All Films

Backhander: The Poulson Affair

2006 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The story of the rise and fall of John Poulson, the architect who built up a vast business empire by bribery and corruption. When he went bankrupt in 1972, over 300 officials were implicated.

Cold War. Battle Over the Ocean

2006 • 44 min • Russia

A look at the confrontations between American and Soviet aviation over the ocean during the Cold War, through the recollections of direct participants and eyewitnesses.

The Frank Anderson

2006 • 13 min

Frank Anderson has man-boobs. Losing his battle against the insurance company to have them reduced, yet winning the super hot woman, starts a man-boob phenomenon. Written by Orit Schwartz.

Agent Cool Blue Goes To Hollywood

2006 • 4 min

Help Agent Cool track the plaque! This interactive short was included on a mini DVD with specially marked bottles of Cool Blue briefly, before the mouth wash was unexpectedly recalled.

Master Fetus

2006 • 2 min • Netherlands

A fetus goes absolutely ham. Graduation films HKU 2006

Untitled 3 (Stone Killer)

2006 • 6 min • Canada

B&W/Super-8/16mm

Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait

2006 • 60 min

This film by director Mark Kidel about one of the world's leading makers of music programs features an illuminating documentary profile on one of the world's foremost jazz keyboard players and composers, along with an electric performance by the Zawinul Syndicate at the Point in Cardiff, Wales, 2004. Shot in an unusually intimate manner, the film communicates powerfully the immediate excitement of jazz as a no-holds-barred, risk-embracing adventure: the shooting and editing highlight the exceptional collective improvisation and musical dialog which characterize Zawinul's work. From a childhood in Vienna, to a move to the United States in 1958, Zawinul found success with the band Weather Report.

Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail

2006 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Exploring hundreds of years of history, Richard Hammond embarks on an entertaining travelogue examining the popular and enduring myths and legends surrounding the Holy Grail. Thought by many to be the very cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper, the Holy Grail has haunted public imagination for centuries but left many unanswered questions. Does the Grail exist or not and what exactly is it? Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail (BBC ONE) is an intriguing 5,000- mile journey to find out.

900 Neighbours

2006 • 55 min

Australian headlines screamed "Skeleton Found In Housing Commission Apartment" ... the man had died six months earlier but no-one noticed. The Northcott building is one of Sydney's most infamous buildings - synonymous with suicides, murders and drug deals. But now, Northcott residents are working hard to turn that perception around. This is their inspirational story.

Andrey

2006 • 15 min • Armenia

A short feature-documentary film dedicated to the bright memory of Andrey Tarkovsky - the great master of world cinema. In 1965 A. Tarkovsky visited Armenia, Geghardavank. It is hard to say what he has been looking for and what he has seen there. Fortunately has fixed (on occasion) several frames (6min., 35mm, b/w) from the visit of the greatest master in Geghardavank. Anyway, such frames provide an opportunity for connecting the past and the present by making new shootings and fulfilling the "gaps" which have been missed by the camera 45 years ago. What is the ideology? Indeed, what was Andrey Tarkovsky looking for at the church of the XIII century in such a rocky place? Probably, he was looking for God. ... because nothing else is significant in Geghardavank and around. Only the presence of God is felt in that place.

A Pink Sledge

2006 • 7 min

Model Horikawa Nozomi, videogram by Kenji Onishi.

Filled With Water

2006 • 5 min • Australia

Anoka feels deep emptiness in the world around her, until one day her heart starts glowing. She finds filling her heart can mean breaking it, when the one you love is possessed by something else.

Stuart Hall: The Origins of Cultural Studies

2006 • 40 min

In this re-mastered lecture from 1989, Stuart Hall provides an extraordinarily clear summary of the origins of cultural studies. Hall discusses the founding of cultural studies at the University of Birmingham, the field's baseline concern with issues of symbolic representation and power, and how cultural studies ultimately gained an institutional foothold at the "frontiers of intellectual and academic life by testing the fine line between intellectual rigor and social relevance." An excellent introduction to Hall's work, and to the broader social, political, and economic concerns that have shaped cultural studies.

