All Films

Miracle In Toyland

2004 • 49 min • United States of America

Living with a single father whose military career frequently takes him away on business, Jesse is a lonely little boy who has never learned the true meaning of caring. When his father is suddenly called away on Christmas Eve and and he is sent to stay with his cousin, Gabriella, Jesse discovers a magical realm where toys spring to life to help him learn a lesson or two about love and family.

The Naked Feminist

2004 • 58 min

THE NAKED FEMINIST challenges the myths surrounding women in the porn industry while exploring preconceived notions of control, pleasure and exploitation. Through candid behind the scenes interviews with pornstars, academics and feminists this informative and straight-talking documentary strips away the ideological straitjacket surrounding the decades-old porn versus feminist debate by demonstrating that strong, inspirational women are found in all walks of life - including pornography.

Perfection

2004 • 7 min • United States of America

From infancy, an Asian American woman learns the game of perfection - but if your goal is perfection, will the game ever end?

Naked in the 21st Century: A Journey Through Naturism

2004 • 46 min • United States of America

A documentary comparing and contrasting the origin of the nudist movement with how it is practiced today. The film also offers a look at the making of a nudist movie and a retrospective of nudist films from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol

2004 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy Lichtenstein revolutionized the art world with his big, bold, brash cartoon images of American culture. Even before Andy Warhol had picked up his can of Campbell's soup, Lichtenstein was making merchandise into art and cultivating his own durable brand, turning out work that was highly consumable and tirelessly reproduced.

The Kiss

2004 • 25 min • United States of America

THE KISS is a supernatural thriller that revolves around three bachelors... Kyle, Mike, and Jim. What starts as an afternoon hike leads to a late-night rendezvous with a beautiful seductress full of centuries of rage. In the 28 days that follow, Kyle will experience physical and psychological changes that endanger the lives of everyone around him.

Christmas in Washington

2004 • 46 min

Directed by Michael Stevens. With Michael McDonald, Phil McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Ruben Studdard.

The Diary from the Past

2004 • 21 min

A writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written by a teenage girl (Yû Aoi) who is fatally ill. Living in different time lines both are able to communicate via writing diaries…

Running Without Sound

2004 • 12 min • United States of America

Sean is deaf, a high school student and a cross country runner. He's also a closeted gay teenager who's just coming to terms with his sexuality and his attraction to a fellow team-mate.

9:30

2004 • 13 min

Chan Kin Fai flies to Los Angeles from Singapore to forget the person he loves. But he ends up calling his love everyday at 9:30 Singapore time.

The Man Who Returns from Above

2004 • 26 min • France

What compels a man to push the limits of what is attainable ever higher? After thirty years of relentless struggle with the highest peaks on earth, Marc Batard has finally found the answers to these questions. He had to reach the summit of Everest twice, once shattering the record for fastest time in 24 hours without oxygen, and climb the most difficult faces of the Alps to glimpse the path to inner healing. It was through physical suffering that he was able to confront the pain of his soul. He was finally able to talk about the violence of his childhood, the shock he carried like a ball and chain for decades. Having completed his summit therapy, Marc Batard tells his story in this documentary by Gilles Perret.

Hospital City

2004 • 48 min • Canada

As debate in Canada and the world rages over health care, Hospital City offers a moving, human portrait of the people whom the issues touch most closely.

Rent-A-Person

2004 • 12 min

A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.

In the Dark

2004 • 41 min • United Kingdom, Russia, Finland

Low key documentary recording the daily life of an elderly blind man in Russia.

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art.

Binta and the Great Idea

2004 • 30 min • Spain

Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's great idea to make the world a better place.

Dajang Soembi, the Woman Who Was Married to a Dog

2004 • 7 min • Indonesia

Silent short (with music and inter-titles) telling an old Indonesian folk tale of a princess who ends up married to a dog.

The Human Kazoo

2004 • 6 min • Canada

An ailing writer executes his dying wish: to reconcile his wildly personal take on his lifelong war with his action-movie star brother. A raucously surreal tragi-comedy.

Uninverso

2004 • 13 min

Not adapted to a world that became upside-down, Saulo lives his life in a universe where the gravity is reverse.

About Ivan-the-Fool

2004 • 13 min • Russia

A fairy tale from the cycle "Mountain of gems" about how Ivan sold a goat and guarded the door, but suddenly married a princess.

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

2004 • 59 min • United Kingdom

This first major retrospective of Cash's life, times and music features contributions from his daughter Rosanne Cash and son John Carter Cash, his longtime manager Lou Robin and fellow musicians including Little Richard, Cowboy Jack Clement, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Elvis Costello.

All Over Brazil

2004 • 9 min • United Kingdom

With Scotland in the World Cup in 1974, Stephen is more into Glam Rock than football.

Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

2004 • 52 min

Get to know the mastermind behind The Beatles’ worldwide domination, from an unknown Liverpool band to uncontested modern musical icons.

The Seven Sewers

2004 • 15 min • Argentina

A look into the life of an extremely poor argentinian family.