All Films

One Fine Day, a Hairdresser

2004 • 13 min • France

How do you ask a wild, impetuous hairdresser on a date if you're a pathologically timid philosophy student with no social skills?

Ryukyu Kingdom: Made in Okinawa

2004 • 18 min • Japan

A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands. At first there is peace and time seems to move slowly. Only the music and the occasional movements of the man indicate the passage of time. Finally a man carrying water passes by, followed by other people representative of times past: market vendors, peasants, the red-cheeked god dancing at a matsuri (festival). But as the film progresses, the islands prove to be the meeting place of many cultures.

The Sisters of Mercy

2004 • 17 min • United States of America

A documentary concerning the periods between the actual takes during the production of Hartley's short film "Iris," revealing the imagination, diligence and patience that goes into composing a shot.

Honka

2004 • 22 min • Latvia

Forty years have passed, and the protagonist meets his childhood fear - an animated character named Honka.

Anatomy of a Working Stiff

2004 • 21 min

A behind the scenes look at the making of simulated corpses for the TV series "Six Feet Under".

The Revamping of Dracula

2004 • 39 min

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Dracula" (1979).

I'm an actrice

2004 • 24 min • France

Baba, a preteen from Belleville, Paris, must deal with her mother's determination to turn her into an actress.

A Single Tear

2004 • 2 min • Canada

An “epic” adventure and a magical environmental fairy tale. Amy Lockhart uses cutouts, drawings and collage (captured and manipulated as digital multi-plane animation) to conjure up her whimsical world. This film was made as part of the second edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Los ríos en tiempos de lluvia

2004 • 5 min • Mexico

A shortfilm by Julian Hernandez

After Much Thought

2004 • 13 min • France

Jacques summons to lunch his two children, adults already. He is about to break up with their mother and the time has come for him to return, in a most honest possible way, on the stories of his past and present love life.

Sex, Secrets and Frankie Howerd

2004 • 48 min • United Kingdom

A frank documentary about the scandalous private life of Frankie Howerd.

Strip Search

2004 • 56 min • United States of America

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.

Oh Mummy!

2004 • 7 min • United Kingdom

After the destruction of his home, Sutkeh the Destroyer struggles to find work and acceptance in an unforgiving world.

The Japanese Wife Next Door

2004 • 60 min • Japan

Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, father and grandfather), but Sakura’s nymphomaniac sex drive soon starts to cause tensions.

Two People

2004 • 9 min • Portugal

A man is seen by a prostitute in his home. They try to communicate. But the loneliness they both carry creates a gap between them, enabling that communication.

The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre

2004 • 14 min

Cast and crew members from The Untouchables recall the production.

The Monument

2004 • 26 min • Latvia

Viesturs Kairišs’ 2004 documentary The Monument investigates the interpretation of Riga’s Soviet Second World War memorial in the post-Soviet era. The "Victory Monument" was established by the Soviets to celebrate freeing Latvia from Nazi Germany. However, for Latvians, this didn't mean "freedom", it meant the beginning of another occupation of their country - this time, by Soviet Union.

Cashback

2004 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

2004 • 18 min • United States of America

Meet Blanche Monroe aka The Evil Stepmother, an out-of-work daytime drama queen. When her stunning stepdaughter (Snow White) is discovered by a hotshot Hollywood agent, Blanche wreaks her revenge.

Submission: Part I

2004 • 12 min • Netherlands

The film tells the story of four fictional characters played by a single actress wearing a veil, but clad in a see-through chador, her naked body painted with verses from the Koran. The characters are Muslim women who have been abused in various ways. The film contains monologues of these women and dramatically highlights three verses of the Koran that give authority to men over women, by showing them painted on women’s bodies.

Scissor Sisters: Return to Oz

2004 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary about New York glam-pop group Scissor Sisters, how they met, how they got started (dingy gay NYC clubs) and how they're dealing with fame...

Drive Thru

2004 • 4 min

Imagine discussing the complexities of a sex change operation through the speaker at a drive through?

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

2004 • 30 min • United States of America

A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined the mafia on the big screen. Featuring interviews with cast and crew and clips from the movie, this retrospective documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes experiences of what would turn out to be one of the greatest films ever made.

In the Rough

2004 • 5 min • United States of America

Man has evolved throughout the ages… Relationships, unfortunately, have not. After being kicked out of his cave, Brog, the thick-headed Neanderthal in this Blur short discovers that living the bachelor’s life is not all that it’s cracked up to be.