All Films

Northern Soul

2004 • 30 min

Northern Soul is filmed in the style of a mock documentary and tells the story of Mark Sherbet, a lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his heroes on the British wrestling circuit. There’s only one problem, he weighs nine stone and has the pain threshold of a two year old child.

Shadow Man

2004 • 12 min

An atmospheric horror short film about a young boy who discovers the truth about the childhood legend of the Shadow Man.

Dinosaur Quiz

2004 • 24 min

Learn all about dinosaurs in this informative and entertaining program with uncle Ray while his niece is calling him.

Patrick

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

A fascinating story of the truth behind the legend and history of St Patrick. This special will feature the world reknown voices of two of Ireland's incredible top actors: with narration by Liam Neeson and also Gabriel Byrne supplying the voice of Patrick. The story of the real St. Patrick is a fabulous mix of part adventure tale and part spiritual awakening. His radical ideas were suspect and he attracted the censure of the Church establishment in Roman Britain. Patrick refused to compromise this commitment and soon won the respect and love of the Irish and even the finally the reluctant support of his detractors. He started out as a slave an eventually became a liberator, who learned to forgive and ultimately love his enemies.

Metamorfosis

2004 • 20 min • Spain

A young man's family has trouble adjusting to his sudden transformation into a giant bug.

Naruto OVA 3: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!

2004 • 11 min • Japan

The genin of Konoha are having a sports day filled with races, obstacle courses and of course the relay and the prize is a paid vacation for the winner. Unfortunately Naruto and his stomach are getting him into trouble again.

Dæmos Rising

2004 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Trapped in an isolated cottage, Captain Cavendish thinks he is seeing ghosts. The only person who might understand and help is Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ... but when she arrives, she realises that Cavendish is key in a plot to summon the Daemons back to the Earth. With time running out, Kate discovers that sometimes even the familiar can turn out to be your worst nightmare.

Den starkare

2004 • 20 min • Sweden

Two friends meet at a café. The silent unmarried Mr Y and the outspoken married Mr X. When Mr X realises that Mr Y was his rival for his wife's love they enter a battle of the minds where the stronger will win.

Prologue

2004 • 5 min • Hungary

A 5 minute dolly shot of people waiting in line for food filmed in beautiful black in white accompanied by music by Mihály Vig. This short was Béla Tarr's contribution to the Visions of Europe project.

Bombay Summer

2004 • 12 min

A collage of the lives of two ordinary people living in the slums of Bombay, Ranjan is a film poster painter and sunita is domestic helpe.

The Kin

2004 • 33 min • Finland

Horror short made for the rock band Lordi.

Our Father

2004 • 28 min • United States of America

When their father dies, two young men discover a stack of love letters although they knew of no one in his life. Tensions rise when they begin to suspect that the writer of the letters was another man.

Mercy

2004 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A young boy, Ben, lost in a vortex of poverty, is bullied at achool and neglected at home. He takes control of his life and rids himself forever of his aggressors.

The Last Farm

2004 • 17 min • Iceland

An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.

Sold Out

2004 • 3 min • Australia

The mystery of a vacant seat at a sold out cricket match.

Remembering Ragtime

2004 • 18 min • United States of America

Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

Finding Kate

2004 • 13 min • United States of America

Kate rejects her boyfriend Jess for a fling with her philandering cousin, Victoria. Her love for the older woman is implicitly unrequited.

The Spear of Longinus

2004 • 40 min • Japan

A war rages on, its end unknown, covering the world in despair. At a military field hospital, a group of soldiers bring in one of their own, wounded by a large, vicious, bite-like wound, along with a large box. The soldiers are visibly shaken. Suddenly, an enigmatic man appears. As he starts to tell them the legend of the Lance of Longinus, their night of unimaginable terror begins.

Faster & Faster

2004 • 48 min

Faster & Faster brilliantly captures the events which made the 2003 and 2004 MotoGP seasons so extraordinary: the tire-smoking arrival of the 215mph Ducati missiles; the shocking death of rising star Daijiro Kato; the drama of Sete Gibernau's wild battles with Valentino Rossi; and the Italian's switch from the all-conquering Honda to the underdog Yamaha – a move which was to seal the Rossi legend. This is the story of an epic time in MotoGP, in the words and actions of the world's greatest motorcycle racers.

The Isle

2004 • 8 min • Denmark, Malta

A foreigner comes to Malta, to take pictures of dilapidated buildings. He photographs ruins that look like they could be on Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead." Soon he finds, however, that crumbling edifices are not the only similarity between the two Isles.

Heartbeat

2004 • 15 min • Sweden

A dazzling musical about a young Arab woman facing deportation just as she is about to receive a heart transplant.

Cut & Run

2004 • 14 min • United States of America

A rough and tough bounty hunter enlists in beauty school and all havoc ensues.

No Biggie

2004 • 57 min • Croatia

Two Croatian students meet at a party. One, Marina, dedicated to their degree, the other, Marko, somewhat of a rebel. They have a brief fling, have sex, but Marina gets pregnant.

Luckey Quarter

2004 • 12 min • United States of America

Darlene, a single mom and flat-broke chambermaid in a ramshackle Carson City, NV hotel receives a quarter for a tip. "A lousy quarter", she says. As she's soon to find out, both it and she are lousy...with luck.