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The Beautiful Ones

The Beautiful Ones

2008 • 27 min • Macedonia
A fantastic psychological thriller that tells a touching story about the untamed, indestructible power of a true lifelong love between two lovers.
The Screaming Skull

The Screaming Skull

2008 • 10 min
Spencer Penraddon returns from the 1st World War to his ancestral home. His sister has succumbed to the blight that has cursed the family since the hall was erected in the 17th century...and symbol of the family curse is the mysterious 'Screaming Skull'. Legend has it that the skull belonged to the loyal slave of 18th century Magistrate Azariah Penraddon. Upon his death the slave wished his remains to be returned to the West Indies. But for reasons unknown Azariah did not grant the slave's final wish and his remains were interred on the edge of the family plot. It was soon after that the disturbances began... If moved the skull was believed to emit terrifying screams and terrible commotions would sound through the house.
Smile Pinki

Smile Pinki

2008 • 39 min • United States of America
Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never realized that this condition required just one simple operation until she met Pankaj, a social worker traveling from village to village gathering patients to go to hospital in Varanasi that provides free surgery to thousands each year. This real-world fairy tale follows its protagonist journey to a dream smile from isolation and shame.
The Chef's Letter

The Chef's Letter

2008 • 14 min • United Kingdom
In the early morning hours, a chef struggles to write the letter that could overturn his ordered life forever.
Trimming the Fat

Trimming the Fat

2008 • 16 min
When a hotel barman discovers a guest is an old school friend he becomes determined that they hang out for the night. As boundaries are crossed it can only be a matter of time before it all ends in tears.
The Cousin

The Cousin

2008 • 15 min • United States of America
A sheltered, sensitive teenager visits his tough, older cousin in Laredo, Texas and learns a hard lesson about what it means to be a man.
Plan Bee

Plan Bee

2008 • 42 min • United States of America
Bing loves being a bee in DC. He loves the fresh air, the fragrant blossoms, and the honey. But when a ruthless queen hijacks the hive, Bing's world is turned upside down.
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!

The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!

2008 • 23 min • United States of America
The Powerpuff Girls face their greatest challenge in this 10th anniversary special episode. There exists a Key to the World, which is handed from city to city on an annual basis. Whoever possesses the key rules over the entire world. When the key is delivered to Townsville, every villain in Townsville attempts to retrieve it. When the girls procure it for themselves, they quickly get sucked into a power struggle, fighting the villains and themselves over who gets to rule the world.
The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

2008 • 26 min • United States of America
The short movie tells the well known story by E.A.Poe about a murderer, who tries to persuade the readers/audience of his mental stability, while telling the tale of the brutish act of killing an old man. He denies that he suffers from mental illness and openly boasts of his cleverness and cunning behavior. He kills the man though he loves him, holds no grudges against him and murders without any motive. The movie works heavily with green screen and computer coloration to achieve interesting special effects with the real life actors and the environment.
The Japanese Sandman

The Japanese Sandman

2008 • 12 min
At once wryly comedic travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN is a visual interpretation of a letter William Burroughs' wrote to Allen Ginsberg in 1953, recounting his travels in Central America. Told through Burroughs' wickedly incisive voice, cocaine snorting in Panama and post-prom hand-jobs in 1931 St. Louis become a meditation on loss, memory and the human condition.
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

2008 • 28 min
A documentary about the early days of animation.
Waiting for Yvette

Waiting for Yvette

2008 • 14 min
Yvette is having second thoughts on the eve of an operation that will change her forever. A heartfelt comedy about friendship, denial, and finding the deeper truth of ourselves beyond the one we tell.
A Bela P...

A Bela P...

2008 • 24 min
The human body in 5 parts.
The Last Days of Marlon Brando

The Last Days of Marlon Brando

2008 • 52 min • France, United States of America
July 1, 2004, Hollywood lost one of its biggest stars - Marlon Brando. He succumbs to pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 80. Even during his lifetime, the versatile actor was a legend. Surrounded by a unique aura and blessed with great talent, he advanced to become a celebrated star. But his private life resembles a Greek tragedy.
Cookie

Cookie

2008 • 6 min • Mexico
All that was once beautiful someday will rot.
Piet Piraat Special: The Pumpkin King

Piet Piraat Special: The Pumpkin King

2008 • 26 min • Belgium
The four pirates want to celebrate Halloween and decide to get some fresh pumpkins from Pumpkin Island. Steven is too scared and shows his friends the legend of the great pumpkin king...
Part of the Weekend Never Dies

Part of the Weekend Never Dies

2008 • 60 min
A documentary about Soulwax: Director Saam Farahmand filmed Soulwax on their recent international dates, capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour. Where the Beastie Boys filmed one gig with 50 cameras, Soulwax filmed 120 shows with one camera, in Europe, Japan, US, Latin America and Australia. The result is a snapshot of life on the road with one of the most exciting live bands in the world, and features their friends including 2manyDJ's, James Murphy & Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem), Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, So-Me, Peaches, Klaxons and many more in interview, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, and LOTS of music.
The New Sofa

The New Sofa

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom
Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum and dad are invited to join the festivities.
Trail of the Spider

Trail of the Spider

2008 • 54 min • United Kingdom
Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.
Charlie Rose by Samuel Beckett

Charlie Rose by Samuel Beckett

2008 • 4 min • United States of America
PBS favorite "Charlie Rose" is recast as theater of the absurd.
Dispatches from Nicaragua

Dispatches from Nicaragua

2008 • 51 min • United States of America
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Alex Cox's 1987 film WALKER.
The Quiet One

The Quiet One

2008 • 4 min • United States of America
A lonely woman orders a friend in the mail.
Zodiac Deciphered

Zodiac Deciphered

2008 • 55 min • United States of America
An exhaustive behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Zodiac (2007).
The Masked Girl

The Masked Girl

2008 • 44 min • Japan
Released as part of a Neo Action double bill with Tsujimoto Takanori's Hard Revenge, Milly, Kaneko Isao's The Masked Girl follows the giddy action adventures of a high school superheroine called upon to battle supreme evil. On the way home from school one day, high school girl Hoshino Ai (Shimizu Yuki) gets kidnapped by an evil crime organization called Joker, led by devil incarnate Black Maria (Sato Aiko). Ai manages to escape with the help of teacher Aoyama (Kida Tsuyoshi), but realizes she's gained superhero powers after being genetically modified by Joker. She reveals her problems to friend Yumi (Nakamura Shizuka), only to discover that Yumi also been genetically modified and brainwashed to serve Joker. Friends become foes as Ai is forced to fight Yumi, but that's only the beginning of the battle. To take down Black Maria and Joker, Ai must trade in her sailor skirt for superheroine threads, and become The Masked Girl!