All Films

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission of 'The Five Doctors', the media interest and the BBC Enterprises' event at Longleat House. Featuring actors Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Carole Ann Ford, John Leeson, Richard Franklin and Caroline John, writer Terrance Dicks, director Peter Moffatt, visual effects designer Mike Kelt, new series writers Paul Cornell and Gareth Roberts, prominent fans Andrew Beech, Ian Levine, Richard Molesworth and James Goss. Presented by Colin Baker.

Fitna

2008 • 15 min • Netherlands

A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.

Monash: The Forgotten Anzac

2008 • 55 min • Australia

The story of how Australia's 'ANZAC myth' was born and the role of General John Monash in this process as soldier and statesman both during and after WW1.

Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians

2008 • 33 min • United States of America

Making of documentary for Disney's animated feature 101 Dalmatians

On m'a volé mon adolescence

2008 • 52 min

In the 1960s, Evelyne, a 14-year-old teenager, reluctantly becomes her mother's confidante, who uses her as an excuse for romantic encounters with a work colleague. Evelyne finds this secret very difficult because she loves her father and her 12-year-old younger sister. One day, her mother leaves her husband and her two daughters. Evelyne, feeling guilty, tries to convince her to return home.

The Solomon Treasures

2008 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Investigation into the controversial history of three extraordinary biblical artifacts discovered in the Holy Land. Are they genuine or fake?

Tortured

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

From the notorious director of modern day exploitation films, Jason Impey, comes this brutal and disturbing tale. Quaid & Kurk are two notorious convicts who have escaped prison and are trying to flee the country. To ensure their safety they abduct an innocent, attractive woman to use as a hostage to protect themselves from the police. But Quaid has hidden motives for the abduction and Kurk doesn't like what he sees, leading to a deadly game of cat and mouse full of jealousy, deception, lust and murder. Get ready for one of the most graphics films to hit the screen!

The Brain That Changes Itself

2008 • 56 min

The discovery of neuroplasticity, the fact that thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains, even into old age, is one of the most important breakthroughs in our understanding of the brain in recent times. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Dr Norman Doidge explores the profound implications of the changing brain in a way that will permanently alter the way we look at human possibility and human nature. The documentary examines a blind man who sinks a basketball; a woman with half a brain who leads a normal life; learning disorders, strokes and brain traumas that are improved and cured; and chronic pain that is alleviated. The vast expanse of the brain's possibility is still unrealized.

The Paradigm Shift

2008 • 26 min • United States of America

The repercussions are immediate when activist history professor Arthur Collins - out of frustration - assigns his class to design a plan to assassinate the President of the United States. Life becomes particularly tough for the professor's teaching assistant T.K., whose reluctance to choose a side plants the young man right in the middle.

Jann of Sweden

2008 • 14 min • Sweden

Jan Eldnor moved to the United States in 1969, but has never been able to learn more English than necessary. When he is not working as a hairdresser he is a cowboy and likes to participate in parades. His horse Cloude Rochelle is the woman of his life, although his wife, Lisbeth, is there as "the second lady".

Snow

2008 • 13 min • Iceland

A young boy wakes up to almost a dreamlike reality. He cannot find his parents. Then suddenly everything seems very wrong.

Zombies: When the Dead Walk

2008 • 48 min • United States of America, Canada

Zombies are part of pop culture, but what are they? Where do they come from? To find real zombies we visit Haiti where Zombies are an integral part of the island's cultural and religious roots.

Ready? OK!

2008 • 27 min

A comedic coming-of-age story about an 11-year old boy as he learns that it's "OK to be yourself."

A Bicycle Trip

2008 • 4 min • Italy

It's the story of a double trip. A physical journey, the one in which the chemist Albert Hoffman really took his bicycle to go back home in the 1943's spring under the effects of an unknown substance he was testing (lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as Lsd). But it's also the symbolical journey, inside the scientist's mind, representing the feelings he may have felt. Our bet is to narrate this event researching new images, creating our own version of a '40s styled psychedelia.

Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart Healthy & Fit!

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

Timon and Pumbaa show students how to be healthy and fit with their germ-free philosophy. From the importance of hand-washing to making healthy food choices, Timon and Pumbaa's Safety Smart® Checklist is brimming with valuable kid-friendly lessons on how to prevent the spread of germs and maintain overall well-being. Now, that's Safety Smart!

Superpride

2008 • 47 min • United States of America

The Serengeti sustains one of the biggest lion populations in Africa: approximately 3,500 lions in 300 prides. But this pride, residing in the central Serengeti, is an exception. 22 lions in all: they are a Super Pride. Few lion prides reach Super Pride status. Keeping cubs alive to maturity is the Super Pride's ultimate goal, but sometimes the greatest threats to a lion cub's life come from other lions...

A Rock In The Light

2008 • 18 min • Japan

In “A Rock In The Light”, I requested the music of Haruyuki Suzuki, a contemporary composer. This music is unified with the image, which is visually structured, setting the rock at the center, along the axis of light. For the new DVD version, I titled “Air’s Rock”.

The Board

2008 • 40 min • United States of America

The inside story of one human soul, wrestling with the ultimate decision. A dilemma is posed and a battle ensues. One-by-one the power brokers of the soul Mind, Memory, Emotion, Heart, Will, and Conscience step forward to weigh in. The stakes couldn’t be higher. The outcome has consequences for eternity.

Itinerary of Jean Bricard

2008 • 34 min • France

The film is a commemoration of the lost livelihood of the earth, the lost lives of the War and to the work of two of the cinema’s greatest artists.

Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook

2008 • 33 min • France

Director Peter Brook discusses his move from theater to film, his approach to adapting LORD OF THE FLIES, and the film's complicated production history.

The Talisman

2008 • 7 min • Canada

This short film, based on the novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub, was produced to demonstrate the direction of a full Talisman adaptation.

The Artifact

2008 • 59 min • United States of America

A group of friends come together for their annual Halloween get together, but an artifact sent from Patrick's grandfather changes it from a pleasant event to a horrific one.

Beholden

2008 • 25 min

Anna needs money for her son. The father says no and swears he's got none. Some men show up and they have a gun.

Sweet Dreams

2008 • 10 min • United States of America

A cupcake escapes a city of sweets and is marooned on an island with vegetables where he learns to reform his destructive ways in this tasty stop-motion from the talented Kirsten Lepore.