All Films

La reina del bar Canalla

2003 • 9 min

The young wife of a millionaire hears some terrible news on the television. There has been a train accident near her house. It’s such a serious accident that it will be impossible to identify some of the victims. This is a terrible catastrophe for the city but it will mean something completely different for her.

Reinvenção da Rua

2003 • 32 min • Brazil

Helena Ignez's first film as a director is a homage to American architect and contemporary artist Vito Acconti, who made an urban intervention over a bridge in São Paulo, transforming that space for it to be used as shelter by nearby homeless people.

On the Edge of Destruction: The Frank Slide Story

2003 • 48 min • Canada

April 29, 1903, the coal mining town of Frank, in the Crowsnest Pass of the southern Canadian Rockies, was shattered by the sudden roar of a landslide, earning Frank a place of history as the site of North America's deadliest rockslide. This film explores the coincidences and explains its geological conditions.

Wildness

2003 • 56 min • Australia

Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis were perhaps Australia's greatest wilderness photographers. Their work became synonymous with campaigns to protect Tasmania's natural heritage. They shared many things, including a bond that was more like that of father and son. Both came from Baltic Europe and migrated to Tasmania, where their passion for nature became a crusade to save an environment under threat. Both died in the wilderness, doing what they loved, and left a legacy in extraordinary images. Their philosophy was simple and remarkably effective - if people could see the beauty of Australia's wild places then they might be moved to save them.

To the Memory of Antonio Gaudí

2003 • 11 min • Russia, Spain

Dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the brilliant architect.

Signe un...

2003 • 30 min • Latvia

Portrait of Signe Baumane. About creative people, obsession and fixation with their work, huge egos without which nothing gets done, but alongside them are others whose lives are willingly or unwillingly subordinated... The train of alienation is picking up speed, and it seems that it is impossible to jump off without painful injuries.

The Tell-Tale Heart

2003 • 15 min • Germany

A young man feels being watched by his old landlord's vulture-like eye.

Fyre - The Documentary

2003 • 60 min

Documentary made by In The Cuts Records about the Sacramento band FYRE featuring a young Stefan Burnett who would eventually end up fronting the band Death Grips.

Die Badenden

2003 • 4 min • Germany

"The Bathers" lets a woman happily bathing in a swimming pool disappear into the decomposing grains of the holiday film.

Chimera

2003 • 22 min

A small group of soldiers on a remote dew-line outpost in northern Canada discover that scientific experiments conducted there have created a horrible monster that has been terrorizing the base.

Seabiscuit

2003 • 50 min • United States of America

He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait; though he didn't look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national hero. They were his fabulously wealthy owner Charles Howard, his famously silent and stubborn trainer Tom Smith and the two hard-bitten, gifted jockeys who rode him to glory. By following the paths that brought these four together and in telling the story of Seabiscuit's unlikely career, this film illuminates the precarious economic conditions that defined America in the 1930s and explores the fascinating behind-the-scenes world of thoroughbred racing. Scott Glenn narrates.

Pipsqueak Prince

2003 • 10 min • France

As the sun rises on the horizon, a small finicky man strives, tenaciously and in every possible way, to clean the spots on the magnificent luminous star.

Caress of the Vampire 2.5: The Return of Billy the Vampire

2003 • 58 min

Surf-punk space vampire Billy is back, and he's headed to the one place he can blend in Los Angeles! But will the alt-right religious zealots interfere with his plan to mesmerize Hollywood? Find out in this zany pseudo-sequel to Caress of the Vampire 2

Empire of the Eye: The Magic of Illusion

2003 • 50 min • United States of America

The Magic of Illusion is a film about how we see, what we see, or what it is we think we see. Al Roker guides us on a journey into the secrets of illusion, utilizing special effects to illustrate the artistic and visionary discoveries of the Renaissance. While Copernicus and Columbus were changing our understanding of the world, the Renaissance masters were dramatically changing the way we see that world. The film uses new technology to look at old masters in new ways.

Roll

2003 • 50 min • Australia

When a young country footballer, Mat, comes to the big smoke to stay with his cousin, all he wants is a quiet night. After a twelve hour odyssey of cops, crazies, harlots and heavies, all he wants is a new cousin.

Shrinking Violet

2003 • 17 min • United States of America

When class bully Irwin taunts Violet about her fat knees (they're not) or deadly sewer gas smell (she doesn't), all she wants to do is shrink away. The thought of being in the class play about the solar system makes her itch and scratch and twirl her hair. But when she's alone or with her best friend, Opal, Violet is a master performer, mimicking her classmates and retaliating against Irwin with razor-sharp wit. Her chance for real-life revenge comes at last during the play, when she plays the offstage role of Lady Space. On opening night, when Irwin, a.k.a. Mars, starts to spin out of control and forgets his lines, Violet saves the day (but not without a little of her savage humor).

60 Spins Around the Sun

2003 • 60 min • United States of America

Helmed by "Saturday Night Live" alumna Laura Kightlinger, this hourlong exposé chronicles -- warts and all -- the life of comedian turned activist Randy Credico, an up-and-coming funnyman whose candor tanked his career. But the end of his showbiz days didn't stop him: He switched gears and became a mouthpiece for various causes, including the fight against New York's draconian drug laws. Credico's peers and ex-girlfriends weigh in with insights.

Bulle bare bor her

2003 • 23 min • Norway

Bulle lives in the same apartment building as Tona, but is different from the others at school. He just doesn't fit in. The rules are strict as to what is cool and what is not, and make little room for variation or individuality. At least that is what Tona believes. After a while she feels that she has to drop Bulle as a friend in order to be accepted by the in-group. When forced to take sides she betrays Bulle. This is a film about how difficult things can be when you want to be liked, but don't have the strength of character to say what you mean. Written by Anonymous

Earthshock: Part Five

2003 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Earthshock: Part Five is the animated parody of "what really happened to Adric?". It served as a parodic extra part to the Doctor Who serial in question.

Seasonal Workers

2003 • 53 min

Since the end of World War II, Switzerland has largely depended on immigrant workers from Southern Europe – first from Italy, then Spain and finally Portugal and the former Yugoslavia. Many of them were “seasonal workers”, a unique status in Europe and one that was particularly iniquitous. These workers were allowed to stay in Switzerland only nine months of the year and were obliged to return home for the other three months; they were not allowed to change jobs; they could not have their own accommodation but had to live in what was provided by their employers; they were not allowed to bring their spouses and children with them. Tens of thousands of people lived in sub-standard accomodation that was often dangerous and endured particularly tough work conditions, especially in construction, but also in agriculture and the hotel industry.

Apples and Oranges

2003 • 18 min • Canada

Apples and Oranges is designed to raise children's awareness of the harmful effects of homophobia and gender-related name calling, intolerance, stereotyping and bullying. In the course of a lively in-class discussion among elementary students and an equity educator, children's paintings magically dissolve into two short animated stories. In Anta's Revenge, Anta finds out that creativity--not revenge--is the best way to deal with a school bully who makes fun of her for having two moms. Defying Gravity tells the story of Habib and Jeroux, two skateboarding friends whose relationship comes to a screeching halt when one of them finds out the other is gay.

Blessing

2003 • 17 min • United States of America

When his father suffers a heart attack the elders in the Mormon community decide to conduct a priesthood blessing ceremony, gay son David asks to participate.

The Face of Death

2003 • 53 min • Finland

Documentary about terminal care.

Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'

2003 • 20 min • United States of America

A look behind the scenes at the making of the 1981 thriller, "Roadgames".