All Films

Spirit Of The Bird

2012 • 37 min • United States of America

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

Music Is Not a Luxury

2012 • 5 min

This short film pays tribute to Toronto philanthropist Earlaine Collins.

Mr. G

2012 • 3 min • Spain

Based on the story Mr. G. by Gustavo Roldán Devetach

Turner's Thames

2012 • 50 min

Writer and artist Matthew Collings reveals the use of light by artist JMW Turner, through a biography of the artist's life-long fascination with the River Thames, London.

Bottoms (OnO)

2012 • 5 min

In Bottoms (OnO), a series of butts with faces painted on them march in place. A tribute to Yoko Ono's Bottoms, it imagines a society in which equals walk towards a future of their own making.

Space Werewolf

2012 • 21 min

Two young lovers fight to survive the long bloody night of the Space Werewolf.

The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender

2012 • 16 min

A man begins to lose his grip on reality as the lines between fantasy and real life slowly begin to blur in his delusional mind.

The Curse

2012 • 10 min • Spain

Evil has escaped. The bearer of an ancient curse hunts down his nemesis in the darkest corners of Los Angeles.

Robin Beck: Live at Firefest IX

2012 • 52 min

Recorded live at Firefest IX, at Nottingham's Rock City, on October 20th 2012. Setlist: "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "Don't Lose Any Sleep" (John Waite cover), "Hold Back the Night", "Save Up All Your Tears" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "That All Depends (On What You Do Tonight)", "Tears in the Rain", "The One", "Hide Your Heart" (KISS cover), "First Time", "Follow You" (Glen Burtnick cover)

Circus Boy: Please Like Me

2012 • 47 min • United States of America

Being mentally limited and smaller in stature, neither contact sports nor a PhD were an option, so I became CIRCUS BOY

Underman

2012 • 1 min

Two men on one side of a wall hurt a man on the other side of the wall.

On the Set of Dr Who and the Daleks

2012 • 8 min • United Kingdom

During production of the colour feature film in 1965, ITV's Movie Magazine was allowed access to the Shepperton Studios set to film a behind-the-scenes story. Although the programme itself no longer exists, the unused film trims were archived and form the basis of this feature. Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn is joined by the director's son and now Hollywood actor Jason Flemyng, first assistant director Anthony Waye and Dalek operator Bryan Hands to tell the story...

Spring

2012 • 20 min • France

Juxtaposing scenes of bodies and landscapes, themes of social unrest and imagery of elasticity and strain, social tension and resistance both physical and corporeal, are evoked.

A Year With Armin van Buuren

2012 • 51 min

An ordinary person, living an extraordinary life. Armin van Buuren, a superstar DJ, lives the life that most of us can only dream of. With a relentless passion for music, the born perfectionist strives to stay on top, dealing with the daily pressure that comes along with it. ‘A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ARMIN VAN BUUREN’ gives you a closer look at the person behind the Dutch DJ. Taking one year out of his roaring life, and a special year it is… “ARMIN VAN BUUREN, IN PERSON”

Le Réserviste

2012 • 39 min

Soldier Joseph Danton returns to his native village after five years away. Welcomed by his uncle Gérard, who raised him, he rediscovers the joys of outdoor life and gradually regains his zest for life...

Old Growth

2012 • 5 min

An old man's daily routine and the things he encounters.

Not Yet Begun to Fight

2012 • 60 min • United States of America

In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds, offering an intimate look at the human cost of combat. A retired Marine Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from the battlefield. He brings them to the river. He puts a fly rod into their hand, teaches them to cast, and shares his secret: there are places where you can still be consumed by a simple act, find joy in a fight, and be redeemed as you gently release another creature, unharmed, into quiet waters.

Quest for the Lost Maya

2012 • 56 min

In the past decade, researchers working in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula have made a series of startling discoveries, revealing a gaping hole in our understanding of the Maya… could it be that what we thought we knew has suddenly turned out to be just half the story? Quest for the Lost Maya follows American archaeologists George Bey and Bill Ringle and their Mexico colleague Tomas Gallareta Negron as they find startling evidence of a forgotten Mayan society in the Yucatan. The team discovers a still more ancient royal palace complex buried beneath an ancient pyramid deep in the Yucatan jungle.

Saudade

2012 • 14 min • France

“My eyes are imprisoned/ Weeping with great longing”. Soèdade (saudade) — “longing” or “yearning” — is a Portuguese word that does not have a precise translation in English. It has been described as a “…vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist…”

Beer & Nuts

2012 • 6 min

Over the course of five minutes, two friends in a desolate cabin discuss everything from the origins of everyday sayings to their favorite movie villains. But all is not as it seems...

Departure

2012 • 22 min

From a train trip home, legendary experimental filmmaker Ernie Gehr creates a triptych cum structural trajectory in which composition and perception convene into a “phantom ride. Departure sharpens the senses as it penetrates a recognizable yet reframed landscape.

Byun, Objet trouvé

2012 • 7 min

Acclaimed mixed-media artist Chong Gon Byun uses found and discarded objects to create intricate sculptures that explore the clash between post-industrial civilization and the present consumerist culture in his surrealist oeuvre.

Nada Fazi

2012 • 20 min • Portugal

Three researchers embark on a study, "10 Years of Social Reintegration in the Casal of Boba neighborhood". A film camera used for their research is stolen and, as it is passed from hand to hand, records a crime. Nada Fazi (Creole for "It's inevitable") is a shared and fragmented view of the day-to-day life of a neighborhood. An outside view that morphs into an intimate journey through the lives of a group of youths.

Skate Bitches

2012 • 17 min

Skate Bitches is a short DIY film inspired by the 1986 Danny Plotnick film Skate Witches.