All Films

Slipknot: MTV World Stage

2008 • 42 min

Set List: Surfacing The Blixter Exists Dead Memories Psychosocial The Heretic Anthem Spit It Out Duality People = Shit (sic)

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

2008 • 49 min

The Beatles. Their story is told for the very first time using original rare film and video of the band, including home movies, concert footage, newsreels and photographs from private collections. There are also interviews with those who surrounded the band, and those who were there from the very start. Also included is an exclusive interview with fan and star in his own right, Phil Collins. For the first time we can see The Beatles relaxed, at play, on and off stage, on film and is a rare glimpse inside the lives of four musicians who shook the world.

Untitled (Thanks. Get in...)

2008 • 58 min • United States of America

The story of an aspiring young Hollywood actor who, while hitchhiking to see his agent, is picked-up by a lecherous, cynical Cary Grant.

Négropolitain

2008 • 18 min • France

Carl is about to spend his first day with the police. To facilitate his entry into the trade, the divisional commissioner assigned him with Alain, a man with a strong character.

Classic Albums: The Doors

2008 • 52 min • Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America

A future classic was unleashed in January 1967 as the Doors released their eponymously titled debut album. This documentary in the Classic Albums series takes an in-depth look at the album, with commentary from Bruce Botnick, who worked on the album, and the three remaining Doors--guitarist Robbie Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore. The three band members also play some of their instrumental parts from the album, offering invaluable insight into how the songs were constructed.

The Chuckle Brothers in Trouble

2008 • 43 min • United Kingdom

Recorded live at the York Theatre, the Chuckle Brothers bring their unique style of slap-stick family fun to the stage with hilarious consequences

A Christmas Miracle: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas

2008 • 16 min • United States of America

A behind the scenes look at how A Charlie Brown Christmas was made.

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

2008 • 21 min • United States of America

Documentary on the parallels between United States racial politics and the narrative of 'Conquest for the Planet of the Apes' (1972).

D.O.P.E. - Death Or Prison Eventually

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

Depicts the legendary skateboarders as they achieve world wide fame by winning world championships and then descent into the world of drug addiction and crime. This documentary is moving and is geared as a warning to those who are considering drug experimentation. It features unseen archival skateboarding footage of the founders of skateboarding as we know it today.

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

2008 • 60 min

An encounter with the great Russian film director Alexander Sokurov, which gives rise to a lot of questions about his artistic stand and the problems he touches upon and resolves in his works. The film presents the director’s thoughts about the history of cinema, about the power of the sound and image, about the past and future of cinema, accompanied by fragments from his films and various archival materials.

Flaming Nipples

2008 • 57 min • Brazil

A perverted Rabbit live his life delivering pizza and having rough sex with all kinds of animals. His life changes when he falls in love with a female rabbit who has a problem with drugs and strange connections with the underworld. A love story about the importance of making love.

Cinematography

2008 • 54 min

Through conversations held with fifty four of the most distinguished cinematographers working in Brazil and abroad over the last forty years, the documentary explores the working environment, the new tools and the different styles of the professional who controls the light and the shades behind the camera.

End of the Road

2008 • 43 min

'End of the Road' tells the deep psychological story of two men who embark on an impromptu journey into the wilderness and into their relationship. We explore one character's issues with society, relationships, rules and why things should be the way they are. He convinces his friend to spend the night in the woods, where they embark on a journey and discussion of truth and madness. Much of the evening is spent in confusion and mixed messages. The ending leaves the viewer desperate for more answers and also demands them to ask questions of themselves.

The Muppets: Ode to Joy

2008 • 2 min • United States of America

Join the Muppets' best sidekick, Beaker as he spreads his passion for the classics with his rendition of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

Elvis Presley & Pat Boone were two of the hottest forces on the early rock ‘n’ roll music scene in the 1950’s. In this toe-tapping documentary, the good-nature chart-topping rivalry between the duo is explored through rare footage and newsreels. Interviews include Dick Clark, Tom Jones, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Phyllis McGuire, Bill Medley, Arlene Dahl, Joe Esposito, Shirley Jones and others.

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how it helps those with extreme neurological conditions, and meets some extraordinary people overcame their conditions with music.

Wet Dream

2008 • 1 min • Macedonia

The mixed media expression comprising sculpture, drawing and photography joint in a single animated process, presenting us the inner surreal experience of a girl and her intense erotic sensation provoked by a dream.

Hell's Gates

2008 • 21 min • Australia

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness.

Swedish Blueballs

2008 • 5 min

An obnoxious American tourist gets more than he bargained for when he meets a Swedish girl on the street in Stockholm.

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

2008 • 56 min

Determined to understand the repeating patterns he was finding in nature, French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot used an early form of computer imagery to produce his own versions, coining the recurring shapes fractals. This installment of the PBS series "Nova" examines the rules of these self-similar patterns and explores the ways these fascinating geometric configurations can be applied in the fields of science, medicine and the arts.

Okashina Hotel

2008 • 2 min • Japan

Short film made by Michio Mihara in 2008. Key animator of Jin-Roh, Paprika, Princess Mononoke, among others.

Standing on the Edge of the Noise

2008 • 59 min

An inside look at Oasis performing in their own space, instead of the huge stadium stages on which they are often seen.

69

2008 • 60 min • Denmark

It is a documentary follows a large group of Danish youth from the Youth House (Ungdomhuset) on Jagtvej 69, Nørrebro, Copenhagen who did not see themselves, culturally or politically, as part of established society. The documentary portrays the group's situation in 2007, documenting the tumultuous last six months of the Youth House's occupation, where the youth rage against the establishment.

Bunker

2008 • 21 min

Bunker is a young man who has built a mental universe to withstand the pressures of life. But the world he lives in is falling apart.