All Films

Ruins of Love

2006 • 26 min

Castrato

2006 • 58 min

Documentary which investigates the private and public world of the castrati - celebrated 18th-century male singers whose voices remained unbroken due to castration in childhood. A unique new experiment attempts to recreate the true sound of this lost voice.

Somebody Goofed

2006 • 8 min

Appropriated from one of fundamentalist comic book artist Jack Chick’s short “Chick tracts” designed to illustrate Christian doctrine, a young boy in the city is led astray by an older friend who disparages a sidewalk sermonizer.

Loreena McKennitt: No Journey's End

2006 • 34 min

No Journey’s End weaves together the artist’s own words and music, with an audio soundtrack that includes excerpts from the songs “The Mystic’s Dream”, “Bonny Portmore”, “Prospero’s Speech”, “Huron ‘Beltane’ Fire Dance” and “Tango To Evora”. This DVD also features a live concert performance of “The Lady Of Shalott” and performances of “Santiago” and “The Dark Night Of The Soul”.

The Magic Treasure

2006 • 19 min

A gentle giant lives in a small village and has a beautiful flower garden where the children of the town play. In the giant's house rests a small treasure box. Every so often, the giant, asks the children a riddle, "What do you think is the one thing that makes people so very special?" If one of the children answers correctly the giant's magic treasure box will open. As time goes on one of the giants favorite children, Hans, gives the box to a greedy wizard. The giant goes after the box and brings it back as Hans learns an important lesson which suddenly opens the box.

Romper el cerco

2006 • 45 min

Analyzes the events in San Salvador Atenco (Mexico) during the first days of May 2006, and denounces human rights violations of civilians by police forces in Mexico State and Federal. The documentary also disassembled mode of operation of the mass media, responsible for creating a climate of fear and an information blockade around the events in San Salvador Atenco, in the context of a particularly delicate: the process of Mexico presidential succession in 2006.

The Story of the London Underground

2006 • 55 min

Explore the history of the world's first underground railway through interviews with experts and archival film footage in this riveting documentary. Opened in 1863 to help solve the city's traffic problems, London's Underground converted from steam to electricity in 1907. Expansion in the 1920s and '30s correlated with the spread of the suburbs, and continued growth led to the system that now carries more than 2.5 million passengers daily.

Winnipeg Babysitter

2006 • 47 min • Canada

An archival, curatorial and performance project, Daniel Barrow's Winnipeg Babysitter reveals the hidden history of independently produced television and subversive cable access from Manitoba's capital. Barrow presents a magic-lantern commentary, tracing the history of public access television in Manitoba, and describing the various and outrageous biographies of its performers and producers and in doing so, he provides a window (lit by the glow of an overhead projector) onto the history of a medium revealed as an important platform whose influence continues to resonate in the practices of Winnipeg artists.

Eloise's Rawther Unusual Halloween

2006 • 44 min

Every Halloween, the ghost of The Palza's most legendary and outrageous inhabitant of old, Diamond Jim Johnson, returns to haunt the halls. But when the hotel's most famous 6 year-old girl, Eloise, encounters this frightening phantom, nobody believes her story of old-time spooks with larger than life appetites. When eeire sights and sounds begin to spook the hotel guests, will Eloise herself now be accused of scaring The Plaza's guests? Eloise decides to launch her own supernatural investigation! There are tricks and treats galore in store when Eloise busts some ghosts, reverses a curse and even saves the hotel from real monsters in the most unusual Halloween Adventure ever!

Les mâtines

2006 • 16 min

Serge fight against sleep. He keeps sinking. He finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish between what he dreams and what he really saw .

Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food

2006 • 58 min

This bold and convincing documentary grabs you in the guts and doesn't let go. When Adam Curry and Timo Nadudvari first learned about the hidden consequences of the genetic engineering of food crops they were shocked and appalled - then they decided they had to tell others what they had learned. The video examines the issue of genetic engineering of food from the real-world perspectives of leading scientists, farmers, food safety advocates and the victims of genetically engineered products. It exposes a heinous scheme by large corporations with long criminal histories to gain control over the world's food supply by infecting food crops with patented DNA. It also exposes Agro-Tech lies, the corruption within the US FDA and the all-to-real risks to human health.

