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The Return

The Return

2008 • 5 min
“The Return” is an attempt by the artist to recall his lost memories of his father who died in the car accident in 1991 when the artist was almost five years old. Personal family photographs from his father’s funeral are overlaid with the imagined voice by the artist himself, fictionalising that his dead father is coming back to life—a strange and moving feedback loop between father and son, between photographic documentation and deteriorating memories, between personal history and its own otherness.
Kotatsu-shita no Christmas

Kotatsu-shita no Christmas

2008 • 1 min • Japan
Winter in Japan means kotatsu and mandarin oranges. Tarafu Otani used these two things to represent the birthday of Christ.
Return of the White Lion

Return of the White Lion

2008 • 50 min
Tales of the existence of white lions have been passed through four centuries of African folklore. But today no white lions exist in the Timabavti range where they originated. That is until a team of conservationists brings one special lioness and her three cubs out of captivity and into the natural habit of their origins. Two years into the project, Linda has achieved much of what she set out to do but the hunting policy hasn't changed and the genetic marker hasn't yet been identified - meaning the white lions are still not a protected sub-species. Whilst this challenge still remains, Marah's legacy lives on as her daughter produces the white cubs, and the brothers are ready to breed with the tawny lionesses. Linda continues to fight for the protection of these magical lions and looks forward to the day when it will be safe for her lions - and all white lions - to roam freely in the Greater Timbavati Ecosystem.
The Empty House

The Empty House

2008 • 52 min
Shot like a western without a gun, at a drunkard’s distance, the film takes place in New Mexico among an ancient Spanish community eaten to rack and ruin by rust, beer, and dust storms.
Missing the Target

Missing the Target

2008 • 3 min
A shooter with a gun is not able to keep his concentration while he is training.
Christmas with Dad

Christmas with Dad

2008 • 12 min • United Kingdom
Directed by Conor McCormack, "Christmas With Dad" is the story of a young man struggling to define himself through fatherhood. AJ is just 23 years old but already a father to seven children, five from his partner's previous relationships. They live on a sprawling council estate on the outskirts of Bristol: an area plagued by unemployment, drugs and anti-social behaviour, where fewer residents go to university than in any other area of the UK.
Famous Authors: Robert Burns

Famous Authors: Robert Burns

2008 • 34 min
Scottish poet Robert Burns’ works are known and loved wherever the English language is read. Burns touched with his own genius the traditional folk songs of Scotland, transmuting them into great poetry, and he immortalized its countryside and humble farm life. He was a keen and discerning satirist who reserved his sharpest barbs for sham, hypocrisy, and cruelty. His satirical verse, once little appreciated, has in recent decades been recognized widely as his finest work. He was also a master of the verse-narrative technique, as exemplified in Tam O’Shanter. His love songs, perfectly fitted to the tunes for which he wrote them, are, at their best, unsurpassed.
Midway

Midway

2008 • 13 min
Midway is composed of five rolls of Kodachrome Super 8 stock purchased from the Kodak plant in Toronto during the final days before it closed permanently. The rolls were already expired upon their acquisition, but despite this I held onto them for several years, waiting for a subject that would warrant the expenditure of such rare material. I eventually settled on the midway of the Canadian National Exhibition, a three-week long fair held annually in Toronto at the end of summer, after having working there for two years as a sound technician. The mechanical spinning rides, most of which have never been updated since my visits as a child, formed a suitable dance partner to my camera as a pair of declining technologies both still able to impart kinetic thrills.
Fried Egg

Fried Egg

2008 • 3 min • Portugal
Fried eggs as a cosmic event.
Every Third Bite

Every Third Bite

2008 • 9 min
Three years ago, honeybees started to disappear. Today there are at least 33% fewer bees in the U.S., and with bees helping to pollinate one in every three bites that we eat, everyone is at risk. We set out to discover what was plaguing these hives and learn how non-commercial beekeepers keep healthy bees alive.
Inconsciente

Inconsciente

2008 • 15 min
What do dreams mean about the macho Jair?
The Revengers

The Revengers

2008 • 24 min
2061. A lethal virus has spread following an explosion at a secret military lab. Those infected turned into blood thirsty mutants. In this chaotic world, a boy named Tadzio sets on a journey in search of his father's killer.
The Apple

