All Films

Playing with Fire

2009 • 59 min • Sweden

Actor and director Ulf Friberg has filmed August Strindberg's play "Leka med elden". Or at least almost. The story of a middle-aged couple and their summer guests slides almost unnoticed into the story of the relationship between the actors and the director. The result is an airy, summery metafilm of both classic and innovative cuts.

David

2009 • 15 min • Spain

New short film by José Ramón Samper Bernad, which has been produced by Artegalia Films, and shot in Alicante. The film gives a unique and particular view of the world of male prostitution, in the hands of two characters: a mature man who seeks pleasure through the vision of nakedness and the beauty of a young scoundrel. But the story goes further and makes a reflection on beauty and its loss through the passage of the years, in old age, and as youth is the canon of desired and revered beauty. Young bodies are synonymous with beauty, and the taboos of our society limit the admiration of such young beauty by the elders.

Outing

2009 • 18 min • Singapore

A grandfather decides to take his grandson on an outing.

Women and the Guards

2009 • 52 min • Latvia

A portrait of female prisoners and their guards in Afghanistan, showing parallel lives - the lives of the female prisoners, the life of the warden of the women’s prison, as well as the foreign advisors. The film shows the interplay of various levels of imprisonment. One level is the women themselves, the other is the strict and repressive rules for Afghan women, and yet another is the security threat of the outside world perceived by the advisors.

Mystic Eyes

2009 • 28 min

A single-shot film of a performance by Australian drone-rock musician Lisa MacKinney (AKA Mystic Eyes).

Mansur's War Dance

2009 • 25 min • Latvia

Chechen boy Mansur, who was born and grew up during war in Chechnya, thanks to his mother Sacita’s persistence and his own talent, garners awards in dance contests all over the world, reminding people of his nation’s culture and valour.

nite owl

2009 • 2 min

I heard this song on Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Show and just had to animate to it. The lyrics were a bit odd when I really listened to them, but the rhythm was a treat. - Sally Cruikshank

The Seasons

2009 • 3 min • Japan

A short animation created by Junpei Fujita during his school days

Heart of a Tiger

2009 • 19 min • France

Somewhere between a diary and a filmed letter made while Caroline Champetier was shooting Benoît Jacquot's film L'Intouchable in India.

Alice Sommer: Everything Is a Present

2009 • 53 min

Documentary about pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Sommer Herz. In the concentration camps she played more than 100 concerts, and credits music for saving her life.

La Récrée

2009 • 6 min

Schoolyard homage to Chris Marker's 'La Jetée' with the students of Classe Carambolimages Ecole St Jean de Braye.

The Bankruptcy Jazz

2009 • 45 min • Belgium, Netherlands

After World War I jazz music unites the divided countries of Europe. The new formed Jazz Republic introduces an unlimited amount of Eurobonds for all Europeans to live upon the interest of one's money. It leads to a complete bankruptcy. This film is an adaptation of a screenplay that the Flemish poet Paul van Ostaijen wrote in Berlin and Antwerp between 1919 and 1921.

That's Right Diana Barry, You Needed Me

2009 • 7 min • Canada

Did you ever have a crush on Anne Murray, singing her greatest hits with your dress tucked into your pantyhose? And what about Anne of Green Gables? These questions and oh so much more are autobiographically answered by performance artist Dayna McLeod in this mash-up that mixes Anne Murray's, “You Needed Me” with the made-for-television Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Originally commissioned as a performance piece for Anne Made Me Gay, curated by Moynan King and Rosemary Rowe, Buddies in Bad Times.

Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009 • 7 min • Canada

Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.

Mastodon: The Making of Crack the Skye

2009 • 56 min

Video documentary of the making of Mastodon's Crack the Skye.

Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!

2009 • 54 min • Poland

A record of a few months of struggle on the set, showing an atmosphere of work and a picture of immense film machinery, and at same time presenting the truest and intimate portrait of the Master of Polish Cinema, the Oscar winner.

Película sudorosa I

2009 • 10 min • Spain

Two of my favorite films, A Movie by Bruce Conner and Fireworks by Kenneth Anger, include Respighi's “Pini di Roma” in their soundtrack, contrasting the epic of the music with the hilarious images. In the tradition of my favorite filmmakers, this is a film in the glory of the super-8 splendor, with some of the tricks and effects preferred by amateur filmmakers when playing with the camera.

Les vies possibles de Christian Boltanski

2009 • 53 min • France, Germany

Icelandic Leader Sheep

2009 • 18 min

Documentary film on Icelandic Leadersheep.

Berlin, Baby

2009 • 11 min • Sweden

Caroline wants to travel the world. Her best friend Nina wants that too. Together they apply to a photography school in Berlin. But not everything goes according to plan.

O Rico Pobre

2009 • 54 min • Brazil

A man from the countryside sees his life changing when he wins 10 million in the lottery. Determined to begin a new life, he sets fire to all his belongings, including the winning ticket, which he forget was in his coat pocket.

Cochran

2009 • 8 min • United States of America

Jim Cochran hates his job, he wishes he could just shoot clay pigeons all day.

Ci sono gli spiriti

2009 • 7 min • Italy

Short animation by Alvise Renzini inspired by a C.G. Jung's dream

Turf Feinz - Dancing in the Rain

2009 • 4 min

Original Turf Dancing from East Oakland, CA, are a legendary group of dancers. This video is full of great sadness. Some time ago, Rich D., one of their team and one of the dancers's half-brother, died around the corner of the very same street where No Noize, Man, BJ and Dreal are now dancing.