All Films

Mothers

2009 • 13 min

An African American gay man comes out to his deeply Christian parents.

Fish out of Water

2009 • 60 min • United States of America

Fish out of Water tackles the seven Bible verses used to condemn homosexuality and justify marriage discrimination. This feature documentary uses humor and original animation to make a traditionally complex and controversial topic accessible to those who don't like talking about religion and sexuality. Fish out of Water dives into the underbelly of America, crisscrosses red and blue states and talks to ministers from every denomination to uncover America's impassioned relationship with homosexuality and the Bible. With slapstick animation and quirky interviews taken everywhere from barbershops to mega churches, Fish out of Water delivers a voice to the oppressed and informs to the misled. Most importantly, Fish out of Water sits down with hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender folks to impart their experiences with faith and sexuality.

Tales of the Valley of the Wind

2009 • 28 min

Tales of the Valley of the Wind composes an experimental love-letter to the spiritual world of Hayao Miyazaki, re-figuring [Nausicaa] into lush live-action scenes with period costumes, horses, swordplay, and, er...puppets. All on a tiny budget, Packard implements his signature experimental touch to create a very unique fan-film indeed.

The Guy Who Wanna Survive

2009 • 11 min

When a bank robber is about to be caught by a detective, a woman who appears in the alley is taken hostage. The robber's wife is in a hospital due to a hit and run accident and has to leave the hospital because she has no money, and the detective also needs money because her wife is in the hospital. The hostage tells him to release himself and split the money between the two of them, but the detective who cannot keep the hostage alive, the only witness, has the robber kill her hostage, and the detective kills the robber. The money disappears and the case is closed.

Molester hot spring Lewd bath trip

2009 • 60 min • Japan

Yui, an office lady, is dumped by her boyfriend Tatsuya. One day she meets a molester on the train. She grabs the man's hand, but he is turned off by that. Yui then feels pessimistic about her life. Tanihara, a university professor, and Yamada, a former temporary worker, are also feeling pessimistic about their lives at a bar. Yamada was laid off and his girlfriend, Kozue, called him a stalker. Tanihara was suspended from his university, and his wife and child had lost all affection for him, now all living separately. The two men go to a hot spring for fun. As they arrive at an inn in the countryside they meet Tsukiko, the landlady, and Hosemi, her waitress, both beautiful widows. Yui is also there on a promotion trip. In the open-air bath, Hosemi masturbates while washing her body. She takes care of Tanihara, who faints from excitement, in her room...

Yellow Belly End

2009 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A man in a canary outfit sits at the edge of a cliff behind a small desk. He watches as other people in animal outfits come up to the edge of the cliff and throw themselves off - making a tally in his book of what animal it was and treating himself to a jelly bean corresponding to the animal suit that just jumped.

Capturing George

2009 • 6 min

George F. Walker's career has spanned almost four decades, but Rolly and Stevie have succeeded in tying the notoriously elusive dramatist down.

The Face is Familiar

2009 • 54 min

Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in films for decades. Some have even gone on to become stars in their own right. They proudly stand in the shadows of the "stars" of the movies, content to play the roles that lend flavor and depth to the films, with their unique brands of humor, intensity and charisma, leaving lasting impressions on all of us in movie after movie.

Broder Daniel Forever

2009 • 55 min • Sweden

A film about iconic Swedish indie pop band Broder Daniel as they reunite during the summer 2008 before their last ever performance as a group. A concert held in honor of guitarist Anders who committed suicide earlier this year. It is a performance, and a portrait and a last goodbye from a band with more unconditional willpower than any other.

Louanna Lee and The Fashion World Kidnappings

2009 • 27 min

Louanna and her family must stop a madman who plans to take over the world of fashion by kidnapping all the top designers.

Summer of Leftover Stubble

2009 • 54 min

Kiryuuin Shou is in 3rd year in High School, his friend Jun is heartbroken by his cheating ex-boyfriend Kenji. Kiryuuin and Jun go to the beach to have fun and to meet some new guys. Kiryuuin nearly dies... But he is saved by a sexy lifeguard: Kyan.

La Morsure

2009 • 9 min

An empty park in Paris. The sky is low and dense, the trees are naked. A young and nervous woman waits for her lover. The liitle gril with her plays in silence. The man arrives. The little girl decides to explore the park.

Alice Jacobs Is Dead

2009 • 21 min

A scientist races to find the cure to a horrific virus before it turns his wife into something monstrous.

Vault of Vapors

2009 • 9 min

One of Kuchars weather diary series out in Oklahoma. The tone is wistful, the surroundings wispy (with some puffs of pungency). The TV is on and the porcelain is smeared with some residue atrocity from a previous passion. But all is well as emptiness persists beyond the four walls of this prairie mausoleum.

A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes in Australia

2009 • 56 min

A Thousand Encores tells the surprising and little known story of how, over 70 years ago, an extraordinary company of dancers made a deep impact on our cultural heritage. In 1936, the celebrated Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo stepped off a boat into the bright Australian sunlight.

13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009 • 45 min

Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.

La tragedia de Franco

2009 • 9 min

Franco lives and will live forever in China.

A Message from the East

2009 • 56 min

The story of Muhammad Iqbal, a turn of the century poet/philosopher from South Asia. Through Iqbal's work we open a dialog between the East and West, refute the notion of a class of civilizations and discover our shared humanity.

矢吹春奈 クライマックス

2009 • 60 min • Japan

2009 release

The Year of Anish Kapoor

2009 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Alan Yentob meets one of Britain's most accomplished and popular sculptors, Anish Kapoor, known for his audacious works of staggering complexity and scale.

Zombies of Zanzibar

2009 • 46 min

Made with my production class at the art asylum called the San Francisco Art Institute, this wide-screen drama of run-a-way spectacle and crazed emotion depicts a lurid tale of familial fury and unleashed passions. With a $600 budget, a mob of unbridled youth, and the unabashed performance of its leading lady, this epic of desire and repulsion will definitely grab you by both heart and gut.

Once Upon a Time… Contempt

2009 • 53 min • France

Fourty-six years since the release of Le mépris, Jean-Luc Godard watches the film again to comment on it and its tumultuous production. Featuring interviews with: Jacques Rozier, Alain Bergala, Michel Piccoli, Charles Bitsch.

Zero - Strange World

2009 • 31 min

Zero's Strange World video starred Garrett Hill, Keegan Sauder, John Rattray, Sheldon Meleshinski, Tony Cervantes, Ben Gilley, Marisa Dal Santo, Jamie Thomas, Elissa Steamer, Donovan Piscopo, Tommy Sandoval, Dane Burman, James Brockman, Tom Asta, Chris Cole and Jamie Tancowny.

For Stan

2009 • 15 min • United States of America

For Stan is a tribute film shot by Marilyn Brakhage of her husband at work with his camera in the late 1980s and early 90s – illuminating their close relationship.