All Films

Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet

2005 • 48 min

Get to know your ABCs with this fun-filled adventure that celebrates the wonder of words and the joys of the alphabet, Sesame Street-style. Shapes, sounds, and colors come to life as letters A and Z join Elmo and the gang for some F-U-N at the mall. Whether it's crooning with Sheryl Crow or rocking with Melissa Etheridge, dozens of entertaining songs and skits add to the excitement as every letter gets a chance to shine. No matter how you spell it, Sesame Street's All-Star Alphabet makes the grade!

Robota

2005 • 10 min • Canada

Set in a decayed urban core, Robota, a homeless robot, wins enough money at the robot cockfighting arena to afford a trip downtown to fulfill her dream.

Inner Depravity

2005 • 10 min • Canada

A masked man practices various tortures on women while some dark ambient music plays.

Tragic Story with Happy Ending

2005 • 7 min • Portugal, Canada, France

A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.

Dreams

2005 • 12 min • Sweden

In his frustration of not finding the right one, Johan tries online dating, which only makes the frustration grow stronger. Although true love is very close.

Året var 1955

2005 • 56 min • Sweden

1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movie ticket is discovered. Ingrid Bergman gets bad reviews as Joan of Arc, and James Dean dies in a 185 km/h car crash. The knappupgänget, with Povel Ramel and Gunwer Bergkvist, go to Nairobi to shoot a film that will never be finished. Sweden votes no to right-hand traffic and the "Motbok" disappears in October. Charlie Norman writes film music and gets a job in the US, while Sigge Eriksson becomes a world figure skating champion in Moscow. Anita Ekberg visits after years in Hollywood and Louis Armstrong gives concerts in Stockholm. Luleå is building the world's first indoor shopping center, and Viggen Viggo is visible on the TV screen.

Some More Rice

2005 • 19 min • Philippines

Essay film about rice farming and Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

Spin by David Shrigley

2005 • 50 min

Shrigley puts his personal spin on news stories and big events every day for a week by creating seven pieces of thought-provoking and entertaining artwork which offer an alternative, very personal interpretation on a topical news story. In the week-long public art project he expresses his idiosyncratic, wry humour in a variety of surprising media. Among his creations, there's been a cartoon on a building banner for Manchester about bullying, saying: "The bully has a brain the size of a pea"; a horde of people with sandwich boards about Tony Blair's current political issues which gathered outside the Guildhall in London, where the Prime Minister was making a speech; a giant mobile billboard parked at the Tory hustings in Leicester with the rallying cry "Legalise pottery"; and a giant wearing the slogan "Binge drinking is our heritage" visited bars in Nottingham.

For One More Hour with You

2005 • 55 min • Italy, Switzerland

Filmaker Alina Marazzi assembles old home movies trying to piece together the life of her mother, Liseli, who committed suicide when Alina was seven years old.

Hoax

2005 • 14 min • Portugal

Years before she saw a man being swallowed by a wave, inside a swimming pool. With this event, time ceased to be linear, and in a split second her family disappeared, leaving only behind the traces of their presence. Through the window´s reflex she realises her face has changed - the face is longer and the hair; she has memories inside her head, that she doesn´t recognize. In another time, she returns to that place to try to confirm her memory.

Mushiking: The Road to the Greatest Champion

2005 • 50 min • Japan

A passionate Mushiking player named Kent Mirai meets Shiro, a boy who controls a beetle called the Darkside Neptune Beetle.

After Shave

2005 • 26 min • France, Lebanon

Abou Milad, an old itinerant barber, lost his barbershop during the Lebanese civil war. Today, he hardly earns a living by offering his services in the popular cafés of Beirut. One day, he is summoned by a recluse resident of a large old mansion.

Tin Man

2005 • 16 min • Mexico

The night guard of a big warehouse gives every night food and a place to sleep to a couple of homeless: and old man a little girl. After having a nightmare, the guard feels guilty because of the terrible things he does to the little girl.

Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras

2005 • 10 min • Philippines

Documentary about an oil spill near the Philippines

Empire

2005 • 4 min • France

The Pax Americana takes care on our peace, ensures our comfort, guarantees our prosperity… An idyllic postcard of the new Empire.

The Man in the Moon

2005 • 5 min

The Man in the Moon short film is based on William Joyce's children book series "Guardians of Childhood". Reel FX animated Short Film "The Man in the Moon" (2005) was directed by William Joyce and the script written by David Lindsay-Abaire (Robots, Rabbit Hole).

His Last Request

2005 • 27 min • Spain

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. Do we all have secret and unspoken desires? Do these desires ever get fulfilled? Can they be dangerous? A young, sexy and voluptuous nurse intrudes into the quiet life of an aging father and his daughter. Is the nurse there just to care for him, or also to fulfill His Last Request?

Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

2005 • 51 min • United States of America

An entire live performance of the work in Los Angeles.

Murad

2005 • 50 min • United Kingdom

An intersex dancer became a street beggar for her adopted son but rejected for not having respect in society.

Staring at the Sun

2005 • 16 min • United States of America

When a fortune teller refuses to reveal her vision of Clay's future, he becomes so obsessed with learning the truth that he unwittingly fulfills his fate.

The Invisible Dog

2005 • 20 min

Henry really wants a dog. Because of Mom’s allergies, they can’t get one, so Dad brings home an “invisible dog” (an empty cage).

I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me

2005 • 27 min • United States of America

This insightful Home Box Office documentary profiles some American children afflicted with Tourette's syndrome -- a hereditary neurological disorder manifested by recurrent, involuntary vocal and motor tics. More than a dozen youngsters ranging from ages 6 to 13 discuss the stigma of Tourette's, what it's like to grow up with the condition, control measures and the challenges they face to be viewed as normal.

Blindman's Bluff

2005 • 7 min • Spain

A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.

Quails Quest: Its a Boy!

2005 • 30 min

Now known as the Quail's First Christmas. Identical, except for the title change on the cover. Imagine the "greatest story ever told" as seen from the perspective of three small birds! The three quails befriended by Mary and are swept along on the journey of their lives. They are captured by King Herod, but discover a plot against Mary's baby, so they decide they must escape to warn the family that the king is looking for Jesus.The animated film was the idea of London-based Christian writer Steve Legg as a holiday evangelism tool. After realizing that so many children have no idea who Jesus Christ is, he wanted to communicate to them the real meaning of Christmas. It has become a favorite seasonal staple in the UK. Recommended for ages 3 and up.