All Films

A Love Story

2005 • 2 min • United States of America

A story of a man who's heart was ripped out by the love of his life...literally.

Imago...

2005 • 12 min • Belgium, France

The cycle of life. A boy whose father is a pilot imagines that his toy plane becomes the real thing, allowing him to fly side-by-side through the heavens with his father. He takes off from a tree house overlooking the sea and his father's landing strip. Their flight is graceful and full of adventure. Then, we watch the boy grow, study, marry, father a child, and become, himself, a grandfather. Holding a toy plane, he takes his grandchild to the same cliff from whence his own imagination took off years before.

Via Pasolini

2005 • 45 min • Italy

A documentary featuring archival footage of Pasolini discussing his views on language, film, and modern society.

Lucky

2005 • 4 min • Australia

Lucky finds himself in a bind - and it's going to take more than a Houdini act to get out of this situation.

End Day

2005 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Made in the form of a faux documentary, these are four possibilities - set within the circumstances of a single day replayed over four separate times - that civilization could be brought to an abrupt end...

Gary: Under Crisis

2005 • 22 min

A young cartoonist's life is covered by a 24-hour news network in his own mind.

A Flying City Plan

2005 • 5 min • Japan

On a trip to attend a wedding, a young girl sees herself amidst a major rampage at a construction site of a flying city after a slight malfunction of her means of transportation.

Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA

2005 • 41 min • Japan

The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy humans. The battle between Atom and Igza unfolds in the far reaches of space.

Saw: Rebirth

2005 • 7 min • United States of America

This animated comic goes back in time to explore the events that spurred the transformation of mild-mannered John Kramer into the monstrous Jigsaw.

Bad Blood

2005 • 20 min • United States of America

A man infected with HIV exacts his revenge on the person responsible. Based on a chapter from Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting.

Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time

2005 • 30 min • Japan

After a harrowing period of war, the countries of Valcania, Dulkheim and Igrecias form a confederation and begin a new system of political order. However, three years later many are still unhappy with this system, and a group of nobles led by Lyros, Prince of Valcania, plan a coup d'etat. Two days before the planned coup, Lyros asks Dianna Silvernale, the captain of the Royal Guard of Valcania, to join him in order to overthrow the confederation and reclaim the nation for the sake of Valcania's people. Now, Lady Silvernale has very little time to decide whether to follow her prince or to prevent another war that will likely break out.

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

2005 • 51 min • United States of America

While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

Monster

2005 • 10 min • Australia

A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

Needle Anus

2005 • 7 min • United States of America

A man facing his untimely death returns home.

Michael Powell

2005 • 28 min • United Kingdom

The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews many people who knew or worked with him or were influenced by his work.

Spiral

2005 • 5 min • United States of America

My Air Raid Shelter

2005 • 45 min • Japan

The fourth film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".

Latch Key

2005 • 11 min • United States of America

Mom's out shopping and the gay boy is smooching with his buddy downstairs while his brother's upstairs with his girlfriend! When the cat is away, the mice will play.

Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes

2005 • 36 min • France

More than 40 years after making "Cléo de 5 à 7," Agnes Varda invites her star, two other cast members, and her assistant directors to look back. She takes us through the film, from opening scene to the end, visiting its Paris locales, placing her aged actors in the same spots, telling stories, and listening to others' reflections on the making of the film. She and they talk about making a film on a low budget, its showing at Cannes, and trying to fix a problem in the last shot. Her assistant directors discuss casting, costumes, sets, and the ways the film changed their approaches to filmmaking.

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'

2005 • 26 min • United Kingdom

In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.

Embraced by a Horse and the Sea Breeze

2005 • 60 min • Japan

18 year old Yukio breaks up with his boyfriend in order to work at a horse farm and take care of an injured racehorse.

The Leading Lady

2005 • 29 min • Finland

Maria is an actress, someone who is used to playing with and acting on feelings, her own as well as others’. However, behind the role there is a disappointed person who does not feel she has achieved what she wanted in life. All this changes when she is cast for the leading role in a play.

A Halfway House Christmas

2005 • 51 min • United States of America

When the counselor of a halfway house, Daryl, agrees to let cameras film the residents for reality television, he soon realizes the show's "do anything for ratings" producer has some tricks up his sleeve.

The Scent of Formaldehyde

2005 • 22 min • Serbia and Montenegro

A drunk wanders the streets of a nameless Serbian city, interacting with various weirdos he comes across.