All Films

I Had The X Factor... 25 Years Ago

2011 • 60 min • United Kingdom

In 1986, six hopefuls awaited their turn on New Faces, the popular TV talent show. Among them were comedians, singers, a teenage violin prodigy, and a Birmingham club crooner. New Faces had launched stars like Victoria Wood, Jim Davidson, and Les Dennis. For these six contestants, it was a night that changed their lives in unexpected ways. Their subsequent 25 years involved tangled love stories, international drama, a business collapse, an appearance in Britain's Got Talent semi-finals, and even prison and homelessness.

How to Build a Dinosaur

2011 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even - in some cases - the correct skin color. Here's a conundrum. Most dinosaur skeletons are incomplete, so how do you create museum exhibits that are realistic? As Dr Alice Roberts discovers, it's a practical question for those putting together an exhibition at LA County's Natural History Museum, who have to design dynamic, punter-pleasing displays that also reflect the latest thinking in paleontology circles.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

2011 • 34 min • United States of America

In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.

Le Lac Noir

2011 • 19 min • France, Switzerland

In the far-off time of tales, Madeleine and Jean are living on the shores of an alpine lake. They have been together since Jean found the young girl lying in the forest unconscious and amnesic. One day, Jean catches a huge fish, and in the stomach he discovers a young boy asleep. So begin the events that will awaken Madeleine's memory.

Keeper

2011 • 16 min • Australia

A guardian angel is burdened with the frustrating job of protecting an extremely dull man, whose life seems completely predictable and uneventful. Desperate to see his talents better utilized, the angel contacts his superiors, but his request for a transfer comes with some decidedly unpleasant strings attached...

Blood Lust

2011 • 6 min

Short from The Blood Factory

Afternoon Tea

2011 • 13 min

An elderly Indian grandfather`s life changes when a Caucasian boy knocks on his door by chance.

Lifetime Guarantee

2011 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Lifetime Guarantee follows a nameless protagonist as he enters a mysterious shop wherein it's enigmatic proprietor offers the solutions to life's disappointments. 'Lifetime Guarantee' takes you on a journey through time and alternate lives and hopefully leaves you with the question: Is the grass always greener on the other side?

Rated R for Nudity

2011 • 3 min • Canada

A playful stab at mass hypnosis. Celebrating the mesmerizing power of movies, mischievous glimpses into a subconscious world inhabited by Bergman, Spielberg... and Bo Derek.

Only the Bravest: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps

2011 • 31 min • United States of America

Documentary talking about bravery in the context of Green Lantern, the hero, and the Green Lantern Corps.

A Gun for George

2011 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Author Terry Finch struggles to find an outlet that will stock or reprint his violent pulp crime series "The Reprisalizer"

Talkback

2011 • 4 min • Australia

A housewife (Perri Cummings) who becomes infected with the vitriolic words of a bigoted talk radio host, in this commentary on the culture of fear and distrust spread by the media post-9/11. Created for Drafthouse Films’ THE ABCS OF DEATH ‘26th Director’ competition.

Where Does the Sea Flow?

2011 • 17 min • Russia

A mother is trying hard to love her five-years old daughter, but even the child's very presence continuously reminds her about the trauma of rape she survived five years ago. As troubled apparitions, fears and inner disorder of the mother begin to influence the little girl's psyche. Could the sincere affection of the child alleviate her mother's suffering?

Happy Birthday

2011 • 15 min • Estonia

"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?

Sum 41: Don't Try This at Home

2011 • 46 min • United States of America

The making-of documentary of the fifth studio album by Canadian punk band Sum 41, "Screaming Bloody Murder".

Inside The Mob's Bloody Valentine

2011 • 45 min • United States of America

The St. Valentine's Day massacre is the stuff of American legend, and the tale is familiar to nearly everyone. But the story of that bloody day in Chicago has never been told, or seen, like this before. Cutting-edge graphics and frenetic recreations accompany Johnny Fratto, son of onetime Al Capone-associate Louis "Lew" Fratto, back to Chicago, where he uncovers massacre myths and learns more about the life his father and uncles led when they roamed those lawless streets in the 1920s. Johnny gets guidance and opinions from a team of renowned Chicago gangster experts, and bridges the gap between the stories he heard as a little boy and the reality he lived growing up in a mob family. Johnny's take about what happened on Feb. 14, 1929 will surprise you.

Talking Funny

2011 • 50 min • United States of America

What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, discuss and debate their craft.

Tappy Toes

2011 • 41 min • United States of America

Tappy Toes is an animated odyssey about a young penguin named Pingo who, after finding a pair of tap shoes in an old steamer trunk, discovers he can do something no other penguin can do...tap dance! But that s not the only thing that makes Pingo unique. He also happens to be raised by a most unlikely duo, Lou and Buddy, two birds of prey who initially set out to make a meal out of Pingo and end up taking him in as their own. Pingos toe tapping skills not only catch the eye of a darling young female penguin, Bella, but they could be the key to stopping the vile hermit crab, Gabby, and his dimwitted sea lion sidekick, Thrasher, from destroying a colony of penguins that are home to Pingos long lost parents.

Molly and the Christmas Monster

2011 • 26 min • Germany

A new film about Molly Monster and her best friend Edison. Christmas is approaching, and all the monsters in monster land are getting ready for the big day. One night, Molly and Edison find out about the mysterious Christmas monster. They set off on a journey to find him. Will they succeed? And will they make it back home in time for the celebrations?

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 41

2011 • 57 min • Japan

The milestone of the psychic documentary series, which collects psychic images from general posts: "Classical ballet", "Alone hide-and-seek", "Spirit", "Big Woman", "American Friend", "Series Surveillance Camera Afterimage Spirit", "Birth Celebration", "Pantomime".

I’m Not Much, But I’m All I Think About

2011 • 3 min

The word “me” sinking into a bubbling puddle of metallic goo. The piece is about how narcissistic artists have to be to make their work, but by admitting their narcissism, they can at least take some steps to control it.

Orange O Despair

2011 • 4 min

What happens when a small sad orange decides to leave for the other side of the shop to meet a bunch of fun dancing pineapples ?

La traversée du salon

2011 • 19 min

After a stay in an alcohol treatment center, Celine tries to reinvent her life.

L’inconsolable

2011 • 15 min • Italy

With L’inconsolable, Jean-Marie Straub continues the mise en scène of Cesare Pavese’s Dialogues with Leucò, initiated in 1978 with Dalla nube alla resistenza and followed up in 2006, 2007 and 2008 with Quei loro incontri, Artemis’s Knee and Le streghe – femmes entre elles. L’inconsolable is a reflection on the myth of Orpheus.