All Films

A Man Under the Influenza

2007 • 14 min

On a hot summer day, a man wearing a sweater coughs as he walks. He enters an underground, gruesome restaurant and orders fried rice. The restaurant owner swears to customers who leave food on their plate unfinished and he struggles to finish everything on his plate. The film takes advantage of the short film form and accentuates its merits, taking the story through a dramatic flow in a simple situation with various characters.

Ecki's World

2007 • 52 min • Germany

The documentary is a portrait of of the oldest video library in the world and its owner, Eckhard "Ecki" Baum. Baum opened the "Video Film-Shop" in Kassel, Germany in the summer of 1975. It all began in the Wolfsanger district with the sale and exchange of Super 8 films, that soon led to a bigger shop and some daring methods.

Cumade Fulozinha

2007 • 60 min • Brazil

A group of Brazilian teenagers are haunted by the Cumade Fulozinha, a forest spirit from old folk tales.

Akira's Hip Hop Shop

2007 • 37 min • United States of America

Asian man. Black woman. Two people from different worlds bond over rap, food and friendship. A hip-hop "When Harry Met Sally". "Save the Last Dance" meets "Tampopo."

The Pixar Shorts: A Short History

2007 • 23 min • United States of America

The story of Pixar's early short films illuminates not only the evolution of the company but also the early days of computer animation, when a small group of artists and scientists shared a single computer in a hallway, and struggled to create emotionally compelling short films.

A Very Brave Witch

2007 • 8 min

One Halloween, a little witch decides she'd finally like to see what this special night is about. As soon as she makes a new friend, she discusses how much fun trick or treating with humans can be.

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 24

2007 • 60 min • Japan

The 24th series that introduces the mysterious phenomenon reflected in the home video of ordinary households and the psyche that was mixed in with the surveillance camera !! "Sobbing" Many stone monuments are lined up at the entrance of the pitch-black shrine. In the past, murders have occurred in this place, and it is said that the spirits of victims sobbing at night will appear.

Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

2007 • 40 min

The imagination of history in Ecuador never thought that oil, “its redeeming hope”, discovered in the Lago Agrio No. 1 well, was going to mean the beginning of the worst environmental catastrophe on the planet. Thirty years of operation and exploitation of the Texaco company, forever transformed the rivers and estuaries, the forests and the life of the indigenous communities in the northern Amazon of Ecuador.

Bordellaffären från Makten och sanningen

2007 • 28 min • Sweden

"Makten och sanningen" - depicts the Geijer-affair or the Brothel-affair in 1977 where journalist Peter Bratt was forced to publish an apology in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter even though it turned out that everything he had previously written in the case was true. The Swedish Minister of Justice Lennart Geijer was accused of using under age escort girls provided by the Madam Doris Hopp in Stockholm. Geijer denied the charges..

Halo: Landfall

2007 • 7 min • United States of America

Director Neill Blomkamp explores the lives of Marines and ODSTs on a last, desperate mission in a post-invasion Earth – a mission that may secure the salvation, or usher the destruction of the entire galaxy. Edited together as a standalone piece for the first time, these three shorts are the first glimpse at what a live-action Halo could and should look like and a must-see for Halo fans of every stripe.

Alfred's Playhouse

2007 • 21 min • United States of America

Traumatized? Come to Alfred's Playhouse - the place you can escape to mentally, where only silliness is making forced entry! Alfred, the emotionally-disturbed, Dissociative-Identity-Dis order inflicted dog, sucks you into his fantasy world, created through dissociation to escape from his painful reality. But the Playhouse isn't all that it seems - the fun leads to a penetrating flashback, causing Alfred to spiral further into dillusion - and get a visit from the candyman!

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

2007 • 30 min • Germany, Switzerland

A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him. Not being able to deal with his bad conscience, his formerly controlled life breaks down.

From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects

2007 • 20 min • France

In a survey of Agnès Varda's work in short films, the director has a conversation with Anne Huet and Alain Berlaga.

Casting Pearls

2007 • 7 min • United States of America

A short film that illustrates the difficulties transsexual women face in Hollywood via a hectic series of auditions endured by a transsexual actress.

Little Bee

2007 • 55 min • Brazil

When a war threatens a beehive, peace may come from unexpected places. A honey-maker wants to fight, a soldier wants to make honey. Can these bees follow their hearts instead of the rules?

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara

2007 • 2 min

A filmic love letter. One out of the two. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; Screened at the 2007 Pocket Film Festival in Paris.

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America

2007 • 42 min

An insider's look at the life of former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her world famous footballer husband David Beckham as they move their family from England to Southern California.

Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry

2007 • 59 min • United States of America

Steeped in a rich tradition dating back to their inaugural meeting in 1897, this rivalry extends beyond the pursuit of a Big Ten title, and is renewed each year through the pageantry and colliding cultures that distinguish the two schools.

Catch the Vapors

2007 • 39 min

Standard Films spanned the globe this past winter documenting the best snowboarding in the greatest mountain ranges to catch the vapors. Witness pro snowboarders descend huge mountain peaks, drop endless pillows lines, boost off huge backcountry kickers, hit unique urban features and destroy custom resort parks. Catch the Vapors is the progression of All Terrain, Freestyle, All Mountain and Backcountry Snowboarding!

Super Ninja Squad Inazuma!! SPARK

2007 • 46 min • Japan

A year after the prequel's events, Jun is now producing a sequel to her original show and has the daughter of Magical TV's president as her female lead. However, Tsubame is unable to keep herself from helping those she feels are in need, and she is accidentally sent to the Edo period where she tries to befriend a ronin shinobi. Hosomatsu and Kankichi are trying to find out who is killing all of daimyo, but Kaguya is traveling with Tojiro, so they are down one member as Inazuma.

Thomas & Friends: Carnival Capers

2007 • 56 min • United States of America

Join Thomas and Friends as a carnival comes to the Island of Sodor! Also, meet new friends, Rocky and Rosie, and follow them as they explore their new surroundings and learn to work as a team with the other engines.

Noah’s Ark: Thinking Outside the Box

2007 • 24 min

As we learn more about ancient shipbuilding we must ask the question, “When Noah constructed the Ark, wouldn’t he have used the technology of his day? Could he follow the Lord’s directions and actually build a ship able to withstand the cataclysmic tempest?” Following the example of Drs. Henry Morris and John Whitcomb’s ground-breaking book, The Genesis Flood, Ark researcher Tim Lovett applies new findings to the contours and interior design of the Ark, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to the Word of God.

Blood on the Moon

2007 • 47 min • Canada

The Fascinating Story of Canada's First Murder Mystery - In 1868 in the Ottawa Courthouse, James Patrick Whelan stood accused of the murder of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation. Writer and performer Pierre Brault plays eighteen colorful characters including thirteen witnesses, both the prosecution and defense attorneys, the presiding judge and the infamous defendant in this one man whirlwind of theatre

It's Still Elementary

2007 • 48 min • United States of America

In 1996, Women's Educational Media released their groundbreaking documentary Its Elementary-Talking About Gay Issues in School. It's Still Elementary tells the fascinating history of why and how the 1996 film was made, the infamous response it provoked from the conservative right, and the questions it raises about the national safe schools movement today. Includes interviews with some of the original students and teachers from Its Elementary.