All Films

The Goodbye

2007 • 7 min

A young man races home to be by the side of a loved one.

Mouth on Legs

2007 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Actress Janet Fielding talks about playing the role of the popular character Tegan Jovanka and her time on Doctor Who.

Juvenile

2007 • 11 min

This 11 minute short distributed by Future Shorts tells the story of a single parent father with a teenage daughter and the day she brings home her new boyfriend. The film explores the emotional tensions of a father not wanting his little girl to grow up, and conversely an adult behaving like a child to get his own way.

Colony

2007 • 35 min • Czech Republic, India, United Kingdom

This film explores multinational shoe company Bata’s impact on individual lives and their surroundings. The film’s aesthetic, shifting from site to site and shot to shot, offers pockets as a visual version of the bubble that was the Bata colony itself. The characters are all connected to that past. They guide the viewers through the merging of past and present in memory. The film’s colouration also evokes this mixture.

En sak som hände på Öbacka

2007 • 6 min • Sweden

A year ago, Mia collided with an exhibitionist. She still has thoughts about it.

Jaco Pastorius - Live and Outrageous

2007 • 58 min

The reputation of the late Jaco Pastorius is legendary, based as much on his mercurial personality as his groundbreaking bass playing and small but significant repertoire of original music. His declining mental health became increasingly evident following his departure from fusion super group Weather Report, ultimately leading to his tragic demise in 1987. Still, while the bassist was already beginning to show some signs of decline when Jaco Pastorius: Live and Outrageous was filmed at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 1982, he was still capable of putting on an exciting show.

National Geographic Explorer: Science of Dogs

2007 • 47 min

The dog is the ultimate human creation. With 400 breeds and counting, the dog is more varied in size and behavior than any other species on the planet. National Geographic looks at man's evolutionary manipulation of dogs' appearance, talents and temperament - and the accelerating efforts to create breeds to suit our needs (more than 80 percent of today's breeds did not exist 150 years ago). From desirable traits like supersensitive hearing and smell to the unintended consequences of genetic diseases, learn how nature and man have partnered to deliberately create new and specialized versions of man's best friend.

Capture the Flag

2007 • 52 min • United States of America

Timmy is new in town, but things are definitely going down hill after he is cut from the high school football team. When Trish comes into the picture, she introduces him to a whole new world of adventure, through her brother Nathan. They initiate Timmy into the underground 'Capture the Flag' club, and trouble begins to erupt - especially as the "flag" eventually becomes cars, stereos and even people!

Que viva la lucha

2007 • 54 min • Mexico

¡Que viva la lucha! is a 2007 film directed and produced by Gustavo Vazquez about Lucha libre in Tijuana, Mexico, considered to be a form of extreme lucha libre. The film follows Extreme Tiger, an up-and-coming professional luchador from Tijuana, on a journey that places him in a mask vs. hair match against Joe Líder. In addition, he follows other new talent, Angel Negro Jr. and Pancho Cachondo. In the process, the film also interviews other luchadores, promoters, commissioners, families, and fans who discuss the cultural significance of lucha libre as sport, ritual, and spectacle.

Gypsy Vampire's Revenge

2007 • 49 min

Count Lugo's minions bring him back from the dead. Wackiness ensues.

Affectionately Yours, Screwtape: The Devil and C.S. Lewis

2007 • 52 min

Did God give each person free will? Who is Satan? Can good truly overcome evil? Consider these questions and more as we journey inside the mind of C.S. Lewis in this introductory review of one of the great Christian literary works of the 20th century. The Screwtape Letters, a thin volume of imaginative letters between two devils, has given millions of readers insight into conquering everyday spiritual struggles. Join us as we explore the Biblical, historical and cultural depictions of Satan and hell and gain a deeper understanding of the nature of temptation and redemption. Whether you're a devoted C.S. Lewis fan or just reading his work for the first time, you're sure to develop a new appreciation for The Screwtape Letters through this modern look at his timeless classic.

Presto, Perfect Sound

2007 • 5 min

Experimental short film about a violin player.

Le Ravissement de Natacha

2007 • 22 min • France

The long sequestration of a young girl becoming a woman told by her captor which is replaced by the face and voice of a wife.

Marla

2007 • 58 min • Germany

After having a stone thrown at her head, Marla learns as a child that the opposite sex can be very hurtful. Many years later she meets and falls in love with Robert. Little does she suspect that he is the stone thrower from her past.

Mettle

2007 • 4 min • United States of America

An experimental film shot with the purpose of trying to create a hostile alien environment using only shots of nature, color correction, and sound design.

The Rebel Physician: Nicholas Culpeper's Fight For Medical Freedom

2007 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Benjamin Woolley presents the gripping story of Nicholas Culpeper, the 17th century radical pharmacist who took on the establishment in order to bring medicine to the masses. Culpeper lived during one of the most tumultuous periods in British history. When the country was ravaged by famine and civil war, he took part in the revolution that culminated in the execution of King Charles I. But it is Culpeper's achievements in health care that made him famous. By practicing (often illegally) as a herbalist and publishing the first English-language texts explaining how to treat common ailments, he helped to break the monopoly of a medical establishment that had abandoned the poor and needy. His book The English Physician became the most successful non-religious English book of all time, remaining in print continuously for more than 350 years.

Outdoor Life

2007 • 8 min • Sweden

Thomas Tidholm himself is reading his sad poem to dreamy and colorful animations.

On My Way Home

2007 • 18 min • South Korea

On a steaming hot day, a mother and her son leave their home. The mother loses her ID card as well as her senses. But her son can't understand why his mom is behaving like such a child after losing her card. They keep fighting on the street under the hot boiling sun on the way to the district office.

Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien

2007 • 53 min • Germany

"Operation OPEC - Terror Attack in Vienna" - On December 21, 1975, six terrorists including the Germans Gabriele Tiedemann and Hans-Joachim Klein, led by Venezuelan top terrorist Carlos, attack the participants of the OPEC conference in Vienna and take eleven oil ministers and dozens of employees hostage. The action kills three people. The lavishly researched film reveals the background of the spectacular attack and establishes connections. The investigators, former hostages and some of the terrorists involved are heard.

The French Lieutenant's Woman

2007 • 21 min • South Korea

On news about the death of the British writer John Fowels who wrote "The French Lieutenant's Woman", a woman suffering from leukemia confesses to her son that she is the woman of the French Lieutenant.

The Blue Door

2007 • 28 min • France

Antoine returns to his motherland after a very long time to attend his mother’s funeral. His daughter Marie-Ange calls him and asks for a story. He starts telling her a tale he was told as a child…

Cincinnati: Great, Near Great and Not So Great Moments in Cincinnati History Vol. 3

2007 • 58 min • United States of America

Highlights include Dan Ransohoff's "Cincinnati Algorithm," the Great Flood of 1937, the Taft political dynasty, a profile of Cincinnati Reds player Ival Goodman, the 1946 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, the last days and rebirth of the Albee Theater, controversy surrounding the Cincinnati bicentennial mascot "Cincinnatus," the walking metal men of Crosley Field fame, saving cash with Kash D. Amburgy, and a shopping trip through Swallen's.

Zapatos nuevos

2007 • 29 min • Sweden

A tale inspired by true events about four children from South America who are brought to Europe to work as pickpockets and thieves. What they have in common is that they have nothing to return to, their lives are all they have and their dreams of a better life is all they can hope for.

Sapak

2007 • 16 min

A film by Firat Mancuhan.