All Films

To Dublin with Love

2007 • 55 min • Canada

Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her close friends, associates and artistic collaborators from St. John's and the rest of the Rock-travel to Dublin to examine the close cultural relationships between Newfoundland and Ireland in this boisterous documentary film.

Harvey's Dream

2007 • 18 min • Argentina

An older married couple – Harvey and Janet – on a Saturday morning as Harvey recounts a horrific nightmare in which he learned from a phone call that one of their daughters had been killed. As Janet realizes that many of the details of Harvey’s dream are in fact quite true, the phone rings, and Harvey answers it.

Blaired Vision

2007 • 55 min

A humorous look at Tony Blair's time as prime minister; featuring mock scenarios

Psychosis

2007 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Ryan is a man who is haunted by the memory of his one true love, Meg. However, his dreams about her soon turn to nightmares, as he struggles to comprehend what is real and what is fantasy. Destined to relive a moment in his life that will torment him forever, he must force himself out of his self contained prison to confront her.

To See If I'm Smiling

2007 • 59 min • Israel

Israel is the only country in the world where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. The frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank sees the young women revisit their tours of duty in the occupied territories, and share shocking moments of negligence, flippancy, immaturity and power-tripping.

The Language of Shadows: Murnau, the Early Years and 'Nosferatu'

2007 • 53 min • Germany, Spain

A documentary about F.W. Murnau.

Premier voyage

2007 • 10 min • France

A clay made animation about a dad who travels with his little daughter and what they are confronted with.

The End of the Tunnel

2007 • 37 min • Taiwan

This film portrays a blind boy whose eyesight is trapped in the darkness. When he was a child, he imagined the only he couldn’t see were the dark nights; just like a game of hide and seek with his eyes blindfolded; the echoes of countdown still rings in his ear, the only thing that didn’t bore him were the sounds of the world. Music opened another road for him, and with music he was given a miracle that took him out of that closeted space and out into the world.

The Doll

2007 • 19 min • United States of America

'The Doll" is set in the early 1900s and tells the story of Tom Taylor, the black proprietor of the Wyandot Hotel barbershop. Taylor's humanity, his dignity, and his responsibility to family and community are severely challenged when it becomes apparent that he has an opportunity to avenge an injustice that was inflicted on his father decades earlier.

Danceplay

2007 • 33 min • Latvia

Traditional moral values and contemporary animation styles in a story about the adventures of the musician Tot. Set to ethnic music, the film is a contemporary “ballet” of animation based on a play by Rainis.

Tanakh Bibelen al-Quran

2007 • 5 min

Three thousand years after the first biblical writings, this film shows a complete version of the Jewish Bible, the Christian Bible and the Arabic Koran. Nothing added or taken away.

Zo Gang

2007 • 9 min • Singapore

Film-maker wannabe, Ah-Tan is sick of his day job. Join Ah-Tan on his way to work one day, as he discusses and pokes fun at local film and music, while plotting his path to become Singapore's next great director.

Stout-Hearted

2007 • 15 min • Germany

Felix is secretly in love with Ralph. This doesn't seem to be the biggest problem. But Felix is 15 and Ralph his 34 years old soccer coach. They meet every day in an ambush. One day Felix mother finds out and Ralph has to decide between feeling and reason.

Paulina Hollers

2007 • 15 min • United States of America

A religious woman commits suicide so she can pull her son out of hell.

Matlust

2007 • 11 min • Sweden

A taxi driver loves sensual food - he really wants to be a chef. One day he meets a woman with fine ingredients - but should he ever get into her kitchen?

The Columbine Massacre: In the Killer's Mind

2007 • 46 min • Belgium, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom

The story of the mass school shooting perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

52 Percent

2007 • 19 min • Poland

Alla wants to become a ballet dancer very much. It is her another attempt to be admitted to the famous Russian Waganowa Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg. Entrance exams are extremely difficult for her. Alla needs to practice additionally to lengthen her legs since her proportions are not correct. 52% is an ideal ratio of legs to height.

Brico Killer

2007 • 20 min • Spain

Manolo is a worker shamelessly exploited by his boss. Tired of his situation, he finds a solution in the most unexpected way.

Suena la trompeta, ahora veo otra cara

2007 • 8 min • Spain

A homage to Andrei Tarkovski made for the Spanish edition of the Chris Marker movie 'Une journée dans la vie d’Andrei Arsenevich'.

A Sunday at 105

2007 • 13 min • Canada

Documentary tribute from a great-grandson to his great-grandmother. In a Sunday, filmed in her daily life, Aldéa speaks of universal subjects in her own way.

Eye

2007 • 4 min

In the trilogy ‘Rain, Sugar, Eye’ thoughts are captured and made visible. Each film is made in one single shot; in which a total shot slowly changes into a close-up. The leading characters in ‘Rain’, ‘Sugar’ and ‘Eye’ are focusing on a detail. Literally seeing another world in this detail causes a fundamental change of their ideas about this reality. In ‘Eye' a man and a woman look each other so profoundly in the eyes that they experience the impossibility of a symbiosis.

Turning Tides

2007 • 24 min • Canada

In this documentary short, summer trippers line up for the famous local fried clams and whole families dig for the white mollusc in the tangy air of the sandbars. But as the clams dwindle, so do these tableaux from Maritime culture. For commercial fishermen it's the end of a livelihood; for others, it's the death of a tradition. Can this really be the end of a resource that used to be as plentiful as the air we breathe?

Freemasons on Trial

2007 • 45 min • United States of America

Dispelling rumours about Freemasons, the two-hour programme helps to distinguish facts from fiction behind this enigmatic group with millions of members worldwide. For the first time, Masonic temples around the world open their doors and provide exclusive coverage for "Freemasons on Trial".

Traffic Signals

2007 • 3 min • United States of America

Two dudes in cars at an intersection carry on an argument — using hands signs.