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Overboard

Overboard

2009 • 24 min • Poland
Adam, a yacht designer, is a workaholic neglecting his family. Now he has to face one of the most important decisions in his life. Does the affection from his childhood, a reminiscence of taking part in the Sea Fishermen Pilgrimage will give him strength to fight for make an order along his private matters?
Changing House

Changing House

2009 • 18 min
Rusty and Chelsea are a transgender lesbian couple who devoted fifteen years to making their Brooklyn home a communal living space for transgender women in need. Their house served a vital and unique community role with its doors always open to newcomers. A crossroads for transgender civil rights organizers, it became home to Stonewall legend Sylvia Rivera in the last years of her life. The couple's dream of a commune quickly met a complicated reality as it became unmanageable. Social workers referred more young transgender women to Rusty and Chelsea than they could accomodate, and eventually, the self-made family lost their "Ma" Sylvia. In this intimate film, Rusty, Chelsea, and long-time resident Cellia commemorate the house's rich activist history, reflect on the joys and challenges of communal living and discuss the continuing struggle of the transgender community with discrimination and homelessness.
Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species

Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species

2009 • 60 min • United Kingdom
Documentary telling the little-known story of how Darwin came to write his great masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, a book which explains the wonderful variety of the natural world as emerging out of death and the struggle of life. In the twenty years he took to develop a brilliant idea into a revolutionary book, Darwin went through a personal struggle every bit as turbulent as that of the natural world he observed. Fortunately, he left us an extraordinary record of his brilliant insights, observations of nature, and touching expressions of love and affection for those around him. He also wrote frank accounts of family tragedies, physical illnesses and moments of self-doubt, as he laboured towards publication of the book that would change the way we see the world. The story is told with the benefit of Darwin's secret notes and correspondence, enhanced by natural history filming, powerful imagery from the time and contributions from leading contemporary biographers and scientists.
Tackling Peace

Tackling Peace

2009 • 55 min • Australia
Tackling Peace is the inspirational story of Israeli and Palestinian youths who unite over the game of Australian football. Tackling Peace goes behind the scenes as young men from different sides of a bloody political war set aside a lifetime of prejudice and hostility to compete as a team in the Australian Football League's International Cup. Few of the aspirant players had ever heard of the game and none imagined befriending teammates from across the political divide.
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

2009 • 8 min • Japan
3D animated short based on Kirby: Right Back at Ya! which features the never-before-seen monster named Lobzilla. as King Dedede tries to ruin Kirby's latest media endeavor
On the Market

On the Market

2009 • 52 min • United States of America
Megan Brothers has it all: A wonderful family, great friends and a rewarding career. But when her perfect world falls apart, she discovers that putting the pieces back together is no easy task. Join Megan on a comical journey of self-discovery where the rules have changed, especially for those who are ...On the Market again.
Phantoms of Nabua

Phantoms of Nabua

2009 • 11 min • Thailand, Germany, United Kingdom
The story based on the mysterious portrait of the town of Nabua in northeastern Thailand. Soon after nightfall when the crepuscular violets concede to blackness, the wind's rustling intensifies and the boys come out to play.
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2009 • 47 min • United States of America
Documentary on the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
The Temptation

The Temptation

2009 • 30 min • Thailand
A Buddhist monk finds that he is the only one who can stop the murderous leader of a local gang.
Taximan

Taximan

2009 • 22 min
Young immigrant Ivan works in London as a taxi driver. Just when he thinks he is the most happiest man on earth, he looses everything.
Orson Welles Over Europe

Orson Welles Over Europe

2009 • 58 min • United Kingdom
When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director.
John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

2009 • 57 min • United States of America
The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score combine to bring the author's life into focus. His personal triumphs, his untimely death and the publication of the novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' years after his suicide are all explored in this darkly beautiful first person narrative.
Capucine

Capucine

2009 • 45 min • France
An investigation between Alsace and Japan on capuchin monkeys and their incredible ability to communicate with humans.
The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams

The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams

2009 • 30 min • United Kingdom
Continuing his search for inspiration, Zed resumes his studies of twentieth-century television's Doctor Who. What he finds will have a profound effect...
The Lodger

The Lodger

2009 • 21 min • Poland
Kasia (Klaudyna Lewczuk), a student of dance school, lives with her mother (Ewa Kasprzyk) in a large flat. One day her mother rents a room to the lodger – a sports high school student. Kasia and the lodger start to run an original friendship relation – without words and meetings. The film is based on the story by Bogna Hołyńska "Fresh paint" and refers to the Sixth Commandment "You shall not commit adultery." - as a part of film cycle produced within the project „Dekalog 89+”. Marcin Bortkiewicz is one of the ten young directors which has taken the challenge of making new film on the Decalogue Commandment's impact for young generations, due to the project made on 20th anniversary of launching the famous "Decalogue" by Krzysztof Kieślowski.
The Resurrection of Officer Rollins

The Resurrection of Officer Rollins

2009 • 20 min
A pair of ambulance drivers confront the rapture.
Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

2009 • 4 min • France
A workman is oblivious to the danger he causes.
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

2009 • 60 min • United Kingdom
Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.
Professor Godoy

Professor Godoy

2009 • 14 min • Brazil
Mr. Godoy teaches math at a Private High School's senior year. Stubborn and severe, Godoy lives a dull life defined by rules, but something is about to change.
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

2009 • 52 min • United States of America
The fine folks at EIT have spent years digging thought thrift establishments, video caverns, and haunted houses throughtout the country in order to create the most mind-melting VHS mash-up imaginable. Literally thousands of hours of video gold have been chopped up into millions of pieces and gluded back together into an ever-multiplying bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection. Obviously!
Jubilee Year

Jubilee Year

2009 • 56 min • Estonia
The documentary takes the viewer on a visual journey to the recent past where extreme optimism is going to be replaced by sobering reality in the course of a year in Estonia.
The Adventures of Ledo and Ix

The Adventures of Ledo and Ix

2009 • 5 min • United States of America
Two 8-bit video game characters confront the void.
Ukay-Ukay

Ukay-Ukay

2009 • 45 min • Philippines
Kayla is engaged to be married to Harold. She has long been waiting for this ideal wedding. A mysterious vintage gown catches Kyla's attention and gets fixated on it. Unbeknownst to Kyla the wedding gown is evil, passed by a demented bride way back in 1948.
Mother

Mother

2009 • 20 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mother compiles clips of mother figures from classic Hollywood cinema and television dramas. The figures range from the Virgin Mary and Mother Courage, to characters from Maude (1972–78), Aliens (1986), Imitation of Life (1959), and American Gangster (2007). The characters play out scenes of care, loss, emotional manipulation, abandonment, and grief. The intense relationships between mothers and daughters are especially prominent.