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Capitalism Hits the Fan

Capitalism Hits the Fan

2009 • 57 min
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical and systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed government "bailouts," stimulus packages, and calls for increased market regulation will not be enough to address the real causes of the crisis, in the end suggesting that far more fundamental change will be necessary to avoid future catastrophes.
Pigeon: Impossible

Pigeon: Impossible

2009 • 6 min • United States of America
The tale of Walter, a rookie secret agent faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Transproofed

Transproofed

2009 • 14 min
Friends Ava and Joyce race to hide hints that Ava is transsexual before her unaware date arrives at her over-the-top apartment.
Paste Of Love

Paste Of Love

2009 • 3 min • Denmark
“Paste of Love” is a love story between a piece of toothpaste (Frank) and an electric toothbrush (Nancy). Frank loves Nancy very much and he sees her every night on the other side of the sink. One night he sees her again and decides to risk the dangerous trip around the sink so that he can be with her.
Videogioco

Videogioco

2009 • 2 min • France, Italy
A prodigious animated short film created using sketches scribbled on sheets of paper scattered around a room, which the author folds and unfolds as the story unfolds.
Fenrir

Fenrir

2009 • 1 min • France
Asleep for millennia between the roots of the Yggdrasil tree, the Fenrir wolf is awakened by the rays of the sun. Enraged, he frees himself from his bonds and climbs the tree. Arrived at the summit, he attacks the sun, without realizing that behind him, a hero appears.
Far from Home

Far from Home

2009 • 45 min • Macedonia
"Far from home" is inspired by the problem of the museum-cultural tradition on the soil of Macedonia and the foreign military monuments, military landmarks and military buildings on our territory from the beginning of the twentieth century.
Lloronas

Lloronas

2009 • 12 min • Argentina
Two friends walk together through the city and through their moods, ignoring everything that happens around them; the universe closes for each one in her lament, in her monologue of love. In this recurrence the reason for the pain is emptied and only the trace, the desolation, remains.
Los extraños

Los extraños

2009 • 16 min • Argentina
Five girls spend a hot weekend in a country house in the interior of the province of Formosa. One of them disappears without a trace. Little by little, what promised to be a peaceful afternoon in the countryside turns into a nightmare.
Waiting Room

Waiting Room

2009 • 12 min • Brazil
A young man wearing a gas mask wanders in an grey and empty city.
Live and live in Fergana

Live and live in Fergana

2009 • 39 min
About Russians living in Fergana, why they are not going to leave and what they see as the meaning of their presence on the land of Turkestan
Rosenhill

Rosenhill

2009 • 28 min • Sweden
Rosemarie moves into Rosenhill, a residential home for the elderly. She is very uncomfortable in her new surroundings and finds the other residents unpleasantly confused or unsociable. However, it is not until she one night accidentally discovers what the staff are up to that the nightmare truly begins.
De si près

De si près

2009 • 13 min • France
In a park, a grandfather dreams quietly while sitting on a bench. Behind the old man's apparent serenity lie images of the Great War. His comrades killed, the explosions...
Song of Love and Health

Song of Love and Health

2009 • 35 min • Portugal
João is an indolent young man, whose life is desperately empty. Day after day he goes through the motions of duplicating keys in his tiny shop concealed in the basement of an obsolete nearly deserted shopping center. Some day, he hopes, the lady of his heart will come and order the key that will unlock his heart. Against all expectation, the miracle happens...
Children for Sale

Children for Sale

2009 • 50 min
Documentary on child trafficking in Cambodia. Every year tens of thousands of young girls are trafficked and sold into slavery, sexual abuse and prostitution. We follow these girls, interview young girls that currently are or have been sex slaves and girls that have been saved from this plight and NGO employees. We ask questions like: What makes parents want to sell their children and how does the child trafficking take place? What is being done to stop the problem? The Cambodian nation is still recovering after the genocide in the seventies where a quarter of the nation was executed. The social infrastructure is in ruins and corruption is severe. One fifth of the nation is illiterate and poverty drives children to work instead of attending school. Half the nation lives under the poverty line and earns less than a dollar a day. Poor families in the remote rural areas are the most vulnerable to the trafficking and we follow the fortunes of one such family.
The Sex Doll She-Bitch

The Sex Doll She-Bitch

2009 • 35 min • United States of America
A disgruntled, middle-class sex-doll housewife goes on a murderous rampage upon discovering that her abusive used-car salesman husband is cheating on her. Two inept cops investigate the grisly murders in order to put an end to the mayhem.
Bye Bye Sally

Bye Bye Sally

2009 • 15 min
Life has been cruel to Sally Grimshaw and she has had enough. It's time to end it all. In a last ditch effort to save herself she calls a suicide hot-line and is persuaded to come in and see one of their mental health counsellors - Mr. Vincent. But Mr. Vincent has no intention of talking her out of killing herself. In fact, he runs a service that matches suicidal clients with potential hits. I mean, if you're going to kill yourself you might as well take out some human scum at the same time. At first she refuses, but life is never going to be kind to Sally and she finally agrees - she's in. Sally is faced with the moment of truth when she has to perform the hit. And it is always in such moments that we discover a truth about ourselves. And in such a moment, Sally discovers a reason to live.
La notte quando è morto Pasolini

La notte quando è morto Pasolini

2009 • 20 min • Italy
Documentary about the night when Pier Paolo Pasolini died, trying to clarify what really happened back then.
Math Curse

Math Curse

2009 • 14 min • United States of America
One morning a little girl wakes up to find everything in life arranging itself into a math problem, and she must find her way out of the Math Curse!
Small Game

Small Game

2009 • 29 min • Sweden
A settlement between two brothers. A decision must be made and an everyday family tragedy develops into existential struggle.
Cosmic Conflict: The Origin of Evil

Cosmic Conflict: The Origin of Evil

2009 • 41 min • United States of America
A powerful, eye-opening documentary that focuses on the great controversy that began when Lucifer rebelled in heaven. It traces the transformation of a perfect angel into Satan, the creation of a beautiful new world, and the fall of man in Eden. Most important, it clearly explains how evil invaded a world made by a loving God, who wanted nothing more than peace and happiness for all His creation. Do you want to understand where evil came from and why God let it happen?
The Trials of Ted Haggard

The Trials of Ted Haggard

2009 • 44 min • United States of America
A documentary by Alexandra Pelosi takes a behind-the-scenes look at a recent life and hard times of ex-minister, Pastor Ted. Ted Haggard had it all: prosperity, a doting wife, five kids- and a ministry that reached out to approx 30 million followers who counted on his every word, whether on TV or in person at one of his arena sermons. In 2006, it all fell apart when Pastor Ted admitted to having sex with a male prostitute and to buying methamphetamines. He was exiled from his church and home in Colorado and became a pariah who now makes ends meet as a traveling insurance salesman.
Live a Bit Longer

Live a Bit Longer

2009 • 17 min • France, Belgium
In the early hours of every night, while his lover, Pierre is asleep upstairs, Nico is working with his father the baker. All of a sudden he falls to the ground.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubb Idol

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubb Idol

2009 • 44 min
When the most awesome girl group, the WubbGirlz, featuring Beyonce Knowles as Shine, hosts the 'Wuzzleburg Idol' talent show, everybody in town wants to win the contest. If Wubbzy can wow the judges, he'll get the chance to perform with Spark, Shimmer and Shine at their big concert in Wuzzlewood and maybe become a movie star. But will he remember the importance of just being himself? Join 'Wubb-Z', Walden, Widget and Daizy on the coolest road trip ever. Filled with singing, dancing, best friends and more.