All Films

The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'

2001 • 44 min • United States of America

Produced as part of the DVD release for 'Dressed to Kill', this documentary gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this thrilling murder mystery. Includes interviews with director Brian De Palma and star Angie Dickenson, as well as other members of the cast and crew, who relate their experiences of working on the film.

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001 • 60 min • United States of America

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli

2001 • 54 min • Italy

Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.

Let the Games Begin

2001 • 15 min

Produced for the "Dungeons & Dragons" Special Edition DVD.

Animals of the Ocean Desert

2001 • 50 min

For two-thirds of the year, the Little Rann is a desert. Suddenly, in August, monsoon winds whip up the Arabian Sea and carry it 100 km inland. The desert and these mounds soon become islands and homes to high concentrations of rarely-seen, endangered and spectacular wildlife.

Rescued from the Closet

2001 • 56 min

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the history and impact of LGBT representation in cinema, providing insights into the portrayal and evolution of LGBT characters and themes within the film industry.

Kyofu Gakuen: Norowareta Rika-shitsu

2001 • 30 min • Japan

Three junior high school students hear a rumor about the science lab and sneak into the classroom at night...

The Chinatown Files

2001 • 57 min

This documentary brings to the public, for the first time, a story that was classified as secret by the US government for over four decades. Exploring the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and the 1960s, it presents first hand accounts of seven men and women's experiences of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.

Telling Lies

2001 • 5 min • United Kingdom

The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.

Doppelpass

2001 • 12 min

A young couple's plan to rob a gasstation fails miserably when all of a sudden the man's former teacher, the UEFA-Cup final and a Julio Iglesias concert help them to perform the perfect robbery.

HMAS Unicorn

2001 • 13 min • Australia

In the summer of 1964 three unusual incidents took place on Lake Grace. The first two were totally unexplainable. The third, and most disturbing one, provided one clue... Based on the journal of sixteen-year-old Gwendolin Howard.

Dirty Harry: The Original

2001 • 30 min • United States of America

A retrospective look at the five Dirty Harry films (1971-88), starring Clint Eastwood.

The Red Peppers

2001 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Set in 1936 during the dying days of music hall, "The Red Peppers' is the poignant story of George and Lily Pepper, a husband and wife comedy double act whose failing marriage is all but over. When a backstage row develops one night it unearths painful truths, which prove to have disastrous consequences

Icq

2001 • 21 min • Australia

After an eerie premonition a young man finds himself searching the internet for clues - which lead him to a strange website and a mysterious girl who seems trapped.

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

2001 • 46 min

Chronicles the life of William Haines, Hollywood's first openly gay movie star, who sacrificed his career to live openly with his lover.

The Stepford Life

2001 • 18 min

A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).

Helmut

2001 • 23 min • Estonia

An old cinema mechanic, Helmut, arrives in a quiet village, wanting to show his film to the villagers. The cultural director Silvi, excited by the unexpected offer, starts preparing for a movie night. Suddenly, mysterious things start happening in the village, to which Silvi and the local butcher try to find answers afterwards. The documentary film with staged elements attempts to reconstruct the past in its diversity and find out what really happened.

January 6th

2001 • 14 min • Uruguay

Two friends wake up on January 6th, they have breakfast, they take a shower, they play boggle, and they get presents from the Three Wise Men. This film includes fragments from “December 31st” (1996) which was made by the same team.

3AM Eternal

2001 • 17 min • United States of America

A Vietnam veteran is haunted by the death of his best friend on the battlefield until a salesman enters his home - offering him deal.

Day After Day

2001 • 24 min • Hungary

As if we were in a small town. An ordinary day in a kid’s life. An incredibly hot day. Here everything is unique. One gang. One game. One field. One girl. In the span of one day, how can this boy arrive at such a changing point in his life from which there is no return?

Woyzeck's Last Symphony

2001 • 40 min • Denmark

A tragicomedy, this film is about a world-famous Czech composer who, after emigrating, has to work on a porn movie to make a living.

Tuesday

2001 • 13 min

On a magical Tuesday night, a group of frogs take off on a journey through the nearby neighborhood.

Sounds from a Town I Love

2001 • 3 min • United States of America

A montage of short scenes of New Yorkers talking on their cellphones, evoking snippets of conversation overheard in passing on the streets of Manhattan. Intended as a celebration of the people of New York City after the events of September 11, 2001.

The Big House

2001 • 24 min • Australia

Within the concrete confines of a life sentence, one man rediscovers his capacity for love.