All Films

The Somnambulists

2006 • 24 min

Plagued by terrifying nightmares, Francesca finds herself waking up in tears. Her Grandfather explains the legend of The Somnambulists - the spirits of people wronged in life possessing the living in their dreams. To make matters worse, the sleepy little town Francesca lives in is being terrorized by a deranged serial killer. As Francesca loses her grip on reality, she begins to realize that the legend of The Somnambulists may be more than just a legend.

James Blunt - Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

2006 • 46 min • United States of America

British ex-military singer/songwriter and consummate lady's man James Blunt watched his career go from coffeehouses to stadiums in 2005 with the smash hit "You're Beautiful." Blunt's Rod Stewart-esque croak, wry humor, and earnest balladry is on full display for WEA International's Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions.

Toumai: The Oldest Human Ancestor

2006 • 40 min • France

Buried beneath the sand for seven million years, a skull is unearthed in Chad that may provide evidence of the oldest known human ancestor.

The Witch's Button

2006 • 7 min • Latvia

A jolly, care-free, slightly absent-minded Witch loses her magic button. What would the world have looked like if the witch hadn’t found it again!?

Wallflower

2006 • 11 min • Estonia, Finland

An overdressed girl tries her luck in dance events that are for Finnish tourists in a small Estonian health resort town, Pärnu.

One Day of Truth

2006 • 58 min • Slovenia

A scandal breaks out in a small town just big enough to have a local newspaper.

Graffiti

2006 • 24 min • Georgia

Soldiers in cars drive around the city day and night, erasing or covering with paint any drawing on the wall, even one that does not have political overtones. But for two “spontaneous protestors” - a writer who is refused to be published, and a young artist-photographer, whose art is also now not in honor, a kind of exchange of painted messages becomes the meaning of their existence in an era that seems to be not conducive to creativity.

Old Salmon

2006 • 30 min • Japan

A musical film by Takeo Kimura, renowned as one of Japan's foremost art directors, known for his work on Seijun Suzuki’s films. The story unfolds through a chain of abstract imagery and metaphors. An old queen is trapped within the rocks, alongside a woman in black and a white angel, who, like a young girl, governs the red thread of fate. Is the woman in black the queen’s alter ego, her daughter, or her past self? She finds herself drawn to a man playing the violin in a café.

The Man with the Apple-Shaped Boxing Gloves

2006 • 7 min

A series of bizarre, often funny and occasionally disturbing images.

David 39

2006 • 8 min

The incredible odyssey of a very human mannequin.

Rise and Shine

2006 • 9 min • Egypt

A woman is searching aggressively for her lost apartment keys. During her search, she is visited by some unsavory memories she has been repressing.

Un Jour à Marseille

2006 • 51 min • France, Italy

Marseille: Boulevard d'Athénes day and night, the Grande Joliette, the Corniche. Four stories, four views on the city. "Reviewing the images shot in Marseille for the feature film Flòr da Baixa, I immediately had the impression that a new film could be born from that material, largely already completed in the act of shooting, with minimal editing interventions, always taking away, without interventions on time and image. Thus Un Jour à Marseille was born, with great simplicity, the same as the little stories it shows. I believe it represents an important transition for me: from the subjective gaze of my early works to the evidence of reality, which is only apparently more transparent."

Booth Story

2006 • 11 min • Australia

A charming story about a car park attendant who loves his job. His limited duties include logging lost property. One day, he finds an unusual item – and for a short time – It changes his life.

Cosmic Collisions

2006 • 25 min • United States of America

Cosmic Collisions launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time—well beyond the calm face of the night sky—to explore cosmic collisions, hypersonic impacts that drive the dynamic and continuing evolution of the universe. Groundbreaking scientific simulations and visualizations based on cutting-edge research developed by Museum astrophysicists, scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other international colleagues—many seen for the first time—depict the dramatic and explosive encounters that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on Earth, and continue to transform our galaxy. The new show explores the full range of space collisions, past, present, and future.

On Message

2006 • 10 min • Canada

An analog animation using the same set of drawings to tell four different versions of the same story. The emotional fallout of two witnesses to a police shooting, a musical about groovy gay boys making the scene, a cop show about the chase and arrest of a suspect, and a news report about soldiers on leave in Iraq.

Roads of Kiarostami

2006 • 32 min • Iran

Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding through mountain roads, as the Iranian filmmaker muses in voice-over on the significance of the journey and on the path of his work and Persian literature as a whole.

Men from the Forgotten Army

2006 • 56 min • Estonia

After World War II, Estonian (Latvian and Lithuanian) soldiers, airmen and sailors who had fought (been conscripted) on the German side ended in POW camps on the US side. They were the lucky ones. The others went to Siberia. This story is about those soldiers who were sitting in their POW camps when all of a sudden they were conscripted yet one more time, this time into a civil variant of the US Army.

Lovecraft's Pillow

2006 • 10 min • United States of America

A horror short film based on a suggestion from Stephen King.

Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Really Brave Engines

2006 • 33 min

Adventures abound on the Island of Sodor for Thomas and Friends! Watch as Oliver discovers the magic of snow during the Winter Festival. It's Thomas to the rescue as Fergus breaks the rules and learns a very valuable lesson. As Duncan attempts to deliver an elephant to the new park, he learns about following the rules. A surprise is in store for James when he is asked to pick up the Queen of Sodor. One of Toby's favorite places, The Windmill, is damaged during a lightning storm. Will he be able to fix it? Is there a monster lurking in the misty valley at Castle Loch? Twin engines Donald and Douglas find out! Come aboard for all the fun!

When Lineker Met Maradona

2006 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Twenty years since they last shook hands on a football pitch in Mexico, Gary Lineker travels to Buenos Aires to spend the weekend with Diego Maradona.

The Institute of The Dream

2006 • 10 min • Estonia

The man in the sand distributes dreams to a group of strange characters.

My Ambition

2006 • 8 min • United States of America

Jules Walters' unhealthy obsession with vampires leads to his dismissal from school. But when he steals a bat from the local zoo, his obsession may lead to his demise.

Aires 06

2006 • 26 min

A survey of various gay cruising sites around France.

Trillizas Propaganda!

2006 • 15 min • Argentina

Violeta, Rosa and Celeste, orphan triplets, are unbeatable champions in synchronized swim. They have been promoted by a small town Colonel that transformed them into the symbol of his political propaganda. Everything is arranged to participate in the Olympic Games, but Rosa falls in love.