All Films

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003 • 24 min

A nightingale sings for a lovesick student. The student is pining for a girl who will only dance with him if he presents her with a red rose. The nightingale fetches a rose, but at a terrible price...

Notes on her

2003 • 9 min

Was the only official entry from India for the Oscar awards at Los Angeles in the shorts section-in 2003 -it competed in the honorary foreign film category. The short film “Notes On Her” inspired by Mahashweta devi's 'DRAUPADI AND BASHAI TUDU'. - is about a journalist’s memory of a rebel called Dopdi who never seems to die. It’s an experimental film not following a strict narrative structure and is highly visual with a complimenting sound track which enhances the film’s dark atmosphere. The film was shot in black and white and printed on color to achieve the dark, high contrast, gritty images.

Does That Hurt You?

2003 • 27 min • Germany, United States of America

A camera-eye is aimed at David Lynch's back while in Hanover a second one records the internet-stream, which connects the continents. a third one shoots parallely Agnieszka Jurek. she is interviewing Mr. Lynch.

Idole

2003 • 9 min • France

An avid reader of books her whole life, everything changes the day she falls in love with a young pop star she sees on TV. She'll do anything to meet her Idol...

La nuit sera longue

2003 • 45 min

It is the story of a prohibited and perverted identification: how an eight-year-old boy, entrusted to the care of his mother since the separation of the parents, meets and looks at his father, all day long.

Battle of the Colossal Women

2003 • 35 min • United States of America

Suzi's a nerdy scientist with a crush on Todd. But Todd's dating the dominating Liluth and doesn't even know Suzi is alive. So Suzi begins experimenting with a formula that will make her sexy and seductive. It works...too well! Suddenly 30 ft tall, she discovers new strength she never imagined possible. Liluth, jealous that this loser has such power, swallows down the rest of the formula. Soon she is huge and grabs up Todd to find Suzi. She does and they battle. But then they find themselves attracted to each other. And that's when the fun really begins!

Texas: The Big Picture

2003 • 40 min • United States of America

A visually compelling look at America's Lone Star State, Texas. Originally filmed in the IMAX format, this film captures the state through breathtaking aerial photography stunning moving pictures of landscapes, cattle, horses, and cowboys. It's Texas like you've never seen before. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande and from West Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas landscape is as diverse as the people who live there. Discover how Texas innovation and ingenuity have led the way in exploration, from the depths of the Earth to the far reaches of outer space. This larger-than-life movie explores the boundless horizons and big dreams of the great state of Texas. Funded by the Texas State History Museum Foundation, Southwest Airlines, ExxonMobil, and the State of Texas.

Zoran Predin - Life Is Not a Nut Roll

2003 • 53 min • Slovenia

Zoran Predin, the bandleader of Lacni Franz, talks about his views on music and other stuff.

Wat Epk

2003 • 47 min • Slovenia, United Kingdom

WAT documentary about Laibach.

Welcome to the Waks Family

2003 • 51 min

Everyday life in the Waks household is a logistical challenge of monumental proportions. There are two minibuses to move the family around and the kitchen in its suburban Melbourne home has five ovens for kosher cooking. The family follows an orthodox form of Judaism. School, work, synagogue and socialising all take place within a tight-knit Jewish community.

Urban Killaz: Blood Bills

2003 • 55 min • United States of America

Niecey returns to her hometown and ruthless gangsta '14' reclaims the debt she owes. To keep from getting involved in her problems, Niecey leaves her boyfriend TJ, but he is drawn into the deadly high-risk game of saving the one he loves.

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'

2003 • 28 min

Documentary about the making of "Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III" featuring interviews with director Jeff Burr, screnwriter David J. Schow, producer Robert Engelman, F/X artist Greg Nicotero, stars William Butler and R.A. Mihailoff, and New Line executive Mark Ordesky.

Ligne de vie

2003 • 12 min • France

An old man recounts: I have always worn glasses. Even in the camp, I managed to keep them. We feared the night almost as much as the day. One night, they brought in a newcomer, a bearded man. His drawings over the days had become essential to us. The guards did not understand that only death would prevent him from drawing. All that remains of the camp is this piece of wall, with his last drawing, which he called "Ligne de vie (Lifeline)."

