All Films

The Legendary Bobby Darin

2012 • 58 min

Although he first came to prominence as a rock-and-roll star, U.S. entertainer Bobby Darin proved to be a versatile performer who made a name for himself in a variety of musical genres as well as in film. Now you can relive some of his most legendary performances including Beyond the Sea, Mack the Knife and Dream Lover.

Fester's Christmas Fiasco

2012 • 5 min • Canada

Fester brings Blottie to meet his parents and spend Christmas at their house. They don't like her, and things get weird.

Valentine ya Njaramba

2012 • 41 min • Kenya

Njaramba, a Nairobi Construction worker, wins a couple of Valentines Day tickets for a trip to Mombasa. He is asked to come for a live interview at a Local FM Radio station on the day the prize is awarded. He entraps himself by agreeing to bring his girlfriend and yet he has no one to bring along. His friend Solo offers to help.

Hughie

2012 • 55 min

Eugene O'Neill's HUGHIE with Andrew Schlessinger as Erie Smith at Open Fist Theatre.

Marshal Tie Jia – Turtle Island

2012 • 7 min • Taiwan

Chia-Wei Hsu's video engages with the history of a tiny island off the coast of Matsu, which is situated in the Taiwan Strait. The island is under the commandment of a local god called the " Marshal Tie Jia," a frog deity. This deity originated from a temple on Wu-Yi Mountain in China, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution when the deity migrated to Matsu. In Hsu's work, the island is used as a stage. Employing the cinematographic device of the "green screen" - a generic background replaced in the post-production process with any other background image - Hsu places a fictional version of the original tiny temple on the island, which has long since been replaced by a dilapidated bunker.

Blue Arpeggios

2012 • 5 min

A time work which avoids the structural narrative and can be grasped as a metaphor for consciousness, perception or as a reflection on the individual position in nature.

Sine Imperio

2012 • 18 min

after 20 years at the crusades a knight come back home

Spirit Of The Bird

2012 • 37 min • United States of America

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

Music Is Not a Luxury

2012 • 5 min

This short film pays tribute to Toronto philanthropist Earlaine Collins.

Mr. G

2012 • 3 min • Spain

Based on the story Mr. G. by Gustavo Roldán Devetach

Turner's Thames

2012 • 50 min

Writer and artist Matthew Collings reveals the use of light by artist JMW Turner, through a biography of the artist's life-long fascination with the River Thames, London.

Bottoms (OnO)

2012 • 5 min

In Bottoms (OnO), a series of butts with faces painted on them march in place. A tribute to Yoko Ono's Bottoms, it imagines a society in which equals walk towards a future of their own making.

Space Werewolf

2012 • 21 min

Two young lovers fight to survive the long bloody night of the Space Werewolf.

The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender

2012 • 16 min

A man begins to lose his grip on reality as the lines between fantasy and real life slowly begin to blur in his delusional mind.

The Curse

2012 • 10 min • Spain

Evil has escaped. The bearer of an ancient curse hunts down his nemesis in the darkest corners of Los Angeles.

Robin Beck: Live at Firefest IX

2012 • 52 min

Recorded live at Firefest IX, at Nottingham's Rock City, on October 20th 2012. Setlist: "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "Don't Lose Any Sleep" (John Waite cover), "Hold Back the Night", "Save Up All Your Tears" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "That All Depends (On What You Do Tonight)", "Tears in the Rain", "The One", "Hide Your Heart" (KISS cover), "First Time", "Follow You" (Glen Burtnick cover)

Circus Boy: Please Like Me

2012 • 47 min • United States of America

Being mentally limited and smaller in stature, neither contact sports nor a PhD were an option, so I became CIRCUS BOY

Underman

2012 • 1 min

Two men on one side of a wall hurt a man on the other side of the wall.

On the Set of Dr Who and the Daleks

2012 • 8 min • United Kingdom

During production of the colour feature film in 1965, ITV's Movie Magazine was allowed access to the Shepperton Studios set to film a behind-the-scenes story. Although the programme itself no longer exists, the unused film trims were archived and form the basis of this feature. Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn is joined by the director's son and now Hollywood actor Jason Flemyng, first assistant director Anthony Waye and Dalek operator Bryan Hands to tell the story...

Spring

2012 • 20 min • France

Juxtaposing scenes of bodies and landscapes, themes of social unrest and imagery of elasticity and strain, social tension and resistance both physical and corporeal, are evoked.

A Year With Armin van Buuren

2012 • 51 min

An ordinary person, living an extraordinary life. Armin van Buuren, a superstar DJ, lives the life that most of us can only dream of. With a relentless passion for music, the born perfectionist strives to stay on top, dealing with the daily pressure that comes along with it. ‘A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ARMIN VAN BUUREN’ gives you a closer look at the person behind the Dutch DJ. Taking one year out of his roaring life, and a special year it is… “ARMIN VAN BUUREN, IN PERSON”

Le Réserviste

2012 • 39 min

Soldier Joseph Danton returns to his native village after five years away. Welcomed by his uncle Gérard, who raised him, he rediscovers the joys of outdoor life and gradually regains his zest for life...

Old Growth

2012 • 5 min

An old man's daily routine and the things he encounters.

Not Yet Begun to Fight

2012 • 60 min • United States of America

In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds, offering an intimate look at the human cost of combat. A retired Marine Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from the battlefield. He brings them to the river. He puts a fly rod into their hand, teaches them to cast, and shares his secret: there are places where you can still be consumed by a simple act, find joy in a fight, and be redeemed as you gently release another creature, unharmed, into quiet waters.