All Films

Two People

2004 • 9 min • Portugal

A man is seen by a prostitute in his home. They try to communicate. But the loneliness they both carry creates a gap between them, enabling that communication.

The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre

2004 • 14 min

Cast and crew members from The Untouchables recall the production.

The Monument

2004 • 26 min • Latvia

Viesturs Kairišs’ 2004 documentary The Monument investigates the interpretation of Riga’s Soviet Second World War memorial in the post-Soviet era. The "Victory Monument" was established by the Soviets to celebrate freeing Latvia from Nazi Germany. However, for Latvians, this didn't mean "freedom", it meant the beginning of another occupation of their country - this time, by Soviet Union.

Cashback

2004 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

2004 • 18 min • United States of America

Meet Blanche Monroe aka The Evil Stepmother, an out-of-work daytime drama queen. When her stunning stepdaughter (Snow White) is discovered by a hotshot Hollywood agent, Blanche wreaks her revenge.

Submission: Part I

2004 • 12 min • Netherlands

The film tells the story of four fictional characters played by a single actress wearing a veil, but clad in a see-through chador, her naked body painted with verses from the Koran. The characters are Muslim women who have been abused in various ways. The film contains monologues of these women and dramatically highlights three verses of the Koran that give authority to men over women, by showing them painted on women’s bodies.

Scissor Sisters: Return to Oz

2004 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary about New York glam-pop group Scissor Sisters, how they met, how they got started (dingy gay NYC clubs) and how they're dealing with fame...

Drive Thru

2004 • 4 min

Imagine discussing the complexities of a sex change operation through the speaker at a drive through?

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

2004 • 30 min • United States of America

A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined the mafia on the big screen. Featuring interviews with cast and crew and clips from the movie, this retrospective documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes experiences of what would turn out to be one of the greatest films ever made.

In the Rough

2004 • 5 min • United States of America

Man has evolved throughout the ages… Relationships, unfortunately, have not. After being kicked out of his cave, Brog, the thick-headed Neanderthal in this Blur short discovers that living the bachelor’s life is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic

2004 • 60 min

A young female Japanese hacker returns to Tokyo for a short visit and is quickly caught up in a web of crime and violence by the city's most notorious hikikomori psychopath.

COSPlayers

2004 • 9 min • China

Short documentary about people involved in Cosplay.

Screening Process

2004 • 8 min • United States of America

Kevin can’t seem to catch a break in the romantic arena, and his poker buddies aren’t afraid to let him know it. Over the course of a friendly game, they recount his romantic misadventures, and a pattern emerges — all of Kevin’s concepts of romance derive from 1980s-era films. Which might be all right, except that Kevin can’t seem to execute them the way they come off in the movies. Whether he’s reenacting his favorite scenes from “Pretty in Pink,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Top Gun,” or “Say Anything,” he always manages to end up with egg on his face. That is, until he meets just the right woman…

Rien de Grave

2004 • 10 min • France

An airplane is having trouble right above our heads. A pilot instructor, sitting in his car, is driving towards the airport. Cell phone in hand, he gives the steward instructions to avoid the worst. But soon the communication is cut...

A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff

2004 • 57 min • United States of America

A travelogue featuring oddly-shaped buildings (and the folks who live in, work in, own and admire them) located along USA highways.

Bus

2004 • 58 min • Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

This documentary follows a bustrip from Tallinn to Kaliningrad. A route that was so common in the Soviet times now passes through 4 different countries and crosses 3 different borders.

Bikini World Tour

2004 • 56 min

World-renowned porn goddess Marilyn Chambers lets you into her private screening to show you the most exotic and beautiful women around the world.

Game Babes

2004 • 11 min • United States of America

Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

The Network - Disease is Punishment

2004 • 54 min

Disease is Punishment is a live DVD featuring songs from The Network's first album Money Money 2020. The project, directed by John Roecker, with visuals & music videos directed/produced by Roy Miles of AntiDivision, was conceptualized to be a more a film than a concert DVD, as evidenced by the collages in between songs. The bulk of the material in the film was recorded live at The Key Club in Los Angeles on November 22, 2003, with many post-production shots mixed in with the live clips. The title itself, "Disease is Punishment," could be a very obscure reference to the band Devo, who the Network is heavily influenced by.

The Untouchables: The Classic

2004 • 6 min

Brian DePalma, Art Linson, Charles Martin Smith discussing "The Untouchables."

A Different War

2004 • 14 min • Israel

Although Nuni has been selected to play the lead (King David) in his Jerusalem grade school play, he'd secretly rather play the princess role instead.

Pikachu's Summer Festival

2004 • 22 min

As the sun shines down, Wigglytuff was setting up Pokémon balloons, Lombre was setting up Pokémon masks, Mudkip was setting up drinks, Snorunt was making ice cream, and Swablu was making Pokémon prize bags for stands at the festival. Pikachu, Plusle, and Minun run on the beach and stop to see the Pokémon festival which also has a large stage in the middle. They are happy to be at a festival.

Immersion

2004 • 1 min • Canada

Megann Reid evokes the solitude and warmth of a bath. Drawn with water colour pencil crayons on frosted acetate, the animation was done under a digital camera. This film was made as part of the second edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Portrait de Jean Rouch

2004 • 16 min

On the terrace of his regular café haunt in Paris' 14th arrondissement, Jean Rouch regales Noël Simsolo and Jackie Raynal with stories from the life of a self-described "amateur filmmaker".