A Tough Life

2006 • 12 min

For his birthday party, Kyung Soo’s mother invites his elementary school friends for a wonderful birthday party. Believing he is interested in English, she loves to invite his classmates from English class to be native English speaker teachers. As soon as a foreign girlfriend of Kyung Soo, arrives, the exciting party air starts to be broken. Everyone gets shocked by her dark skin. His friends make fun of her by saying, “Are you from Africa?” and “Go back to your country!” Dragging Kyung Soo into a room, his mom says, “Why do you play with her cheating on your mom?” His moderate mother finally unmasks herself.

Bradley Walsh’s Soccer Shockers

2006 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Soccer Shockers is packed full of football cock-ups and moments of madness. It’s all here; from goal-keeping nightmares and missed open goals, to tantrums, refereeing foul-ups, back-pass howlers and more. With great action from today’s star players and matches around the world, Bradley Walsh’s Soccer Shockers leaves no player safe from joining the football hall of shame. This is the soccer horror show the players won’t want you to see!

WWE: Unauthorized

2006 • 60 min

WWE: Unauthorized provides a rare look at the empire Vince McMahon Jr. built by interviewing the wrestlers, writers, and wacky fans that provide the fuel for the most explosive show on television. We sit down with Vince Russo, the WWE writer responsible for shaping the personas of The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and others and gives insight to the tragic night of Owen Hart s death. Listen, as wrestlers spill their guts about the terrifying risks they take in hopes of being invited to the big show. Seasoned with insight from experts in the field of media, science and medicine, WWE: Unauthorized provides long time wrestling fanatics and recent converts alike a look at life in and beyond the squared circle.

O Monstro

2006 • 13 min

Short film release

The Jeff Healey Bluesband - Live Blues Festival Norway 2006-08-05

2006 • 52 min

Jeff Healey Bluesband Live At Notodden Blues Festival Norway, 2006-08-05. What makes Jeff Healey different from other blues-rockers was also what keeps some listeners from accepting him as anything other than a novelty -- the fact that the blind guitarist played his Fender Stratocaster on his lap, not standing up. With the guitar in his lap, Healey could make unique bends and hammer-ons, making his licks different and more elastic than most of the competition (from back cover)

Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys

2006 • 7 min

Snow White lives deep in a perfect forest live with seven clever boys who work everyday to protect the forest greenery and environment.

Apollo 11: The Untold Story

2006 • 53 min

Nearly forty years after the moon landing the men on the mission reveal what really happened. On how close the mission came to disaster.

Jeanne, à petits pas

2006 • 15 min • France

Summer is slowly drawing to a close. Jeanne, in her sixties, is abandoned on the side of the road with her suitcase. With nowhere else to go, Jeanne wanders through the landscapes that summer visitors leave behind, until she arrives at a deserted campsite where a white caravan sits enthroned. The caravan belongs to two brothers in their seventies, Émile and Louis, who were beginning to give in to boredom. Two men, one woman and autumn fast approaching.

Weapons of War: US Navy Carriers

2006 • 40 min

Packed with combat action from key conflicts, this DVD traces the fascinating rise of the biggest warships the world has ever known. Find out how US air power evolved from early biplanes landing on converted battleships to sophisticated warplanes on enormous modern super carriers. Discover everything you need to know about the most powerful and flexible war machines in existence, and why the first question the President is likely to ask in an international crisis is, "Where is the nearest carrier?"

Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In '58

2006 • 55 min

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers features what many consider to be one of the fi nest line-ups in the history of jazz—Bobby Timmons (Piano), Jymie Merritt (Bass), Benny Golson (Sax) and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan. Lost for nearly 50 years, this historic 55 minute concert, fi lmed in Belgium in 1958, one month to the day after they recorded their masterpiece Moanin,’ is the only known visual document of this infl uential band who were together for only six months.

Adult Video

2006 • 22 min • Japan

ADULT VIDEO is the fourth DVD (second music video collection) released by Tokyo Jihen. This DVD contains their previous music videos, as well as all new videos for other songs shot exclusively for the DVD. The songs on the DVD are slightly different versions from the album release versions. There is a short bonus clip at the end of the DVD. This DVD was released simultaneously with the vinyl "ADULT VIDEO" Original Sound Track. The DVD reached #4 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for 11 weeks.