All Films

Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials

2002 • 44 min • Canada

Dave Foley hosts a Christmas Special to convince himself through music, friends, and counsel from the Ghosts, that Christmas retains a special meaning in spite of the trappings of Santa, money and gifts, and Hollywood Star Power.

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002 • 41 min • United States of America

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.

Dreams about Alfeoni

2002 • 54 min • Russia

Alexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on Bald Mountain" — one of the most mysterious films in the history of animation and the inventor of a unique device — a needle screen . He did the first color commercials and the prologue to the Orson Welles film "The Trial". He made dreams come true and subordinated reality to his own imagination.

The Santa Claus Brothers

2002 • 48 min • Canada, United States of America

This tale of Santa's 3 sons seeks the true meaning of Christmas. Kevin McDonald and Richard Kind add voices that instill a genuine comedy feel. With a southern California twist and unique animation, it's a great story for the whole family.

The Nature of Lantana

2002 • 40 min • Australia

The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey.

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

2002 • 52 min • United States of America

For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.

Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

2002 • 60 min • United States of America

At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet Army hockey team for Olympic Gold. From the live footage taken at Lake Placid, NY, and through interviews beginning with the team's assembly through the experience of winning the gold medal.

Looking for Tsai

2002 • 55 min • Sweden

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

True Whispers

2002 • 57 min

Exploring the personal and heartfelt story of the Navajo code talkers, this documentary tells the stories of the young Navajo men recruited from harsh government boarding schools into the Marines during World War II. From 1942-1945, the code talkers devised an unbreakable code in their native language and transmitted vital messages in the midst of combat against the Japanese.

The Hunger Artist

2002 • 16 min • United States of America

Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.

The Curse of Poltergeist

2002 • 38 min • United States of America

Exploring the popular film series and several tragedies amongst the cast members.

:03 from Gold

2002 • 59 min • Russia, United States of America

The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial events in the history of both the Olympics and basketball.

Tide Or Decapitation

2002 • 3 min • Russia

Tide powder detergent salesman visits people's homes to advertise his product. Problem is that he won't take easy their refusal to buy it.

Pyramid

2002 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could not build anything like it today. Based on the most up-to-date research and the latest archaeological discoveries, here is how the Pyramid came to be.

Visionários

2002 • 15 min

11’09”01—September 11: India

2002 • 11 min • India

It is September 11, 2001, and a young man goes missing in New York. Because of his eastern name and his Islamic religion, he is suspected of being involved in the World Trade Center attack. The FBI inquire about him. The neighbors of his family show their disapproval. His family hold out hope that he will be found and exonerated. (Originally appeared as a segment of the omnibus film 11’09”01—September 11, but later presented as a separate short film.)

Thespian X

2002 • 13 min

An unemployed actor attempts to sign on in a dystopian job centre of the future.

The September Sessions

2002 • 30 min • United States of America

Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and others take a trip to the coast of Sumatra, where they find themselves surfing beautiful waves, and lose the urgency they have come to live with being professionals. September Sessions documents this trip with interviews and 16mm footage of life on a once in a lifetime surftrip.

New Year

2002 • 32 min • China

A woman asks the hospital in which her father is due to stomach cancer to be allowed to return home to celebrate the New Year with his family. Part of the 2002 'Jeonju Digital Project'.

Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 1

2002 • 52 min • Ireland

In Part One, Join the formidable Dublin widow Agnes Brown and her hilarious family of five sons and one daughter as she plows through the preparations for the family wedding.

Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

2002 • 50 min • United States of America

When the prospect of an Elwood City concert by the Backstreet Boys drives everyone else into a frenzy, a disgusted Francine decides to counter with an "anti-cute" band of her own called U Stink. But things don't go quite the way she had planned.

Grievance of a Starmaker

2002 • 5 min • United States of America

A boy is frustrated by the lack of bright stars in the sky. To reconcile the problem, he pays a visit to the Starmaker, a man whose lost faith in the world below him is restored by the boy's ardent devotion to cleaning the dirty stars.

Dokushin OL: Oshikute Nurete

2002 • 60 min • Japan

Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts

2002 • 22 min • United States of America

VH1 behind the scenes special of Michael Jackson's Ghosts