All Films

Maria

2007 • 18 min • Belarus

This is the film about woman's autumn. Her photo was published in numerous newspapers. She appeared on TV. She got thousands of letters with proposals of friendship and love. Some time all Soviet Union knew her. Maria is the name of a tractor heroine famous in the Soviet era, now alone in her cottage in the country.

Wakame Buildings

2007 • 1 min

Abstract short film by Kojirou Shishido featuring seaweed and sea urchins.

To Think like a Composer

2007 • 60 min • Canada

Directed by Michael Ostroff (Pegi Nicol: Something Dancing About Her (2004)) and produced by Mary Sexton (Gemini Award Winning Tommy... A Family Portrait (2001)), and Heather Eustace, To Think Like a Composer is a joyful and exuberant introduction to the world of Canadian composer, conductor, educator and renaissance man Stephen Hatfield. A documentary that reveals the creative collaborative excitement and tension as Hatfield and Susan Knight and Shallaway Youth Chorus of St. John's produce an opera performed by youth for adults. An opera based on the novel Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major. There are no patronizing platitudes in Hatfield's work. The opera deals with sadness, heartbreak, and the joy of existence - the Newfoundland ethos - as interpreted in a story of shipwreck, survival, and love on the Isle Aux Morts off the southwest coast of Newfoundland in 1828.

Deep Sea Tentacle

2007 • 2 min • Japan

Abstract short film by Kojirou Shishido featuring creatures in the ocean.

Thirst

2007 • 2 min • Finland

Sometimes it's hard to get to the pace of others at the bar.

Sopranos Opening Sequence (A Parody)

2007 • 4 min

A student film parody of the Sopranos opening sequence, with a funny twist.

At Home

2007 • 59 min • Macedonia, Croatia

The film follows life destinies of eight people with Macedonian and Croatian origin each living in the others’ country. The film analyzes the lives of mainly young individuals who have more or less fulfilled themselves in a socially, religiously and culturally different environment by opening the issues of identity, connection with the environment they come from, cultural and religious differences and the relation of society to the individual.

10

2007 • 46 min • Macedonia

A mid-length feature film.

Alternation

2007 • 11 min • Iran

A stealing happens on a train and it is shown from the perspective of each passenger. Directed by Iranian Filmmaker Mehdi Fard Ghaderi in One Shot

The Black Tea

2007 • 5 min • France

The Black Tea is a 2007 short film directed by Serge Elissalsde.

Campo santo

2007 • 59 min • Belgium, France

Emigrating means mourning the land that we were born in and which, once behind us, becomes a sacred place in our memory to which we are attached. The director’s parents left their native village of Esanatoglia in Italy to come and work in Belgium in the fifties. For the past few years, new migrants from Europe and around the world are now coming to work in this prosperous part of Italy and are moving into the village. Starting from the story of one family, a polyphonic tale grows to illustrate this process or mourning and re-birth which, little by little, is deeply transforming our identity.

t.o.m.

2007 • 2 min

The journey of a young boy.

All That Rises

2007 • 7 min

Juxtaposition of seeing and sounding, sky and stone and all that's in between. A short walk in an alleyway, to hear vision sounding images, blessed with light and darkness.

Rolyo

2007 • 15 min • Philippines

In between harvests, to supplement their income, Judith is sent by her father to catch birds which they would peddle come Sunday outside the church. On their trip to the city, Judith requests that they watch a movie after selling off all the birds. What Judith gets in return is a torotot (trumpet) made out of rolled-up film negatives. The story is set in Bikol where it is a practice among rural folks to surround the perimeter of their farmlands with film negatives to ward off birds eating the newly sown palay seeds.

Little Red Riding Hood and Health

2007 • 5 min • Japan

Graduation Work of Inoue Ryo which won the Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival award in 2011. Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by a wolf and decides to help four fairies that live inside of it cure its disease.

Homenzinho

2007 • 10 min • Portugal

In a subway station, while waiting for his journey to continue, a boy talks with God about the creation. An informal conversion about the real dimension of our existences and personal demands, reminding us that we are just a small part of something bigger and nothing is as important as we believe it is.

A Pointless Whisper

2007 • 14 min • Sweden

The Squirrel of Death has lost his queue. With it, his motivation and self esteem also disappeared. So he decides to go and look for it ...

Frontbum Dancin'

2007 • 7 min • Australia

In the pursuit of self-expression, Victoria and Marianne take their unique form of dance, and their frontbums, out of the studios and onto the streets of Sydney. Dressed in their red and yellow full body lycra suits they perform anywhere and everywhere - always drawing a crowd. Unfortunately, the public reaction is not always so positive - some people point, some laugh, and some take great offence to their lack of coordination. However, for Victoria and Marianne their love of dance makes it all worthwhile. That is until the pressure starts to escalate as they prepare for their first big gig at the Sly Fox nightclub. Creative and personal differences, not only places the Frontbum dance in jeopardy, but more importantly, their lifelong friendship may never be the same again.

Stick Figures On Crack

2007 • 13 min

Comedic surreal misadventures starring stickmen

Rock Zombie

2007 • 25 min • United States of America

It's been a really tough week for the train-wreck band, Azrael: A failed music video shoot, bruised egos and their practice pad gets infiltrated by angry hooker zombies. In life-or-death situations, even the most sour garage band members can find deeper feelings hidden beneath the surface.

How Dirty Can I Get?

2007 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Scientists and campaigners claiming that chemicals in toiletries and cleansing products may have harmful effects, Nicky Taylor and Tim FitzHigham stopped using them for a month.

Evangeleo

2007 • 21 min • United States of America

A neurotic young woman begins to suspect her boyfriend is on the down low.

Extreme Consequences: The Reality of Prison Life

2007 • 40 min • United States of America

A compelling look at the choices that lead to incarceration and the reality of being locked up in Pelican Bay State Prison.

Something Strange in Strangetown

2007 • 14 min

Something Strange in Strangetown is a short horror machinima that follows the unexplained events unfolding in the desert town of Strangetown. After a series of strange lights appear in the sky, several Sims go missing under mysterious circumstances. The story focuses on one Sim's attempt to uncover the truth, only to discover something far more disturbing — and inhuman — than expected.