All Films

Fruto da Terra

2008 • 15 min • Brazil

Marcos Tiarajú was the first baby born at Fazenda Annoni in 1985, in an occupation of the MST. At age 22, he became a medical fellow in Cuba. The short follows this story of overcoming.

Out of Print

2008 • 4 min • United States of America

An ode to the counterculture of the 80s and 90s, when finding quality culture was a real treasure hunt.

Wizard So So: Fun Magical Adventure

2008 • 58 min • United States of America

Two stories: When Kitty the Cat struggles to rid Farmer Fred's barn of the three mean-spirited rat bullies that have been stealing food and causing trouble, Wizard So So steps in to lend the feline a magical helping hand. In the second story of this charming animated adventure, Wizard So So comes to the aid of his friend the Dragonfly, who dreams of turning into an actually flying dragon..

Three Songs About the Motherland

2008 • 39 min • Russia

Depicting the collision between past, present, and future in contemporary Russia, the film showcases the filmmaker's understanding, or perhaps her emotions, about Russia's convoluted history.

Mihovil Pansini - Ships Don't Come Ashore

2008 • 49 min • Croatia

It is a well known fact that films also have their own poets, but wider audience is not familiarized with one of the most lucid and the most significant poets of films on the territory of former Yugoslavia and that is Mihovil Pansini. The sole reason for his unfamiliarity is the fact that he exclusively worked on amateur films. The fate of amateur film in our country was never (and probably won't be in the future either) publically recognized with enough understanding, even though during the last 50 years it was the only example of authentic avant-garde in the field of film expression. Through Pansini's thoughts and film clips, this documentary is attempting to reconstruct, to some extent, this extraordinary author's amateur film making development.

Winter (The Large Cats)

2008 • 58 min • France

The children do not care about the coming winter . They have a good laugh under the big cats, kissing. Under the warn shelters. It will get dark more and more early.

I Dance With Wolves

2008 • 4 min • Sweden

The wolves chase him. Pulling him in the neck when he's out, waiting at the bed in the bedroom to chop him in pieces. The psychologist says it's imagination. But he knows they exist.

Michael Got His Gun

2008 • 4 min

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the twentieth film in the series.

Christmas Memories...

2008 • 3 min

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the thirteenth film in the series.

Four Feet Up

2008 • 47 min • Canada

Four Feet Up is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada by award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Nance Ackerman. Twenty years after the promise of the House of Commons 'to eliminate poverty among Canadian children,' 8-year-old Isaiah contemplates what 'less fortunate' means as he finds his voice through his own magical drawings and photographs. Four Feet Up invites us into the lives of this determined family, revealing an intimate and touching experience of child poverty in one of the world's richest nations.

I Hate Christmas, Part Two: The Gift

2008 • 3 min

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the twenty-first film in the series.

Overnight Book

2008 • 20 min • United States of America

A passionate teenage misfit, Mary, and washed up gay adult writer, Bobby, meet in a dingy dinerr to help Bobby write his overnight book. While doing so, Mary goes on a twilight journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

Untitled

2008 • 44 min • United States of America

A minimalist monochromatic film frame is projected through a glass pane fogged via a humidification system. The planular drift of the projected frame alters its course, bending here, diffracting there – keystoning its way through the darkness of a cinematic abyss.

A Noble Profession

2008 • 5 min • United Kingdom

A day in the life of a homeless man reveals there is plenty for most people to feel grateful for.

Pró Ano Há Mais

2008 • 4 min • Portugal

A man takes the last potatoes from the land of the 2007 crop.

Murdoch's Other Eye

2008 • 6 min • Canada

A man becomes consumed by curiosity over the mystery of his co-worker's eye patch.

Breathe

2008 • 10 min • United States of America

A story of two lovers torn apart by hell, set to the composition of "Phantasma" by J. Benjamin Jones.

Red-Light District Graffiti

2008 • 28 min • Japan

Enfants du Paradis, a naively iconoclastic enclave of prostitutes, slowly turn their gleeful attentions away from their customers and towards ever greater colour, performance and obtuse poetry.

Berny Blue

2008 • 59 min • Sweden

Berny Pålsson is a young writer who writes about her drug problems, mental issues and her problematic upbringing. With her last book "Vingklippt ängel" she became cult among her teenage readers. Director Ronja Yu has been following Berny for a long time before publishing her new book.

Portrait of Alain Emery: The Child Who Did Not Know How to Smile

2008 • 44 min • France

Through the portrait of Alain Emery, who in 1953 embodied the child of the film 'White Mane', directed by Albert Lamorisse, this film is a tribute to the Camargue, its winter light, its peculiar rhythms to the men and women, guardians, bull-breeders and fishermen who give this land an incredible wild beauty. Returning to the scene of filming, this film goes in search of the poetic force that flows from end to end in Lamorisse's film.

Beijing Haze

2008 • 9 min • China, United States of America

For a new Chinese immigrant, one dream ends as another begins.

No Brakes

2008 • 11 min • Sweden

Johan sits on a small jetty by the lake, deep in thought - he is struggling to find the words to say, or the actions to take. Joined by friends Anton and Julie, the trio cycle through the Swedish countryside, and as the sun begins to set, more friends enter the fray, bottles of beer are opened and guitars thrum as the group party into the night. But Johan is still deep in thought. When the sun eventually rises, Johan's fears have long since faded away.

The Earth

2008 • 20 min • Serbia

A small village of Vreoci in Serbia is about to be destroyed in order to extend the nearby mine. Most people do not want to leave their homes and have the church and cemetary where their ancestors are resting demolished. The state is convincing the inhabitants that this is good for their prosperity. Only time can tell.

Once in a Lullaby

2008 • 5 min

"For as long as I can remember, The Wizard of Oz has been a film that has held a magical, mysterious grip on my imagination. What I find most intriguing is that people generally take the story to be a child's tale. For me, the film has always had an underlying darkness – an evil that runs deeper than the Wicked Witch and resides beneath the polished surface. In Once in a Lullaby, I strive to bring out this darkness and impart an altered version of Dorothy’s dream, which in this case is more of a beautiful nightmare. I recommend listening to it with a nice pair of headphones or versatile speakers."