All Films

Let's Get Real

2004 • 35 min • United States of America

Examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. Part of The Respect For All Project.

Barbecue: A Texas Love Story

2004 • 46 min • United States of America

Barbecue is a religion in Texas, and this droll documentary takes a look at some of the colorful characters who live and die for this culinary art. Narrated by former Gov. Ann Richards, the film covers everything from the Church of the Holy BBQ and the Great Texas Mosquito Festival to a zealous group of University of Texas students who lead "barbecue missions." Interviews with Dan Rather, Kinky Friedman and other famous Texans are included.

Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas

2004 • 6 min • United States of America

Bugs can't seem to lose at Sam's casino. Then Sam realizes that Bugs has been cheating -- he has rabbit's feet.

The Fence

2004 • 21 min • Colombia

Francisco Maldonado is sadly involved in a series of dreams that have tormented him, in which generally he, wielding multiple weapons (the machete, the shotgun, his own mother) attacks his father, with whom he has lost intense contact since the death of his mother. This December 31, the old man, Don Juan Cristo, his father, with whom he also adjoins his farm, appears again at his door, so that they finally agree, on this last day of the term after ten years of the death of his mother , the destruction of the fence that divides their lands, so that she stops being a soul in pain, and so that the municipality does not take these lands at its will.

Curse of the Onassis clan

2004 • 44 min • Russia

The documentary tells about a scandalous affair that began in 1976 in Moscow.

Soar

2004 • 19 min • Australia

Everyone's worst travel nightmare - being stuck next to an obnoxious dork on a flight where there are no spare seats.

Feel Good Story

2004 • 36 min • South Korea

Ji-young, a new employee of a small company, is devoted to her work, but ironically enough, she is given the task of evading taxes, thanks to that loyalty. Working late with Hee-jin, a co-worker who has dealt with tax evasion for many years, she feels a discreet hostility between Hee-jin and herself. While she moves toward the injustice of her company and society, a fire breaks out in the company building.

Love and Deaf

2004 • 8 min • United States of America

A talkative man finds Mr. Right in the men's room.

Chasing Big Cats

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

As little as 15 years ago, no one had captured the unforgettable image of a leopard in its ghostly nocturnal stalk. Viewers had never seen intimate portrayals of the sleek and elusive serval, or witnessed the nighttime romps of the beautiful black-eared caracal. The team of Owen Newman and Amanda Barrett filled those gaps with a series of spectacular breakthrough films in the 1990s. Among the first to apply infrared light and night vision goggles to wildlife studies, they combined technology with intrepid determination and a strong dose of luck, illuminating the cats we hardly knew, and giving us fresh insights into those we only thought we knew, such as lions and cheetahs

Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are

2004 • 24 min • United Kingdom

Angry Kid is given the task to write a 10-page essay for his teacher on who he really thinks he is.

Le fils du caméléon

2004 • 27 min • France

Erwan isolated himself on the Brittany coast to revise his final exams. Whole days devoted to work, embellished with walks on a deserted seaside. Nothing seems to distract him. However, one night, a hiker knocks on his door.

Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

2004 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Music DVD with rare live and TV performances from the period 1963-1975.

Excerpts from Soon

2004 • 15 min • United States of America

Excerpts from performances of Hal Hartley's play "Soon", a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco, Texas involving the religious sect called the Branch Davidians and their collision with the US Federal Government.

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004 • 30 min • United States of America

Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, family structures, religious faiths, interests and cultures. This documentary introduces your family to children who are not only celebrating how they are unique, but who are also learning from and appreciating the differences in others.

Cover-Up '62

2004 • 15 min • United States of America

Cover-up '62 is based on the final days and tragic death of screen legend Marilyn Monroe. In an attempt to calm her down after a sudden argument, RFK and Dr. Greenson administer a fatal dose of Nembutal. Instead of calling the authorities with the help of Peter Lawford and the Secret Service her death is covered up as a suicide.

Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life

2004 • 6 min • United States of America

A short documentary on the making of the first live-action Garfield movie.

Hair

2004 • 15 min • South Korea

"If I have chest hair ... Miss Kim, fame and fortune will be mine!" Woon-do is the owner of such an absurd idea. he is going to challenge the harsh destiny of the bare chest, decorating the room with pictures of male models with abundant chest hair and growing his dreams!

Yes Mum

2004 • 11 min • France

Since his earliest childhood, Robert, chap rather typically French, is in love with the dentist's secretary. He lives under the same roof as her mother, possessive cruel mother who forbids him any desires, whether they are carnal or sweet, and watch his slightest actions. Robert, he, dreams about love and about independence.

The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western

2004 • 58 min • Australia

Get ready to boot scoot down the Wiggly Trail in this western adventure with wiggly music. Cow pokes Greg, Anthony, Murray and Jeff are hustling to the Town Fair. Their friend, Alfonso the Master Pasta Maker, must win the Country Cook-Off to save the Great Western Cafe from going bust. But there's bad news, pardner! Alfonso lost the secret ingredient to his pasta. With help from Foodman, the Superhero of Sustenance, The Wiggles ride off into the sunset having saved the day - and the cafe!

Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

2004 • 17 min • United States of America

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged .

My Old Man

2004 • 7 min • Canada

A boozy writer hammers away on his Underwood, recalling a childhood in which his abusive father kicked him out of the house for writing short stories. Based on the poem by Charles Bukowski.

Shooting 'Panic Room'

2004 • 53 min • United States of America

Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout production until the final filming day. Many interviews and on-set footage inform us on how the shoot was.

Milk Fever

2004 • 40 min • Germany

Set on the farm in Gribbohm where the artist was born and raised, Meechfieber recounts the grotesque adventures of a farm couple who must come to grips with surreal machines, bric-à-brac spaceships, costumed animals and frenetic dances.

Our Story

2004 • 10 min • Mexico

The life of indigenous migrant children in Mexico who work in the tomato fields.