All Films

Paris Hilton, Inc.

2009 • 49 min • Canada

We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?

Journey to Mecca

2009 • 45 min • Canada, United States of America

The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

2009 • 60 min

Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol superstars and celebrities to friends or anyone he thought had "star potential". All visitors to his studio, the Factory. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in slow motion, resulting in a fascinating collection of four-minute masterpieces that startle and entrance, mesmerizing in the purest sense of the word. Songwriters Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, formerly of the band Luna and currently recording as Dean & Britta, incorporated original compositions as well as cover songs to create new soundtracks for the 13 films.

The Esseker File

2009 • 6 min • Romania, United States of America

Autopilot

2009 • 13 min • United States of America

Everything is on autopilot. A bicycle propels forward with no rider and adolescent boys make internet videos. At home, Mark's family drifts in isolation, escaping the lazy afternoon, when reality circles back.

Sprung

2009 • 8 min • Australia

A young girl's imagination takes over after stumbling across a mysterious black bag.

Together

2009 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.

9

2009 • 9 min • Spain

A group of people talk about very different subjects, including a strange course that one of them has just completed. There is tension in the air, although it is not quite clear why. They give the impression that they are killing time while waiting for a job that everyone needs for different reasons. Are they actors looking for a role?

Der gestiefelte Kater

2009 • 58 min

Once upon a time there was a miller who had three sons. When the miller died, the three sons shared the inheritance. The oldest, Hermann, got the mill, the second, Hubert, the donkey, the third, Hans, the tomcat Minkus.

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

2009 • 33 min • United States of America

CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks at the evolution of the camera during the film’s production and at the many ways it has enhanced and altered the process of modern digital filmmaking.

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2009 • 40 min • United States of America

The inside story of the last days of a General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, as lived by the people who worked the line.

Liebermans in the Sky

2009 • 18 min

Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered water bed salesman, is having the worst day of his life.

Seeds of the Fall

2009 • 18 min • Sweden

Middle-aged couple Rolf and Eva live in a passionless relationship. They wear and tear at each other and Eva begins to feel sexually frustrated. One night she tries to seduce Rolf. He dismisses her but then something happens that will change their relationship forever.

Le technicien

2009 • 7 min • Canada

A cable guy is called in to repair an old mans TV set.

The Ambassador's Wife

2009 • 16 min

In 1946, the young bride Nazgol relocates with her husband to South America where he has just been appointed the Iranian Ambassador. Plucked from her homeland and disconnected from even the smallest semblance of familiarity, Nazgol discovers that she is able to do things that would once have been forbidden in her homeland. However her newfound liberation may come at a price.

Mounting the Rescue

2009 • 22 min • United Kingdom

A look at the making of 'The Rescue' featuring members of the original cast and crew. Featured on the DVD "Doctor Who: The Rescue", available in the DVD Box Set "Doctor Who: The Rescue & The Romans"

The Awesome Chronicles of Manny and Khan

2009 • 8 min • United States of America

A German-accented leprechaun named Khan and a giant platypus named Manny attempt to retrieve a ball, pretending that the patch of grass surrounding it is lava.

Under the Hood

2009 • 38 min • United States of America

Stars from the Watchmen movie team up in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owl's powerful firsthand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence.

Gunnel

2009 • 29 min • Sweden

It is New Year's Eve, 1959, and night shift at the telegraph station in Trångsele. The characters long for something missing in their lives and share that in common.

Lost Tales From Camp Blood

2009 • 8 min • United States of America

A couple is terrorized by a deranged killer in a cabin.

Selection

2009 • 21 min • Latvia

The time for the annual great graveyard celebration is approaching in a small town. Scientist Laila can’t attend it alone this year. She has to make a choice.

Joey to the World

2009 • 7 min • United States of America

A 35-year-old kangaroo decides to move out of his mother's pouch and into the Alaskan wilderness.

Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent

2009 • 49 min • United States of America

For six weeks we explored the Antarctic Peninsula by sea kayak, sailboat, foot and small plane, observing the fast changing evolution of this most remote place. Impacted by climate change - temperatures have warmed along the Peninsula faster than anywhere on the planet during the past 50 years - this part of Antarctica is also experiencing a boom in tourism and nations fighting over who owns what as its ice slowly disappears. This National Geographic-sponsored exploration is a one-of-a-kind look at Antarctica from a unique perspective - sea level.

Rech JF pour court-métrage rémunéré

2009 • 19 min • France

An actress answers an announcement for a casting. In the meantime, she is a cashier in a cinema.