All Films

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.

Lust

2007 • 3 min

Two friends test their friendship and push it to its limits in this steamy erotically charged short horror film.

Goldfish

2007 • 13 min • United States of America

Two third graders embark on a mission to save their classes goldfish.

My Little Boy

2007 • 19 min • Germany

Berlin, 1934. Many men are forced to live their hidden homosexuality. Erich, a photographer, has an appointment in his photo studio with Wolfgang, a Nazi soldier, with whom he shares a loving, tumultuous, and passionate relationship. For both of them, this should not be a problem, but appearances deceive.

Closing Session

2007 • 15 min • Estonia

One night there gather weird figures to the Karahundzhi Palteau. They are the figures of God created by Man in different times and cultures - puppets. At the same time in some technical center they are printing out all letter combinations in all known languages. According to Tibetan monks this act - writing down all the names of God - will bring along the end of the universe. The Creator has decided to introduce the gods to each other before the great end.

Safety Matches

2007 • 13 min • Latvia

In Soviet Latvia, a family spends a day by the lake. Father and son play ball, but the ball falls into the water. The father almost drowns trying to retrieve the ball, but is saved by an angler.

Gustave Courbet: The Origins of His World

2007 • 52 min • France

Gustave Courbet defied the conventions of classical French painting to become an innovator of Realism. This documentary by filmmaker Romain Goupil explores Courbet's life and work, revealing the fiery spirit that drove him to lead rather than follow.

Cheetah Blood Brothers

2007 • 47 min • South Africa

On Botswana's Linyanti Plains, a band of brothers reigns amongst the top predators. With Achilles in front, and Odin and Shiva flanking him on either side, the powerful trio have held their territory for over five years

Katie Morgan's Porn 101

2007 • 30 min • United States of America

The candid, and naked, Katie Morgan takes us through a history of porn. From ancient paintings and sculpture, to early pornographic silent films, to modern day adult films.

Hellfighters: Harlem’s Heroes of World War One

2007 • 30 min

African American soldiers in World War One had more than one enemy to overcome.

A Walking Shadow

2007 • 5 min • United States of America

In the dark and rainy streets of Nashville, a hired assassin prowls the night. After he pick pocket a driver, he steals his car and drives around waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. Shot in black and white as an homage to film noir and the French New Wave, this film is a thrilling tribute to classic cinema.

Tomte Tummetott und der Fuchs

2007 • 30 min • Germany

When Reynard the fox creeps silently from his den to the farm searching for food, it is the troll Tomten who keeps the farm animals safe and even manages to find something to feed a hungry fox.

The Mars Underground

2007 • 52 min • United States of America

The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary that brings to life, through the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation, the daring first human mission to the red planet and explores the challenges of surviving on Mars.

24 Days in Brooks

2007 • 42 min • Canada

Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.

Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi

2007 • 56 min • United States of America

Alexandra Pelosi travels through the United States interviewing and filming several evangelical pastors and congregations.

Morality TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar Kahani

2007 • 31 min • India

This documentary is the first public documentation of the concept of love jihad. Filmed in Meerut following a televised moral policing event termed Operation Majnu, the film tracks the birth of a language of television news which has today become a norm of sensationalism and witch-hunts.

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil

2007 • 26 min • United Kingdom

A selection of key production personnel look at the making of Planet of Evil.

Right to Die

2007 • 58 min • Canada, United States of America

When a grisly car accident put his wife into a coma, a man reluctantly pulls the plug only to realize her spirit has turned vengeful against the living.

Att: Kasimir

2007 • 19 min • Denmark

Every day, in a dark office or maybe a prison cell, a man receives an envelope containing a tape of electronic noises that he translates to code using an old typewriter. One day he hears a familiar voice on the tape and begins to question his line of "work".

The Best Men

2007 • 14 min • United States of America

Moments before his best friend's wedding, Peter gets one last chance to rekindle mutual feelings long suppressed, but not abandoned. Sometimes the perfect reminder of first love's passion is but a simple kiss from the best man. The Best Men explores a universal heartache that every individual has experienced - the feeling of having missed out on true love.

November

2007 • 15 min • Chile

Two women are traveling through a coast road, evading the pain left behind. The trip is interrupted when they see an old lady running at one side of the road, in front of the car. This encounter marks the beginning of the rest of their lives.

Raatporir Rupkatha

2007 • 45 min

Rawjoni, a prostitute, yearns to live only for the sake of her daughter, Sobita, and provide for her future. In the process of doing so, she faces various struggles.

Pledge To Peace

2007 • 45 min • Japan

Lieutenant Keiu Matsuo lost his life in a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbor during the night of May 31 and June 1, 1942. This short animation film pays homage to Keiu Matsuo and his mother Matsue.

Cosette

2007 • 15 min • Australia

Cosette lives a sheltered, ignorant life in an isolated world with her alternative-lifestyle father Jim. When Jim suddenly dies, Cosette is left to fend for herself. Scared and hungry, she embarks on a perilous journey across land and water and discovers that the world she thought existed is not nearly as horrible as her father led her to believe.