All Films

Try Not to Breathe

2004 • 15 min • Azerbaijan, Switzerland

A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.

The Spiritual Phenomenon Photographs

2004 • 54 min • Japan

This movie commemorates the 25th anniversary of Gakken's monthly "Mu" magazine. This magazine is the definitive documentation on ghost photography.

Innsmouth Legacy

2004 • 10 min • United States of America

A woman is torn between her love for her family and the fate slated for her by her ancestors.

Kaikohe Demolition

2004 • 52 min • New Zealand

A documentary by intrepid New Zealand filmmaker Florian Habicht captures the gracefulness and poetry of demolition derbies.

CCCP Hockey

2004 • 52 min • Sweden

The Soviet hockey players Fetisov, Kasatonov, Krutov, Larionov and Makarov were "The Super Five". It is a tale of sacrifice and ruthless demands, and of the revolt against the system that was set in motion by Larionov and Fetisov, and aimed primarily at Viktor Tichonov.

Tove and Tooti in Europe

2004 • 58 min • Finland

Tove and Tooti in Europe is a documentary charting the voyages through Europe of the world famous author Tove Jansson and graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä during the years 1972-1993. It is a lyrical and sometimes hilarious film essay on the “old Europe”, experienced by travellers and observers, of times when people used to wander, share a joke, pause and, sometimes, even stop. Shot on Super 8 mm, the film takes us to Paris, Venice, London, Madrid and Dublin; Iceland, Ireland and Corsica.

I Wanna Be Jack White

2004 • 18 min • Brazil

Meeting the girl from your school in a record store, going to her house and losing your virginity? Everyone went through something similar in adolescence... Didn't you? Would it be because you're not Jack White?

Mornings

2004 • 11 min • Spain

There is nothing more wonderful than waking up in the same bed as the one you love. At least initially.

A Day in the Life of a Lost Boy

2004 • 15 min • United States of America

An attractive, talented young man can’t get through a day without sex and drugs, as much as he tries. On this day he does his best to stay focused and get his life together.

The Lovecraft Syndrome

2004 • 14 min • United States of America

A grad student becomes obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft's stories.

The Brighton Bomb

2004 • 60 min • United Kingdom

It was the most notorious terrorist incident since the Gunpowder Plot - an attempt by the IRA to wipe out the entire UK government on 12 October 1984 as it convened on the south coast. Award-winning journalist Peter Taylor remembers the carnage as special effects and emotional testimony from survivors combine in a tense reconstruction. Followed by The Hunt for the Bomber.

Impacto Nupcial

2004 • 21 min • Spain

A newlywed couple goes to the beach on their wedding day to celebrate those moments that should be the happiest of their lives. But the scariest of nights awaits them, and the wedding...was just the beginning.

Hreash House

2004 • 20 min • Palestinian Territory, United Kingdom

One family as an entire community Hreash House shows an extended Palestinian family living a collective existence in a concrete block in Nazareth. It shows a feast and its aftermath during Ramadan.

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.