All Films

Nightschool

2008 • 11 min • United Kingdom

A young couple break into an abandoned school. Strangers to one another they struggle to achieve the intimacy they desire.

Peace Tape

2008 • 4 min

With a title hearkening back to the analog era, The Peace Tape is a frenetic remix of old and new "found" video. Culling his sources from thrift stores (countless straight-to-VHS childrens' programs), the Internet (a single YouTube clip featuring "dog in a dog costume"), and his own designs (flash animation of eyes and mouths, subliminal flickers of text), Ciocci concentrates hours of light entertainment into a dense, four-minute block. Saved from total sensory overload by the musical logic of Extreme Animals' "A Better Way," The Peace Tape is cryptic, hypnotic (and above all), empathetic. "Culture is out of control," Ciocci explains, "but it is ok."

Red and Blue

2008 • 3 min • United States of America

an Animated Short about Balloons

Departure

2008 • 26 min • Russia

An intimate experience in a public place.

FlashBulb Alley

2008 • 10 min

A trip to the Los Angeles film festival leads to a glamorous gauntlet of flashing smiles and flashing bulbs that add the extra “humph” to a reunion of old friends. Witness a premiere in full swing as the meatballs simmer for a summer bash in La-La land!

The Crypt of Frankenstein

2008 • 38 min

This is the final part of a trilogy about the tribulations of Sherri Frankenstein (at least I think it's the last of these atrocities). Made with my class at the San Francisco Art Institute, this fast paced cheapy looks like a million bucks worth of eye candy as it relentlessly snowballs to a chilling climax. The thrills are cheap too as the plot details the heroine's joy ride through Hollywood and her detour into a cathedral of corruption. Fun for the whole, dysfunctional family!

Without War

2008 • 52 min • Russia

The film is about "maroon berets", soldiers of the special forces "Vyatich", who serve in Chechnya. About war, about peace and about how shaky the border separates these concepts from each other in the minds of people in the North Caucasus.

Free People

2008 • 39 min • Russia

The Pomors are the descendants of the ancient Novgorodians who left the power of the Moscow prince for the harsh forests of the Tersky coast in order to preserve their former freemen. Today they fish, farm and even plant forests. They will not exchange their harsh, difficult, but free life for any other.

Banned Video Series: Aokigahara Jukai Edition

2008 • 60 min • Japan

Aokigahara Sea of Trees, which stretches at the foot of Japan's most sacred mountain, Mt. Fuji, one of the most famous haunted places in Japan. The DVD presents a selection of shocking footage recorded at the sea of trees, which is said to be a famous suicide spot, and where "once you enter, you can't get out.

First Contact

2008 • 2 min • United Kingdom

In this anti-tourist film I refused to look up. Too polite to steel people, or too cowardly, I looked down and filmed my first contact along the black constellations of E14th St. in New York.

Anastasia

2008 • 50 min • Russia

The painting is based on the memories of Anastasia Shirinskaya—Manstein, who witnessed the exodus of the ships of the Russian squadron from the Crimea. In the autumn of 1920, she was 8 years old, and the girl remembered the Crimean evacuation for the rest of her life. Almost 150,000 people have been forced to leave Russia.

Odzala - Islands in the Forest

2008 • 55 min • United States of America

Hidden deep inside the Republic of Congo lays Odzala National Park, a dense, isolated rain forest that humans seldom visit. National Geographic journeys into this untamed world to explore its remote reaches. From forest elephants and lowland gorillas to water buffalo and cattle egrets, Odzala: Islands in the Forest features a remarkable cast of animals that coexist around a swampy watering hole called a bai. Witness rarely seen wild creatures, and discover how their unique behaviors unwittingly serve each others’ survival. Featuring incredible close-up cinematography, this fascinating film transports you into a mysterious ecosystem still all but untouched by modern development.

