All Films

Black Samurai

2006 • 52 min

The Surmas live in the Kibish River Valley, in southern Ethiopia, where modern man was born 195,000 years ago. They hold up the mirror to us of a past in which we can recognize ourselves, despite the geographical and cultural distance. This semi-nomadic people who depend on livestock is not well known. Traditional donga fighting, a duel with sticks, earned them a reputation for brutality which keeps outsiders at a distance. In fact, the donga is a martial art that celebrates values necessary for survival in a region torn by tribal warfare. This nation of 28,000 souls possesses nothing other than its livestock. Its impoverished condition is an art of extreme living that commands respect.

God's Teeth

2006 • 20 min • Finland

One winter in the 1930’s somewhere in northern Finland, a first communion ceremony is interrupted by the arrival of mobile dental surgery. All the children in the village must have their teeth replaced with sets of dentures as a communion gift to prevent future problems. The fate of Juha’s teeth seems to be sealed, unless a higher power decides to intervene…

Ecuador vs. el resto del mundo

2006 • 54 min • Ecuador

November 7th, 2001. After a seventy years absence, the Ecuadorian national soccer team is close to qualifying for the first time to a Soccer World Cup. This documentary follows the events that took place during that historic date, when a whole country lived under the shadow of a soccer game.

A Noite do Vampiro

2006 • 6 min • Brazil

A vampire tries to sleep, but a terrible predator approaches.

Thermos - Share the Heat

2006 • 59 min • France, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Switzerland

It's a movie, a documentary, an exploration of the European summits, a road trip guided by seven snowboarders and many friends rediscovering the pleasure of snowboarding... and sharing a unique thermos.

Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell

2006 • 23 min

After Satan kidnaps Glinda, Dorothy returns to Oz to confront the Prince of Darkness before all Hell can be released.

Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation

2006 • 47 min • United States of America

The theology of the Book of Revelation

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

2006 • 16 min • United States of America

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

The Runt

2006 • 10 min • Germany

Hykade's third and final part of The Country Trilogy. The once dead father of "We Lived in Grass" returns. "I give you the runt," he says. "But you take care of it and you kill it next year."

FtF: Female to Femme

2006 • 48 min

A wildly original extravaganza, FtF: Female to Femme presents a saucy, indelible portrait of a people central to the gender revolution. Part doc-, part mock-umentary (see if you can tell which is which!), FtF explores the variations of femme identity. Interviews with famous femmes, including Guinivere Turner, Bitch and Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8) are interspersed with scenes from a parodic consciousness-raising group. FtF asks a lot of hard questions like “Does wearing a push-up bra make one a bad feminist?” Sub-genres such as the retro femme, fat femme, tomboy femme, punk femme, and high femme are all given their due. FtF is a savvy, defiant documentary that’ll make you laugh, make you think and make you want to dismantle the patriarchy, while in stilettos.

El acomodador de zombis

2006 • 17 min • Argentina

A group of zombie film buffs return from the dead to confront their old friends, the ushers, over the 3D re-release of a film. The battle will be to the death and only one race will emerge victorious.

Fast Money

2006 • 14 min • United States of America

A young Chinatown drug dealer enlists the help of a violent gang buddy to commit his first home invasion robbery, but his pursuit of "fast money" yields unintended consequences that will forever change his life.

David Blaine Street Magic 1

2006 • 5 min

Two idiots have an encounter with David Blaine

Mastodon: The Workhorse Chronicles

2006 • 60 min • United States of America

Mastodon's The Workhorse Chronicles, the band's first official DVD release, is a first-hand account of the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into making this mammoth band you know today. Go behind the scenes in over three hours of hand-selected footage from the band's personal video archives. The Workhorse Chronicles contains in-depth interviews with each band member and a career spanning range of live performances - including rare footage of the band in their initial form as a five piece through to sold-out clubs worldwide. The Workhorse Chronicles delves deep into the core of MASTODON, exposing all that is loved and respected about this band.

41 Seconds

2006 • 4 min • Germany

What do you do when your girlfriend tells you that your best friend kisses better than you? A young man decides to settle the matter once and for all.

I'm Not Here

2006 • 6 min • Brazil

Experimental film by Arthur Tuoto.

930

2006 • 10 min • Canada

Originally filmed inside a train tunnel in Québec City, “930” presents a series of visual passages oscillating between light and darkness, intercut with moments of stillness.

Depeche Mode: 1984 “You Can Get Away with Anything as Long as You Give It a Good Tune…”

2006 • 29 min • United Kingdom

"You Can Get Away With Anything As Long As You Give It A Good Tune…" - Short documentary of making "Some Great Reward", the fourth studio album.

Lot 63, Grave C

2006 • 10 min • United States of America

The mystery behind the man who died at Altamont.

Rockumentary

2006 • 40 min • Portugal

Following the lives of Bunnyranch members, Kaló, Filipe, Calhau and André, we get to know the inside outs of a small but strong rock'n'roll wave that thrives in Coimbra.

Apart in the World

2006 • 49 min

Hoping to find his place in the world, Boris Babaev, an Orthodox Jew from Tajikistan, moves to Poland, where he becomes an accidental hero for young Polish Jews.

Down in the Hole

2006 • 24 min • Spain

Lucy has decided to kill herself, crashing his car in the next bend. At that moment Peter went on a bike and he was the one who suffers a serious accident while avoiding Lucia. He was caught in a slag heap next to the road, Peter waited for someone to come to help him, but no one saw him, and Lucy runaway.

High Score

2006 • 52 min • United States of America

Although technology continues to evolve, a group of die-hard gamers refuses to abandon the classic arcade games of yesteryear. The 80's live on for these enthusiasts, who compete against each other and history to record the world's highest scores. Portland gamer Bill Carlton is one of the most brazen, fearlessly taking on some of the toughest records on the books. HIGH SCORE follows Bill as he attempts to take down the Atari classic Missile Command and its twenty year-old record. To get the 80 million points he'll have to play the game on one quarter for over two days straight. There is no pause button. There will be no sleep. There can only be one victor in this classic story of Man versus Missile Command.

The Water Nymph

2006 • 14 min • United States of America

The Water Nymph stars Debbie D and Laura Giglio. Debbie is investigating the disappearance of her friend and she learns too late that Laura is responsible. The two women fight to the death!