All Films

The Statue of Giordano Bruno

2005 • 12 min • Canada, Italy

This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob Ostertag. It is based on live action shooting done that same afternoon on the Campo dei Fiori where the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned by the Inquisition in 1600. A commemorative statue was erected in the 19th century, that somberly dominate the market held everyday on the piazza. The film is about the resurgence of the past in this place where normal daily activities go on imperturbably. The capture of the performance was reworked, shortened and complemented with more studio performances.

The Harbour

2005 • 7 min • Canada

Two survivors in a post-apocalyptic world struggle to deal with the meaninglessness of their harsh existence.

O Arroz Nunca Acaba

2005 • 8 min • Brazil

Everything breaks. Everything ends. Minus the rice. Rice never ends.

The Night Dwarves

2005 • 46 min • Israel

Three kids meet the night dwarves who need their help to defeat the evil king of the bats.

Médicalement

2005 • 3 min • France

Medically speaking, we're moving forward.

Demon

2005 • 10 min • Ireland

In a tiny cell, somewhere in the Prison District of Heaven, there is a new inmate. A demon, she will not look out her window because the light burns her. But outside there is a persistent visitor...

Return of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls

2005 • 11 min • Australia

They're girls... they're vampires... they're killers... and they're in bikinis... and now they have returned!

Captain

2005 • 14 min • Germany

Melhus slips into the role of the captain of a space ship, accompanied by a bold man and a boy in his communion suit. Threatened by a dark power and while stars are exploding in the background, all three perambulate in dialogues, cut from different science-fiction films.

Katie and Kasey

2005 • 5 min

Katie meets up with Kasey at a bookstore after a night of studying together. While Katie is happy to show her affection for Kasey, Kasey is apprehensive about being public about their relationship.

Tankafatra

2005 • 52 min • Madagascar

A film about "Famadihana" or turning of the bones (when people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts and rewrap them in fresh shrouds) in Madagascar, told by the dead...

El trompo

2005 • 15 min • Argentina

During the 2003 flood in the province of Santa Fe, a boy and his grandfather were taken to an evacuation center, where hundreds of families were waiting to return to their homes. The boy lived through unforgettable experiences. The only thing that mattered was friendship, love, and dreams... until the spinning top stopped.

Sevilla City

2005 • 48 min

Documentary about Seville's hip hop scene.

Where's Sandra?

2005 • 19 min • India

Who’s Sandra? If you saw her would you know her? Is she naughty or is she nice? And where is she anyway? This film takes a playful look at the figure of “Sandra from Bandra” – part covetous fantasy of the racy Christian girl from Bombay who works as a secretary, wears a dress and likes to dance; part condescending stereotype of a dowdy, religious girl from a minority community. The film searches for Sandra in Bollywood films, in the words of writers and poets, on the gravestones in Bandra’s churchyard. We encounter various claimants to the title – some who aren’t from Bandra and some who aren’t even called Sandra. Finally we find 5 women who really are Sandra from Bandra, each as different from the other as can be even if they are all a little bit the same.

A Film Noir Short Story

2005 • 9 min • Argentina

A dark drug wreaks havoc on an entire city, and amidst the chaos, a couple attempts to escape. But the unpredictable madness of acquaintances and strangers unfolds a tragic, dark story.

2730

2005 • 37 min

A silent short documentary that followed Craig Paynter, a long haul truck driver, as he worked his way from Washington through Oregon, California, Nevada, and ending in Tucson, Arizona. 2730 was only screened once in Seattle, accompanied by a live score performed by Adam Parks.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

2005 • 51 min

BRIDE KIDNAPPING documents in harrowing detail four such abductions, from the violent seizures on city streets and the tearful protests of the women, who are physically restrained and persuaded to accept their fate by the women of the groom's family, to the often tense negotiations between the respective families, and either the eventual acquiescence or continued refusal of the young women.

Christo Redemptor

2005 • 29 min

Through accounts from people who lived at the time of its construction, and from the diary of the Brazilian who conceived and executed the work, the engineer-architect Heitor da Silva Costa, we return to the period of conception of Christ the Redeemer, this beautiful monument that is, today, an integral part of the daily lives of Rio residents.

Marici Weu, guardianes de la tierra

2005 • 30 min • Argentina

The Mapuche community of Pillán Mahuiza is fighting to recover the lands that were stolen from them. This place is currently threatened by the planned construction of a dam system in the Carrenleufú River basin. Allowing a cement wall to be built in the middle of this source of life is a disastrous act of the Mapuche identity.

Aquatoria

2005 • 5 min • Bulgaria

A little fish dreams of wide ocean freedom beyond its aquarium, but soon learns to appreciate its own small empire.

The Amish: How They Survive

2005 • 51 min • United States of America

The Amish live far outside the cultural mainstream. Preferring community to technology, they live in close fellowship with one another. Filmed in the world's largest Amish community, this documentary takes you on an intimate journey into Ohio Amish life and culture. Discover how rapid growth and economic pressures threaten their community. Meet a people who, as a result of creative disengagement with the culture around them, thrive

Meander

2005 • 14 min • Belgium

On a hot summer day, five adolescents try to cool down by a river. We observe the behaviour of the group, their glances, lingering and messing. The delightful, listless peace is in danger of being disrupted. An atmospheric, short film without dialogue.

Dormente

2005 • 12 min • Brazil

Happy Easter

2005 • 12 min • Switzerland

Tom visits his parents with his girlfriend to break important news. But his father has set different aims for his son, so the afternoon comes to an unexpected end.

Beyond Sorry

2005 • 53 min

54 years after being stolen from her traditional Aboriginal family under Australian Government policy, Zita Wallace is coming home. Guided by her childhood friend Aggie, a traditional woman who was hidden from authorities when Zita was taken, the two women embark on an intimate and confronting journey into the heart of reconciliation.