All Films

Hope

2011 • 6 min • Cyprus

A short film set in Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean divided by war and characterized by people on both sides, both Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot, waiting and hoping for a resolution and some, waiting and hoping for missing loved ones to return. This is the story of one such woman.

Čikāgas piecīši. Par mani, draudziņ, nebēdā

2011 • 60 min • Latvia

A documentary about the band of Latvian exile musicians, "Čikāgas piecīši".

Gwangong VS Alien

2011 • 16 min • Hong Kong

When a dangerous alien creature attacks Hong Kong and disrupts our harmonious society, the People's Liberation Army sends out its greatest weapon - A giant Lei Feng robot controlled by elite operators from Mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong. But when even the best of Mainland Chinese technology fails us, there's always one man we can count on: Gwangong, the legendary hero who stands for loyalty, justice, and righteousness. This ambitious, larger-than-life sci-fi action satire shows that faith is the greatest weapon we have against even the greatest evil.

Portrait

2011 • 6 min

Locked in a bunker and faced with an impossible commission a young artist has to look beyond reality and logic, and face himself.

The Path Without End

2011 • 6 min

Anishinaabe stories of the Moon People are retold through an experimental steampunk animation by Irish, Anishinaabe, and Métis Elizabeth Aileen LaPensée with music by Cree cellist Cris Derksen. Named in honor of Basil Johnston's work. Curated in the Museum of Contemporary Native Art's Turtle Island Rising: Past and Futures Program.

Celebrated and Understood

2011 • 10 min

A hole in the earth emitting a mysterious sound is monitored by two scientists.

Clowns

2011 • 15 min • Ireland

Andy, Fleabag, Chains, and Marcus are an Irish gang with seldom an intelligent thought between them. Needing money to pay off a debt, they set out to kidnap a rich man to settle their debts. Of course, nothing goes as planned.

Clara's Tale

2011 • 9 min

A young girl gets lost in a forest and spends the night in a supposedly empty mansion. In the morning she meets the owner of the house... As time goes by she realizes she can't get out of the house and discover that a curse is set upon its owner.

Sacred Music: God's Composer

2011 • 59 min

The Sacred Music journey continues with this special celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria. One of the greatest choral composer of the Renaissance, Victoria devoted his life to the church and his music is profoundly spiritual. Interwoven with Victoria’s music, this documentary follows Simon Russell Beale as he takes us through the life and times of Victoria. Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble, The Sixteen, perform Victoria’s music in the glorious setting of the Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes in Madrid, founded in 1606 by Philip III in Victoria's lifetime.

Balance

2011 • 52 min

Balance is a documentary about Bryndís Pétursdóttir, geopathic stress, electromagnetic waves and the effects on these invisible and untouchable phenomena on the well-being of people. Bryndís senses those waves and makes them harmless with the Balance cube she invented. We meet people she assists and hear explanations and counter-arguments from specialists who research those waves.

Knife

2011 • 40 min

It takes you into the extreme sports world of cycling featuring the talents of Matt Schubring, Danial Reardon and Nate Adams and more.

WigWigWig

2011 • 1 min

Experimental self portrait

Louise, Queen of Greenwood

2011 • 5 min • United States of America

Short film of found 16 mm family footage from the 1940s edited to the song "Louise, Queen of Greenwood" by Whale Belly

Kidnapper

2011 • 4 min

The anatomy of a kidnapping as seen from the kidnapper's point of view.

Whistlin' Dixie: Queer Sounds, New South

2011 • 30 min

Welcome to the South, where amidst confederate flags and pop country radio there lies a new generation of queer activists who spend their nights creating independent music, promoting acceptance and celebrating queer visibility. WHISTLIN' DIXIE aims to investigate the complex historical relationship between Southern music, identity politics and resistance through personal interviews, rich landscapes and riveting performances.

The Girl from Paradise

2011 • 4 min • United States of America

A man enters a salon/spa and leaves with something else

Salem: Unmasking the Devil

2011 • 44 min

1692, Salem, Massachusetts; 162 people are arrested on charges of witchcraft. Five die in jail, one is crushed to death and 19 die on the gallows. The Salem witch trials have long been regarded as the textbook example of what happens when people are overwhelmed by hysteria. Now, author and historian, Katherine Howe, returns to the site of her ancestor's execution to discover how the very latest research has unearthed a chilling possibility that the most famous witch trial in the English speaking world was actually the result of a cynical plot by Salem's embattled Puritan Minister: Samuel Parris.

These were the reasons

2011 • 26 min • Canada

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, and into more recent public sector strikes over union rights.

Neat Meat

2011 • 3 min • United States of America

A man goes on a walk.

Finding Donn Fendler: Lost on a Mountain in Maine 72 Years Later

2011 • 60 min • United States of America

In 1939, 12-year-old Donn Fendler was lost for 9 days in the woods of Maine near Mount Katahdin. His story of survival inspired the nation and his book, Lost on a Mountain in Maine, continues to inspire with its powerful themes of hope, faith, and the will to live. Follow Donn's story through the lens of two filmmakers trying to turn the story into a feature film. Through interviews and footage of Donn today, discover what an amazing man Donn is and what his story has meant to the state and people of Maine.

There Will Be Oil

2011 • 58 min • Norway

There Will Be Oil is a documentary portrayal of the oil debate in Loften and Vesterålen.

A Good Calamity

2011 • 12 min

I morti di Alos

2011 • 30 min

Alos is Gairo, a small town in Sardinia. Ghost town, now uninhabited. To tell the story is the Sardinian director Daniele Atzeni, a delicate and refined documentary filmmaker who narrates life stories of mines, workers and fishermen. A Sardinia unknown to most, forgotten by many.

Study for the Wind

2011 • 10 min • Brazil

It's dusk when the wind blows.