All Films

A Cranberry Christmas

2008 • 22 min

Three days before Christmas and grumpy old Cyrus Grape forbids children to play and skate on the ice over the local cranberry bog near his home. Young Maggie, along with her grandmother and their friend Mr. Whiskers, work together to save Christmas Day for the children by reclaiming their favorite ice skating spot and discovering the land's rightful owner. When Mr. Whiskers learns his sister is coming to visit, it's a scramble to get his house in order and Maggie and her grandmother pitch in to help clean the old house. While working, they uncover a hidden box that holds a surprise for everyone... Maggie and her grandmother make delicious cookies to serve at their Christmas feast.

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

2008 • 26 min • United States of America

Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.

The Craft of Dirty Harry

2008 • 22 min • United States of America

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

Gold Stripe Brushes

2008 • 4 min • United States of America

That feeling of dread you experience before beginning strenuous exercise, but also a movie. 8,000 still photos played back at varying frame rates.

Tease

2008 • 2 min • United States of America

A man in a movie production office partially strips for the camera.

Cassandra

2008 • 27 min

Euripides' Greek tragedy, "The Trojan Women" is played out on the edge of a rocky desolate Mexican border town in this poetic reinterpretation by Director Mauricio Chernovetzky.

Monte Rosso

2008 • 38 min • Finland

On his day off, a carefree man sets out on a quest to buy weed and pay off his debt to a gang. However, his mission is interrupted by the most beautiful woman in Helsinki.

Trent 2 Rent

2008 • 27 min

Trent splits up with his girlfriend Helen. With nowhere to go he moves in with his friend Joey. It does not take long however before Trent figures out how Joey is managing to make a living - this is especially important to Trent as he is not only loveless and homeless but jobless as well. Growing more and more disillusioned at being broke Trent is forced to make a choice, and so he is drawn into the mysterious world of the male sex trade.

Sideline

2008 • 12 min • Finland

Heli, a business student, decides to post an escort ad on the Internet. Soon she meets her first client Risto, the CEO of a Russian oriented trade company. Risto is more than willing to rent Heli's services for longer than just one night. Later, Heli takes her friends out for a fancy dinner without them knowing of her new secret career. Heli soon realizes that the money earned on the previous night is now playing a role in her present and future life.

Pages of a Girl

2008 • 19 min • Brazil

Ingrid is a young woman whose life opens up to new options when she meets her older, more experienced book store manager, Sylvia.

How to Make Love to My Wife

2008 • 60 min • Canada

A comedy that follows the sexual misadventures of Greg Lawrence, a forty-something dud in the sack. The show features Greg and his real life wife Kathy Lawrence as they try to bring the spark back into the bedroom. The laughs are mixed with good advice, sweetness and charm.

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

2008 • 8 min • United States of America

This is a short featurette that features famed poster artist Struzan, made legendary for his beautiful Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Stephen King adaptation posters. Thomas Jane's character became modeled after Struzan, which might be easily identifiable at the start of The Mist.

Animated American

2008 • 15 min • United States of America

A toon hating executive has a hare raising experience when he meets an out of work toon rabbit.

Molina's Mofo

2008 • 38 min • Cuba, Spain

Havana 2027: A 38-year-old man, after 10 years of sentence, leaves prison. Sad for the death of his girlfriend, he arrives in the city determined to end his life. A clown, Mofo, host of a TV show, makes him an offer to die in a great way.

The Close

2008 • 15 min • Belgium

Two brothers clean up a cottage in the woods. Why doesn't seem to matter. What does, are the emotions that are uncovered.

Micha Wertheim: Voor Specialisten

2008 • 35 min • Netherlands

Live from Toomler, Amsterdam. Micha Wertheim tells about his time in hospital when he was treated for thyroid cancer. Recorded in January 2008.

Big Bang in Tunguska

2008 • 50 min • Germany

At 7:14 am on 30 June 1908, the largest explosion recorded in human history to date reverberated throughout our planet. The force of the explosion was two thousand times that of the Hiroshima bomb. A woodland area the size of Luxembourg was eradicated in the Siberian taiga. This incident is recorded in history books as the Tunguska catastrophe. To this day, internationally renowned scientists of various disciplines argue about the causes of this disastrous explosion. The documentary discusses the latest and most controversial insights of these leading scientists. It identifies the reasons why Tunguska has evolved into a phenomenon and points out the curious results produced by this mythical event in culture and economy.

Floating World

2008 • 16 min • Mexico

After returning to her childhood home, Sofia faces the challenge of living day after day, immersed in a vicious circle where the world seems to stop and where the most important thing is to live hedonistically. However, Sofia will sooner or later have to face the real reason that keeps her trapped in her own life, escaping the conflict that she does not want to face.

This Is My Africa

2008 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.

Dystopia

2008 • 30 min

A film symphony inspired by Los Angeles.

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Treasure

2008 • 49 min

ALL ABOARD! When Salty tells a story about a lost pirate treasure on the Island of Sodor, Thomas sets out to discover if it's really true! Meanwhile, Dennis, a new Diesel engine, is playing tricks, and Henry tries to prove he is the strongest engine on the Island of Sodor.

The Wall

2008 • 8 min

A New York City cellist, plagued by years of unbearable guilt, seeks solace in a Holocaust survivor with whom he shares a tenement wall.

The Hollow Tree

2008 • 28 min • United States of America

The Hollow Tree is a 2007 film directed by Patrick Steward and co-produced by Haydenfilms. It tells the touching story of a runaway who encounters a mysterious stranger who enlightens him to the reality of “home".

The History of the Devil

2008 • 52 min • Australia

The History of the Devil charts the evolution the idea of a supreme embodiment of evil from the time of the ancient gods to the present day. This critical analysis provides insightful and structured analysis of the origins of Devil and the way in which it has been used over the centuries.