All Films

Doctor Slutty Bitch Goes Roadtripping

2008 • 31 min

A 2008 film by Kimberly Kubus.

El hada y el espantapájaros

2008 • 15 min

A scarecrow who has lived all his life in a field receives a visit from a nomadic fairy and both fall in love with each other. But after a short stay, the fairy must go to warmer places and the scarecrow must decide what to do, whether to stay in the place he knows or go in search of his love.

Of mother and tides

2008 • 18 min • Canada

Fred's life takes a tragic turn when he realises that he turns into something inhuman. While her mother wants to hide him from all prying eyes, Fred only thinks about a thing: the sea.

Six Seconds of Freedom

2008 • 53 min

An interesting look at a part of life most of us will never see... The Angola Prison Rodeo.

Homens & Algas

2008 • 31 min • Brazil

A day at the beach

Waste

2008 • 10 min • Iceland

Waste takes place in an imaginary civil war in the hitherto peaceful and pacifist Icelandic society. The film tells the story of a soldier who increasingly questions the usefulness and purpose of wars.

Psychic Exorcist Evil Spirit Strange Document

2008 • 60 min • Japan

An inspirational actress who visits a sacred place in an unexplored region: Ai Yoshizaki is accompanied by a priest (exoscist) Yuji Kiba, a psychic researcher. Together, they challenge an evil spirit exorcism.

Scenic National Parks: Mt. Rushmore & The Black Hills

2008 • 48 min • United States of America

Mount Rushmore stands unrivaled in the world, a sky-high tribute to the heroes and ideals that shaped America. This stirring program features rare footage that chronicles its monumental construction. This iconic treasure is just one of the wonders to be found in the Black Hills, a region rich in history and majesty.

From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip-Hop Homecoming

2008 • 28 min

From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip-Hop Homecoming is a documentary about Iceland native DJ Platurn, raised in California and his homecoming tour playing in Iceland where he has lived since the age of 7. The film explores his 3 week tour DJing for his native Icelanders, where he exhibits his talents as a scratch/trick DJ, among other things. DJ Platurn resides in Oakland, California.

Ketill

2008 • 29 min

The protagonist Ketill Larsen is a 71-year-old man living in a desolate house on a hill with a view of a shopping mall on the outskirts of Reykjavik. Each day, with a bag filled with his own works, he hitchhikes to the city center where he writes poems and makes paintings (at least 15 a day) in his favorite cafes. As a retired actor he has a number of stories to tell which he stores using a portable tape recorder, and during Christmas time he dresses as Santa Claus. Though widely known in Iceland, Ketill remains a mysterious figure and an exception to the social norm. Joseph Marzolla and Tomas Lemarquis have created a film where the reality and the fantastical world of Ketill´s creations meet in an unforgettable journey. Ketill is a remarkable personality, who has a number of stories to tell and unusual experiences to share. He is a true artist, dedicated to his art and poetic in his everyday life.

Salonica

2008 • 57 min

A look at Thessaloniki which for 450 years was mainly Jewish and the predominant language was Spanish. It was populated by the Jews who were expelled from Catholic Spain in 1492 who found refuge in the Ottoman Empire.

Fever Dream

2008 • 3 min • Italy

A short nightmare childhood memory recorded in digital

The Little Big Dog

2008 • 10 min • Ukraine

About the meeting of a boy and a dog. A woman found a stray dog, washed and fed it. At the same time, the boy tries to prove to his father that he is an adult and can have a four-legged pet and look after it. But before they are be together, they will have to pass several tests.

Save and Protect

2008 • 7 min • Ukraine

One guardian angel has got a difficult ward, completely unwilling to take care of himself. He practically throws himself under the wheels of a car while crossing the road in the wrong place, and then drinks exorbitant amounts of alcohol. The heavenly protector drives the man home, holding and protecting him. But should not the person himself think about his future sometimes?

Lighthouse

2008 • 4 min • United States of America

Sometimes being responsible is a burden. A lopsided obligation. A lonely and thankless job. In the wonderfully animated short film Lighthouse, a grumpy lighthouse keeper makes sure that a safe little seaside town stays that way, by dutifully maintaining the beacon that shines above it

Tír na nÓg

2008 • 6 min • United States of America

a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een

The Bed

2008 • 1 min • Uruguay

A bed starts moving by itself, squeaking until it reaches its climax.

Social Murders

2008 • 7 min

A mysterious masked stranger haunts his old school

1936. Alcordances d'una guerra

2008 • 7 min

The history of the Asturian mining basin from the mouths of its protagonists. We are after the victory of the national side in the Civil War, the families decimated with the dead in common graves. The "fugaos" and the guerrilla struggle that they maintained under the slogan of the PC. The “normalized” return to the mines with surveillance by the Civil Guard, the first strikes, timid and disorganized, spontaneous; the organization then, unionized and clandestine; the “resistance boxes”, the constant pulse against Francoism…

My Pet

2008 • 8 min

Anna Bigornia My Pet is a 7-minute animation about an 8-year-old girl and her relationship with her first pet, a chick, the subject of a class experiment. As an only child and a girl, she is sheltered and mostly stays indoors. She likes to draw and hold tea parties with her doll as her company. It is when she takes home a chick that her world becomes a little bit more dynamic. Her relationship with this pet acts as a catalyst in forming new relationships.

Panggaris

2008 • 13 min

In a small community lives a prostitute who is transformed when her mute brother starts to speak. Curiously, nobody could comprehend what he is saying: “Panggaris.” The event becomes even more puzzling as a documentary filmmaker arrives in the community and film the siblings. What he discovers is a story from the community folk that possibly marks a new legend.

Remote Control

2008 • 8 min

A sarcastic look at the content provided by television programs

Taxi Wala

2008 • 16 min • France

A passenger takes a journey in a taxi.

Buddha's Smile

2008 • 20 min • Russia

Gombo, a young boy, lives in a tiny village on the banks of Lake Baikal in the Buryat Republic. He dawdles on his way home from school and doesn't get back to nightfall. No one is at home but sweets have been left next to a Buddha shrine on the wall. As he is about to steal one he hears a voice.