All Films

By The Suez Canal

2007 • 2 min

A woman walks along the military fence bordering the historic waters of the Suez Canal. Intertitles from a poem about the distance between two people metaphorically depict the distance between an epochal moment and them.

Lacuna Coil: Wacken 2007

2007 • 50 min • Germany

01) Intro 02) To the Edge 03) Fragments of Faith 04) Swamped 05) In Visible Light 06) Fragile 07) Closer 08) Senzafine 09) What I See 10) Enjoy the Silence 11) Heaven's A Lie 12) Our Truth

The Tutor

2007 • 34 min

Joe Gibbons plays Dr. Joe Baldwin, the self-styled child education expert who prepares Zoe from birth, for acceptance into a coveted gifted-only kindergarten program. What becomes evident is one man’s misguided quest to manipulate pitted against one child’s exuberant resistance to being controlled.

Deviations From The Wheel

2007 • 7 min

Percussive reedit of military tech videos and their heavy metal soundtrack.

Bend Sinister

2007 • 12 min

A short avant-garde film by Paul Clipson.

Bryan Ferry Concert at LSO St. Lukes London

2007 • 50 min

Series of unique, intimate performances by some of the greatest legends and contemporary stars around. Bryan Ferry is in concert at LSO St Luke's in Shoreditch, performing classic Roxy Music tunes plus solo tracks from his back catalogue, including Let's Stick Together, Avalon and More Than This. He also debuts tracks from his album of Bob Dylan covers, Dylanesque, his interpretation of songs such as Simple Twist of Fate, Positively 4th Street and Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues. The in-crowd All along the watchtower Slave to love To make me feel my love Let´s stick together Just like Tom thumb´s blues Don´t stop the dance Gates of eden Smoke gets in your eyes I put spell on you A hard rain´s a gonna fall Jealous Guy

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

2007 • 28 min

After many years of selling LP's and CD's full of the wild mystery of music with no explanations and fewer apologies, Drag City is pleased to finally be able to give something back to the legions of wanna-be musicians that form our listening audience around the world. Complicated Drumming Technique is a first for us; an educational DVD teaching the craft of drum work (aka drumming) to beginners and experts alike. Respected comedian and television personality Fred Armisen brought percussionist Jens Hanneman to our attention with an ingenious DVD that opened our eyes to the responsibilities an million little victories that drummers everywhere experience behind the kit, unbeknownst to us. If we knew so little about it, then the rest of you are probably completely in the dark! Don't worry; Jens Hannemann's Complicated Drumming Technique can easily be yours as well.

Labile Zone

2007 • 9 min

Short film by Christoph Janetzko.

Hendaya: cuando Adolfo encontró a Paco

2007 • 10 min • Spain

This is the story of the day when Adolfo met Paco, seven intense hours summarized in 10 minutes

David bowie - Up Close and Personal

2007 • 60 min

The Up Close and Personal series continues with this entry on the chameleon-like talents of pop star David Bowie.

God Enjoys The Impossible

2007 • 60 min

In this inspiring message, Otto Koning dramatically illustrates the power of prayer to change the situation. From national fears of an invading army to the bedside of an ill little girl, God loves to show His power in tremendous ways. Get a new perspective on the stories of Gideon and the army of Midian, Elijah and the prophets of Baal, Asa and the army of the Ethiopians, and many more. Also hear the story of a poor boy with broken egg who believed that God could do anything. Does God get worried when situations get tough? Do angels scratch their heads to find a solution to a child's 'impossible' request?

Through glass

2007 • 15 min

A mother needs her son after her husband's betrayal.

The Woman from Columbus Circle

2007 • 30 min • United States of America, Dominican Republic

The Woman from Columbus Circle tells how a young investment banker's chance encounter in the subway with a beautiful, mysterious woman changes both his way of thinking and perception of the world.

Ashley and Kisha: Finding the Right Fit

2007 • 54 min

Comstock Films is proud to present our latest documentary look into the lives of real life lovers. When they first met, Ashley was a lady-killer and proud of it; Kisha was sexually conservative and straight. But Ashley's doggy ways turned to dogged determination as she watched one after another of her surefire moves fail to get her into Kisha's pants. Finally, after weeks of failed seduction, Ashley's determination paid off: Kisha's ambivalence gave way to curiosity, her curiosity gave way to desire, and ultimately desire blossomed into love.

Fast

2007 • 4 min

A woman signs the verb “fast” in American Sign Language by putting her thumb and index finger together and “zipping” her mouth, which resembles the action of closing one’s mouth to be silent. The speed of the action is slowed down, so the person signs the word "fast" very slowly.

Edward Hopper

2007 • 30 min • United States of America

Hopper, one of America’s most admired artists, captured the shared realities of American life with poignancy and enigmatic beauty. His iconic images, set in unexceptional places, reveal the poetry of quiet, private moments. Hopper’s influences, which vary from French impressionism to the gangster films of the 1930s, are explored through archival photos, footage of locations he painted in New York and along the New England coast, and interviews with artists Eric Fischl and Red Grooms.

One in 2000

2007 • 26 min

One in 2000 explores the lives of people who are born with sex anatomy that doesn't fit into standard male or female categories. Interweaving current stories with 1950's educational films, the experiences of intersex people are demystified.

Rua Santo Amaro

2007 • 15 min

Baby Venganza

2007 • 9 min • Chile

Grindhouse style short film in which sexy girl takes revenge on her torturer.

An Evening with Dr. Katz: Live from the Comedy Central Stage

2007 • 45 min

A live special successor to the "Dr. Katz" TV show, produced and taped by Comedy Central, and included on the 2007 "Dr. Katz Professional Therapist - The Complete Series" DVD.

Impossible to Forget: The Story of the '67 Boston Red Sox

2007 • 47 min • United States of America

A NESN, The Sports Museum of New England 40th anniversary DVD. Tribute to the '67 Sox on the 40th anniversary of them winning the American League pennant at 100-1 odds.

Taupiri

2007 • 3 min

Taupiri is an exercise in light and pixel manipulation. Using a photographic still of a constructed model cabbage tree and diorama, a custom-made filter was placed in front of a video camera lens and maneuvered to bend and shape the light entering into the camera. The end result is a clustered, kaleidoscope effect of pixels moving like a comet across the screen, and illuminating the original photographic image.

Knockout

2007 • 53 min • Taiwan

The film documents boxer Jia-Ling Chen participating in a world-class boxing competition. With her bare hands, this young woman of twenty-something exemplifies young people's relentless efforts to go after their dreams.

Pear Shapes

2007 • 7 min

Pear Shapes ... one of two 'weed' films I made. In the 1950s, prickly pear was a major weed problem in Australia. This is one weed we managed to beat with biological control. I found a nice confined crop of what I thought was prickly pear and made this abstract film. While a weed species, they made a stunning feature of the landscape. Basically I am playing here with the plant's disc shape. Actually the plant concerned isn't prickly pear at all, but a close relative called 'wheel cactus'. Prickly Pear proper has oval shaped body elements, rather than the more stunning circular shape of wheel cactus. The plant looks and is wrong in the Australian landscape. This film also flirts with boarders and boundaries, with these little 'family groups' of cactuses perhaps as metaphors. (Richard Tuohy)