All Films

Physics II

2004 • 21 min • Spain

Jorge lives in a room without a window, without light, without air, without a way out and with little hope. His father, Andrés, is the doorman of the building. He is about to retire and wants Jorge to keep the job, but Jorge wants to go to university.

The Girl in the Mirror

2004 • 23 min • Portugal

A place where putting red lipstick gives life and a broadcast camera takes it, reclaiming lost girls in endoscopic romances into darkness, where they evaporate, inside empty haute couture dresses.

Oranges

2004 • 12 min • Australia

Two boys are talking after a bicycle accident. The older is bragging about his experience with girls, but is that just a boast?

Light Is Calling

2004 • 8 min • United States of America

A scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon's 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of a film.

Funny Castle

2004 • 25 min • France, Germany, Italy, South Korea

Since the fearful King Richard left his kingdom in the lurch and fled, the gloomy Zabu master Magnus and the evil witch Grimmalda have been the new rulers of Funny Castle. But it cannot stay that way: a new, brave king must be found! The most daring knights prepare with their squires for the great adventure in Funny Castle - the crown will belong to the most daring. But before the new lord of the castle can move in, all the residents of Funny Castle have to endure many exciting adventures.

Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles

2004 • 57 min

Bestselling author Michael Connelly, one of the biggest names in crime fiction, is featured in this documentary as he talks about the city of Los Angeles, its bright side, its dark side, and how it all gives his novels their unique flair. Interspersed within the film are clips showing different spots of the Los Angeles area as William Petersen reads excerpts from the novels. Together, they give Connelly fans an in-depth look into Los Angeles and its influence on the author.

Mars, Dead or Alive

2004 • 57 min • United States of America

NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look at the construction and launch of two Martian exploratory rovers: "Spirit" and "Opportunity".

Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves

2004 • 60 min

Professor Bruce Denardo attempts to prove whether there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, where many ships and planes have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. New investigation techniques reveal the truth behind the infamous disappearance of Flight 19. Graham Hawkes is also able to reveal, by using a state-of-the-art submarine, how five wrecks mysteriously wound up 730 feet down in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle.

Sangam

2004 • 28 min • India

Two men from South Asia meet on a New York subway train. One is seeking the American dream and in the process has abandoned his family and culture. The other, now disillusioned by material dreams of success, yearns for meaning and memories from his childhood. Prashant Bhargava’s award-winning short film was described as “an elegant and poetic evocation of immigrant angst, memory and haunted spirituality” by the Village Voice.

Kuuhun ja takaisin - keskioluen tarina

2004 • 39 min • Finland

Documentary about medium strength beer in Finland.

Cinebasura

2004 • 15 min • Argentina

A classic short from FARSA Producciones.

The Case of O

2004 • 22 min • France

Orient is engaged to be married and all is going well until his male ex-lover helps him buy an African statuette as a wedding gift. Can the statuette be trying to bring the boys back together?

The Daddy's Meat

2004 • 5 min • Russia

A gloomy tale or a completely innocent family picnic on the open air ...

The Finger Food Cafe Show: A Christmas Gift

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

Dress rehearsal for the annual show runs smoothly until a disgruntled deaf girl named Meghan storms into the cafe pursued by her frustrated and furious hearing father, Jim. Meghan has just learned that, instead of spending time with her similarly deaf friends in Indianapolis, she and her family are all going to Colorado for Christmas vacation! But no one there is deaf, and she feels left out. Carlo, Mark and Rebecca offer some valuable and timely advice that results in an unusual and heartwarming Christmas gift.

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

2004 • 39 min • United States of America

This documentary is featured in the 4-disc Collector's Edition DVD set, released in 2004, for Gone with the Wind (1939).

Mujo & Haso Superstars

2004 • 52 min • Slovenia

The DVD include 63 sketches based on Mujo and Haso jokes.

Speed Trap

2004 • 6 min

Yo Ota goes on working on « the space of the unreal movement » on the film medium and on showing time development in non narrative cinema. This film has nothing to do with the English meaning of «Speed trap», that is speed control by police radars. To obtain objects in movement, he set his 16mm camera on the verge of a road. During film shoot, some drivers thought his camera was a speed trap and briskly slow down in front of the camera.

The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast

2004 • 19 min

Brian DePalma and Art Linson discuss how the 1987 film "The Untouchables" came together.

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

2004 • 18 min • United States of America

Documentary about actor Peter Sellers and one of his most memorable film roles.

The Secret History of the Credit Card

2004 • 54 min • United Kingdom

FRONTLINE and The New York Times examine how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so politically powerful.

The Invitation

2004 • 13 min • United States of America

Jacob is dying and due to his sever case of social anxiety is unable to interact with others. After finding out that he is going to die, he organizes his funeral and invites the public.

La Commune de Paris 1871

2004 • 52 min • France

Mehdi Lallaoui's documentary begins where it all ended, in New Caledonia, with images of the ruins of the penal colony where many Commune insurgents were deported, including Louise Michel. The director thus tracks down all the still visible traces of the insurrectional movement, in the South Pacific but especially in Paris, by following Alain Dalotel, author of numerous works on the Commune (and who died on May 29, 2020 in Bagnolet). He also tracks down all the archives, allowing us to understand, with the means of communication and information of the time (and with a voice-over by Bernard Langlois), what contemporaries experienced between March and May 1871: their hopes, their dreams, their fears, their anger.

A New Beginning

2004 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A look at the radical changes made to Doctor Who by John Nathan-Turner for his first story as producer, which opened the programme's eighteenth year on BBC1.

Flatlife

2004 • 11 min • Belgium

The lives and interactions of four neighbours in an apartment building are seen simultaneously in four different rooms. Flatlife is an animated film created by Jonas Geirnaert in 2004 was chosen for the competition of short films at Cannes in 2004.