All Films

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

2005 • 28 min

The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans into the metropolis we know today and features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections. Now expanded and updated, the film's final chapter captures the astonishing – if sometimes challenging – transformations the city has experienced in the first decades of the 21st century.

Estes Avenue

2005 • 3 min • United States of America

Five people, on the very same street, at the very same time, saying the very same word. Each for a different reason.

Slow Map

2005 • 30 min • Japan

The Great Zambini

2005 • 15 min • Spain

The remains of an ancient circus can still be seen on the outskirts of a big city.

Stalk

2005 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A hungry rabbit is stalked by a lettuce.

A Life Among Whales

2005 • 57 min

Dr. Roger Payne explores the unique relationship between humans and whales, weaving together natural history and biography. A pioneer in whale song research, Payne has passionately promoted the protection of these majestic sea creatures for four decades and continues to do so by studying ocean pollution.

Rare Books and Manuscripts

2005 • 12 min

In the reading room of the British Library, Jess falls in love from afar with the gorgeous Heinz. Too shy to talk to him, she starts sending him books spelling out her feelings for him. When she starts receiving books in turn - and not from Heinz - will she able to pluck the courage to meet her admirer?

Journey to Mars

2005 • 16 min • Argentina

Journey to Mars (Viaje a Marte) is an animated stop motion short film. This independent production, which was made in Argentina, is the result of two years hard work. Since then, it has won 50 awards in different festivals around the world, competing in many cases against real action productions. The short tells the story of Antonio, a boy from the 60s, who is a great fan of science fiction tv serials and space trips. In view of the child's passion, his grandfather decides to take him to Mars in his tow truck.

He Swears a Lot

2005 • 42 min • Russia

A documentary portrait of the leader of the Leningrad group, musician, poet and foul-mouthed Sergei Shnurov.

Dentist

2005 • 10 min • United States of America

A satirical take on dentistry.

Joe Bussard: King of Record Collectors

2005 • 30 min • United States of America

Dust-to-Digital produced this documentary of renowned record collector Joe Bussard around the time of their Fonotone Records box set release in 2005.

Eddy Wally in Amerika

2005 • 56 min

You’ll be part of the adventures of Eddy Wally in America, where he’ll experience his journey to his roots as a market vendor!

Shopping Mall Jihad

2005 • 27 min • United States of America

A few edgy white dudes made a film about jihadists abducting, stripping nude, and killing some American women. It's all pretty yikes but here's what it said on the download page: "Four young women have been abducted from that greatest of american icons, the shopping mall. Those jihadist bastards! The girls don’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation, as hooded men drive them to a secluded area. Eventually, they realize the depth of trouble they are in. Their first hint is when they are tied to posts, forced to strip and shot to death. Four bodies for the pit. Four fewer consumers."

Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire

2005 • 52 min • Canada

Gilles Carle, the prolific director of such movies as La vraie nature de Bernadette and Maria Chapdelaine, has been struggling against Parkinsons disease with dignity for about fifteen years. Based on Carles last script completed in 2000, entitled 'Mona MC Gill et son vieux père malade', Charles Binamés documentary, which took slightly over two years to film, gives us a friendly, penetrating look of a brave, lucid creator confronted with suffering and the perspective of death. Although the subject is grave, we see a stong will to live and to create. A movie shrouded in all the light and love of Chloé Ste-Marie, the famous directors companion of 25 years.

Dust

2005 • 14 min • Turkey

A series of short scenes gives us a glimpse into a couple's complex relationship. Beautiful and frail about the little things that make up the whole.

Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

2005 • 21 min • United States of America

Features a sit-down with two of the film's writers; the third, Ronny Graham, passed away in 1999.

Beyond Corner Gas: Tales from Dog River

2005 • 60 min • Canada

Othelo

2005 • 7 min • Brazil

Carlos Sebastião Prata Filho watches, for the first time, an interview given in 1963 by his father: Grande Othello. Alongside his four children, Grande Othello talks about his first experience in theater. Roquete Pinto, the interviewer, then starts asking the boys questions and records unexpected moments.

Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet

2005 • 48 min

Get to know your ABCs with this fun-filled adventure that celebrates the wonder of words and the joys of the alphabet, Sesame Street-style. Shapes, sounds, and colors come to life as letters A and Z join Elmo and the gang for some F-U-N at the mall. Whether it's crooning with Sheryl Crow or rocking with Melissa Etheridge, dozens of entertaining songs and skits add to the excitement as every letter gets a chance to shine. No matter how you spell it, Sesame Street's All-Star Alphabet makes the grade!

Robota

2005 • 10 min • Canada

Set in a decayed urban core, Robota, a homeless robot, wins enough money at the robot cockfighting arena to afford a trip downtown to fulfill her dream.

Inner Depravity

2005 • 10 min • Canada

A masked man practices various tortures on women while some dark ambient music plays.

Tragic Story with Happy Ending

2005 • 7 min • Portugal, Canada, France

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

Dreams

2005 • 12 min • Sweden

In his frustration of not finding the right one, Johan tries online dating, which only makes the frustration grow stronger. Although true love is very close.

Året var 1955

2005 • 56 min • Sweden

1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movie ticket is discovered. Ingrid Bergman gets bad reviews as Joan of Arc, and James Dean dies in a 185 km/h car crash. The knappupgänget, with Povel Ramel and Gunwer Bergkvist, go to Nairobi to shoot a film that will never be finished. Sweden votes no to right-hand traffic and the "Motbok" disappears in October. Charlie Norman writes film music and gets a job in the US, while Sigge Eriksson becomes a world figure skating champion in Moscow. Anita Ekberg visits after years in Hollywood and Louis Armstrong gives concerts in Stockholm. Luleå is building the world's first indoor shopping center, and Viggen Viggo is visible on the TV screen.