All Films

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988

2003 • 32 min • Japan

The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed the most important cultural treasures of the still-intact museum in 1988: ancient Greco-Roman art and antiquitied of Hellenistic civilization, as well as Buddhist sculpture that was said to have mythology--the art of Gandhara, Bamiyan, and Shotorak among them. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, some seventy percent of the contents of the museum was destroyed, stolen, or smuggled overseas to Japan and other countries. The movement to return these items is also touched upon. The footage in this video represents that only film documentation of the Kabul Museum ever made.

Matzo Maidels

2003 • 5 min • United States of America

Brooklyn Bloomberg and friends do some steamy kibbutzing in this fascinating piece of Yiddish-keit, circa 1923. Rare 16mm archival erotica footage is overlaid with a hilarious Jewish porno voiceover - sprinkled with colloquial Yiddishisms.

The Art of Meteora

2003 • 17 min

A mini-documentary showing the making of the four-panel art wall made for Linkin Park's second studio album Meteora.

Misadventures in 3D

2003 • 40 min

The wrong place. The wrong time. The wrong dimension.

Jenin, Jenin

2003 • 54 min • Palestinian Territory

Mohammed Bakri's documentary "Jenin, Jenin" is a heart-rending depiction of the aftermath of Israel's destruction of Jenin refugee camp in 2002, where every scene and interview is profound and distressing in equal measure.

Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film

2003 • 52 min • France

Documentary about the making of French director Claude Chabrol's first film Le Beau Serge in 1958.

That Loveable Bug

2003 • 43 min • United States of America

A documentary on the making of the 1968 film "The Love Bug".

The End of Our Love

2003 • 10 min • Belgium

Pieces of memories restitute what remains from a lost love.

Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s

2003 • 60 min • United States of America

"As soon as you hear the title to this new one, you know exactly what it's about and why it's likely to be good, especially if you were a sports fan growing up in the 1970s. Even to good boys all the way across the country in New Hampshire, the authority-flouting baseball A's and football Raiders were magical. Not only did they win championships, they did it amid clubhouse brawls, feuds with an owner and a general embrace of the 1960s aesthetic. Filmmakers Rick Bernstein and Ross Greenburg tell the stories of these turbulent, talented teams and show how they perfectly fit their city. Oakland was blue collar and home to hardcore hard-core 1960s rebellion, exemplified by the Black Panthers. Oakland, especially, was not San Francisco, the effete, world-class city across the bay."

Ivan Koloff the Most Hated Man in America

2003 • 34 min • United States of America

Documentry about "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff

7:35 in the Morning

2003 • 8 min • Spain

A woman enters a restaurant one morning – only to be met with silence instead of people talking.

El Tren de la Bruja

2003 • 28 min • Spain

A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?

Big Tuna

2003 • 50 min

The story of Max Tuna Schreiber, the first Israeli candid camera director.

JFK: Breaking the News

2003 • 57 min • United States of America

Looking back over 40 years television and print journalists recall their stories and memories of reporting the murder of President Kennedy and how it changed the country and changed the way the public gets it's news.

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

2003 • 16 min

Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.

Heart Is a Piece of Meat

2003 • 15 min • Slovenia

A wordless and virtually soundless but nonetheless exquisitely sensitive drama about an overweight butcher who lives alone and the strange fascination he develops for an attractive young woman he sees on his regular bus route. He takes tentative steps to approach her but though he receives an open, caring smile, fails to respond.

New York Underground

2003 • 45 min • United States of America

Profiles the culture, lifestyles, and rituals within the New York City subways.

Rita

2003 • 59 min • United States of America

Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.

The Night B4 Christmas

2003 • 26 min

An elf named elven go out and decides to become a rapper.

The Race for Everest

2003 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the race to climb Everest in the early 1950s and its climax in 1953.

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

2003 • 23 min • United States of America

Making of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

War Tale

2003 • 18 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy

A Donatello award nominated short drama about some wartime children who are allowed to live in a derelict old factory so long as they loot other bombed-out buildings for the soldiers.

Victoria Cross: For Valour

2003 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A 2003 BBC television historical documentary presented by Jeremy Clarkson who examines the history of the Victoria Cross, and follows the story of one of the 1,358 men who were awarded it: Major Robert Henry Cain.

Psalms

2003 • 18 min • United States of America

A personal experimental exploration of the book of Psalms in the Holy Bible