All Films

Looking Back to the Future

2009 • 45 min • United States of America

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.

October Haze

2009 • 13 min • United States of America

A young widow arrives at a deserted downtown parking garage to collect her deceased husband's car, only to find herself reliving his tragic death and discovering the depth of her compassion.

Reinhardtstrasse

2009 • 34 min • Germany

Nadine and Janine share a flat together with their friends Mark and Andreas. The flat share is a universe with its own rules, languages, manners and relationships. A stimulating place, where chaos is floating through corridors and rooms. Pending over everything is the approaching breakup of the community, which becomes more and more perceptible within short moments of silence. One of the flat mates, Janine, is going to leave. Janine's farewell party affects each other of her friends in an different way. A precise description of a fragile structure breaking apart.

Tokyo rendering kashu

2009 • 27 min • Japan

Taking his camera and microphone to the heart of the megalopolis of Japan, the director combines scenes of the Tokyo with on-screen commentary and questions to articulate his vision of a city or to ask questions about it in spite of an audience which may think the questions are already answered and need not be asked or commented on.

Katyn: 60 Days on the Set

2009 • 27 min • Poland

The making-of featurette of Andrzej Wajda's 2007 film Katyń.

Inside the Box

2009 • 60 min • United States of America

An ambitious female news producer and her colleagues navigate the tumultuous waters of a Washington network news bureau.

Swimming Paradise

2009 • 10 min • Netherlands

Two ten-year-old girls go to a subtropical swimming paradise. They look forward to the wave pool and the chute, but are distracted by other, older swimmers. Like teenage girls with real breasts in the bubble bath, and big boys blocking the chute or taking their goggles. The little girls gradually seem to realise the days of their carefree childhood are numbered.

Living Surfaces

2009 • 25 min

Andrew has a girlfriend. Andrew also has a boyfriend. He cares about both of them but neither truly care about him. With the death of Andrew's mother when he was very young, his father took it upon himself to teach Andrew to be tough and 'not a sissy'. This only drove Andrew deeper in the closet. Jamie is useless and Toni is manipulative. For as long as Andrew can remember he has accepted his life the way it is. One Saturday changes everything forever. He finds himself.

Roots on Earth

2009 • 20 min • Philippines

“Ugat sa Lupa” is a non-dialogue film about a farming family who lives in an island. It dramatizes the family’s hardships living in an island bereft of fresh water, hence their struggle to fetch water from another island to water the plants periodically. It is also about family relationships and sacrifices of elder siblings for the younger ones.

Within the Ring

2009 • 43 min • United States of America

The making of The Wrester (2008).

Runaway

2009 • 9 min • Canada

A train runs into a cow on the tracks; with the captain nowhere to be found, the fireman is forced to desperately improvise in order to keep the train going.

À bicyclette

2009 • 17 min

A young man being schizophrenic remission is seen taken by an obsession for bikes. He remembers a childhood where they exit traumatized by his inability to pedal. Nevertheless, he tries again to ride a bike and fall. It ends at the hospital. Two amazing fellows will then take over and help him.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love

2009 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A short film special of The Sarah Jane Adventures for Comic Relief.

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

2009 • 34 min • United States of America

A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

Love Hurts

2009 • 6 min • Netherlands

When Wendy enters a public toilet heartbroken, unconsciously her tears awaken a darker force and it appears that she is not alone anymore.

Passion Betrayed

2009 • 45 min • United States of America

A dramatic portrayal of a young married couple that are living with issues of trust and betrayal, in a world that tempts with seduction at every turn.

Stolz der Nation

2009 • 6 min • Germany, United States of America

Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.

Eva Nil, Cem Anos Sem Filmes

2009 • 13 min • Brazil

Essay on Eva Nil, the first star of Brazilian cinema.

Knife Point

2009 • 27 min • United States of America

An evangelical family offers a traveling knife salesman a ride on their way through upstate New York.

Engine Sentai Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger

2009 • 57 min • Japan

The story begins when Geki Red battles Nunchaku Banki after returning from his trip around the world for Natsume's birthday, with Geki Yellow and Geki Blue arriving to provide backup. After sending the Gekirangers into another dimension, the Go-ongers arrive before the Savage Machine Beast departs after his quarry. After clearing a misunderstanding with Geki Violet and Geki Chopper, the two bring them to SCRTC to see Master Xia Fu, with Hant revealing he met Miki at one of his past jobs at the Kyoryuya Curry Shop.

Valkyrie Limited

2009 • 52 min • Latvia

The documentary draws a portrait of an opera director who is staging Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. He is torn between the tragicomic routine of an opera house and his own perception of Wagner and the Ring cycle. The film witnesses the director’s drama in maintaining the fragile link between a well-constructed performance and his own vision that lies within the music and the narrative, and is seen as German expressionism-like nightmares.

Some Boys Don't Leave

2009 • 17 min • United States of America

Some Boys Don't Leave is the story of what happens when the break-up happens but the break does not. 'Boy' is forced to come to terms with the fact that 'Girl' no longer wants him around. The only problem is he just can't seem to leave their once shared apartment. 'Girl' decides to keep living her life around him; while he remains, watching at a distance. In time, each decides to go in his or her own distinctly different directions. 'Boy' soon finds that sometimes the greatest distance we are asked to travel is one within ourselves.

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

2009 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Big Chris leads a chorus of characters from various animated children's television shows in a medley of seven songs: 1. "Can You Feel It" 2. "Don't Stop" 3. "Jai Ho!" 4. "Tubthumping" 5. "Never Forget" 6. "Hey Jude" 7. "One Day Like This"

Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

2009 • 24 min • United States of America

A featurette about the origins of "Silent Movie," as well as its inspirations and development, direct cinematic influences, cast and performances, gag specifics and cut scenes, Brooks’ directorial style and a few other tidbits.