All Films

Tree Fellers

2004 • 23 min

The story of the 900 Belizean lumberjacks who in 1942 left the tropical rainforests of British Honduras to help Britain fight fascism by felling trees in Scotland. Sam (93), Eric (87) and Amos (86) were among those who stayed on after the war to make new lives in a country where, for better or worse, the colour of their skin marked them out. Newly discovered archive, long cherished memories and a last reunion are intertwined in this lyrical and moving documentary testament.

Mountain Talk

2004 • 57 min • United States of America

Mountain dialect, culture and identity are revealed by the true experts on Southern Appalachian culture--the people whose families have lived there for generations.

Jean Claude Droyer, Unconditional Freedom

2004 • 23 min • France

Portrait of Jean-Claude Droyer, a famous French climber and mountain guide. He is known for having participated in the rise of free climbing in France in the late 1970s. Trained at the climbing schools of Fontainebleau and Saussois, he distinguished himself in 1965 by solo climbing the Pentecôte route at Glandasse. He also made first ascents in the Verdon Gorges, winter ascents in the Prealps and the Mont Blanc massif, notably in 1971 the first solo ascent of the Directe Américaine on the west face of the Drus. The film was selected for the "Les Écrans Documentaires" festival in 2004.

Monkey Hunters

2004 • 47 min • Tanzania

Lions rarely hunt baboons because they are hard to catch and usually not worth the risk or effort. But there is one place in Africa's Great Rift Valley where baboons are plentiful and lions have learned to catch them.

The Butcher of Rostov: Andrei Chikatilo

2004 • 44 min

In 2004, the Biography Channel aired its program about Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo, one of the greatest serial killers of the 20th century. Due to its length, 44 minutes, the program does not provide many details about his life or murders, however, it is very well conducted and explained.

Miracle in the Pacific

2004 • 50 min • United States of America

Filmed over the course of two decades, this beautiful portrait of North America's Pacific Coast will show off its abundance of marine life. But it wasn't always so. The richly illustrated action sequences of whales, seals, dolphins, sharks, sea otters and seabirds combine to make this an unforgettable and inspirational story.

Cactus

2004 • 18 min

Summer Clouds

2004 • 15 min • Sweden

Three stories about people at emotional moments in their lifes.

Two Minutes to Zero

2004 • 1 min • United States of America

A feature-length narrative crime film compressed two different times into two separate films of diminishing duration until the synoptic is synopsized. The imagery has all been "appropriated" (the fancy, art-world-sanctioned term for "stealing") from four issues of an early 1960s comic book version of the then-popular American television show 77 SUNSET STRIP. Music by Glenn Branca (an excerpt from "The Ascension"); film commissioned by the 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival's "Just a Minute" program. - Lewis Klahr

Copo de Leite

2004 • 11 min • Brazil

Audrey & Einstein

2004 • 17 min • United States of America

A love story between a lonely girl and a googly-eyed fish

Choir of the Prisoners

2004 • 6 min • Germany

The film is based on a scene in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio. The inmates of the Seville prison are kept in dark cells without daylight. Now, for the first time after years, they are allowed to see the sun. Light as a metaphor for freedom.

Septiembre (Los amores jóvenes)

2004 • 12 min • Spain

L. is a seventeen girl. This is the last afternoon of her summer holidays at the coast, so she grabs her bike to go and see C., a boy she met throughout the summer. The two of them had planned to spend their last afternoon by the beach, but a walk over town and a few casual encounters will make an impact on L.

Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain't E-Z Being A Ho'

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

Documentary - HD. Hidden cameras capture prostitutes working the streets of the neon-soaked gambling mecca of Atlantic City.

Try Not to Breathe

2004 • 15 min • Azerbaijan, Switzerland

A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.

The Spiritual Phenomenon Photographs

2004 • 54 min • Japan

This movie commemorates the 25th anniversary of Gakken's monthly "Mu" magazine. This magazine is the definitive documentation on ghost photography.

Innsmouth Legacy

2004 • 10 min • United States of America

A woman is torn between her love for her family and the fate slated for her by her ancestors.

Kaikohe Demolition

2004 • 52 min • New Zealand

A documentary by intrepid New Zealand filmmaker Florian Habicht captures the gracefulness and poetry of demolition derbies.

CCCP Hockey

2004 • 52 min • Sweden

The Soviet hockey players Fetisov, Kasatonov, Krutov, Larionov and Makarov were "The Super Five". It is a tale of sacrifice and ruthless demands, and of the revolt against the system that was set in motion by Larionov and Fetisov, and aimed primarily at Viktor Tichonov.

Tove and Tooti in Europe

2004 • 58 min • Finland

Tove and Tooti in Europe is a documentary charting the voyages through Europe of the world famous author Tove Jansson and graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä during the years 1972-1993. It is a lyrical and sometimes hilarious film essay on the “old Europe”, experienced by travellers and observers, of times when people used to wander, share a joke, pause and, sometimes, even stop. Shot on Super 8 mm, the film takes us to Paris, Venice, London, Madrid and Dublin; Iceland, Ireland and Corsica.

I Wanna Be Jack White

2004 • 18 min • Brazil

Meeting the girl from your school in a record store, going to her house and losing your virginity? Everyone went through something similar in adolescence... Didn't you? Would it be because you're not Jack White?

Mornings

2004 • 11 min • Spain

There is nothing more wonderful than waking up in the same bed as the one you love. At least initially.

A Day in the Life of a Lost Boy

2004 • 15 min • United States of America

An attractive, talented young man can’t get through a day without sex and drugs, as much as he tries. On this day he does his best to stay focused and get his life together.

The Lovecraft Syndrome

2004 • 14 min • United States of America

A grad student becomes obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft's stories.