All Films

Tell It to the Fishes

2006 • 10 min • Ireland, United Kingdom

The tide is slowly coming in and Finn, a worthless low-rent hood, has been dropped on an isolated beach, his feet set in concrete. Finn's misery is compounded when Jack, a hard and edgy minor gangster responsible for his predicament, lands a few yards away, feet also set in concrete.

Saturday Night Life

2006 • 12 min • United States of America

Writer-director Ava DuVernay's short drama concerns a poor, struggling single mother whose trip with her three children to a 99-cent store in Los Angeles becomes an unexpectedly uplifting family experience. Melissa DeSousa ("The Best Man") stars.

Hochhaus

2006 • 40 min • Germany

Daniel (12) and his seventeen-year-old brother Patrick live together in a tower block in Germany. As Daniel suffers more and more from Patrick's tyranny, he believes to have found a friend in Bernd, a heroin junkie from the area.

Cherub of the Mist

2006 • 53 min • India

The Film follows Indian biologist Dr. Sunita Pradhan who at that time had been studying red pandas for over 10 years.

Yonna in the Solitary Fortress

2006 • 34 min • Japan

From a young age, Yonna and Stan have been outcasts from society due to Yonna's magical abilities. Hence they stay in a castle away from others who seek to persecute them. The Imperial government over time, recognise the potential of Yonna's powers to benefit society, but Stan rebuffs their approaches. Now years later, Garuda, a young Imperial agent is sent to retrieve Yonna from the castle. To complicate things Piggott, another Imperial lackey, has lied his way into the castle to fulfill his own objectives. [From AnimeNewsNetwork]

Under the Sun

2006 • 60 min • Germany

August 1984. During summer vacation Victor stays with his aunt and cousin. The incident at the bridge might not have happened, if it wasn't for his crush on his fifteen-year-old cousin Denise or his fear of the neighbors dog.

Explicit

2006 • 45 min • Kosovo

Liki, a boy from Prishtina, comes to the village to his uncle Sheqa. His acquaintance with life in the town and life with uncle Sheqa and aunt Gjyli brings comic situations that reveal their differences and similarities.

Ezra White, LL.B.

2006 • 12 min • Australia

Ezra White is a lawyer whose business and family, on paper, look perfect. But today is the worst day of his life.

Being Farmanara

2006 • 48 min • Iran

This documentary looks at different aspects of the life of Bahman Farmanara, the well known Iranian film director and producer.

JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

2006 • 50 min

JFK enjoyed a number of sexual liaisons that could have ended his political career, but his brother Bobby always managed to keep the truth from the press. This explosive documentary focuses on four women who could have ended JFK’s presidency, and the deal the brothers made with J Edgar Hoover to stay in power.

Acting Blind

2006 • 52 min • Canada

This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing sight and of their struggles coping with a life without it. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them. By opening night, at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal, they are a close-knit cast, well-honed and ready to step out of the wings and into the light.

Gnosis, the Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed

2006 • 57 min • United States of America

Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, reputed to be the source of the most esoteric knowledge in human history-has fascinated scholars, seekers and dreamers for centuries. For generations, scholars and researchers have tried in vain to discover the fabled Temple of Solomon, only to be confronted by one problem after another. Gnosis weaves a tale that is both profound and precise.

Road Marks

2006 • 21 min • Israel

Gili sees his father as a vampire feeding off the energy and vitality of his family. With no real ability to resist, he watches his father humiliate his mother and his little brother. Reluctantly, he joins a family trip to the desert which leads to a terrifying sequence of events.

Tea 4 Two

2006 • 2 min • United States of America

Beautiful Chrissy plays with Miss Mary Mack.

Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz

2006 • 52 min

Since her first major role in BMX Bandits, Nicole Kidman has come a long way.

Guide Dog

2006 • 6 min • United States of America

This twisted sequel to the Oscar-nominated film "Guard Dog" details the continuing adventures of an eager canine. This time he takes a job helping the blind, but still leaves a path of destruction in his wake.

We're Going to the Zoo

2006 • 14 min • United States of America

This is a story about a real life brother and sister and their journey to the zoo. On their way, they accidentally pick up a hitchhiker.

365 jours à Clichy Montfermeil

2006 • 26 min • France

In 2005 Lady Ly directed a documentary focusing on the riots that took place in Clichy-Montfermeil. He interviewed a few protagonists and witnesses, using the necessary involvement and distance to understand what was happening.

Roving Mars

2006 • 40 min • United States of America

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.

Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

2006 • 16 min • Germany

In his film "Far From Heaven", Todd Haynes refers very respectfully to Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows". Fassbinder was also strongly influenced by Sirk's work. Haynes now explains this double fascination.

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

2006 • 12 min • United States of America

The Constant Gardener featurette.

Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas

2006 • 46 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

In the days leading up to Christmas, Toot visits his Aunt Peg to celebrate her 100th birthday, while Puddle stays home with their young cousin Opal to get ready for Christmas.

Chabiwali Pocket Watch

2006 • 28 min • India

Urdu, the Hindustani language whose words resonate music, is fast dying. So is Babba, an old Urdu poet who is dying an unknown death. Having shut his eyes to the callous world that weighs art with money, he has woven a charming little world of his own. Babba's state of nonchalant bliss inadvertently drives his daughter Minni into a world of bitter silences. And, across the road lives Pappan, a small-time debt-ridden publisher who is eyeing Babba's treasured verses and his beautiful daughter. A self-indulgent, romantic old man, a stoic but essentially soft-hearted daughter and an opportunist but naive publisher. Amidst all this, Babba, Minni and Pappan struggle to keep their culture alive, their ethos alive, their language alive, their love alive ... in vain ...

Meet Me in Wichita

2006 • 7 min

A stop motion animated 16mm film combining the Wizard of Oz and the hunt for Bin Laden, with music by V. Vale and Jad Fair.