All Films

In Public

2001 • 30 min • China, South Korea

A fragmentary landscape for a little train station in a suburban area and a bus stop in a mining town. A lonely soldier in his heavy coat, a tired old man, a bubbly young lady, a punk, a woman waiting in the street... From all those different people in these unfamiliar places, we can feel the exhaustion of every life.

Vermeer Master of Light

2001 • 57 min • United States of America

Vermeer: Master of Light, is a visual quest in search of what makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. It is a journey of discovery, guiding the viewer through an exploration of Vermeers paintings and examining the secrets of his technique.

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

2001 • 29 min

Film critic/historian Leonard Maltin talks about the making of, and his appreciation for, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969). He speaks of the difficulties with preview audiences in general and how they affected this film, and presents several deleted scenes not available before this.

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

2001 • 42 min • United States of America

The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World

2001 • 40 min • United States of America

It's Ronald's birthday and Hamburglar, upset that he didn't get Ronald a present, invites everyone to a fake amusement park known as "Birthday World" to celebrate, run by an evil mad scientist named Professor Thaddeus J. Pinchworm. Everyone is amused at first, but they can no longer escape and no longer fall for the poor designs of the rides until they ride a rollercoaster which turns them into babies (both Franklin and Tika are wearing diapers) and they need to find out how to return to their original ages, even though their certain abilities are limited since they are toddlers.

Science Of Death

2001 • 46 min • Canada

After ignoring death for most of our history, the medical and scientific communities have begun to focus their attention on how our bodies behave on our journey to the great beyond. Often seen as an event, dying is actually a process, which, in some cases, can be stopped or reversed. Even after someone is clinically dead, life in many parts of our bodies carries on for hours, days, or even weeks.

A Kitty Bobo Show

2001 • 8 min • United States of America

Kitty Bobo tries to prove his coolness to his friends Paul Dog, Monkey Carl and Maggie by showing off his new cell phone. He fails to do this.

Um Sol Alaranjado

2001 • 17 min • Brazil

This short follows four days in the life of a father and daughter.

Death is a lonely hunter

2001 • 48 min

Morgan Kane, out hunting, is suddenly caught in bad weather and takes refuge at Fort Collins where two outlaws tries to murder him.

Never Date an Actress

2001 • 7 min • United States of America

A caring guy learns that dating his actress girlfriend is definitely NOT the wisest decision.

Pedal

2001 • 52 min • United States of America

Pedal is a fast-paced documentary film about surviving in the streets of New York City as a bicycle messenger. It features messengers from all walks of life as they battle traffic in a race to make their next delivery on time. Directed by Sutherland and produced by Ana Lombardo, Pedal the documentary lets viewers live the spectacle of the delivery itself. It premiered in 2001 at the South by Southwest film festival, and was later acquired by the Sundance channel, where it aired until 2004.

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001 • 43 min • United Kingdom

The making of Stanley Kubrick's classic space epic, presented by James Cameron, including unseen footage.

Swamp Tigers

2001 • 50 min • United States of America

From the swamps of the Sundarbans to the foothills of the Himalayas, there is one creature that commands fear and respect among all living things: the Bengal tiger - the mightiest land predator on earth.

Moses vs. Godzilla

2001 • 5 min • United States of America

Made by a team of animators at Dreamworks while they were working on The Prince of Egypt, this faux trailer uses high tech animation to parody The Ten Commandments and The Clash Of The Titans. The film was made to be played at the wrap party for The Prince of Egypt, but went on to play at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 2001. Subsequently the film has become an obscure oddity amongst Godzilla fans.

Flow

2001 • 14 min • Netherlands

Flash projection from dutch visual artist Han Hoggerbrugge

The Silent Invasion

2001 • 55 min • Canada

A timid young man asks the help of a retired masked wrestler to help him find his fiancée, who has been kidnapped by evil aliens. Zombie, robots action and comedy go hand in hand in this delirious silent tribute to "B" movies.

The Battle At Our Shores

2001 • 48 min • Canada

The Battle At Our Shores is a documentary following over a period of a year the ground swell of opposition that has arisen over the first inshore/coastal oil and gas exploration licenses to be given out in Canada in the Province of Nova Scotia. Most other jurisdictions have put moratoriums on inshore marine oil and gas activity. This documentary tracks this ecological and political controversy, which pits citizens groups against their governments and industry. The Battle At Our Shores looks at citizen activism, governments that ignore democracy, and the fight against corporate globalism at a local level.

Getting Stronger Every Day

2001 • 7 min • United States of America

"There are two movies I saw on TV about boys who were taken from their families and then returned to them years later. One boy was on a fun spaceship for years and the other boy was kidnapped and molested. These boys were never the same again and they just couldn't re-integrate into the family. I saw these movies when I was little. I've often described them to people, always paired together. They are sort of the comedy and tragedy version of the same story and it is a mundanely spiritual story. Getting Stronger Every Day includes these boys' tales, but they are like mystical objects placed on the living reality of the man storyteller. In other parts of the movie actual mystical objects hover in peoples lives without a myth or story attached. I like to think about how these dimensions interact simply and can be enacted: real life / story / worldly / spirit / video / flat drawing."

Croatia 2000 - Who Wants to Be a President

2001 • 54 min • Croatia

"Croatia 2000 - Who Wants To Be A President" is a feature-length documentary film about dramatic political events that occurred in the period between the death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman and the victory of Stipe Mesić in the presidential elections. Incessantly following (sometimes with ten cameras) the most influential figures in Croatian political life, cameras witnessed the moments of their biggest battle, their greatest victory and crushing defeat, and days of great strain, passion and political combat.

Cinemaphobia

2001 • 15 min • United States of America

A psychological horror film about a film actor haunted by the roles he plays, where the terrors of horror movies invade his everyday life. Knives, mirrors, and whirring cameras on tripods stalk him relentlessly, even when he’s off set.

Den Uyl of De Vaandeldragers

2001 • 52 min

Telvisie registration of the play of the same name, written by Don Duyn. The performance 'Den Uyl, of De Vaandeldragers' arose from Don Duyns' desire to take a closer look at the passionate ex-Prime Minister Joop den Uyl and the time in which he was glorious in relation to the present day.

A Conversation with God

2001 • 30 min • South Korea, Taiwan

The original subject intended for this film was a spiritual medium who was unbelievably accurate. Tsai Ming-liang jumped on his 50cc motorbike, equipped with a DV camera ready to shoot her, to see whether the god would speak to his camera. But on the way, he was caught in a traffic jam of people gathered at another god’s festival. A man in a trance, flashy karaoke girls on stage, a power black-out. During his diversion, the camera discovers fish and underground passages

A Piece of Earth

2001 • 23 min

An old man, nearing death, longs to be buried in the land where he was born and began his glory years, when adventure and romance were his.

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

2001 • 31 min • United States of America

A wonderfully entertaining series of interviews with Pollack, Newman, Field and Luedtke about the film, its development, its themes and the experience of making it.