Jam Licking & Sledgehammered

2008 • 3 min

70MM Film Leader Covered in Strawberry Jam, Grape Jelly and Orange Marmalade - licked and sledgehammered by Jim Shaw, Marnie Weber, Mariah Csepanyi, Bill Parks, Alex Johns, Karen Liebowitz, Roxana Eslamieh, Chaney Trotter & Jwest- a filmic restaging of moments from Allan Kaprow's 'Household', 2008, 3 minutes, 17 seconds 70mm film transferred to digital video

The Amazing Change of Flowers In My Little Garden

2008 • 53 min • Japan

miniDV diary film by Shirouyasu Suzuki.

The Most Fearful Stories by Junji Inagawa: Kai 2

2008 • 60 min • Japan

Second "Kai" film in Junji Inagawa's "The Most Fearful Stories" series.

Are We Going to Have to Go Through with This Again?

2008 • 6 min

AWGTHTGTWTA (Are We Going to Have to Go Through with This Again?) is one of a recent series of single-channel video works in which Oursler explores the idea of the "chorus." Here Oursler asked high school and middle school students in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, many of whom are recent immigrants, to describe their ideal or fantasy places. The resulting piece brings together scenes of the students reciting text in unison, excerpts of their imaginative responses to Oursler's question, and found footage of the compulsive online gaming, shorthand sms text messaging, and YouTube improvisational recordings that characterize their environment. Through this combination of spoken text and frenetic gaming images, Oursler highlights disparate notions of fantasy, and gives new voice to the layered story-telling that threads through his work.

An Inconvenient Truth of Japan

2008 • 55 min • Japan

This documentary investigates the effects of global warming and air pollution. By showing images of the changes that are gradually eroding the lives of people in Japan, the film raises questions for those who are unfamiliar with the facts about how the future will change as a result of environmental destruction.

Should Not Exist... Submitted Spirit Videos: Who Are You? Spirit Videos Spread.

2008 • 60 min • Japan

For some reason, the OOPS reporting team receives photos and videos even though they are not solicited. And some of them are so strange that we wonder, “What is it? Some of them are quite surprising. When this happens, we naturally ask for follow-up interviews, but in most cases, we are unable to reach them. In addition, there are cases where the images are not only in the submitted video, but also in the materials shot by professional photographers. What are these identities...?

The Terrifying Spirit Photos Next to You: The Unrevealed Truth of Paranormal Phenomena

2008 • 58 min • Japan

This is the second horror film that unearths, verifies, and unravels the reality of the bizarre phenomena that are prevalent today. In addition to "The Grudge Apartment," a drama recounting horrifying experiences submitted by the general public, psychic X, who has had numerous spiritual experiences and is also an expert on the occult, appraises psychic photographs and psychic items and provides incisive explanations of the truth.

Le[s]banese

2008 • 27 min

A one-of-a-kind documentary exploring the lives of lesbians in Lebanon. Who are they, where do they hang out, what do they wear, and most importantly, how do they negotiate their desires within a troubled nation like Lebanon? This documentary will open a window to a hidden world, and introduce you to women who are savvy, sexy and confident about themselves. It will delight and surprise you! ​

Valentine

2008 • 1 min

A short film shot in 8mm. Directed and shot by Kevin Schaefer.

Spots of Memory: what I remembered during one month away after six years on Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland 2008

2008 • 20 min

While away from home, Creates tried to remember specific objects on her six-acre property. She recalled 243 items. After her return, she proceeded to photograph them all, searching her archives for records of those that had disappeared - a bush eaten by a moose, for example. She compiled the photographs into a video with voiceover, sometimes referring to the subjects in Newfoundland vernacular.

Bringing Evil to Life

2008 • 21 min • United States of America

A never-before-released “making-of” featurette including interviews with stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, crew members and film historians.

Wakefield

2008 • 30 min

On his 16th birthday, Ryan Wakefield received a gift that turned his life up side down. He was confused and scared. Not knowing what or how to do, he was forced to put this nightmare to an end.