All Films

Sherlock Holmes' London: The Investigation

2011 • 54 min • United Kingdom

Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featured in four novels and 56 short stories first published in 1887. Most of these adventures featured the city of London. In this brand new program, we visit the London locations of the Sherlock stories that helped to bring the "consulting detective" to life.

I am Happy

2011 • 27 min

Vashna lives to make others happy; their happiness is hers. Aakash is an aimless wanderer, with no ambition other than to live happily in the moment. When the two disparate souls meet, both are forced to rethink the meaning of happiness.

Ataun of the Dead

2011 • 21 min • Spain

When the first non-nationalist president arrives at the Basque Government, the Third Carlist War erupts. Two Carlist scientists will try to revive Zumalakarregi, but in their attempt to do so, the Idiazabal Cheese winner of the contest is contaminated. As a result, all the inhabitants of Ataun will become zombies after eating the cheese.

Moto Guzzi

2011 • 8 min • Turkey

Yusuf, 12, lives in the Digor district of Kars and goes to school every day by bicycle. Although it takes a long time, this trip gives him the opportunity to see Leyla, a girl he particularly likes, for a brief moment each morning.

Züri Zoo

2011 • 60 min

One deal. One boss. Two cops and a pair of twins who thwart everybody's plans. Three suitcases. One bag full of coke and a traveling salesman who falls victim to a sneaky seductress. A pump-gun. A pair of Reebok Pumps. A tiramisu and a mother who knows that her kids are up to no good. A new job. A job interview at a swimming pool and two stressed out gangster chicks - that's ZÜRI ZOO.

On Air

2011 • 3 min • Canada

Rites of Passage (Part 1)

2011 • 19 min • United States of America, Thailand

Filmed in Bangkok, Rites of Passage (Part 1) documents the story of Maya (Mohammad) Jafer, a 42-year old Indo-Muslim transsexual female, who underwent gender reassignment surgery in early 2011. This film follows her through the moments leading towards and during her surgery, capturing her in times of utmost vulnerability and ecstasy. This film is an honest and truthful look at Maya's journey to fully-realized self-hood.

Into the Garden of Glass and Steel

2011 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Canary Wharf is a modern architecture experiment, a city within the city of London. It has its own unique rhythm, style and architecture. It almost seems it was inspired by the writings of modern science fiction authors. This documentary attempts to grab the essence of Canary Wharf and its meaning to its occupants through the words of J.G Ballard.

The Twisted Life of Elva

2011 • 57 min

Everywhere Elva goes, people stare at her. And it´s no wonder, because she turns in circles, stamps her feet and twists her body in every other step. She is thirty years old and has the worst case of Tourette syndrome her doctor has ever seen. At the same time she has excessive amounts of wit and humour, and constantly makes fun of herself. This documentary is made at the point where Elva has reached her limit. Her ticks have grown so powerful she can no longer take care of herself and her little son. Her last chance is a risky brain surgery where electrodes are planted deep in her brain, an operation which is still in the experimental phase for Tourette´s.

Los conejos no hablan

2011 • 14 min • Argentina

This is the story of a young woman, the mother of a baby who she tries to please. Laura and Mateo have just moved into a new apartment to start their lives over.

2020

2011 • 15 min

A 2011 film by Jon Claude Bieschke.

Sucker Punch: Trenches

2011 • 3 min

An animated short inspired by Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch

Fantasy in One Act

2011 • 4 min • Lithuania

In a world where a woman is imprisoned in time and a man riding a pig hopes to free her - everything is possible and there is nothing to be surprised about.

Unlike Me

2011 • 16 min • Canada

Crime of the Big Leagues: Lester Rodney

2011 • 11 min • United States of America

We know a lot about how major league baseball was strictly segregated before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. But strangely, few of us know much about the decade-long, fierce, organized efforts to bring that about. Lester Rodney, sports editor and writer for New York’s Communist Party newspaper The Daily Worker, made it his crusade beginning in 1936. This riveting 10-minute film, much of it in Lester Rodney’s own words, tells about the man, his passion for baseball, why he fought for equal treatment of “Negro” ball players, and his perspective on the far reaching impact of baseball’s desegregation. Enjoy this eye-opening mini-documentary about Lester Rodney (1911-2009), the unsung hero who helped desegregate Major League Baseball, narrated by baseball legends Vida Blue and Marty Lurie.

Sala's Car

2011 • 44 min

Sala wants to buy a car, but because he has no money, he has to find other ways. This leads him into unconventional ways.

NOOR (Light)

2011 • 7 min • United States of America

A tribute to the Masters of Middle Eastern Patterns. NOOR is 4D animation of classical design motifs and calligraphy from Arabic, Persian, Moroccan, and others. Inspired in part by British scholar Keith Critchlow's 1976 scholarly book "Islamic Patterns" and by my pilgrimage to The Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

The Great Estate: The Rise and Fall of the Council House

2011 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Author Michael Collins charts the rise and fall of the council house, arguing that council housing had lost its way by the 1980s - before the big sell-off under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government - and that ultimately it was not the architects but the people themselves that contributed to its decline. Yet in the 21st century, council housing remains on the agenda, and is currently in the throes of another chapter under the coalition government.

Jag är sån är: En film om Sten Broman

2011 • 58 min • Sweden

The well known host and entertainer, but also an eccentric who enjoyed reveal parts of himself on live TV. Behind Sten Broman's colorful costumes and his comic academic comments, there was a complicated picture hidden.

Cane/Cain

2011 • 15 min

Exploring the intersections of migration, desire and intimacy between an Indian South African and a Pakistani migrant in urban Johannesburg - set against the backdrop of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The past encounters the present, histories collide and bodies come together as these two men find a common language of communication that transcend the boundaries of race, nation and diaspora.

The First 36 hours: An Inside Look at Hurricane Sandy

2011 • 22 min

This is the story of what a local news team has to go through to get their story on the air. In this case, the story is Hurricane Sandy, the biggest storm to hit the east coast in recorded history.

The Girl and the Fox

2011 • 6 min • United States of America

Ilona is a nine-year-old girl who lives in the wilderness with her mother and father. Food is running low, and when a mysterious fox starts killing their livestock, she has no choice but to track down the strange creature in order to ensure the survival of her family.

By Your Side

2011 • 22 min • Portugal

Nighttime and loneliness are filled with the devil. But then you come along. And so does the bittersweet life.

1000 Ways to Skin It

2011 • 6 min

Two metal brides sing a Nirvana-Destiny's-Child-Mashup