All Films

In the Spectacle

2007 • 17 min

Giant Nails' Kidnapping

2007 • 23 min • Brazil

On the night of the premiere of his film "Embodimento of Evil", Zé do Caixão is accidentally kidnapped by two fans and they all embark on a crazy journey through the early hours of São Paulo.

Accidental Morning

2007 • 10 min

Trying to get out of work so they can go to a party, two video store employees make up a fake religious holiday called “National Mourning Day.” Their boss believes them, but takes the holiday a little too seriously.

Days and Nights

2007 • 12 min

A man's last night of freedom. We watch as he desperately tries to sort out his affairs before imprisonment. Short film shot in Edinburgh in 2007.

My Mother, Story of an Immigration

2007 • 15 min • France

This is a story of her mother who left Algeria in 1956 to reunite with her husband in Paris. The story of an immigrant mother. It also is the story of three generations of women: her mother's, Zehira; her daughters'; her granddaughters'.

One Voice, One Vote

2007 • 13 min • France

Some people are interested in politics, others are not. We asked Martine and Arnaud to talk about their political involvement.

Children’s Game #2: Ricochets

2007 • 5 min • Morocco

The bay is peaceful, framed by low hills in the distance. Three boys stand thigh-deep in the brown water, trousers rolled up. The biggest, on the left, is proficient in the art of stone-skimming: sending flat pebbles spinning over the water in such a way that they bounce off the surface as many times as possible before sinking. The middle boy feeds him stones from a stockpile inside his t-shirt, while the smallest looks on laughing. The skimmer throws quickly, intently, without thinking, without assessing his stone. Some stones sink at the second bounce; some skip a long way. It’s all the same to him, he must keep throwing.

Letting Go

2007 • 4 min

A father struggles with his son's growing independence in this heartfelt short film about a boy who decides to put away his security blanket.

100 Years of Silence: The Germans in Namibia

2007 • 38 min • Denmark

In four years, from 1904-1908, tens of thousands of Herero people of Namibia were killed by the German Empire. The experience of one family is described by a descendant, a 23-year-old Herero woman named Georgina. She has a fair complexion and a green tinge to her eyes. Georgina is aware of the fact that her great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier and now wants to confront the demons of her own genetic past.

Frog Jesus

2007 • 2 min

A nostalgic voyage takes a darker turn, exploring the naiveté of mankind through the eyes of a young boy.

Anthony Flower: The Life and Art of a Country Painter

2007 • 50 min • Canada

In 1817, at age 25, Anthony Flower left London, England on one of his father’s trading ships bound for Canada. He would never return to claim his inheritance. Using Anthony Flower’s art, archival material and interviews with researchers, historians, curators and the people of Queens County, New Brunswick, the mystery of his life is revealed.

A plus E

2007 • 6 min • Bulgaria

What would it be if two garments fall in love with each other on the clothesline, instead of their owners?

brb

2007 • 17 min

A halting, repetitive, fantastical conversation between two infatuated gay men.

Une girafe sous la pluie

2007 • 12 min • Belgium, France

Whatever Suits You

2007 • 7 min

Parallels the process of transforming a suit into a dress with all the physical, mental, and emotional processes of changing genders. The tattered fabric, stitched and sewn together, becomes a visual metaphor for the realization and creation of a newly formed gender identity. Part autobiography, part documentary, part testimonial, the film sheds light on what it means to be transgender.

First Day of Work

2007 • 9 min • Brazil

A young woman's first day of work in a supermarket in the Brazil countryside.

My Atomic Beloved

2007 • 18 min • Iran

Twelve hours before an atomic bomb hits the ground of Tehran, a boy rushes through the house of a girl while remembering their moments together.

End Time

2007 • 14 min • Germany

His seemingly hopeless situation and abysmal hatred turns the nameless nobody into a human time bomb.

A guerra dos avós

2007 • 24 min

A guy invites us to join him in his investigation about what happened in his town, Moaña, during the Spanish Civil War. In an imaginary journey in time, he moves to the town as it should be in July 18 of 1936.

Cabines

2007 • 52 min

Born around 1930 on the roadsides of America, at the same time as the car and paid holidays, most of these tiny dwellings have been replaced by motels or motorways. Some have stood the test of time. Along the St. Lawrence River, between Berthier-sur-Mer and Miguasha, along almost a thousand kilometres of coastline, they have seen the wharves disappear from the villages and are now witnessing the proliferation of wind farms. In perfect harmony with the landscape. Deep-rooted, they hold their owners hostage or save their lives.

Dublin Day

2007 • 50 min

An examination of Dublin as it is today and as it was in 1904, retracing the steps of the characters in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.

Black Memento

2007 • 8 min

The man who was addicted by a seductive woman, in his loneliness still feels her presence.

Postcards from My Backyard

2007 • 5 min

An exploration of a single space over two years’ time—the seasons of Michigan. Incorporating time-lapse footage, motion graphics, and my own musical soundscape, this video poem considers growth, decay, and transformation.

Bearish Stories

2007 • 13 min • Russia

Three taiga stories about a bear, in which he somehow influenced the fate of other animals. I scratched stripes on the chipmunk's back, flattened the carp, and punished the cedar tree with eternal thinness.