All Films

NY Export: Opus Jazz

2010 • 46 min • United States of America

Shot on location in New York City and starring an ensemble cast of New York City Ballet dancers, NY Export: Opus Jazz takes Jerome Robbins‘ 1958 “ballet in sneakers” and reimagines it for a new generation in this scripted adaptation. After winning an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film aired nationally on PBS’ Great Performances series and was nominated for the Rose d’Or Award.

VeggieTales: Sweetpea Beauty

2010 • 45 min • United States of America

Once upon a time, there lived a royally sour blueberry, a fair rhubarb maiden and a dastardly deceptive mirror! Sweetpea Beauty knows that what's on the inside is what matters most, but insecure Queen Blueberry can't see past her own reflection! So, when a decree is handed down that only the most beautiful can rule the land, the Queen gets nervous and things turn ugly! Banished to the dark forest, Sweetpea's fate seems bleak until a charming prince, a band of merry minstrels and seven snow peas come to the rescue! Will Sweetpea and her friends be able to warn the Queen in time to save her from the clutches of the tricky mirror - or will the crumbling kingdom and the Queen's own heart be lost forever? Find out in this fairy "Veggie" tale about the real meaning of true beauty.

D.C. I&II P.S.P. Re-Animated

2010 • 22 min • Japan

An OVA bundled with a PSP game Da Capo: D.C. I & II P.S.P. It features animated confession scenes for the four main heroines of the two games, Nemu, Kotori, Yume, and Otome.

Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid

2010 • 44 min

Max Neptune and the Atomic Space Patrol face their biggest threat ever. Dr. Agotch and his giant, mechanical, Menacing Squid!

Leslie Jones: Problem Child

2010 • 60 min • United States of America

Comedian Leslie Jones (aka Big Les) showcases her raunchy and hysterically funny stand up in her first ever comedy special.

Today We Start Our Love

2010 • 38 min • Japan

Hibino Tsubaki is a shy, kind, and slightly old-fashioned girl who has always been the top student in her class. She always did everything her parents wanted her to do. She loved to do other girls' hair in trendy and cute styles, despite always wearing plain braids herself. On her first day of high school at the opening ceremony, she is astonished to see that the top student giving the opening speech is not only somebody else, but also the rudest boy she has ever seen. This delinquent turns out to be her new classmate, Kyouta Tsubaki. Kyouta teases Hibino, drawing attention to their similar last names. The two are both top of their class, but are different in every other way. Even though it seems that they cannot stand each other, fate has something else in store for them…

Clown

2010 • 1 min

A fake trailer for a film. A man finds a clown suit he wears for his son birthday party. But afterwards, the suit won't come off.

Android

2010 • 8 min

When a government funded cyborg is re-captured after killing five soldiers, a specialist is called in to assess the machine's cybernetic personality. What dark thoughts lie with in the mind of this android? And how long till it kills again?

A Real Man

2010 • 24 min • Slovenia

Marko is 40 years old and still lives with his mother. His life is settled between work and home. His colleague Ajda tries to approach him, but without success. Marko always returns to his mother, without whom he cannot manage. And when it already seems like he will never separate from his mom, she takes matters into her own hands. Will Marko finally grow up?

Michael Kirby: Don't Forget the Justice Bit

2010 • 54 min • Australia

Filmed during and after his time on the High Court of Australia, this documentary about Justice Michael Kirby explores the personal, moral and spiritual convictions of one of our most compassionate and incisive legal minds. Michael Kirby reveals himself in this film through a long-form interview in a way he has never done before. It was only at the age of 61 he publicly revealed for the first time that he had been in a homosexual relationship since 1969 with partner Johan van Vloten. This film represents the first time Johan has spoken publicly about their life together.

The Pizza Miracle

2010 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship.

Michael Nyman in Progress

2010 • 52 min

Featuring unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great composers of our time in all his diversity and endless energy. From London to Berlin, Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, and Portugal the film is also a journey through the musical world today. It shows Michael Nyman, the musician, in his concerts with The Michael Nyman Band and live collaborations with other internationally known musicians and orchestras. But throughout his journeys, this film discovers Nyman's increasing passion for filming and photography.

The Screamers

2010 • 2 min • Spain

There are places and moments that invite you to scream.

Chinese Vegetables

2010 • 25 min • France, Japan

A young woman is being offered seeds of a vegetable with incredible energetic properties. The care required by the culture of these vegetables opens internal perspectives to the young woman, which transform her step by step. The insipid routine of this young woman takes slowly a direction...

Boxer

2010 • 18 min

In a decaying Scottish community, a lonely man witnesses a violent attack that gives him a reason to exist.

Lek and the Waterboy

2010 • 8 min • Thailand

14-year-old Lek works in his mother's shop. While his best friend flirts with a new girlfriend, Lek has decidedly different fantasies.

Say Grace Before Drowning

2010 • 20 min • United States of America

Eight-year-old Hawa is reunited with her African refugee mother after six years apart—and now finds herself living with a woman in the midst of a deep mental-health crisis.

Maska

2010 • 23 min • Poland, United Kingdom

The movie is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain mission. However, she will be forced to choose between accomplishing the task she was created for and love.

Philippe Garrel à Digne (Second voyage)

2010 • 56 min • France

On the occasion of the 7th meetings of Digne, Pour un autre cinéma, organized by Pierre Queyrel and which presented a retrospective of Philippe Garrel's cinematographic work, this film is the sound recording of the discussion that the filmmaker made with the audience after the screening of his films Marie pour mémoire, Athanor, Voyage au jardin des morts and Le Bleu des origines.

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

2010 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China's most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Alan Yentob explores the story of Ai Weiwei's life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to fight for artistic freedom of expression while living under the restrictive shadows of authoritarian rule.

Unimaginable

2010 • 22 min

A short film that explores domestic violence within a same sex relationship asking the ultimate question, 'How much does love have to hurt before it is not love?'.

Stay Gold

2010 • 56 min

Stay Gold - The Emerica Video is Emerica's first full-length feature since 2003's This is Skateboarding. Stay Gold features groundbreaking skating from the Emerica Team - Andrew Reynolds, Leo Romero, Bryan Herman, Kevin "Spanky" Long, Jerry Hsu, Braydon Szafranski, Aaron Suski and Brandon Westgate. With incredible skateboarding, psychedelic imagery and thundering music, Stay Gold has set the stage for the introduction of a new skateboarding classic by Emerica.

3 Dog Band

2010 • 8 min • United States of America

A trio of dogs (all interested in different genres of music) prepare for a gig at an exclusive nightclub, with some minor difficulty along the way.

Men Who Swim

2010 • 60 min • Sweden, United Kingdom

Men Who Swim is a humorous and poignant look at a group of middle aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden's all male synchronized swimming team. What began as a weekly escape from the daily grind of work and family responsibilities, gradually evolved into a more serious commitment. Inspired by classical Esther Williams techniques from the 1950s, this group of train drivers and meat buyers, archivists and teachers soon became passionate exponents of the sport.