All Films

Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

2006 • 10 min

Zerk and Shirts from The Sasquatch Gang try to make some money selling junk.

Fig

2006 • 5 min • Japan

A segment for Image Forum Festival 2005's Tokyo Loop

Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'

2006 • 50 min

A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer Edward R. Pressman, the late star William Finley, star and composer Paul Williams, co-stars Jessica Harper and Gerrit Graham and more!

Pixinguinha and the Old Masters of Samba

2006 • 10 min • Brazil

The documentary records the celebrations for the celebration of the fourth centenary of the city of São Paulo, in 1954. In charge of the party, Pixinguinha, Donga, João da Baiana and other representatives of the Old Guard.

My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade

2006 • 50 min • United States of America

Wysteria is beaming with pride; her gardens are in bloom, her little Breezie friends are in town, and it's time for Ponyville's fanciest spring parade, the ultimate celebration of flowers, flowers, flowers! But things don't go according to plan when Wysteria accidentally awakens Spike the Dragon, a sleepy, silly 1,000-year-old dragon. For you see, legend holds that when a dragon is awakened, an new princess is about to be crowned. But who is the Princess of Ponyville?

Hikikomori

2006 • 13 min

The life of a boy who never leaves his bedroom

Sick Film

2006 • 21 min • Switzerland

Martin Creed has said that part of living is coming to terms with horrible feelings. 'The problem with horrible feelings is you can't paint them. But horrible vomit – you can film that.' And he has. It's a difficult piece to watch but highlights Creed's ability to provoke psychological reactions from his viewer, whether that be joy, despair, anger or as in this case, utter disgust.

Marilena from P7

2006 • 45 min • Romania

Andrei, a 13 year old teenager, living on Bucharest outskirts, decides one day to steal a trolleybus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he fell in love with.

The Slanted Screen

2006 • 60 min

From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and television, and how new filmmakers are now re-defining age-old stereotypes.

Stan

2006 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Stanley Laurel's last visit to Oliver Hardy, as originally told in Neil Brand's radio play.

The Story of Panshin Beka

2006 • 15 min

Part of the film "8", Jan Kounen delivers a film on maternal health.

Oasis: Lock The Box

2006 • 39 min • United Kingdom

Noel and Liam Gallagher review classic songs from the Oasis catalog in promotion for the “Best Of” release, ‘Stop The Clocks’.

A Justified Life: Sam Peckinpah and the High Country

2006 • 23 min • United States of America

Sam Peckinpah's younger sister Fern Lea Peter recalls days from their childhood and details about the Peckinpah family. Footage of her interview is intercut with scenes from Peckinpah's movies and the landscape of the area of California where he grew up. Fern Lea draws parallels between members of the Peckinpah family and characters in Peckinpah's 1962 feature, "Ride the High Country."

My Chemical Romance: The Midnight Curfew

2006 • 60 min

The story of their formation is legendary, their rise to fame has been extraordinary and their influence is everywhere - and now the eyeliner crowd's favorite band are roaring back into the fray. Gerard Way's group has been a lesson in 'how to connect' for young bands across the world, moving from their New Jersey roots to global superstardom in a few short years.

Mon ami, tout va à la décharge

2006 • 25 min • France

A young woman has managed to convince a doctor friend to deliver her from an accidental pregnancy without following official procedures. On the night of her operation, she meets a young man who happens to be an apprentice waste sorter at the hospital.

Century City

2006 • 9 min

The murder of an actress prompts an illogical, circular phone conversation between a detective in Cape Town and a movie director in Los Angeles. 'Century City' is shown in galleries as a dual-screen installation. It is a circular narrative, running on a continuous loop.

Faust

2006 • 16 min

Eternal Variations: "Demon", "Theseus" and "Faust" The third short story "Faust" is the author's interpretation of Goethe's tragedy.

Monument Valley: John Ford Country

2006 • 14 min

Documentary about John Ford's relation to Monument Valley.

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

2006 • 8 min • United States of America

Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

2006 • 14 min • United States of America

In this Chinese version of the classic fairy tale, a mother leaves her three children home alone while she goes to visit their grandmother. When the children are visited by a wolf, pretending to be their Po Po, or granny, they let him in the house, but ultimately are not fooled by his deep voice and hairy face. Combining ancient Chinese panel art techniques with a contemporary palette of watercolors and pastels, this powerful story brings lessons about strangers, trust and courage to a new generation.

Face 'Caché'

2006 • 32 min

A documentary on the shooting of Michael Haneke's movie 'Hidden' (Caché). Including interviews with Michael Haneke, Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil.

No Mail

2006 • 7 min • Australia

Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions divide the town. When the postman's co-workers rally behind him the residents are forced to face the same exclusion they imposed on him.

Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck

2006 • 46 min • United Kingdom

Angelina can't believe her ears when Miss Lilly announces that she'll be taking her ballet class to headline the Dacovian Festival of Dance! And what's more, they will be sailing to Dacovia on the grandest ship in the whole of Mouseland — The Royal Stilton! On board, Angelina and Alice meet Yuri, the ship's radio operator and nephew of Miss Lilly. When Angelina hears that Yuri wants to marry the captain's daughter, and that the captain is refusing to allow it, Angelina becomes determined to change the captain's mind. When the ship gets stuck on an iceberg, all seems lost — until Angelina has a brilliant idea to rescue the ship and Yuri's plans to marry his true love!

Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name

2006 • 27 min • United States of America

On February 4, 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. A month later, SLA members and Hearst robbed a bank in San Francisco. After the telecast shootout with police in Los Angeles, two remaining SLA members and Hearst fled to rural Pennsylvania, where they met Wendy Yoshimura. Wendy was eluding authorities who had indicted her on weapons and explosives charges in 1972. After 3 years on the run, Wendy was captured with Hearst in a San Francisco apartment, where the FBI threatened to "blow Wendy's head off". She was kept in isolation for 40 days, then jailed for 3 months until the Wendy Yoshimura Fair Trial Committee came to her aid.