All Films

The Town Manager

2007 • 13 min • Finland

Juupio is a small town losing population somewhere in Finland. Town Manager Koskinen is facing a tough situation: the people in Juupio are old and the financial situation is tight. A consolidation of municipalities with Pyhälä seems like the only option. It would take a miracle to save Juupio.

Murth Mossel: Live in Toomler

2007 • 24 min • Netherlands

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Murth Mossel, recorded live in Toomler in January 2007.

Solitário Anônimo

2007 • 18 min • Brazil

An elderly man lying on the grass waiting to die. In his pocket, a message announced that he was from a distant land. He had no documents or any possessions. His desire was to die alone and anonymous. This is the beginning of a documentary that tells the touching story of a man who was determined to plan and control his own death. It is a film about freedom, life and death.

Runners

2007 • 4 min

Some runners are not meant to go very far.

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007 • 12 min • United Kingdom

At a late-night meeting with nine colleagues, James, an executive of some sort, wants action to avoid their potential loss of millions of pounds daily. He throws a tantrum when one man, Bill, urges caution instead of action. Jim leaves the meeting and, while driving to his office, has a mobile phone conversation with Bill. Something unexpected happens and Bill suddenly has a great deal of leverage. A power play ensues, and things become clearer at press conference the next morning.

Hugh Cornwell - Rockpalast (Crossroad Festival)

2007 • 60 min • Germany

Hugh Cornwell's live performance on Rockpalast at the Harmonie March 23th 2007.

The Last Jews of Libya

2007 • 50 min • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Isabella Rossellini narrates this memoir of the Sephardic Jewish population in North African prior to WWII.

Bokar Rimpoche: Meditation Master

2007 • 56 min

By way of a journey through the landscapes of Himalaya's mountains , the film invites us to discover the everyday life of Bokar Rimpoche; one of Tibetan Buddhism's great spiritual masters Master. Through his teachings, Bokar Rimpoche proposes a real introduction to Buddhism.

Red Carpet

2007 • 10 min

An old man and his lost dreams

Fine Food and Film

2007 • 14 min • United States of America

Find out how chef Thomas Keller and director Brad Bird inspire their crews and instill passion and creativity into their work.

Love Paintballing

2007 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A short film about paintballing.

Las horas muertas

2007 • 13 min • Spain

Four young friends have parked an old rented RV next to the road. Someone is aiming at them with a rifle. When the sniper fires, everything is tinged with blood. Their holidays turn into a macabre nightmare full of horror, sex and death.

Working with De Sica

2007 • 22 min • United States of America

This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola. The interviews were conducted in Italy in 2005.

Alkaline Trio - The Remains of 2005/2006

2007 • 25 min

The DVD portion of the Remains CD/DVD package gives fans a peek behind the Alkaline Trio curtain. Having taken a videographer with them on their last few tours, the band has captured hundreds of hours of backstage, behind-thescenes, and live footage. This is the first DVD of its kind by the Trio, so fans are bound to be excited! Package contains a DVD featuring behind-the-scenes, backstage, and live footage.

Alexander Naumovich and His Children

2007 • 26 min • Russia

The Interpreter of Black and White Films

2007 • 56 min • Bulgaria

She is Neli Chervenusheva and film lovers know only her voice. For almost half a century, Neli has been translating the great Italian cinema from the back of the hall at the Archival Cinema "Odeon". The booth is 1.30 by 1.50 meters. And in this tiny, shabby space, she has fit “all of her Italy.” Yet Neli has never set foot in Italy. The film shows the tragically belated first love encounter between Neli and Italy — now 78 years old, she visits the places she has only ever seen in films. She is finally with “her princes,” Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. With tender yet merciless sentimentality, the film reveals this long-delayed fulfillment of human dreams.

Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture

2007 • 53 min • Sweden

This documentary provides an astonishing journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects—including concrete illusions of grandeur and Lego-like modular apartments to an Instant City Airship and round, grass-covered subterranean dwellings—from the beginning of the 20th century to today.

Artifices #1

2007 • 3 min • Canada

Luminous traces obtained through in-camera optical manipulation of nocturnal imagery.

First Stories: Two Spirited

2007 • 6 min • Canada

This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a two-spirited person.

True Norwegian Black Metal

2007 • 32 min • Norway, United States of America

A 5-part documentary produced by VBS/Vice Magazine focusing on some aspects of the life of black metal vocalist Gaahl, known for his work with Gorgoroth.

The Color Purple: The Color of Success

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

This inspirational prime time television special chronicles the winding road from book, to screen, and to Broadway for Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning story as told by the talented people and famous personalities who have embraced it along the way.

The Art of Clowning

2007 • 6 min • Sweden

The art of clowning, the art of living. Stop your weeping, keep on giving.

Love Ping Pong

2007 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A short film about ping pong.

Alteration

2007 • 10 min • Canada

After a raucous, reckless night of partying, an inebriated teenager finds a mysterious red potion left behind on his counter, altering his destiny.