All Films

9 minutes of Kaunaus

2007 • 6 min

Inside a Lithuanian synagogue, young Domas Darguzs regales the filmmaker with a whispered, wide-eyed account of mythical events, while the film cross-cuts to images of a goat farm. Kid brother of a Isreali soldier, Domas’ stories are part fantasy, part hopeful ruminations of a courageous, young mind interrupted only by an impatient adult.

Recitation

2007 • 2 min

The Grandmother recites the Mourners' Kaddish over her granddaughter.

Memo.

2007 • 36 min

Evan Williams' first feature film! Only 100 copies of the DVD exist!

The Eucharist for Little Children

2007 • 20 min

Through this film children will begin to understand the Real Presence of our Lord in the Eucharist. They will encounter Jesus in the solemnity of the Mass, the quiet of adoration, and the splendor of a Corpus Christi procession. Children will also experience the Lord through the traditional beauty of the Church, the sacred music and the vibrant spirit of host Jennifer Naimo, who brings her Broadway talent to this ministry to little children.

Great American Desert

2007 • 17 min

The camera observes a scrubby Arizona Desert, seasonally occupied by recreational vehicle dwellers. Other elements emerge in juxtaposition, including contemporary recordings of military procedures and an account of the men who carried out the Hiroshima bombing.

Des nuages aux fêlures de la terre

2007 • 18 min • France

Short film by Philippe Cote.

Pas à pas

2007 • 18 min • France

"Pas à pas" is a diptych made from two films shot in Super 8 during walks in the Pays de Caux (Haute-Normandie). The title refers to both the transport mode and shooting mode during this process, which are closely associated. The landscape of "Pas à pas" is not built from a point of view, but from two perspective lines projected on the screen ; two images that encounter creates a new direction.

Playing Up

2007 • 4 min

Naturally decayed found Super-8 footage of children's and adult's games has been cut up with scissors and spliced back together to reveal new rhythms and connections. Soundtrack: Tape loop, keyboard and ring modulator, homemade Hellitron generators.

Brave Father

2007 • 48 min • China

In China, many parents are sacrificing everything to see their children graduate successfully from a university in order to obtain highly-paid jobs. Han Peiyin has sold off all the family’s home valuables and now works in Xi’an to make the money for his son, Shengli, to attend a university. For years, Han, carried a notebook in which he recorded all of his loans - mostly small amounts such as 10 or 20 RMB. Han is convinced that knowledge has the power to change destinies, and expects his son to be successful.

miler

2007 • 17 min

A 3D film by Björn Speidel

Tramix

2007 • 4 min

Experimental short based on The Matrix.

Alaska's White Pass & Yukon

2007 • 39 min

Travel to Alaska to visit one of the most incredible railroads in the world, Alaska's White Pass & Yukon Route. Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this railroad travels through some of the most spectacular scenery found anywhere. Start your journey in early May in the beautiful town of Skagway and climb 3,000 feet to the summit of White Pass, moving among mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, and lingering snow.

God Provides

2007 • 9 min • Canada

Shot in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and bound by elements of fiction, this unexpected documentary short is a glimpse into faith-based sentiment and inexplicable loss. While a man searches for his kitchen appliances in the bushes, elsewhere a grinning preacher takes souvenir snapshots for his congregation, and a woman with a disability journeys to a quieter place.

The Grates: Til Death Do Us Party (Live At The Forum)

2007 • 55 min

Set against the winter wonderland backdrop of falling snow, ice-laden fir trees, super-sized penguins and assorted woodland creatures, The Grates bring to life the magic of their ARIA, AMP and J Award-nominated gold debut album, Gravity Won't Get You High - ably assisted by a 6ft panda playing a mean banjo!

Emission Admission

2007 • 3 min

In this animated short film an eco-friendly couple in the early stages of courtship "come clean" on some of their idiosyncrasies and discover that they are perfect for each other. Part of the mobiDOCS: Confessions in a Digital Age series.

Lombard

2007 • 1 min

A quick defamiliarization of a familiar San Francisco landmark.

Base Camp Moon

2007 • 60 min • United States of America

It has been more than 30 years since NASA put men on the moon and brought them back. Now, plans are underway to return astronauts to the lunar surface. And this time, it doesn’t appear they will be leaving anytime soon.

Living Landscapes: Sacred Canyons of the American Southwest

2007 • 20 min

Enclosures

2007 • 4 min

A disturbing meditation on the primate “bathroom architecture” once popular in European zoos.

The Private Business

2007 • 3 min • Belgium

A typical night in the life of a noir detective.

From No.4 Pingyuanli to No.4 Tianqiaobeili

2007 • 8 min

Ma Quisha talks directly to the camera about her relationship with her mother, her background, her tortuous journey to maturity and of freeing herself from the overbearing parental pressure of having to succeed at any cost. She does so with great difficulty.

Optical Sound

2007 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Film by Guy Sherwin

O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil

2007 • 50 min

Personal records of characters of the student movement, of the youth's cultural activity, song. poetry, and theatrical plays made by militants in the past.

Not Dallas

2007 • 3 min • Portugal

Ironic report of the works in the city of Lisbon.