All Films

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

2003 • 27 min • China

In 2003, the infectious disease SARS quickly spread across China, causing widespread panic. At the peak of the hysteria accompanying the mysterious epidemic, Ai Weiwei and his brother Ai Dan made a short film together, Ai Weiwei’s first. The film depicts the defiantly carefree attitude of their bohemian group of friends against the ominous backdrop of the SARS outbreak.

Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America

2003 • 56 min • United States of America

Traces the journey of five kung fu monks in search of the American dream. Hailing from China's legendary Shaolin Temple, these Zen masters and kung fu stars have left their homeland to forge a new life and bring their special brand of martial arts to the west. Hear their personal stories (narrated by Beau Bridges) and watch in awe as they display some of their best moves.

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

2003 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about the life of the Bonzo Dog Band singer.

Bob Sapp: Sapp Time The Movie!

2003 • 37 min • Japan

Contains a dance instruction footage featuring Papaya Suzuki, promo clip(s), a Las Vegas style show, and Bob's Rap performance. Fighter Masaaki Miyamoto is among the guest stars.

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

2003 • 45 min • United States of America

12,000 feet down, life is erupting. Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly-erupting volcanic rift between Europe and North America.

Bread and Milk

2003 • 28 min • South Korea

A railroad worker (Won Poong Yeon, Seven Days) wearily sets out for his last day of work, carrying his usual bread and milk. When he approaches a hill, he decides to commit suicide and lies down on the rails. As the train approaches him, suddenly, a big jagged rock falls on the rail, leaving him stuck in the gap between the train wheels and the rock.

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

2003 • 38 min

Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).

Mystery in the Colony

2003 • 12 min • Brazil

A doctor from Rio de Janeiro travels to spend his vacation in a small town in the South of Brazil, surrounded by legends about the disappearance of tourists. He stays in the house of a local family (father, son and grandmother), and, during lunch, the boy attempts to alert the doctor about a terrible secret.

Intimate Town

2003 • 55 min • Estonia

Legendary Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov's book "The Compromise" was published at the time of the author's emigration in USA and describes the period that Dovlatov himself has called "Interior emigration" - that is the years that he spent in Tallinn, Estonia as a journalist (1972-1976). The documentary interviews the prototypes of the book, including Dovlatov's former colleagues and friends who comment on the literary work. They share background information that helps to interpret both Dovlatov's destiny as well as the essence of the Soviet era.

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

2003 • 55 min • Ireland

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's themes and methods. The director also profiles Kiarostami as a poet and a photographer.

Cold Turkey

2003 • 45 min • Australia

Two brothers and their journey into a long night of desperate living in Alice Springs.

The Man Who Invented The Moon

2003 • 33 min

Sammy Hughes, a man who struggles to live his life after being orphaned at a young age.

P-Man: Cyber Doll Zero Command

2003 • 50 min • Japan

Mitsuo Hii's, aka P-Man, girlfriend, Kyoko, is missing. She's been altered and turned into a robot by the evil pervert Otaki-Kyō chinman. He's recruited by F Gang to fight a duel with P-Man, whose transformation circuit is destroyed and he's captured. P-Man is in mortal danger! What will happen now?

Black Label - Blackout

2003 • 45 min

The second full length feature by Black Label Skateboards

Bandits

2003 • 52 min

BANDITS (2003) retraces the roots of the escapade of a group of Georgians in their twenties who hijacked an Aeroflot passenger plane on November 18, 1983 from Tbilisi.

Die Welt des Claude Chabrol - Eine Nahaufnahme zum 50. Film

2003 • 30 min • Germany

Eckhart Schmidt interviews Claude Chabrol.

Impressions of Dune

2003 • 38 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Documentary about the making of Dune.

Two Gangsters and an Island

2003 • 23 min • United States of America

A short documentary about the making of the 1966 film 'Cul-de-sac'.

Location Hunting

2003 • 11 min

A zonked-out student director and his responsive D.O.P. friend are hunting for location to their new black and white movie in the great Hungarian desert. Strictly fiction?

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

2003 • 50 min • United States of America

He was one of Hollywood's greatest tough guys. His charisma and electric on-screen presence propelled the success of classic films such as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep.

Terra

2003 • 7 min • United States of America

Terra is a beautiful Eden planet inhabited by a peaceful species know as the Terrians, one of whom is the rebellious teenager Mala, who dreams of something more.

海流から遠く離れて

2003 • 19 min • Japan

Commissioned by Yokohama National University, the film follows a man nearly twenty years after his graduation, who, facing a deadlock in his professional life, returns to his alma mater. Wandering slowly under the blooming cherry trees and through laboratories, classrooms, and the university library, he reflects on his past, present, and the meaning of the university in his life. The role is played by Ken Mitsuishi with cinematography by Masaki Tamura.

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003 • 22 min • United States of America

Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his past successes give us an idea what kind of dedicated person he truly is.

Kidneys for Jesus

2003 • 50 min • United Kingdom

The Jesus Christians are unusually committed to their faith. They give up everything they own - including, now, their spare kidneys. For a year, journalist Jon Ronson has exclusively followed the group as they attempt to donate their kidneys to strangers in the UK and the US. But who should they give them to? Where can they advertise? Will the hospitals, the media, and the potential recipients see their gesture as a miracle, or as the self-destructive act of a controversial religious movement? Presented by Jon Ronson.