All Films

Tales of Everyday Magic

2012 • 51 min • United States of America

Filmed in Vienna against the backdrop of a traveling Russian circus, The Magic Hand of Chance is the true story of a clumsy magician whose life is turned around when two clowns trick him into thinking he has received the highest honor by a fictitious Magicians Society in America. Because he starts to believe he is great . . . he ultimately becomes great.

From Now On

2012 • 36 min • Romania

Ștefan's 18th birthday presents are: a driving lesson, a bottle of vodka and an open-minded discussion about women, but an unexpected surprise turns around the anniversary.

Vienna Waits for You

2012 • 26 min • Austria

After breaking up with her boyfriend Daniel, Anna just wants to hole up somewhere and recover. But she should have had a closer look at the fineprint of her rental contract – for the old Viennese appartment it is a creature with never ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents. There is no escaping it anymore when Anna faces herself in the mirror as an old lady. Unless she deliveres a new victim…

Superhero

2012 • 8 min • United States of America

One man's love is personified in superhero form inside the mind of his drug addicted girlfriend as she goes through withdrawal.

La Vie parisienne

2012 • 36 min • France

Pierre and Marion, a couple of Parisien teachers, have a life regulated. When they meet Marion's childhood love, Remi, their life is lighten to a new day.

America's Rifle: The M1 Garand

2012 • 55 min

This one hour documentary covers in-depth the history of the M1 rifle that served the US Armed Forces from 1936 to 1957 and beyond.

Imaginary Heroine

2012 • 5 min • Canada

This short film pays tribute to actress and comedian Mary Walsh. Layering archival photographs of downtown St. John’s and evocative imagery, it tells the remarkable story of a little girl who grew up next door to her family. Inspired by Mary Walsh’s one woman play Dancing with Rage, the film reveals the heart of the unique characters created by Newfoundland’s grand dame of comedy. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2012 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

The Ted Bundy Death Row Tapes

2012 • 44 min • United States of America

Ted Bundy: The Death Row Tapes delves inside the mind of a convicted serial killer who waited nearly a decade behind bars until he was put to death. At the same time, the documentary digs into the thoughts of the men who interviewed Bundy while he was on death row. These men explain how the memories of Bundy’s words are stuck in their brains until the end of their lives. The men who interviewed Bundy had to experiment with several different tactics until they were able to convince Bundy to open up and talk. Bundy details his murders and gives insight into the personality he embraced that ultimately led to his evil behaviour. This series of interviews attempts to put into words how Bundy carried out such horrific crimes. Going deeper than that, though, the men who interview him are ultimately searching for why Bundy decided to kill.

For Grandmother

2012 • 21 min • Philippines

The film tells of Hannah, a Chinese-Filipino girl who discovers that she has a half-brother and meets him for the first time on the last day of her father’s wake.

Com a Boca na Botija

2012 • 1 min • Brazil

You walk into the fridge fo eat something. Innocent as you are, you think nobody's watching. Forty one years later, your midnight snack becomes a movie and it can be seen by the whole world via internet.

Bond on Location

2012 • 25 min

Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.

The Man With The Golden Brain

2012 • 16 min

Stanley is seven years old when he accidentally discovers that his brain is made of gold.

Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens

2012 • 60 min

Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work that still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.

The Star

2012 • 15 min • United States of America

A man discovers that his ex is now a famous porn actress.

Everything Is All Right

2012 • 5 min

The Swing of the Coffin Maker

2012 • 30 min • Azerbaijan, Germany

Azerbaijan. Yagub lives with his adult son Musa in a small house in a desolate place. They lead a solitary life. Musa, mentally disabled and limited in his motor skills, assists his father with his work. Yagub is a carpenter and earns his money especially with coffins, which he carpenters for Georgians and Russians. Whenever being confronted with the clumsiness of his son he often reacts indignantly – with beating. When Musa is diagnosed with a deadly illness, the emotional numbing of the father slowly dissolves as he tries to make the last days of his son as enjoyable as possible – until Sabir delivers a surprising message.

The Double

2012 • 32 min • Taiwan

In a gloomy era of Taiwan under Japanese rule, there's a noble family, the mother of the twins of different sexes died early, and their father works for the government away from home. YU, the twin brother, have nightmares every night about being drowned by someone. He is lonely and longing to talk to his sister, but he could not meet her. Because AMEKO, the twin sister, has been in illness isolation since childhood. Things become strange while their cousin WEN CHENG was returning from Japan. YU finds out a big secret of the whole family, about his sister and the killer in the dream.

The Last Man

2012 • 13 min • France

Jules and Octave have been hiding in a cellar for the last eight years. Outside, women have taken control and reduced men to slavery.

Lucas

2012 • 29 min • Spain

Lucas wants a motorcycle. He meets Alvaro, who will give him money for just some innocent pictures. With them Alvaro is able to create a fake online identity to contact young girls.

Time Travel Mater

2012 • 7 min • Canada

When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With the help of Lightning McQueen, Mater alters history by convincing Stanley to stay and build Radiator Springs. Stanley meets Lizzie and they commemorate the opening of the new courthouse with their wedding.

The Specimen

2012 • 9 min • United States of America

Based on actual events, The Specimen is a comedic short film about a would-be father, a public restroom, and his intimate moment with a specimen cup. In this less than ideal backdrop, he has to battle his performance anxiety, overcome interruptions, and decide how far he’s truly willing to go to become a dad. This is going to be awkward.

Incident on Marmont Avenue

2012 • 16 min • United States of America

On November 12, 2011 the police were called to an incident at 1701 Marmont Avenue. This film is the story of what happened that night.

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

2012 • 42 min • United Kingdom

Made-for-television documentary about Daniel Radcliffe and his role as Harry Potter.

Tuesday

2012 • 15 min

A romantic comedy about dogs.