Streaming Things

A collection of fragmentary stories found in the Trans-Asia Express train. Embarked on a journey from Turkey to Iran, an unobtrusive observer, who doesn’t understand the language of her fellow travellers, videotapes her encounters.

Office worker, Adam, quits work to return to his childhood home and settles into the comforts of his parent's backyard. A chance meeting with a friend from his past leads to them making a "Things to Do" list so they can fulfill some of their childhood dreams.

A short good-natured "battle of the sexes" The things queer boys hate about queer girls and vice versa.

Under a black sky a stretch of highway cuts deep into the forest. Bobby's car careens out of control and comes to a stop on the shoulder. He gets out to replace a tire when he hears the desperate cry of a girl out in the woods. Despite the shivering cold and the encroaching darkness, Bobby treks into the forest following the girl's voice who keeps crying when his legs go out from underneath him, something drags him fast deeper into the forest even as he screams and claws at the ground. He disappears into the foliage with the sound of crunching bones and flesh. Thus begins ALL THINGS. The mystery of the forest brings Claire, a college student, where she makes a chilling discovery about the true nature of Bobby's disappearance which will demand of her the ultimate sacrifice to save us all.

A visual and musical celebration of beautiful, sweet, sad, noble, adorable, glamorous and abominable things.

The only thing Brian Hicks believes in anymore is shortening the lines at Kohls. Apart from that, Valentine’s Day cards can remain unread, dentists can remain mediocre, and the meaning of subdivision names can remain a mystery.

Pipe Dreams rarely come to life. Often they are a result of over-consumption, and just as often, they are forgotten by the time the sun rises. On that rare occasion however, when the cosmos align, these dreams really do have a chance to become reality. I had first made the Yukon claim some years ago under such very circumstances. From time to time the idea would pop up again, excitement would rise, yet seemingly would recede back into pile of “maybe's” and “one day’s”. Until finally the day came where logistics were settled, and it seemed as if it may be a plausible journey after all. With several recent additions to the Sitka team and the Yukon on the table, it seemed only natural to head towards this uncharted skateboard territory.

Alex, a travel-worn survivor in a desolate world, returns to his childhood home to find not only artifacts of his youth, but also the plague-ridden body of his recently deceased father.

A chronicle of Egypt's modern history through the eyes of one middle-class family.

“Small Wild Plants and Things I Don’t Know” is a short animated journey through the state of solitude (or rather, isolation). As the outside world becomes more strange than comprehensible, the inner structures of language, of the self, of what exist, strip from meaning. At that moment there is an opportunity for an (almost) unmediated glimpse through the world of senses, which creates a different state of understanding and gives a new sense of being to oneself.

How to take care of your own things, as narrated by a talking pillow.

An educational short film featuring Jiminy Cricket.

An educational short featuring Jiminy Cricket.

This is our homage to all the badass, adventurous ladies we know. Crank the volume to 11, this soundtrack is a must.

What you see, isn’t always what you get in this Barbie and Ken Doll stop motion celebration of sex and surprise. Also starring Marie Osmond, The Bionic Woman, and The Lone Ranger.

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made him a fascinating subject. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out exposes us to many more of these intriguing attributes by featuring an extensive conversation with the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner. During the course of the interview, which was conducted in 1981, Feynman uses the undeniable power of the personal to convey otherwise challenging scientific theories. His colorful and lucid stories make abstract concepts tangible, and his warm presence is sure to inspire interest and awe from even the most reluctant student of science. His insights are profound, but his delivery is anything but dry and ostentatious.

Director John Sanborn attends his 40th high school reunion with a film crew to interview former classmates and gain a measure of closure on some open-ended chapters in his life.

Jeffrey Catherine Jones is one of the most revered comic book and fantasy artists of all time and a complex character with an unusual life, an ideal subject for an insightful and captivating documentary. Tracing the early history as part of The Studio with fellow artists Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith and Michael William Kaluta through to gender transition in later life, Maria Paz Cabardo assembles a collage of artwork and archive alongside interviews with collaborators and some touchingly intimate conversations with the artist herself shortly before she died.

"A successful, young professional from San Francisco gives us a guided tour of his favourite objects and speculates on the latest new products he is thinking about buying." - MIFF

People love going to the beach for lots of different reasons. The sun. The sand. The salt-water taffy. In this slightly wacky documentary, we consider all kinds of things that draw people to the coast: board walks, seafood, lifeguards, even metal-detectors and roller skates. From Nantucket to Venice Beach, people relax and bounce in the waves. From the Outer Banks to Oahu, beachgoers bring along their fishing gear and hope to catch some dinner.