All Films

Balto - The Hero From Alaska

2011 • 57 min • Norway

Norwegian documentary. The Norwegian owned dog Balto became a great hero and Hollywood star after bringing medicine and saving lives in the town of Nome, Alaska, during an epidemic in the winter of 1925. However, after a year of fame and touring the United States, followed a life of captivity and suffering. Luckily some people still had Balto in their hearts.

Venus & the Sun

2011 • 23 min • United Kingdom

Model and Page 3 favourite Keeley Hazell thinks she's solved all her problems by taking up an unexpectedly high-brow hobby: translating Latin. The language has given her magical powers, enabling her to ward-off the frenzied attention of her adoring fans, and the British Library offers an ideal refuge from the hordes. But when she meets Adam, the one Sun-reader in the country she hadn't bargained for, Keeley is given a lesson in not judging books by their covers. Her journey of discovery will reveal just how far she's come to rely on the advantages of fame. A warped retelling of Ovid's most famous myth, Venus and Adonis, and a comic study of society's obsession with the image.

Stake Land: Martin

2011 • 5 min • United States of America

Martin is having a dream about himself and the plague.

A Boy's Life

2011 • 21 min • United States of America

Through his father's military absence, a withdrawn and imaginative boy attempts to prove to his coping mother that the monster beneath his bed is real.

Who Leads

2011 • 9 min • United States of America

One couple's new intense connection is questioned in the midst of the disintegration of another couple; who leads when four men come together?

The Fight for Fischer's Estate

2011 • 7 min • United States of America

Short documentary that was published as an extra on the DVD of “Bobby Fisher Against the World”.

The Secret Life of Waves

2011 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Documentary-maker David Malone delves into the secrets of ocean waves. In an elegant and original film, he finds that waves are not made of water, that some waves travel sideways and that the sound of the ocean comes not from water but from bubbles. Waves are not only beautiful but also profoundly important, and there is a surprising connection between the life cycle of waves and the life of human beings.

Ursus

2011 • 10 min • Latvia

A charcoal on paper animation about a motorcycling circus bear who decides to leave the daily routine and takes off to the forest where his true happiness seems to dwell.

The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

2011 • 11 min

The Fitzgerald classic as you've never seen it, transposed to a Los Angeles of sleek modern architecture and strip-mall foot clinics.

King of the Castle

2011 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A heart-warming short film of two brothers and their relationship after their father's death.

Dans retușat

2011 • 8 min

Retouched Dance is a short comedy movie that brings out the story of a funny couple that wants to learn the wedding dance.

Not Interested

2011 • 9 min • United States of America

A spaced out knife salesman makes the house call of a lifetime.

All's Wells That Ends Wells

2011 • 13 min • United Kingdom

The First Doctor was the kind of scientist and adventurer popularised by the novels of H. G. Wells. But how much does Doctor Who owe to the 'Father of Science Fiction'? This documentary features writers and historians Matthew Sweet and Dominic Sandbrook, author and critic Kim Newman, literary editor Graham Sleight, and Anthony Keen of the Open University.

Pumpkins and Old Lace

2011 • 9 min • France

The perfect "Granny or Grandpa" poster face is what the photographer from Discra, an adult diaper company, hopes to find as he approaches a retirement home, camera in hand. A quick look at a couple of "nice old folks" and that should be it. But it's just the beginning of the story (or rather stories). While the folks he meets are a bit long in the tooth, they have a lot to say. With Pumpkins and Old Lace, Juliette Loubières joins the classic tradition of puppet animation films, creating a sincere, whimsical fairy tale with a moral that reminds us that old age is sometimes a mask guarding the treasures of our souls.

Saturday Girls

2011 • 14 min • France

Eva wakes up alone in an unfamiliar apartment. Her lover from the previous night is nowhere to be found. She thinks she's all alone, but there's a little boy asking her questions.

The Secret of Balthasar Castle

2011 • 15 min • Germany

In ‘The Secret of Balthasar Castle’, the first cinematic adventure of the Europa-Park mascots, Ed, Edda and their friends have to solve the riddle of the mysterious castle. The five friends encounter and master some exciting situations as the adventurous treasure hunt takes them through the mysterious catacombs of Balthasar Castle. It’s no question that Ed, Edda, Eurofant, Böckli and Louis have to show a lot of courage here, as only together can they decipher the great secret.

The Gate

2011 • 11 min • United Kingdom

A recent group of extreme mutations leading to death has triggered a parliamentary enquiry which is looking back on the 3 notable cases, their handling and ways to prevent this in the future.

Under the Bed

2011 • 13 min • Spain

Every night, Martín's socks disappear under his bed.

The Pain of Creation

2011 • 25 min • Finland

Elias has to check the heritage of Till Hanson, but things won't go as easily as one would expect because someone has to finish Hanson's work.

Stopover in Dubai

2011 • 27 min • France

Chris Marker’s Stopover in Dubai is a found-footage documentary reconstructed from CCTV material released by Dubai State Security, documenting the 2010 assassination of Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The footage follows a team of 26 assassins moving through hotels and corridors on the day of the killing. Marker retained the original images but replaced the broadcast’s generic soundtrack with Henryk Górecki’s music performed by the Kronos Quartet.

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

2011 • 2 min • United States of America

A parody of David Fincher's version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

The Final Story 2001

2011 • 46 min

Arguably the two most talented teams to ever meet in a Grand Final, the Brisbane Lions were on their way to creating a dynasty but first had to overcome a Bombers outfit who believed back-to-back flags was their birthright.

Libre directo

2011 • 12 min • Spain

Having turned 60, Adela is living a life she never wanted. She has no children, a husband who walks all over her and, worst of all, nothing to look forward to. Then one day she has the chance to win 300,000 euros and leave her old life behind. All she has to do to get it is kick a ball into an open goal from the halfway line at half-time in a Spanish league match. Accepting the challenge, Adela starts training for the big day.

Hitlers Menschenhändler: Juden als Austauschware

2011 • 52 min • Germany

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against arms sales or for cash - with the express approval of Hitler.