All Films

Melody

2008 • 8 min • Japan

A short in which a young anthropomorphic rabbit tries to overcome the loss of his mother.

Frank Zappa: Music In Review

2008 • 53 min

Idiosyncratic composer, unique musician and ground-breaking film director…..Frank Zappa packed more into his short lifetime than most men would manage in two. His restless, challenging, creative spirit meant that he never stood still during a career that bought huge critical and commercial success – Zappa sold more than 60 million albums both as a solo artist and with the Mothers of Invention. The life and work of Frank Zappa are examined in this superb new critical review, which features new in-depth interviews with industry insiders, rock journalists and respected critics plus highlights from the songs that re-drew the face of rock music.

Out There

2008 • 45 min • United States of America

Teton Gravity Research (TGR) presents OUT THERE, a 16mm and HiDef film taking a progressive, fresh look at what faces the surf world today. Humankind threatens many pristine and favorite surf breaks and surfers need to take action. In partnership with the Surfrider Foundation, TGR’s OUT THERE takes viewers to a variety of breaks around the world, showcasing the cutting edge surfing of today. Through the eyes and experiences of surfers and locals, the film takes a thought-provoking look into the environmental destruction threatening key surf spots such as Trestles in Southern California, surf in Southern Chile threatened by pulp mills, Teahupoo and its growing popularity, mainland Mexico, North Shore Hawaii near the Turtle Bay development and beyond.

Every Other Weekend

2008 • 15 min

A story of the unending love of parents for their children, the grief of separation, and the chance moments that shape our lives.

Making Our Own

2008 • 42 min

This 40-minute documentary follows Boston-based band Neptune as they tour the world with their handmade scrap-metal and electronic instruments. A lifestyle portrait, Making Our Own not only exposes the every day moments and challenges of a band on the fringes of mainstream culture, but also captures the spirit and drive of a collectively created and genre-defying international music community. With interviews and performances from bands, bookers, managers, and fans that Ms. Jorge encountered along the way, including Amsterdam legends The Ex, Roman visionary noise band, Zu, and more.

Rex vs. Singh

2008 • 30 min

In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a fascinating case study of Vancouver power relations: how police corruption, racism, homophobia, and a covert "whites-only" immigration policy, conspired to maintain the status quo of this colonial port city. Told in four parts, by three separate directors, the film is a hybrid of film forms including drama, documentary and musical.

Green Day: Life Without Warning

2008 • 60 min

During their 15-year band history, they have been thrilling their fans with electrifying live shows. Whatever you think, the band exudes pure boisterous energyand has never failed to impress their audience. Onstage, they deliver a slim, highly energetic extravaganza that avoids the usual frills of state-of-the-art stage technology: no hydraulic ramps, no laser guns, no video screens, thank you verymuch.

Sailor Ninja Part 1

2008 • 60 min

An entry in the Sailor Ninja tokusatsu series

小向美奈子 Dear

2008 • 60 min • Japan

2008 release

Anton & the Piano

2008 • 6 min

A short film featuring pianist Anton Kuerti.

Let it Snow!

2008 • 52 min

"Snow is snow is snow" one might be tempted to say. Yet people in the Arctic have hundred of different names for snow while other cultures have never seen it. Nor is snowfall the same as snowfall. In this extraordinary documentary we are going to witness very different kinds and situations of snowing: from howling blizzards to the gentlest and loveliest of weather events.

The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist

2008 • 5 min

A cinema projectionist becomes supernaturally entangled in a dangerous liaison with a silver screen femme fatale

Crikey! What an Adventure

2008 • 48 min

An intimate look at the life of Steve Irwin

Laundromat

2008 • 13 min

Set in a neighborhood laundromat, "Laundromat" is a Romantic drama-edy that follows a young gay couple, who after a chance encounter with an older man, realize that the little things mean nothing and everything when it comes to love.

Take That: The Journey

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A documentary following Take That on their autumn 2007 Beautiful World tour.

Top Ground Gear Force

2008 • 45 min • United Kingdom

As part of Sports Relief 2008, the Top Gear crew tries to revive the TV show "Ground Force" and revamp the garden of Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave.

The Last Conquistador

2008 • 56 min

Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas.

The Big Bang Machine

2008 • 60 min

Professor Brian Cox visits Geneva to take a look around Cern's Large Hadron Collider before this vast, 27km long machine is sealed off and a simulation experiment begins to try and create the conditions that existed just a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. Cox joins the scientists who hope that the LHC will change our understanding of the early universe and solve some of its mysteries.

Careful with that Axe!

2008 • 2 min

A young boy tries his hand at chopping firewood with his father's razor sharp axe. He finds that the axe is incredibly heavy, so heavy that he balances himself by resting one bare foot on the chopping block...

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

2008 • 28 min

A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

The Great Battleships of the Second World War

2008 • 60 min

The story of Germany's Great Battleships during the Second World War. With graphic recollections from veterans of the 'Kriegsmarine', this film depicts the rise during Hitler's Naval Expansion program, through to the ultimate destruction by the allies, of The Schlesig Holstein, The Scharnhorst, The Admiral Scheer, The Gneisenau, The Graf Spee, The Tirpitz and finally the legendary Bismark.

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland

2008 • 60 min

Originally produced in 1997 as part of the Classic Albums television series, this newly edited, expanded edition features almost 40 minutes of additional content not see in the original feature. Bassist Noel Redding, drummer Mitch Mitchell and co-manager Chas Chandler detailed their contributions while engineer Eddie Kramer re-examined the many multi-track tapes created during the sessions. Help from Jimi's `friends and passengers' came by way of new interviews with drummer Buddy Miles, Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady, Traffic's Dave Mason and Steve Winwood, among others.

The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)

2008 • 4 min

There is a room at a Palace Museum that is filled with spirits. It accommodates countless of memories spanning several centuries. The room has observed the artifacts, the faces, the sounds, and the moving images. The room itself is a moving image, a moving vehicle. It is a spaceship that has been sailing through the landscapes and time, from the Ages of Stone, Bronze, the Greek, the Roman, the Communist, and the Tsai Ming-liang. Now the artifacts have disappeared, so as lives. We are in the age of extinction. (...)

The Donnas: Live In Toronto

2008 • 57 min • United States of America

The Donnas perform at the historic Berkeley Church in Toronto, CA 2008.