All Films

Skinnskatteberg

2008 • 28 min • Sweden

Dawn in the Swedish woods. A small group of people work in an otherwise quiet forest. A piano is placed in the moss and sinks down. An organ and amplifier is placed just next to it. The choir finds its position in between the pine trees.

“List of Curses” Told by High School Girls in Shibuya

2008 • 58 min • Japan

This is the first installment of the popular "“List of Curses” Told by High School Girls in Shibuya" series, in which high school girls are actually interviewed on the streets of Shibuya and tell their stories.

Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target

2008 • 25 min • Hong Kong

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Benny Chan's Invisible Target (2007) including interviews with the major stars of the film and the production crew.

Garrett's Gift

2008 • 19 min

A young boy's creative mind gets him into trouble, until he begins to apply that creativity to life-changing inventions, including the traffic signal.

Entitled

2008 • 7 min

Entitled, a correspondence with historical still life painters. Super-8 transferred to digital video “Smith has developed a lyrical visual practice, weaving in and out of the independent film world and occasionally gracing the art world with breathtaking film installations that upend traditional forms of narrative filmmaking.” BOMB

Tiya's Dream

2008 • 12 min • Ethiopia, France

In Ethiopia, in a small country school, children have a lesson on the Millennium Development Goals. But one of the pupils, Tiya, is distracted, she doesn’t listen. She is staring at the window. Outside, some children are playing rugby... Abderrahmane Sissako's contribution to 8 (2008).

Safety First: The Rise of Women!

2008 • 50 min • United States of America

A safety training film for women who work in high-rise office buildings.

Ang Ibang Mga Pamilya

2008 • 15 min • Philippines

A mother mourns the loss of her only son alone.

Gore Store 2

2008 • 27 min • Switzerland

After the creators/masterminds of the company DARK DIMESIONS noticed that they had opened a lucrative business through their snuff and torture videos disguised as normal horror films, the murder really began. Even high politicians and influential mafios came back to their services of making people disappear. But chance wants it that among those who have been killed by them are the daughter of a mafia running boy and the son of a policeman and those affected do not want to leave this unpunished...

WOTAN Assembly

2008 • 9 min • United Kingdom

WOTAN Assembly is a BBC documentary looking at the retrieval and remaking of the Doctor Who serial The War Machines.

In Sickness and in Wealth

2008 • 56 min

What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts and skin color? How do social policies and the way we organize work and society affect health? Solutions lie not in more pills but in more equality.

Vous désirez ?

2008 • 12 min

In 2008, Caroline Loeb made her directorial debut with the short film Vous-désirez?, produced as part of the X-plicit films collection.

Milagrez

2008 • 15 min • Brazil

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

Hideo Kojima's Gene

2008 • 36 min • Japan

Short documentary on the making of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, included with the Limited Edition

Evolution of the Apes

2008 • 24 min • United States of America

This documentary examines the creative origins of the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise, from Pierre Boulle's original novel and Rod Serling's adapted screenplay to the first film's production at Twentieth Century Fox.

Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electricity

2008 • 25 min

Bill Nye the Science Guy is charged up and ready to show kids how to be Safety Smart around electricity. Learn the shocking truth about conductors and insulators and why electricity can be dangerous if you become part of the circuit.

Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'

2008 • 33 min

Short documentary about the making of the film 'The Rutles: All You Need is Cash'.

Glamour Reel Docs: Dreamland

2008 • 17 min

Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming Perfume campaign - Coney Island, the playland of New York City, documents the preservation of the lifestyle, joys and history of this iconic Brooklyn neighborhood.

Justine Clarke: Songs to Make You Smile

2008 • 43 min

Listen to Justine as she journeys through a musical landscape as joyous and as diverse as I Like To Sing - this time incorporating the western swing of 'Mrs. Knife and Mr. Fork', the ACDC rocks sounds of 'Jelly Jelly Jelly' and the James Taylor-esque lullaby 'Creatures Of The Rain And Sun'...

Through the Eyes of Yuja: A road movie by Anaïs & Olivier Spiro

2008 • 48 min

With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod, and Smartphone. The 27-year-old Yuja leads a new generation of pianists who can comfortably play anything thanks to phenomenal technique and healthy self-confidence. Even so, she stands squarely in the tradition of great piano virtuosi, offering much more than just technical wizardry alone...

Crepitus

2008 • 5 min

The title refers to two eponymous words. The first describes the pathological symptom of abnormal contact between two internal surfaces, such as broken bones.

Lottie Dottie Chicken

2008 • 30 min • Brazil

Galinha Pintadinha, (English translation: The Dappled Chicken) known also as "Lottie Dottie Chicken" is a Brazilian project for children's music, created by Juliano Prado and Marcos Luporini. The songs are originally in Portuguese and are getting millions of downloads on YouTube. Some of the songs have been already translated into Spanish and English.

The Burden of Virginity

2008 • 32 min • Uzbekistan

The Burden of Virginity explores the deeply rooted traditions surrounding virginity in Uzbekistan, focusing on the expectations placed on brides to remain "pure" until their wedding day. The film follows the story of a young Uzbek woman who faces public humiliation and familial rejection after failing to prove her virginity. Her ordeal leads her to contemplate suicide, highlighting the extreme pressures imposed by societal customs.

Kokkuri-san

2008 • 60 min • Japan

A group of Japanese girls forget the number-one rule for avoiding demonic possessions and foolishly use an Ouija board in a house where a murder was committed. Now they've got the spirit and the spirit is definitely out to get them!