All Films

An Eye for an Eye

2004 • 18 min • United States of America

Joseph, a young gay male, finds himself the random target of a hate crime and is severely beaten. He retreats into his own world and loses all faith upon hearing that he has permanently lost sight in one eye. In a loving, albeit misguided attempt to help him reclaim his life, Joseph's mother Rachel and best friend Derrick present him with a very unexpected present for his birthday, a face-to-face encounter with his attacker and a chance for revenge.

The G.I.

2004 • 5 min • United States of America

World War II, Winter, 1944. Michael, a corporal in the 89th Division Rolling W's, gets separated from his squad during a Nazi ambush. He soon realizes that the Nazis and the piercing cold are the least of his worries, for what lurks in the woods is even more horrific.

Martin Margiela AW 2004

2004 • 12 min

Nigel Bennett's film showcase of the feted design group's Autumn/Winter 2004 womenswear collection. Presented in four parts, the film comprised conversations with five women. From these discussions the themes of the main line collection were drawn. In preparation for the piece, each woman was asked the same set of questions about their likes, dislikes and personal histories. The film's locations were designed to be in keeping with the women's answers, which feature as the soundtrack to the film itself.

Stucco

2004 • 16 min

In a moment of passion, a man and woman are together in way that asks both of them about themselves.

The Producer

2004 • 20 min • Italy

Two young film authors, Angelo and Lillo, the former a screenwriter, the latter a director, try in every way to present their works to Mr Piras, a successful producer now converted to television production. The faithful secretary filters all appointments, therefore for Angelo and Lillo it is impossible to make contact with the producer. Nothing is left to do but take up arms.

The Other Side of Suez

2004 • 58 min

This is a story of how the United Kingdom attacked Egypt in 1956.

Fluent Dysphasia

2004 • 16 min • Ireland

Starring Academy Award Nominee Stephen Rea as Murph, who has little to say to his teenage daughter. He wakes one morning after a drunken night out, to find that he can only speak fluent Irish, something he could never do before, and that he has completely forgotten how to speak English. The situation leads to genuine, if unorthodox, communication between father and daughter. There's nothing funny about fluent dysphasia...

Night of the Pumpkinman

2004 • 27 min

Pumpkinman returns after a decade of being dead.

The Escalator

2004 • 5 min • Colombia

In a massive shopping mall, four-year-old Diana finds herself in front of an escalator for the first time in her life. Getting on it will become an odyssey.

The Road Virus Heads North

2004 • 21 min • United States of America

After purchasing a macabre painting at an estate sale, retired horror novelist Richard Kinnell suffers nightmarish consequences.

Taking Cuttings

2004 • 14 min

From the generation that lived through rationing in Britain, Dorothy Bradberry learned not to let anything go to waste - not a second nor any object.

Fragile

2004 • 41 min • Sweden

Sonja repairs trains and wagons and has recently been abandoned by her husband. Now she wants to concentrate on her career, which she tells Kenneth, her colleague. New at the work place is the "engine-driver" with an obscure past. Sonja is fascinated with this man and his mysterious façade.

Convulsion Expulsion

2004 • 6 min • United States of America

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

SOS Enfants d'Ethiopie

2004 • 18 min

Documentary on the Ethiopian orphanage ‘Toukoul’, filmed in Addis Ababa in December 2003

Looo

2004 • 6 min • Italy

A 3D animated short which gracefully mocks the italian 3D world and ita subjection to the fully developed american technology

The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

2004 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A year ago, 36-year-old Jonny Kennedy died. He had a terrible genetic condition called Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which meant that his skin literally fell off at the slightest touch, leaving his body covered in agonizing sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In his last months Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his life and death, and the result was a film, first broadcast in March, that was an uplifting, confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man. Not shying away from the grim reality of EB, the film was also a celebration of a life lived to the full.

Free Speech

2004 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Bath time dirty-talk goes tits-up.

Memory of Red

2004 • 4 min • Japan

What the Universe Tells Me

2004 • 57 min • United States of America

Documentary that explores how philosophy, mythology and music combine in Mahler's Third Symphony to create an all-encompassing panoramic experience.

The Institute

2004 • 19 min

A man is seduced by an advertisement offering a medical treatment leading to immortality. He is admitted to that special medical facility. Unfortunately immortality comes with some side effects...

Summer of the Serpent

2004 • 27 min • United States of America

A young girl who's bored with the normal happenings at a public pool becomes fascinated with a pair of improbable patrons who arrive.

Corinne Day Diary

2004 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Shot over a 10-year period by Corinne Day's boyfriend, Mark Szaszy, this fascinating biographical film explores the life and work of one of Britain's most controversial photographers.

Les Misérables: In Concert at Windsor Castle

2004 • 33 min

Proshot of Les Misérables in Concert at Windsor Castle.

Nothing Ventured

2004 • 50 min • Germany

What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained in the film itself. Banks only lend money against collateral. Those who have none have to turn to VC companies and pay interest of 40%.