All Films

Dying for Everest

2007 • 53 min • New Zealand

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable achievement and Inglis was feted by press and public alike. But only a few days later he was plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned that he had passed an incapacitated climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely end high in the Death Zone.

Zeitkratzer And Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music

2007 • 50 min

German avant-garde ensemble Zeitkratzer perform their transcription of Lou Reed's landmark double-LP Metal Machine Music alongside Reed himself at MaerzMusik, Haus der Berliner Festspiele on March 17, 2002.

Journeymen

2007 • 9 min

A parking lot security guard gives a Guatemalan boy a ride. Prejudice and compassion collide.

Survival of the Nude Reality Girls

2007 • 55 min • United States of America

Sixteen naked women have their pictures taken for $10,000.

Stabbing at Leia's 22nd Birthday

2007 • 2 min • United States of America

At Leia's 22nd birthday party, a ruckus is caused by a fight involving lightsabers.

Fred Baker - filmmaker

2007 • 59 min • United States of America

The house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director , screenwriter , film producer, actor and jazz musician. A shining example of America's bohemian underground that has been around since the days of Walt Whitman. A sensualist. His favorite topics are sex, art, food and politics. To the rhythm of New York and Lenny Bruce.

The True Story of the Mary Celeste

2007 • 45 min • United Kingdom

On December 4, 1872, the unmanned Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic with its cargo fully intact. The mystery of this "ghost ship" remained unanswered for over 135 years. What happened to the Mary Celeste is widely regarded as the most famous mystery of the sea. Watch it unfold to its stunning conclusion, at last.

Odin's Shield Maiden

2007 • 5 min • Canada

The shield maiden of Gimli yearns for the drowned fisherman Mundi while her acolytes in mourning aid her in this fact-based account of a tragic accident.

Mano

2007 • 24 min

Victor and Machito were best friends growing up and heavily involved in the underground salsa scene. Separated as teenagers after the death of Victor's father, Victor leaves New York all together, however the passion for dance and music never leaves him. After returning to the block he grew up on years later, he seeks out his childhood buddy Machito, whom he discovers has followed his father's fatal footsteps.

Keidas

2007 • 20 min • Finland

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.

Arletty, Lady Paname

2007 • 52 min • France

A biography of the French actress Arletty.

Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland

2007 • 18 min • United States of America

A short documentary on the life and, particularly, last days of the Swedish actor, Warner Oland...probably the most famous of the actors who played Charlie Chan. It begins right before his odd death and then goes back to a quick overview of his life and acting career.

Alterations and Repairs

2007 • 49 min • Belgium

Portrait of Richard Kenigsman by Boris Lehman.

Under the Canvas Sky

2007 • 60 min • Japan

Hideaki is a straight college student. He also has a girlfriend named Juri, and she sometimes recalls a young man she met when she was a high school student who aspired to be a painter...

The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966

2007 • 60 min

In 1962, a group of legendary American blues musicians embarked on a series of tours to the United Kingdom. Footage from these classic concerts, which feature the likes of Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Wells and more, are collected here. Blues fans will relish appearances by Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Turner, Otis Rush ...

Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who

2007 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about the writer Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks.

Grace Kelly: The Princess of Monaco

2007 • 33 min

documentary about Princess Grace oof Monaco

Eko Eko Azarak

2007 • 24 min

The owner of a high-class hotel frets over the fact that customers continuously kill themselves by hanging themselves in the garden. A highschool girl, Kuroi Misa, is invited to dispel the spirits in the garden. Misa proposes to use black magic to dispel the spirits, and she demands 10 million yen.

Verteidigung der Zeit

2007 • 25 min • Germany

A hommage to Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Quei loro incontri (2005), and to their access to cinema itself. In various encounters and conversations Nestler offers an insight into their life and work, including passages from Italian poet Cesare Pavese.

The Pagan Christ

2007 • 43 min • Canada

There are 2.1 billion Christians on the planet – roughly one-third of the entire human population. At the heart of their religion is the New Testament and the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. To Christianity, the written word is the glue that binds the faith of its followers. So what if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if there was evidence that every word of the New Testament – the cornerstone of Christianity – is based on myth and metaphor?

Star Wars Tech

2007 • 46 min • United States of America

Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today.

Dogfood

2007 • 15 min • Germany

Chris and Raffi two 16 year olds rebelling boredom, decide to break into an elderly woman's house. Instead of stealing something of worth, they decide to take the false teeth out of the sleeping woman's mouth. This leads to unexpected consequences...

Madaran's World

2007 • 1 min • Japan

The universe of strange and colorful creatures that are born, eat, are eaten... and are reborn indefinitely on the screen.

Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

2007 • 3 min • United States of America

In Ireland in 1961, Hellboy enters a ruined tower and is attacked by Iron Shoes.