All Films

Rex vs. Singh

2008 • 30 min

In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a fascinating case study of Vancouver power relations: how police corruption, racism, homophobia, and a covert "whites-only" immigration policy, conspired to maintain the status quo of this colonial port city. Told in four parts, by three separate directors, the film is a hybrid of film forms including drama, documentary and musical.

Green Day: Life Without Warning

2008 • 60 min

During their 15-year band history, they have been thrilling their fans with electrifying live shows. Whatever you think, the band exudes pure boisterous energyand has never failed to impress their audience. Onstage, they deliver a slim, highly energetic extravaganza that avoids the usual frills of state-of-the-art stage technology: no hydraulic ramps, no laser guns, no video screens, thank you verymuch.

Sailor Ninja Part 1

2008 • 60 min

An entry in the Sailor Ninja tokusatsu series

小向美奈子 Dear

2008 • 60 min • Japan

2008 release

Anton & the Piano

2008 • 6 min

A short film featuring pianist Anton Kuerti.

Let it Snow!

2008 • 52 min

"Snow is snow is snow" one might be tempted to say. Yet people in the Arctic have hundred of different names for snow while other cultures have never seen it. Nor is snowfall the same as snowfall. In this extraordinary documentary we are going to witness very different kinds and situations of snowing: from howling blizzards to the gentlest and loveliest of weather events.

The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist

2008 • 5 min

A cinema projectionist becomes supernaturally entangled in a dangerous liaison with a silver screen femme fatale

Crikey! What an Adventure

2008 • 48 min

An intimate look at the life of Steve Irwin

Laundromat

2008 • 13 min

Set in a neighborhood laundromat, "Laundromat" is a Romantic drama-edy that follows a young gay couple, who after a chance encounter with an older man, realize that the little things mean nothing and everything when it comes to love.

Take That: The Journey

2008 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A documentary following Take That on their autumn 2007 Beautiful World tour.

Top Ground Gear Force

2008 • 45 min • United Kingdom

As part of Sports Relief 2008, the Top Gear crew tries to revive the TV show "Ground Force" and revamp the garden of Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave.

The Last Conquistador

2008 • 56 min

Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas.

The Big Bang Machine

2008 • 60 min

Professor Brian Cox visits Geneva to take a look around Cern's Large Hadron Collider before this vast, 27km long machine is sealed off and a simulation experiment begins to try and create the conditions that existed just a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. Cox joins the scientists who hope that the LHC will change our understanding of the early universe and solve some of its mysteries.

Careful with that Axe!

2008 • 2 min

A young boy tries his hand at chopping firewood with his father's razor sharp axe. He finds that the axe is incredibly heavy, so heavy that he balances himself by resting one bare foot on the chopping block...

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

2008 • 28 min

A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

The Great Battleships of the Second World War

2008 • 60 min

The story of Germany's Great Battleships during the Second World War. With graphic recollections from veterans of the 'Kriegsmarine', this film depicts the rise during Hitler's Naval Expansion program, through to the ultimate destruction by the allies, of The Schlesig Holstein, The Scharnhorst, The Admiral Scheer, The Gneisenau, The Graf Spee, The Tirpitz and finally the legendary Bismark.

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland

2008 • 60 min

Originally produced in 1997 as part of the Classic Albums television series, this newly edited, expanded edition features almost 40 minutes of additional content not see in the original feature. Bassist Noel Redding, drummer Mitch Mitchell and co-manager Chas Chandler detailed their contributions while engineer Eddie Kramer re-examined the many multi-track tapes created during the sessions. Help from Jimi's `friends and passengers' came by way of new interviews with drummer Buddy Miles, Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady, Traffic's Dave Mason and Steve Winwood, among others.

The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)

2008 • 4 min

There is a room at a Palace Museum that is filled with spirits. It accommodates countless of memories spanning several centuries. The room has observed the artifacts, the faces, the sounds, and the moving images. The room itself is a moving image, a moving vehicle. It is a spaceship that has been sailing through the landscapes and time, from the Ages of Stone, Bronze, the Greek, the Roman, the Communist, and the Tsai Ming-liang. Now the artifacts have disappeared, so as lives. We are in the age of extinction. (...)

The Donnas: Live In Toronto

2008 • 57 min • United States of America

The Donnas perform at the historic Berkeley Church in Toronto, CA 2008.

Slipknot: MTV World Stage

2008 • 42 min

Set List: Surfacing The Blixter Exists Dead Memories Psychosocial The Heretic Anthem Spit It Out Duality People = Shit (sic)

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

2008 • 49 min

The Beatles. Their story is told for the very first time using original rare film and video of the band, including home movies, concert footage, newsreels and photographs from private collections. There are also interviews with those who surrounded the band, and those who were there from the very start. Also included is an exclusive interview with fan and star in his own right, Phil Collins. For the first time we can see The Beatles relaxed, at play, on and off stage, on film and is a rare glimpse inside the lives of four musicians who shook the world.

Untitled (Thanks. Get in...)

2008 • 58 min • United States of America

The story of an aspiring young Hollywood actor who, while hitchhiking to see his agent, is picked-up by a lecherous, cynical Cary Grant.

Négropolitain

2008 • 18 min • France

Carl is about to spend his first day with the police. To facilitate his entry into the trade, the divisional commissioner assigned him with Alain, a man with a strong character.

Classic Albums: The Doors

2008 • 52 min • Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America

A future classic was unleashed in January 1967 as the Doors released their eponymously titled debut album. This documentary in the Classic Albums series takes an in-depth look at the album, with commentary from Bruce Botnick, who worked on the album, and the three remaining Doors--guitarist Robbie Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore. The three band members also play some of their instrumental parts from the album, offering invaluable insight into how the songs were constructed.