All Films

Mr. Christmas

2005 • 56 min

A young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary can't afford to buy his 5-year-old daughter what she's expecting Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. The surprise, uplifting ending is guaranteed to put even the most embittered Scrooge into the Christmas spirit.

Science Detective Ffacce

2005 • 52 min • South Korea

Ffacce, an incompetent detective in New Baker City, accidentally finds professor Cart's bad conspiracy who is the most famous scientist.

Curse: Real Record - Journey of Death Photography

2005 • 42 min • Japan

A late-night variety show about ghosts that was even filmed overseas, but was somehow put on hold just before it was scheduled to air. What is the truth behind it?This is a psychic documentary that approaches the truth of mysterious supernatural phenomena.

The Confession (Short)

2005 • 15 min

An attractive young woman drives through the countryside, thinking about a man, stopping to change from a tee-shirt to a sheer dress. She enters a prison as a visitor, is subject to a careful search, and is placed in a plain room with cheap metal furniture. A guard brings into the room the man she's been thinking about, removes his handcuffs, sits him down in a chair across from her, and hands him a towel and bar of soap. The guard leaves. She asks the prisoner what happened, and he begins an explanation. Where does this lead?

God Wears My Underwear

2005 • 45 min

As Lavinia stands waiting for a train, she ponders her childhood, her fascination with drag queens, and her past life as a Tibetan monk who visited Berlin in 1933.

Chopratown

2005 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar) investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili) a shady Turkish bakery owner. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai (Manish Patel) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow!

Cosmetic Emergency

2005 • 8 min

Cosmetic Emergency explores the idea of beauty through a collage of live action and lyrical animations. Afree-form take on the current trend of cosmetic obsession and the immortal quality of painting, the film searches for "what’s on the inside". Topical news stories (such as the US military offering free cosmetic surgery) and musical film sequences are created with paint-on-glass animation, found footage and documentary techniques. The music was commissioned for the film. Selected musicians, including New Zealand’s Hip-Hop artist, "Coco Solid" and "Half Japanese" founder Jad Fair, wrote and recorded humorously cynical songs about the cosmetic craze. Also included is a rare appearance by the Dutch Ambassador of Cosmetic Surgery, Marijke Helwegen.

The Hyrcynium Wood

2005 • 3 min

A mystery that began as a document of abandoned farms in South East England.

The Queen of Trees

2005 • 57 min

In Africa, the giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish.

News from the Madhatter

2005 • 9 min • Canada

Tales of a street historian.

Five Infomercials for Dentists

2005 • 4 min • United States of America

These five bizarre infomercials introduce dentists to the essential tools of their trade - latex gloves, anesthesia, crowns and chocolate.

Cairo Calling

2005 • 8 min • Canada

Ahmed is in for the shock of his life when his mother calls from Cairo to announce her imminent visit to Montreal . He has to clean up his act to get ready for her arrival. He convinces his entourage to play along for the duration of her stay, telling them that the visit is a short one. But Mother has other plans... She is a woman on a mission and is ready to stay for as long as it takes for her to see it through. In fact, she has an open ticket! Ahmed's patience as well as his friends' will be severely tested as his mother tries to bring her old world values into their lives. But she too will get tested when she realizes the true meaning of the old saying : be careful what you wish for, it may just come true...

Behind Flower and Snake 2

2005 • 42 min • Japan

“Making of” Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko (2005).

Eagles: Hotel California [Live] [Melbourne 2005]

2005 • 7 min

Eagles perform hotel california live in Melbourne (2005)

In the Wake of War

2005 • 24 min

A burgeoning grassroots peace movement in Burundi is aimed at ending civil war between Tutsis and Hutus.

Death on the Staircase: The Aftermath

2005 • 40 min

A follow-up to the documentary series reports on what has happened since author Michael Peterson was found guilty of murder. In an interview from prison, Peterson talks on camera for the first time since his trial.

Creature Comforts: Merry Christmas Everybody!

2005 • 23 min • United Kingdom

Why does a guide dog pursue a caretaker, and what do reindeer think of Santa? Why do hamsters dread chemistry sets, and what do mice think of mince pies? Christmas is for all animals not just for dogs!

Erin

2005 • 24 min • United States of America

Director Martin Bell revisits Erin Blackwell, one of the subjects of his 1984 documentary STREETWISE.

Depth Charge

2005 • 60 min • United Kingdom

In 2004 X1 Sports took a band of intrepid climbers to Croatia . Their mission was to find some of the best and unknown rock in the Europe ; the reason, well to see if they could Deep Water Solo off it of course. With some of the best climbers in the world, Chris Sharma, Steve McClure, Leo Holding, Depth Charge charts their progress and antics as they look to challenge their limits each and every day. Depth Charge is an on the wall documentary of their every move and allows the viewer to see exactly what makes a climber tick.

Patrice O'Neal: One-Night Stand

2005 • 27 min

Actor/Comedian Patrice Oneal performs stand-up in this comedy special.

Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphore

2005 • 40 min

An interview with Jean-Luc Godard around the time of his film Notre Musique.

I'm Charlie Chaplin

2005 • 8 min • United States of America

... because it's Halloween.

Futureproof

2005 • 40 min • Switzerland

Big jumps are sick... and once again we have that category well covered. But there will always be a bigger jump or that extra one eighty added to the rotation that will dethrone last year's golden moment. So... what aspects of snowboarding can withstand the test of time? We spent the winter examining this question and came up with some answers that will have you waxing your board and watching the Weather Channel in September. You will see.

Hungry 4 U

2005 • 9 min

Spanish short film