All Films

Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead

2004 • 46 min • Morocco

Morocco is a land of ingratiating variety and intense contrast. Its people are as diverse as its topography. The cosmopolitan Atlantic coast fuses with the Berber heritage of the northern Rif and Atlas mountain ranges as the ancient Saharan trade routes wind their way from the south into the city of Marrakech, where all points collide, creating a vibrant mixture of the traditional, the exotic and the supernatural.

The White Sheet

2004 • 15 min • Brazil

A young mother has to face the death of her newborn son.

March 31

2004 • 8 min • Brazil

In Brazil in the 1960s, communist pigs were tortured in the pigsties of the ultra-mega-rightist government to guarantee global democracy.

Does God Play Football?

2004 • 10 min

An endearing tale of faith and fate, with the odd miracle thrown in, set in the 1960's, Tommy is a 7-year-old boy without a dad who fills in the emotional gaps in his life by believing he is Jesus Christ.

Getting Nowhere Faster

2004 • 46 min

Skate video featuring Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana, Cara-Beth "CB" Burnside, Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron, Mimi Knoop and others.

Ushigaeru

2004 • 8 min • Japan

A short story depicting a fierce pursuit of a mouse, a dog, and a fully automatic pest control machine.

Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

2004 • 9 min • France

Film director Agnès Varda reflects on the production of ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS, and presents a brief on-set interview with actor Michel Piccoli

Discovering Cinema: Movies Dream in Color

2004 • 52 min

Over one hundred years of dreams through cinema, Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg tell the story of the history of color on the screen.

Ola's Box of Clovers

2004 • 10 min • United States of America

Puppet animation. After her grandmother's death, a young girl tries to explore the old woman's inner world to discover her unfulfilled dreams.

Out of Joint

2004 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A pink creature's loving wife tries to help her husband, who suffers from short-sightedness, but doesn't have a nose to put glasses on.

Joshua and the Promised Land

2004 • 54 min • United States of America

“Joshua and the Promised Land” comes as a heartwarming tale for the whole family in the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien – about the courage one learns from trusting God – and as a result, finding the ability to overcome many of life’s problems. Join young Joshua Carter on an epic dream-adventure – from the parting of the Red Sea as the Hebrews escape from Egypt, through forty years in the wilderness, finally to the fall of the sinful city of Jericho.

Il vestito

2004 • 14 min • Italy

Black and white homage to Italian neo-realism shot on location in Palermo, Sicily directed by model Rie Rasmussen.

Romeo and Juliet

2004 • 55 min • Latvia

An emotional and stylistically consistent documentary musical depicting the staging of Bernstein’s West Side Story with deaf youths. The dramatic material is intertwined with life and the emotional scenes of the musical; it creates a distinctive choreography, which is a statement of the deaf people’s craving to love this world and to be open. Reciting to music, which is the way of singing of the deaf, is the strongest and most unexpected witness of the realities of their world.

Behind the Legend: Timon

2004 • 4 min • United States of America

A look at Timon

Soul Dancing

2004 • 23 min • Japan

Soul Dancing is an order placed to Kiyoshi Kurosawa by a Japanese alcoholic beverage brand named Shôchu. The director then uses this cine-commercial as an excuse to film a weird fable on the arrival of a stranger in a bloodless human community.

The NEW Shock of the New

2004 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century. Now he's back to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding. In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live. In a film which features interviews with David Hockney, Paula Rego, Jeff Koons and Sean Scully, Robert Hughes makes the case that painting, drawing, and the search for beauty matter more than ever before.

The Night of Pistol Pete

2004 • 59 min • United States of America

Interviews and clips honor Pete Maravich's 1977 tour de force, scoring 68 points for the New Orleans Jazz against New York’s Knicks on February 25, 1977 for an NBA record.

Roland Meets Brown

2004 • 4 min • United States of America

Based on a scene from Stephen King's "The Gunslinger", this short film was the Grand Prize winner in Simon & Schuster's 'American Gunslinger' contest in 2003.

I Roteò e la magia dello specchio

2004 • 33 min • Italy

About the Mouse

2004 • 13 min • Russia

A new version of Marshak's fairy tale about a mouse who didn't want to go to bed.

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

2004 • 55 min • Italy

Indagine su un cittadino di nome Volonté is a documentary exploring the life and career of Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté. Known for his roles in films with significant political and social impact, this documentary offers an intimate look through interviews and archival footage, highlighting his commitment to cinema as a form of artistic expression and a tool for social change.

Dfk6498

2004 • 5 min • New Zealand

Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this short film, the same year a lump in his knee turned out to be cancerous. Aged only 16, Duncan had already showcased his filmmaking talents on a series of award-winning short pieces made for Fair Go's annual programme devoted to commercials. With DFK6498, he channels his recent experiences into a short, stylishly-shot memoir of incarceration, frustration and freedom lost. The film went on to win a trio of awards at Wanganui's River City Film Festival and win praise from director Peter Jackson.

Just a Clown

2004 • 20 min

Andrew Jarecki explores what makes certain people want to dress up as clowns to entertain other people, while showcasing the best performers in New York State.

Drag Queen Heist

2004 • 19 min

When Good Boys Become Bad Girls! Poor Bobby is stuck eating macaroni and cheese every night. He doesn't even have enough money to get a decent manicure. And then there is Jared. He works as a security guard at the Yarn Barn; and if business doesn't pick up he just might lose his job. Fortunately, Jared and Bobby have a plan. It's risky, but with a little lipstick and some eye shadow, it might just work. Drag Queen Heist is a new action comedy film about the robbing adventures of Bobby and Jared. Jared comes up with an infallible plan to rob the 2nd Fidelity Bank as women. Regrettably Jared's boyfriend and co-conspirator, Bobby, is anything but infallible. Each step Bobby takes is a step in the wrong direction.