All Films

King for Two Days

2012 • 55 min • United States of America

In King for Two Days, filmmaker Noah Hutton chronicles drummer Dave King's (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple) two-night concert at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, featuring five of the groups he drums in. Through rehearsals, interviews with the musicians, and concert excerpts, a world emerges where the concept of the band is held above the need for individual showmanship, a rarity in jazz.

Cheap Trick: Front Row Center

2012 • 55 min • United States of America

Well known for their four decades of almost non-stop touring and new music, the group combines their famous power pop and melodic sounds as they rock out in this special concert. Seventeen studio albums under their belt make for so many great songs including favorites like 'Surrender,' 'Dream Police' and 'I Want You to Want Me.' Filmed at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn NY in 2010.

紗綾１８　ゴシック　ドール　－ＧＯＳＩＣＫ　ＤＯＯＬ－

2012 • 45 min • Japan

2012 release

Lose Her Island

2012 • 5 min • United States of America

A 5-minute found-footage collage by Josh Safdie that overlays narration from an old Jacques Cousteau documentary about fighting elephant seals onto a broadcast of George Foreman vs. Evander Holyfield, reframing the prizefight as a nature spectacle and blurring lines between sports viewing and wildlife observation.

Rallying: The Killer Years

2012 • 52 min • United Kingdom

In the 1980s rallying was more popular than Formula 1. However the sport was heading out of control and the unregulated mayhem would end abruptly after a series of horrific tragedies.

Bluechacha

2012 • 35 min

A companion to legendary Cuban musician Manuel Galbán's last album. Bluechacha puts image to the sound as it takes us through the process of recording the album, while artistically recreating the music in the form of a love story set in contemporary Cuba. Nominated to the Latin Grammy in the category of Best Long-Form Music Video.

紗綾18 アシメトリー ａｓｙｍｍｅｔｒｙ

2012 • 45 min • Japan

2012 release

Coniston

2012 • 55 min

In 1928, following the murder of a white dingo trapper, central Australia would witness the last known massacre of its Indigenous people. With over one hundred killed during a series of punitive expeditions, those who survived fled far and wide from the massacre sites. Denied a voice at the official inquiry and dislocated from their lands, the survivors passed down the story of this bloody episode to their children and grandchildren.

JK Slayer

2012 • 60 min • Japan

Mikoto was once a warrior God who rebelled against the Lord of Hell. He banished Mikoto, inserting her soul into the body of a high school student, condemning her to live among humans exterminating demons.

Evanescence: Rock am Ring 2012

2012 • 58 min

Time stamps for each song: 00:00 What You Want 03:26 Going Under 07:33 The Other Side 11:57 Weight of the World 15:58 Made of Stone 20:38 Lithium 24:37 My Heart Is Broken 28:52 Your Star 33:38 Sick 37:50 The Change 41:54 Call Me When You’re Sober 45:40 Imaginary 50:10 Never Go Back 54:25 Bring Me to Life

Il neige sur Acapulco

2012 • 8 min

Last evening in Mexico for a group of friends before returning to Paris.

Same Sex Love

2012 • 13 min

A Rockumentary/Mockumentary about America's/UK's first successful & accepted ALL male/ALL gay band. The only problem is...they're not gay.

Transformation

2012 • 34 min • Taiwan

In order to recreate a photograph, two actors undergo a transformation.

My Bike

2012 • 5 min

Everything appears normal in the small Norwegian town of Skudeneshavn. But cycling along the beach road is Lauritz, an eleven year old boy en route to treat himself to an ice cream at The World's Smallest Café. Peddles spinning, wheels skidding, he rides his beloved bike through majestic woods and narrow roads to get to the café. Before sunset he will have lost something valuable, but perhaps gained something more precious.

Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands

2012 • 57 min

Comedienne, television and movie star Rita Rudner hosts this showcase of three of the best standup comics on the club scene today, any one of whom would be a perfectly acceptable "Mr. Rudner!"

Nimrod and Stinky's Antarctic Adventure

2012 • 6 min • United States of America

A short animated film made specially for the Blu-ray release of Mr Popper's Penguins.

Newborns

2012 • 9 min

In their secluded bourgeois mansion surrounded by nature, Athmane and Patricia have decided to wean their eldest son, Idir, off heroine. Sabri, his little brother, roams about aimlessly, waiting for a sense of liberation. He is the one who will take charge of the situation.

Meet Mr Toilet

2012 • 4 min • United States of America

For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison. Businessman-turned-sanitation superhero Jack Sim fights this oft-neglected crisis affecting 2.6 billion people.

6 sull'autobus

2012 • 26 min • Italy

An old bus drives through the streets of Rome. It's a long day. The bus fills up with people and stories. Then empties out. People get on. And get off. Faces, eyes. Expectations. A few encounters. Incidents. Slips. Ambiguities. Thefts. Rows. Confiding exchanges. Confessions. Projects. Plans. Lies. Slaps. Even one hijacking. A well-defined route can become a journey. Each encounter can become a future opportunity or can lay a former wound to rest. Every stop may produce the person who will change your life trajectory. Or not, and the bus carries on. At the next turn, someone else will get on and a fragment of his life will for a moment touch yours.

Gamgi

2012 • 9 min • France

A steel worker is brutally fired. One morning, while brushing his teeth, he discovers with horror that a piece of wood growed from him back, as an outgrowth of his own body. Soon the piece of wood becomes a sign on which is inscribed in large letters: 'UNEMPLOYED' ... With this sign he will now have to live everyday, facing the gaze of the other people, the employers, his wife ... The task will be difficult especially as the sign soon begins to mutate ...

Ryūshutsu Fūin Dōga 2

2012 • 60 min • Japan

The grandchildren and their siblings take pictures of their grandmother's old house with a curious look. Don't touch it, which lies in the back of the house. The strange object "fornicating serpentine" that runs after the video of a mountain circle playfully playing with a shrine. A woman stares at a video of young men in swimsuits enjoying leisure at the water's edge, "Obon Sea," and six others. A number of dramatic and frightening videos are included.

I'm Yours

2012 • 6 min • Canada

A doc-style short showing two people who transitioned to the other sex answering the same questions. Director Chase Joynt uses clever cuts to create rhythmic montages through their juxtaposition.

The Wiggles : Surfer Jeff

2012 • 57 min • Australia

Surfer Jeff sees the return of The Wiggles original singer, Greg Page! Join The Wiggles on their most exciting adventure ever! Jeff meets Gino the Genie who grants him three wishes, so Jeff decides to visit exotic locations such as Abu Dhabi, London, Rome, Paris and Sydneys Royal Botanic Garden! With songs from around the world, children will be captivated by the magic of The wiggles in their 21st year with Surfer Jeff.

The Dingleberrys

2012 • 38 min

Killer pieces of poop come down from space to flush out the people of sleepy hollow heights.