All Films

Engine Sentai Go-Onger Special DVD: It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!!

2008 • 12 min • Japan

A special DVD in which Bomper lets each of the Go-Ongers do their own special seminar on ecology and also tie into the three Gaiark Pollution Ministers.

Prince Among Slaves

2008 • 58 min • United States of America

Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took him to the White House to meet President John Quincy Adams, where he was granted his freedom. Mos Def narrates this PBS documentary that includes reenactments of scenes from Rahman's life and interviews with historians who discuss the conditions faced by slaves in early America.

A Sense of Wonder

2008 • 55 min • United States of America

Biography based on Rachel Carson's book, "The Silent Spring."

The 9th Circle

2008 • 11 min • United States of America

A woman is abducted by a sinister stranger on Halloween night for a fate worse than death.

The Hand of Masters

2008 • 4 min • France

In the middle of a revolution, two young workers try to claim their existences…

The Women of Godzilla

2008 • 11 min • United States of America

One aspect of Japanese fantasy films that often goes overlooked is the significant part that women play in the drama.

Ringo Starr: Off the Record

2008 • 52 min • United States of America

A conversation between Ringo Starr and The Eurythmics's Dave Stewart. Ringo talks about the early days and how he came into the band without an audition. Then the discussion turns to Beatlemania, and then Ringo plays Beatles songs on the drum kit. Another segment is when Stewart pulls out a box of LP albums and plays a flash card game with Ringo, asking him for improvisational comments on the records.

Submundo Sangrento

2008 • 10 min • Brazil

Documentary about the production of independent horror films in Brazil, made by third-year students of the Senac audiovisual course in 2008.

Morris Engel: The Independent

2008 • 28 min • United States of America

Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel

The Wedding Guest

2008 • 13 min • France

The Witness 1919-2004

2008 • 10 min

Scarecrow in a characteristic Polish landscape as a witness to the dramatic events of Polish history. World wars, changes in socio-political systems, civilizational transformations, national dramas - in this animated film take the symbolic form of costumes. Zygmunt Konieczny's dramatic music adds expression to Krzysztof Kiwerski's visual vision.

Osório

2008 • 12 min

The square was created in 1874. Since 1879 it's name is Praça General Osório. It has a clock that displays the official time of Curitiba city, capital of the State of Paraná in Brazil. The busy square, people gathering together and being apart from each other. A reminder to the fact that each person may be noticeable.

The End

2008 • 30 min

A middle class American family must fight for survival in a nation being torn apart by the lack of water.

Ahmad's Garden

2008 • 15 min

Ahmad is an Afghan refugee who discovers the complications that arise from putting down roots in a new land.

Attackazoids!

2008 • 7 min

A woman struggles for survival in a ghostly world besieged by giant killer robots.

Heroic Bloodshed

2008 • 6 min

Andreas Schlee's tribute to John Woo and the Heroic Bloodshed Genre.

Crossway

2008 • 50 min • France

A very interesting thriller about the coming of age of a troubled young man searching his place in this world. Teenage boy Jonathan (Fabien de Marchi) is having a hard time living with his father and stepmother. On a whim, he steals some money and embarks on a journey of forbidden pleasures. He spends the night in abandoned building and wakes up bound and is held prisoner by Antoine (Johan Libéreau), a young drug dealer wanted by the police. The two boys forge an ambiguous relationship between violence, compassion and fascination. Victim, Jonathan ends up taking a liking to his tormentor.

Inside Down Basement

2008 • 10 min • Peru

This is the endless story about an old couple lost at the end of their last days. The Oldman seems a baby who just eats, sleeps and watches television. The Oldlady seems a mum who cooks, cleans and speaks to him. This old couple could live anywhere in the world. Their country is death. Their only world is a long wait. The Oldlady has taken control of both lives because she is in much better mental and physical conditions than him. Day after day the Oldlady plans and organizes different ways to kill themselves. But for the moment she is not shooting well. Days will keep following until a small mistake or the correct shoot end the sadness of this harsh wait.

Blooming In Spring

2008 • 20 min

Yun-ah thinks her body reeks and refuses to eat. One day, during lunchtime, the kids in her class try to force Yun-ah to eat, but Sung-eun, the most studious student, tries to stop them and a fight breaks loose. Yun-ah’s bare pubescent body running freely in the spring rain looks gaunt, hungry, but beautiful.

Jungle Fish

2008 • 58 min • South Korea

Based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities.

Go Forth! Godman

2008 • 22 min

Godman and Greenman join forces to take down a myriad of monstrous foes in an abandoned town.

The Prime Minister Is Missing

2008 • 55 min • Australia

With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy. Four decades later, a coronial inquiry confirmed that Harold Holt had accidentally drowned. Some people may still believe that Holt was a spy and fled to China in a submarine. But most suspect there was more to his disappearance than has ever been revealed. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary tells the story of the Prime Minister's secret world in the months before he disappeared — a world of betrayal, blackmail, political treachery, a poisonous feud, mounting physical and mental strain, and near-death experiences. Featuring Normie Rowe as Harold Holt, Nicholas Hope as William McMahon and Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John McEwen, this film reveals explosive new aspects of the case.

The Business Trip

2008 • 10 min • France

A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and pleasantries with the desk clerk, a woman of beauty and style. Once in his room, he listens again to a voice message on his cell phone: his lover tells him she is breaking up with him; he is not spontaneous; she has found someone else; don't call. He throws his phone down. When he reaches beneath the bed to retrieve it, he finds a Polaroid photograph of a partially nude woman posed provocatively; it includes a phone number and a sexual question. He opens a beer and stares at the photo. If he calls, what then?

Les Affluents - Volume III: La battue

2008 • 20 min • Canada

During a beating in the forest, a troubled young girl announces to her mother that she intends to leave the family home.