All Films

Bani Ibrahim

2009 • 15 min

Hafiz, a Palestinian-Australian doctor, is faced with the dilemma on whether to save the life of his fugitive brother intent on committing a suicide attack.

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

2009 • 55 min • United States of America

Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. To capture a butterfly's point of view, NOVA’s filmmakers used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the transcontinental route. This wondrous annual migration, which scientists are just beginning to fathom, is an endangered phenomenon that could dwindle to insignificance if the giant firs that the butterflies cling to during the winter disappear.

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

2009 • 10 min • United States of America

A short portrait of Patti Smith in the city where she lives. Patti recites the very first poem-song she ever wrote. We take a walk in her changing neighborhood, and I ask her what she saw.

The Moldy Peaches Documentary

2009 • 10 min

Follow Adam Green and Kimya Dawson on their silly adventure as they create their first album.

Asämara

2009 • 10 min • Spain

Sent to work, sent to earn a living. This is the reality millions of children must face in Africa nowadays, in spite of their extreme youth.

Little Blue Nothing

2009 • 49 min

An intimate journey into the world of Irena & Vojtech Havlovi, two secret and stunning Czech viola players who live in the suburbs of Prague, initiating the film series Musicians of Our Time.

Velvet

2009 • 7 min • United States of America

Conrad loves Beatrice while Beatrice loves herself. Together, they make for an odd pair, one unable to express his emotions, the other unable to contain them. Velvet is the story of their relationship and the crushed velvet jacket that comes between them.

Someday We Will Get Married

2009 • 15 min • United States of America

The story of a girl finding out that first love ends, but she doesn't have to end with it.

Looking Back to the Future

2009 • 45 min • United States of America

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.

October Haze

2009 • 13 min • United States of America

A young widow arrives at a deserted downtown parking garage to collect her deceased husband's car, only to find herself reliving his tragic death and discovering the depth of her compassion.

Reinhardtstrasse

2009 • 34 min • Germany

Nadine and Janine share a flat together with their friends Mark and Andreas. The flat share is a universe with its own rules, languages, manners and relationships. A stimulating place, where chaos is floating through corridors and rooms. Pending over everything is the approaching breakup of the community, which becomes more and more perceptible within short moments of silence. One of the flat mates, Janine, is going to leave. Janine's farewell party affects each other of her friends in an different way. A precise description of a fragile structure breaking apart.

Tokyo rendering kashu

2009 • 27 min • Japan

Taking his camera and microphone to the heart of the megalopolis of Japan, the director combines scenes of the Tokyo with on-screen commentary and questions to articulate his vision of a city or to ask questions about it in spite of an audience which may think the questions are already answered and need not be asked or commented on.

Katyn: 60 Days on the Set

2009 • 27 min • Poland

The making-of featurette of Andrzej Wajda's 2007 film Katyń.

Inside the Box

2009 • 60 min • United States of America

An ambitious female news producer and her colleagues navigate the tumultuous waters of a Washington network news bureau.

Swimming Paradise

2009 • 10 min • Netherlands

Two ten-year-old girls go to a subtropical swimming paradise. They look forward to the wave pool and the chute, but are distracted by other, older swimmers. Like teenage girls with real breasts in the bubble bath, and big boys blocking the chute or taking their goggles. The little girls gradually seem to realise the days of their carefree childhood are numbered.

Living Surfaces

2009 • 25 min

Andrew has a girlfriend. Andrew also has a boyfriend. He cares about both of them but neither truly care about him. With the death of Andrew's mother when he was very young, his father took it upon himself to teach Andrew to be tough and 'not a sissy'. This only drove Andrew deeper in the closet. Jamie is useless and Toni is manipulative. For as long as Andrew can remember he has accepted his life the way it is. One Saturday changes everything forever. He finds himself.

Roots on Earth

2009 • 20 min • Philippines

“Ugat sa Lupa” is a non-dialogue film about a farming family who lives in an island. It dramatizes the family’s hardships living in an island bereft of fresh water, hence their struggle to fetch water from another island to water the plants periodically. It is also about family relationships and sacrifices of elder siblings for the younger ones.

Within the Ring

2009 • 43 min • United States of America

The making of The Wrester (2008).

Runaway

2009 • 9 min • Canada

A train runs into a cow on the tracks; with the captain nowhere to be found, the fireman is forced to desperately improvise in order to keep the train going.

À bicyclette

2009 • 17 min

A young man being schizophrenic remission is seen taken by an obsession for bikes. He remembers a childhood where they exit traumatized by his inability to pedal. Nevertheless, he tries again to ride a bike and fall. It ends at the hospital. Two amazing fellows will then take over and help him.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love

2009 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A short film special of The Sarah Jane Adventures for Comic Relief.

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

2009 • 34 min • United States of America

A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

Love Hurts

2009 • 6 min • Netherlands

When Wendy enters a public toilet heartbroken, unconsciously her tears awaken a darker force and it appears that she is not alone anymore.

Passion Betrayed

2009 • 45 min • United States of America

A dramatic portrayal of a young married couple that are living with issues of trust and betrayal, in a world that tempts with seduction at every turn.