All Films

Tiya's Dream

2008 • 12 min • Ethiopia, France

In Ethiopia, in a small country school, children have a lesson on the Millennium Development Goals. But one of the pupils, Tiya, is distracted, she doesn’t listen. She is staring at the window. Outside, some children are playing rugby... Abderrahmane Sissako's contribution to 8 (2008).

Safety First: The Rise of Women!

2008 • 50 min • United States of America

A safety training film for women who work in high-rise office buildings.

Ang Ibang Mga Pamilya

2008 • 15 min • Philippines

A mother mourns the loss of her only son alone.

Gore Store 2

2008 • 27 min • Switzerland

After the creators/masterminds of the company DARK DIMESIONS noticed that they had opened a lucrative business through their snuff and torture videos disguised as normal horror films, the murder really began. Even high politicians and influential mafios came back to their services of making people disappear. But chance wants it that among those who have been killed by them are the daughter of a mafia running boy and the son of a policeman and those affected do not want to leave this unpunished...

WOTAN Assembly

2008 • 9 min • United Kingdom

WOTAN Assembly is a BBC documentary looking at the retrieval and remaking of the Doctor Who serial The War Machines.

In Sickness and in Wealth

2008 • 56 min

What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts and skin color? How do social policies and the way we organize work and society affect health? Solutions lie not in more pills but in more equality.

Vous désirez ?

2008 • 12 min

In 2008, Caroline Loeb made her directorial debut with the short film Vous-désirez?, produced as part of the X-plicit films collection.

Milagrez

2008 • 15 min • Brazil

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

Hideo Kojima's Gene

2008 • 36 min • Japan

Short documentary on the making of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, included with the Limited Edition

Evolution of the Apes

2008 • 24 min • United States of America

This documentary examines the creative origins of the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise, from Pierre Boulle's original novel and Rod Serling's adapted screenplay to the first film's production at Twentieth Century Fox.

Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electricity

2008 • 25 min

Bill Nye the Science Guy is charged up and ready to show kids how to be Safety Smart around electricity. Learn the shocking truth about conductors and insulators and why electricity can be dangerous if you become part of the circuit.

Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'

2008 • 33 min

Short documentary about the making of the film 'The Rutles: All You Need is Cash'.

Glamour Reel Docs: Dreamland

2008 • 17 min

Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming Perfume campaign - Coney Island, the playland of New York City, documents the preservation of the lifestyle, joys and history of this iconic Brooklyn neighborhood.

Justine Clarke: Songs to Make You Smile

2008 • 43 min

Listen to Justine as she journeys through a musical landscape as joyous and as diverse as I Like To Sing - this time incorporating the western swing of 'Mrs. Knife and Mr. Fork', the ACDC rocks sounds of 'Jelly Jelly Jelly' and the James Taylor-esque lullaby 'Creatures Of The Rain And Sun'...

Through the Eyes of Yuja: A road movie by Anaïs & Olivier Spiro

2008 • 48 min

With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod, and Smartphone. The 27-year-old Yuja leads a new generation of pianists who can comfortably play anything thanks to phenomenal technique and healthy self-confidence. Even so, she stands squarely in the tradition of great piano virtuosi, offering much more than just technical wizardry alone...

Crepitus

2008 • 5 min

The title refers to two eponymous words. The first describes the pathological symptom of abnormal contact between two internal surfaces, such as broken bones.

Lottie Dottie Chicken

2008 • 30 min • Brazil

Galinha Pintadinha, (English translation: The Dappled Chicken) known also as "Lottie Dottie Chicken" is a Brazilian project for children's music, created by Juliano Prado and Marcos Luporini. The songs are originally in Portuguese and are getting millions of downloads on YouTube. Some of the songs have been already translated into Spanish and English.

The Burden of Virginity

2008 • 32 min • Uzbekistan

The Burden of Virginity explores the deeply rooted traditions surrounding virginity in Uzbekistan, focusing on the expectations placed on brides to remain "pure" until their wedding day. The film follows the story of a young Uzbek woman who faces public humiliation and familial rejection after failing to prove her virginity. Her ordeal leads her to contemplate suicide, highlighting the extreme pressures imposed by societal customs.

Kokkuri-san

2008 • 60 min • Japan

A group of Japanese girls forget the number-one rule for avoiding demonic possessions and foolishly use an Ouija board in a house where a murder was committed. Now they've got the spirit and the spirit is definitely out to get them!

The Happening: A Day for Night

2008 • 7 min

This making-of is an interesting, candid look at how the director operates during a typical day during principal photography.

Four Questions for a Rabbi

2008 • 12 min

When Stacey Ross unexpectedly died in 2007, her friends contacted filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result is FOUR QUESTIONS FOR A RABBI, a film that touches upon issues of identity, persecution and mortality.

Virtuous

2008 • 37 min

The combination of spectacular downhill descents with breathtaking scenery spanning from the Swiss Alps to the Liguirian coasts, grants VIRTUOUS aesthetics which have been untapped by bike film makers until now. Megavalence winner René Wildhaber or UCI World Cup Rider Samuel Zbinden show how to get busy off the race track. Riders: René Wildhaber, Samuel Zbinden, David Kretz, Vinzenz Guntern, Sacha Robert, Adrian Fischer…. Music: Band Of Horses, Camera Obscura, As Friends Rust, The Herbaliser and many more…

Celine Dion: That's Just The Woman In Me

2008 • 44 min • United States of America

Five-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Celine Dion stars in a one-hour primetime special, CELINE DION: THAT'S JUST THE WOMAN IN ME. This pop music superstar returns to CBS with her first concert since completing her five year musical extravaganza in Las Vegas. She also performs two special duets with Grammy award nominee Josh Groban and Grammy award winner will.i.am. Taped before a live audience at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, Celine performs some of her greatest hits including "Because You Loved Me," "My Heart Will Go On" and "Taking Chances" off her current album, The Prayer. Amid the intimately set concert, Celine Dion also engages the audience in conversation about her past, present and future in response to questions from guests. 44 mins (w/o commercial breaks)

121280 Ritual

2008 • 16 min

Shot in 1980 and finished in 2008, 121280 Ritual uses heavy breathing, incantatory chanting, and repetition to ritualize the pregnant body.