ABC
Germany, 2012, 12 min.
After suffering through years of the Liberian civil war, 17 year old Vele hopes to brighten her future by attending school alongside her daughter and finally learning to read and write.... more

Julian
USA, 2011, 40 min.
When a young man named Julian looks straight into the camera and talks about the lure of joining the Marines and the possibility of not returning home, so begins this riveting portrait of a young soldier and his family.... more

Our Need for Consolation
Sweden, 2011, 19 min.
Stig Dagerman was a Swedish literary sensation who published a rash of influential works in the cauldron of post-WWII Europe. Then, suddenly, he fell silent with writer’s block, and two years later, was dead. This richly textured documentary, narrated by Stellan Skarsgard, resurrects Dagerman’s prof... more

The Star
Slovakia, 2012, 19 min.
A Slovakian welder dreams of acting on the stage. When locals decide to mount a theatrical version of “the worst movie of all-time,” Plan 9 From Outer Space, the welder’s improbable dream may finally become a reality.... more