Recife/Sevilha, João Cabral de Melo Neto

2003 • 55 min • Brazil

Two unique cities that have been courted configure a universe where many references from João Cabral's vast production can be found. Recife/Seville enters these cities, having as a guide the poems, testimonies and cases narrated by the poet's voice and printed lyrics, and, thus, show the man João Cabral de Melo Neto.

Sergei Parajanov: The Rebel

2003 • 52 min • France

This documentary is not a straightforward portrait of Armenian film director Sergei Paradjanov's life, but rather a fluid celebration of his talent and creativity. Focusing on the collages he produced during his years in prison, and featuring interviews with the director himself, Cazals' film demonstrates the scope of Paradjanov's artistic vision, lovingly commemorating this rebel of art cinema.

Phantom Planet Live at the Troubadour

2003 • 28 min

Captured live on Location at The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA on August 27th, 2003. No over-dubbing or re-recording was done.

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection

2003 • 50 min

The story of Jesus' death and resurrection is one of the most dramatic tales in world literature, and for Christians, it is much more, a ringing affirmation of God's love for mankind. Now the story of His final days has been brought to life through this beautifully animated film. The story begins in darkness as the religious leaders in Jerusalem gather in a shadowy room, trying to decide what to do about a trouble-maker known as Jesus. Knowing that His days on earth are numbered, Jesus gathers His disciples together for The Last Supper, reassuring them that He will be with them in spirit. Jesus retires to a garden to pray, but is captured by soldiers before dawn, having been betrayed by Judas, one of His disciples. Within a short time He is crucified. On the third day after His crucifixion, He is resurrected, eventually fulfilling His destiny by ascending to Heaven.

Jesus Henry Christ

2003 • 18 min

St. Agnes Academy has a new principal, Father Benet, and a classroom of ten-year-olds that includes Sister Mary Gilbert, straight-A-student Mary Brown, and a precocious scholarship boy, Henry Harvin. Students report on their heroes: Mary's is Jesus Christ, whose middle initial she says is "H" - their former principal, an aging nun whose picture is on the wall, told her so. Henry's hero is Karl Marx. Sister Gilbert sends Harry to see the principal. He walks past moms gathered for a PTA meeting, chats with Ms. White, the school's secretary, and enters Fr. Benet's office for punishment. Father takes out a varnished paddle with holes in the blade. Who will get his comeuppance?

Crimes Of The Heart

2003 • 50 min • Canada

In an attempt to understand why he suspects his girlfriend is cheating on him, filmmaker John Haslett Cuff interviews his mother and a number of other women who have a wide range of experiences with adultery about their affairs and their relationship with their spouses.

Kysss

2003 • 10 min • Denmark

The first love, the forgotton love, and the secret desire. 13-year-old Line seems surrounded by kisses, but all with a very different meaning...

The Eastern House

2003 • 18 min • Slovenia

The Eastern house is a video that reread some key names and some keysequences from the film history: Antonioni (Blow-up), Coppola (Apocalypsenow), Don Siegel. As well it re-articulates the body and conceptual happenings performed in the Eastern European context. The video is a homageto Nesa Paripovic happenings and body actions from the 1970s in Belgrade. The text is a political intervention in the field of theory regarding the question of global capitalism and the radical position of technology in the cyberworld with a clear reference to a cyberfeminst attitude and positioning. In this respect the question of sex and empathy in the cyberworld is raised as well as the ethical and political questioning of cloning and hybrid identities. As one of the key moment in the video is the re-reading of the Bush’s USA war against Iraq, 2003.

Kill Road

2003 • 14 min • Canada

Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate road-kill victim.

O Milagre do Amor

2003 • 56 min • Brazil

The Miracle of Love tells the dramatic story of Sarah and Pedro, two children who suffer from the death of their father and the constant aggression of their mother Madalena. Madalena lives immersed in a psychological crisis, due to the sudden loss of her husband in a terrible accident on Christmas Eve. In one of these crises, the mother attacks the children and ends up losing custody of them. Sarah and Pedro are taken to Pedrinhas Orphanage.

A Very Wompkee Christmas

2003 • 54 min

On the eve of Christmas the Wompkee's plan a great day of celebration. However, evil forces are stirring in the shape of the evil ice witch, Igora Borealis, and our friends the Wompkee's must try and thwart her darstadly plans. Some amazing 3-D animation techniques, and a heart-warming tale, combine to provide a slice of family fun that is sure to provide some Christmas cheer.