All Films

Script Cops: Cliché Misdemeanor

2008 • 2 min • United States of America

The Script Cops are back! This time, investigating a group of student filmmakers accused of using clichés.

Trial by Fire

2008 • 17 min • United States of America

One man struggles to regain his life after losing everything.

My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story

2008 • 52 min • France

Pascal Lamorisse is the son of filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. He is also the little hero of some of his father's films (White Mane, The Red Balloon and Stowaway in the Sky). Over the years, Albert Lamorisse, who took his son on all his shoots, sought to transmit his expertise and his passion for filmmaking, even on his last film, The Lover's Wind. There is something in the story of Pascal Lamorisse that touches on a fabulous story: it is the story of the transmission of cinema from father to child.

Penguins: The Story of the Bird that wanted to be Fish

2008 • 52 min

A look at the evolution of an animal we all know and love -- the penguin. Known for a complex social hierarchy as well as their ability to withstand some of the most harsh temperatures in nature, penguins have proven themselves among one of the most adaptable species on the planet.

She Who Measures

2008 • 7 min • Croatia

Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society we live in? The question this film is asking is this: are we slaves to the culture and society we were born in or is there a way to escape after all?

The presentation theme

2008 • 14 min

Simplistic drawings portray the myths and rituals of the ancient Moche civilization as interpreted by the filmmaker from the artwork on Moche pottery, inspired by Donnan McClelland's "Sex and Death."

Finding Anastasia

2008 • 52 min • United States of America

Did Romanov Princess Anastasia survive a Bolshevik firing squad or did she and her brother Crown Prince Alexis perish with their father, Tsar Nicholas II, before another firing squad in 1918? The chance find of human remains in a Siberian forest brings forensic anthropologist Dr.Anthony Falsetti in search of the truth. Marshalling DNA, ballistics and the very latest forensic analysis, an international team works to dispel the greatest myth of the 20th century and tell a real story more remarkable than any fiction.

Acadia Always

2008 • 60 min

A brand new look at one of America's favorite national parks. Jack Perkins, former NBC News correspondent and host of A&E's Biography Series, lends his powerful narrative to this hour long tribute to the people who created Acadia National Park and to those who keep and preserve it.

En la otra camilla

2008 • 21 min • Spain

The quiet day-to-day existence of two kidnappers, Alfonso and Marta, comes to an abrupt end when the elderly businessman they are holding in captivity tries to commit suicide.

The Acquaintances of a Lonely John

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

John is a lonely man who wanders through the city, encountering various acquaintances of differing temperaments. Though he crosses paths with many people, some simply prefer not to be bothered with him.

Gugara

2008 • 24 min • Poland

Gugara in Evenky language stands for the sound of the bell hanging from a reindeer neck. It's one of the few sounds you could hear in taiga, but recently there's almost nothing but silence. Within the last few weeks, Dimitri and Tatiana, elderly herdsmen, have lost their entire herd. What to do in taiga without it? Especially if you are very last herdsmen in the area. Everybody else already has left life in the forest for the nearby Russian village. This is the story of the decline of a small Siberian community. This observational documentary describes the paradoxical world of former nomads and reindeer herdsman that were forced to abandon their ancient life-ways. Characters of the film are on the different stages of forsaking world which was known us traditional way of life.

1992

2008 • 12 min • Peru

It's the first day of school in 1992, and Daniel can't find a way to explain the strange reason why he was late for school. His mild punishment will be to wait for the time change in his schoolyard.

Familien Bergs erfaringer

2008 • 25 min • Norway

A man driving his family traveling to a remote cabin in the woods gets tired while driving in the dark. When he falls asleep and awakens by the sound of a bump, like if the car has hit something.

La clef du problème

2008 • 10 min • France

Pierre is late, his plane is taking off in two hours but he has to quickly get home to pick up his passport. In front of his door, he realizes that he has lost his keys...

Barnvakten

2008 • 21 min • Sweden

A single mum in Stockholm, Sweden needs a babysitter for her 10-year old son over the weekend. She gets help from the nice, old neighbor Margareta who takes the boy to her secluded summer house. The sweet lady starts to change and becomes weird and aggressive, and the boy is all alone without possibilities to escape. —Niklas Carlsund

Hobo Clown

2008 • 5 min

A stop-motion, animated film by Allison Schulnik that features Grizzly Bear's "Granny Diner," the Japanese bonus track from their 2006 album, 'Yellow House.'

Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words

2008 • 59 min

Jonathan Ross introduces the story of British television's greatest double act as they told it themselves, using television appearances, rare radio material and correspondence from the BBC archives to build up a fascinating portrait of their lives and careers. The programme reveals how, as young performers, Eric and Ernie really did share a bed, and reveals the BBC's rather lofty response when they first auditioned for television in 1948.

Penpusher

2008 • 8 min • France

A day like any other in the Parisian metro – or maybe not? A young man sits quietly reading his book. A young woman is seated next to him. They have nothing in common, nor do they know each other in the slightest. In spite of this, something quiet unexpected occurs between them. In full view of all the other passengers. And yet, none of the other travellers seem to notice.

Borta bra

2008 • 28 min • Sweden

What about the future, is there any? A story about six teenagers in a suburb to Stockholm. Six Swedish youngsters with parents from different parts of the world. What are their chances for a dissent life, outside their suburb?

Alena's Journey

2008 • 17 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary

Alena is preparing for an important journey. Her family and co-workers do not want her to leave.

First Leipzig Autumn Salon

2008 • 22 min • Germany

In 1984, the “First Leipzig Autumn Salon” took place – a risk and a caesura for Dammbeck. Bypassing every state institution, six painters, sculptors and filmmakers organised an art exhibition. It was the first and last of its kind. This recapture of public space through art challenged the government’s monopoly on power and triggered similar activities by other artists in the art centres of the GDR. A brave signal to the SED who saw this exhibition as a “counter-revolutionary development”. After that, there were only two options: regress or leave.

Fuerteventura - Naturally

2008 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Fuerteventura is well known for its acceptance of the naturist lifestyle, and this is exemplified by its promotion at the two very different resorts of ‘Occidental Grand’ and ‘Monte Marina’, located in the south of this sun-kissed island. In this documentary film Charlie Simonds, Sam Brooks, Joceline Brooke-Hamilton and newcomer Charlotte Popescu experience what they have on offer.

The Things You Cannot See

2008 • 9 min

A young woman, who has almost given up hope of finding love, runs into someone in a cramped elevator. Someone who revives all her longings. The only problem is that she doesn't know he is or what he looks like.

At Thy Call

2008 • 35 min • South Africa

Set in apartheid South Africa 1984, this is the story of a young man whose Afrikaner values are tested as he accepts the compulsory draft into the military and befriends a rebellious Englishman. He must decide to either stand up for what is right or answer the Call to the Republic and his family.