All Films

The Ribos File

2007 • 19 min • United Kingdom

The cast and crew of The Ribos Operation look back at the making of the story.

Numb

2007 • 10 min • United States of America

A dark tale, set in an enchanted land, of a young girl named Sophie who is beginning a new life with her mysterious Uncle Algernon. She soon discovers her uncle's infatuation for bizarre puppetry and spectacle.

Womb

2007 • 1 min

a stop motion journey into the womb

Sexo en el plató

2007 • 28 min • Spain

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.

The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick

2007 • 14 min • United States of America

Friends, family and colleagues of Philip K. Dick remember the life and work of the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Children of the clouds

2007 • 16 min • Spain, United States of America

In May 2005, after 30 years of Moroccan occupation, Saharawi students initiated a series of peaceful demonstrations demanding their right to the United Nations-mandated referendum on Western Saharan independence. The Moroccan authorities responded with a brutal campaign of repression, detaining and torturing human rights activists as well as Saharawi students and children as young as eight years old.

Ghost in Your Genes

2007 • 46 min

Scientists have long puzzled over the different fates of identical twins: both have the same genes, yet only one may develop a serious disease like cancer or autism. What's going on? Does something else besides genes determine who we are? NOVA explores this startling possibility in this program.

Victor Gazon

2007 • 11 min • Canada

Victor Gazon is a young boy who makes a video diary about the pros and cons of suicide.

America's Game: 1972 Miami Dolphins

2007 • 44 min

Larry Csonka, Don Shula and Manny Fernandez remember the Miami Dolphins Super Bowl victory and their undefeated season.

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

2007 • 14 min • United States of America

Documentary from the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ – about the costume designs of the film. Featured on the 2-Disc Collector's Edition and Blu-Ray DVDs for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), released in 2007.

The Frolic

2007 • 22 min

A prison psychologist uncovers a deadly supernatural force in one of his inmate patients leading him to his breaking point.

Tricksters

2007 • 47 min • Canada

Shot during the first ever Innu circus festival in Labrador, Canada, Tricksters gives the viewing audience a positive glimpse into these troubled native communities. The artistry of international performers is combined with the native tradition of drumming and dancing offering a wider appreciation for the Innu way of life. Tricksters features Beni Malone's Wonderbolt Circus, as well as two time world champion hoop dancer Lisa Odjig who interacts with Innu Elders and children in workshops. Interviews with Innu elders inspire a greater appreciation for the Innu way of life. Tricksters offers an emergence of art and native culture, rarely seen on the screen.

Green Team

2007 • 3 min • United States of America

McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.

Wallace's Lists

2007 • 15 min • United States of America

Wallace, a mouse, can do almost anything, as long as he has a list. Then he meets a new neighbor, Albert, who loves music and adventure, and Wallace discovers a wonderful world that he and his lists had not anticipated.

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

2007 • 50 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.

Scrambled

2007 • 5 min • Italy

A bicycle, groceries from a supermarket around the corner, a rush home to cook breakfast. A morning like all the others.

America's Treasures

2007 • 46 min

From the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to Dorothy's ruby slippers, the National Museum of American History houses many of America's greatest treasures and icons. Learn the stories of how they came to be a part of the museum's collection, and meet the people who have restored some of these treasures.

Tzaritza

2007 • 7 min • Canada

This animated short by Theodore Ushev combines warmth, humour and magic in a story about a young girl who misses her grandmother. When Lili finds a tzaritza (magic shell) along the seashore, she hatches a plan to bring her Grandma from Bulgaria to Montreal to make her father happy.

Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

Kathy Griffin talks about Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, lesbian cruises, her parents, the Emmys and Ann Coulter.

The Secret in the Wind

2007 • 27 min • Taiwan

Till We Stop Having Fun

2007 • 21 min • United States of America

Willa Renee Brackett couldn't make a decision if her life depended on it; from the right outfit to the right job or even the right boyfriend. But when her perfect on paper boyfriend Jordan sets up the perfect morning of pampering, she feels like finally everything is...perfect.

La Voie Terray

2007 • 52 min • France

Terray. This name sounds like a challenge and evokes deep respect in the memory of every mountaineer. For all, Lionel Terray remains forever the "Conqueror of the useless", the example of a generous and mature mountaineer, far from any egocentrism and any ambition. Not only a pioneer and witness to the history of mountaineering, Terray is also remembered as a man and a master more than an athlete. Forty years after the tragic death of this extraordinary mountaineer and guide, who liked to think of himself as a "simple mountaineer", his former friends and the youngest generation of mountaineers come together in this film to celebrate and remember his legacy.

Leave

2007 • 18 min

Billy the Marine's last day home before going back to Iraq. Realizing he may never come back, he tries to make amends with various people in his life. For Billy, the real battle may be on the home front rather than the front lines. LEAVE is an entirely improvised drama that was shot over the course of one day in Arlington, Texas, using both actors and non actors, both family and friends of the director, all from a one page outline. The story ultimately describes the different ways people express their love to one another, and how these ways of communicating love are sometimes lost.

Moth to a Flame

2007 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Thomas, a dying man, suffers nightmarish visions of moths. Alone and afraid, he overhears the plight of the woman next door, abused by her boyfriend, and gradually overcomes his fears to try and intervene. When his first attempts prove futile, he knows he must play hero if he is to perform one last good deed.