8 switches (Part 6)

With 8 Switches, Tim Wright presents six black-and-white microcinematic vignettes of retina-searing, hard-edged, epilepsy-inducing sound and vision; digital hallucinations drained of colour, synchronized to a soundtrack that is relentless and unsentimental. Each new section presents a variation on the same sleek, kinetic minimalism. As each section progresses, the razor-sharp line between a host of binary oppositions—black/white, figure/ground, silence/sound, here/there, on/off — dissolves through sheer velocity. The rapid-fire alternation between these binary oppositions acts like the flicker of film frames, accelerating until sound and sight are wed into a synchronous whole in which neither the visual nor the sonic takes primacy. Instead, each acts as mutually constitutive literalisation of the other. — Joseph Clayton Mills

Et ta soeur!

The Sisters are joyous, high in color, made up and on the spot in the struggle not just against homophobia and AIDS but also for the right of homosexuals to exist socially, to ensure HIV AIDS prevention and bring help and comfort to the sick. The film answers these questions: Who are the Sisters? What do they do? What are their actions and objectives? How do you become a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. Who is their chosen audience? Even if the Sisters are playing a role, literally actors in the guerrilla theater of the struggle against discrimination, they are no less responsible, committed and often remarkable, individuals. Their comments and observations, simple and direct, enable them to address the broadest public.

Finding a Family

Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself

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Girls! Girls! Girls!

A showcase of six short films written, produced, shot, edited and directed by women.

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

Homecoming

When Nina Patel is nominated to represent her eighth grade class at Homecoming, she's thrilled. However, Nina's traditional Indian parents refuse to let her assimilate to such an American tradition. Nina gets the answer she expects, but decides to ask her father one last time. Only when she shows up at his office unannounced, she discovers him in a compromising position with his secretary. Trying to shake the thoughts of a broken home, Nina flees the scene.

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Ici rien

This film begun in september 2008, in Exarchia, "the Mecca" of athenian contestation. As the months passed and the political situation of Greece evolved, the film became the canvas on which testimonies finally laid, thus composing the fragmented landscape of a country in crisis.

Identities

"Who are you?" The answer depends on whether the respondent is someone of American, British, Cameroon, Colombian, German, Indian, or Turkish heritage. What if that person traveled thousands of miles, crossed a few continents, grabbed couple of languages, and ended up in the heart of Europe? What if between different genders? What if they feel most comfortable in the middle of nowhere?

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.

Last Ride

On December 15 2010, a group of friends set out for a day's mountain bike ride. 4 days later, a search and rescue team retrieved a helmet mounted video camera.