All Films

Geschichten vom Essen

2008 • 60 min • Germany

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Sister and Brother

2008 • 7 min • Latvia

A sister and brother dream of the same adventures, though each interprets their dream differently. A dream travels where we are not, and where each misfortune turns into a new opportunity, but the goal always remains unattainable.

Girl on Red Couch

2008 • 7 min • Germany, Switzerland

A little girl on a red sofa is watching terrifying daily pictures on tv.

Emergency

2008 • 47 min • Philippines

A pregnant woman was accidentally hit by an ambulance car killing her unborn child. Soon after, hospital patients disappear one by one. Along with her husband, they seek the truth. Meanwhile, the other hospital "tenants" must warn others about an aswang's terrible rampage.

About Stepan the Blacksmith

2008 • 13 min • Russia

The tale of the blacksmith Stepan, who returned the Moon, the Stars and the Sun to people.

Arrosez-les bien !

2008 • 8 min

The Song of the Dead Children

2008 • 40 min • Mexico

Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.

Tu pirata soy yo

2008 • 5 min • Puerto Rico

The zany adventures of a young Joanne Marie 'Flan de pú' Rodríguez Veve.

Seth Happens

2008 • 7 min

Joshua Waits is still followed around by his dead Grandpa Seth. He can't eat, work, or meet girls without Grandpa's ghost warning him about goblins. When Joshua finally asks to be left alone, it could be too late.

Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies

2008 • 55 min • United States of America

As always, Carvey never crosses the line into mean-spiritedness, but easily glides in and out of every impression & expression, reminding us of the huge talent we came to know and love before he left the scene due to his heart condition. It's a bittersweet irony that Dana Carvey is one comic who is ALL heart...

Cedar and Bamboo

2008 • 22 min • Canada

Cedar and Bamboo is a thought-provoking documentary about the unique relationships shared by early Chinese immigrants and Aboriginal peoples on Canada’s west coast. The documentary recounts the life experiences of four descendants of mixed heritage. Set in BC, their stories reveal the difficult circumstances of Aboriginal peoples and early Chinese immigrants.

On Time

2008 • 6 min

The story of a heart-broken young man can peek into the future and must act on it on the spot.

Le bel esprit

2008 • 5 min • France

A short film about three women experimenting with the paranormal.

GUTTER: Girls of Noise

2008 • 36 min • United States of America

In April 2008, LRS toured across the USA and met some amazing female noise artists. This is what it is like to be a girl of noise.

Uncle Jonny

2008 • 7 min • Australia

Uncle Jonny is the best mate of a 7 year old who is daydreaming during class.

Sick Sex

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

Amanda is sick. Ken is horny.

Fleeting Love

2008 • 15 min

Solo, an everyman who seemingly brings misfortune upon other people's relationships, faces his own fear of love.

James

2008 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Young James struggles as an outsider at his school. His teacher, Mr. Sutherland, is the only person he feels he can connect with. When James finally puts a voice to his feelings, Mr. Sutherland's response isn't what James had hoped for.

Death at Midnight

2008 • 45 min • Vietnam

A man suffers from a recurring vision of the pregnant woman he killed in a car crash.

Michel Bras: Inventing Cuisine

2008 • 52 min • France

Made in France, English subtitled. In-depth portraits of internationally acclaimed chefs featuring exclusive interviews. Michel Bras is one of France's greatest cooks, obtaining his third star in 2000 and rated #7 on the 2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants chart. We will taste four dishes, cinematographically describe what we feel, then work through each dish's culinary fabrication to the true subject of the series: investigating the ways that one invents cuisine by revisiting their space and time.

The Jaunt

2008 • 15 min • United States of America

In the near future, a revolutionary form of teleportation inspires fear and curiosity in a family using it to relocate from Earth to Mars. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

I am Pregnant!

2008 • 12 min • France

Sandra has just found out that she's pregnant. She hurries to tell it to her friends and to her father. That's a bad idea: everybody seems to want to get her down.

Parachute

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

A precocious young boy strikes up an unlikely friendship with a checked-out slacker in his thirties.

Building Under Ground

2008 • 41 min • Germany

The film follows the construction of the new expansion of Zurich's Museum Rietberg, from the groundbreaking in May 2004 through to the opening in February 2007.