All Films

Swingers

2009 • 1 min • United States of America

Sometimes giving a dude a simple push on a swing isn't so simple after all.

Mourning Ice Pop

2009 • 4 min

While comically depicting the fragility of the end of summer from the perspective of popsicles, this work conveys the smell of the Showa era and the atmosphere of downtown.

Regeneration

2009 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Regeneration is a film about transformation. Starting in a dark place the character reaches toward the divine and breaks into the world of the spirit. Through this act representing an outstretched hand we see that the Holy Spirit represented as a dove is pursuing us even more urgently. The meeting of the two represents the freedom in flight found in trusting fully in the Holy Spirit and is completed with the return to the heart now fully regenerated.

No Honour No Choice

2009 • 16 min

Leaving her girlfriend Kat in the car Rajinder enters her house to announce to her parent's she is gay. But before she can tell them her parents make an announcement of their own.Should she do as her parents wish or disobey them and dishonour the family?

Being Alan Bennett

2009 • 60 min

Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK's best-loved writers, with interviews, archive footage and new work.

Molly in Springtime

2009 • 26 min • France, Canada

As the mysterious “bloated belly” disease spreads through their kingdom, Princess Molly teams up with Léon the bear to outwit a conniving storyteller.

Night Moves

2009 • 24 min • United States of America

Ethan is a hardcore alcoholic due to the fact that his wife has left him. One night, in desperation, he calls a fantasy escort company. The girl who is sent over happens to be a real vampire. The two end up forming a strong connection with each other.

Walk In The Forest

2009 • 3 min • Canada

Diane Obomsawin's whimsical animated short follows medicine man Walk-in-the-forest on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.

A Man of Confidence: Ralf Otterpohl, Water Specialist

2009 • 25 min • Germany

Documentary short by Romuald Karmakar.

Vive la rose

2009 • 7 min • Canada

The tale of a tragic love story set in Newfoundland. When illness takes the woman he loves, a simple man raises his voice in melancholy song as a last farewell. The film, based on a song by local musician Emile Benoit, is anchored in a beautiful, remote corner of the province, and pays homage to its land, sea and the harsh lives of the local fishermen.

Dynamic Tom: Portrait of a Cocksman

2009 • 16 min • United States of America

What's it like being a 68 year-old bachelor and the biggest player in northeast Indianapolis? Watch and find out.

The Released

2009 • 57 min • United States of America

Frontline examines the lives of mentally ill repeat offender who are struggling to make a life for themselves outside of prison.

The Mermaids' Tears: Oceans of Plastic

2009 • 54 min • France

Every km of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A 'plastic soup' of waste, killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaching chemicals slowly up the food chain. In Holland, scientists found plastic in the stomachs of 95% of all fulmar birds. In Germany, plastic has been found to affect the reproductive systems of animals, while in the US, conservationists are seeing increasing numbers of dolphins die in agony, their guts blocked with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this 'plastic pollution'? Can anything be done to clean up our oceans?

Cybermen

2009 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A history of the Cybermen, presented by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.

Flora's Garden

2009 • 27 min • Italy

Throughout the seasons, the work of a farmer in his vegetable garden, from the seed to its fruit.

Fear Girls: Volume One

2009 • 57 min • United States of America

Four vignettes featuring sexy lady vampires getting seductive with their prey.

The Only Picture

2009 • 52 min • Latvia

Historical reenactment of preparation in Nov. 17 and proclamation of independence of Latvia in Nov. 18, 1918 and in epicenter is only taken photograph of this historical moment.

The Indelible Stain

2009 • 12 min • Dominican Republic

The Narrator (Canek Denis) finds himself with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change his precarious lifestyle for a brand new life of never-ending lust and limitless power. But the price to pay is too high. He must surrender that which represents everything he has been up to that moment, that which defines him as a person: his ideas. He now must make a choice that will scar him for the rest of his life, much like a stain that simply cannot be removed.

This Side Up

2009 • 12 min • United States of America

Jack ships himself in a crate to see his girlfriend. En route, he discovers an unexpected surprise. Comedy ensues.

The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco

2009 • 40 min

Experimental film series featuring actors trashing a room.

After Lunch

2009 • 13 min

A typical Sunday lunch: husbands entertained with football, some mother and kids ongoing discussions, wives a little bit hysterical, till some funny secrets are revealed - one of them, about an erotic dream will change the nature of the conversation between two friends.

Im Herbst kein Lied

2009 • 22 min • Germany

Celebrity Habla

2009 • 53 min • United States of America

See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.

Good Will

2009 • 18 min • Mexico

A young man learns that people don't expect others to have good intentions.