All Films

On Top of the Earth

2007 • 22 min • France

Sophie is both attracted to boys and girls. She is torn between Nicolas and Mathilde.

Nightmare at School

2007 • 9 min • Canada

Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? This is the central theme of this short animated film. Playing on imagination and humour, the director offers viewers a thought provoking piece dealing with the transition that young people between the ages of 10 and 13 experience. Inspired by the work of Escher and Magritte, Catherine Arcand has created a graphically rich film through optical illusions and trompe-l'oeil effects. Her style aptly illustra tes the theme of perceptions and is perfectly suited to conveying the dream world into which the film takes us.

Superspy: The Man Who Betrayed the West

2007 • 60 min

The incredible true story of a high-ranking intelligence officer, Robert Hanssen, who betrays US secrets to foreign powers, and the young FBI agent tasked with capturing him.

Secret Yellowstone

2007 • 46 min • United States of America

Discover spectacular backcountry wonders unseen by tourists as you venture off the beaten track to experience the extraordinary hidden wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Witness towering, newly mapped waterfalls; rarely seen predator behavior by wolves and grizzly bears; and ecological mysteries found only in this uniquely challenging environment.

Lives for Sale

2007 • 58 min

This harrowing film goes beyond the rhetoric to show why immigrants are willing to risk everything – even virtual slavery – for the American Dream. While politicians, activists, and the media wrestle with the thorny issue of immigration Lives for Sale exposes the painful, rarely seen human side of illegal immigration – especially the growing black market trade in human beings. The documentary also looks at some practical alternatives to these tragic realities. Interviews include immigrants, a "coyote" who brings people across the border for money, clerics, activists, and law-enforcement officials.

The Last Road to Hell

2007 • 43 min

"The Last Road to Hell" tells the story of three groups of criminals whose paths bring them together for a weekend they will never forget. Three kidnappers (Russ, Meiko and Kat) kidnap a woman (Patricia) and take her to a warehouse run by a demon conjuring low life (Bill). They are joined there by two young male torture fanatics (Bruce and Ray) and another group of kidnappers (Paul and company). When the two kidnapped females turn out to be more than they bargained for, all roads will lead to Hell.

The Fabulous Life of… Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers

2007 • 25 min • United States of America

From penthouse apartments to private jets, VH1’s The Fabulous Life of… pulls back the curtain on the outrageous spending of Wall Street’s wealthiest players. This installment spotlights the “Billion Dollar Ballers” of New York finance — hedge fund titans, billionaires, and investors flaunting their fortunes. Viewers are given tours of opulent Manhattan mansions, mega-yachts, private jets, and extravagant toys. Among those featured is financier Jeffrey Epstein, profiled here years before his later notoriety, presented as one of Wall Street’s elite high-rollers.

Night Surf

2007 • 10 min • United States of America

On an August night on Anson Beach, New Hampshire, a group of former college students have survived a plague caused by a virus called A6 or "Captain Trips". They believe the virus spread out of Southeast Asia and wiped out most of humanity.

Cook, Mug, Cook!

2007 • 10 min • Czech Republic

A portrait of the ordinary life, passing time, routine and the contacts between characters.

Ballerina

2007 • 12 min • United States of America

David Lynch turns this digital video of a ballerina into an impressionistic exercise.

Nothing

2007 • 2 min

Limmy's short film which appeared on the BBC2 programme '10 Things I Hate About The Edinburgh Festival'.

The Wednesdays

2007 • 13 min • Ireland

Sometimes, when you're in the autumn of your days, you'll try anything just to put a smile on your face again. And so in this funny, sad (and sometimes wobbly) tale we meet two pensioners who manage to re-ignite the love they'd almost forgotten about. Unfortunately, soon the law comes knocking at their door

The Thread of Karma

2007 • 49 min • India, United Kingdom

An intimate look at the life of a young lama as he aspires to live up to the reputation of his former incarnation. It also explores his moving relationship with the two people closest to him, his attendant and his spiritual master, both of whom were connected to him in his previous life.

Fire (Elements)

2007 • 12 min • Latvia

Even before Marija was born it was clear that she would be a person getting in trouble all the time. However, that’s not all. The most important thing is that she is often alongside firemen. Is it because things around her catch fire?

Rain Down from Above

2007 • 8 min • Russia

A film about an act of nature in the mountains, caused by a strong downpour.

Rendezvous

2007 • 4 min

Two humanoid visitors to an alien planet discover a vicious alien life-form and must fight to survive.

Otto G. Carlsund - en svensk modernist

2007 • 53 min • Sweden

Documentary about the Swedish modernist painter Otto G. Carlsund.

The Reckoning

2007 • 12 min • United States of America

An administrator of a (fictitious) Gay and Lesbian Center is abducted by two thugs with intent to harass and humiliate him. He is bound in a chair in a darkened warehouse. As they continue their taunting of the gay man their harassment escalates and quickly turns into a hate crime.

The Best Intentions: The Paris Peace Conference

2007 • 34 min

The 1919 Paris Peace Conference ended a war and set many courses for the future.

Viral

2007 • 10 min • Canada

Three screams in a mental system composed of barbed wire and napalm. A plastic tank encloses the geometry of a sex. Outside is a corrupt clue. Incisions are the incantation of melancholy. No way out. (Industrial drone improvised on improvised images, deficient results).

Jerusalem... The East Side Story

2007 • 57 min • Palestinian Territory

The film documents Palestinian everyday's life under Isreali occupation in East Jerusalem. It uncovers Isreals policy of judaizing the city in order to gain Jewish majority by driving out Palestinian people from the city. The documentary includes interviews with Palestinian as well as Isreali political leaders, political analysts and human right activists.

Quaderna

2007 • 47 min • Brazil

The documentary is a dive into this universe that Ariano Suassuna built with his Art (work) and his Life. His novels and characters. Your utopias. Your Quaderna, as the driving force behind this mix. Theater performances. Poems. Show classes. Popular culture. The cordel. The rabeca. Brazil and its stones. The Armorial Movement. Their readings and representations. Based on unpublished interviews with artists and friends (family), as well as Ariano himself and a tour of his home, the documentary recreates his universe.

Mati Bujang Tengah Malam

2007 • 28 min • Indonesia

Armand graduated with honors three years ago, yet he still hasn’t been able to find a job. His misery deepens when Amelia, the woman he loves, leaves him. But fate takes a different turn when he encounters a mysterious man who forces him to face a difficult choice — because stepping back or stopping would mean destruction.

Los visitantes

2007 • 14 min • Argentina

A man arrives to a remote hotel to find a girl, but he will soon find out that he is surrounded by creepy old men.