All Films

Northern Lights

2008 • 52 min • Russia

Just before winter cloaks everything in the Arctic night, a few hours of daylight linger in late autumn in the village of Sumskoy Posad, one thousand kilometres north of Saint Petersburg, in Karelia, on the shores of the White Sea. Linked to the rest of the country by a vague muddy track and a stretch of railway line, the village lives in a suspended and mysterious dimension. This is the Russia of endless forests and potato fields. A few robust and uncompromising characters work calmly there, driven by no vital needs. This is a still happy and cold Russia.

A Passion for Sustainability

2008 • 56 min • United States of America

Filmmaker Eric G. Stacey chronicles the decisions of 14 Portland, Ore., businesses to operate according to the visionary "Natural Step Network" business model, which stresses environmental sustainability and social justice alongside profitability. Their decadelong, successful journey can serve as an inspirational example of how creative thinking and focused passion can blaze new trails in business and in life.

Dry Martini

2008 • 7 min • Spain

Tribute to Luis Buñuel's passion for drinking cocktails.

Andong

2008 • 20 min

Six-year-old Andong is obsessed, and nothing, not even his mother’s disapproval and constant nagging can help curve his, somewhat, persistent infatuation. So it didn’t come out as a surprise to anyone, when, one fateful day, the precocious little boy went into a mad frenzy over the prospect of, finally, landing the, much-coveted, love-of-his-life. or a poor boy who only yearned for one thing - and nothing more, in his life, this break was, without a doubt, the answer to all of his prayers. Now, if only he can convince his mother to give him twenty pesos. It was harder than he thought.

Vladivostok!

2008 • 5 min • Russia, France

Fragments of a lost 1920s from a member of the soviet avant-garde.

ILM, le Savoir

2008 • 3 min • Madagascar

A peasant comes to town and falls into anguish when he notices that he is different from the townspeople.

Every Stop on the F Train

2008 • 8 min

A self-explanatory film by Bill Morrison, with music by Michael Gordon, performed by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.

To My Father

2008 • 53 min • Palestinian Territory

Those were the days when girls were prettier, when eyes were in all colours, without any colour. What's Different now - the camera, or the eyes?" asks Abdel Salam Shehadah's poetic and mesmerizing homage to the studio photographers of the 1950's - 70's. Set partly in a refugee camp in Rafah, this is a remarkable look back at fifty years of Palestinian and Arab history, through photographs, reportage and the voices of these photographers today.

View

2008 • 6 min

View is an imaginary story, but also a reality of a "child" who thinks that her "mommy" has left her behind because she does not love her anymore. The View speaks of children's feelings, evident in many broken families. Since the story is told from a child's point of view, the memories which the child conveys are mostly exaggerated and could be misrepresented. Still, a child's point of view tells the most truthful stories.

My Childhood Mystery Tree

2008 • 12 min • Russia

When a small boy loses his favourite toy – a small teddy bear – this draws him into the inner world of his childhood. Nonetheless, he must destroy this realm if he wants to grow up.

Zoogocho

2008 • 40 min • Mexico

Bernardo Arellano Short FIlm

Sparkle

2008 • 60 min • Hungary

Interviews with 3 people who had near death experiences.

Kick Like a Girl

2008 • 25 min • United States of America

The story of what happens when "The Mighty Cheetahs," an undefeated all-girls soccer team, competes in the boys division. With humor and candor this documentary gets at the heart of the boy-girl issues and explores what "Kick Like A Girl" really means on and off the playing field. Kick Like A Girl reminds us all of the lessons learned in competitive athletics and how sports has been one of the most effective instruments of social change in our lifetime.

Dinner Party of the Damned

2008 • 10 min • United States of America

The living dead. They came back ... for seconds.

The Incredible Story of the Man Without a Shadow

2008 • 9 min • Spain

A mysterious man offers Peter an eternal bag of gold in exchange for his shadow. A year later, Peter will only be able to recover his shadow for his soul.

Side Effects May Include

2008 • 4 min

A pharmaceutical commercial's list of side effects never end, spilling instead into the next commercial and the next, piling one unpleasant reality upon another, until a pill appears to make everything better, as advertised.

Frå solside til skuggeland? -Industristaden Ålvik i Hardanger

2008 • 29 min • Norway

This is a documentary that tells about the history of Ålvik as an industrial town. It is the story of the water on the mountain that was tamed into electric power, and was the foundation of Bjølvefossen. The film tells about Trallebanen, one of the most unique cultural heritage sites in Hardanger. Should it be preserved?

Alter Ego

2008 • 20 min • France

An encounter in a Paris park between Nadir and Ester, a young man and woman with seemingly nothing in common, at least at first glance.

Anti-Pervert Manual

2008 • 20 min • Taiwan

An office worker obsessed with the supernatural visits an old parking lot and finds evidence of ghosts of perverts.

(Ingen vill komma på) Jerrys barnkalas

2008 • 11 min

Arne wants to go to Simon's birthday party but his mother forces him to go to Jerry's birthday party instead. Then he must go, or?

Warrior Boyz

2008 • 43 min • Canada

To date, more than a hundred young men from the South Asian community have died in gang-related violence in Metro Vancouver. Gangs are a reality of urban life, yet behind the body count and the headlines, a far different battle is being waged. Educators and parents are taking action against gang violence. Director Baljit Sangra's documentary Warrior Boyz takes an unflinching look at the root causes of gang violence, and offers real solutions and a hard-fought hope for the future.

Faithful

2008 • 27 min • Russia

Sometimes traditions and rules of generations of a whole kind interfere with the personal life of one person. But he resigns himself to this, remaining eternally faithful and faithful ...

Zakynthos

2008 • 13 min

The island of Zakynthos is situated in the frontiers of Greece and the rest of Europe and very close to Italy with witch Zakynthos had very particular relations. That transformed it's culture, traditions and customs in to a particular way (along with the other Ionian Islands). This particularity surprises the visitor who comes in the island for the first time, especially if he is a Greek one. This is exactly what has happen to me too and so I decided to depict that surprise in a short documentary in the form of video art.

Los Misterios del Templo de Pitiquito

2008 • 48 min • Mexico

A documentary on the Pitiquito temple.