All Films

No One Doubts the Camera Eye

2008 • 13 min

Two photographers pursue a mysterious figure caught on film near the scene of a murder. As they try to catch him in the act of another crime, they discover that their cameras can be used to portray this man as a villain - whether it's true or not.

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

2008 • 30 min

An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career and her way of working.

Vroom!-Vroom!

2008 • 12 min

Mario, a young teenager, picks up his girlfriend Tere in his black truck. They cruise around for a little while before stopping in a park to talk. Suddenly, Sammy (Tere's father) stops right behind them. It doesn't take the teenagers long to decide to make a run for it making Sammy drive right behind them in car chase around town. The teenagers manage to loose not only the girl's father but the police as well, only to encounter a tragic end to their irresponsible actions.

Au Café Romand

2008 • 9 min • Switzerland

Gregory, is set to meet his fiancée and his prospective parents-in-law at a restaurant. He arrives late and the tension is palpable as they order dinner. Uneasy, Gregory excuses himself to the restroom. While enjoying sudden quietness, his life takes an absurd and tragic turn when he discovers a mysterious object in the trash bin.

Hiato

2008 • 20 min • Brazil

In 2000 a group of homeless people decide to go to a shopping mall to protest, to confront the misery of the excluded middle-class consumption.

Blood & Sex Nightmare

2008 • 59 min • United States of America

A lascivious boyfriend takes his virginal girlfriend to an adult retreat for a passionate weekend unaware of the camp-ground's history of murder and rape.

Mad About Adam

2008 • 15 min • France

Adam is charming, nonchalant and gorgeous, and he likes that girls like him. He's late for class this morning, but he has a good reason – last night was full of alcohol, strangers and music, the kind of night that might drive you to do anything...

A Good Day for a Swim

2008 • 10 min • Romania

The short is about three juvenile delinquents who break out of prison, kidnap a prostitute and a driver and play with them on an empty beach.

Broken Fall (Organic)

2008 • 1 min • United States of America

Jemison adopts and refashions the premise of Bas Jan Ader’s work of the same name. As in the 1970s-era video, a young man clings to a tree branch for a long minute before ultimately falling out of the frame. Jemison’s remake honors the original’s investment in what she calls “the tension between labor, play, and the laws of physics,” but in her hands that material takes up “the complex demands of the performance of masculinity for Black men.”

Hot Dog

2008 • 6 min • United States of America

The plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he plans.

Manjha

2008 • 41 min

Ranka is a street orphan, all of ten years old. He makes manjha used in kite flying for a living, and he has to take care of his three-year-old little sister Chimi, who is somewhat mentally challenged.

John Caparulo: Meet Cap

2008 • 42 min • United States of America

With his one-of-a-kind delivery and straight-ahead material, John Caparulo is fast becoming known as one of the funniest comics in the world today

Metaxourgeio

2008 • 28 min • Greece

Metaxourgio* is a famous and historical neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The film captures a stroll through today's Metaxourgio neighbourhood and focuses on its "refinement" of recent years. Michalis Afolayan, actor, street musician, juggler and son of Nigerian immigrants, plays the role of guide.

Traces

2008 • 19 min

Sydney Kessler answers the phone call that no parent ever hopes to receive. He travels to the morgue. There, they unveil a body he doesn't recognize - his son Julian. Over the course of one night, Sydney embarks on a journey deep into the city to uncover the truth about how his son died. Instead, he discovers how his son lived.

Looking for Ms. Locklear

2008 • 57 min • United States of America

We met in first grade in Ms. Locklear’s class. During the summer of 2006, we decided to search for our beloved teacher. We chose not to use the internet or the telephone, but instead to rely on face-to-face contact with people. Looking for Ms. Locklear is a documentary chronicling our search, which led us far from home and into the company of a host of characters.

A Drive with Linnea and Donald

2008 • 28 min

In 1999, famed indie filmmaker Donald G. Jackson and Scream Queen Linnea Quigley take an abstract drive through the nigh time streets of Hollywood, California.

Stand Up

2008 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A button-pushing comedian performs before an increasingly agitated crowd—until his body rebels against him and reveals the dark truth behind his one-liners.

Transfiguration

2008 • 22 min

Olivier de Sagazan disfigures his face into various creatures, human and nonhuman, to explore the strangeness of life and the body.

Alex's Halloween

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

Alex dresses up in different Halloween costumes and then imagines them coming to life.

The Butcher's Daughter

2008 • 25 min

A Great Depression era film that follows a young farm girl living with her aging father on the secluded plains of rural Indiana. Their tranquil life is shattered when mobsters suddenly arrive on their doorstep, making demands and revealing dark secrets from the father's past.

Nada Fofa

2008 • 35 min • Brazil

Nádia Wolf, nicknamed by her colleagues "Nada Fofa", is a cold and tough lawyer. Until she starts seeing a puppet everywhere: movie theaters, restaurants, stores, etc. He's a famous character from a children's show from when she was a kid. The pink foam doll appears to Nadia every time she's not nice to the others, asking her to be nice. These apparitions affect the girl's work as well as her love life.

Sinfonía de Aragón

2008 • 18 min • Spain

Carlos Saura shows us in this piece his personal vision of the land where he was born. Throughout the seasons we enter a route that ranges from the green Pyrenean landscapes to the Monegros desert. The images offer us the beauty of this Aragonese land but also reflect the harshness of its contrasts.

A Day's Work

2008 • 14 min

Anna's work day begins badly and culminates in one very special, unique moment.

Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio

2008 • 52 min

This entry in the Classic Albums series examines RIO, the 1982 release that put Duran Duran on the road to stardom. Looking back at the creation and release of the hit singles "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Save a Prayer," and many others, the critical retrospective analyzes the album's overall effect on the musical landscape of the early 1980s. The optimistic and celebratory album generated a string of hit singles and groundbreaking videos, catapulting the band to global stardom. This DVD tells the story behind the writing, recording, and subsequent success of the album through newly filmed interviews, musical demonstrations, and both new and archival performances.