All Films

Electronica Reykjavik

2008 • 50 min • Iceland

Electronica Reykjavik traces the history of the electronic music scene in Iceland's capital from the early 90's until today. The Film deeply reflects a music genre that the general public knows little about but nearly everyone has participated in, one way or the other. The electronic music scene is on the edge, free from commercial values.

Jacinta

2008 • 9 min • Mexico

Old Jacinta knits non-stop longing for a visit

Matías va a terapia

2008 • 7 min • Chile

A defiant teenager starts to feel uncomfortable by his psychologist.

Amoklove

2008 • 9 min • Germany

A magical moment between two people in the subway, but then it is all over and they will never see each other again - wrong! Fabian fights for his love and chases Marie through Stuttgart. That is Amoklove: a declaration of love during a cardiac recess. —Julia C. Kaiser

Running In a Maze

2008 • 3 min • Canada

Running In A Maze features an abstracted video of young women and men playfully chasing one another in a maze created by artist Charles Rea. The layering of architectural forms and spaces in conjunction with abstracted text creates a visual labyrinth in which multiple mirrored surfaces collide. Wong’s video documents Rea’s Mirror Maze, an installation consisting of symbols and patterns painted onto large convex security mirrors. The mirrored planes and cryptic text used to decipher information reference modern information systems and other myriad forms of technology. Splicing and fusing of architectural forms and transparent walls in this maze simulate an environment of reflected and reflecting surfaces that parallel Wong’s interest in discovering his own identity.

Pickman's Model

2008 • 19 min • United States of America

When two estranged friends, Thurber (Murphy, BANSHEE!!!) and Eliot (Meinecke), meet for drinks, Eliot finds that Thurber is not the person he once knew. Thurber reveals that Pickman (Timmis, Kreating Karloff), a man he was using as a source for a Paper on Weird art, is linked to his recent change in demeanor. It begins with a simple invitation to view Pickman's work at his isolated studio in Boston's North End. And ends with the apprehension that what lurks in the foreground of Pickman's work is far more sinister than the art itself. Adapted from the original short story "Pickman's Model" by: H.P. Lovecraft.

Girls of Fire

2008 • 25 min • France

A suburb housing. Two girls on the phone are looking for each other but never succeed to meet. One of them vanishes.

After Everything

2008 • 12 min • Brazil

After farewell, the waiting. After the waiting, the return. After everything, all they wish for is to be together and one day is enough for them to wait for the next one.

Inherent Obligations

2008 • 10 min • Estonia

Short film from Rao Heidmets about voyeurism, violence and media. Mixing live action with stop motion animation.

Rémy

2008 • 7 min

Remy, a 6-and-a-half-year old boy, is playing with his grandfather also named Remy. One can say that they are very noisy! But the trouble that worries the mum seems more serious than a mashed potatoes battle.

The Tost

2008 • 10 min • Serbia

Vojkan is a man who starts his days at precisely same time and according to strictly established „rituals.“ However, this day some unplanned events will happen.

The Very First Desire Now and Forever

2008 • 1 min • United States of America

When you were born, what did you desire the most?

16 memories

2008 • 53 min

Filmed between 1945 and 1971, 16memorias tells the story of the Posada Saldarriaga, a Medellín family that grew up amid the euphoria of industrialization, the sugar mills sugar bowls, trips to Miami, sows and balloons. Twenty five years of almost uninterrupted daily life that they were about to get lost in an old house they give us the strange possibility of seeing our childhood for the first time; to recover brother's accomplice smile when we conquer kingdoms that no one else saw and felt how powerful we were every time we received applause from our parents. Searching the origin of adult life and recognizing the distance that separates us from those scenes wonderful, what seemed to be a cluster of forgotten images becomes the only evidence that remains to ensure that there was a time when we believed that all days were to be warm, simple, and blue.

I Loved So Much...

2008 • 50 min • France, Morocco

Fadma, 75, tells her life story including being recruited as a sex worker for the French army aged 20, and her views on love, parenthood, and destiny.

10-J: The History of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

2008 • 57 min • United States of America

In 1913 Congress created the Federal Reserve to bring financial stability to the nation after a number of banking panics, with a mix of regional banks and a central bank board. Congressmen Robert L. Owen and Carter Glass helped pass the Federal Reserve Act with the help of compromises led by President Woodrow Wilson. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City was begun in 1914, led by Jo Zach Miller, Jr., along with local bankers such as William T. Kemper. With the bank rapidly growing, about 1920 a new 21 story building was built at 9th and Grand that at one time held the offices of the Bureau of Investigation and President Harry S. Truman.

Force 1 TD

2008 • 11 min

Three friends, one of whom is visually impaired and has a miniature guide horse named Carmine, set off to find Carmine a very special pair of sneakers for a very special occasion.

The Throne

2008 • 6 min • United Kingdom

New employee Phil Grimes struggles to get his first shift started when he is attacked by a creature in the office toilet.

Marry Me

2008 • 7 min • Australia

Directed by Michelle Lehman, 2008 Tropfest Australia winning film, Marry Me, tells a little love story about “a little girl who likes a little boy and a little boy who likes his BMX bike”.

Making Paranoid Park

2008 • 27 min • France, United States of America

Behind the scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park." Felix Andrew: director, cinematographer, editor. Dane La Chiusa: titles and original drawings. Joel Shelton, composer. Additional music: "Songs" by Ethan Rose, "Sangue de Bairro" by Chico Science e Nacao Zumbi. Made in 2006. Length: 27 minutes

Spectreman vs. Russ Abbott

2008 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Spectreman flies out to destroy Russ Abbott. In his disco lair, Abbott detects Spectreman and Prepares horrible weapon. Mayhem ensues!

The Watch

2008 • 15 min • Argentina

Pablo offers Javier a taxi ride to his place and once there, invites him in. After watching television with his cousin, Pablo asks Javier to sleep over. Once in bed, almost naked, they get ready to go to sleep.

Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

Featurette focusing on Academy-Award winning theatrical animation from the Golden Age.

In Active Search

2008 • 15 min • Russia

What is love? This is when your friend sleeps with your girlfriend, and you - with his!

The 3D Machine

2008 • 7 min • Netherlands

After an inventor makes a breakthrough, he leaves his incapable assistant alone with his new wonder invention, which leads to wealth, love...and catastrophe!