All Films

1936. Alcordances d'una guerra

2008 • 7 min

The history of the Asturian mining basin from the mouths of its protagonists. We are after the victory of the national side in the Civil War, the families decimated with the dead in common graves. The "fugaos" and the guerrilla struggle that they maintained under the slogan of the PC. The “normalized” return to the mines with surveillance by the Civil Guard, the first strikes, timid and disorganized, spontaneous; the organization then, unionized and clandestine; the “resistance boxes”, the constant pulse against Francoism…

My Pet

2008 • 8 min

Anna Bigornia My Pet is a 7-minute animation about an 8-year-old girl and her relationship with her first pet, a chick, the subject of a class experiment. As an only child and a girl, she is sheltered and mostly stays indoors. She likes to draw and hold tea parties with her doll as her company. It is when she takes home a chick that her world becomes a little bit more dynamic. Her relationship with this pet acts as a catalyst in forming new relationships.

Panggaris

2008 • 13 min

In a small community lives a prostitute who is transformed when her mute brother starts to speak. Curiously, nobody could comprehend what he is saying: “Panggaris.” The event becomes even more puzzling as a documentary filmmaker arrives in the community and film the siblings. What he discovers is a story from the community folk that possibly marks a new legend.

Remote Control

2008 • 8 min

A sarcastic look at the content provided by television programs

Taxi Wala

2008 • 16 min • France

A passenger takes a journey in a taxi.

Buddha's Smile

2008 • 20 min • Russia

Gombo, a young boy, lives in a tiny village on the banks of Lake Baikal in the Buryat Republic. He dawdles on his way home from school and doesn't get back to nightfall. No one is at home but sweets have been left next to a Buddha shrine on the wall. As he is about to steal one he hears a voice.

Hans Sibbel: Live in Toomler

2008 • 24 min • Netherlands

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel, recorded live in Toomler in January 2008.

Sinan - A Divine Architect

2008 • 52 min

The 16th century architect Sinan is a Turkish cultural hero from the Ottoman era, but he is also the foremost architect in Islamic history.

La chaleur des autres ne réchauffe pas

2008 • 33 min

Khalil Yahya was born in 1965 in Hebron, Palestine. Forced to leave his country after the Six-Day War in 1967, Khalil traveled across the Arab world, from city to city, from refugee camp to refugee camp, until he found refuge in France, in Paris, where he still lives today. The film attempts to tell the story of this man's exile and, through his two daughters, addresses the question of the transmission, from one generation to the next, of a story, a cause and an identity

A Matter of Choice

2008 • 35 min • United States of America

Best friends as kids, Ricky and Rudy went their separate ways. Time and circumstance would bring their world crashing down.

The East Wind

2008 • 10 min

Are we lulled into dreams? Or into reality? Is there a nether world in between? A ten-year-old boy goes to bed . His mother comes up to him and wraps a blanket on him and he slips into a dream… A dream that is frightening and unpleasant -- almost a nightmare. He tries hard to wriggle out of the dream. Just then, his mother walks into the room again and pulls the blanket over him. The boy returns to his dream. Or is it reality? Or is it a third state of being neither in dream nor in reality?

Roller Derby Dolls

2008 • 27 min • Australia

In the sprawling outer suburbs of Brisbane, a revolution is brewing. A sassy group of women from all walks of life has a dream: to resurrect the lost sport of full-contact roller derby in Australia.

Germania Wurst

2008 • 11 min • Germany

A rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic »national history« -starting with the ancient Roman empire and ending with the German»reunification« and the present day. A sausage hereby is a time line, a connecting element between the scenes and also an ironic national symbol.

Berni's Doll

2008 • 11 min

Bernis, minor employee of a factory, makes up for his loneliness by buying a woman in kit form from the third world.

Diary of a Madman

2008 • 10 min • Russia

Based on the short story by N.V.Gogol.

The Sword and the Sheath

2008 • 5 min • United States of America

An elderly couple exchange gifts, words, and something deeper.

Pretty Frog

2008 • 13 min • Russia

A modern version of the famous Russian fairy tale "The Frog Princess".

Précis du quotidien

2008 • 25 min • Canada

A summer in the life of a mother and her two children. Précis of the Everyday is a tender look at the memory, passing time, imagination and poetry that make every day a unique experience. In her desire to “record every moment”, the mother is humbled by how much escapes her.

The Elusive David Agnew

2008 • 5 min • United Kingdom

The Elusive David Agnew was a BBC documentary looking at David Agnew. It was released on the DVD of The Invasion of Time and featured interviews with Terrance Dicks and Anthony Read.

William Eggleston: Photographer

2008 • 26 min

This mesmerizing documentary, a profile of photographer William Eggleston and his work, puts particular focus on one hugely pivotal moment in not only his own career, but in the art world at large. Although it failed to inspire critics at the time of its unveiling, Eggleston’s simply titled exhibit "Color Photographs by William Eggleston" is widely recognized as legitimizing and basically conceptualizing color photography in modern art and entertainment.

Sed de Mar

2008 • 60 min • Chile

The story of 10 friends who go on vacation to Papudo, a seaside resort in Chile.

No somos héroes

2008 • 50 min • Argentina

The Malvinas War resulted in the deaths of 649 Argentines, the wounding of another 1,063, and undoubtedly precipitated the fall of the military dictatorship. But for the conscripts, nothing ended with surrender. For the first time, they tell their story: their military service, the war, the mistreatment, the hunger, the differences with the English, the humiliation, the return home, the indifference, the suicides. They fought not only against the enemy but also against their superiors. They were victims of the dictatorship and the war: and they claim that those who call themselves heroes are yesterday's oppressors.

Winter Passings

2008 • 12 min

The story of a young mother, caught in the middle of taking care of her father and her daughter.

Let Us Go

2008 • 13 min • South Korea

In a village under reconstruction, 65-year-old Han must take his father's ashes back home after the graveyard is removed.