All Films

The Day Was a Scorcher

2009 • 9 min

A 3-D vacation album, The Day Was a Scorcher pictures what Jacobs describes as "movie-star Flo, Nisi the thoughtful young girl, and Aza old enough to trudge with the rest of us, but still expecting to be pushed around on wheels," frolicking in a sun-drenched Rome in the 1970s. Explains Jacobs, "It's a perfect day when nothing happens."

I Was A TV Horror Host

2009 • 48 min

A behind-the-scenes look at the history and legacy of the legendary Bay Area TV show Creature Features, from the viewpoint of longtime host John Stanley.

Drive Thru Australia Part 2

2009 • 60 min

Donavon Frankenreiter, Benji Weatherley and Pat O'Connell are joined by Shane Dorian, three time world champion Andy Irons and Australia's own Mark Occhilupo. Spend two crazy weeks driving, surfing and traveling thru some of Australia's most incredible coastlines. From kangaroos to sky diving, shark scares to golfing the Drive Thru Australia is packed with hilarious hijinks and incredible surfing.

The Last Happy Day

2009 • 38 min • United States of America

THE LAST HAPPY DAY is an experimental documentary portrait of Sandor (Alexander) Lenard, a Hungarian medical doctor and a distant cousin of filmmaker Lynne Sachs. In 1938 Lenard, a writer with a Jewish background, fled the Nazis to a safe haven in Rome. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service hired Lenard to reconstruct the bones, small and large, of dead American soldiers. Eventually he found himself in remotest Brazil where he embarked on the translation of “Winnie the Pooh” into Latin, an eccentric task that catapulted him to brief world-wide fame. Sachs’ essay film uses personal letters, abstracted war imagery, home movies, interviews and a children’s performance to create an intimate meditation on the destructive power of war.

Hold Me Tight

2009 • 36 min • Sweden

15-year-old Ida lives with her mother in Rossö in the Strömstad archipelago. Over the course of three stormy days, her life is turned upside down. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a non-existent relationship with her father and is let down by her best friend. —Maria Eriksson

Arthur, the 4D Adventure

2009 • 5 min • France

Fly a ladybug on a 4D adventure into the world of Arthur and the Minimoys. Nature will never seem the same again.

In the Land That Is Like You

2009 • 52 min • France

In the Land That Is Like You is a progress on the tracks of my lost past, with the contact of my mother, my grandmother and the man who I love, in a country which escapes from me and retains me, Lebanon.

Die Gänsemagd

2009 • 58 min

Princess Elisabeth, the beautiful only child of a widowed queen is sent off to marry the prince Leopold to whom she is betrothed. Before she leaves, her mother presents her with a small token. This token provides her with magical protection. However, the maidservant Magdalena, who accompanies the princess treats her very brutishly, and when circumstances cause the princess to lose her token, the maid seizes the opportunity to force the princess into trading places. She makes the princess switch clothes with her.

Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling

2009 • 50 min • United States of America

This program profiles writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s--known as the Pulp Fiction era. These writers created the iconic movies and characters who live on today in our collective hearts and imaginations. It has even been estimated that 90-95% of the top blockbusters in Hollywood movies were based on stories from the Pulp Fiction era.

The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive

2009 • 13 min • United Kingdom

An aging alien and a love-struck grandma find romance, but just as they're about to get groovy, army intervention spoils the fun.

Maggots and Men

2009 • 53 min • United States of America

A utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors, paints a portrait of formerly pro-Soviet sailors at the Kronstadt naval garrison who rebelled against the perceived failures of the new Bolshevik state.

24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact

2009 • 50 min

Travel back 66 million years ago when a meteor struck the Earth, wiping out three-quarters of all life on the planet. What happened in those first hours? Why did some creatures survive while nearly all others perished? Using computer graphics and real-world recreations, National Geographic reveals the likely effects of the catastrophic impact that changed the world forever and examines who won, who lost, and why.

20 years of Simpsons

2009 • 16 min • France

A short French documentary to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the show.

The Birth

2009 • 3 min • Brazil

Short stop motion animation with finger nails.

Entrevistas

2009 • 11 min

A group of adults is interviewed about their past love relationships.

Welcome to Barbaristan

2009 • 21 min • Denmark

A clash of cultures takes place when a dark skinned girl guests a German family as an exchange student.

The Robinsons of Mantsinsaari

2009 • 54 min • Finland, Germany, Poland

Two men, a Finn and a Belarusian live alone, on a lake's island.

Sombra azul

2009 • 15 min • United States of America

Three people try to fulfill their fantasies at a pool one night and discover why fantasies should never become reality.

Acting for the Camera

2009 • 14 min • United States of America

Two acting students perform the orgasm scene from "When Harry Met Sally..." The only problem is, Joanna has never actually experienced one for herself.

The Cannibalistic Councillor

2009 • 8 min • Spain

Spin Off from "Broken Embraces"

Alex in Amsterdam

2009 • 40 min

The somewhat naïve teenager Alex Meulenaers leaves his hometown, to go study economics in Amsterdam. He is the first of his family to leave Limburg. However, faith has something else in store for him. The movie shows us how Alex sees Amsterdam: sometimes threathening, sometimes absurd and always with wonder.

Running Away with Blackie

2009 • 20 min • United States of America

"Running Away With Blackie" takes a complex and thought-provoking look into the lonely and desperate life of Jetty. Jetty, having a history of drug abuse and denial, now must confront his own personal demons in order to move forward in his life. Along with his best and only friend; his dog Blackie, he encounters some strange characters during his travels who serve as a constant reminder of what he has been trying to run away from. Jetty finally wakes up and has an epiphany when he encounters a Goblin-Like Figure (Camden Toy) who reminds him that he is the only one who can help himself, and cannot hide from himself any longer.

H5N1: The Day of the Pandemic

2009 • 8 min • France

A bird flu pandemic starts a zombie outbreak at an out-of-the-way gas station.

RUN to ME RUN from ME

2009 • 13 min • United States of America

Jake, Midwest High School's star long distance runner, is overtaken by anorexia and sexual fantasy.