All Films

Birthplace

2003 • 30 min • Japan

Makiko Esumi and Hirokazu Kore-eda revisit Wajima, the setting of 'Maborosi'

Photo Star

2003 • 16 min • Switzerland

A young photo-lab assistant falls in love with a guy in a picture he develops.

Men of the Deeps

2003 • 52 min • Canada

Acclaimed documentarian John Walker catches the legendary Cape Breton Miner’s singing group The Men of the Deeps just as the last mines on the island are shut down. Featuring ravishing cinematography of Cape Breton, and plenty of music, Men of the Deeps is a deeply touching portrait of a culture that still survives despite the ultimate end of an industry, and a tribute to the men and the songs that kept things moving on the Island for almost two hundred years.

Banned from Broadcast

2003 • 46 min • Japan

After the disappearance of a college student, researchers track him down to an abandoned building formerly occupied by the head of a publishing company, who also mysteriously disappeared

Man Carrying

2003 • 58 min • Belgium

The man carrying his body, his reels of film, his bag and his old Nikon, is Boris Lehman, he's also Sisyphus, Jesus Christ, and Ixion as told by Alfred Jarry in La Chandelle Verte. An essay on heaviness and lightness. The carrying man would like to fly, vanish into thin air, into light. When he meets another machine-man, who carries electronic pictures, his dream will come true.

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003 • 43 min • United States of America

Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between Singleton's real life and his film, the process of making the film, the casting process, the quality of the script, the film's reception, its Oscar nominations, and its legacy.

Songs for Dead Children

2003 • 24 min • United Kingdom

Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry, Merry Christmas

2003 • 43 min • United States of America

Strawberry Shortcake travels to magical Holidayland with Honey Pie Pony, searching for the perfect presents to give her friends.

Moo(n)

2003 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A little girl plays with her friend, a cow, until she catches a cold. Her parents take her away from the cow for safety and bring her indoors. As boredom sets in, the cow decides to jump over the moon. The little girl laughs to see such fun, but she doesn't laugh for long as the cow gets stuck on the moon with little chance of return.

The Murder of Emmett Till

2003 • 53 min • United States of America

A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his death, his funeral, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his accused killers.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

2003 • 29 min • Germany, Italy, France

In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.

Something to Do with Death

2003 • 19 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Preceded by The Wages of Sin.)

Appointment with Dr. Terrible

2003 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" featuring Steve Coogan.

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied

2003 • 42 min • United States of America

Wanda Sykes talks relationships, politics and strip clubs in her second stand-up special.

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia

2003 • 50 min • Hong Kong, United States of America

A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in the 60's and 70's and Ang Lee's epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. The series also features interviews with such luminaries including John Woo, Chu Yuen, Lau Ka Leung, Gordon Lau Ka Fai, Sammo Hung, David Chiang and Cheng Pei Pei.

42 1/2

2003 • 10 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina

After the war, two friends are together again. Every year they buy one pair of new shoes.

In the Realm of the Hackers

2003 • 55 min

In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.

Pizza Hunt

2003 • 6 min

In the near future, Pedro, an incompetant pizza delivery boy, suffers the wrath of an un­hap­py cus­to­mer with the resources of the enormous M Cor­po­ra­tion at his disposal.

Deadtime Stories

2003 • 8 min • United States of America

A mentally disturbed girl becomes suspicious about the activities of her new neighbor.

Touched

2003 • 25 min

What happens when two profoundly lonely men who are strangers, one older and gay, and the second younger and questioning, take one last chance at making a sincere human connection? Based on true events in the life of the writer/director.

A Bear's Story

2003 • 20 min • United States of America

When a gay man is invited to what he mistakenly thinks is a pool party benefit to "Save the Polar Bears" he discovers that not all gay men go for sleek, svelte younger men and his social and sex lives improve immensly.

Cannibal Corpse Eats Moscow Alive

2003 • 60 min • Russia, United States of America

Previously unreleased concert video featuring death metal band Cannibal Corpse's first performance in Moscow.

Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special

2003 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Martin Bashir conducts a rare interview with Michael Jackson and is given unprecedented access to the reclusive performer's private life over a span of eight months, from May 2002 to January 2003.

Njalssaga

2003 • 52 min • Iceland

TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga. The first part of Njálssaga is a half-hour long drama based on a part of Brenna-Nálssaga. It tells the story of Hallgerður Langbrók having food stolen in Kirkjubær and the horse she received as a reward from Gunnar. This is followed by Gunnar's quarrel with Otkel in Kirkjubær and his advisor Skammkel. Their business ends with Gunnar killing both of them. The second part is a half-hour long documentary where scholars bring out something interesting about this part of the story.