All Films

The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

2006 • 50 min • United Kingdom

An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

The Aroma of Tea

2006 • 3 min • Netherlands

The Aroma of Tea is a 2006 Dutch animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It shows how a small sphere travels in a determined and rhythmical manner through landscapes, emerging at the end into a larger sphere of white light. Both the graphic brushstroke and the music, with its haunting rhythms, are strikingly simple and direct. The theme of the film, a quest followed by a union, is as old as time and recognizable despite its limitless variations.

In the Neighbourhood of the City

2006 • 9 min • Croatia

Love, passion, poetry, abuse and everyday survival connected two young people who came from the sea and who will return there. The have spent their whole lives across the bay, across the city they have never stepped foot in, but they became its metaphor. Their lost experience of life transposed into the dim lantern light showing the way in the endless darkness of the open sea to new nameless roamers…

The Priest, Deacon and Groom

2006 • 10 min • Iceland

The door of the Sahara

2006 • 45 min • Spain

In December 2004, 120 years after it was built by the Spanish, Fort Villa Cisneros, a unifying symbol of tradition and modernity in the history of the Sahrawi people, was destroyed by Morocco, ignoring the voices of those who pleaded for its preservation in favour of respect for the community’s past.

The Way We Played

2006 • 13 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Kingdom

On the eve of war in Bosnia, two boys go looking for treasure in an abandoned hill fort oblivious to the encroaching danger. Instead of gold they find a gun and overnight both their lives are changed forever.

Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags

2006 • 50 min • Austria

An ancient fortress, a historic centre of true baroque, the venue of a legendary stage festival - this is the Salzburg familiar to everyone. But Georg Riha's documentary presents Mozart's city from perspectives never seen before.Unshackled by space and time the viewer enters upon a unique filmic foray into one of the world's most popular cultural centres, discovering the still unknown and hidden beauties of this fascinating city off the beaten tourist tracks.

Alex's Party

2006 • 11 min • Australia

A young thief, Christie, learns that some things in life are priceless in the course of watching a video she and her friends have stolen as part of a robbery they committed one life-altering night.

Punam

2006 • 27 min

Nine-year-old Punam Tamang, lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She lost her mother when she was five years old and since that time she has been the family caretaker to her small siblings while her father works from dawn till night. Punam tells us her story and she introduces us to her family, neighborhood, teachers, and friends.

Bear Wants More

2006 • 8 min • United States of America

When springtime comes, Bear wakes up very hungry! His friends help him find good things to eat, but will his hunger EVER be satisfied?

Cercando Marlene

2006 • 10 min • Italy

Indipendent short film about a group of young friends obsessed over a fascinating prostitute called "Marlene".

Humans: Variations of Life

2006 • 33 min • Portugal

One day, a forgotten box of shoes is discovered in a shelf of the record company. Inside this box, there were tapes containing home made recordings of the famous Portuguese composer - Antonio Variacoes. When one listens to these tapes, where Variações sings in the most pure ways - without any musical background, many times whispering to the recording not to wake up the neighbors - one perceives that this treasure could not remain hidden. The HUMANOS project was born; a "super"-band, composed by "super"-musicians, where the famous Portuguese singers Manuela Azevedo, David Fonseca and Camane; give their voice to music and lyrics from Antonio Variacoes. This film is about the process of preparation of the live concerts in the summer of 2005 and about the approach that these musicians had to the legacy left by Antonio Variacoes.

Voodoo Secrets

2006 • 50 min • United States of America

To uncover the truth behind Voodoo we travel to where it began at least 5000 years ago on the central west coast of Africa, in the tiny nation of Benin.

Ecce Homo

2006 • 2 min • France

Also punningly known as Ecce Homo; Excès oh! Mot.

La escuela fusilada

2006 • 50 min

The documentary is about the destruction of the republican educational model. It narrates the cleansing that Spanish teachers underwent during and after the Civil War.

Broken Heart Hotel

2006 • 4 min

Dime lo que sientes

2006 • 24 min

In the streets of Mexico City's downtown, Micaela's heart has been broken. She thinks all is lost until she finds a new job and a new opportunity for love.

Partus

2006 • 20 min • Denmark

Elizabeth, a constrained doctor, gives coffee to a homeless guy every morning on her way to work. - But what are her real intentions?

Counterfeit This

2006 • 48 min • United States of America

In a time when videos were starting to become standardized. Similar tricks, editing styles, swapping big name riders on the box cover. Our team decided to step back from the traditional approach of media saturation. Hanging somewhat low from seasonal videos, to wait for a DVD that will live up to its confident title. Instead, they decided to make a movie that makes a difference - the right way, the long way - the hard way. Thru 3 cadaver surgeries, several other round trip tickets to the hospital and many sleepless nights chasing the elusive "missing hammer", out team finished a movie that sums up why they got into wakeboarding and wakeskating. Each in their own way with distinct personalities they all felt the pressure and motivation, as tricks from their friends/teammates were being captured on a daily basis.

Queens of Heart: Community Therapists in Drag

2006 • 48 min

Go backstage at the country's oldest drag club with this fascinating look at the psychology of drag that examines the skills needed for men to transform into women and the complex social interaction between performers and audience.

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside

2006 • 18 min • United States of America

Dr. Flossman (voiced by McKean) teaches the 32 teeth how to take care of themselves.

The Three Failures

2006 • 22 min • Latvia, Sweden, United States of America

A fairy tale about communism, social-democracy, and capitalism. (The sequel to Wandering Marxwards)

Strauchanie - Pure B.S.

2006 • 52 min

Bryan Strauchan - Collingwood's last pick in the 2004 AFL national draft and yet to play a senior game, has captured the hearts of football fans across the country. His daily struggle to make his debut has been graphically depicted , warts and all, with the cameras gaining unprecedented access to Collingwood's inner sanctum.

Presenting Naturism - Naturally

2006 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Another Charlie Simonds-lensed video on the benefits of being naked in the outdoors.