All Films

Daydream Believer

2005 • 19 min • United States of America

Eddie is a daydreamer... whose infatuation with the office receptionist distracts him from his mail room duties. When these real life responsibilities start to suffer, he finds himself on the bad side of his tyrant boss, and a pompous mid-level assistant.

Inside Outside

2005 • 57 min • United States of America

A documentary on popular NYC street artists, including ZEVS, Swoon, and Ron English.

Dance of the Dead

2005 • 59 min • Canada, United States of America

In a post-apocalyptic society, seventeen-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in the family restaurant. When punks enter the restaurant, and one takes an interest in her, Peggy makes a decision that will change her life forever.

Egg and Bomb

2005 • 13 min • New Zealand

Henry Waghorn and his father Henry Waghorn Senior run a circus of performing chickens, however the chickens’ real value may be more to do with taste than performance. An offer from Theo Theodolite to join him in a fried chicken outlet has little attraction for the Waghorn family. However Thoe’s daughter Wilga sees a different side to Henry and his training skills and their relationship might have flourished if Henry Senior hadn’t had an unfortunate accident. Finally the truth of the accident is discovered and the explosive finale sheds new light on the need for better-trained chickens.

The Tale of Sir Richard

2005 • 4 min • United Kingdom

The Tale of Sir Richard is a short film about the brave and gallant knight, Sir Richard, who is hell bent on slaying a dragon, if only it weren’t for a particularly embarrassing problem with his sword.

.357

2005 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Short film from Scott Rawsthorne

The Problem with Fiber Optics

2005 • 20 min • United States of America

Set in a hyper-realistic 1961, a virgin's tiresome life gets complicated after purchasing a memory implant of a sexual experience in order to boost his confidence.

Polly Pocket: 2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza

2005 • 25 min

Polly's Dad is opening his cool new hotel, and Polly's friends are invited to the party. Even her cousin Pia who flies in from England. Polly and her friends band are going to warm up for a rock star on live tv. Then the three jealous girls from Polly's school start to cause trouble for Polly's friends and her cousin Pia.

War

2005 • 8 min • Spain

During WW2 a boy tries to save himself and his baby sister from a German soldier.

The Morin's Method

2005 • 32 min • Canada

On September 11, 2004, filmmaker Robert Morin shot Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique, set on September 11, 2001. For artistic reasons, he decided to shoot the feature in a single day. Philippe Falardeau witnessed this tumultuous day, which ended tragically. At the same time, filmmaker Louis Bélanger criticizes Robert Morin's working methods.

Friday the 31st: Michael vs. Jason

2005 • 22 min

Stalked by his deadly uncle (Michael Myers) across America, John Tate en route to New York gets lost in New Jersey and ends up stopping in Crystal Lake to ask for directions. He runs into Tommy Jarvis who is on the run from Jason Voorhees. They both hide out in Tommy's cabin, only to be found by both maniacs at the same time.

How Does the Blind Dream

2005 • 40 min

One day, a girl customer starts telling sexual jokes to a blind acupuncturist. Her visits create a sensation to his monotonous life and awaken his hidden desire. The blind acupuncturist slowly falls into a fantasy of the Brazilian Carnival and faces its fever in his reality...

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

2005 • 50 min • United States of America

A eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.

The Magician

2005 • 13 min • Iceland

The Magician is a strong and personal story, about how one‘s imagination can help make unbearable situation bearable.

Shepperton Babylon

2005 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.

Leila Khaled Hijacker

2005 • 58 min • Sweden

Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

2005 • 53 min • France

Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata ("Grave of The Fireflies," "The Tale of Princess Kaguya") creating a bonanza for producer/prexy Toshio Suzuki. Generously adorned with clips from their films and their influences, the docu follows Ghibli's arc from a mid-'60s rebellion against working conditions at Toei Co. to its present powerhouse position, complete with public fun park. All interviews are illuminating, but Miyazaki is teasingly confined to pic's tete-a-tete finale with esteemed French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Meeting of the wizened European, whose imprint is on films from "Blade Runner" to "The Fifth Element," and the apparently relaxed Nipponese helmer makes an interesting contrast, and will be of special interest to Francophiles. All credits are impeccable

Raydon

2005 • 12 min

After an inspection, a couple finds out their new home may have come with an unintended addition.

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

2005 • 60 min • United States of America

"PERFECT UPSET" is a 2005 sports documentary about the Villanova Wildcats' shocking win against the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas in the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

A View from a Hill

2005 • 39 min • United Kingdom

On holiday, a young man borrows a pair of binoculars when his own are broken. But they seem somehow bewitched, showing things that could only be seen with dead men's eyes... visions from the past. And using them could lead to a sinister rendezvous on Gallow's Hill.

Art, Truth and Politics

2005 • 46 min

Nobel Lecture delivered on video by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature Harold Pinter (1930–2008), who was at the time hospitalised and unable to travel to Stockholm to deliver it in person.

Happy End

2005 • 30 min • Germany

The Endless Summer

2005 • 2 min • United States of America

SpongeBob goes to work one day to find Mr. Krabs taking advantage of Global Warming.

A Touch of Greatness

2005 • 58 min

In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America's schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom. Through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play, Cullum championed an unorthodox educational philosophy that spoke directly to his students' needs. Many of Cullum's projects were recorded on film by then novice filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr. Weaving stunning black and white footage and rare archival television broadcasts together with interviews of Cullum and his former students, this is a portrait of a maverick teacher who transformed a generation of young people by enabling them to discover their own inner greatness.