All Films

Loudthings

2008 • 13 min

LOUDTHINGS is an audiovisual account of an expedition into the innards of the computer. Using a set of elementary instructions such as modulation, masking, and feedback, Telcosystems programmed a self-organizing network of algorithmic processes for the creation of spatial image and sound. The result is a non-referential world which strains the senses; an exploration along the borders of human perception, through worlds of multiplying and mushrooming clouds of light and sound, through worlds of mesmerizing spatiality and interferring landscapes.

He and She

2008 • 13 min • Russia

The tale of the Snow Maiden is well-known, as are its numerous traditional arrangements. However, this version is somewhat different, as is the play by A.N. Ostrovsky, which served as the basis for the film.

The Republic

2008 • 14 min

Using observation as a starting point, the filmmaker constructs a dystopian science fiction chronicle in La República. Ironic observations on the trans-Platonic republic.

Sequences and Interruptions

2008 • 16 min

A study in texture and rhythm, made with the painter Angela Allen.

Revo＆梶浦由記 Presents『Dream Port 2008』

2008 • 8 min

Revo (Sound Horizon) & Yuki Kajiura (See-Saw, FictionJuction, Kalafina) collaboration album from 2008.

Whale Shark

2008 • 48 min

Beginning at the fabulous coral reef of Ningaloo in Western Australia, intrepid marine biologist Mark Meakin attempts to unravel the mysterious wanderings of the biggest fish in the sea. Whale sharks grow to over 12 metres long but are gentle, filter-feeding giants; even Mark's five-year-old son can swim alongside them. Yet no-one knows where they go once they leave Ningaloo's turquoise lagoons. Using satellite tags and photo IDs, Mark tracks them to the white coral beaches of the Seychelles and the tropical jewel of Christmas Island, where bright-red land crabs begin their annual migration. It's hard work, taking in 20 failed satellite tags and countless frustrating dives, before Mark makes a breakthrough which doesn't just add to our understanding of these huge 'dinosaur fish' but offers crucial information about how the whale sharks of Ningaloo can be protected better.

Word Is Out: Then and Now, Thirty Years Later

2008 • 24 min

For the 30th anniversary of the release of the legendary LGBTQ documentary, WORD IS OUT, the filmmakers went back and produced a short film featuring the cast and crew.

Peak

2008 • 5 min

A pinhole film shot and processed during the 2008 Wilderness Film Expedition in Colorado; the footage was edited later at home. A journey to the trip's highest point, Big Agnes Mountain, to see what we could see.

Smoke and Mirrors

2008 • 29 min

This video takes us all over the world featuring breakout parts from Chula Vista’s proudest son Tommy Sandoval, the incredible talents of Long Beach’s Kevin Romar. Coming with huge pop from “Down Unda” is Australia’s Kurt Winter. A must see part from Vancouver Canada’s Magnus Hanson eh! And a lone star state part from Houston Texas madman Cody McEntire.

Wrong Dose Bad Reactions

2008 • 8 min

A girl overdoses

In the Name of God

2008 • 4 min • Germany

Two men happen to face God - something they had never expected. When God leaves, they set out to find a new church, but they find out that they have different beliefs in this animated short film.

Downstream

2008 • 6 min

For decades, two 70-year-old Swiss ladies have been walking and talking with each other. In summertime, their daily ritual is to swim down the river that flows through their home town. As the current carries them down the river, they meditate on friendship, love, and becoming older. What will it be like to have to live without one's partner after three decades together? They ponder the unthinkable: what will either of them do if the other passes away? Their lives are so interwoven after decades together that it's hard to imagine. We see them both literally and figuratively floating down the river of life together in this moving short documentary.

Shattercane

2008 • 21 min

A rule-following farm teen has his life planned out for him: he will get married to his girlfriend and take over the family farming tradition. But when he confides that he might be gay to his youth minister, word spreads to his family and girlfriend, and his world unravels. He must try to figure out who he is and whether he will ever fit in again at home.

Risk, Stretch or Die

2008 • 60 min

French Drag King Océan LeRoy is an established celebrity in Berlin’s transgender scene. Famous for his performances of quick transition from woman to man, Océan also lives the contradiction in real life: seductive Drag Star at night, smart sexy successful businesswoman during the day… For almost a year filmmaker Saskia Heyden observes the charismatic and fascinating Ocean against the fitting backdrop of formerly divided and ultra-hip Berlin. Introspective and articulate, Océan LeRoy dwells in ambiguity between day and night, woman and man, openness and mystery. Gloriously challenging the binary yet thriving on both sides, Ocean travels a two-way path of gender with ease.

88 Years in the Closet

2008 • 28 min

Loraine Barr was born in 1918 and kept her sexuality secret for 88 years. When she revealed the truth in Newsweek magazine in 2007 she set the blogs ablaze and challenged us to ask: Is she really brave, courageous and bold as admirers have told her in countless letters since the story appeared? Or is she a coward - as others have written - only coming out of the closet when nothing was truly at risk? This short film tells the story of Loraine Barr, following her as she prepares to join 1800 other women on an 'Olivia' lesbian-only cruise out of San Diego.

Cinco Minutos

2008 • 10 min

The short film tells the story of Alice and Adélia, who live together in an apartment in front of Elevado Costa e Silva, where they raised their daughter from Adélia's first marriage. With Adélia's death, Stella and Alice have to deal with grief and the memories of their long-lasting love affair.

4:3

2008 • 11 min • United States of America

Slowly scrolling text about the twilight of public access television and the shift from analog to digital.

Nailing Jello

2008 • 13 min

When Alison's gay best friend Les starts dating women, she's confronted with her feelings for him - and his toward her.

The Marching Season

2008 • 60 min

A documentary that looks at the historical chasm between Riga, Latvia and London, whose events were twinned in 2007. While London celebrates 35 years of Gay Pride, Riga holds its first officially sanctioned LGBT march, faced with the chilling opposition of religious fundamentalist and neo-nazi groups. The Riga march is a solemn political act, while in London some worry that the political origins of Pride have become lost.

Pajerama

2008 • 9 min • Brazil

The film's reflection, which at first glance may seem like a lament for lost nature, is actually about the city, its fierce process of urbanization that overlaps people, nature and history.

Procura-se

2008 • 43 min

Rescue of the work and the image of Mario Rocha, pop musician from the time of tropicalists. Owner of a visceral work, his compositions disclosed in alternative circuits through "happenings" on the street largely filmed in super 8 by his friend Hélvio Bastos. The artist is remembered by the critic Carlos Callado, the singer, Wanderléa - who guards his very rare unique album, "The Lates' -, friends and family. His originality inspired the creation of a living museum and a fan club, made up of many young people who discuss the importance of this legendary musician.

The Tragic Ten, Episode 4

2008 • 59 min • Mexico

Horrible mass murder, perpetrated with cannons, of which are morally, legally and historically responsible Felix Diaz, Guasque, Huerta, Mondragon and each and every one who manned the artillery on either side, the rebellious one and the one who feigned being governmentalist, when it was actually treacherous.

かたすみで、ヤッホウ

2008 • 40 min • Japan

The job-hunting girl who travels to interviews today, tormented by stress, is surely you and me. The audience is cheering her on as she lives her life to the fullest. A life-size portrait of a modern woman shines prettily in this portrayal of everyday life with all its tragedies and joys.

To Dear Isobel

2008 • 4 min • Australia

A short film about trying.