The Man Out Back

How Am I Driving(en)

An expressionless man drives along a sterile freeway. Unaware of his concrete and steel surroundings he is consumed by the surface of his world. But is he so consumed that he is unable to see what’s underneath?

A Father's Worst Nightmare(en)

A middle aged couple, Jane and John are concerned about their 17 year old daughter, when she decides to attend a party with boyfriend Chad, whom they don't approve of.

Outside the Wire(en)

A female Australian soldier cut off from her team, lies trapped in a collapsed building behind enemy lines. With a broken leg and minimal supplies, she is on her own until the unlikely arrival of a frightened 10 year old boy wielding a rifle, who helps her maintain survival through their developing friendship.

Pulsar(en)

Limbus(en)

As Alex struggles with disturbing hallucinations, his wife Vera tries to help, until they both experience their own profound revelations.

Gift(en)

John despises his father for being a failure in life. When John returns home to facilitate his father's funeral, his life comes to a turning point, as he discovers the true motivation of his misjudged father.

Lifeline(en)

A nervous job candidate is forced to show much more than a positive attitude to save the life of her competitor.

The First Saturday of May(en)

An Irish Traveler father struggles to raise his son, who has darker secrets than most.

Keys of Heaven(fa)

Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.

Chlorine(en)

In a desperate bid for attention, 11-year-old Keira compulsively steals from pregnant women at her local aquatic centre. But her actions put her at risk of losing the only family she has.

Lughead(en)

Two strangers meet in a motel room where everything is not as it seems.

Escuro da Alma(pt)

Shadowbox(en)

A war hero forces himself to relive the war by watching the film of his own torture.

By this River(en)

A young boy builds a raft to reach his mother in the land of the dead, which he believes is at the end of the river that runs alongside their property.

Out Now(de)

Tom, 16, lives in a small town in Bavaria and is about to admit his homosexuality to society. Being mobbed and threatened in school and after some exiting experiences he overcomes his own barriers and makes his dream come true: getting into contact with others.

Quelque chose de mal(fr)

Balthazar's grandfather has just died. He does not understand the sadness of his parents as, being very religious, he believes that his grandfather will go to heaven and there is therefore no reason to be sad..

Frida(en)

A struggling artist turns to sex work to support herself.

Ray(en)

After years of bitter separation, Quinn learns that his brother Ray is gone for good. Seeking closure, he attends the funeral where he meets Daphne and discovers the shocking truth about Ray’s final hours.

O Beijo(pt)

Lose threads intertwining are like paths converging, stories connecting, individuals realizing their better selves with one another. The body as a sculpture in motion.

Dziadowski's Blues Non Camera, ie Legs Forward(pl)

An animated film made without the use of a camera using the technique of drawing and painting directly on a film strip, illustrating a grandfather's ballad, the protagonist of which seeks an explanation for the cruel phenomena of the world around him. Rockets thrown to the ground and bombs exploding, a car falling off a cliff, a driver driving a man on the street or a policeman firing a gun at an opponent - images of this type of catastrophic behavior are intertwined with the recurring image of a man running somewhere.

1989(en)

A poem in tap.

Parrilla(es)

Observational short film made during a barbecue

La noche del muerto vidente(es)

Rate Me(en)

A portrait of teen escort, 'Coco'.

Girls Fight Club(en)

The best women's wrestling competition of all time...and if you think it's fake you're in for a big surprise See LEGENDARY Mixed Martial Arts fighters coach their teams to victory in the cage! aka Chuck Lidell's Girl's Fight Club

Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades(en)

Curator Robert Storr takes us through the 2002 MoMA Gerhard Richter retrospective.

The Castle(it)

In an isolated neighborhood of Palermo, three kids turn an abandoned building into a secret shelter. Here they can escape the violence of the outside world and share their dreams.

The Golden Mistress(en)

Ann Dexter, daughter of an itinerant Haiti waterfront character, Carl Dexter, brings a golden idol, which her father her stolen at a voodoo ceremony, to Bill Buchanan, who is known along the waterfront as a man eternally on a treasure hunt. He agrees to let Ann accompany him in search of the treasure after a native he befriended gives him directions and certain voodoo secret charms. They follow an underwater passage to an island where they find a Pagan tribe. They learn that the golden idol is a burial symbol representing the dead and that hundreds of idols are at the bottom of the sacred burial lake.

Weekend of a Champion(en)

An entertaining vérité look at world champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart as Roman Polanski follows his attempt to win the Monaco Grand Prix in 1971.

Lust Life(en)

Caught between what was and what could be, a woman who has lost her lust for life in the world's most passionate city, takes a chance.

Ultima Pallottola(en)

Based on the case of the serial killer Donato Bilancia, who murdered 17 people between 1998 and 2000 in Genova.

Rest In Paper(en)

Based on the true story of Ghulam Ali, Rest in Paper is the absurd story of bureaucracy, statelessness and the refugees whose lives it destroyed.

Familien Jul og nissehotellet(da)

Good Love(es)

Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.

The Birth of a Flower(en)

"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to the growth of plants." Monthly Film Bulletin, November 1955.