All Films

Hot Dog

2008 • 6 min • United States of America

The plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he plans.

Manjha

2008 • 41 min

Ranka is a street orphan, all of ten years old. He makes manjha used in kite flying for a living, and he has to take care of his three-year-old little sister Chimi, who is somewhat mentally challenged.

John Caparulo: Meet Cap

2008 • 42 min • United States of America

With his one-of-a-kind delivery and straight-ahead material, John Caparulo is fast becoming known as one of the funniest comics in the world today

Metaxourgeio

2008 • 28 min • Greece

Metaxourgio* is a famous and historical neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The film captures a stroll through today's Metaxourgio neighbourhood and focuses on its "refinement" of recent years. Michalis Afolayan, actor, street musician, juggler and son of Nigerian immigrants, plays the role of guide.

Traces

2008 • 19 min

Sydney Kessler answers the phone call that no parent ever hopes to receive. He travels to the morgue. There, they unveil a body he doesn't recognize - his son Julian. Over the course of one night, Sydney embarks on a journey deep into the city to uncover the truth about how his son died. Instead, he discovers how his son lived.

Looking for Ms. Locklear

2008 • 57 min • United States of America

We met in first grade in Ms. Locklear’s class. During the summer of 2006, we decided to search for our beloved teacher. We chose not to use the internet or the telephone, but instead to rely on face-to-face contact with people. Looking for Ms. Locklear is a documentary chronicling our search, which led us far from home and into the company of a host of characters.

A Drive with Linnea and Donald

2008 • 28 min

In 1999, famed indie filmmaker Donald G. Jackson and Scream Queen Linnea Quigley take an abstract drive through the nigh time streets of Hollywood, California.

Stand Up

2008 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A button-pushing comedian performs before an increasingly agitated crowd—until his body rebels against him and reveals the dark truth behind his one-liners.

Transfiguration

2008 • 22 min

Olivier de Sagazan disfigures his face into various creatures, human and nonhuman, to explore the strangeness of life and the body.

Alex's Halloween

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

Alex dresses up in different Halloween costumes and then imagines them coming to life.

The Butcher's Daughter

2008 • 25 min

A Great Depression era film that follows a young farm girl living with her aging father on the secluded plains of rural Indiana. Their tranquil life is shattered when mobsters suddenly arrive on their doorstep, making demands and revealing dark secrets from the father's past.

Nada Fofa

2008 • 35 min • Brazil

Nádia Wolf, nicknamed by her colleagues "Nada Fofa", is a cold and tough lawyer. Until she starts seeing a puppet everywhere: movie theaters, restaurants, stores, etc. He's a famous character from a children's show from when she was a kid. The pink foam doll appears to Nadia every time she's not nice to the others, asking her to be nice. These apparitions affect the girl's work as well as her love life.

Sinfonía de Aragón

2008 • 18 min • Spain

Carlos Saura shows us in this piece his personal vision of the land where he was born. Throughout the seasons we enter a route that ranges from the green Pyrenean landscapes to the Monegros desert. The images offer us the beauty of this Aragonese land but also reflect the harshness of its contrasts.

A Day's Work

2008 • 14 min

Anna's work day begins badly and culminates in one very special, unique moment.

Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio

2008 • 52 min

This entry in the Classic Albums series examines RIO, the 1982 release that put Duran Duran on the road to stardom. Looking back at the creation and release of the hit singles "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Save a Prayer," and many others, the critical retrospective analyzes the album's overall effect on the musical landscape of the early 1980s. The optimistic and celebratory album generated a string of hit singles and groundbreaking videos, catapulting the band to global stardom. This DVD tells the story behind the writing, recording, and subsequent success of the album through newly filmed interviews, musical demonstrations, and both new and archival performances.

Romance de Vila do Conde

2008 • 8 min

Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008.

Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

Brian Regan is back in his second all-new Comedy Central special, "The Epitome of Hyperbole." Watch as he exposes the truth behind psychics, discusses the stupidest crimes, and offers his suggestions on how to improve the opera. With his easygoing manner and physical brand of humor, it's clear why Brian Regan is one of today's most respected comedians.

It's My Mother's Birthday Today

2008 • 5 min • Canada

Guy Maddin directed this short biopic on the castrato known as the Manitoba Meadowlark, Dov Houle, who performed on tour with the film “Brand Upon the Brain!”

The D.C. Sniper's Wife

2008 • 43 min • United States of America

The life of John Allen Muhammad. The D.C. Sniper, as told by his ex-wife Mildred.

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

2008 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and Howerd's own deep-seated issues about his homosexuality, their love endured.

Suicide Of The Quadruplets

2008 • 21 min

The four high school girls, each of whom has their own personality and appearance, happen to witness the four twins' suicide while preparing for the choir competition.

Diary of a Vampire: The Legacy of Bram Stoker

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part." Bram Stoker What are the mysteries which mere men can only guess at? Have we finally solved all the puzzles? "To die, to be really dead, that would be glorious." Dracula Why would it be glorious to be really dead? What message was Bram Stoker trying to tell us in his tales of Dracula? One of the darkest tales ever to emerge from the mind of man is the story of the arch-Vampire, Dracula.

Visions of Terror

2008 • 6 min • United States of America

A young woman meets the ultimate terror, a supernatural reality-bending maniac with a very large collection of out of print VHS tapes.

The Medici: Makers of Modern Art

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting, and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch millions today.