All Films

Maria's Inventions

2003 • 8 min • Portugal

Maria's favourite pastime is machine inventing. She can't stay still. She's always thinking of something to build. She's invented so much that one day she just couldn't invent more.

In Spite of Everything

2003 • 6 min • Uruguay

A short story about human creativity blocked by the destruction and death that wars bring with them, and how art pieces go beyond the life of their creators.

Nihi

2003 • 44 min • United States of America

Nihi is a film biography of Titus Kinimaka, one of the last remaining professional big-wave riders of pure Hawaiian descent. As a boy, he won surf contests against those twice his age; by his teens, he was recognized as one of the best surfers to have ever hit the waves. In 1996 at age 41, Titus was named Waterman of the Year by the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association for outstanding rescues as a lifeguard. He has spent over twenty years spreading aloha spirit, traveling the world as an ambassador for surfing and Hawaiian culture

Clearwater

2003 • 60 min

A woman has been abducted by the Clearwater killer, and it's down to one man to solve the murderer's clues and rescue her.

Fake Vuitton

2003 • 16 min • Brazil

Leo, a young hustler, gets himself in trouble by stealing from his pimp.

Der andere Drache

2003 • 24 min • United States of America

A black and white German existentialist sci-fi action film.

Come Lovely

2003 • 10 min • United States of America

Dreams, memories, and reality collide as two lovers must come to terms with their tragic destiny.

O Deus da Raça

2003 • 26 min • Brazil

A short documentary about the famous soccer player Antônio José Rondineli Tobias, better known as Rondineli. The film tells his story of love and commitment to the team of Flamengo (between 1974 and 1981) where he was known as the "God of Race".

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

2003 • 23 min • United States of America

How a community was betrayed by greed, political hypocrisy, and good intentions gone astray.

The Most Boring Woman in the World

2003 • 15 min

A tragi-comic suburban psycho-drama following a downtrodden housewife who dreams of having a better life. After swallowing too much vodka, speed and valium, she fantasizes about killing her adulterous husband and escaping her boring existence.

Echogram

2003 • 18 min • Uzbekistan

Transformations in the human world and its evolution.

Kuxa Kanema: O Nascimento do Cinema

2003 • 52 min • Mozambique, Portugal

Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema is a 2003 documentary by Margarida Cardoso on the National Institute of Cinema (INC), created by President Samora Machel following the 1975 independence of Mozambique.

Neighbor

2003 • 7 min • United States of America

A newcomer invites a neighbor to a party. A short piece based on a joke.

I Exist

2003 • 60 min

Gay people exist in Armenia, Syria, Iran, Egypt and Sudan too. They are Christians, Muslims and Jews, belonging to and rejected by their own cultures. In this series of interview we learn a bit about their lives and hear a few critiques of western media and its oversimplified, often negative depictions of these peoples and cultures.

Tыrmenatr 4

2003 • 41 min • Belarus

A parody of the Terminator franchise made by teens in the post-apocalyptic landscapes of panel-block microraion Kuntsevschina, Minsk.

Inca Mummies: Secrets of the Lost World

2003 • 56 min • United States of America

Discover startling new revelations about this extraordinary civilization. Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World transports you to remote Peruvian mountaintops with archaeologists as they explore a vast and previously unknown citadel. Venture into ancient dwellings, storehouses, and cemeteries as you investigate the mysteries of this intriguing site.

Killer Toilet from Outer Space

2003 • 2 min

A flying saucer without fuel lands on Earth and releases a killer toilet to gather energy to continue their trip.

La sphatte

2003 • 18 min • Canada

Two red-clad women are pursued by an insistent, yet weary stranger. An existential stroll on the nocturnal pavement of a gloomy Montreal, carried by the sounds of punk rock music.

El martillo: Crónica de un mito

2003 • 15 min • Argentina

Through interviews and documentary footage, this short film explores the enigmatic figure of "The Hammer." Amidst conflicting testimonies and dark atmospheres, the story of an icon shrouded in mystery emerges, whose exploits and secrets still resonate in the collective imagination.

Snowflake Bentley

2003 • 16 min • United States of America

Ever since Willie Bentley was a young boy, he was fascinated with snowflakes. He looked at them under a microscope and studied their icy crystals. He even drew pictures of them, finding no two snowflakes exactly alike.

Derren Brown: Russian Roulette

2003 • 50 min

On 5 October 2003, Brown performed Russian roulette, live on Channel 4, which was watched by over 3.3 million viewers. The stunt was performed at an undisclosed location.

Tanzania

2003 • 3 min • Latvia

Romantic portrayals as mystical characters-white rhinos-on a hot African night, ringing golden bells, create a rain of stars that roll over the Earth inspiring all living beings. When the miracle work is done, they themselves plunge into the sea of emerald green thistles and turn into orchids.

Filthy

2003 • 32 min • United States of America

When WMIA news reporter Dana Diamond goes in search of the ultimate story she gets more than she bargains for. On a riot-torn Halloween night (Devil's Night) Dana is lured into an old, decrepit house by Leonard, a sadistic transient, promising her real-life violence she can capture on camera. Inside, her worst nightmares are realized as she now becomes the ultimate story. Dana is kidnapped by Leonard's crazed, incentuous family; Fermentia, the matriarch, and Pussey, her daughter, who live in a house full of stinking, rotting, decades old-garbage. Will Dana survive the unrelenting attacks of her merciless tormentors? Find out in the savage, unflinching, tour-de-force "FILTHY"

Collapse: How the Towers Fell

2003 • 45 min • United States of America

A look at the World Trade Center towers from an engineering perspective. Explanations about why the Twin Towers were constructed the way they were, and how those design choices contributed to their inevitable collapse on 11 September 2001.