All Films

The Fox and the Thrush

2005 • 13 min • Russia

The story of the cunning Fox and how he was punished for his cunning.

Luz Oferenda

2005 • 43 min

"LUZ OFERENDA (OFFERING LIGHT) is a quantum leap towards the future where sound and images are interconnected. Cutting-edge 3D computer animation fuses with dramatic music to create a journey that defies the imagination. A small whisper beckons you to return home, to the present, where the only true reality exists to offer your light. Acclaimed computer animator Beny Tchaicovsky's surrealistic, fantastical images."

Secrets Of The Lost Canyon

2005 • 56 min • United States of America

When its existence was announced in the summer of 2004, Range Creek Canyon triggered worldwide interest in a special parcel of land wedged in a remote corner of Utah. Hundreds, if not thousands, of ancient sites of the now-vanished Fremont Indians had been discovered on the land. It was an archaeological treasure trove.

New Hair

2005 • 43 min

A man and a woman who continue to drive while following the strange "suicide note" of a former colleague who is in the hospital

Rien d'insoluble

2005 • 15 min • Belgium

Henry is cracking up. It must be said that his life is nothing to envy. Today, even more than in previous days, everything seems to be going wrong. It's raining, he can't find a parking space, people are aggressive, Claude is rejecting his advances, migraines are racking his brain, and, above all, Nicolas, impassive, a monster of ingratitude, continues to ruin his life. His problems seem unsolvable. Unless...

Sparrows are children of pigeons

2005 • 5 min • Russia

In the imagination of a small person, everyday life turns into a fairy tale. But, in this amazing country, the baby is often lonely. And only a mother - along a thin thread of love - can enter this wonderful world...

On Christmas Eve

2005 • 45 min • Serbia and Montenegro

This old-fashioned drama tells about how Christmas Day fatefully affected the life of a bachelor from Novi Sad. With the help of his servant, this former scoundrel, gambler and loner transforms into a man who knows how to help another, and fall in love.

Hikari

2005 • 13 min

A younger brother who goes home on a day trip after being informed by his brother that his father is ill. He takes his family seriously while portraying his peaceful daily changes.

Toxic Shock Zombies

2005 • 29 min

When the Zampons are released into a small community, no one would expect the outcome. This new brand of tampons weren't ready to hit store shelves. They cause "toxic shock syndrome" once inserted. All over the small town women are turning into zombies. So now its up to Lance and Jay to kill their loved ones before anyone else gets the chance to.

Murir Tin

2005 • 47 min • Bangladesh

A bus called the Murir Tin holds the stories of people all over a small village in Bangladesh. It stops in almost every part of the village to take and drop off passengers.

The Lost Treasure

2005 • 26 min • Croatia

The main protagonist, Dara, lives with her husband, Rade Mitrović, in the vicinity of Obrovac, an area of typical Croatian rocky ground. They are the last authentic people of the area. He carves in the old-fashioned way, while she takes her flock of sheep and goats to graze in a pasture at the time when there is possibility of her flock being attacked by hungry wolves. She is very skilled in leading the flock, her dogs, in a special way. By the dog's behavior she knows that wolves are approaching and it enables her to save the flock, which is far from an easy task. This film follows the main protagonist's efforts to track down a lost sheep. She does this with careful investigation of all the relevant tracks of the lost sheep and despite sacrificing the time to do her household chores. This poetical documentary about eternal fight between good and wrong makes human existence uniquely miraculous.

Gliders

2005 • 13 min • Finland

A squirrel interested in rock n' roll, skateboarding and American cars cannot continue their family's honorable legacy that also defends their home forest.

To Be Or Not To Bee

2005 • 7 min • Portugal

Ana is a child, girl, adult, tall, fat, thin... Ana is the part of all of us that once in a while wakes up without knowing who she is. That conscious amnesia that propels us to travel, question, look without tiring even though it might not be clear who or what we might find.

Rumi: Turning Ecstatic

2005 • 48 min • Canada

In December 1997, Tina Petrova drove off a cliff - literally and figuratively. A tragic car crash in the California desert was the beginning of a journey that would lead her to the extraordinary works of 13th century Sufi mystic Mevlana Jellaludin Rumi and to a remarkable array of people whose lives have been transformed by his poetry and philosophy. Rumi: Turning Ecstatic is her true story, a timely, powerful docudrama that take the viewer into the very heart of Sufi mysticism.

Montmartre

2005 • 6 min • Ukraine

Romeo Contra La Muzzarella Lisergica Asesina

2005 • 15 min • Uruguay

What Romeo wants is to chill out in front of the TV with some pizza. Soon he will realize that this isn't going to happen. He will see that the pizza box doesn't contain an ordinary mozzarella pizza, but a murderous mozzarella pizza.

Skankobite

2005 • 9 min

Daddy just wanted a beer (or twelve), some salty pork snacks, and a mouthful of his favorite chewing tobacco. But when his back-sassin's daughter Krystal accidentally brings home the Smokeless Configuration, all Hell breaks loose. There ain't nothin' like demons to change your life and body forever...

Blue Willow

2005 • 13 min • New Zealand

This re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern tells a tragic story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father.

Eustice Solves a Problem

2005 • 12 min

Set in a 1958 televised mathematics competition, Eustice finds a friend and the courage to stand up to his mother.

Deck the Halls

2005 • 12 min • United States of America

early short film from director Josh Suire

Minnie

2005 • 8 min

After coming out to his Chinese parents that he can only be happy living his life dressed as a woman, Minnie a young idealistic transgender is banished by his disgraced family finding herself homeless and learning to survive on the streets in this retro take of mainland China.

The Battle of New Orleans

2005 • 20 min

The last significant military engagements of the War of 1812 played out on the plains and in the swamps and waterways near New Orleans. A series of land and sea battles pitted Americans against British over a three-week span in late 1814 and early 1815. The stunning victory by Andrew Jackson's army over Sir Edward Pakenham's troops on January 8, 1815, ranks as one of the greatest upsets in military history. This program uses historical materials, expert interviews, and skillful re-enactments to bring this conflict to life.

Dream: One

2005 • 3 min • United States of America

16mm life size stop motion puppetry and time lapse animation.

O Kleftis

2005 • 17 min • Greece

School is finally out for the summer, and little Alexander will spend his vacation in his grandmother's village, however, he is still too young to know the meaning of some words, such as "thief" for example.