All Films

The Knights Templar: From History To Legend

2008 • 52 min • Luxembourg

A fascinating exploration of the legends accredited to the mysterious religious and military order of the Knights Templar. The Order of the Templar, created after the first Crusade and disbanded by the King of France in 1307, gave birth to fabulous legends which persist to this day. Despite in-depth research, many enigmas still surround this mythical order and its legends - not least whether mysterious discoveries at Gisors and Oak Island can really hold the fabled Templar treasures. Now, this insightful documentary relives an epic adventure based on facts, places, puzzles and legends that feed faiths and have fascinated generations.

Far Away From Here

2008 • 29 min • Germany, Uruguay

Daniela would like to live far away from here in the future. Here, is a poor part of town in Montevideo, where Daniela lives in a small house with her son, husband, mother, sister and brother-in-law. They are better off than most of the people living in that neighborhood. They all work and the father provides them with whatever they need. He is one of the millions of emigrants from Latin America whose salaries are essential to the survival of their families. The movie carefully approaches Daniela’s world, tells her story, a girl immersed in daydreaming, who is also a down-to-earth mother, beloved daughter and young wife – and about the pain of emigration.

Que Cavação é Essa?

2008 • 19 min • Brazil

A short film that emulates the activities of early Brazilian filmmakers known as "cavadores".

Mobile Men

2008 • 4 min • Thailand

A joyful shot recorded by Weerasethakul himself and two young men who become acquainted by filming each other in the back of a moving pickup truck. Though seemingly playful, the short film is a subtle portrait of migrant workers in the north of Thailand.

Dimensions of the Kitchen

2008 • 18 min • Estonia

Three orchestrated journeys to the hitherto unknown dimensions of a kitchen in the morning.

Vampyros Lesbos

2008 • 20 min • Canada

About young Sophie who is taken to a burlesque club with her husband and is hopelessly enticed by awe inspiring beauty Countess Nadine who seduces, kidnaps, and converts the young woman.

See You

2008 • 33 min • Denmark

When 14 year old Nete's twin brother Noah is killed in an accident, her world collapses. Months later, her parents decide to move to Copenhagen to start anew. Nete, still deeply troubled by her brother's death, begins in a new school - but the day she starts, a new boy, Jonas, also arrives. To everyone else, he is just the new boy - but Nete is in deep shock at what she sees.

Chroma Chameleon

2008 • 5 min • United States of America

Chameleons don't just dance, they "chrome" - an explosive combination of crazy moves with wild bursts of color changing. When a timid chameleon named Hue, who can't change colors, attends a dance party, he finds himself unexpectedly thrown on stage, his shortcomings exposed to all.

The Last Ghost of War

2008 • 56 min

Vietnamese alleged victims of Agent Orange read a letter to the American people appealing for justice and help. Their class action case moves through the U.S. Court system as scientists, military historians and doctors take us to a new battlefield.

Malika is Gone

2008 • 35 min • France

Two friends, Marc and Nicolas, are a little lost in life. Malika, a foreigner living on the fringes, struggles for her survival. Perhaps a love affair begins between Marc and Malika - unless it's something else entirely.

Charlie

2008 • 9 min

When a hapless burglar breaks into a house with the loot of his dreams, his luck soon changes and it may turn out to be his last job.

Buen provecho

2008 • 8 min • Mexico

An impulsive and arrogant man has to share his lunch with an unknown woman. A story of prejudice and discrimination.

Mance

2008 • 57 min • Serbia

The tragic story of Dragan Mance, a promising football star of FC Partizan Belgrade who died in a car accident at the age of 23.

Bam's or Bust!

2008 • 16 min • United States of America

In this video you'll experience first hand what happens when you plan a casual Element team visit to Bam's compound in the woods of Pennsylvania.

From the Life of the Little Trolls

2008 • 8 min • Armenia

The short follows the story of the Last Dragon in the World from the 1962 book Tales from Moominvalley.

Geschichten vom Essen

2008 • 60 min • Germany

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Sister and Brother

2008 • 7 min • Latvia

A sister and brother dream of the same adventures, though each interprets their dream differently. A dream travels where we are not, and where each misfortune turns into a new opportunity, but the goal always remains unattainable.

Girl on Red Couch

2008 • 7 min • Germany, Switzerland

A little girl on a red sofa is watching terrifying daily pictures on tv.

Emergency

2008 • 47 min • Philippines

A pregnant woman was accidentally hit by an ambulance car killing her unborn child. Soon after, hospital patients disappear one by one. Along with her husband, they seek the truth. Meanwhile, the other hospital "tenants" must warn others about an aswang's terrible rampage.

About Stepan the Blacksmith

2008 • 13 min • Russia

The tale of the blacksmith Stepan, who returned the Moon, the Stars and the Sun to people.

Arrosez-les bien !

2008 • 8 min

The Song of the Dead Children

2008 • 40 min • Mexico

Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.

Tu pirata soy yo

2008 • 5 min • Puerto Rico

The zany adventures of a young Joanne Marie 'Flan de pú' Rodríguez Veve.

Seth Happens

2008 • 7 min

Joshua Waits is still followed around by his dead Grandpa Seth. He can't eat, work, or meet girls without Grandpa's ghost warning him about goblins. When Joshua finally asks to be left alone, it could be too late.