All Films

Lagniappe

2006 • 25 min • United States of America

A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal

2006 • 39 min • Brazil

Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death Squad. At the time, the press still had some freedom to disseminate the work of these death squads formed by police officers of various ranks, and that he acted on the outskirts of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The victims of police repression (as today) were men, poor and black, and this condition is supposed criminals.

Sydney in Time

2006 • 60 min

Sydney in Time is a rich and powerful story that charts the evolution of Sydney from its early years as a colonial outpost through to its emergence as a dynamic world city. The one-hour documentary looks back at the people, places and front page stories that have shaped a great city and helped define Australia.

Morrissey Foretelling The Death of Diana

2006 • 16 min

The sixteen minute video suggests – through an exquisitely constructed montage of found film and video footage, appropriated song fragments, and a meticulously researched voice-over narrative – that Morrissey, the former lead singer of The Smiths, somehow anticipated the 1997 death of Princess Diana via cryptic clues and asides secreted in his lyrics or embedded in images on Smiths’ record sleeves or in their pop videos. Focusing on a track-by-track analysis of The Smiths’ seminal 1986 Album “The Queen Is Dead” Laumann’s film adopts the form of a conspiracy-theory-cum-urban-myth, and despite its labyrinthine twists-and turns, seems to make absolute sense: somehow proving its case, suggesting that perhaps Morrissey – albeit aided and abetted by extraterrestrial forces – did indeed possess clairvoyant powers.

Pitch

2006 • 22 min • United States of America

Two NYU film grads, hot off the success of their smash hit student film, prepare to pitch their big action movie to a film studio in hopes of making the leap to "the next level."

Reverence

2006 • 30 min • Germany

The near future. Every night the media show new reports about war and terror which constantly loom like a dark cloud over the nation. To protect the citizens from possible air attacks the GNOSIS Corporation has developed a personal bomb shelter for everyone - the new BS-2016. While nearly every household in the city has one installed already, 12 year old Alex is still begging his dad to finally buy one so he can feel safe. As the air raid alarms go off that night and lights from exploding rockets gloom in the dark skies it seems too late: Alex has to face his fears and soon discovers a dark conspiracy that not only threatens his life but the life of his whole family as well.

Ultimate Sessions

2006 • 46 min

A rare nexus of optimal swell, marquee surfers and skilled, dedicated surf cinematographers created a vast library of surfing's greatest moments over the last three decades.

The Very First Noel

2006 • 24 min • United States of America

Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men, narrates the story of his travels in search of a magnificent star pointing him to a newborn King.

Davy and Stu

2006 • 15 min • United States of America

Two very different Scottish lads meet each day after school at a nearby peat bog. Only today Stu is late.

The American

2006 • 56 min • Macedonia

Macedonian TV drama

Bye Bye Benjamin

2006 • 22 min • United States of America

Benjamin Osgood, a savvy ten-year-old business executive, meets a coworker's daughter, and must decide how grown up he wants to be.

The Aluminum Fowl

2006 • 13 min

A glimpse of four brothers' daily obsessions with chickens, rap music, and aliens.

The Screwfly Solution

2006 • 59 min • United States of America

A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.

Close Quarters

2006 • 7 min • United States of America

Every Sunday, a group of close friends gets together for a backyard barbecue. But one day, Smitty decides to bring along his new girlfriend — and everyone is shocked to discover that she looks strikingly similar to Samantha, another friend who died several years ago. As the afternoon progresses, each of the friends must not only deal with the new addition to their little circle, but confront the ghosts of their own past relationships — resulting in unplanned revelations.

Sunshine Bob

2006 • 3 min • United States of America

The world of Sunshine Bob could be a brighter one, if he were only able to gain control. To try a little harder. To think a little smarter.

Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up

2006 • 48 min • United States of America, Germany

The gang is invited to Logan's dad's mansion for spring break, only to find out they are being used for testing a new reality show called "Gender Defenders." Now it's boys against girls and, when Chase accidentally sends a text message to Zoey proclaiming his true feelings for her, they start to wonder if it's Spring Break or Spring Bummer.

Plastic Man in Puddle Trouble

2006 • 15 min • United States of America

The stretchy superhero, Plastic Man, alternately insulted and encouraged by his parole officer, Archie, battles outré super-villains. His latest nemesis is the slippery man of water, The Puddle.

Ang Mga Pinakamahabang One Night Stand

2006 • 59 min • Philippines

Four stories... Four couples... Ang Mga Pinakamahabang One Night Stand is a collection of four short films exploring themes of fidelity, relationships, and true love in a world filled with complex societal norms permeating personal spaces. The anthology includes Wait Water Wait [directed by Crisaldo Pablo], Balot [directed by James Harvey Estrada], Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand [directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.], and Tutok [directed by Crisaldo Pablo].

Approved

2006 • 29 min • Sweden

A blackmail drama, a power-game amongst three adolescents who use manipulation, dominance and sexuality as weapons to achieve what they want. About getting a pass or fail in today's society, about how far people are prepared to go and about which limits they are prepared to go beyond in order to reach their goals.

Donkey Girl

2006 • 13 min • Netherlands

Farouzi (12) is a dutch-arabian girl that works at a small fishers company. She is a dreamer who doesn't care about boys, especially those boys she works with. The only one she cares for is her loyal donkey: Sofiane. One day a misterios girl arives. The arrival of this girl triggers that Farouzi jumps on her donkey to find her luck...

The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood

2006 • 38 min

In The Phillie Phanatic Goes Hollywood, the iconic Phillies mascot takes his wild and crazy act to Hollywood in an effort to make and star in his own movie. As it turns out, the movie he directs is a remake of a classic that can only be filmed right in his own backyard: Philadelphia!

La ciudad que huye

2006 • 5 min • Argentina

Short documentary about gated communities in Argentina.

A Drop of Dew: Shoji Ueda's Photographs that Woke the World

2006 • 36 min • Japan

Working since before WW2, UEDA Shoji pierced through amateurism, Then, in his picture world he takes, cuts and rearranges photos through his own sensibility, which takes him to the new media that is Ga-nime, encouraged by his friend the actor SANO Shiro, born in the same prefecture. The pictures used for this exhibition are not only from his most famous “Dune Mode” series, but also of many pre/post-war pictures of his birthplace, streetcars running in Tokyo, and traditional scene of Japan, through which a whole culture appears.

Riding with Sugar

2006 • 10 min • South Africa

Terrence is a South African teen who dreams of escaping the world of drugs to become a BMX champion rider. He stumbles into a precarious and unlikely friendship with Olivia, a beautiful girl who appreciates both his dream and drive.