All Films

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how it helps those with extreme neurological conditions, and meets some extraordinary people overcame their conditions with music.

Wet Dream

2008 • 1 min • Macedonia

The mixed media expression comprising sculpture, drawing and photography joint in a single animated process, presenting us the inner surreal experience of a girl and her intense erotic sensation provoked by a dream.

Hell's Gates

2008 • 21 min • Australia

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness.

Swedish Blueballs

2008 • 5 min

An obnoxious American tourist gets more than he bargained for when he meets a Swedish girl on the street in Stockholm.

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

2008 • 56 min

Determined to understand the repeating patterns he was finding in nature, French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot used an early form of computer imagery to produce his own versions, coining the recurring shapes fractals. This installment of the PBS series "Nova" examines the rules of these self-similar patterns and explores the ways these fascinating geometric configurations can be applied in the fields of science, medicine and the arts.

Okashina Hotel

2008 • 2 min • Japan

Short film made by Michio Mihara in 2008. Key animator of Jin-Roh, Paprika, Princess Mononoke, among others.

Standing on the Edge of the Noise

2008 • 59 min

An inside look at Oasis performing in their own space, instead of the huge stadium stages on which they are often seen.

69

2008 • 60 min • Denmark

It is a documentary follows a large group of Danish youth from the Youth House (Ungdomhuset) on Jagtvej 69, Nørrebro, Copenhagen who did not see themselves, culturally or politically, as part of established society. The documentary portrays the group's situation in 2007, documenting the tumultuous last six months of the Youth House's occupation, where the youth rage against the establishment.

Bunker

2008 • 21 min

Bunker is a young man who has built a mental universe to withstand the pressures of life. But the world he lives in is falling apart.

The Gathering of the Juggalos Crockumentary. Cave-In-Rock 2007 - The Carnival Of Acceptance

2008 • 34 min

A juggalo's point-of-view for portions of the 2007 gathering.

Chemtrails: An Investigative Report

2008 • 6 min • United States of America

A gonzo, surreal mocumentary about chemtrails, conspiracy theories, mass hysteria, HAARP, Art Bell, 9/11, and other sundry bizarro elements.

Diva Viva

2008 • 12 min • Taiwan

Once upon the time on a small island named Taiwan, a neighborhood magistrate receives a secret message from space. 'The apocalypse is near...' the magistrate warns his people, however nobody seems to take his words seriously...

After School Horror: High School Girls' Supernatural File Vol.2

2008 • 60 min • Japan

This is the second installment of the horror variety series in which high school idols, including comedians Akimasa Haraguchi and Riho Iida, visit famous haunted places.This time, they choose core locations such as a famous tunnel and Jason's house. What will these impressionable girls witness there?

Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory

2008 • 51 min • United States of America

Elmyr de Hory was called "The Myth of our Century" when he was revealed as a master forger in 1968. Born in 1905, he made an estimated 1000 fake paintings, primarily in the style of the post-impressionists before he died - or disappeared - in 1976. In addition to faking paintings, Elmyr de Hory often faked his own identity, and traveled easily throughout Europe's high society.

The Cure: 4Play in Charlotte

2008 • 55 min

The Multi-platinum, ground breaking British band that defined a decade as the quintessential musical voice of the 80′s, The Cure, perform at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte , North Carolina.

The Secret Behind Escape

2008 • 16 min • United States of America

Documentary on the making of 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' (1971).

End of an Epic: The Final Battle

2008 • 17 min • United States of America

Documentary on the making of 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes' (1973)

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008 • 13 min • United States of America

Documentary about the writing and recording of Quincy Jones' score for Norman Jewison's 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

Portrait of Genie

2008 • 10 min • United States of America

An ex-student of mine opens up in the privacy of her home and shows me her etchings (watercolors) as we talk of art and things that slip under the fabric of daily attire. - George Kuchar

Scary True Stories: Night 10 - Possession

2008 • 60 min • Japan

15th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.

Johnny Yesno Redux

2008 • 19 min • United Kingdom

Johnny YesNo – Redux reunites Cabaret Voltaire and Peter Care almost 30 years later with a completely new cast, a relocation to LA and an entirely new soundtrack remixed by Richard H. Kirk, the film has lost none of its hallucinatory power. The short goes deep into the structure of Peter Care’s original film and the Cabaret Voltaire tracks used in connection with it. What emerges is as much a juxtaposition of times and places as sights and sounds. The tale changes in the retelling, but that change now seems to be taking place on a molecular level. Richard H Kirk has reconfigured the film’s soundtrack, giving the proceedings an ominous sense of something slowly sliding into view from afar, glimpsed out of the corner of the eye.

Naughty

2008 • 27 min

This 25 minute, no frills DVD from Krooked might be just what you need to get off your ass and skate. With no menus and simple style, Naughty lets you really get into the skating. They don't try to blow you away, its just a bunch of guys having a blast skating. You know... the way it should be.

Malle's Fire Within

2008 • 27 min

In these interviews, conducted in 2008, actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin and Volker Schlöndorff discuss the making of The Fire Within.

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

2008 • 38 min

A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.