All Films

The Box of Chocolates

2008 • 30 min • Iceland

Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

2008 • 19 min • United States of America

We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A. Harris, Paramount Post Production executive VP Martin Cohen, MPI senior technical advisor Daniel Rosen, MPI scanning technician Chris Gillaspie, senior digital artist Steven A. Sanchez, digital artist Valerie V. McMahon, and MPI technical director and senior colorist Jan Yarbrough as they offer interesting facts about the original cinematography, details on the restoration of the three films.

Hentai shindorômu: Waisetsu hakuchûmu

2008 • 60 min • Japan

Chitose is about to get married and is supposed to be very happy, but she is plagued by lewd dreams every night and is not getting enough sleep. Of course her partner is not her fiancé Ryoji. Every night she is caressed by men she doesn't know, and when she wakes up, her crotch is soaking wet... Before she knew it, sleepiness began to attack her regardless of the time or place...

Death in Charge

2008 • 15 min • United States of America

In the tradition of E.C. Horror Comics, this cautionary tale examines life through the eyes of Death who gets derailed when an impatient single Mom carelessly mistakes the scythe-carrying cloaked one for her tardy babysitter and leaves Death to care for her precocious 9-year-old daughter.

Twilight of the Male Wolf

2008 • 60 min • Japan

Ryuichi, an office worker, gets into a fight with his girlfriend Kota, a bartender, and chases him through the streets. At that moment, he receives a violent impact on his back and collapses. Ryuichi wakes up to Kota's voice. Apparently he came to the lakeside with Kota and fell asleep. However, he only came to this lakeside a year ago when I met him...

Captive

2008 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A man is held captive and threatened and mentally tortured by his captors. An anxious boardroom gathers to watch the resulting hostage tape; the tension mounts as it draws to its inevitable, traumatic conclusion... But events are even more sinister than they initially appear. 2009 Audience Winner at the Portobello Film and Video Festival

Peer Gynt from the Streets

2008 • 58 min • Norway

A group of street people plays in a cinematographic version of the 5th act of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. The movie contains both fiction and documentary elements.

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

2008 • 24 min • United States of America

An involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for the movie as well as intimate interviews with the cast and crew. It is a short featurette, but never fails to be interesting.

Tales of Terror: Gi

2008 • 48 min • Japan

Aki, who has been studying child psychology to become a kindergarten teacher, takes up a side job as a private tutor and baby sitter as recommended by her professor. Then she meets a 5-year-old boy named Tsuyoshi. In the dimly-lit room, Tsuyoshi is drawing pictures. What he is drawing is a creepy guy called "Gi" who has the skill to "delete anyone that is unwanted." Then, as Tsuyoshi predicts, people die one after another.

Happy Tree Friends - Operation Tiger Bomb

2008 • 3 min

Go behind enemy lines and read Notes from a W.A.R. Journal to get the dirt on one of the most explosive new shows!

Going Back to Xanadu

2008 • 27 min

A documentary about the movie Xanadu.

Pretty Cure All Stars GoGo Dream Live!

2008 • 5 min • Japan

A special included in the Eiga Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday movie.

Juiced

2008 • 6 min • Netherlands

Forbidden fruits are the downfall of two lovers.

Imagin Anime: Momotaros Forever!/Imajin Terminal Station

2008 • 4 min • Japan

An animated short shown with Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown. In the short, Momotaros feels bad that it is really the end of Kamen Rider Den-O as Urataros assures him that all good stories have to end sometime. After Kintaros and Ryutaros try to make sequels to classic stories that cannot have a sequel (A Dog of Flanders and Little-Match Girl), the Imagin end up on the moon in homage to Galaxy Express 999, embracing their final story. A later retelling of this short, Be Forever Momotaros: Imagin Terminal Station, provides an alternate ending where the story does continue with numerous new characters and Momotaros freaks out about it.

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas

2008 • 26 min • Canada

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story

2008 • 10 min • United States of America

Rhonda Fleming discusses her Cinderella-like story in Hollywood, which began with her first significant movie role in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Spellbound' (1945).

Late

2008 • 23 min

A young, and, as yet unsuccessful journalist is assigned to write an article about a teacher at his old school who is suspected of sexual misconduct. He approaches a former fellow-pupil for help. Their meeting has unexpected consequences.

Solomon Fix

2008 • 7 min • United States of America

Solomon Fix is a cheerful teddy bear, out to do good and win the heart of his boy owner, Ned. The only problem is Ned wants nothing to do with him. When Solomon sees a troll sneaking into Ned's bedroom, will he save the day, or be banished to the world of teddy bears again?

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008 • 30 min • United States of America

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.

Summer Breaks

2008 • 12 min

Two teenagers try to kill time at the edge of a river, smoking, going with the girls at the pool. In the evening, when night falls, things suddenly become more interesting.

Coverage

2008 • 29 min • United States of America

The events and subsequent media coverage of September 11th, 2001 create a sexual obsession that threatens to destroy a relationship.

I Am Gay

2008 • 15 min • Greece, Sweden

Alex, a Swedish man of Greek ancestry, has decided to reveal his great secret: he is gay. Telling his family could be disastrous.

Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Be Kiva Too!

2008 • 15 min • Japan

Wataru Kurenai, Keisuke Nago, and Otoya Kurenai introduce themselves to a boy (the viewer) who has wandered into the Café mald'amour and offer to teach him how he can be like each of them. This DVD is referred to as an Adventure Battle DVD and it takes on the form of a Choose Your Own Adventure story.

Heartbeat

2008 • 10 min

Senna (13) composes a street sounds symphony for her sick grandfather, so he can once more make his favorite walk trough town.