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2008 • 11 min • France

Christopher Hitchens: Believe Me, It's Torture

2008 • 6 min

When the renowned author, orator and journalist Christopher Hitchens was challenged to undergo the brutal interrogation technique known as waterboarding, few would've expected he'd accept such a task - he had previously expressed the position that the controversial procedure would not qualify as torture, and most who'd claim such a thing would not have the courage to test their convictions. Yet, in May 2007, Hitchens did just that - and his experience profoundly impacted both himself and his stance on the matter, prompting him to declare he'd been wrong, and later to publish his 2008 article for Vanity Fair's August issue, simply titled 'Believe Me, It's Torture'.

Chicken Stew

2008 • 5 min • Portugal

Ai... Portugal!

Irrational Numbers

2008 • 5 min • United States of America

Irrational Numbers is a 2008 hand drawn animation film by artist Eric Leiser exploring hierarchies of infinite numbers and accompanying paradox's written about by mathematician Georg Cantor (1845-1918)

Coming Attractions

2008 • 13 min • Canada

Coming Attractions is a short film consisting of 4 interlinked fake movie trailers, each done in a different style. The first, 'The Restaurateur' is the story of a restaurant owner forced to return to a life of crime. The second, 'V-Squad' follows a quintet of sexy female assassins recruited by a government agency to battle organized crime. The third, 'La Venganza del Diablo Azul' features the luchador El Diablo Azul revived from the dead to seek revenge against those who murdered his family, and the fourth and final trailer, 'V-Squad Part 2' returns to the V-Squad as they face an army of vicious extra-terrestrial mutants.

Nunca Fuimos Allah Luna

2008 • 7 min • Argentina

Two characters on split screens collide, converse and argue as the city unspools kinetically behind them.

Daguerre-plage

2008 • 9 min • France

Film director Agnes Varda captures the creation of a beach in front of her home in Rue Daguerre, for the film 'The Beaches of Agnes'.

Pal

2008 • 60 min

When cash strapped slob Eddie Baird is told that he has the chance to be told the winning lottery numbers he is naturally surprised. What shocked him even more was that the mysterious character telling him was inside his own television set. In exchange for the numbers Eddie is set six tasks to complete for each number. Is this all a hoax or is the TV going to change his life for good?

Field, Clowns, Apple

2008 • 12 min • Russia

This is the story of little Georgi, who lived by the sea and dreamed of becoming a sailor. The author ponders about the places, where dreams take us, and about the path little Georgi has to take.

The Blue Tailor

2008 • 52 min • Ireland

An Tailliúr Gorm looks at the unique struggle for survival on the small, marginalised Gaeltacht island of Inis Bigil off the Mayo coast. As the only island in Ireland to have been both Protetstant and Irish speaking, it is not surprising that Inis Bigil has developed a character all of its own. However today, with only 23 remaining inhabitants, the islanders now find themselves at a crossroads. Focusing on the story of the island’s most famous inhabitant Padraig Daeid (an tailliúr gorm), the film interweaves past and present, exploring the island’s rich culture and heritage, as it faces into perhaps its greatest challenge yet.

Copy of Coralie

2008 • 22 min

Mr. Conform, owner of the photocopy shop "Conform Copy", lives with the memory of a woman who vanished thirty years ago. Virginie, his assistant, takes things into her own hands and puts up posters of the missing woman throughout town.

Fish Out of Water

2008 • 9 min • New Zealand

Fish Out of Water manages to unfurl its light-hearted tale of young man and the sea, without a word of dialogue. Avoiding the morning traffic jams, our man (Nick Dunbar) finds peace by rowing each day to work in the city. But when a seductive blonde unexpectedly enters the picture, he finds his morning boat ride heading in unexpected directions. Directed by Lala Rolls (Land of My Ancestors), Fish Out of Water was invited to play in the 2005 NZ Film Festival, plus another 10 overseas fests. Victoria Kelly composes the brass and banjo-inflected soundtrack.

Solar Beats

2008 • 18 min • France

Walking towards the fire. In a ceaseless stream of light, people, landscapes and objects lead us to mysterious regions. French filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski’s work is hard to classify - and all the richer for it. Together with his wife Michèle, whose musique concrète compositions form the basis of the sound design, Bokanowski offers a prolonged, dense and visually visceral experience of the kind that is rare in cinema today. Difficult to define and locate, its strangeness is quite unique.

Tulips

2008 • 2 min

The kiss is particularly interesting to me, as it’s one of the best things we all get to do, yet almost everyone does it with their eyes closed.

Every Day Is Not the Same

2008 • 12 min • Slovenia

Little things in the everyday life of six different people: a pregnant woman who sets off with her daughter to give birth; her husband, who needs to take her to the maternity ward as soon as possible; a woman who is in conflict with the pregnant woman\’s husband regarding a parking dispute; her lover who wants a serious relationship; and a postman who wants this man\’s signature upon a registered letter. People always meet and their lives are interconnected, regardless of who or what they are.

Folia no Morro

2008 • 38 min • Brazil

An ethnographic documentary following the Folia de Reis party that is celebrated every year at Morro de Santa Marta on Rio de Janeiro.

Pérolas

2008 • 9 min • Brazil

A couple in a bed. The young man wakes up, coughs a razor, leaves to shave then coughs up makeup and puts on makeup. The transformation can take place.

The Soft Rumor of Tumultuous Seas

2008 • 18 min • Mexico

Lola is still in the prime of her life, she’s at an age where time seems to fly by and so do opportunities. She spends her nights immersed in noise, alcohol, hypnotic lights, and the old and new songs that remind her of loving moments.

Jingle Cats Christmas

2008 • 35 min • United States of America

Brighten up the holidays with the ORIGINAL World Famous JINGLE CATS "Real Kittens Sing Holiday Classics" now available on DVD. This fun, entertaining video features the nine original singing cats -- Cheesepuff, Max, Binky, Sprikenz, Petunia, Graymer, Clarisse, Cueball and Twizzler. Jingle Cats have more than 3.5 million hits on YouTube in clips from this DVD. It's a great gift for any cat person.

Shifting Waters

2008 • 1 min • France

Two lovers in shifting waters.

Armi su strada

2008 • 5 min • Italy

An animated short movie about road safety

Vi som överlevde Rågsved

2008 • 57 min • Sweden

Michaela had three brothers. Christer died aged 28, Benny at 38:th, and Dag was 43 when the drugs finally took his life. Yes. There was hard times in Rågsved in the 70s. But Göte lives and so do many more. So what happened then?

Diamondback

2008 • 5 min • Nicaragua

A couple of bumbling guys on a dark road in Nicaragua spot a snake. They bound after the serpent that has slitered into the tall grass. Using bare hands they seize the Diamondback Rattler.

Lights And Shadows

2008 • 40 min • France

At the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of Israel, Claude Lanzmann made an interview of Ehud Barak, on March 1st, 2008.