All Films

Night Archives

2005 • 31 min • Germany, Switzerland

Diary sketches of a young gigolo of Arab origin who is confronted with experiences and impressions in the big Parisian world that overwhelms and confuses him.

The Cost of Living

2005 • 35 min • United Kingdom

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community.

Hey, S.O.S.

2005 • 11 min • Hungary

A lonely castaway who is drowning at sea calls for help incessantly. No one helps him, because everyone is busy with their own affairs...

A Good Day

2005 • 16 min • Sweden, United States of America

At a desolate railroad crossing, a middle-aged man's planned suicide, gets distracted by a lonesome farmer.

The Red Shoe

2005 • 5 min • Sweden

A red shoe floats down the river.

Maestro

2005 • 5 min • Hungary

Five minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.

A Family Finds Entertainment

2005 • 42 min • United States of America

A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.

Life in Transition

2005 • 4 min

At once surreal and poignant, this semi-autobiographical film by American director John Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog) chronicles a turning point in the life of an artist.

Delivery

2005 • 9 min • Germany

An old man lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.

A Song's Best Friend - John Denver Remembered

2005 • 58 min

Close friends of John Denver and his first wife Annie remember the singer/ songwriter John Denver and his music. The interviewees tell personal stories about John Denver over a background of excerpts form his TV specials, films, concerts and home movies. The film also highlights John Denver's unwavering commitment to the environment, world peace and humanitarian causes

The Egg

2005 • 14 min • Sweden

Ivar, an eight-year-old boy and his grandfather don't get along. Ivar is a vegetarian and grandpa thinks real men should eat meat. Ivar should at least be able to eat an egg, so Granpa sends him to buy one. But he crushes it and doesn't dare to go back because he's afraid of what grandpa might do to him. His desperate hunt for an egg creates completely new possibilities for their friendship.

Thomas & Friends: Hooray for Thomas

2005 • 34 min • United States of America

You're invited to the celebration on the Island of Sodor! There are new stories and fun adventures around every bend. Watch as Thomas wins a medal for saving the day. Will Edward rescue the brass band in time? Can Peter Sam help find a new refreshment stand for the Refreshment Lady? Get ready for non-stop fun when Rheneas gives the school children a roller coaster ride on the tracks and Gordon wins the best-dressed competition. Let the celebration begin!

Der Schwenker am Ende des Tisches

2005 • 15 min • Germany

A short splatter-drama chronicling the story of Elfride, a loving pregnant wife to neglectful douchebag of a husband, Kurti. Elfride suffers from a tragic miscarriage whilst facing constant verbal abuse from Kurti and his colleagues as they bully and coerce her into cooking them steaks. After guzzling many a beer and downing many a steak, things get violent between the group when only one steak is left at Elfride's end of the table.

Guts of the Gods

2005 • 11 min

Sometimes a hero needs to get a little blood on his hands

One Track Mind

2005 • 25 min

Philip Coppola has devoted all his free time in the last thirty years to cataloging, archiving and sketching every single station in the New York City subway system. Shot almost entirely in the subway system in post-9/11 New York, this award-winning short documentary is a portrait of a man consumed by a singular obsession as well as a loving exploration of the city's unique artistic idiosyncrasies.

The Bird and the Man

2005 • 2 min • Argentina

A man tries to keep a bird by his side.

Novecento, pianist

2005 • 17 min • France

The story of a pianist born and brought up on a ship. Adapted from the book by Alessandro Barrico

Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night

2005 • 27 min

A personal narrative documentary film told from the perspective of an Indian living in the U.S., the film journeys into India's call centers where telemarketer's acquire American names and accents to service the telephone support industry of the U.S.

Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off

2005 • 57 min • United States of America

A television documentary about Laurel and Hardy.

Lupe & Bruno

2005 • 6 min • Spain

The story of Lupe & Bruno, she is in love and he doesn't seem interested. The story unfolds at the public transport stop as they grow up.

Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes

2005 • 49 min • United States of America

The outrageous Gilbert Gottfried breaks down the walls of good taste in this hilarious, jaw-dropping DVD, recorded live in New York, City. He gleefully bats aside political correctness and fires an onslaught of jokes guaranteed to offend, building to a grand finale of filth known as the Dirtiest Joke of All Time

The Butcher III - Zombies im Blutrausch

2005 • 58 min • Germany

A nightmare of blood and violence. Ben's brother shot himself at the dark, old mansion in the middle of the forest. To investigate, Ben and his gang decided to drive to the scene. But there's Zack, an unscrupulous drug dealer who does not shy away from murder. Everyone meets at the villa and make terrible discoveries. The forest seems to be full of zombies and a crazy mass murderer.

In Transit

2005 • 25 min • Denmark

A Polish stewardess who has to spend the night in Copenhagen to board her next flight meets a Danish man who insists on taking her out. The night does not turn out quite like either of them had expected.

The Raftman's Razor

2005 • 7 min • United States of America

Two geeky teenage boys follow the story of a superhero who doesn't really do much.