All Films

Stolz der Nation

2009 • 6 min • Germany, United States of America

Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.

Eva Nil, Cem Anos Sem Filmes

2009 • 13 min • Brazil

Essay on Eva Nil, the first star of Brazilian cinema.

Knife Point

2009 • 27 min • United States of America

An evangelical family offers a traveling knife salesman a ride on their way through upstate New York.

Engine Sentai Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger

2009 • 57 min • Japan

The story begins when Geki Red battles Nunchaku Banki after returning from his trip around the world for Natsume's birthday, with Geki Yellow and Geki Blue arriving to provide backup. After sending the Gekirangers into another dimension, the Go-ongers arrive before the Savage Machine Beast departs after his quarry. After clearing a misunderstanding with Geki Violet and Geki Chopper, the two bring them to SCRTC to see Master Xia Fu, with Hant revealing he met Miki at one of his past jobs at the Kyoryuya Curry Shop.

Valkyrie Limited

2009 • 52 min • Latvia

The documentary draws a portrait of an opera director who is staging Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. He is torn between the tragicomic routine of an opera house and his own perception of Wagner and the Ring cycle. The film witnesses the director’s drama in maintaining the fragile link between a well-constructed performance and his own vision that lies within the music and the narrative, and is seen as German expressionism-like nightmares.

Some Boys Don't Leave

2009 • 17 min • United States of America

Some Boys Don't Leave is the story of what happens when the break-up happens but the break does not. 'Boy' is forced to come to terms with the fact that 'Girl' no longer wants him around. The only problem is he just can't seem to leave their once shared apartment. 'Girl' decides to keep living her life around him; while he remains, watching at a distance. In time, each decides to go in his or her own distinctly different directions. 'Boy' soon finds that sometimes the greatest distance we are asked to travel is one within ourselves.

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

2009 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"

Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

2009 • 24 min • United States of America

A featurette about the origins of "Silent Movie," as well as its inspirations and development, direct cinematic influences, cast and performances, gag specifics and cut scenes, Brooks’ directorial style and a few other tidbits.

Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace

2009 • 47 min • United States of America

After being reconstructed, Cytro becomes Max's mission partner, but now both are placed under the direct orders of Forge Ferrous, a new N-Tek field commander instead of Jefferson. This new boss is a freak control with an aggressive and all-for-the-team attitude which contrasts with Max's free spirit, causing several conflicts among them. In response to an emergency call, Max and Cytro are sent to an Antarctican subterranean lab which is also a prison for an unstable N-Tek agent who suffers some kind of mutation due to heavy exposure to chemical contamination.

Steve-O: Demise and Rise

2009 • 42 min • United States of America

A documentary of Steve-O’s downward spiral to when he ultimately hits rock bottom and is saved by the intervention of friends and his own will to do whatever it takes to get – and stay – sober.

The World

2009 • 50 min • Japan

The four elements referred to as "water", "flame", "wind" and "earth" in this film all exist individually while responding to each other, by fighting and loving each other, foster the concept of a world in each individual's "subjectivity"

The Minnie Riperton Story

2009 • 60 min • United States of America

Documenting the rise and finite career of late R&B recording artist Minnie Riperton.

On Thin Ice

2009 • 60 min • Finland

It's Christmas Eve in Helsinki. Young taxi driver Samu is working to escape a family Christmas with his fiancé and baby. At the airport Samu picks up a fascinating customer: a Finnish mercenary Hans, who has returned to Helsinki after an absence of 20 years. Hans hires Samu to go on a mission with him: to find Laura, the daughter of his recently deceased best friend and brother in arms. The quest to find Laura leads the men around the wintry city, to places and people from Hans's past. As Samu watches Hans confront his past, he begins to open his eyes to his own future. When the eventful mission reaches its end, both of the men's lives are forever changed.

Ruth Leuwerik erzählt...

2009 • 30 min • Germany

The German actress talks about her life.

Buy a Suit

2009 • 47 min • Japan

Yuki travels to Tokyo in search of her missing brother, and searches the streets with an address on a postcard as her only lead.

El Justiciero

2009 • 27 min • Portugal

Rui is in the process of separation from Silvia, his wife and John, his son, realizing that his father can not get out of this situation and that he will never be happy, decides to ask for help from the mythical Bolivian hero "El Justiciero".

Danger of Death (Pour Pénélope)

2009 • 15 min • Canada

Lost in Montreal, an American is looking for a missing trumpet player. He begins his search in the apartment of the musician, where he'll meet Melissa, the young woman who lived with the missing man.

Street Feeling

2009 • 17 min • Poland

This short deals with the seventh commandment ("You shall not steal") in the new Decalogue. Young graffiti artists steal paints from a shop and, supervised by Tomasz, a 45-year-old graphic artist, start to paint graffiti on the wall. Tomasz is going to through a difficult period in his professional and personal life working under pressure from his employer who wants him to prepare a project that will satify the client. He has to compromise his own beliefs and taste and struggle to meet the deadline. The film was made as part of "Decalogue 89+" series.

Final Showing

2009 • 3 min

An ordinary man is lured by the promise of free doughnuts to a creepy cinema showing a strange film. Top-ten short-listed film in the Sci-Fi-London 48 Hour Film Challenge 2009, and featured on Syfy.co.uk.

The Dog

2009 • 24 min • Greece

A tale of rage, hate, love and passion. Of guilt and revenge.

Mixtape

2009 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Ben spends his time listening to his Dad's old 70s vinyl and making mixtapes on an old double deck tape recorder. He makes a tape to try and woo the girl next door, Lily, the girl of his dreams.

The Big Gun

2009 • 31 min • Japan

Ikuo receives a suspicious order from a client demanding him to manufacture ten guns in two months. After trial and error, the weapons are completed. But the client postpones the payment and orders 40 more.

Me, You, a Bag & Bamboo

2009 • 18 min • United States of America

A little girl's voice weaves us through the melancholic minds of Clifford and Chun Li, two strangers sharing a park bench. We follow their naive non-sequiturs, surreal sequiturs, memories and dreams. We dance back and forth through the whimsy of their minds and quirks of their lives which prove to be off-beat, as we are whisked through images of a zoo fresh out of pandas, a head gift-wrapped in a map of Wisconsin, a ziplock bag containing sadness, revengeful hamsters and a robot father playing football with his robot son. Eventually their thoughts become intertwined, and they realize they are not alone, giving them the courage to finally turn to each other and say hello.

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

2009 • 54 min • United States of America

Celebrate the life of baseball’s most enduring legend; Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues