All Films

Röd jul

2001 • 28 min • Sweden

It's a freezing cold Christmas in the 70s in Stockholm and the young writer Bobo decides to help the beautiful upper class woman Bonnie carry her Christmas tree home.

The Tunnel

2001 • 35 min • United States of America

A surreal, dreamlike film exploring love, depression and death.

Deflation

2001 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Pride going before the fall.

Kinnikuman II

2001 • 30 min • Japan

While the New Generation Choujins are taking part in Fan Appreciation Day, The Cyborg arrives, takes Meat hostage, and challenges Mantarou to a fight inside Tokyo Tower.

Electric Dragon 80000V

2001 • 55 min • Japan

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

White Power

2001 • 18 min • United States of America

In The Lonely Island's first attempt at a sitcom, the dudes get addicted to tooth whitener.

Bus Panic!!!

2001 • 5 min • Japan

A man hijacks a bus in Japan, absurdity ensues.

Still

2001 • 20 min • United Kingdom

An ambitious short in which the story plays out in the mind of an old man about to die from a heart attack in a public park.

Tell It Like It Is

2000 • 12 min • United Kingdom

A short animated film by Leeds Animation Workshop which illustrates problems faced by young people at school as a result of gender stereotyping and bullying. Classmates Darren and Sharon are each keeping a video diary. The results show them the different worlds girls and boys live in, and the different anxieties they experience.

En memoria de los pájaros

2000 • 19 min • Argentina, France

"In 1976, the military dictatorship was established in Argentina, and with it, state terrorism. I was five years old. I'm trying to painstakingly piece together some of the pieces of the past." (Gabriela Golder)

Great National Parks of the World- Lands of Majesty The America

2000 • 50 min • United States of America

Travel the America to explore four of the world's most beautiful National Parks. Cruise the icy waters of Alaska's glittering Glacier Bay and see whales breaching, eagles soaring, glaciers thundering into the sea! Wander through lush green Corcoavdo, Costa Rica's enchanting rainforest, amid gorgeous scarlet macaws and spider monkeys. Journey to Canada's majestic Banff National Park to enjoy brilliant turquoise Lake Louise nestled beneath the soaring Rockies. Behold Arizona's awe-inspiring Grand Canyon - so magnificent it's been called "an amphitheater fit for the gods!"

A Word from the Management

2000 • 6 min

Don McKellar’s autobiographical, wryly comic short looks at Toronto International Film Festival–goers’ fierce desire to get into a screening.

Dykes & Their Dogs

2000 • 17 min • United States of America

A musical/comedy Dykeumentary about the "Dykes & Their Dogs", a popular contest held annually in West Hollywood, California

Carapaces

2000 • 6 min

Temptation, in a futuristic world dominated by insects.

L'Ambroisie : les secrets de cuisine de Bernard Pacaud

2000 • 51 min • France

Of all the French chefs celebrated around the world, Bernard Pacaud is undoubtedly one of the most secretive. He spends his days cooking and his art is a tribute to exceptional products and the work of a few artisans. For the first time, Bernard Pacaud opens the doors of "L'Ambroisie" and reveals some of his secrets.

Naughty Little Peeptoe

2000 • 36 min • New Zealand

Shoe designer and fetishist Doug George tells the story of how high heels saved his life.

Kaval

2000 • 12 min • Macedonia

A short documentary about Macedonian traditional instrument - kaval.

Gordon Bleugh!: Gingerbread Men

2000 • 1 min • United Kingdom

One of several short films. Claymation that follows the misadventures of a mad anthropomorphic frog chef, often facing mishaps and disaster in his kitchen.

W/o

2000 • 60 min • Japan

Komaba Dormitory at the University of Tokyo was closed down after a bitter dispute between the students and the university. This film collage tells the story of the two years leading up to the actual demolition of Komaba Dormitory.

La invasión de los completos sin vienesa

2000 • 36 min

Matka nieznanego żołnierza

2000 • 53 min • Poland

The film is about the suffering of a woman who is looking for her sons - about the tragedy of loneliness. It shows what war is for Russian society today, about the changes that have occurred in the mentality of an average citizen.

Les Méduses

2000 • 17 min • France

Building Materials

2000 • 34 min • Portugal

Documentary made as part of the exhibition “Materiais de Construção” (FCG, 1998). The exhibition's curator, Jorge Molder, and the participating artists, Markus Raetz and Pieter Laurens Mol, are interviewed. Topics such as the artists' biography and the works presented are covered. Includes images from the exhibition (CAM Gallery and Hall).

Dark Intent

2000 • 52 min • Canada

A poetic meditation by a man and a woman whose teenage son has threatened to end his life. What drives someone to that terrible extreme? In an effort to understand and demystify the phenomenon of suicide, the two parents search for answers within themselves. Their personal reflection is intercut with dramatic sequences, archival footage, animation, interviews and first-person accounts that look at suicide from an emotional, rational, cultural, social or medical perspective.