All Films

Welcome to Nollywood

2007 • 58 min • Nigeria, United States of America

The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of west Africa--even more popular than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films--the Nigerian film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all films (called video films) on digital video. This has allowed production schedules to be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immediately brought to market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumota electronics market in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The sheer volume of Nigerian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film being produced for each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest film industry in the world, generating US$286 million a year for the Nigerian economy. And yet this vibrant, profitable industry is virtually unknown outside of Africa.

Norwegian Seamen

2007 • 51 min • Norway

The history of Norwegian seamen goes from the Viking Age, and over to the present time when young people want to go to the sea.

Tag!

2007 • 28 min • Sweden

"Tag!" - About the American malaria researcher Nkruma who arrives with a family to Gothenburg for a lecture at Sahlgrenska Hospital. Nkruma ends up in a strange prank. The adults play tag in the streets. Nkruma refuses to participate in the game. This will be fatal for him and his family.

My Daughter the Terrorist

2007 • 55 min • Norway

Deep in guerrilla territory two female Black Tigers train for the ultimate mission. Condemned as terrorists by the world, they regard themselves as their people's last hope against a superior oppressor. "Front Toward Enemy" are the words imprinted on the Claymore mine they will strap on their bodies if they are sent on the final mission.

Planet Food: Scandinavia

2007 • 52 min • Denmark, Sweden

Sweden and Denmark are as much renowned for their Viking warriors as they for the Midnight Sun and, long, cold, dark winters. From the dregs of Viking feasts, to the finest restaurants in Copenhagen, these 2 countries have evolved a totally unique cuisine. In this exciting documentary with roving chef Merrilees Parker, she travels to Scandinavia to find out if there's more on the menu than smorgasbord and smelly fish. In Sweden she enjoys the Midsummer festival, tries some aquavit and samples some sausages. Across the border she tries Danish pastry, tours the Carlsberg factory and watches herring being fermented and smoked.

Sverigedemokraterna

2007 • 42 min • Sweden

An examination of where the Sweden Democrats (SD) stand politically and how they relate to their history. Sweden Democrats or Swedish Democrats (Swedish: Sverigedemokraterna, SD) is a national-conservative, populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. The party describes itself as social conservative with a nationalist foundation. The party has been characterized by others as right-wing populist or far-right, national-conservative, and anti-immigration. The party has been represented by Anders Klarström, chairman 1992-95, Mikael Jansson, chairman 1995-2005, and Jimmie Åkesson, chairman since 2005.

Les Sénégalaises et la Sénégauloise

2007 • 56 min • France, Senegal

Director Alice Diop was born in France of Senegalese parents. After their death, she felt the need to explore her roots. Armed with her camera, she went to spend a month filming the daily lives of the women of her family whom she had never met: Néné and her two daughters Mouille and Mame Sarr.

The Nebula Dawn

2007 • 54 min • Luxembourg

Professor Hagen (Claude Peiffer) wants to investigate this question together with his assistants Victor (Claude Hansen), Dan (Daniel Paulus), and Lena (Tania Mangen) and their paranormal research. One day, an anonymous tip leads them to a mysterious, previously unknown videotape that may provide revolutionary proof of the existence of ghosts. To find out if the tape is real, the four decide to embark on an expedition, enlisting the help of a dubious ghost hunter, Mr. Montana (Pierre Heinen). But who is this mysterious Montana, and what does he really want?

Manon on the Asphalt

2007 • 15 min • France

On a day in early summer, two young men play squash, a lifeguard watches an indoor pool, a young woman shelves books at a store, another stages a puppet show for children in a park, an older woman cooks, and Manon gets on her bicycle to ride to a rendezvous with her boyfriend. She turns a corner. Something happens. As she lies on the asphalt, a crowd gathers around her and an ambulance arrives; we hear her voice, first confused as to what has happened, then telling us how her friends and her mother will receive word, and how her friends will gather to talk. As images move back and forth in time, she remembers recent events and expresses some small regrets.

Stricken

2007 • 15 min • United States of America

The chilling tale of a young woman pursued by the nightmares of her past. Some things will not stay dead. It waits in the dark.

Roy G Biv

2007 • 1 min • Canada

Dale Hayward brings to life his watercolour on paper. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Talvisota - ensimmäinen torjuntavoitto

2007 • 55 min • Finland

A documentary film about Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union.

Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider

2007 • 48 min • Canada

Actor, dancer, and choreographer, Chief-Moon is founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association, and member of the Blackfoot Confederacy, member of the Blood Band. Through his art and his life, Chief-Moon's story is one of cultural survival. Themes of his dance creations begin with his people's traditional stories, his attachment to the land and his community, as well as the inner conflict he faces in existing within the Aboriginal culture and the wider community. The documentary also explores his identity as a First Nations two-spirited gay man and a father of three adopted children. His art and his life cross boundaries. Challenging the cultural construct is never easy; but Chief-Moon does.

Darkness of Truth

2007 • 40 min • Sweden

Sandra, a young female student, rents a room from Anna-Lisa, a middle aged actress and former ballet dancer in Berlin.

Bridging the Golden Gate

2007 • 50 min

This documentary is about the iconic Golden Gate bridge and the innovative design solutions that comprise it.

Khufu Revealed

2007 • 52 min • France

The Great Pyramids are the only wonder of the ancient world that still stand today, the greatest of which is the pyramid of Khufu. Many theories have been offered to explain its construction, but none as convincing or unique as this one.

Straight Outta Frayser

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary of North Memphis / Frayser neighborhood rap scene, specifically focused on DJ Sound and his many collaborators.

A Man Among Wolves

2007 • 50 min

See a man living among wolves as the National Geographic Channel presents the unique story of maverick researcher named Shaun Ellis who raises abandoned wolf cubs and teaches them by example how to survive in the wild. In A Man Among Wolves, see how Shaun has given up everything to take a daring and unorthodox approach to understanding wolves' every move - living and behaving like them, howling, licking and snarling like them, even eating carcass meat like them.

Isla chatarra

2007 • 52 min • Puerto Rico

Isla chatarra describes the phenomenon of the ubiquity of automobiles in Puerto Rico. The island measures slightly less than 9,000 square kilometers, but has 25,000 kilometers of paved road, one of the highest proportions in the planet. Puerto Rico is one of the countries with the largest number of vehicles per kilometer (of road) and third in the world in number of cars per 1,000 inhabitants. The film was produced with the idea to raise consciousness and create a dialogue about the ongoing situation of our dependence on cars. It also shows the dangerous circumstances of an island that is slowly being covered by scrap metal.

Gene Boy Came Home

2007 • 25 min • Canada

A portrait of Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict from Odanak Indian Reserve near Montreal, Quebec. At 17, adrift and beginning to lose his way, he accepted a dare and enlisted in the US Marines – and was sent to the frontlines of the Vietnam War. This film is the account of his two years of service and his long journey back to Odanak afterwards.

Clean Hands, Dirty Soap

2007 • 25 min • Egypt

The events revolve around Hadi, who works as a washroom attendant at a disco in a hotel in Cairo, and he sees his life slipping away from his hands. On an unexpected visit to a cabaret, he finds himself in love with the dancer Nour.

Foam and Bone

2007 • 20 min • Brazil

The TV, the bathroom, the window, the kitchen, the light and the shadow. Under the surveillance of crickets and cockroaches lives the strange and the common.

Betrayed Women

2007 • 37 min • Portugal

Two married people fall in love and everything else breaks apart. A infidelities story told in a female voice.

Daddy's Home

2007 • 4 min • United States of America

A short film about what happens when a father catches his young daughter in a compromising position.