All Films

Journey Into the Unknown: William Bradford And The Pilgrim Fathers

2008 • 51 min • Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

For many Americans, the journey of the Mayflower symbolizes the birth of their nation. To this day, the Pilgrim Fathers are a glorified symbol of American virtue. In search of autonomy and with the desire to preserve their cultural identity, a group of English Puritans left their Dutch refuge in 1620 to set off for the New World. That voyage is not just a tale of a religious community bravely going their own way; the events of those days would have a major impact on the course of modern history. The rules and regulations of the Mayflower Compact that the Pilgrim Fathers, religious sectarians, abided by, became the secular prototype for the constitution of the United States of America; a social contract that would serve as an example for many other national constitutions during the European age of civil society and thereafter.

Bad Voodoo's War

2008 • 57 min

In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves “The Bad Voodoo Platoon” was deployed to Iraq. To capture a vivid, first-person account of the new realities of war in Iraq for FRONTLINE and ITVS, director Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes) created “a virtual embed” with the platoon, supplying cameras to the soldiers so they could record and tell the story of their war. The film intimately tracks the veteran soldiers of “Bad Voodoo” through the daily grind of their perilous mission, dodging deadly IEDs, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears.

Guy Gilles

2008 • 57 min • France

1958. A twenty-year-old man leaves his native Algeria to make a living. Fifty years later, three teenagers and a big apartment overlooking a Parisian boulevard. At the corner of a room, a window, a face, come the films of Guy Gilles, traces, voices and images of an unknown work, out of tune with his time.

Papá o 36 mil juicios de un mismo suceso

2008 • 50 min • Chile

Miguel, an university teacher keeps an affair with one of his students and things go smoothly until his daughter finds out about it.

Herod's Lost Tomb

2008 • 46 min

National Geographic follows archaeologist Ehud Natzer in his discovery of the tomb of Herod the Great.

Tischlein deck dich

2008 • 58 min • Germany

No one takes the clumsy Max Klopstock seriously. Even the gluttonous goat makes fun of him. Max wants to prove his worth to his father and lovely Lotte. So he packs his knapsack and heads out into the world like his older brothers Emil and Joeckel did.

Daddy's Little Judge

2008 • 1 min • United States of America

Comedy short written by and starring Aubrey Plaza about a commercial for a fictional reality show about the daughter of a judge who tries cases.

Unexpected Company?

2008 • 4 min • Sweden

What a wonderful summer evening by the sea. A delicious dinner, a drink on the terrace and the weather gets warmer and warmer.

What Is Brazil?

2008 • 29 min

Rob Hedden's witty on-set documentary captures the revolutionary air that had begun to swirl around Brazil even before the controversy surrounding its U.S. release. It features footage of director Terry Gilliam; actors Michael Palin, Jonathan Pryce, and Kim Geist; screenwriters Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown; and other key members of Brazil's cast and crew.

The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow

2008 • 6 min • Canada

The film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.

Person to Person

2008 • 17 min

From a fictive news agency, "Person to Person" takes a new perspective on the poverty debate. As a commentary to the G8 summit 2008 the good news are in focus for a change.

Live Fast Die - The GG Allin Story

2008 • 25 min • Canada

Short documentary on the life and music of scumpunk icon GG Allin, featuring insights from fans, friends and family.

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

2008 • 53 min

This nostalgic retrospective with colleagues and friends of the Beatles fondly recalls Paul McCartney's simple plan for the "Magical Mystery Tour" movie: to let assorted odd characters climb aboard a bus, then film their adventures. The 1967 movie was a cinematic flop, but Keith McCartney (Paul's brother) and other insiders reveal the excitement and camaraderie in those salad days before tensions within the Fab Four began to split them apart.

The German

2008 • 10 min • Ireland

November 1940, during the greatest conflict man has ever known, an epic duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to it's ultimate conclusion. Unknown to the pilots is a fate neither has considered.

All That You Love

2008 • 15 min • United States of America

Alfie Zimmer wanders through New Jersey in search of a sign on the meaning of life. Based on the Stephen King short story "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away."

The Shogun

2008 • 50 min

With cunning and courage the japanese warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu managed to unify Japan after 150 years of civil war.

The Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients

2008 • 29 min • Sweden

Marie is a social worker in an immigrant dense suburb. Outside her daily work she runs a youth center, leads courses and functions as parole officer for young Belem, who has served time in a correctional center. She also takes care of Belem's son, Ray, when Ray's mother is at work. Belem's release from prison coincides with the appearance of an irritatingly nosy economist from the social services head quarters, curious about Marie's impressing but costly work. As pressure mounts, Marie's true feelings rise to the surface and her methods and motives are questioned.

Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick

2008 • 5 min • Denmark, United States of America

Four shorts based on all four Indiana Jones movies with a little Lego twist and inside jokes.

Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot

2008 • 46 min • Japan

Masaka Kubota plays high-school student Keita, who leads a secret life as a "network investigator" for a secret organization. In the introductory episode, Keita has moved to a new school in Tokyo but doesn't like it. His best friend from his previous school comes to Tokyo and they run away together. Passing through a construction site the pair are attacked by a robot, but are then saved by a man named Takimoto and his strange sidekick — a cell phone with arms and legs. This Buddy Keitai cell phone with "human intelligence capabilities" will go on sale in Japan in April.

Countdown

2008 • 50 min

A candid impression of the life of 18-year-old Parisa from Tehran, who is cramming for the university entrance exam.

Vista Minha Pele

2008 • 27 min • Brazil

"Vista Minha Pele" is an amusing parody of Brazilian reality. It serves as basic material for discussing racism and prejudice in the classroom. In this inverted story, blacks are the ruling class and whites were enslaved. Poor countries are Germany and England, while rich countries are, for example, South Africa and Mozambique. Maria is a poor white girl who studies at a private school thanks to the scholarship that she has due to the fact that her mother is a cleaning lady at this school. Most of her colleagues are hostile to her, because of her color and social status, with the exception of her friend Luana, the daughter of a diplomat who, having lived in poor countries, has a more comprehensive view of reality.

Metaphysics of Sound

2008 • 28 min • South Korea

Adopting mainly hand contact printing with photographic enlarger, «Metaphysics of sound» started from September of 2006 and completed in July of 2007. With a 35mm soundtrack image, I made a hand-drawn soundtrack on the 16mm film strip. The sounds were made either by directly contact printing the 35mm sound tracks or collaging the scratch images. According to pattern of sound on the 20% blank of 16mm film strip (normally used as space for optical recording), I edited whole image and made structure of film. Hence the margin is a where image is sound, and vice versa. Later, I studied the sound patterns which varied according to the kinds of images used or the concentration of the image, and made various attempts at rearranging the structure of the sound with the image.

Hjärtrud - the Woman of Your Life

2008 • 28 min • Sweden

A twisted story about love.

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene.