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Por quê?... Porquê Sou Brasileiro!!!

Por quê?... Porquê Sou Brasileiro!!!

2004 • 15 min • Brazil
Watch this bombastic protest from a man whose convictions are unshaken by nothing.
My Love...

My Love...

2004 • 37 min • Russia
The directorial debut of Sergei Potapov, a well-known director of original performances in his homeland, is capable of deeply touching any spectator. This movie will make the viewer feel. The painting is designed in a typical Asian style. The plot is built around two brothers. One of them is mentally ill, and the other can hardly be called "normal". Both brothers dream of the same thing. Rob the bank and leave the city. One chose Mexico and the other chose Hollywood. He dreams of becoming an actor. But their plans were not destined to come true. The ending of the film will make even the most staunch admirers of thrillers shudder. The mood of the picture and the denouement are very reminiscent of the vivid works of modern cult Asian directors.
In the Time of the Count

In the Time of the Count

2004 • 58 min • Sweden
At the forests of Östergötland, where land meets sea, rests the old castle Herrborum. Here lives count Magnus Stenbock, 92, according to his own ideas about what is appropriate and what is not. Film-maker Helena Nygren is fascinated by the count and the castle, and is allowed to film on the condition that she takes the role of companion lady. Over one year, Helena returns several times to take part of count Magnus Stenbock and his servants life on castle Herrborum in Östergötland. Time stands still on the castle, and in the movie Helena wants to preserve the fairy tale feeling she gets when she steps into these ancient surroundings. The count is a strong personality with strong opinions and a great interest in history. All kinds of people come to his castle to savor the special atmosphere and follow the old fashioned rules of etiquette. Helena transforms from an observer to a lady who participates in the social games on the estate, where everything moves around its own time axis.
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher

Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher

2004 • 10 min • United States of America
This is a brief animated piece featuring the titular character in a fight ostensibly from a superhero serial of the mid 1940’s. The episode shown is Chapter 13 The Bosom of Terror. In it, Rex and his plucky assistant Penny must journey to South America to stop the evil genius Eval Schnitzler and his henchwoman Greta Schultz from boring into an active volcano and releasing the hot magma energy. The drill is hidden inside a temple located in the mountains. The interior of the temple is lined with bizarre statues of Indian women. Rex and Penny crash in the jungle and while Penny repairs the plane, Rex investigates.
The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

2004 • 5 min • United States of America
David Kramer moves artwork with a van to a storage unit in Pennsylvania.
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

2004 • 19 min
A documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's After Hours.
Shellmound

Shellmound

2004 • 22 min
“Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for modern people. What began as a Native American burial ground three thousand years ago, was transformed first into an amusement park, and later an industrial age paint factory. Now, the tainted ancient soil sits beneath the glittering lights of Banana Republic, Victoria’s Secret, and the AMC movie theaters. “Shellmound” examines the decisions made during the recent toxic cleanup, excavation, and construction of the Bay Street mall through the eyes of the city of Emeryville, the developer, the archaeologists, and the native Californians who worked on the site.
Journey: Portrait of Věra Chytilová

Journey: Portrait of Věra Chytilová

2004 • 53 min • Czech Republic
Documentary about Czech filmaker Vera Chytilova.
Nanna and Lil' Puss Puss

Nanna and Lil' Puss Puss

2004 • 1 min • United States of America
What is Beauty, Beauty seen is Never Lost.
Hammer and Cycle

Hammer and Cycle

2004 • 27 min • United States of America
A group of college students leave New Haven, CT on bicycles and plan a 4,000-mile adventure to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
3D: A Brief History

3D: A Brief History

2004 • 7 min
A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing.
Loose Ends

Loose Ends

2004 • 6 min • United States of America
Rachael and Frank are longtime detectives who have just completed one of the biggest cases of their career. But as they sit down for a well-deserved celebratory drink, Rachael begins to raise concerns about the neatness with which the case wrapped up. As Frank plays devil’s advocate, the two begin to question some of the conclusions they’ve drawn, ultimately threatening their friendship… and perhaps more.
Walking with Lions

