All Films

Banned from Broadcast 2: The Cursed Large Family

2003 • 45 min • Japan

After the father of a large family is injured and takes a leave of absence, mysterious things start happening in the household.

Norrmalmstorgsdramat inifrån

2003 • 58 min • Sweden

"The Norrmalmstorgs drama from the inside" - For more than 30 years, the bank-robber Janne Olsson refused to talk about the noted bank-robbery at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, in 1973. This is the first interview with Olsson.

Minnesota Nice

2003 • 28 min • United States of America

A collection of cast interviews and behind-the-scenes clips from the Coen brother's Academy Award-winning film Fargo.

Même pas Mal

2003 • 5 min • France

A young woman with a vivid imagination breaks down a car in a forest...

Queen of Serpents

2003 • 7 min • Lithuania

Animation without dialogue, set with excerpts from Lithuanian folk songs, which tells a traditional Lithuanian tale in black and white images. After bathing with her two sisters, Egle goes to get dressed and discovers a snake in her clothes. Not caring about her promise, she agrees to marry the snake in exchange for the return of the clothes.

The Attic

2003 • 19 min • Spain

In an attic on a stormy night, the old-fashioned toy are unamused.

Handsome Jack

2003 • 26 min • France

For years, Alain and Madeleine, in their fifties, have consecrated all of their time to their small bistro. Devoted to serving their clientele, they are liked by everyone. The arrival of a new customers, a young worker passing through named Jacques, turns their lives upside down...

Lilja 4 real

2003 • 60 min • Sweden

Lukas Moodysson's acclaimed film Lilja 4-ever, seen by 100,000's of moviegoers is based on a real life story. The film's Lily was in fact called Danguole Rasalaites and came from Lithuania to Sweden when she was 16 years old. She was stripped of her passport and held captive in an apartment in Malmö where she was forced into prostitution.

Pronobis

2003 • 37 min • France

Philippe lives in his deceased parents' large flat. He hides a dark secret there, wich a girlfriend will soon discover...

Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)

2003 • 43 min • Sweden

A documentary about the production of Ingmar Bergman's TV film "Saraband."

Wind's Embrace

2003 • 3 min • Portugal

In a world where iron and land mix themselves creating unexpected cities, the wind blows life among leaves in the eternal rebirth cycle. This is the wind’s embrace.

Knights of the Golden City

2003 • 5 min • Lithuania

There is no city, no golden towers nor golden bells. There are no golden leaves falling in every city every autumn. People have destroyed the golden city... They destroyed it and started building a simple stone one. Nineteen knights of the golden city appeared in one of the backstreets when the fog covering the city split and started raising the vanished golden city.

Fylla moppe - Täyttää mopoa

2003 • 17 min • Finland, Sweden

About a boy, with Meänkieli as his mother tongue, takes his first moped trip on the day he turns 15. He is stopped by local policeman, who also speaks Meänkieli. An unpleasant situation arises and the boy becomes abused.

Nobody Home

2003 • 10 min • Ukraine

About how a man who tries to achieve a goal but is constantly faced with many obstacles. This is not only external factors; it is often the inner glow that attracts buddies calling and other distracting factors. Will he be able to overcome them, not losing himself in the countless little things of the everyday hustle and bustle?

Strike Zone

2003 • 11 min

Featuring cameos from numerous softball legends (including the late Kevin Herlihy), Strike Zone is a love-letter to the game from director and NZ under-16 pitcher Cameron Duncan. Duncan stars as a dying coach trying to motivate his team to win a key game. The messages of teamwork and not giving up are made more poignant by the many real-life parallels: during filming torrential rain turned the diamond into a quagmire, and Strike Zone's teen director, himself stricken by cancer, almost died on set, before going on to compere the film's premiere.

The Law of Silence

2003 • 23 min • France

The Law of Silence, a final-year documentary by Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier at Femis, examines the 1963 Amnesty Law and the consequences it had on studies of the Algerian War. It brings together interviews conducted in 2002 with Henri Alleg, editor of the daily newspaper Alger Républicain from 1951 to 1955, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian and essayist. It also features incredible statements from General Massu and lawyers unraveling the various legal defenses of people like Jean-Marie Le Pen. Not only does Moïra have her father, René Vautier, speak, but she also includes footage he himself filmed forty years earlier. A very interesting report, which notably reminds us that the Amnesty is not a pardon but the erasure of the sentence and also of the crime itself.

Chaplin Today: Limelight

2003 • 27 min • France

A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."

The Lost World of Tyntesfield

2003 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Dan Cruickshank explores one of Britain’s last Victorian country homes, Tyntesfield, a Gothic fantasy frozen in time and a monument to the Victorian age.

The Open Window

2003 • 10 min • Brazil

In the middle of his crazy day, a man tries to remember if he closed a window at home.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bed

2003 • 23 min • Spain

Esteban and Virginia do what they usually do together, but is it out of love or out of habit and fear of loneliness? Would daily routines work just as well with someone else? A depiction of a dead end relationship.

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

2003 • 43 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

When an old castle needs repairs, it's time to call Bob the Builder! Unfortunately a case of mistaken identity puts Bob's father in charge, resulting in one disaster after another! Meanwhile, tales of Camelot inspire Bob's noble crew of machines - Sir Lift-A-Sot, Sir Roll-A-Lot and Lady Mix-A-Lot - in their quest to get the job done. And Sir Spud-A-Lot finds a suit of armor and a fiery steed almost perfect for jousting! Back at the castle, Bob's father is a bit of a royal pain, locking himself and Bob in the dungeon and then finding himself mysteriously trapped in a maze! Finally, a medieval pageant celebrates the grand opening of the castle and a great father-son relationship.

What swims and laughs?

2003 • 18 min • Greece

Magda and Georgia have been friends for years now. However, an unforeseen event causes them to change their daily routine. This day takes a different turn, and so probably will the days to come.

Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over

2003 • 30 min

It's Lucky's first night away from home and it's scary... Until her kennel friends show her that a little independence can be Big Doggie Fun!

Britney Spears: In the Zone

2003 • 48 min • United States of America

Live concert special that aired on ABC.