All Films

Deck the Halls

2005 • 12 min • United States of America

early short film from director Josh Suire

Minnie

2005 • 8 min

After coming out to his Chinese parents that he can only be happy living his life dressed as a woman, Minnie a young idealistic transgender is banished by his disgraced family finding herself homeless and learning to survive on the streets in this retro take of mainland China.

The Battle of New Orleans

2005 • 20 min

The last significant military engagements of the War of 1812 played out on the plains and in the swamps and waterways near New Orleans. A series of land and sea battles pitted Americans against British over a three-week span in late 1814 and early 1815. The stunning victory by Andrew Jackson's army over Sir Edward Pakenham's troops on January 8, 1815, ranks as one of the greatest upsets in military history. This program uses historical materials, expert interviews, and skillful re-enactments to bring this conflict to life.

Dream: One

2005 • 3 min • United States of America

16mm life size stop motion puppetry and time lapse animation.

O Kleftis

2005 • 17 min • Greece

School is finally out for the summer, and little Alexander will spend his vacation in his grandmother's village, however, he is still too young to know the meaning of some words, such as "thief" for example.

The Statue of Giordano Bruno

2005 • 12 min • Canada, Italy

This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob Ostertag. It is based on live action shooting done that same afternoon on the Campo dei Fiori where the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned by the Inquisition in 1600. A commemorative statue was erected in the 19th century, that somberly dominate the market held everyday on the piazza. The film is about the resurgence of the past in this place where normal daily activities go on imperturbably. The capture of the performance was reworked, shortened and complemented with more studio performances.

The Harbour

2005 • 7 min • Canada

Two survivors in a post-apocalyptic world struggle to deal with the meaninglessness of their harsh existence.

O Arroz Nunca Acaba

2005 • 8 min • Brazil

Everything breaks. Everything ends. Minus the rice. Rice never ends.

The Night Dwarves

2005 • 46 min • Israel

Three kids meet the night dwarves who need their help to defeat the evil king of the bats.

Médicalement

2005 • 3 min • France

Medically speaking, we're moving forward.

Demon

2005 • 10 min • Ireland

In a tiny cell, somewhere in the Prison District of Heaven, there is a new inmate. A demon, she will not look out her window because the light burns her. But outside there is a persistent visitor...

Return of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls

2005 • 11 min • Australia

They're girls... they're vampires... they're killers... and they're in bikinis... and now they have returned!

Captain

2005 • 14 min • Germany

Melhus slips into the role of the captain of a space ship, accompanied by a bold man and a boy in his communion suit. Threatened by a dark power and while stars are exploding in the background, all three perambulate in dialogues, cut from different science-fiction films.

Katie and Kasey

2005 • 5 min

Katie meets up with Kasey at a bookstore after a night of studying together. While Katie is happy to show her affection for Kasey, Kasey is apprehensive about being public about their relationship.

Tankafatra

2005 • 52 min • Madagascar

A film about "Famadihana" or turning of the bones (when people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts and rewrap them in fresh shrouds) in Madagascar, told by the dead...

El trompo

2005 • 15 min • Argentina

During the 2003 flood in the province of Santa Fe, a boy and his grandfather were taken to an evacuation center, where hundreds of families were waiting to return to their homes. The boy lived through unforgettable experiences. The only thing that mattered was friendship, love, and dreams... until the spinning top stopped.

Sevilla City

2005 • 48 min

Documentary about Seville's hip hop scene.

Where's Sandra?

2005 • 19 min • India

Who’s Sandra? If you saw her would you know her? Is she naughty or is she nice? And where is she anyway? This film takes a playful look at the figure of “Sandra from Bandra” – part covetous fantasy of the racy Christian girl from Bombay who works as a secretary, wears a dress and likes to dance; part condescending stereotype of a dowdy, religious girl from a minority community. The film searches for Sandra in Bollywood films, in the words of writers and poets, on the gravestones in Bandra’s churchyard. We encounter various claimants to the title – some who aren’t from Bandra and some who aren’t even called Sandra. Finally we find 5 women who really are Sandra from Bandra, each as different from the other as can be even if they are all a little bit the same.

A Film Noir Short Story

2005 • 9 min • Argentina

A dark drug wreaks havoc on an entire city, and amidst the chaos, a couple attempts to escape. But the unpredictable madness of acquaintances and strangers unfolds a tragic, dark story.

2730

2005 • 37 min

A silent short documentary that followed Craig Paynter, a long haul truck driver, as he worked his way from Washington through Oregon, California, Nevada, and ending in Tucson, Arizona. 2730 was only screened once in Seattle, accompanied by a live score performed by Adam Parks.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

2005 • 51 min

BRIDE KIDNAPPING documents in harrowing detail four such abductions, from the violent seizures on city streets and the tearful protests of the women, who are physically restrained and persuaded to accept their fate by the women of the groom's family, to the often tense negotiations between the respective families, and either the eventual acquiescence or continued refusal of the young women.

Christo Redemptor

2005 • 29 min

Through accounts from people who lived at the time of its construction, and from the diary of the Brazilian who conceived and executed the work, the engineer-architect Heitor da Silva Costa, we return to the period of conception of Christ the Redeemer, this beautiful monument that is, today, an integral part of the daily lives of Rio residents.

Marici Weu, guardianes de la tierra

2005 • 30 min • Argentina

The Mapuche community of Pillán Mahuiza is fighting to recover the lands that were stolen from them. This place is currently threatened by the planned construction of a dam system in the Carrenleufú River basin. Allowing a cement wall to be built in the middle of this source of life is a disastrous act of the Mapuche identity.

Aquatoria

2005 • 5 min • Bulgaria

A little fish dreams of wide ocean freedom beyond its aquarium, but soon learns to appreciate its own small empire.