All Films

Mars

2007 • 16 min

When Lilly and Anna meet, two worlds collide - one is the leader of a gang of girls, the other is a loner. Confrontation turns into desire...

Nana

2007 • 6 min • Australia

While on Night Patrol, Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and another old Aunty (Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa) stop some grog runners from entering the community and decide to teach them a lesson.

The Abduction

2007 • 6 min

A tale of an alien abduction that is not everything it seems.

Winterland

2007 • 52 min • Iraq, Norway

Kurdish refugee, Renas, is living in the very north of Norway. In a remote desolate house. In the middle of snowy nowhere. But soon his special princess, Fermesk, will be joining him. Though the couple has never met, they have already fallen in love from looking at each other's photographs and talking on the phone. Their families have performed a wedding ceremony back home in Iraq, and Fermesk is put on a plane. The first encounter at the airport does not live up to their expectations, however. Neither looks very much like their flattering photos would indicate. Fermesk is now a much bigger woman, and Renas isn't quite the handsome young man anymore.

Buck Owens: Live From Austin, TX

2007 • 34 min • United States of America

This man from Sherman, Texas probably best-known as the wide-grinning rube on Hee Haw for so many years started a country music revolution. Or more accurately, a counter-revolution. It was called the Bakersfield Sound, He and fellow revolutionary Merle Haggard were cranking out raw, hard-driving honky-tonk music that stood the country-pop coming out of Nashville on its head. When Buck Owens and the Buckaroos would launch into "I've got a tiger by the tail, it s plain to see...!" the packed crowds would be on their feet and headed for the dance floor. Performed at Austin City Limits on October 23, 1988.

Wolfy

2007 • 21 min • Slovenia

Zdravko is a retired widower. His daughter never visits him and he lives a solitary existence. One day, he notices that people who walk their dogs in the park stop and chat. So he borrows his neighbor's dog, Wolfy, takes him to the park, and his plan works. He finds people to talk to - but he forgets about Wolfy and the dog is gone. What is he going to tell his neighbor?

10 Best Elgar

2007 • 59 min

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

Ahora todos parecen contentos

2007 • 24 min • Argentina

A 43-year-old teacher and his 14-year-old student embark on a forbidden trip.

The Bread

2007 • 5 min

Four women sit down for a meal to discover there are no dinner rolls. One of the women dashes out buying bread from a street vendor. Soon the women realize that they bargained for more than they can chew.

Sleeper

2007 • 6 min

A Sleeper cell’s cover is blown on what appears at first to be just another day.

Niks tegen Kees zeggen

2007 • 8 min • Netherlands

When housewife Ms. Van Dam receives an unexpected visit from a stranger needing the toilet, wild fantasies take over. Based on a short story by Jules Deelder.

Atlantis: Secret Star Mappers of a Lost World

2007 • 50 min • United States of America

Go beyond the lost human history! A profile and examination of the recent findings of a highly advanced human settlement submerged at the end of the Ice Age when the sea level rose. The story of Atlantis has its roots in actual historical events!

The Biggest Flower in the World

2007 • 10 min

Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry.

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

2007 • 49 min

What would happen if the world were suddenly without people - if humans vanished off the face of the earth? How would nature react - and how swiftly? On the edge of Europe, the deserted village of Chernobyl reveals the surprising answer after an unplanned experiment. Chernobyl was abandoned by people after the worst nuclear disaster in history (April 26, 1986). A level 7 meltdown resulted in a severe release of radioactivity following a massive explosion that destroyed the reactor. More than 20 years later, Chernobyl has been taken over by a remarkable collection of wildlife and descendents of pets that were left in the city when its residents fled the nuclear fallout. Unexpectedly in the aftermath of this disaster, Chernobyl has become a sanctuary for plants, birds, and animals, including some species thought to be on the brink of extinction.

Higurashi: When They Cry - Nekogoroshi-hen

2007 • 23 min • Japan

After losing a bet, Keiichi, Mion, Rena, Satoko and Rika parade around the town in costumes. When they come to a fork in the road, they decide to go to Yagouchi, a nearby abandoned village. Once there Keichii and Rena learn the mystery of a strange haunted quarry as they debate whether or not to check it out.

One Man, One Cow, One Planet

2007 • 56 min • New Zealand

One man, One cow, One planet exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving biodynamics an arcane form of agriculture, they are saving their poisoned lands and exposing the bio-colonialism of multinational corporations. One man, One cow, One planet tells their story through the teachings of an elderly New Zealander many are calling the new Gandhi.

Dinner in Lisbon

2007 • 10 min • Portugal

Directed and animated by André Carrilho; Script and music by J. P. Simões; Produced and edited by Nuno Amorim; Inbetweening, tracing and colouring by Cathy Douzil; Sound by Paulo Curado; 3D modelling and rendering by Vitor Costa 1997-2007

Saliva

2007 • 15 min • Brazil

The wet film, in which a teenage girl wants to get her first kiss and at the same time afraid of it.

On the Spot

2007 • 30 min • France

Back on the parisian riots of march 2006. By crossing the points of view between the individual, the crowd, the mass, this film tries to draw from the TV coverage some more nuanced, more troubled perception. "Milling around" projects us in the center of the action by keeping us strangly remote at the same time.

gylden load

2007 • 1 min

A load of Halloween monsters freak each other out in a strobing cacophany.

Sacred Ditch

2007 • 9 min • Russia

A few minutes from the life of a happy child. A few minutes of joy, discovery, knowledge of new things for themselves. A few minutes of children's tales. Fairy tales are crumbling. Will there be a feeling of happiness?

The Passage

2007 • 23 min • Greece

A snowy border mountain. A hunter has an unexpected encounter with a dramatic outcome. The roles of killer and victim alternate. The feelings of remorse, guilt, and the need for revenge prevail.

Maria Life

2007 • 9 min • Brazil

A five-year-old girl enjoys learning to write her name, but she is forced by her mother to drop out of school and start taking care of household chores and working on the farm.

Sander van Opzeeland: Live in Toomler

2007 • 26 min

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Sander van Opzeeland, recorded live in Toomler in January 2007.