All Films

Hermie a Common Caterpillar

2003 • 36 min • United States of America

So what's so bad about being a common caterpillar? Just ask Hermie-or his friend, Wormie-and they'll tell you. No splashy stripes. No stand-out spots. Not even a cool house like the snail or super-strength like the ant. Compared to the rest of God's beautiful creation, they just feel ordinary. Unimportant. A little out of place. But God sees past their plainness, and plans an incredible surprise to show them just how special they are.Featuring the voices of Tim Conway as Hermie and Don Knotts as Wormie, these caterpillars encounter a host of delightful characters and quickly wriggle their way into the hearts of young and old alike. But as the animation engages young minds, the truth of God's purpose and plan for His people touches their souls. It's a message of hope you'll want your kids to hear, and a fun-filled adventure that will keep them crawling back for more.

The Making of Silent Hill 3

2003 • 25 min • France, Japan

A short documentary about the making of the 2003 video game Silent Hill 3.

Baby Looney Tunes: Eggs-traordinary Adventure

2003 • 58 min • United States of America

The Baby Looney Tunes characters go on a search for the true meaning of Easter.

Kidz Bop: Everyone's a Star

2003 • 34 min • United States of America

After the Kidz Bop gang learn that the big Stevie Sykes concert is sold out, they turn bad news into great news by putting on their own show, with hit songs such as "All Star", "What a Girl Wants", "Kryptonite", "Get the Party Started", "The Middle", and "All You Wanted".

Palestine Is Still the Issue

2003 • 53 min • United Kingdom

A documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has lasted for more than 50 years. Contains some interviews with the children in this conflict.

Henry Builds a Cabin

2003 • 8 min • United States of America

a frugal bear named Henry who sets about building a small cabin in the woods and ends up with a much bigger home than he and his friends ever imagined.

The End of a Love Affair

2003 • 8 min

A man is standing at the window, holding a chair. There are wafts of street noise, and occasionally the curtain flutters. A dog is barking. Then, elegiac music sets in, a lavish string arrangement of Billie Holiday's The End of a Love Affair. With this one-shot film, Pedro Costa portrays the state of feeling of the afterwards of a love affair which led nowhere.

Nightwalker

2003 • 13 min • Brazil

A young woman has to face the silence and horror of the empty house after the suicide of her brother.

Inran nikubuton: Okami no nure guai

2003 • 58 min • Japan

Aquasnazz

2003 • 1 min • Canada

A marvellous example of extreme animation. Jacob Bauming shows us a whirling dervish of sensory overload, with a tenuous connection to snazzy “aquatics,” using them as a trigger for his wild and manic imagination. This film was made as part of the first edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Christmas in Washington

2003 • 39 min

The 2003 edition of Christmas in Washington hosted by Patricia Heaton.

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

2003 • 49 min

A 6-foot-long animatronic shark featuring on-board cameras, Robo Shark is designed to blend in with real sharks and capture never-before-seen wild shark behavior. Footage shown in this television special includes the deep-sea thresher shark in the Philippines; giant whale sharks feeding off the coast of Belize; and deadly hammerheads, great whites and bronze whaler sharks in South Africa.

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring

2003 • 57 min

The documentary Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring traces the journey taken by the characters in the classic novel. In addition to offering insight into the characters, the filmmakers show what real-life works shaped the author's imagination as he created one of the most beloved books of the 20th century.

The Dog Walker

2003 • 13 min • Canada

A love-struck dog walker discovers his darker side after a terrible accident with his favorite actress' pet.

The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

2003 • 13 min • United States of America

Ben Burtt reveals which sounds he and his team at Skywalker Sound recorded to incorporate into the Indiana Jones trilogy.

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

2003 • 48 min

As the story begins, we learn that the Israelites-under the leadership of Moses-have been wandering the wilderness for forty years. Now, they are about to enter the Promised Land. But Moses will not be going with them. His time has come to join God in Heaven. And so, a young man named Joshua is appointed to take Moses' place. Like Moses, Joshua realizes that nothing can be accomplished without God's help. The Lord rewards Joshua for his faith by revealing a plan that will allow the Israelites to take the city of Jericho. As the action unfolds, we witness a series of divine miracles reminiscent of those which allowed the Israelites to escape from Egypt many years earlier. And eventually, we rejoice with them, as they enter the Promised Land.

Italian Kings Of B

2003 • 56 min

Documentary on Italian genre cinema.

31 Minutos - Piloto TVN

2003 • 21 min • Chile

The 31 Minutos pilot is the second pilot produced by Aplaplac for the series, this time to be presented to Televisión Nacional de Chile for broadcast. It has a structure and designs more similar to what would be seen in the series itself.

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

2003 • 38 min • United States of America

The troubled production of Winter Kills (1979) is covered here in this documentary with interviews with a few cast and crew members. The film was shut down 3 times, and to save the production they had to make The American Success Company (1980) get themselves out of debt. They also talk about the first time director and the "old crew" that was used.

Special Crimes Unit

2003 • 10 min • New Zealand

Inept cops go on the trail of a music-related murder.

To the Future through the Night

2003 • 60 min • Austria

Nick, a jobless cook, falls in love with Anna, a film student. Some time after their adventurous first night she leaves him. Then time starts to run backwards - for everybody but Nick. He finds himself in a backwards world, everybody talks, runs, eats backwards. He accepts the situation, realizing that Anna is bound to return to him this way. He wants them to live together, him forwards, her backwards...

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers

2003 • 54 min • Sweden

Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being fulfilled, and they never will be. The film leans towards anarcho-primitivist ideology and argues for "a simple and fulfilling life".

Tom Goes to the Mayor Returns

2003 • 7 min • United States of America

The Nine Mile Walk

2003 • 20 min • Spain

Two friends in a Strange place begin a game of words that leads to an unexpected twist