All Films

The Bell

2007 • 56 min • Lithuania

During the Swedish-Lithuanian war 300 years ago, the bell of the Plateliai church was apparently dismantled and then left to sink at the centre of the eponymous lake. Stonys followed a scientific diving expedition organised for the purpose of finding the disappeared bell and thus confirming what seems like a popular legend. Like in Countdown, the filmmaker widens his consideration of collective memory and the bringing into crisis of belief.

The Beatles: Help!

2007 • 30 min • United Kingdom

30 minute documentary about the making of the film Help! with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.

Xiao Jia Going Home

2007 • 53 min • France, China

Leading Chinese Sixth Generation filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns home to Fenyang in Shanxi province after winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival for Still Life (2006). The experiences of his childhood, the people he grew up with, and the changing landscape of his home town gave Jia the inspiration to make his first films. The documentary forms a poignant inquiry into the past of the director's life and Chinese society at the same time.

The Beginning

2007 • 55 min • United States of America

More than a decade after the release of the revolutionary skateboarding film The End, Birdhouse comes full circle with a monumental release of cinematic majesty titled The Beginning.

Sweep the Leg

2007 • 8 min

Sweep the Leg incorpoarates elements of the 1984 film The Karate Kid and features appearances by nearly the entire original cast. Martin Kove reprises his role as Sensei Kreese, and actors who played the Cobra Kai members in the 1984 film, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, and Tony O'Dell are also part of the cast. William Zabka, who played Johnny Lawrence in the film, directed the video. Pat E. Johnson, who was the martial arts director for the film as well as the martial arts director for Bruce Lee, worked on this video. Dennis Haskins and Liza Snyder also make an appearance. "Sweep the Leg" was also featured on Sony's MLB 08: The Show.

King Ponce

2007 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Robbo has a passion for ballroom dancing but, being the new kid at school, he doesn't want anyone to find out, especially not Gaz and his gang, with whom he's beginning to gain a coveted acceptance. Does Robbo have the confidence to stand up to the potential social consequences, or will he forever be labeled a 'ponce'?

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face

2007 • 59 min • United States of America

Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.

A Hartley Story

2007 • 13 min

A short film about an agoraphobic poet who lives all alone with his loving goldfish, when a taxidermist comes in to rock the boat.

Rogue Time Lords

2007 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A potted history of the many errant Gallifreyans to have appeared in the show.

Larry the Cable Guy: Morning Constitutions

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

Comedian Larry the Cable Guy treats us to his often crude, far from politically correct, but unique way of seeing things.

Between the Sunset and the Sea

2007 • 4 min • United States of America

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

Heaven Or Not

2007 • 27 min • Canada

Filmed in the quaint prairie town of Herbert, Saskatchewan, Heaven or Not by filmmakers Zuzana Hudackova and Danijel Margetic is an intimate portrayal of one man's tireless journey to give his life greater meaning. John Gerbrandt, a WWII veteran, has been singlehandedly building a 7,000-square-foot house over the past three decades with nothing more than his pension and salvaged materials. With no formal training, he is fuelled by a powerful determination to prove his worth to his God, his family, and his community. John's story transcends day-to-day life in a small town and reaches the realm of deep spirituality marked by an unwavering commitment. Now at the age of 84, suffering from health problems and the financial burden of property taxes, John might not be able to finish his lifelong endeavor.

CN Invaded Part 5: Billy & Mandy Moon the Moon

2007 • 25 min

Alien werewolves from the Moon attack Earth and steal all the cheese. It's up to Mandy, Grim, Billy, and Sperg to stop the alien ploy.

Triptych

2007 • 20 min • Sweden

A three-part short film of women's roles, power, frustration and desires. Three small movies that form a unit together. The first film treats the anxiety of being subordinate, the second film treats the frustration of being near somebody who wants to kill and the third film is about wanting someone.

Heartland

2007 • 12 min • United States of America

H.G. (Corey Sorenson) living a happy and openly gay life in New York must return to Iowa to help his alcoholic father save the family farm. He no longer feels he is a member of his family tribe but digs into the work along side his father and a hired hand, Ryan (Lachlan Neiboer), who has his own set of problems raising his younger brothers and sisters following the death of their parents. He comes out to his high school sweetheart, Dawn (Taylor Gwynn) who raises a ruckus at the nrews and outs him to the whole town, forcing his father to take to his bed with a bottle. Alone one night in the most desolate part of town he runs into Ryan and discover the farm hand is not exactly the ladies man people think he is.

A City Runs Through the Festival

2007 • 46 min • Turkey

A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.

Intervention

2007 • 14 min

There comes a time in every crack addict's life where he can still beat the addiction and get clean. Once that time has come and gone, the addiction will take him over. This is that moment. What will he choose?

Congratulations Daisy Graham

2007 • 15 min • Canada

Seventy-year-old Daisy Graham is having a hard day. No one in her small town wants to let her forget about the big ceremony tomorrow, a ceremony at the local high school in her honour. But Daisy has more important things to think about than some ceremony - she's dug out her rifle, now all she needs is a box of bullets.

La Revolución de Iguodala!

2007 • 3 min • United States of America

La Revolucion de Iguoadala! tracks one man's passionate message as it travels through various forms and agendas.

In Vivid Detail

2007 • 18 min • United States of America, Canada

In Vivid Detail is the unusual love story between Leslie and Justin, an architect who suffers from Prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that makes him incapable of recognizing faces. The couple must decide whether their new relationship can overcome the obstacles ahead of them as they try to cope with this bizarre but real condition, meanwhile raising the questions about how beauty is measured.

Versus

2007 • 9 min • Canada

Who's tougher; Star Trek or Star Wars, Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima? In this dark comedy with an unusual twist, a couple of lifelong friends eat breakfast in a diner at dawn. They debate the outcome of epic fictitious battles while they delay the inevitable.

Niña que espera

2007 • 11 min • Mexico

Eight year-old Angelica bumps into a couple at the airport, insisting that they are her parents, which they deny. Who is right?

The Jena 6

2007 • 29 min

'The Jena 6' is the story of hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in America - where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen.

Nemureru bijo

2007 • 60 min • Japan

An old man, Mr. Eguchi accidentally finds a special hotel for gentlemen that are called "House of the sleeping beauties" by the sea. When a guest reserves a room, he can sleep with a young girl who is dead sleep by medicine. But the house has the strict rules and a landlady controls all. Mr. Eguchi fall in impossible love with a sleeping girl and the love remind him of his life. The background of this story is 1960's in Japan. It was the last period that Japonisme and specific morals had remained in ordinary people and their life after the Second World War.