All Films

Istanbul Holiday

2007 • 59 min • Azerbaijan

Ayan, a singer who has lost her fans in Baku, decides to leave the city to avoid depression and goes to Istanbul. In Istanbul, she meets photographer Murad. Murad, who learns about Ayan's past, tries to help her without telling her, taking her pictures. Ayan also starts to love Murad. But one day, everything changes again. Ayan sees her pictures on the covers of magazines. She thinks Murad is cheating on her and using her. Taking this as another betrayal, Ayan returns to Baku. But this time, it is different. She is welcomed as a famous singer in her hometown.

Meat Day

2007 • 8 min

Short film by Bart van Dekken based on the life of Jeffrey Dahmer

Prata

2007 • 2 min • Portugal

A short film about the decay of a world that no longer knows itself, a silent cry against indifference, captured through the unblinking eye of a camera that never lies.

Ameno

2007 • 4 min • Morocco

Four men, united by faith, confusion, and possibly a group chat gone wrong, gather in solemn silence. Their mission? Unclear. Their devotion? Questionable. Their robes? Definitely stolen from someone’s laundry. As tension rises and expressions remain perfectly blank, one question echoes through the void: are they performing a ritual… or just waiting for pizza?

Oil, Smoke & Mirrors

2007 • 50 min • Ireland

"Oil, Smoke & Mirrors" offers a sobering critique of our perceived recent history, of our present global circumstances, and of our shared future in light of imminent, under-reported and mis-represented energy production constraints. While the ideas presented in this film can at first seem daunting, it's ultimate assertion is that these challenges can indeed be met and surpassed, if, but only if, we can find the courage to perceive them.

Umfeld

2007 • 56 min • Germany, Netherlands

Umfeld is an audiovisual production created in HD with audio meticulously composed for 5.1 channel surround. The work portrays a series of environments; moreover, it’s a world on its own where sound and image blend together, synthesizing a highly unique spatial experience. The piece is an intense audiovisual expedition that takes the audience through eight chapters comprising a drama drawing on the dynamic arc of a feature film, but consisting of highly abstract sounds and images.

At Home with Mrs. Hen

2007 • 8 min • Canada

This animated short is a touching and comical tale that pokes fun at motherhood. Without ever moralizing, it depicts the temper tantrums of a child and the efforts a loving mother makes to set her son on the right path. You don’t need to be a chicken to relate.

Under My Garden

2007 • 19 min • Italy

You can fool everyone, you can fool your neighbors, you can fool the police... but you can't fool the ants!

Pasta

2007 • 8 min • Chile

A man and a woman eat pasta. Through food, they express their love and their heartbreak. They approach, they distance themselves and they play, while a waiter brings them more pasta.

We Don't Play Golf Here

2007 • 33 min

Much to the dismay of residents of Tepoztlan, Mexico, where they still speak the indigenous language of Nahual, foreign investors have brought globalization to their village - building factories, shopping malls, and, most egregiously, a golf resort with 1500 vacation chalets and a country club. The newly elected Tepoztlan mayor sneered: “We don’t play that sport here,” because, he explained, maintenance of a large golf course “would sap badly needed farming water; pesticides and chemical fertilizer to maintain the grass would pollute the town’s aquifers.”

Authentic Recordings! Cursed Urban Legends: A Collection of Urban Legends from the Showa Era

2007 • 59 min • Japan

This DVD highlights the movies based on urban legends that have been passed down from generation to generation throughout the ages. "Headless Rider", "Mr. Kokkuri", "Young Satoru", "Teketeke", "Slit-mouthed Woman", "Bathroom Hanako" These famous legends are covered on two volumes, the Shōwa-era and the Heisei-era. A collection of extreme horror and real drama, reproduced with interviews and photographic evidence.

Louis C.K. Learns About the Catholic Church

2007 • 5 min • United States of America

Driven by simple curiosity, I did some investiagative reporting and found out some surprising things about the Catholic Church...

Yellow Sticky Notes

2007 • 6 min • Canada

An animator finds a unique way to deal with the fact that yellow sticky notes are taking over his life.

Sir Douglas Quintet: Live from Austin, TX

2007 • 57 min • United States of America

Doug Sahm a/k/a Sir Doug was both a Texas rock & roll legend and pioneer. True, there were others before him (Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison come to mind), but the Sir Douglas Quintet counterattacked the British invasion of the mid 1960's with their own brand of Chicano-influenced rock that they had been playing around their hometown of San Antonio. This performance, recorded October 14, 1975, came after Doug had temporarily retired the Sir Douglas name, but features original member Augie Meyer along with musical compadres Martin Steitle, John Barber, Steve McDaniels and Harry Hess.

Funeral Chants from the Georgian Caucasus

2007 • 21 min • France

A short film set in the mountainous province of Svaneti, documents the performance of polyphonic men’s funerary laments common to the region.

Who's Afraid of Happy Endings?

2007 • 48 min • Canada

Get an insider's view of the romance world and follow the stories of three romance writers who try to maneuver their way to the top of this extremely competitive industry.

Pierre Henry: The Art of Sounds

2007 • 52 min • France

Experimental French composer Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of musique concrete, is the subject of this documentary that traces his development of a new sound that shocked the music world. During the 1950s, the radical innovator and his colleague Pierre Schaeffer created a unique form of music based on electronically modified environmental noises. Special features include a concert recorded in Paris and the short film "Le Candidat."

Attack of the Mutant Dick from Outer Space

2007 • 26 min • Spain

Janus

2007 • 8 min • Norway

Janus has many great stories to tell. If you meet him at their favorite bar in Oslo, chances to hear some of them.

Quartet

2007 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A sequence of twenty three shots of a room occurs four times, twice in colour, twice in black and white. The two colour sequences follow a strict filming plan, the second, black and white, pair are freer.

The Happy Duckling

2007 • 9 min • United Kingdom

The antics of a reluctant young boy and the relentlessly happy duck who trails him, set in a delightful and surprising pop-up book world where anything can happen.

Walking in Obedience: The Ole Madsen Story

2007 • 40 min • Canada, United States of America

Walking in Obedience contains dramatic scenes and incredible scenery depicting the journey of a Danish family traveling with the Willie Handcart Company. It is told through the words of those that lived through the experience with both the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies.

Hinterland

2007 • 28 min • France

A young woman goes for a mountain walk with her two little sons. The eldest, not yet quite adolescent but already wilful, finds a wounded horse. He doesn't want the animal to suffer any more. The mother wants nothing to do with it. Beautifully shot, attractive mid-length short shot in beautiful nature about a rite of passage.

Hong Kombat

2007 • 9 min • United States of America

Before sanity ruled the land, 7 creatures, some pure and others tainted, came together and decided on the fate of the overworld. The conflict was known as... Hong Kombat