Walking with Lions

2004 • 54 min • United States of America
Husband and wife team Phil and Lynne Richardson live at a water hole with lions, elephants, and baboons in the African bush of northern Zimbabwe's Zambezi Valley. Video technologies like miniature infrared cameras and lenses for nighttime vision help them capture natural behavior without interfering with the wildlife
City Scene

City Scene

2004 • 23 min
Zhao Liang’s City Scene shows a poetic portrait of China’s contemporary metropolises.
Papá Iván

Papá Iván

2004 • 55 min • Argentina, Mexico
Dad Iván, is the testimony of the daughter of a Montonero guerilla leader that died during combat: Iván Roqué, the Iván in the title and father of the director. The documentary exposes in a moving way the difficult relationship between a daughter and her heroic, mythified father. At the same time it also becomes not only the reflection of a daughter but of an entire generation, about the feelings of abandoment, abscense, the tragedy, the exile and death. Feelings, ideas, dreams and facts are confronted. Tears are shed as much as admiration is expressed for the father, he is questioned as strongly as he is veneered.
Thong Girl 2: The Return of the Thong

Thong Girl 2: The Return of the Thong

2004 • 19 min
Music City, USA has a new crimefighting superhero! Assistant District Attorney Lana Layonme fights crime in the courtroom in a city that's known for bright lights and country music stars. But sometimes legal justice is just not enough and that's when she becomes THONG GIRL!
Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Spookley the Square Pumpkin

2004 • 47 min • United States of America
Dare to be square! In a world where "The only good pumpkins are round pumpkins!" SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN is often teased by the other pumpkins because of his odd shape. Soon, Spookley is befriended by Edgar, Allan and Poe, three hilarious spiders, who convince Spookley that square or not, he has a right to be the "Pick of the Patch" on Halloween. "A square pumpkin the Pick of the Patch?" Not if mean round pumpkins Big Tom and Little Tom can help it. These two bullies tease and taunt Spookley because of his square roots. Encouraged to continue to become the "Pick of the Patch" by kindly Jack the Scarecrow and his bat sidekicks, Boris and Bella, Spookley isn't sure he has what it takes until a mighty storm threatens to destroy the entire patch. As the storm rolls the round pumpkins uncontrollably across the patch towards the raging river, Spookley realizes "it's fine to be round while the weather is fair, but there are times it's better to be a square!"
Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin

Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin

2004 • 52 min • United States of America
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter rivalries and contests of strength, speed and savage combat. Set in 448 BC when the pounding of horse's hooves and the brutal hand-to-hand combat could be heard and seen by the crowds that filled the Olympic stadium. This one-hour special event follows the glory and corruption of the arc of a single, five-day Olympiad. The competitions include chariot racing, running, jumping, discus, javelin and two man-to-man combat finals-boxing and pankration, a form of extreme fighting in which death was not uncommon. With the help of sports historians and great athletes such as George Chuvalo and Olympic medallists Donovan Bailey and Angela Schneider, viewers travel back to a very different life-in a very different world.
Factory

Factory

2004 • 30 min • Russia
Masculine and feminine, hard and soft, continuous and interrupted, whole and fragmented. All that is encompassed by just one day at the factory.
Daphnis and Chloe: The Royal Ballet

Daphnis and Chloe: The Royal Ballet

2004 • 54 min
Ravel's work was choreographed by Frederick Ashton for a staging by Sadler's Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) at Covent Garden on 5 April 1951, with Margot Fonteyn as Chloe and Michael Somes as Daphnis; decor was by John Craxton.
Youngster

Youngster

2004 • 8 min • United States of America
A twelve year-old drug dealer makes makes a costly mistake.
Glou Glou

Glou Glou

2004 • 1 min • Canada
Marielle Guyot uses her computer skills with great artistic sensibility to bring the sea to life, death, and hopefully, life again. This film was made as part of the second edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
Teresa Forever

Teresa Forever

2004 • 19 min • Brazil
Olhando a Cor da Melodia de Baixo para Cima com a Cabeça Raspada Parada

Olhando a Cor da Melodia de Baixo para Cima com a Cabeça Raspada Parada

2004 • 7 min • Brazil
A bunch of drunks at a party. Video poetry.