All Films

Hercules Ventures Into the World

2006 • 25 min • Poland

Twelve year old Krzyś who supports his unemployed parents by collecting scrap metal was a hero of the film “Hercules”. After they had seen the film, the two young people, Sergiusz and Kasia, were so moved by the boy’s fate that they decided to help him. They took him on holiday, first to Warsaw where they live and then to the seaside. The odds are that it was not a one-off example of help and the boy’s fate will improve considerably in the future.

Flowers in the Park

2006 • 10 min • Spain

Ana and Lola meet in a park. Lola has flowers and Ana has doubts.

Habitat

2006 • 9 min • Sweden

Nine people and a dog are living in a three-story apartment building. An urban story, where the drama of the building mixes the ordinary and the absurd with humor and seriousness.

Reeducation

2006 • 23 min

Martin gets a retraining.

Masquerade

2006 • 3 min

Experimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden.

Skrotliv

2006 • 9 min • Sweden

A song of praise about the recycling process and the eternal cycle of life.

Zoudov

2006 • 7 min • France

A spy story set in the middle of the Cold War in a Russian rocket launching center.

Planet Food: Thailand

2006 • 49 min • Thailand, United Kingdom

The Golden Kingdom of Thailand is home to some of the most pungent and spicy fresh ingredients in the world. Regarded as the world's fourth most popular cuisine, Thailand is valued for its low fat content and health enhancing properties. Join Merrilees as she visits paddy fields and aircraft-hangar sized rice barges, shops in the floating markets of Bangkok and the night market in Chiang Mai and discovers beautiful fresh fruit and the notoriously smelly durian fruit.

Indiana Bum and the Pamphlet of the Dead

2006 • 30 min • United States of America

Famed crime-fighting archaeologist Indiana Bum teams up with detective Bill Bills to recover a stolen artifact—the Aztec Pamphlet of the Dead.

Horas de Vida

2006 • 55 min • Argentina

The story of Argentina's last thirty years, through the experience of a survivor, Susana Reyes, who was detained while pregnant and taken to the clandestine center known as El Vesubio. A contribution to the collective memory, allowing us to reflect not only on the past but also on its consequences for the present.

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.