Dzięcioł / The Woodpecker (by Jerzy Gruza) ***NO ENGLISH SUBS***

A sociologist, ruled by his sporty wife, is trying to take advantage of her few day long absence...

The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (by Arran Brownlee, Corran Brownlee)

Rupert Friend and Tom Mison co-write this visually arresting short film that mixes live action with computer generated imagery to tell the tale of two brothers with a most unusual death wish.

Passe-vite (by Bert Dombrecht, Korneel Detailleur, Ben Verschooris)

How tangerines and bananas are made. Until...

Rabbit (by Run Wrake)

An animated childrens book with a twist.

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (by Martin Scorsese)

A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible.

The Garden of Delights (by Alejandro García Caballero "Male")

In the garden of delights, a visitor from the underworld finds that color and madness are the ingredients to create a new universe.

Arrow‘s Paradox (by Jorge Caballero)

At 6 a.m. it begins the day in Arrow's house. Get up, take a shower, have breakfast, dress and leave. Day after day the same programmed actions. This life is annotated and it's impossible to escape. The name of the short is original of the theory exposed by the American economist Kenneth Arrow in 1950 and demonstrates that its not possible to design rules for the capture of social or political decisions that obey a certain set of reasonable criteria.

Danny Boy (by Marek Skrobecki)

A metaphorical and bitterly ironic story about a society suffering from "a headless existence". Marek Skrobecki's puppet animation Danny Boy shows an individual at odds with the system. His emotions reveal his otherness and need for acceptance. The production is a refined animated film featuring elaborate puppets. According to the director, it was his most difficult piece of work so far given the great number of puppets appearing on set at the same time. This pessimistic animated film refers by its title as well as by some motifs to the famous Irish ballad.

He Took His Skin Off For Me (by Ben Aston)

The story of a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, and why it probably wasn't the best idea...

Journey to the Moon (by Neil Gittins)

The chronicle of a fantastic journey from the Earth to the Moon.

Lost Utopia (by Mirai Mizue)

An animation using the Paradise Lost tale of Adam and Eve as the motif.

Next Floor (by Denis Villeneuve)

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance.

A Family Portrait (by Joseph Pierce)

A family portrait session goes horribly wrong as secrets and jealousy bubble to the surface under the photographer's watchful gaze.

Somebody (by Miranda July) - Miu Miu Womens' Tales #8

Have you ever found it impossible to say something, face to face, to someone you know, someone you love? The words just won't come out? A new messaging service, SOMEBODY, by Miranda July could help. It's the star of her film for Miu Miu Womens' Tales, the eighth commission in the acclaimed short-film series by women directors who critically celebrate femininity in the 21st century. This latest addition to Womens' Tales showcases Miranda July's unique ability to capture the strange tenderness of contemporary relationships. SOMEBODY takes our endless hunger for communication, technology, avatars and outsourcing, and blends it into what seems to be a surreal near-future — but it's not. It's right now. In close collaboration with Miu Miu, July worked with a team of developers to create this radical and complex app; when the movie ends we're invited to visit somebodyapp.com to send or deliver our first message.

I, Pet Goat II (by Louis Lefebvre)

A story about the fire at the heart of suffering. Bringing together dancers, musicians, visual artists and 3d animators, the film takes a critical look at the events of the past decade that have shaped our world.

Manderlay (by Paul Barritt)

The narration of a nightmare with goatmen baby ballerinas, a tooth-fairy without a face, scissors and other horrific participants.

The Alphabet (by David Lynch)

The Alphabet (1968) combines animation and live action and goes for four minutes. It has a simple narrative structure relating a symbolically rendered expression of childhood and aging. The idea for "The Alphabet" came from Lynch's wife, Peggy Reavey, a painter whose niece, according to Lynch in Chris Rodley's Lynch on Lynch book, "was having a bad dream one night and was saying the alphabet in her sleep in a tormented way. So that's sort of what started The Alphabet going." Based on the merits of this short film, Lynch was awarded an American Film Institute production grant and became a minor celebrity. It can be watched on Vimeo too.