquid. Gradually, reality begins to distort and they get lost in it.

It's Getting Late

In the translucent LA dusk we discover four women living very different lives. The camera follows each as they wind down their working days, their four stories weaving together as each prepares for their evening.

Myosis

Myosis is the constriction of the iris which decreases the diameter of the pupil. It is an unconscious phenomenon which can be triggered by an intense light, fear, or the effect of epiphany.

Living all of Life

After a lifetime together, Susana has been abandoned by her husband. She is in denial and holds on to the past. One day, she needs the help of her neighbor, Gloria, a free-spirited woman that she can’t stand. But the friendship that emerges between them awakens Susana's desire to live in the present.

Isaiah vs. The Hodag

A young man living with his parents in Wisconsin comes face to face with a terrifying monster while searching for the elusive cryptic known as the Hodag.

Infinity Chamber

A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.

Dream Kitchen

A tale about isolation and lack of communication, the gap between the reality a teenage boy lives, and how he would like it be. He has a secret that he would like to tell his family, something that he has come to terms with and is about to affect the rest of his life. But how will they react?

The Balcony

Matt, a lonely mid 20's man, goes out to his balcony and has a brief connection with someone across the way.

Shed

An Aboriginal girl held captive and at the mercy of the station’s stockmen makes an unlikely friend and finds the courage to set herself free.

Katshinau

In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

Practice Funeral

After teenage Ben comes to the realization that his stage 4 testicular cancer is terminal, he decides to throw a "practice funeral" as one final hurrah before the end of his young life.

Dance: BBC Introducing Arts

Brenda Emmanus presents an innovative collection of dramatic short films from emerging artists. Compelling stories of identity and isolation, trauma and power combine with the visceral impact of dance to explore our place in today’s world in a thought-provoking and heartfelt way. Daughters of the Sea; Breadline; The Dupe; Happy Okay Mate; Mad Smooth; Rat King; Reesheh; Spectrum; Testimony; Turbine; Wounds; Beneath the Movement; Divis Tower, Both Sides Now

You Will Find Love

Simon, a young adult author, unexpectedly reconnects with his high school friend, Gabriel. Their meeting forces Simon to uncover the truth of what led to their friendship diverging.

The Muppet Christmas Carol

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Just Ask Him

Just Ask Him is a romantic LGBT short film about an out high school kid gathering the courage to ask his soccer jock crush to a dance.