All Films

Coloured Photograph

2009 • 2 min • Bahrain

"Colored Photograph" with an aesthetic reminiscent of the campaigns of United Colors of Benetton, Waheeda Malullah (Bahrain) chooses to color a group of women dressed in black Burqas, frozen in an almost fixed shot taken from the front.

Mandragora officinarum

2009 • 44 min

Mandragora Officinarum by director and visualist Tiago Pereira is a live video performance based on the fusion of religion, xamanism, and alternative medicine concepts. It unveils different fields of knowledge such as ethno-history, ethno-linguistics and ethno-botanic reinforcing the value of oral narratives, music and rituals in society. This post-cinematic event gathers samples of contemporary music and field recording on collective memory that deeps in dynamic and unconventional aspects of culture. The descriptions collected on popular beliefs, botanic and their contradictions with science and religion are put together with musical narratives aiming at new strings of creative thought that instigate and renovate today’s identity process.

Catatonic

2009 • 5 min

The boy is ill, catatonic. His mother is at the brink of neurosis. The Doctor arrives: He has ein plan.

I Can Feel The Sea Falling Over My Head

2009 • 23 min • United States of America

Harmonium and fire from Noël 2008.

I

2009 • 4 min • Croatia

The subject matter of the film I is sexual identity. The protagonist is a woman trapped in a man's body. Striving to break free from the body, the voyager undertakes a trip to the world of fiction, where he jostles a puppet which helps him to escape from the grasp of reality.

Devil’s Fuji

2009 • 32 min • Latvia

Mount Fuji in Japan is occupied by a Latvian Devil. He forces Latvian culture upon Japanese villages, thus trying to form a territory of a non-existent country. When the inhabitants of one of the villages are all turned into Rainis – the all-time greatest Latvian poet and playwright – an ambitious Samurai is sent to fight for Japan.

Wild Romania - Land of Bears and Wolves

2009 • 45 min • Germany

In the south-east of Europe lies a natural jewel that is unparalleled: Romania. Bears and wolves still roam its inaccessible forests, in its remote villages people still live in harmony with nature - many things appear as in times long past for us. Romania is still home to animals and traditions that have long been lost in other regions: marmots inhabit the high meadows of the Carpathian Mountains, where shepherds graze their sheep in summer. Colorful bee-eaters live in Transylvania and pelicans fish in the Black Sea. With impressive images, this high-quality nature documentation takes you to surprisingly unknown, wild Romania.

Body Parts

2009 • 39 min • Russia

No matter how far the war retreats, its traces are imprinted on the torn earth and the memory of generations for tens, hundreds of years with bloody traces. The body of the earth is burned by shells, torn apart by mines - and we are its Parts. The heroes of the film are young Caucasian guys-children of the war that destroyed their childhood and youth. In this black-and-white movie, the past, present and future alike merge into the color of the tragedy of all times and peoples – the color of war.

Cat's Meow

2009 • 2 min • United States of America

The Condom Play

2009 • 48 min • Brazil

Juatama, a peaceful city in rural Ceará (Brazil) is about to receive the prestigious title of the Historic Landmark of Humanity. The anxious city prepares itself for the arrival of the Quarto Besouro, who will come to give the final verdict in regards to whether the city has the necessary conditions to receive the coveted title.

Gjakova 726

2009 • 32 min • Kosovo

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Sub: Way of Samurai

2009 • 4 min • Japan

The legendary samurai duel between Musashi and Kojiro comes to life again 400 years later in the subways of Tokyo.

Fun!

2009 • 35 min

Powell‘s long-awaited video Fun

Il numero delle bestie

2009 • 5 min • Italy

Animated book by the street artist Ericailcane.

Rinky Dink

2009 • 4 min • United States of America

A postmodern interpretation of the 'Prince Charming' myth.

Die Now or Live Forever

2009 • 28 min • United States of America

On a boring Halloween night alone, teenager Michael Sphenson and his two best friends, Greg and Dave, make an adolescent bet that throws the night into blood-sucking terror.

Dorado

2009 • 3 min

Drinking water has run out on the planet and a little girl does everything she can to keep her goldfish alive with the last bottles of water she has hidden, until the day she runs out of the last bottle.

MoonBlues

2009 • 1 min

A baby, the Moon and a balloon.

Under the Stone

2009 • 4 min

What happens at night under the stones?

KItes

2009 • 6 min • United States of America

A young boy mourns the loss of his grandfather, but is surprised when his grandfather comes back for a friendly visit.

If Vagina Had Teeth: The Shona Rainmaking Ceremony in Western Mozambique

2009 • 58 min • Estonia, Mozambique

"Ritual reversals" or "rituals of rebellion" are concepts used for mock rituals performed in Southern and Eastern Africa. During fertility rituals, like rain ceremonies, women in their songs and dances demonstrate obscene behaviour while they behave like men. These are secret performances open strictly for elderly men and women. Still, we were invited to record the rain making ceremony in the land of Chief Chassuka, Manika Province in Mozambique, in order to document the ritual for the younger generations. These rituals are a fading tradition probably due to the special character of the songs and dances.

Psycho=

2009 • 60 min • Japan

A thug and a couple are tortured by the psycho next door.

Georgian Spring

2009 • 5 min

"And may he return without the help of any man or god." Odyssey, Book V, 31-32

Easter Island Underworld

2009 • 45 min

Deep beneath the legendary Easter Island, National Geographic undertakes a groundbreaking expedition to map a vast cave system utilized by the people who carved these iconic statues. Protected by sheer cliffs, narrow labyrinths and underwater entrances, many of the caves have not been explored for decades. Recently discovered human remains and telltale artifacts reveal details of the island's intriguing history and culture.