Nocturne

2006 • 1 min • Austria

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, according to his biographers (and his letters confirm this fact), was an extremely sensuous person, and Nachtstück (Nocturne) was intended to refer to this aspect of his personality: We glide into "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" a bit, then abandon standardized paths of conventional representational film and encounter a few seconds of passionate sensory filmæan example of something I would like to call "physical cinema." The thesis: Herr Mozart would have enjoyed it.

The Penguins' Story

2006 • 60 min

A documentary that explores the wildlife of the world and how they adapt to the different ranges of temperature from Antarctica to Australia. Features the inhabitants of the Pacific region in particular. The Penguin's Story is a phenomenal achievement in film that will enthral and be treasured by generations of families.

Coco-nuts

2006 • 10 min • Norway

A playful and challenging mixture of fiction film and documentary. Lina´s lusty longing for her lover receives an absurd and musical twist during an unexpected encounter in a coconut cake factory.

The Tailenders

2006 • 60 min

Global Recordings Network, a Christian organization, has recorded Bible stories in over 5,500 of the world's 8,000-plus languages. GRN's use of inventive, ultra-low technology makes it possible for these people - many of whom live in the most remote corners of the world - to hear The Good News for the first time in their lives. - Written by ldavis-2

Mt. Fuji: A Visual Poem

2006 • 52 min • Japan

At 3,776 m high, Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest mountain. With nothing comparable surrounding it, the beautifully shaped Mount Fuji towers in splendid isolation and has become the symbol of Japan. But do you know the real beauty of Mount Fuji? NHK knows Mt. Fuji as well as anyone. Masterfully capturing Mt. Fuji in high-definition, this program presents Mt. Fuji as a splendid visual poem. Sheathed in orange, red, brown, blue, white, black and sometimes shimmering like a diamond, Mt. Fuji shows her many faces, which change with the time of day, season and weather. In this program, you will see and enjoy Mt. Fuji as you never have before.

The Pink Velvet Halloween Burlesque Show!

2006 • 5 min

The Pink Velvet Burlesque crew are shakin' & shimmyin' for your viewing pleasure!

Île artificielle—Expédition

2006 • 12 min

Christopher Columbus discovered America while looking for India. Columbus' journeys are subjective and undefined. Illusions take over objective observation. When one leaves, it is always his/ her own dreams that take off first. The edge of the world is definitely more narrow than the idea of it.

The Cathedral of New Emotions

2006 • 60 min • Germany

The year was 1972. A commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals set adrift in space in a packing container clutched in a giant flying hand. Based on Herbst's 1974 animated sci-fi film DIE PHANTASTISCHE WELT DES MATTHEW MADSON.

Jaime Lo, small and shy

2006 • 8 min

Jaime Lo, a shy Chinese-Canadian girl, observes the world around her through her drawings. When Jaime's father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment, Jaime must use her creativity to cope with his absence. This story offers us a lighthearted glimpse into a common dilemma that many immigrant families face, where one parent must work overseas in order to provide for the rest of the family back home.

458nm

2006 • 7 min • Germany

Animated short.

The Zone of Total Eclipse

2006 • 6 min • Finland

The Finnish artist Mika Taanila manipulates found scientific footage - a registration of an eclipse that took place in 1945 in northern Finland - that he shows in both positive and negative.

Soul Link Tokubetsu Kaisou-hen: Cellaria / Nanami

2006 • 25 min • Japan

Recap special following Cellaria and Nanami.

Reste-là !

2006 • 12 min

One night, I had a dream about my father. I saw a familiar home. The unity of the architecture of the house had come apart, creating an unusual comglomeration of rooms, windows, and spaces. The film shows this "space inside me", haunted by the presence of the person who just died.