All Films

The Mystery of the Rabbit's Death

2011 • 3 min • Japan

Short film by USAGI TANAKA about the mystery of a rabbit's death

Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded

2011 • 30 min • United States of America

A sequel to the 1988 award winning documentary, "Slaying the Dragon," this film looks at the past 25 years of representation of Asian and Asian American women in U.S. visual media -- from blockbuster films and network television to Asian American cinema and YouTube -- to explore what's changed, what's been recycled, and what we can hope for in the future.

49th day

2011 • 7 min • South Korea

Family members left behind, who have played different parts in their lives, fail to disguise their habits and expectations.

Respect

2011 • 14 min • France

The story is simply set around a couple fighting at the breakfast table. All is well, nothing out of the ordinary. Steph announces to his life partner Flippy, the mascot bear for Flipp’s cereals, that he wishes to go to Japan to fulfill his childhood’s dream: study at a Ninja school.

Sit, Roll Over, Play Dead

2011 • 28 min • France

A loving husband, a mother-in-law who cares, an attractive house, a puppy and the project to have a child. Lena has everything to be happy. But at the end of one year, Lena is still not pregnant and takes refuge in the training of her dog.

The Viking Sagas

2011 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

Two & Two

2011 • 8 min • Iran, United Kingdom

In a drab, anonymous gray school governed by a strict authoritarian regime, an apparently unremarkable day is turned on its head following a seemingly ridiculous announcement. Disbelieving at first, the all male, identically uniformed pupils are informed that what they had always been taught as fact is no longer true. When the incredulous students speak out, what initially seems laughably absurd becomes desperately real as they are forced to question how far they will go to stand up for their beliefs. Two & Two is an allegory for the absurdness of dictatorship and tyranny - and the resilience of the human spirit.

Babybird, Unborn

2011 • 10 min

In an unknown place a young boy dreams of a better place for him and his mother, but everything changes once a stranger arrives.

Library of Dust

2011 • 17 min

In 2004 the Oregon State Hospital, former site of the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, revealed the existence of thousands of corroded copper urns, each containing cremated human remains. Photographer David Maisel captured these beautifully unique urns of forgotten souls on film. Exhibiting their photos revealed secrets, influenced political decisions and reunited families. This film will show how art can stimulate social change and will document the ongoing controversy surrounding a proper memorial for these institutionalized casualties.

Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet

2011 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Jack, a struggling fisherman from a lonely seaside village, one night finds a velvet dress in the ocean that he believes will bring him luck. However, when a beautiful homeless girl steals the dress, they find that love can really turn your world upside down.

The Silent Majority

2011 • 4 min • United States of America

This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 "Silent Majority" speech (in which he argued that street protesters did not represent the views of most Americans, despite their increasing visibility) and his historic landslide re-election in 1972 (in which George S. McGovern won only one state and the District of Columbia, losing even his home state of South Dakota).

Two Minutes

2011 • 7 min

In this terribly poignant tale of memory, loss and love, Juliette, a young woman paying a visit to her Alzheimer's suffering father, unexpectedly triggers a brief but touching moment of lucidity between them. A moment she hopes she will never forget, but knows in her heart he has already forgotten.

JFK: The Lost Bullet

2011 • 44 min • United States of America

JFK: The Lost Bullet is a documentary by National Geographic that tries to answer the question: "Who killed John F Kennedy?" It re-evaluates the famous Zapruder film that shows the murder of JFK and states that Zapruder stopped filming and missed the first shot fired which changes the timeline of the bullets fired making it possible that Lee Harvey Oswald could have fired three shots. It argues that the magic bullet that hit JFK and Governor John Connally was in fact possible. The documentary also features other home movies taken on the day.

Tchaikovsky. An Elegy

2011 • 14 min • Belarus, Russia, United Kingdom

Thrust into an empty room and prompted by the relentless turning of a music score's pages, Tchaikovsky is forced to revisit the traumas and successes of his life, reaching some acceptance.

Stake Land: Sister

2011 • 4 min • United States of America

Sister is alone in her church, as a dead body, wrapped in cloth, begins to twitch.

Razzle Dazzle

2011 • 3 min • United States of America

Found Footage of Paula Gross hosting her public access variety show "Razzle Dazzle" only a few months before her nervous breakdown.

Washed Ashore

2011 • 26 min • France

Elise lives alone in an apartment on the coast of Brittany. ONe day, on an isolated beach where she regulary goes to swim, she discovers the body of a woman who ha drowned. Who was this woman ?

Pai Natal

2011 • 20 min • Portugal

The story of a young cinephile, who, coming from Braga, arrives in Lisbon, where he found a peculiar and fleeting job. Between the dark movie theatres, a girl and friends, the portrait of a certain era and of a young man like many, kind of lost, kind of uninterested.

Dona Oldina - A Fernanda Montenegro Trash

2011 • 35 min • Brazil

The incredible true story of Mrs. Oldina Do Monte, a 80 years old grandma who acts in trash movies produced by her grandson.

Odd Future Gets Signed

2011 • 4 min • United States of America

Odd Future (Tyler, Hodgy, Left Brain, Mike G. & Jasper Loc) sit down for a meeting at EKG Records to talk about maybe finally getting signed to a label.

Ode to the Dawn of Man

2011 • 39 min • United States of America

In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film the 32,000 year old Chauvet caves, which contain the earliest known pictorial creations of humankind. In this follow-up film, Ode to the Dawn of Man, Herzog shows us an insight into the construction of the film’s score with footage and interviews with composer Ernst Reijseger and pianist Harmen Fraanje. Ode to the Dawn of Man draws us into the creation of the truly epic music used in Herzog’s awe-inspiring documentary and the magic created by all those involved including the musicians, composer and Herzog himself. –iTunes

Cost of Living

2011 • 9 min • United States of America

Two young security guards at an unusual corporation have a bad night.

Bad Moon Rising

2011 • 13 min • United States of America

Jeff is awoken in the middle of the night to his brother pounding on his apartment door. The body of his lifeless girlfriend clutched in his arms, he claims they were attacked by a werewolf.

The Factory

2011 • 15 min • Brazil

Visiting day. Lindalva prepares food to take it to her son who is in jail. Metruti, Lindalva's son, shaves and wears the best clothes to welcome his mother. Today is a very special day and he really needs to make a phone call. His mother is taking a risk, she's willing to smuggle a cell phone for him into the penitentiary.