All Films

TropiAbbas

2005 • 15 min • Brazil

An Iranian filmmaker, a female taxi driver and a class a about cinema.

My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington D.C.

2005 • 23 min • United States of America

Senator Ted Kennedy and his dog, Splash, invite children along on a typical whirlwind day on Capitol Hill.

Rapunzel

2005 • 48 min • Brazil

Rapunzel (also called R.A.P.), a special girl who lives in Reformatory To Rebel Characters at the behest of a severe witch named Mrs. B, loves music and dislikes following orders. Despite her messy hair, she creates her own songs, without ever knowing that she will fall in love with a handsome prince with a guitar.

Samba no Trem

2005 • 18 min • Brazil

A documentary about the celebration of the National Samba Day with the aim of preserving the memory of part of the history of samba, which was being forgotten by the press and the Brazilian people.

Come Home Gary Glitter

2005 • 58 min

Searching for the disgraced pop star

‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited

2005 • 24 min

Filmmakers, actors, critics, and pop culture pundits pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 classic.

The House On Gulmohar Avenue

2005 • 31 min • India

A film about home and belonging, tracing the filmmaker's personal journey to understand what it means to be a Muslim in India today.

La Mer

2005 • 3 min • United States of America

A young woman stuck in detention starts to daydream.

Packed Lunch

2005 • 24 min • Australia

What is it about Speedos? Well here Australian director Tim Hunter is on a mission to find the answer to the question of why so many gay men can't seem to get enough of hunks in tight fitting trunks? Although somehow I think the answer can be found in the question! Anyway in a bid to discover the truth, Hunter has carried out a series of interviews with men who have more than a passing interest in this briefest of garment, including that of Speedo designer Peter Travis, who here relates his part in the history of 'the male equivalent of the Wonder Bra.'

The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome

2005 • 59 min

To generations Arthur Ransome's books, including Swallows and Amazons, were an integral part of growing up. But was there a darker side to the author? In this drama-documentary, the enthusiastic Griff Rhys Jones follows a trail that begins in Russia, reveals close links with many leading Bolsheviks, an affair with Trotsky's secretary and previously unreleased KGB documents about Ransome. But was Ransome actually spying for the British secret service all along?

Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer

2005 • 51 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about H.H. Holmes who was a famed serial killer in the late 1800s. He had a whole murder castle built specifically for that purpose. He spent nearly a decade hiring and firing builders to add pieces to his house that included pipes for pumping gas into bedrooms, a room built specifically to suffocate people, and a murder basement where he would strip the skin from his victims.

All Aboard the Crazy Train

2005 • 44 min • United States of America

Winner of the 2005 Maui Film Festival's Best Short Film Documentary, this eye-popping video captures big-wave surfing at its most insane. Made by the folks who brought you Step in Liquid and Riding Giants, the film features tow-in trailblazers Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Darrick Doerner and others taking on Peahi, Maui's enormous swells during the winters of '04 and '05. Fueling the action is a hot soundtrack courtesy of Pearl Jam, U2 and Beck.

Well, Just You Wait! 19

2005 • 11 min • Russia

00s brought a positive change to the lives of Volk and Zayats and they return to their carefree and lighthearted roots on a summer resort.

Piet Piraat: The Enchanted Crown

2005 • 58 min • Belgium

100 years ago, evil Captain Snorrebaard was cursed by putting an enchanted crown on his head. He turned into a painting and his ship sank, along with the crown, to the bottom of the sea. Piet Piraat and his crew find the floating painting and think that it could help them find a hidden treasure, but Captain Snorrebaard has something more sinister in mind...

Mostly Harmless

2005 • 6 min • United States of America

A retired hitman is forced to do one last job.

The Man Who Met Himself

2005 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Who is Stephen Maker? Did he fake his own death, or do doppelgangers really exist? A mysterious call, a photograph of a man and a private detective compelled by the one case that has finally got to him. One stark but brilliant day in London, Austin Peterson takes a job from an anonymous client, a demand he knows he should refuse. He uses the feelings of the woman who loves him to get information. But this only raises more questions than it answers, leading Petersen deeper into the maze.

Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered

2005 • 47 min • United Kingdom

A look at the making of the film Debbie Does Dallas and the mystery surrounding Bambi Woods.

Roots

2005 • 11 min • Canada

Roots is a one-of-kind produce's-eye journey through a supermarket-and through the highly sensitive issue of adoption disclosure. As a series of fruit and vegetables each drop into a shopping cart, they quickly get caught up in a conversation about origins.

The Fan and the Flower

2005 • 7 min • United States of America

A narrator tells us the story of a ceiling fan, ensconced in the spare room of a house occupied by an old woman. The fan is lonely, and its life takes a turn for the better when the old woman puts a flowering plant in the spare room. A romance develops between fan and flower, until the old woman's decrepitude puts one of the lovers' life at risk. The fan must act.

Keane | Strangers

2005 • 60 min

Strangers tells the story of Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes, who formed Keane in '97 at school in Sussex, did their first gig in '98, signed a record deal in 2003, released their debut album Hopes & Fears in 2004 and went on to conquer the world with a voice, a piano and a set of drums. The film charts Keane's musical progression from a four-piece guitar band to the three-piece piano-based group that they've become today, and shows how they went on from playing tiny gigs on the UK pub circuit, to winning 2 Brits awards and selling nearly 5 million albums around the world.

Untitled

2005 • 14 min • Norway

A poetic film about a cruel theme, told in a way that doesn't make the spectators close their eyes.

Jesse McCartney/Live: The Beautiful Soul Tour - Concert DVD

2005 • 55 min • United States of America

Concert Recorded July 9th 2005 at the Redwood Amphitheater Santa Clara, California

Spin the Bottle

2005 • 22 min

A drag-umentary exposing life behind the scenes at San Francisco's infamous summer midnight movie series, Midnight Mass, headed up by drag célèbre, Peaches Christ.

The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On

2005 • 18 min • United States of America

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.