All Films

Memento Mori

2008 • 59 min • United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, France

Profile of the band who has helped to save Irish traditional music from disappearing, spreading its sound and popularity across the world for more than four decades. Featuring interviews with the current four members - fiddler Sean Keane, vocalist and bodhran player Kevin Conneff, flautist Matt Molloy and band leader Paddy Moloney, who plays pipes and whistle - and tributes from fans including Keith Richards, Sting, Elvis Costello, Sir James Galway and Andrea Corr.

The remake of the girls

2008 • 10 min • Portugal

"The remake of the girls", 2008, by Silvia das Fadas. Duration 10'40". DVD PAL -- 4:3. No sound / Black and white. Made as part of the workshop "Movimento Fixo" (Fixed Movement) at the Cinema/Image in Movement Department of Ar.Co (Centre for Art and Visual Communication).

though she never spoke, this is where her voice would have been.

2008 • 5 min • Canada

A structural autotopographical study of lindsay's great-grandmother through what was left behind and what is missing. One of five works in the series Bloodline.

Dance, Dance Baby!

2008 • 13 min

A handsome, eager actor gets more than he bargained for at a most unusual audition.

Big Time Smugglers

2008 • 10 min • Sweden

Imagine trying to smuggle something out of the Customs Museum. It’s got to fail.

Take That: Come To Town

2008 • 46 min • United Kingdom

British superstar band Take That presented their own TV show Take That Come to Town, a variety show in which they performed some of their biggest hits and along the way answer fan questions and other stuff. It aired on 7 December 2008 on ITV1.

Thumb Debate '08!

2008 • 5 min • United States of America

The single most important moment in politics is at "hand"... It's Thumbama vs. Thumbcain in the final debate before the American people hit the voting booths. Created by Steve Oedekerk, THUMB DEBATE '08 is the newest chapter in the wild world of THUMBS!

The Slope

2008 • 14 min

Sober and effective début in beautiful black-and-white by a very young maker about a man who works as a cleaner and administrator in the city hospital. We follow him for a day in his routine.

Trick or Treat

2008 • 6 min

The trick or treaters have come and gone and Kate and Sam are settling in for a quiet Halloween night when a woman appears at the door with a strange request.

The Hidden People

2008 • 3 min

Who can you trust deep in the woods?

Andrew Maxwell: Live in Edinburgh

2008 • 56 min • Ireland

In between performing at Dublin's maximum security prison and staging the Conflict Revolution gig Andrew Maxwell performs his sell out, five star performance at the 2008 Edinburgh festival. If you like your comedy funny and your storytelling memorable, this is the live show for you. "I've seen the future of Irish Comedy and its name is Andrew Maxwell" Irish Times

General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

2008 • 47 min

"GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle is a humorous, informative and ultimately poignant documentary about General Idea. Formed in 1969, they produced art that targeted and mimicked media, consumerism and celebrity, creating a revolutionary new spirit of art making. Interviews with AA Bronson, the sole survivor of the trio, lends personal relevancy to this story of art and sexual politics. GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle is a tale of love, fame, overwhelming loss and, ultimately, renewal." -AGO.net

The Study of Another Vanishing Point

2008 • 7 min

Byun explores the disappearance and creation of spaces through continuous movement. The principle of perspective is seen as a vanishing point. In this work, vanishing points of photos are moved to one vanishing point in the frame of the video. Similarly, a landscape’s multiple points of view are conveyed as a 360‐degree globe form of time and space.

Hitchcock in the News

2008 • 8 min • United Kingdom

An impressionistic compilation of archive newsreels and interviews with the legendary film director.

Joe Zawinuls Erdzeit

2008 • 59 min

Film about Joe Zawinul's earth time, a film about friendships and a great love. A film about his life with the greatest jazz artists; he was undoubtedly one of them. The film accompanies Joe Zawinul during the work on his last unpublished album with Kristjan Järvi and the Absolute Ensemble. It visits Zawinul in his house in Malibu and shows him together with Wayne Shorter during their final sensational performance. Cannonball Adderley, Weather Report, Zawinul's Syndicate and above all Miles Davis. In 1991 they played one more time together in Paris, In a silent way, the number Joe Zawinul composed for his friend Miles Davis.

Im Park

2008 • 5 min

Scenes in the park of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich with its collection of Asian, African and Indian art.

U.N. Fever

2008 • 56 min • United States of America

U.N. Fever follows three teams of college students as they prepare to compete in the international Model U.N. competition held annually in New York City. These passionate young people are among our future world leaders. They seek real-life solutions to today's global crises. The film peers into their lives as they undergo the dramas, breakdowns and triumphs of this challenging, life-altering experience. This is a real-life story leaving audiences feeling hopeful about the next generation and its commitment to world peace, human rights and justice.

transfer

2008 • 6 min

I put together a work with the theme of "traffic crossing". Convert the video footage into still images frame by frame, and use non-linear editing again. I'm back to video. The shooting location is mainly in Yokohama City, The train was taken from Kamoi to Nakayama on the Yokohama Line. The plane was taken while panning a passenger plane flying on the same route from Haneda. The material is created by overlapping layers in Photoshop.

Hanoi Rocks: The Nottingham Tapes

2008 • 58 min • United Kingdom

The Nottingham Tapes is the second concert video released by the Finnish glam punk band Hanoi Rocks. The first video released by the band was All Those Wasted Years, recorded at the Marquee Club in London. As stated in the title, this video was shot at the Nottingham Palais in Nottingham England. The video was shot on April 23, 1984, almost eight months before the death of the band's drummer Razzle. The video features songs that would later be released on the band's next album, Two Steps from the Move, such as "Underwater World", "Don't You Ever Leave Me" and the cover of "Up Around the Bend". During the performance of the last song of the set, the cover of the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop", vocalist Michael Monroe and Razzle switched places, so Razzle sang and Monroe played drums. While playing the song, fans jumped on-stage, and bouncers had to come and throw the people off the stage.

Australia's Hardest Prison: Lockdown Oz

2008 • 50 min • Australia

Over the past decade Australia’s prison population has doubled. But of all the States, it’s Western Australia that has the highest number of prisoners per population. Casuarina, Western Australia’s Maximum Security Prison, is designed for 360 inmates. It currently houses almost double that. For the first time ever, our cameras go inside Casuarina Prison to witness life behind bars in an Australian Super Max.

Biotiful Planète: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

2008 • 52 min • France, St. Pierre and Miquelon

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon lived for decades off a single resource that seemed inexhaustible: cod. When it disappeared, strict quotas were introduced. As a result, the economy collapsed and people have been looking for alternative paths. On the islands, it’s the realm of the boreal forest. But with the introduction of the white-tailed deer for hunting purposes, this treasure of biodiversity is under threat of vanishing. On a more positive note, the only seal colony in Europe is doing well. The islands are also a haven for petrels, Atlantic puffins, and razorbills, which nest there by the hundreds…

Tony Joe White: Live At The Basement

2008 • 56 min

Live recording of Tony Joe White's 2002 performance at The Basement in Sydney Australia.

An Audience with Neil Diamond

2008 • 47 min

In his first UK televised special, Neil Diamond treats his showbiz fans including Dame Judi Dench, the Zutons, Blur's Alex James, Alison Steadman, Ben Miller, Michelle Collins and Samantha Janus, to classic songs and new treasures while answering some his guest's questions.

Merle Haggard: The Real Deal

2008 • 43 min • United States of America

A profile of Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard recalls his rocky personal life and his legendary status. Interviews include Jewel, Clint Black and family members.