All Films

The Crowded TARDIS

2007 • 11 min • United Kingdom

By the end of Tom Baker's tenure, the TARDIS crew had grown from the usual one companion to three. This featurette examines the reasons behind this change of direction.

Please Stand By...

2007 • 5 min • Canada

A young man prone to suddenly passing out ponders life, ghosts, and his ex-girlfriend while trapped in his house during an invasion of giant lobsters.

I'm Nostalgic

2007 • 6 min

A portrait of Sarah and Michael from two strangers who know nothing about the other, to two strangers who know everything about each other. At once hilarious and heartbreaking this short film attempts to show just an ounce of the ambiguity, joy, and heartbreak of youthful love.

Promoe: Standard Bearer

2007 • 56 min

"Standard Bearer" chronicles the recording of Swedish rapper Promoe's album "White Mans Burden". It features studio recordings from the making of the album in Kingston, Jamaica and Malmö Sweden. The documentary contains guest apperances by Capleton, Assasin, DaVille, Fantan Mojah, Lady Saw, Leeroy from Saïan Supa Crew and a flashback from the making of Looptroop's "Hurricane George" with Timbuktu, Chords and the DVSG family in 2004.

The Beloved Ones

2007 • 6 min • Uganda, United Kingdom

Animated documentary based on the true stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS.

Man in the Box

2007 • 40 min • United States of America

A lonely wine soaked street clown who is obsessed with opera and hopelessly in love with his neighbor, passes his days in a tiny windowless apartment in the gut of New York City.

5 grøss fra Vestlandet

2007 • 40 min • Norway

5 directors were invited to direct their own short film - a horror story. The idea was to let the directors tell their own worst nightmare. 5 short films were produced and edited together as one movie for the cinema with the duration of 33 minutes. An unusual cinema project, but then again, more exciting!

Dark Floors

2007 • 4 min • Sweden

A man haunted by insomnia seeks help from a spiritual guide advertising in midnight television.

The Amazing Trousers

2007 • 12 min • United Kingdom

The Amazing Trousers tells the tale of a mild bank clerk who enters into a Faustian pact with a sinister tailor, agreeing to trade his legs after one year in return for enjoying glorious success. The success is brought on by a pair of red trousers...amazing red trousers.

Dying for Everest

2007 • 53 min • New Zealand

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable achievement and Inglis was feted by press and public alike. But only a few days later he was plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned that he had passed an incapacitated climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely end high in the Death Zone.

Zeitkratzer And Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music

2007 • 50 min

German avant-garde ensemble Zeitkratzer perform their transcription of Lou Reed's landmark double-LP Metal Machine Music alongside Reed himself at MaerzMusik, Haus der Berliner Festspiele on March 17, 2002.

Journeymen

2007 • 9 min

A parking lot security guard gives a Guatemalan boy a ride. Prejudice and compassion collide.

Survival of the Nude Reality Girls

2007 • 55 min • United States of America

Sixteen naked women have their pictures taken for $10,000.

Stabbing at Leia's 22nd Birthday

2007 • 2 min • United States of America

At Leia's 22nd birthday party, a ruckus is caused by a fight involving lightsabers.

Fred Baker - filmmaker

2007 • 59 min • United States of America

The house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director , screenwriter , film producer, actor and jazz musician. A shining example of America's bohemian underground that has been around since the days of Walt Whitman. A sensualist. His favorite topics are sex, art, food and politics. To the rhythm of New York and Lenny Bruce.

The True Story of the Mary Celeste

2007 • 45 min • United Kingdom

On December 4, 1872, the unmanned Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic with its cargo fully intact. The mystery of this "ghost ship" remained unanswered for over 135 years. What happened to the Mary Celeste is widely regarded as the most famous mystery of the sea. Watch it unfold to its stunning conclusion, at last.

Odin's Shield Maiden

2007 • 5 min • Canada

The shield maiden of Gimli yearns for the drowned fisherman Mundi while her acolytes in mourning aid her in this fact-based account of a tragic accident.

Mano

2007 • 24 min

Victor and Machito were best friends growing up and heavily involved in the underground salsa scene. Separated as teenagers after the death of Victor's father, Victor leaves New York all together, however the passion for dance and music never leaves him. After returning to the block he grew up on years later, he seeks out his childhood buddy Machito, whom he discovers has followed his father's fatal footsteps.

Keidas

2007 • 20 min • Finland

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.

Arletty, Lady Paname

2007 • 52 min • France

A biography of the French actress Arletty.

Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland

2007 • 18 min • United States of America

A short documentary on the life and, particularly, last days of the Swedish actor, Warner Oland...probably the most famous of the actors who played Charlie Chan. It begins right before his odd death and then goes back to a quick overview of his life and acting career.

Alterations and Repairs

2007 • 49 min • Belgium

Portrait of Richard Kenigsman by Boris Lehman.

Under the Canvas Sky

2007 • 60 min • Japan

Hideaki is a straight college student. He also has a girlfriend named Juri, and she sometimes recalls a young man she met when she was a high school student who aspired to be a painter...

The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

2007 • 60 min

In 1962, a group of legendary American blues musicians embarked on a series of tours to the United Kingdom. Footage from these classic concerts, which feature the likes of Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Wells and more, are collected here. Blues fans will relish appearances by Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Turner, Otis Rush ...