Tag

Activism

61–74 of 74 films

  • by Áron Gauder

    Set in the present day, Native American protesters confront the crew of an oil pipeline project, just down the hill from the land of their ancestors. The grandfather evokes the ancient tale of their Creation myth, reminding all of us that the challenges facing humanity are universal, and that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.

    • Drama
    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
  • FOREST 500

    2015 16+ 3 min

    by Moth Collective, Moth

    Forest 500 is the world’s first ratings agency for rainforests. It tracks how key companies, investors and governments are performing in the race to remove deforestation from global supply chains. ‘Forest 500’ was produced for the COP 21 Climate Conference in Paris, 2015. It is the third film Moth has made for the Global Canopy Programme, a tropical forest think tank working to demonstrate the scientific, political and business case for safeguarding tropical forests as natural capital.

    • Documentary
  • by Michaela Čopíková, Veronika Obertová

    Opening titles for the Slovak documentary cycle about television fetishes.

    • Documentary
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Exam Stress: Syrian Style

    2017 13+ 3 min

    by Ewa Cederstam, Raj Yagnik

    In Syria they take exam stress to a whole new level.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
  • Every Child

    1979 7+ 6 min

    by Eugene Fedorenko

    This animated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for by two homeless men. The film is the Canadian contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO’s Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declaration of Children’s Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a nationality.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Family
  • Deep Love

    2019 Adults 14 min

    by Mykyta Lyskov, Nykyta Lyskov

    The place of this animated short is the city Dnipro (Ukraine). Partly a documentary, through the prism of absurdity and black humor, the film tells the story about a big city during historical changes and decommunization.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Catcalls

    2020 16+ 2 min

    by Anna Berezowsky, Laura Stewart

    Catcalls is a short stop motion animation exploring street harassment using cats, dogs, and real sentences that humans said to other humans.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • CASES: YoYo. A toy turned into a rebel

    2023 All audiences 52 min

    We talk about the creation of the series, the attitude to artificial intelligence, cooperation with producers, ambitious projects, and creative clashes that may arise during their implementation.

    • Sci-Fi
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • by Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl

    Based on interviews of former inmates, this is a glimpse into the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. An account of political imprisonment, forced labour and enormous profits.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Tragedy
  • Bring Down The Wall

    2016 16+ 3 min

    by Cyril Gfeller

    More and more walls are springing up around the world. If they haven’t already been built, they’re being talked about and proudly championed like the idea of great wall of Calais or Trump’s even greater wall of Mexico.

    • Music video
    • Non-narrative
    • Experimental
  • Bon Voyage

    2012 16+ 6 min

    by Fabio Friedli

    Dozens of people climb an old truck for the wild journey through the desert and the ocean. Not everybody achieves Europe, where an ambiguous end is waiting.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Big Booom

    2016 10+ 4 min

    by Marat Narimanov

    The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Betti

    2018 16+ 5 min

    by Zsuzsanna Ács

    Since the 1980s, Betti Forgó has made her living as a taxi driver. Sitting in her car, she recalls 25–30 years of stories from the world of taxis: from negative stereotypes and the taxi blockade of the ’90s, to the protests against Uber — and how she herself was present in all these moments.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Bene’s Horizon

    2016 16+ 13 min

    by Jumi Yoon, Eloic Gimenez

    In the African rainforest, Bene is a child who survives under the rule of bloodthirsty hunters. But one day, after he meets a baby gorilla, it becomes his turn to be hunted.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Fantasy