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A Family of Lovers: Melting and Wetting

A Family of Lovers: Melting and Wetting

2008 • 60 min • Japan
Tomomi moved from Osaka to Tokyo to study at a video school, but instead she became a hostess at a cabaret club continuing her relationship with her unemployed gigolo boyfriend Akira. One day, she received a call from her mother Tatsuko, who lives in Osaka. Her divorced father Rokuzo was released from prison after six months and was heading to Tokyo. After being released, he visited Tatsuko and declared that he would start afresh in Tokyo opening a takoyaki shop. Rokuzo broke into Tomomi apartment while she was out and found her club. Tomomi couldn't hide her surprise when her father came as a customer. Rokuzo hits it off with Erika, the number one at the club, and spends the night at her apartment. The next day, Rokuzo goes to the motorboat racetrack to raise funds to open a takoyaki shop and asks Tomomi to lend him some money, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Tatsuko becomes immersed in the world of SM with Tsutomu, a customer at the bar and decides to remarry...
Hair Extensions

Hair Extensions

2008 • 28 min • Slovenia
Teenager Mina definitely wants long hair, as her crush Nejc would surely love her afterwards.
The Munsters: Family Portrait

The Munsters: Family Portrait

2008 • 25 min • United States of America
It’s the frighteningly funny Munsters like you’ve never seen them before! For the firs time ever, the unforgettable “Family Portrait” comes to DVD in full color as well as the original black and white. Get ready for thrills, chills and laughs as the quirky Munsters sine the title of “The Average American Family,” but Grandpa jeopardizes their prize money.
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

2008 • 48 min
A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.
La purísima

La purísima

2008 • 12 min • Mexico
In a provincial town, a man who makes wooden saints goes bankrupt when it is discovered that he also carves erotic figures.
Anecdote

Anecdote

2008 • 30 min
After failing the Bar exam, Kate realizes that law is not for her. With no sense of a life-plan, Kate takes a job house cleaning and at first finds comfort in the repetition and routine of the work, but repetition and routine only go so far... A tragic farce in black-and-white
A Miser Brothers' Christmas

A Miser Brothers' Christmas

2008 • 48 min • United States of America
Santa Claus and the mischievous brothers Heat Miser and Snow Miser are the targets of yuletide treachery when the North Wind tries to take Santa's place.
The Seed

The Seed

2008 • 12 min • United States of America
The Seed follows the events surrounding a homeless veteran named Ken Mercado, played by Will Yun Lee. Living along the banks of the Los Angeles River, he is attacked by masked men in black vehicles, invisible to the eye. To any passers-by, Mercado appears to have some sort of mental illness, but as he is chased throughout the city, it is revealed to the audience that he is not in fact paranoid, but rather the victim of a government conspiracy. Sung's adversaries are visible to him, yet only visible to the audience part of the time. At the end of the film, an alien ship is visible in the sky, watching the scene.
Babin

Babin

2008 • 30 min • Japan
In the forest, a man is buried up to his waist and repeats an interminable and incomprehensible monologue. His seclusion is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a little boy.
Rise from Your Grave

Rise from Your Grave

2008 • 30 min • Denmark
On a moonless night, when a radioactive meteor collides with the planet Earth, all hell breaks loose! Led by the immortal voodoo queen Benzuda, the dead have risen once more. Now, it is up to Adam Fisto, agent of B.P.R. (Bureau of Paranormal Resistance), to stop the dance of the dead.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue

2008 • 6 min
Sinister Mr. Zinco locates the remains of undead nazi assassin Kroenen from the first movie, as well as a lost Nazi base at Antarctica. However, he's tricked by Rasputin.
Emerald City

Emerald City

2008 • 13 min • United States of America
A musician relates to his friends a vision that encompasses the most important events in his life and culminates in his demise.
Explosive Run! Tomica Hero Grand Prix

Explosive Run! Tomica Hero Grand Prix

2008 • 19 min • Japan
The Tomica Hero Grand Prix gets underway with the five Rescue Force members hoping to become the "Fastest in Rescue Force". During the race, Neo Thera joins in and tries to sabotage the other cars, leading to a nail-biting photo finish. This short was screened before the movie, Tomica Hero: Rescue Force Explosive Movie: Rescue the Mach Train!
Sei hanzai sôsa: Bôkan no mashu

Sei hanzai sôsa: Bôkan no mashu

2008 • 60 min • Japan
Rookie detective Saki and her partner, veteran detective Hirai, are in charge of a case involving the confinement and rape of young women. The only clue is a toy necklace left at the scene. They also discover that the victims share the same date of birth. A former rapist then comes into the picture, but...
Miente

Miente

2008 • 15 min • Spain
A story about the illegal trafficking of women, through the eyes of a prostitute from the East who steals a flute to give it to her sister.
The Box of Chocolates

The Box of Chocolates

2008 • 30 min • Iceland
Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

2008 • 19 min • United States of America
We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A. Harris, Paramount Post Production executive VP Martin Cohen, MPI senior technical advisor Daniel Rosen, MPI scanning technician Chris Gillaspie, senior digital artist Steven A. Sanchez, digital artist Valerie V. McMahon, and MPI technical director and senior colorist Jan Yarbrough as they offer interesting facts about the original cinematography, details on the restoration of the three films.
Hentai shindorômu: Waisetsu hakuchûmu

Hentai shindorômu: Waisetsu hakuchûmu

2008 • 60 min • Japan
Chitose is about to get married and is supposed to be very happy, but she is plagued by lewd dreams every night and is not getting enough sleep. Of course her partner is not her fiancé Ryoji. Every night she is caressed by men she doesn't know, and when she wakes up, her crotch is soaking wet... Before she knew it, sleepiness began to attack her regardless of the time or place...
Death in Charge

Death in Charge

2008 • 15 min • United States of America
In the tradition of E.C. Horror Comics, this cautionary tale examines life through the eyes of Death who gets derailed when an impatient single Mom carelessly mistakes the scythe-carrying cloaked one for her tardy babysitter and leaves Death to care for her precocious 9-year-old daughter.
Twilight of the Male Wolf

Twilight of the Male Wolf

2008 • 60 min • Japan
Ryuichi, an office worker, gets into a fight with his girlfriend Kota, a bartender, and chases him through the streets. At that moment, he receives a violent impact on his back and collapses. Ryuichi wakes up to Kota's voice. Apparently he came to the lakeside with Kota and fell asleep. However, he only came to this lakeside a year ago when I met him...
Captive

Captive

2008 • 10 min • United Kingdom
A man is held captive and threatened and mentally tortured by his captors. An anxious boardroom gathers to watch the resulting hostage tape; the tension mounts as it draws to its inevitable, traumatic conclusion... But events are even more sinister than they initially appear. 2009 Audience Winner at the Portobello Film and Video Festival
Peer Gynt from the Streets

Peer Gynt from the Streets

2008 • 58 min • Norway
A group of street people plays in a cinematographic version of the 5th act of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. The movie contains both fiction and documentary elements.
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

2008 • 24 min • United States of America
An involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for the movie as well as intimate interviews with the cast and crew. It is a short featurette, but never fails to be interesting.
Tales of Terror: Gi

Tales of Terror: Gi

2008 • 48 min • Japan
Aki, who has been studying child psychology to become a kindergarten teacher, takes up a side job as a private tutor and baby sitter as recommended by her professor. Then she meets a 5-year-old boy named Tsuyoshi. In the dimly-lit room, Tsuyoshi is drawing pictures. What he is drawing is a creepy guy called "Gi" who has the skill to "delete anyone that is unwanted." Then, as Tsuyoshi predicts, people die one after another.