All Films

Invasion

2005 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A soldier lands on an island and storms it. Only finding it defended by sheep and one old shepherd he claims it on behalf of his king and country. The shepherd though, doesn't seem that bothered and is happy just to see where it goes.

Tea Date

2005 • 21 min • South Korea

An English language student brings a little brightness into the life of her elderly, widowed tutor.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

2005 • 51 min • United States of America

It is the War Between the States and Peyton Farquhar stands at the end of a plank a noose around his neck. He has been betrayed by a stranger, a scout for the Union Army, and now he faces death. He stands to lose a beautiful young wife, family and home. The soldiers make preparations for his death, it is routine for them. Peyton's mind races, he must escape. If only he can free his hands. The plank falls and incomprehensibly the rope breaks. He manages to swim away and evade the gunshots from the soldiers. He unbelievably finds himself on shore running towards home. After what seems like days of weary travel he arrives.

A Few Crumbs For Birds

2005 • 28 min • Belgium, France, Iraq, Jordan

Ruwaysched is a no man's land at the border. The last village in Jordan before Iraq... I went there without a real scenario. I was looking for a story for my film for a couple of days until Anne-Marie, the director of photography, played a song for me from an Iraqi-Palestinian band while our car stalled at the Iraqi border. (Nassim Amaouche)

Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind

2005 • 60 min

Fifteen-year old Peaches Geldof goes around the country to inquire about the teenage experience.

Pýsi er ennþá á sjó

2005 • 26 min

Documentary about the Icelandic fisherman who lives on a boat in Ålesund, Norway. Ásgeir visits him and inquires about his life. He is the one who has sold his cod for the highest price and other fishermen envy him for it. Beautiful film about a hard life.

Manga World

2005 • 52 min • France

Filmed in Japan, this program looks beyond the stereotypes to objectively examine the history of manga, how manga are drawn, and manga's influence on Japanese life as illustrated by cosplay bars, where people dress up as their favorite characters; manga kissa, 24/7 manga cafes; and Comicket, the twice-annual comics market that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The program also introduces viewers to a cross-section of mangaka icons: Vagabond creator Takehiko Inoue; Naoki Urasawa, author of The Pushman and Other Stories; Jiro Taniguchi; Yoshihiro Tatsumi; and Kan Takahama.

Fleeing the Reich

2005 • 47 min • United Kingdom

In 1940, carried on a wave of rumour and panic, thirty thousand Channel Islanders fled their homes, their livelihoods and the islands for five long years in exile. Arriving in England with just one small case and only twenty pounds in cash, they were sent by rail across the country from Oldham to Glasgow. Children separated from parents, all cast adrift in an alien culture. Homeless and jobless, the adventures that befell them helped forge friendships the length and breadth of Great Britain which survive to this day. This is their story.

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

2005 • 50 min • United States of America

The story of a courageous battle between U.S. Navy "Tin Can" ships and two of the most powerful Japanese ships in the fleet. The Tin Can sailors fought bravely to secure a victory for the U.S Navy and save MacArthur's invasion force.

Drawing Lessons

2005 • 6 min

A woman finds a tape cassette at a yard sale. It comes with a drawing exercise, the upside down drawing lesson from DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN by Betty Edwards. The exercise becomes an obsession yet keeps the woman’s insomnia at bay. Her night visitors, animals of the night, allow her to reconnect with nature.

Night Archives

2005 • 31 min • Germany, Switzerland

Diary sketches of a young gigolo of Arab origin who is confronted with experiences and impressions in the big Parisian world that overwhelms and confuses him.

The Cost of Living

2005 • 35 min • United Kingdom

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community.

Hey, S.O.S.

2005 • 11 min • Hungary

A lonely castaway who is drowning at sea calls for help incessantly. No one helps him, because everyone is busy with their own affairs...

A Good Day

2005 • 16 min • Sweden, United States of America

At a desolate railroad crossing, a middle-aged man's planned suicide, gets distracted by a lonesome farmer.

The Red Shoe

2005 • 5 min • Sweden

A red shoe floats down the river.

Maestro

2005 • 5 min • Hungary

Five minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.

A Family Finds Entertainment

2005 • 42 min • United States of America

A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.

Life in Transition

2005 • 4 min

At once surreal and poignant, this semi-autobiographical film by American director John Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog) chronicles a turning point in the life of an artist.

Delivery

2005 • 9 min • Germany

An old man lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.

A Song's Best Friend - John Denver Remembered

2005 • 58 min

Close friends of John Denver and his first wife Annie remember the singer/ songwriter John Denver and his music. The interviewees tell personal stories about John Denver over a background of excerpts form his TV specials, films, concerts and home movies. The film also highlights John Denver's unwavering commitment to the environment, world peace and humanitarian causes

The Egg

2005 • 14 min • Sweden

Ivar, an eight-year-old boy and his grandfather don't get along. Ivar is a vegetarian and grandpa thinks real men should eat meat. Ivar should at least be able to eat an egg, so Granpa sends him to buy one. But he crushes it and doesn't dare to go back because he's afraid of what grandpa might do to him. His desperate hunt for an egg creates completely new possibilities for their friendship.

Thomas & Friends: Hooray for Thomas

2005 • 34 min • United States of America

You're invited to the celebration on the Island of Sodor! There are new stories and fun adventures around every bend. Watch as Thomas wins a medal for saving the day. Will Edward rescue the brass band in time? Can Peter Sam help find a new refreshment stand for the Refreshment Lady? Get ready for non-stop fun when Rheneas gives the school children a roller coaster ride on the tracks and Gordon wins the best-dressed competition. Let the celebration begin!

Der Schwenker am Ende des Tisches

2005 • 15 min • Germany

A short splatter-drama chronicling the story of Elfride, a loving pregnant wife to neglectful douchebag of a husband, Kurti. Elfride suffers from a tragic miscarriage whilst facing constant verbal abuse from Kurti and his colleagues as they bully and coerce her into cooking them steaks. After guzzling many a beer and downing many a steak, things get violent between the group when only one steak is left at Elfride's end of the table.

Guts of the Gods

2005 • 11 min

Sometimes a hero needs to get a little blood on his hands