All Films

Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling

2009 • 50 min • United States of America

This program profiles writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s--known as the Pulp Fiction era. These writers created the iconic movies and characters who live on today in our collective hearts and imaginations. It has even been estimated that 90-95% of the top blockbusters in Hollywood movies were based on stories from the Pulp Fiction era.

The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive

2009 • 13 min • United Kingdom

An aging alien and a love-struck grandma find romance, but just as they're about to get groovy, army intervention spoils the fun.

Maggots and Men

2009 • 53 min • United States of America

A utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors, paints a portrait of formerly pro-Soviet sailors at the Kronstadt naval garrison who rebelled against the perceived failures of the new Bolshevik state.

24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact

2009 • 50 min

Travel back 66 million years ago when a meteor struck the Earth, wiping out three-quarters of all life on the planet. What happened in those first hours? Why did some creatures survive while nearly all others perished? Using computer graphics and real-world recreations, National Geographic reveals the likely effects of the catastrophic impact that changed the world forever and examines who won, who lost, and why.

20 years of Simpsons

2009 • 16 min • France

A short French documentary to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the show.

The Birth

2009 • 3 min • Brazil

Short stop motion animation with finger nails.

Entrevistas

2009 • 11 min

A group of adults is interviewed about their past love relationships.

Welcome to Barbaristan

2009 • 21 min • Denmark

A clash of cultures takes place when a dark skinned girl guests a German family as an exchange student.

The Robinsons of Mantsinsaari

2009 • 54 min • Finland, Germany, Poland

Two men, a Finn and a Belarusian live alone, on a lake's island.

Sombra azul

2009 • 15 min • United States of America

Three people try to fulfill their fantasies at a pool one night and discover why fantasies should never become reality.

Acting for the Camera

2009 • 14 min • United States of America

Two acting students perform the orgasm scene from "When Harry Met Sally..." The only problem is, Joanna has never actually experienced one for herself.

The Cannibalistic Councillor

2009 • 8 min • Spain

Spin Off from "Broken Embraces"

Alex in Amsterdam

2009 • 40 min

The somewhat naïve teenager Alex Meulenaers leaves his hometown, to go study economics in Amsterdam. He is the first of his family to leave Limburg. However, faith has something else in store for him. The movie shows us how Alex sees Amsterdam: sometimes threathening, sometimes absurd and always with wonder.

Running Away with Blackie

2009 • 20 min • United States of America

"Running Away With Blackie" takes a complex and thought-provoking look into the lonely and desperate life of Jetty. Jetty, having a history of drug abuse and denial, now must confront his own personal demons in order to move forward in his life. Along with his best and only friend; his dog Blackie, he encounters some strange characters during his travels who serve as a constant reminder of what he has been trying to run away from. Jetty finally wakes up and has an epiphany when he encounters a Goblin-Like Figure (Camden Toy) who reminds him that he is the only one who can help himself, and cannot hide from himself any longer.

H5N1: The Day of the Pandemic

2009 • 8 min • France

A bird flu pandemic starts a zombie outbreak at an out-of-the-way gas station.

RUN to ME RUN from ME

2009 • 13 min • United States of America

Jake, Midwest High School's star long distance runner, is overtaken by anorexia and sexual fantasy.

somebody's something

2009 • 20 min

Vincent, a reckless French boy, travels to Hungary to liquidate the home of a relative he has never seen. In an apartment cluttered with dusty objects and furniture, he is confronted not only with the past of others, but also with his own present.

Lie

2009 • 10 min

In 1968 Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys met a dynamic and passionate singer/songwriter and introduced him to Hollywood. The two set out to record that artist's first professional album. The album became known as LIE. In 1969 this artist achieved incredible fame, but not for his music. The artist's name was Charles Manson.

A Film About Poo

2009 • 2 min • United Kingdom

A musical reminder of the importance of washing your hands after you go to the toilet.

La Petite Mort

2009 • 6 min

A woman travels the landscape of sensuality and loneliness. Filmed in Watts California.

Hubo

2009 • 2 min • United States of America

HUBO (KHR-3) is a walking humanoid robot with a life-size bipedal frame, developed by the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and was revealed January, 2005. HUBO, short form for "humanoid robot," has been paving the road in realizing a vision of fantasy to the real world.

Taxi?

2009 • 15 min • Ukraine

A taxi-driver picks up three girls two of them get out after a while, and one stays…

The Grudge 3: The Curse Continues

2009 • 6 min • United States of America

A behind the scenes documentary for the 2009 horror film 'The Grudge 3'.

Saving Levi

2009 • 14 min

A baby is left to die in a field in China. An old man is the only one to care.