All Films

War Dogs of the Pacific

2009 • 46 min

It’s 1942, somewhere in the Pacific: Deadly ambushes by entrenched Japanese in the thick jungles take a heavy toll on American troops. Marine commanders were willing to try anything, including using dogs to sniff out the hidden enemy. But even with their superior senses, nobody anticipated just how effective they would be.

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

2009 • 12 min • United States of America

Trixie can't wait to bring Knuffle Bunny to school and show him off. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny! Thus begins an exciting, frustrating and ultimately revelatory twenty-four hours of chaos, where Trixie loses her beloved bunny and gains him back, along with something new: her very first best friend.

Max Payne: Days of Revenge

2009 • 15 min • Italy

Short film based on the neo-noir action video game

L'Aide Au Retour

2009 • 18 min • France

Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant if they go back to their country of orgine, the one from which fled.

Man in the Tunnel Alley

2009 • 5 min • Japan

A mysterious man, wearing a mask with eyes on it, is unable to go anywhere because he is plugged into an electrical outlet. He sits in an alleyway while various people visit him, curious about who he is and why he is there.

Thermidor

2009 • 17 min

As every year, Vicky goes to mass to the memory of Louis XVI. This time, he is accompanied by Ingrid. He has thirty years more than her, but Ingrid seems under the charm of this character. Revolutionary, rocker, prophet of the apocalypse of the West, he claims the return of the values of the chivalry. For Vicky, a princess as Ingrid must be courted according to the rules of the courtly love, but the third millennium leaves little room for the dreams of a knight.

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

2009 • 57 min • United States of America

Documentary that features interviews with Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, Francis Lawrence, William Friedkin, Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter and others as they discuss the films and style of the Master of Suspense.

Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers

2009 • 30 min • United States of America

Can vision succeed where eyesight fails? Can a blind person make meaningful photographs? How can the creator appreciate his own work? This film explores the artistry and innovation of Pete ...

Swingers

2009 • 1 min • United States of America

Sometimes giving a dude a simple push on a swing isn't so simple after all.

Mourning Ice Pop

2009 • 4 min

While comically depicting the fragility of the end of summer from the perspective of popsicles, this work conveys the smell of the Showa era and the atmosphere of downtown.

Regeneration

2009 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Regeneration is a film about transformation. Starting in a dark place the character reaches toward the divine and breaks into the world of the spirit. Through this act representing an outstretched hand we see that the Holy Spirit represented as a dove is pursuing us even more urgently. The meeting of the two represents the freedom in flight found in trusting fully in the Holy Spirit and is completed with the return to the heart now fully regenerated.

No Honour No Choice

2009 • 16 min

Leaving her girlfriend Kat in the car Rajinder enters her house to announce to her parent's she is gay. But before she can tell them her parents make an announcement of their own.Should she do as her parents wish or disobey them and dishonour the family?

Being Alan Bennett

2009 • 60 min

Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK's best-loved writers, with interviews, archive footage and new work.

Molly in Springtime

2009 • 26 min • France, Canada

As the mysterious “bloated belly” disease spreads through their kingdom, Princess Molly teams up with Léon the bear to outwit a conniving storyteller.

Night Moves

2009 • 24 min • United States of America

Ethan is a hardcore alcoholic due to the fact that his wife has left him. One night, in desperation, he calls a fantasy escort company. The girl who is sent over happens to be a real vampire. The two end up forming a strong connection with each other.

Walk In The Forest

2009 • 3 min • Canada

Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.

A Man of Confidence: Ralf Otterpohl, Water Specialist

2009 • 25 min • Germany

Documentary short by Romuald Karmakar.

Vive la rose

2009 • 7 min • Canada

The tale of a tragic love story set in Newfoundland. When illness takes the woman he loves, a simple man raises his voice in melancholy song as a last farewell. The film, based on a song by local musician Emile Benoit, is anchored in a beautiful, remote corner of the province, and pays homage to its land, sea and the harsh lives of the local fishermen.

Dynamic Tom: Portrait of a Cocksman

2009 • 16 min • United States of America

What's it like being a 68 year-old bachelor and the biggest player in northeast Indianapolis? Watch and find out.

The Released

2009 • 57 min • United States of America

Frontline examines the lives of mentally ill repeat offender who are struggling to make a life for themselves outside of prison.

The Mermaids' Tears: Oceans of Plastic

2009 • 54 min • France

Every km of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A 'plastic soup' of waste, killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaching chemicals slowly up the food chain. In Holland, scientists found plastic in the stomachs of 95% of all fulmar birds. In Germany, plastic has been found to affect the reproductive systems of animals, while in the US, conservationists are seeing increasing numbers of dolphins die in agony, their guts blocked with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this 'plastic pollution'? Can anything be done to clean up our oceans?

Cybermen

2009 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A history of the Cybermen, presented by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.

Flora's Garden

2009 • 27 min • Italy

Throughout the seasons, the work of a farmer in his vegetable garden, from the seed to its fruit.

Fear Girls: Volume One

2009 • 57 min • United States of America

Four vignettes featuring sexy lady vampires getting seductive with their prey.