All Films

Eros c'est Lamour

2008 • 8 min

Dorothy's l'amour fou evoked in evanescent fragments unexpectedly encountered. The missing link between Rose Hobart and Maria Montez via Rrose Selavy's bride stripped bare by the song of the sarong.

The Truth About Christmas Carols

2008 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Composer Howard Goodall uncovers the surprising and often secret history of the Christmas carol including how, over the centuries, carols have been banned by both church and state.

Between Dogs and Wolves

2008 • 30 min

A young man, looking for a job...

WordWorld: Welcome to Word World

2008 • 30 min

Word World is a show that is designed to help children to learn their letters. The entire animated world of WordWorld is made out of letters and the characters work through challenges to form words.

Steve-O: The Dumbest Asshole in Hip Hop

2008 • 51 min

Steve-O: The Dumbest Asshole in Hip Hop documentary

Viva la Causa

2008 • 40 min

Viva la Causa tells the story of a small group of abused California farm workers who, led by Cesar Chavez, put themselves on the line after launching a strike and a national boycott against the multimillion-dollar California grape industry.

Eric Liddell: Champion of Conviction

2008 • 54 min • United States of America

The life of Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell (the subject of Academy Award winner Chariots of Fire) is chronicled in this documentary, which tells his inspiring story through interviews with his biographer and those who knew him. A devout Christian, the Scottish track star refused to compete in an Olympic event held on a Sunday. He went on to missionary work in China, where he was eventually imprisoned by the invading Japanese.

The Master of Martial Arts film director : Lau Kar-leung

2008 • 35 min • China

Famous martial arts action film director, martial arts instructor, and actor Liu Jialiang. His father, Liu Zhan, was Huang Feihong’s disciple. Liu Jialiang has learned martial arts from his father since he was a child, with the mission of inheriting authentic martial arts. He has participated in more than 400 martial arts action films over the past 60 years and is a master of authentic martial arts films in the history of Chinese martial arts films.

Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

2008 • 60 min

Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road.

WordWorld: Rocket to the Moon

2008 • 51 min

In this colorful animated series for the pre-reading set, WordFriends -- animals whose bodies are composed of the letters that make up their names -- get into silly, sticky situations that can be resolved only by finding the right word.

Sex, Lie, Videotape and Lie

2008 • 30 min • Japan

Barbaro

2008 • 59 min • United States of America

One year ago Barbaro emerged at Churchill Downs as the best three-year-old thoroughbred with a genuine chance at greatness. Fourteen days later, on May 20, all that changed when he suffered a devastating leg injury at the Preakness. Barbaro captures his spectacular victory and promising future; the heartbreaking events two weeks later at Pimlico; and the challenging medical procedures used to try and save the horse's life. Despite the odds, the Jacksons remained amazingly dedicated and never relinquished hope, with the medical expertise of Dr. Dean Richardson enabling Barbaro to survive in the wake of his accident. On Jan. 29, 2007, however, Barbaro's valiant struggle came to an end when he was euthanized after the pain from his injuries and subsequent surgeries became too great to sustain.

The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great Work

2008 • 55 min • Czech Republic

Mystical, ephemeral and nearly lost to time, alchemy was a "magical theory of nature" widely held in pre-Enlightenment Europe. Author Terence McKenna portrays John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I, in this history of the discipline. McKenna discusses the role of the science as he travels to key sites in alchemic lore throughout Eastern Europe, including Heidelberg, home to the world's only contemporary alchemy lab.

Nooma Tomato 022

2008 • 13 min • United States of America

We all get consumed with ourselves; sometimes we're not even aware of it. We learn from a young age that life is about winning and impressing. We pick up that our worth and value come from how good, how smart, and how skilled we are. So, we twist things in our favor, making us look like we have it all together. Every day we have the choice to prop up these false ideas about ourselves or to let go of them. Jesus invites these parts of us to die, the parts of us that tell us our worth comes from the things we say and do. Maybe it's only when we let these things die, that we truly begin to live.

Love Affair Planet

2008 • 58 min • Japan

It's near the end of the war. A mysterious woman named Teru who lives by the sea finds two soldiers, Terada and Yamazaki, swimming ashore from a sunken warship. Teru carries the injured Yamazaki back to her house and uses her mysterious powers to heal his wounds. Terada learns a surprising fact from Teru: they are not on Earth. The two have been transported in a time capsule to a planet similar to Earth, on the other side of the sun. Teru was once married to an Earthling. Now, faced with a new Earthling, Teru and her daughter Miru... A fateful encounter between an alien who looks just like a human woman and a soldier, and the dramatic love story of a couple that transcends time and space.

Convite para jantar com camarada Stalin

2008 • 10 min • Argentina

Olga and Marilu are waiting for a guest to have dinner.

L'Appel de la forêt

2008 • 8 min • France

L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rousseau, in the form of an image. At first glance we see a green wall and a door-frame next to it. After a second glance the disturbing aspect of the scene crystallizes: A small, differently colored rectangle draws attention to the fact that a picture has been removed from the left-hand side of the wall, while such a picture can still be seen at the right-hand side of the wall. Then a man (Rousseau himself) enters the scene and puts the painting back into its original spot: It shows a roebuck. What follows is a carousel ride of unusual and amusing images.

Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stones

2008 • 47 min • Australia

For over four decades the Rolling Stones have been on top. Arrests, drugs, fall-outs, death and relationships have stood center stage with eight consecutive number one albums in the US and sold out live shows.

Interview with a Serial Killer

2008 • 44 min • United States of America

In this jailhouse interview, Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer, shares candid details of his crimes and his surprising family bonds.

Fellini's Kyoto

2008 • 33 min

miniDV film by Yukiyasu Shimada.

Henchman Glance

2008 • 33 min

Excerpts from Alain Resnais' film NIGHT AND FOG served as evidence during the trial against Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. On the evening before the trial, the defendant Eichmann was shown the entire film. Leo Hurwitz, the director responsible for video recording the trial, filmed this unusual projection in a kind of shot-countershot procedure without sound and in black and white. Nearly fifty years later, French filmmaker Chris Marker, who had already worked as an assistant director on NIGHT AND FOG, assembled these shots with the original color images and sounds of the French film: Henchman Glance.

Film Quiz

2008 • 20 min • Italy

Nanni Moretti speaks of the forty films that have inspired him.

Sarcomatous

2008 • 26 min • Russia

Taking advantage of his patients' illnesses, a mad doctor wants to remove their tumors, whether they are alive or not.

Q-Case

2008 • 18 min

Daniel and Eli are about to have their five year anniversary but little does Eli know, Daniel has been hiding a dark secret all those years. Meanwhile, a FBI agent has been put into a coma under mysterious circumstances. Evidence leads Agent Mueller and Dina Pendrell to investigate the presence of “Extra Queerestrials,” but are they chasing after the wrong suspect? Will Eli and Daniel get their Happy Anniversary?