All Films

PonPon

2005 • 26 min • France

A teeny weenie bit of submission, a little diplomacy, a dose of patience, a touche of kindness, a spot of deceit, this is the cocktailthat allows Ponpon to overcome the endless ordeal that life amongst humans represents. From episode to episode, from one hazard to the next, from vague misunderstanding to sheer muddle, the same question remains: He escaped from Hell, but will he survive Paradise?

Men from Older Space

2005 • 13 min • France

Imagine waking up in a world where you belong to a minority of young people and where the old ones have taken over. They increase rapidly in number, they are stronger and much smarter than you are.

Visiting Hours

2005 • 34 min

Michal is obliged to interrupt her journey in India because her grandmother is hospitalized. In the internal medicine department Michal must cope with the facts: grandmother is not herself anymore but mum is quite the mum she always was. A romantic triangle between mother, daughter and grandmother.

Être amoureux

2005 • 25 min

François and his girlfriend Pauline are spending the weekend in the country with a couple of friends, Clémence and Laurent. François has just been told of Clémence’s pregnancy. She was his girlfriend a long time ago.

Morir de amor

2005 • 13 min • Germany

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

Alimuom

2005 • 23 min

In a darkened room, a man commits a murder, an act of madness that leaves him emotionally crippled with guilt and paranoia. Beside him, a dead body lies face down on the bed, blood staining the white bed sheet. But it seems the dead body has its own agenda—haunting him again and again, taunting him. A cycle of guilt, paranoia, shame, and fear cuts through the man’s senses, driving him closer and closer to madness struggling to atone for the sin of violence to no avail.

Tayuan

2005 • 25 min

Tayuan is the location of the first museum of the Cultural Revolution in China. However, this important Cultural Revolution museum was established with private funds. The reason for its construction here is that there is a tomb of the victims of the Cultural Revolution. This film documents the little-known massacre and the construction of the Cultural Revolution Museum in Shantou, Guangdong during the Cultural Revolution. However, a few years later, this museum was banned by the government.

It's Possible Your Heart Cannot Be Broken

2005 • 15 min

In this black comedy about the disintegration of a love affair, a young woman's loneliness in the midst of Kuala Lumpur's metropolitan sprawl triggers a tenuous relationship with a naïve salesman who has a tendency to please and over-emote.

Sanyu

2005 • 29 min

Sanyu (1901-1964), an important Chinese artist, was a friend of Robert Frank's who died in anonymity in Paris. In this film portrait, Frank creates a requiem that includes dramatic and documentary scenes set in Paris, and a chronicle of his trip to Taipei to attend Sotheby's auction of the paintings Sanyu left him.

The Improbable Mr. Attlee

2005 • 59 min • United Kingdom

After World War II, the British public voted a Labour Government into power on the promise of sweeping social reforms. Led by the modest and unremarkable Clement Attlee, the victory was a surprise to almost everyone as it was general wisdom that the Tory party would return but with a reduced majority. Prof David Reynolds tells the story of Labour's postwar government and examines the achievements of Clement Attlee , including the introduction of the NHS in Britain.

A Short Visit to Toy Town

2005 • 1 min • United States of America

An Animated Short Film By Perry Edwards

Dragonrage

2005 • 30 min • Croatia

A professional hitman wants to retire. The "Boss" does not allow that and instead of the payoff he orders his kill. But the kill fails and the hitman is out to get revenge.

Stolen by Hitler

2005 • 49 min • United Kingdom

In 1941 Hitler deported over 2000 British men, women and children from the Channel Islands to the heart of Nazi Germany. It was a terrifying journey into the unknown and some killed themselves rather than go. Others had just hours to pack one bag, destroy their pets and leave. However, the initial horror of the camps and the struggle to survive in the primitive conditions was replaced with a determination not just to survive, but to thrive, as Hitler's crime created one of the most bizarre episodes of the war.

The Loch Ness Monster

2005 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Many a man has been hanged on less evidence than there is for the Loch Ness Monster.

Andreea și Tramvaiul

2005 • 16 min

Andreea, a young tram driver, has a special relationship with the tram she drives every day. Her boyfriend, Marcel, resents what he perceives as a growing affection between Andreea and a machine.

Merry Christmas!

2005 • 21 min • Latvia

A short Christmas tale about happiness that might be passing right by you. And that's when you realise you've just missed. Who's fault is that? Is it fear, is it inability to fight, or is it just a matter of luck?

A Hard Blow

2005 • 11 min

Elsa arrives at Oliver's. She is ready to be seduced. But what he wants her to do is far much more exciting.

Eaux fortes

2005 • 4 min • France

When the tsunami comes, he is strangely enough perfectly calm. In the boundary between life and death, the details become so important.

Alvaro Cunhal

2005 • 50 min • Portugal

A personal biography of the leader of the PCP (Portuguese Communist Party) seen through the eyes of those who were close to him and those who studied his trajectory and thought.

Kelly Clarkson: Behind Hazel Eyes

2005 • 40 min • United States of America

Winner of the first American Idol competition, Kelly Clarkson has managed to forge a successful career in pop music while breaking away from the confines of the style endorsed by the contest. KELLY CLARKSON: BEHIND HAZEL EYES features exclusive interviews with the singer as well as behind-the-scenes footage. Kelly talks from the set of a music video and from a movie premiere, offering her insights and feelings and an insider's glimpse into the workings of such events. BEHIND HAZEL EYES views the world of pop stardom through the gaze of regular Texas girl Kelly Clarkson.

Doll Face

2005 • 5 min • United States of America

Doll Face follows a machine’s struggle to construct its own identity. The machine with a doll face mimics images presented on a television screen and ultimately self-destructs from its inability to adopt a satisfactory visage. Created in its entirety by Andy Huang, Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.

Mother and Daughter Robot

2005 • 33 min

A film about the relationship between a mother-daughter robot.

Akumi

2005 • 8 min • Germany

A young woman with katana must withstand a horde of zombies.

Barbra Streisand - Guilty / Guilty Pleasures

2005 • 35 min • United States of America

Guilty Pleasures is an album by Barbra Streisand in conjunction with Barry Gibb released in September 2005. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, the album is titled Guilty Too. It is the follow-up to Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty, which also featured Barry Gibb. The album features a cover of Gibb's late brother Andy's song "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away". In the United States the album peaked at no. 5 and has been certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) continuing Streisand's record of achieving the most gold and platinum records for a female artist, and in second place in general behind Elvis Presley.