All Films

School of Life

2004 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Stanley is a student who turns down his friend Gordon's invitation to cut class, saying that maybe today they'll learn something, maybe today the school will teach something. Sure enough, once Stanley's teacher gets the attention of the unruly class, she tells them that this lesson is the most important one they'll ever study - the meaning of life. She passes out a pamphlet, but runs out as she gets to Stanley, telling him that his surly seat mate, Garth, will have to share the booklet with him. She leaves, and Garth hordes the material. What's Stanley to do?

Maybe It's Sad

2004 • 60 min • Japan

After graduating from university, Satoshi Takagi joined the advertising agency he had always dreamed of, and started his working life with great enthusiasm. Satoshi has a boyfriend who is more than a friend but less than a lover, but even when she tries to talk to him about the company, he only wants Satoshi's body and won't listen at all. “Am I just a body?” The distance between him and Satoshi has widened a little. Despite this, Satoshi did his best at work. He was actually starting to be attracted to his boss, Furukawa. However, Furukawa is a straight man who is dating Satoshi's colleague, an office lady. Although it is a dream that cannot come true after all, my feelings for Furukawa, who does his job in a cool manner, grows stronger every day.

The B.P.R.D. Declassified

2004 • 22 min • United States of America

A fake news broadcast that aired on FX, related to Dark Horse Comics' "Hellboy" universe.

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

Exit 8A

2004 • 22 min • United States of America

Nick tracks down his father, looking for answers to questions about his life.

Zinanà

2004 • 13 min • Italy

A Donatello award winning short film about the Archangel Tarturro who declares that he will learn to play the cymbals - a skill he acquires, even if he is not quite as good as the other members of his band.

Natsu no hanabi hen - asagao

2004 • 56 min • Japan

The Making of Roar

2004 • 33 min • United States of America

A production of Roar (1981) had special demands on both cast and crew. Learn about this incredible film and about the amazing people who made ROAR possible.

The Legend of Atlantis

2004 • 54 min

Enter the lost city of Atlantis. A place where four living crystals have the power to control the four elements of nature: Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. Our story follows the life of Princess Elan, the daughter of King Altar and Queen Merin. One day the King's royal advisor, Belial discovers that whomever captures all four crystals can gain total control over the Kingdom of Atlantis. So, overcome by greed, Belial sets upon findings the crystal himself and in turn destroying everything beautiful and natural around him. The city's fate lies in the hands of Princess Elan, can she find all four powerful crystals in time to prevent a catastrophe?

Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island

2004 • 45 min • United States of America

Deep sea fishing expedition comes to a halt when a freak storm appears and passengers are washed ashore. Youngsters help the survivors avoid endless hazards and the evil island leader while they try to escape being devoured by the rampaging ravenous carnivores of Dinosaur Island.

Snowy's Christmas

2004 • 11 min • Denmark

Two days before Christmas a little puppy looses both his mother and his home and it is left all alone in the snow. Will the little dog find a family and a home before Christmas?

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

2004 • 48 min • Canada, United States of America

After a wild dream, Popeye, along with Bluto, Olive, Wimpy, and Swee'pea, takes to the seas to rescue his long-lost absent father for the holidays, while the dastardly Sea Hag tries to stop the rag-tag crew from breaking a mysterious and fateful prophecy.

Svetlana's Journey

2004 • 40 min • Bulgaria

The chilling true story of a 13 year old girl who is held captive for 8 months by pimps after being sold and trafficked by her adopted parents for sex slavery.

Chiringa

2004 • 15 min • Puerto Rico

The story of three children who try to fly a kite, but lose it in a cemetery. There, they encounter Pedro Albizu Campos, who helps them in their quest, while analyzing the situation as a metaphor for the existing political division in the country.

Occult Detective Club: The Doll Cemetery

2004 • 54 min • Japan

Out of curiosity decides Nanami and Daisuke to join the school's "occult detective club" which is currently examining a curse that has to do with a student who killed herself last year. An old doll found in the back of her closet turns out to be what drove her to suicide. They get to a "cemetery, however," but the "dead" dolls detects intruders and come alive.

Scary True Stories: Night 1 - Evil Spirits

2004 • 60 min • Japan

2nd installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.

Little Terrorist

2004 • 15 min • India, United Kingdom

Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola's neice, Rani, insists they can't let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal's only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago

Alone

2004 • 30 min • United States of America

In an isolated world, one man pursues the woman of his dreams. Alone reveals the story of Peter Shipke, a quiet man with a haunted past who earns his living evicting tenants from their New York apartments. It's a satisfying job until he meets the beautiful Anya. She literally dives into his life at the local pool and becomes the focus of his fantasies. But when reality comes knocking at his door, Peter is forced to choose between the woman he loves and the job he can't escape.

Kotteri Okusan: Otto no Otôto mo Kuwaete

2004 • 60 min • Japan

Human Body

2004 • 17 min • Germany

An adaptation of Kafka's "A Country Doctor". A doctor is to make out a death certificate to a little boy, but the disorder is different from what he assumed.

Worse and Worse

2004 • 27 min

A woman gets locked in the office for a whole night and is offered late take off and spend a peaceful and peaceful time in the woods.

Charlotte

2004 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A close-up fixes on the eye of British actor Charlotte Rampling. McQueen's finger moves around her eye, pulling the skin and momentarily touching her eyeball. Rampling's eye continually adjusts to the movement of the finger, just as the camera lens goes in and out of focus. Suffused in red, Charlotte is a reflection on the act of looking.

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

2004 • 60 min

In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Penn Station covered nearly eight acres, extended two city blocks, and housed one of the largest public spaces in the world. But just 53 years after the station’s opening, the monumental building that was supposed to last forever, to herald and represent the American Empire, was slated to be destroyed.

High Hitler

2004 • 45 min

Dr. Theodor Morell served as Adolf Hitler's personal physician from 1936 to 1945, often treating the Fuehrer with unconventional medicines and concoctions of unknown compounds. Medical experts examine the evidence for Hitler's abuse of amphetamines and narcotics, as well as abundant evidences for symptoms of Parkinson's disease and perhaps even syphilis. Did the Fuehrer's failing health, abetted by Morell's treatments, affect his military judgment and contribute to the defeat of Nazi Germany?