All Films

God and Devil on Top of the Wall

2006 • 54 min • Brazil

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these employees work in shifts. They are almost prisoners themselves, in a routine of tension, but also of humor and emotion. This prison was all too real. While it was in existence, the Carandiru was the largest prison in Latin America, administered by a reduced number of employees. The documentary shows, from the point of view of these few employees, holding the keys, how the prison operated: the delicate balance in the relationship with the prisoners, affinity among employees, moments of tension and, even, of happiness. These are stories told by former employees, among them, Dr. Dráuzio Varella, author of the book Estação Carandiru. These are the secrets of a place that no longer exists.

Vrai faux passeport

2006 • 55 min • France

A dense work, citing everyone from Tarantino and Verhoeven to Artaud and Chaplin, made for Godard's exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Voyage(s) en utopie.

The Diary of Immaculée

2006 • 39 min

In this moving documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Peter LeDonne and Steve Kalafer chronicle the extraordinary life of Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young African woman who escaped genocide in Rwanda and ultimately found refuge in the United States. Seeking shelter with an Episcopalian minister, Immaculée hid from her attackers inside a bathroom for three long months but stayed centered through prayer and faith.

Laddy and the Lady

2006 • 11 min

Laddy and the Lady follows an out-of-control golden retriever, owned by a Lady, on a pheasant shoot. Scenes of the shoot are intercut with flashbacks to Laddy’s troubled past as a puppy, wrenched from his mother’s side. On the shoot, Laddy is subjected to forms of physical and verbal abuse associated with gun dog handling. His inability to behave and retrieve the dead birds results in relentless punishment. Laddy becomes a receiver – a golden receiver- of abuse.

The Real Blue Nuns

2006 • 60 min • United Kingdom

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers the Muslim hibab and burka.

Laid Off

2006 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Martin (1966-2002) introduces himself. More than three years ago, he was struck by a car in the city centre; he died of the injuries. Now he wanders the streets, unseen by the living, waiting to find out if he'll be sent up or down. He fills his days walking, going to movies, and thinking. He regrets that he didn't dispose of his stash of pornography - he meant to. His grieving widow found it. Every two weeks, he goes to grief therapy. He waits.

Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette Ogin ~Mortal Struggle in Palestine~

2006 • 24 min

Foxy Croquette Ogin disappeared after the protest incident in front of the National Diet building in 1960, but there are rumors of a mysterious Japanese woman amongst a band of guerillas in Palestine...

The Lake

2006 • 8 min • Finland

Two sisters, Mailis and Henna, are rowing on a lake at the heart of a summer midnight.

8: Sida

2006 • 18 min • France

In a hospital in Burkina Faso, a man infected by HIV tells his story.

The Tunche

2006 • 50 min

A group of students go to the jungle to get medicinal plants for their experiments.

Vanya vet

2006 • 28 min

Two young boys meet Russian immigrant Vanja, who tells them exciting stories about his life.

The Searchers: An Appreciation

2006 • 31 min • United States of America

Three directors (Curtis Hanson, Martin Scorsese and John Milius) discuss the movie "The Searchers."

Zan Saber: Chapter 1

2006 • 45 min • Japan

When evil forces descend on Osaka, brave men take up powerful legendary weapons with the power to transform them into armored super heroes to defend their city.

Violet, Fisher of the Black Sea

2006 • 9 min • Spain

Violeta loves best fishing into the darkest depths.

Emily Cries

2006 • 33 min • Poland

Two teenagers fall in love against the backdrop of Martial Law in Poland in 1981.

Remains

2006 • 15 min

Hell is full, over populated with evil. The devil decides the time is right to attack earth so he sends hordes of evil zombies through space till they arrive on earth. The plan is to not only eat the humans but to start a new master race of half zombie/half human creatures. A renegade group of warriors in a small backwoods town learn of the devil's plot and go to battle with the zombies to save the world. Who will win? The living or the dead?

The Thieving Headmistress

2006 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes disillusioned with spiritual matters and goes into teaching, being appointed headmistress of the John Rigby School in London. Along with a small coterie of chosen staff members to act as her spies,she misappropriates half a million pounds from school funds which she spends on luxury goods and a trip on the Orient Express. Meanwhile the school suffers,having to use ancient text books and pupils as cleaners. She is tried,although admitted to hospital for depression on the trial day, and sentenced to five years in jail, later reduced to four. The film alternates dramatized scenes of Colleen's misbehaviour with interviews with those who knew her.

A Mother's Daughter

2006 • 33 min • France, Vietnam

Thi was born in a traditional family in the country. Her parents are teachers. She came to Hanoi to study languages. Today, she works as a translator. In the city, she gains more freedom: she meets foreigners and some of them have become friends. But when her mother comes to visit, she reminds Thi of the principles of traditional education, the duties and obligations of a young woman, and is insistent on the issues of marriage and children.

Opus Dei - Una cruzada silenciosa

2006 • 53 min

The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol

2006 • 57 min • France

Spring 2004, a house with a large garden welcomes filmmaker Claude Chabrol. He is about to celebrate his 54 films and 74 years of age. Thomas Chabrol, the filmmaker's son, as the perfect butler, is checking the table. "Figu", Claude's film sutler, plunges a lobster into the cauldron... The great merry-go-round can begin!

Bomb Hunters

2006 • 57 min • United States of America, Cambodia

Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as scrap metal. The film explores the long-term consequences of war and genocide in an attempt to understand the social, cultural, and historical context and experiences of rural villagers who seek out and dismantle UXO (unexploded ordnance) for profit. Part of a global economy, these individuals clear UXO from their land in order to protect their families from harm and to earn enough money to survive. Bomb Hunters is an eye-opening account investigating the on-going residual, persistent effects of war experienced by post-conflict nations around the globe, and the complex realities of achieving "peace".

Damaged Goods

2006 • 22 min • United States of America

After two fractured souls find each other in group therapy, their bond is put to the test when one of them is unexpectedly cured.

Cedric

2006 • 11 min • Germany

Death as a global service provider? Unthinkable! So far Death has thought that too. But then his nephew Cedric had the crazy idea of founding the company AFTER LIFE while his uncle was away. This company takes over the craft of death with the latest technology and markets it worldwide.

Can't Stop Eating

2006 • 60 min

This documentary follows a small number of British people with an incurable genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome. This rare disorder makes the sufferer unable to control their eating habits. Prader–Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which seven genes (or some subset thereof) on chromosome 15 (q 11-13) are deleted or unexpressed (chromosome 15q partial deletion) on the paternal chromosome. The film is set in Gretton House, near Kettering in England, which is a government-funded care home deliberately constructed to assist people with PWS. The film focuses on a new resident, Joe Blackburn, who is 21 and begins the documentary weighing over 30 stone (190 kg, 420 lbs) and with fears for his health. Resident Tamara Allwood is also featured, who was at one point close to death from overeating.