All Films

Koest

2008 • 8 min • Netherlands

Infant Dédé is lonely at school and is hardly noticed in the busy family where noisy babies rule the roost. When he becomes friends with a dog, he finally feels recognised. From then on, he barks all day long. Nobody understands why. After a while, his father thinks of an inventive way to make contact with his son.

Abracadaver!

2008 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

The iDOLM@STER Live For You!

2008 • 17 min • Japan

On the day before the 765 Productions Fan Appreciation Event, each of the idols prepare to head home. However, Chihaya Kisaragi, uneasy about tomorrow's events, decides to have a last minute personal rehearsal. One thing leads to another as Chihaya, Miki and Haruka are dragged from one exciting situation to the next. What is the truck driver's true destination? What is the secret behind the old house? Will the girls make it in time for the event? Watch as Miki, Haruka, Chihaya and the other idols join together for their biggest adventure yet!

It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday

2008 • 3 min • Japan

The characters from Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and Inuyasha all gather together in a short crossover to introduce the 50th Anniversary Weekly Shonen Sunday "Rumic World" Museum opening, celebrating Rumiko Takahashi's manga work.

Torihada 3~ Yofukashi no anata ni zokutto suru hanashi wo

2008 • 46 min • Japan

Fold

2008 • 16 min • United States of America

A young engaged couple is torn apart when Rachel must wait for a ride home after class. Maki, the shy, mysterious Japanese classmate who invites Rachel back to her place, is confused by Rachel's friendly ways, and thus hurt when Rachel refuses her advances. Like Maki's fantastic origami creations, the lives of Rachel and others prove fragile in a sequence of dazzling twists following Maki's disappointment.

Zygon

2008 • 58 min • United Kingdom

They've been stranded on Earth for 20 years, so Zygon commander Kritakh, and his second, Torlakh, have had plenty of time to re-create their world. The trouble is that Kritakh, aka engineer Mike Kirkwood, has lost his sense of purpose. Can Torlakh, aka mass murderer Bob Calhoun, get him back on track. Enter sexy Psychiatrist Lauren Anderson, first, to be tempted by her innermost desires and then to face her greatest challenge. Can a violent heart really be tamed by love and what is the ultimate price to be paid?

Bedfellows

2008 • 3 min • United States of America

When a woman is being called in the middle of the night, she finds out that it's not her husband laying next to her.

Lea

2008 • 45 min • Germany

Lea is desperately searching for stability, a warm relationship and a reason for living. But she is floundering. Her life is meaningless, restless and aggressive. A brief encounter with Lukas develops into a closer relationship that takes her on a journey to a forgotten place, where the couple try to find out who they are, and recall a long-lost time.

Oktapodi

2008 • 2 min • France

Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.

Santa Claws

2008 • 4 min

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the eighth film in the series.

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki

2008 • 57 min • Japan

Fourth part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Toki's perspective, leading up to Toki's imprisonment in Cassandra and eventually his duel with Raoh.

The Rite Of Spring

2008 • 15 min • Sweden

It's Valborg - Walpurgis Night. The annual celebration of spring. The doctors' choir is rehearsing for tonight's celebrations. The only ones left at the hospital are the nurse, the medical intern and the patient care technician. The doctors trust them to give the patient the proper care. It is, after all, Valborg - Walpurgis Night.

Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

2008 • 52 min • Germany

Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of it to preserve his musical legacy for future generations.

And Now

2008 • 41 min

Video #20 Transworld Skateboarding is proud to present our twentieth video, And Now. Starring six of skateboarding's rising young talents, this is the future of skateboarding now.

Hábitos

2008 • 21 min • Argentina

Jorge works all day as a gasman. That exhausting routine gives him a heart attack. Interned, he meets a nurse and considers a new way of life that will radically change his habits.

Green Door

2008 • 13 min • Canada

Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Thomas the Tank Engine™ stars in an all-new movie guest starring Pierce Brosnan as the narrator! Sodor Day is coming and all the engines are busy preparing. When Thomas gets lost in the mountains, he discovers the old town of Great Waterton! Soon the whole island is buzzing with the news of Thomas' discovery and restoring the town in time for the big day. Join the fun and meet a new engine friend named Stanley!

& Teller

2008 • 3 min

Teller decides to keep a video diary when an epidemic infects the populace of Las Vegas.

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008 • 43 min • United States of America

When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.

Megatron

2008 • 14 min • Romania

It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.

Fall

2008 • 4 min • Thailand, United States of America

In this beautiful romance, a woman follows a stranger through New York City while creating a vivid fantasy with him in her mind.

Take 3

2008 • 12 min • New Zealand

Ingeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young asian-Kiwi actors on one horrifying day of auditions.

Initial D: Extra Stage 2 - Green Departure

2008 • 55 min

Itekani missed an oppertunity to see Mako-chan and hates himself for never calling to say he was sorry. By chance he runs into her 6 months later, and the situation is akward. Itekani does not have time to talk at the chance, but both want to talk, so they arrange a 2. meeting. Itekani goes to the meeting place early, but an old man was left behind from an tourist bus, and asks Itekani to catch the bus for him. Itekani being a nice guy, cant say no.