All Films

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

2008 • 13 min

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock and early spy and espionage films.

The Hiding

2008 • 40 min • Japan

Strange and violent things start to happen when a reclusive woman is held captive in her own home.

Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight

2008 • 45 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

Delve into the world of Batman and the vigilante justice that he brought to the city of Gotham. Batman is a man who, after experiencing great tragedy, devotes his life to an ideal--but what happens when one man takes on the evil underworld alone? Examine why Batman is who he is--and explore how a boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone else.

The One Note Man

2008 • 14 min

The One Note Man, is a percussionist plays in the last row of a symphonic orchestra without been noticed and appreciated by others. During the concerts, he has only one note to play with his cymbals to attract the attention of a woman among the audience.

Boseiai no onna: Hiruma kara shitai!

2008 • 60 min • Japan

A wife of a couple who are not blessed with children is devoted to her volunteer work out of an abundance of maternal love. One day she starts to take an interest in a young man who came to do electrical work, and she develops a maternal love for him. The young man had also lost her mother at an early age and develops a liking for her too. She learns of his upbringing, when as a young man he had a desire to study but was unable to get higher education due to his family background. She starts teaching him English conversation, and the two grow closer and closer until they finally cross the line. Meanwhile, her husband is having an affair with a young woman. Eventually the couple return to a normal life, but the young man will turn to some extreme measures to show her his love

The Nail

2008 • 16 min • Iceland

Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the border between the man and the beast within. Robert acts out and suffers the consequences.

Even in My Dreams

2008 • 8 min • United States of America

A macho sex doll triggers the belated discovery of an older man's hidden inner self.

Island Home Country

2008 • 52 min • Australia

A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consultative process, with ‘Respecting Cultures’ (Tasmanian Aboriginal Protocols), offers an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma in a process of decolonisation.

How Can It Be

2008 • 9 min • France, India

The story of Zainab and Arif, who live their son, Munna, in Brooklyn. Zainab makes the complicated decision to leave her protected life and follow her heart. One of eight shorts commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global society.

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

2008 • 24 min • United States of America

The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning sound designers invite you to join them at their mix boards to investigate how Alfred Hitchcock employed sound design to tell his cinematic stories, whether making audience members leap from their seats in fright or crawl under them from excruciating suspense.

Walking with Pasolini

2008 • 21 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini and his film 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

Butterfly Experiment

2008 • 4 min • France

A figure with two wings on a church's roof. An opera is suggested, Madame Butterfly. A silent poem that combines effect and (angelical) truth...

Lovefield

2008 • 6 min • Canada

In an extensive and golden cornfield, a lumbering hulking man is holding a blood-stained knife in his hand, and in front of him, a helpless woman is lying on the ground, screaming in agony.

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

2008 • 37 min • United States of America

This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.

What We Take from Each Other

2008 • 5 min

Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses everything. Girl doesn't do so well either.

Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland

2008 • 45 min

Follow Abby and Elmo down the rabbit hole in this enchanting re-imagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Elmo the Rabbit is late, late, late and has rushed away with Abby's wand in his back pocket. Abby must follow Elmo into Wonderland to get it back. Will the Counterpillar or Rose-ita the Rose help her? Can she turn to Grover the Mad Hatter or Cheshire Cookie Cat for sound advice? Join Abby, Elmo, and more Sesame Street friends in this whimsical adventure that's fun for the whole family!

Chump and Clump

2008 • 11 min • Germany

Chump & Clump meet at a bus station. While waiting for the bus, which drives only once a week, a bizarre and wonderful friendship develops, that still prevails when all odds turn against our heroes.

Azeitona

2008 • 36 min • Portugal

Olívia is a film student. Newcomer to a new reality, she has an affair with a stranger. This turns to be Cesar, her Filmology teacher, who also requires her to complete a short about Manoel de Oliveira.

Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open

2008 • 60 min • United States of America

At the 1960 U.S. Open, aging legend Ben Hogan dueled talented amateur Jack Nicklaus and emerging superstar Arnold Palmer play in an exciting final round clash to determine the 1960 U.S Open Champion.. This documentary chronicles a seminal event in golf that represented the changing of the guard as the three battled to the wire for golf supremacy of the era.

The 9/11 Faker

2008 • 48 min • United States of America

Tania Head, a survivor from the 9/11 attacks, made it her job to help other survivors toward emotional recovery. That is, until the facts of her story fell through, and she was uncovered as a fraud. Find out the facts behind this story of betrayal.

I Love Sarah Jane

2008 • 14 min • Australia

Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There's a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse.

Dream Magic

2008 • 6 min • Canada

Portrait of NFB filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin.

Hotel Earth

2008 • 10 min • Iceland

Three children take their grandfather to the graveyard to visit their dead grandmother. When they find out that granddad is tired of living and is actually waiting to die the children get confused, especially the youngest one. Granddad has to find a way to explain to her that death is not the worst thing in the world, which starts a chain of bizarre events. This becomes a learning full experience for the youngest one, even though it leads to a tragic ending.

The Rambler

2008 • 12 min

A stranger takes to the lonely highway with his guitar and traveling sack.