The Apple

2008 • 6 min
Eve wakes up in Paradise, finds an apple and commits a delicious sin. In this short porn vidéo, Emilie Jouvet has managed to recreate the atmosphere of pin-up movies, but her Bettie Page is not only a blonde, she also re-invents mythology.
Authentic Recordings! Cursed Urban Legends: Shocking Sealed Urban Legends

Authentic Recordings! Cursed Urban Legends: Shocking Sealed Urban Legends

2008 • 57 min • Japan
This films highlights some of Japanese most infamous urban legends that have been passed down generation by generation. Some of the urban legends included are Kagome Kagome and the second part of 'Inunaki Village'.
Tom Jones Love Songs

Tom Jones Love Songs

2008 • 44 min
Tom Jones Love Songs
Metrosexual

Metrosexual

2008 • 8 min
Jacqueline and Francis are a young couple who meet a group of professionals for dinner and become entangled in a symbolic discussion and sadomasochistic dance concerning the feminization of the male. Everybody is shaken up when the host Elisabeth, a transgender person, argues that metrosexuality will soon become the mainstream way.
Taste The Revolution

Taste The Revolution

2008 • 28 min
Taste The Revolution is a personal family story about two brothers who returned to Palestine after living in the US for 30 years to fulfill their father's dream of establishing a business. Together, the brothers invest their education, experience, knowledge and family money to open the first micro brewery in the entire Middle East right after Oslo agreement of the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Despite the hardship and constant obstacles of the unpredictable life in Palestine, Nadim and his brother Dahoud Khoury's success has given hope to others. Taybeh brewery has since become a central focus for the international media and has attracted many tourists and locals to trust the new taste of the revolution in making an excellent quality local product.
Mighty Lady Excelio & Astral 2nd Stage

Mighty Lady Excelio & Astral 2nd Stage

2008 • 40 min
An entry in the Mighty Lady tokusatsu series and the second part of the Mighty Lady Excelio & Astral duology
I'm Ron Cooper I'm Good at My Job

I'm Ron Cooper I'm Good at My Job

2008 • 2 min
VHS instructional tape from 1985, Ron Cooper waxes on first meetings and power in the office Space.
A Catalyst Sky

A Catalyst Sky

2008 • 3 min
This single roll of Super 8 invites you to experience an unconventional garden as artist Aoife Desmond directs your gaze to the fleeting movements of urban birds amongst the rooftops. Catch glimpses of Belfast city’s changing skyline as a seagull circles to protect its nest. This handheld film is shot from the rear windows, balcony and rooftop of a dilapidated building which at the time was shared by two of the city’s major artist collectives, Catalyst Arts and Queen Street Studios.
Scary Nursery Rhymes 2

Scary Nursery Rhymes 2

2008 • 46 min • Japan
Horror film directed by Toshikazu Nagae. Sequel to "Scary Nursery Rhymes" (2008).
Enroque

Enroque

2008 • 15 min • Argentina
Dr. Fernández and his son Emilio arrive at Juan's remote countryside after 21 years. Trapped by the Falklands War, two desperate families become intertwined in a twist of fate.
The Blue God

The Blue God

2008 • 51 min
The Maris Liepa Charitable Foundation presents the one-act ballet "The Blue God" from Sergei Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons". A girl saves a young man from becoming a monk with the help of the Lotus Goddess and the Blue God. Despite his participation in the main roles of Nijinsky and Karsavina, "The Blue God" in 1912 failed in Diaghilev's entreprise, as it was set to the faded music of Reynaldo Khan. Andris Liepa replaced it with Alexander Scriabin's "Divine Poem", and Mikhail Fokin's unreleased choreography with a modern interpretation by Englishman Wen Eagling, but theater-goers and critics considered the new production a failure, while noting the outstanding work of artist Anna Nezhnaya in restoring costumes and decorations. Recording of a performance at the Latvian National Opera (Riga).
Brian Macdonald, Virtuoso Eclectic

Brian Macdonald, Virtuoso Eclectic

2008 • 5 min
Framed against archival stills from Brian Macdonald's considerable career, this short film is a testimony to the eclecticism and brilliance of Macdonald's creative vision.