All Films

Ludovic - A Crocodile in My Garden

2000 • 10 min • Canada

Ludovic: A Crocodile in My Garden is the second film in the collection Seasons in the Life of Ludovic. This one explores the world of play. Magical thinking governs Ludovic's world. It is springtime. Ludovic, in his garden, reigns over his menagerie of paper animals and their jungle home. In his improvised Africa, Ludovic goes from one surprise to another until the animals help themselves to the surprise brought by his mother. When they refuse to obey him, Ludovic doesn't want to play anymore. He bangs the door and pouts. But children's fights don't last. Reconciliation is not far off, especially when there is a snack to be shared by everyone.

Bijin katei kyôshi: Musaboru uchimata

2000 • 59 min • Japan

A female college student, Aoi, is having an affair with her professor, Ogata. One day, Ogata asks her to be a tutor for his son, Yu. Yu lives alone in his parents' house in the countryside, and he has been refusing to go to school and dropped out of high school. Aoi agrees, but she can't hide her anxiety. Aoi immediately visits Yu's house, but Yu's attitude is cold...

Justice League: The First Mission

2000 • 1 min • United States of America

A short film that acted as the developmental pilot for Justice League, including a unique Justice League featuring younger heroes like Robin, Impulse, and Cyborg.

Nest of Tens

2000 • 27 min • United States of America

Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of paper, lists, monsters and their own bodies.

Origins of the 21st Century

2000 • 16 min • France

Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

2000 • 30 min • United States of America

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1994 film, Interview with the Vampire.

Scribbles on Akka

2000 • 60 min

A film on feminine legacy of rebellion, language and transgressions. Using the composition of Mahadevi Akka, a 13th century saint-poet, the film explores the multiplicity of contemporary women and their own points of transgressions.

Greatest Shoal on Earth

2000 • 50 min • South Africa

The Sardine Run - One of the most spectacular marine wildlife events in the world. Millions of sardines swim along the South coast of Africa pursued by thousands of dolphins, countless sharks and gannets, all competing for nature's bounty. Meanwhile, every fisherman on the south coast of Africa also races to exploit the generosity of this vast ocean.

A Love That Kills

2000 • 20 min • Spain

The two million Spanish women who are victims of domestic violence and the death each week of a woman at the hands of her partner is not fiction but pure reality.

Saboteur: A Closer Look

2000 • 36 min • United States of America

A documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's movie Saboteur.

There Is Nothing to Be Scared of

2000 • 20 min • Russia

A group of six young Russian boys at a summer camp tell each other scary stories while waiting to fall asleep one night.

The Dancing Cow

2000 • 21 min

After getting noticed by Miramax Pictures for his short film, a filmmaker has a moral dilemma when it comes to facing the truth about the work he may (or may not) have made.

Teddy, the Little Bear

2000 • 41 min • Germany

It is a very stormy day today. Nevertheless Teddy is visiting his friends. Grummel, the old grumpy bear gives him his umbrella, because on such a stormy day it will probably begin to rain. So thinks Mo, the Kangaroo, and gives an umbrella to her daughter Mi, who wants to go with Teddy. But the umbrella disturbs Mi when jumping. Thus she stretches it - and was carried off by the wind. First Mi enjoyed the situation, but after a short while she wants to come back to the ground. Teddy called all his friends. And together they have an idea.

The Dancing Pumpkin

2000 • 50 min • United States of America

One magical night, four children discover that the jack-o-lantern on their doorstep is alive and a brilliant tap dancer. The children befriend the charismatic pumpkin, and set out on a thrilling adventure to stop the evil ogre, Finkgrinder, from his mission to hurt people. Giant Royal Thunderbelly pumpkins, weighing over five hundred pounds, carry the children to the ogre's castle. Along the way, they are menaced by witches and helped by two comical skeletons named Helgi and Finbogi. In a dramatic finale, the Dancing Pumpkin and his friends succeed in foiling Finkgrinder's plans. Packed with adventure, thrills, and unforgettable characters, this award-winning production will entertain the entire family!

Silence, Please

2000 • 6 min

"Made for a billboard project in Luxembourg, a project that never became reality, this video is an exercise in silence and sound." - Jonas Mekas

Years with Özal: January 24

2000 • 41 min • Turkey

While we were wandering through the pages of our democracy history, we saw right-left fights and experienced revolutions. Blood was shed, scaffolds were set up, but they could never change the country's path. When we came to the 1980s, a person came out and shook the system to its roots and changed the world of people. According to some, this was a great revolution, according to others, it was the wear and tear of some values. Regardless, this person left his mark on a period of Turkey.

Autopsy

2000 • 3 min • United States of America

"Autopsy" is a short, surrealist film which features Marilyn Manson on an autopsy table, having his cranium opened, from which a fetus is extracted.

Bird Brained Donald

2000 • 7 min

Donald once again attempts to get a picture of the elusive and maniacal Aracuan Bird.

The Red Shoes

2000 • 48 min • United States of America

A young girl tries to became a dancer, and in doing so she finds love.

Chong

2000 • 54 min • Japan

A spirited and brave fiction debut by Lee Sang-il, a Korean-Japanese filmmaker, that explores the taboo subject of the relations between Korean immigrants and Japanese in Japan.

Hitozuma: Midara na Jôyoku

2000 • 60 min • Japan

Don't Walk

2000 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Larry, a young criminal, is taught to walk away from a crime scene and never run by his Uncle Henry, a hitman. However he is a purse snatcher and soon learns that it is better to run away instead.

The Prince and the Coral Sea

2000 • 31 min • Japan

On the island of Okinawa, driven by his kindhearted nature, a boy named Ray determines to stop the destruction of the island's natural forests and coral reef, no matter what he has to give. What will he give to stop a tidal wave from killing the island's people?

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000 • 55 min

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life events and fantasies, who did not convey any special message for humanity but regarded cinema simply as entertainment. Is there an answer to everything? Can it possibly be? If yes, then life can no longer be so curious, so dynamic, so creative...