All Films

Ikwé

2009 • 5 min • Canada

An experimental film that weaves the intimate thoughts of one woman (Ikwé) with the teachings of her grandmother, the Moon, creating a surreal narrative experience that communicates the power of thought and personal reflection.

GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli

2009 • 1 min • Italy

In 2009, Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli collaborated with film director Roman Polanski on a fake commercial for a fake brand of perfume named "GREED", starring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman as a sapphic couple locked in a vicious cat fight over possession of the fragrance bottle. The short film was part of Vezzolli's art exhibition of the same title that debuted at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome.

Omar Hot Pursuit S.E.A.R.C.H.

2009 • 5 min • United States of America

One in a series of short films called "PSST!" Each short in the series brings together three filmmaking teams, and each must tell a story that picks up where the previous team left off. This storytelling technique is derived from the Dadaist game Exquisite Corpse and the children’s game Telephone and applied to the arts of motion graphics, animation and filmmaking.

The Last Lioness

2009 • 50 min • South Africa

A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years. She has no pride, no support - she alone must safeguard her own survival. Her name is Lady Liuwa, and she is the Last Lioness. Isolated by a scourge of illegal trophy hunting that wiped out the rest of her species in the region, Lady Liuwa is the only known resident lion surviving on Zambia's Liuwa Plain. For four years, cameraman Herbert Brauer watched her lonely life unfold, until, in her solitude, she reached out to him for companionship. But Herbert knows he is not the companion this lonely lioness needs - she should be amongst her own kind. Now, in May of 2009, plans for a male lion translocation have come through, and there is hope for ending her isolation. For the first time in more than five years, Lady Liuwa will no longer be the Last Lioness.

The Lady and the Reaper

2009 • 8 min • Spain

A sweet old lady is living alone in her farm, waiting for the arrival of death to meet her beloved husband again. One night, while sleeping, her life fades out and she is invited to cross death's door. Bue when she is about to do so, the old lady wakes up inside a hospital's ward, as an arrogant doctor has taken her back to life and he will fight hard against death to recover the old lady's life at any cost.

The Last Day of Bulkin I.S.

2009 • 13 min

The last day of Ivan Bulkin’s life has come. Death is at his front door and wants him to confirm with his signature that he was satisfied with his life. But Bulkin thinks he can trick the grim reaper and cheat death.

Mother of Many

2009 • 6 min • United Kingdom

The most dangerous journey needs a helping hand.

The Gentlemen

2009 • 30 min

They speak of past achievements, challenge their guitars and form a band. The whole time equipped with smokes and beer. - A portrait of a generation.

The Prince of Milk

2009 • 15 min

A vengeful spirit targets the girls who ridiculed him prior to his suicide.

L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

2009 • 47 min

The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak and directed by Frank Corsaro.

Phantasie

2009 • 30 min

An hypnotic tale of vampirism on All Hallows' Eve.

Jalil

2009 • 29 min • Finland

Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.

The Swan of Wishes

2009 • 14 min

Sergio Abel lives in a small town in Central Cuba and he videotapes his life. He is also a grade school teacher. A beautiful documentary that incorporates Sergio’s observations and footage and his student’s aspirations for the future with the outsider’s eye to tell his story.

water

2009 • 18 min • Australia

Toby yearns for a life like any other eight-year-old kid, but his mentally disabled father is a constant reminder that life for Toby will never be normal.

The Frison-Roche Track

2009 • 52 min • France

Roger Frison-Roche born in Paris in 1906 and moved to Chamonix at the age of 17. He was quickly adopted by local mountaineers and became the first guide in the Company not to have been born in the valley. He is also an insatiable explorer, in love with landscapes and peoples, having traveled from the Hoggar to the Sami camps in Lapland. And the author, among others, of the famous adventure novel Premier de Cordée! This documentary, made up of archive images and interviews, exposes the prolific life of a man who communicated his passion for the mountains by all possible means. A young journalist from Chamonix follows in the footsteps of Roger Frison-Roche. She meets people who knew him and others who followed in his footsteps: guides, filmmaker and author Philippe Claudel, a director, his family; on a trip to Lapland, Algeria, Chamonix.

Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

2009 • 53 min • France

January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime underworld with brute force and corrupting many touchable individuals. Until the day the head of the Untouchables Brigade, Eliot Ness, entered the scene. Since then, a cruel battle between the two of them began, a battle that ended in trial, conviction, disease, insanity and death.

Cruickshank on Kew: The Garden That Changed the World

2009 • 60 min • United Kingdom

As the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew prepare to celebrate their 250th anniversary, Dan Cruickshank unearths some of the surprising stories that shaped the famous gardens. His travels take him from the royal gardens to the corridors of power and the outposts of Empire as he pieces together Kew's story, uncovering tales of bravery, high adventure, passion and drama.

Lars and Peter

2009 • 15 min • Denmark, New Zealand

Lars (9) is naive and innocent, all he wants is for his father to be happy and his family to be together. Lars' mother is gone and life has been empty and dysfunctional without her. On the eve of his birthday, Lars' dad, Peter, gets himself drunk and after an embarrassing argument with the next-door neighbor, Alma, masturbates in the backyard. Lars sees everything. Now things are worse than ever. Lars is all alone, struggling to understand what he has seen, he has to figure everything out by himself...

LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2

2009 • 5 min • Denmark

When R2-D2 gets lost in space, Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano set off on a mission to find their droid pal.

Harry, Henry and the Prostitute

2009 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Harry and Henry are friends. Harry wants a quiet night in. Henry orders a prostitute. Harry sees her and wants to sleep with her. Henry lets him. Harry can't pay for her. Neither can Henry. The prostitute isn't happy. Neither is her pimp.

Lovebug

2009 • 18 min • United States of America

In a technological utopia, a man and woman depend on artificial means to determine their love for each other.

Brotherly Love

2009 • 16 min • Czech Republic, Germany

A poetic and melancholic short film about two brothers with different intentions. A personal struggle involving obsession, abuse, and guilt.

Les figures

2009 • 12 min • France

A heartbroken mother running around in the park and asks for her missing 6-year-old son.

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective

2009 • 17 min • United States of America

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come concerning Asian characterizations in Hollywood movies from earlier eras.