All Films

Last Yoik in Saami Forests?

2006 • 58 min • Finland

The conflict between forestry and nature conservation in Finland has been constant during last 20 years. The traditional, freely grazing reindeer herding, dependent of the old forest growth , has been losing its resources but complaint and protests haven't been able to stop this process. In 2005 Saami reindeer herders made an alliance with Greenpeace and established a Forest Rescue Station in the wilderness of Inari. The international pressure from Greenpeace made Finnish forest company Stora Enso stop buying the wood from conflict areas. Kalevi Paadar, a Saami reindeer herder, lodged a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission.

Temerario

2006 • 10 min • United Kingdom

After being shot and left for dead, Rio finds himself in a dream of revenge where, as an old man, he must confront his own Shadowside in order to find peace.

Where is the New Year?

2006 • 23 min • Poland

The Kowalski family is preparing for the new year party, when the news announce the new year has gone missing.

Belarusian Trash Cinema

2006 • 11 min • Belarus

We are not talking about Belarusian cinema - we are creating it! The boring official cinema of Belarus is being replaced by alternate cinema from such directors as Ilja Bozhko, Artem Lobach, Sergey Kolosovsky, cinema filled with new meanings and vivid images.

A Second Wind

2006 • 21 min • Canada

Linda lives in rural Newfoundland with her disabled husband and teenage daughter. Like many women, she works in the local crab processing plant. While struggling to keep her family together, Linda is forced to confront the secret she has been desperately trying to hide.

Ten Thousand Pictures of You

2006 • 3 min • United Kingdom

An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah's world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke her heart.

A Great Big Robot From Outerspace Ate My Homework

2006 • 2 min • Canada

A boy is late for class. As young boys do, comes a fantastic excuse to explain why he's late. In the course of the story everything becomes clear to the last consequence.

Radicalized

2006 • 9 min • Sweden

An animated interview with a woman on sick leave.

Wiener Wuast

2006 • 5 min • Austria

A series of hand-drawn short animations are photographed in the hand of the artist as she travels to various locations in Vienna.

Iran in Announcements

2006 • 50 min • Iran

The documentary "Iran in Announcements", a research documentary about announcements in Iran, is from the early years of the announcement of Iran to the arrival of the Islamic Revolution.

3000 km līdz Apsolītajai zemei

2006 • 54 min • Latvia

Among hundreds of other ethnic groups, Jews have always had a special status. Some admire them, others hate them, and everyone has their own opinion about Jews. This is a story about Latvian Jews who try to observe ancient Jewish traditions and preserve their Jewish identity. It is not an easy task, living in the 21st century, so far from the Promised Land.

Pênalti - A Transgressão

2006 • 8 min • Brazil

Discussion on football and citizenship.

Dom där stolarna

2006 • 4 min • Sweden

Magnificent chairs made of birch veneer come to life and dance to percussion.

The Gama Strike - A Victory For All Workers

2006 • 59 min

A documentary on the events of the Gama strike. A contractor operating in Ireland was paying its Turkish employees exploitative wages far below trade union rates. This is the story of how these workers fought back.

The House Where We Grew Up

2006 • 16 min

This time capsule was shot shortly after the release of Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (2006) by one of Marc's old friends, Travis Winkler.

Marriage

2006 • 15 min • Germany, Brazil

It is the story of a regular day when mother makes money working in the city and father work in the fields to keep their seven children.

The Uruguayans

2006 • 52 min • Brazil, Uruguay

A woman who moved from the city to the countryside, a small farmer, a successful lawyer, an Italian immigrant, a forest ranger and a student tell us their stories. This film is part of a project called “The Latin Americans”, which is about national identities in countries throughout the continent.

The Drawer of Memory

2006 • 7 min • Taiwan

The story is about an old women with a drawer on her body. This drawer is full of the memory of her passed husband. She puts things into the drawer every day to look for the shadow of him.

blueprints on a winter pond

2006 • 8 min

A short film by William Basinski & James Elaine.

You're Going to Die!

2006 • 6 min

"You’re Going to Die!" is a children’s story exploring one simple idea ad nauseum bonum. This video treatment by Dennis Palazzolo adapts prose by Timothy Furstnau using original footage and clips lifted from famous movies, and features the close-mic’d muttering voiceover of artist Vito Acconci.

Tong Tong und die Rache der Faustgiganten

2006 • 8 min • Germany

Master Fu instructs his student Tong Tong to hunt down the outcast villain Power Chow. Power Chow is using his abilities to wipe out several lives across the country. Tong Tong is initially reluctant to use deadly powers himself, but once he sets out on his journey and makes acquaintance with Power Chow's creatures of the night in the Ghost Forest, nothing can stop him!

Together We Win: The Fight to Organize Starbucks

2006 • 15 min

A short documentary about the IWW/IU660 Starbucks Workers Union and its struggles and victories during a two-year labor campaign.

Funkorogashi

2006 • 4 min

Dog leavings become a growing problem for Tokyo and its residents.

Lockdown: Gangland

2006 • 50 min • United States of America

Lockdown plunges head-first into the gritty underworld of some of America's most fearsome prisons. Three thrilling hours provide an unprecedented immersion into life in the "big house": vicious gang leaders, a "prison pretty" newbie, and a gangster turned rat. In this world of absolutes, predators stalk their next prey, gang commanders order hits from isolation, and inmates are armed with deadly weapons. But the prisons are striking back. Institutional weapons of choice include state of the art surveillance and old school isolation. Officers are armed to the hilt with steel batons and pepper spray. Our cameras are there, in the middle of this real-life war zone, where only the strong - and the devious - survive.