A Single Life

When Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record single, she suddenly knows how to travel through her own life.

Wild: la película

I Choose to Live

The documentary »I Choose to Live« presents a touching confession of a young girl who after losing her mother, tried to end her life. Later on she struggled with self-destructive behaviour and also an eating disorder. In this documentary the young girl is portrayed by the actress Nina Rakovec. The theme of mental health of youngsters is highlighted with the help of the professional counsellors.

Day 40

In this animated retelling of the Noah's Ark story, various unholy activities fill the great ship, as the animals discover the darker side of their nature.

Twitch

After finding a ladybug in the school playground, Dominique cares for the newly-found bug. In her classroom, Dominique is bullied by Jessica and Sam, who pick on her by tossing her ladybug, prompting her to seek revenge.

Run brother run

Salim and Alì, two Nigerian brothers, work in a tomato field managed by Fulvio, a violent and racist corporal. Alì, as opposed to Salim, lives a life which goes over the legality. One day, Fulvio commands the two brothers to deliver a drug shipment to a notorious local criminal, but on the return something goes wrong. The corporal's son, Vincenzo, will help Salim to escape his father's brutality.

MELANYEL

The City at Night

Two strangers try to navigate their loneliness in big city.

LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day

Arthur Fol attempts to get Peg's second hair back from the planet Ashlar by using his new invention, the Interstellar Portateller ray, but brings back characters from the film as well.

The Boy and the Pigeon

The boy wants to have a pigeon, but he can't afford to buy a bird. On the market for a pigeon asking for 100 rubles! Then he decides to buy a bird, bartering it for his father's album with stamps. Having caught a pigeon, the boy releases a bird into the sky. But the pigeon is returning to it's native dovecote, to it's former owner, who again demands money for it. This is a short movie about childhood and dreams, about the first life lessons that everyone has to face in childhood, when society and its laws bring changes into life, sometimes breaking the brightest dreams.

Swingin'

When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, his stepfather Howard, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bulling before he can provide his son a feeling of security.

Locomotive

Based on Lokomotywa, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Made with the use of classical cartoon animation and combined photographs.

Miniaturen Teil 2

Omnibus film with 11 short films directed by students of the HfG Ulm

Pearls of Wisdom

Based on the short story Graduation Day by Stephen King

Graduation Afternoon

A young girl enjoys her boyfriend's graduation party.

Denomination: Quietude

A dark depiction of an all-encompassing system, that tries to accept depression and negativity by slowly crawling into the empty calmness.

Between Hot and Cold

A little boy and his uncle are playing loudly in a cold bath on Sunday morning.

Ayana

Ayana, a blind African-American woman who loves audio-books read by a particular voice, has chance encounter with Dave, who is attending to his dying father. While Dave is trying to find marijuana to ease his father’s pains, Ayana recognizes her favorite reader.

Esmeralda

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The Frog Princess

A spoiled princess encounters an enigmatic talking frog in this twisted take on the classic fairytale.

Northfork

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.

Matriculated

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

DC Showcase: Death

Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.

Tuesday

A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

Waking Life

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Nine Days

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the dragons have a plan of their own...

The Shepherd

On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

Canvas

After a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.

Cryptozoo

Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.

Primal: Tales of Savagery

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Tales of Savagery features a caveman and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival.

The Little Matchgirl

An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.

40 Acres

Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.

The Congress

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.

Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!

When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the queen is not over yet. The Ghouls must locate an ancient artifact known as the Vampire's Heart in order to discover the identity of the true Vampire Queen. It's a fangtastic adventure that will lead them from the Tower of Londoom, to a haunted river boat in New Goreleans and finally to the glamorous boo-vie lots of Hauntlywood. Could this be the moment when Draculara finally receives her vampire powers and discovers screams really can come true?

The Maker

A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.

Joseph: King of Dreams

In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspires jealousy in his brothers.

Monster High: Scaris City of Frights

The Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the world famous Madame Ghostier designer.

Happiness

The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.