All Films

A Short Film for Adobe

2006 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Adobe’s Photoshop program is demonstrated within the context of a photo shoot in a rather clever way.

Eid Sacrifice

2006 • 2 min

Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

Two Versus One

2006 • 10 min • Norway

Mats and his friend grew up in eastern Oslo in the 1980s and did not fit in. They have a tormentor that bully them. One day they will have enough.

Revenge Beyond Death

2006 • 28 min • Austria

A few buddies celebrate in the woods. When two of them get a supply of biots, a murderous accident happens that is hushed up by those involved. When the others come back, they soon realize that something is wrong and come behind the terrible secret-yet, everyone decides to forget the whole thing. One year later, they are celebrating another party in this forest, which does not last long. The murdered man climbs out of his damp grave and sets out to kill his murderer, his friends and all who stand in his way.

The Bridge at Midnight Trembles

2006 • 52 min • Australia

On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep Brain Stimulation, electrodes are placed in the brain that are powered by batteries placed in the chest. The current 'zaps' bad signals in the brain. This film gives you an insight into the daily life of a patient with Parkinson's Disease, which is a view you don't get as a doctor in a clinical practice.

1, 2, 3?

2006 • 29 min • Afghanistan

Award winning short documentary that demonstrates women's problems in Afghanistan. The film consists of 3 parts: 1. The women who are self-immolating and the reasons of self-immolation. 2. Underage marriages. 3. Those sorts of women who are referring to attorney for solving their family problems.

Peixe Podre 2

2006 • 14 min • Brazil

Fish are contaminated by a mixture of detergent, shampoo, mothballs, among other things, which is dumped into the seemingly clean waters where the fish swim. After consuming the animal, humans become terrifying beasts.

8cho

2006 • 13 min

Visions and nightmares of a woman who escapes her own shadow.

Mimi Carina: Emilie au pays des morts

2006 • 3 min • Japan

A dream to fly turns dangerous as our young heroine is dragged into a new world only to be saved by a kindly witch. One of the winners of the “Next Genius” promotional contest run by Studio 4°C on MySpace for the release of the anime compilation film, Genius Party (2007).

Nikias Skapinakis: O Teatro Dos Outros

2006 • 50 min • Portugal

Documentary about the work of the painter Nikias Skapinakis from the exhibition “Imaginary Bedrooms” which in June 2006 opened at the Museum Arpad Scenes-Vieira da Silva. Film by Jorge Silva Melo that closely follows the work of one of the most important painters of the second half of the 20th century, specifically in the area of portrait.

Camp Death

2006 • 39 min • Canada

Tensions is high at a long deserted summer camp where an independent slasher movie is being filmed. With the clock counting down and very little time for re-shoots the cast and crew are at each other's throats. Literally! What began as minor on-set differences became grounds for a unscripted bloodbath. No need for special effects when there is a machete wielding psychopath around. Non-stop action, excessive violence, and who could forget lesbians make Camp Death a must see for any horror fan. Get ready because there is a new face in horror! .....And you thought slashers died in the 80's!

Big White - Big Black

2006 • 4 min • Netherlands

Diddybob enters the great white open, but fails to leave.

Straight Stories, Part 1

2006 • 10 min • France, Morocco, Spain

Somewhere between documentary and fiction, this is an essay on questions of territory and human displacements made during an excursion from southern Spain to northern Morocco. Travelling on the Mediterranean rim, we hear immigrants tell their stories.

Version. LNO

2006 • 20 min • Latvia

Ten years ago the Latvian National Opera was reopened after an immense reconstruction. Now this is the place where artists and the stage come together in an unusual atmosphere to create “the miracle” of music, action, text – elements of the opera phenomenon.

Nothing to Be Afraid Of

2006 • 29 min • Russia

What is it like to be HIV-positive in Russia? The authors of the film spent several days with the HIV-infected characters Alexandra and Olesem and made a film about how they live. This is a kind of chronicle - the characters in the frame live their lives. Moments of sadness, moments of joy. They live as they know how and as they really live.

Max with a Keitai

2006 • 5 min • Japan

The experimental documentary is exploring the Japanese megalopolis through the lens of a mobile phone and captures the new emerging mobile phone video aesthetic. The city film records the everyday life of the mobile phone filmmaker Max during the mobile-mentary (mobile documentary) production in the the Taiheiyo Belt.

And Everything Nice

2006 • 7 min • Australia

The curiosity of a schoolgirl leads her to skip a day at school to observe a classmate as she wanders through the city.

New Book of Mountains and Seas

2006 • 30 min • China

"The New Book of Mountains and Seas" is composed of a large number of ink paintings, which are finally produced into animation form. The title of the work is taken from the ancient Chinese mythology classic "Shan Hai Jing". In addition to studying the interaction of ancient and modern Chinese culture, the "New Mountain and Sea Classic" and similar works have a dreamlike effect: the clearly depicted images composed of incredible narrative techniques faithfully present the illusion of the world around people. The work strongly condemns environmental degradation, social collapse, and large-scale urbanization. The connection with reality strengthens its political significance.

Wolf Lake

2006 • 5 min • Canada

In a dramatized narrative written and told by Canadian poet Elizabeth Bachinsky, a young woman speaks of her ordeal at Wolf Lake. The Coast Mountains of British Columbia make a lush backdrop to her harrowing story of violence and betrayal.

Played for Real - Ira Cohen

2006 • 15 min

A short documentary on Ira Cohen.

Just Like the Movies

2006 • 21 min • Austria

Just Like the Movies is an attempt to re-construct the events of 9/11 by highlighting the parallels between the fictive worlds and the images of the real events.

The Incident

2006 • 20 min • Ukraine

The old forester had planned a day off in advance to enjoy a relaxing warm bath and listening to the radio ... His daughter unexpectedly visited him to introduce her fiancé. It was as if an old acquaintance, a forester, had come out of nowhere, with vodka and snacks ... And there were two more ...

Jezebel

2006 • 5 min

A film by students of the Film Workshop of San Francisco Art & Film, under the direction of Ronald Chase. A boy tries to comfort a woman who has just been dumped, but balks when he learns about the circumstances of the relationship.

Socks from the Rocks

2006 • 18 min • Germany

Actually, it should be a normal shopping trip through the weekly market. But then everything suddenly turns out quite differently. The socks, so cheap, at one of the numerous stalls, turn out to be a complete mistake. After a short time, nasty skin irritations become noticeable. Can ointment and powder still help?