All Films

Foretaste of Spring

2007 • 3 min • Switzerland

A young boy about 10 or 11 is playing in the woods by himself. Then he meets a woman who then gives him a head band and a feather and paints some stripes on his face with her lipstick. So now he looks like a little indian.

National Geographic - Inside the Taliban

2007 • 45 min

Six years ago, U.S.-led forces drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan for providing sanctuary to al Qaeda terrorists. Now, these Islamist militants are back.

Pink Shirt

2007 • 4 min

In the late summer, a young man wanders through an urban park in the late afternoon, seeking a connection to the music and sights around him. He wears a pink shirt. He reads a book, lays down on the grass and has a daydream. As dusk turns to twilight, he reflects on another young man who was in his life.

Genital Terror

2007 • 18 min • Germany

A man tries to stop his penis from killing people after it breaks loose.

The Love That Won't Shut Up

2007 • 21 min • Canada

What's happened to oral history? What was it like being queer in Vancouver in the 50s? The 60s? The 70s? Where did people hang out? What did they fight for? What do they miss? Armed with curiosity and a cameraman, writer/storyteller Ivan E. Coyote and musician Veda Hille set out to talk to the people who were there. Stories of the Vanport, the International Women's Conference, communal life in the West End and the Castle Kiss-In all come together to make a picture of our city in the middle of the last century.

Breadmakers

2007 • 11 min • United Kingdom

At a unique Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers with learning disabilities makes a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to local shops and cafés.

Notes on Gesture

2007 • 5 min

A Visual essay of indexical failures that examine the bliss of ineffable gestures…

Stray

2007 • 15 min

A contemporary retelling of the classic tale of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Stray follows the story of Mouse, a teenager who leaves his home in the country in search of a place in the world. Along the way, he is exposed to the seedy underbelly of the city and the people who live there including the broken drag diva Lame Doe Ray, who takes him under her wing. Will Mouse be led astray and consumed by the drug soaked landscape?

By The Suez Canal

2007 • 2 min

A woman walks along the military fence bordering the historic waters of the Suez Canal. Intertitles from a poem about the distance between two people metaphorically depict the distance between an epochal moment and them.

Lacuna Coil: Wacken 2007

2007 • 50 min • Germany

01) Intro 02) To the Edge 03) Fragments of Faith 04) Swamped 05) In Visible Light 06) Fragile 07) Closer 08) Senzafine 09) What I See 10) Enjoy the Silence 11) Heaven's A Lie 12) Our Truth

The Tutor

2007 • 34 min

Joe Gibbons plays Dr. Joe Baldwin, the self-styled child education expert who prepares Zoe from birth, for acceptance into a coveted gifted-only kindergarten program. What becomes evident is one man’s misguided quest to manipulate pitted against one child’s exuberant resistance to being controlled.

Deviations From The Wheel

2007 • 7 min

Percussive reedit of military tech videos and their heavy metal soundtrack.

Bend Sinister

2007 • 12 min

A short avant-garde film by Paul Clipson.

Bryan Ferry Concert at LSO St. Lukes London

2007 • 50 min

Series of unique, intimate performances by some of the greatest legends and contemporary stars around. Bryan Ferry is in concert at LSO St Luke's in Shoreditch, performing classic Roxy Music tunes plus solo tracks from his back catalogue, including Let's Stick Together, Avalon and More Than This. He also debuts tracks from his album of Bob Dylan covers, Dylanesque, his interpretation of songs such as Simple Twist of Fate, Positively 4th Street and Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues. The in-crowd All along the watchtower Slave to love To make me feel my love Let´s stick together Just like Tom thumb´s blues Don´t stop the dance Gates of eden Smoke gets in your eyes I put spell on you A hard rain´s a gonna fall Jealous Guy

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

2007 • 28 min

After many years of selling LP's and CD's full of the wild mystery of music with no explanations and fewer apologies, Drag City is pleased to finally be able to give something back to the legions of wanna-be musicians that form our listening audience around the world. Complicated Drumming Technique is a first for us; an educational DVD teaching the craft of drum work (aka drumming) to beginners and experts alike. Respected comedian and television personality Fred Armisen brought percussionist Jens Hanneman to our attention with an ingenious DVD that opened our eyes to the responsibilities an million little victories that drummers everywhere experience behind the kit, unbeknownst to us. If we knew so little about it, then the rest of you are probably completely in the dark! Don't worry; Jens Hannemann's Complicated Drumming Technique can easily be yours as well.

Labile Zone

2007 • 9 min

Short film by Christoph Janetzko.

Hendaya: cuando Adolfo encontró a Paco

2007 • 10 min • Spain

This is the story of the day when Adolfo met Paco, seven intense hours summarized in 10 minutes

David bowie - Up Close and Personal

2007 • 60 min

The Up Close and Personal series continues with this entry on the chameleon-like talents of pop star David Bowie.

God Enjoys The Impossible

2007 • 60 min

In this inspiring message, Otto Koning dramatically illustrates the power of prayer to change the situation. From national fears of an invading army to the bedside of an ill little girl, God loves to show His power in tremendous ways. Get a new perspective on the stories of Gideon and the army of Midian, Elijah and the prophets of Baal, Asa and the army of the Ethiopians, and many more. Also hear the story of a poor boy with broken egg who believed that God could do anything. Does God get worried when situations get tough? Do angels scratch their heads to find a solution to a child's 'impossible' request?

Through glass

2007 • 15 min

A mother needs her son after her husband's betrayal.

The Woman from Columbus Circle

2007 • 30 min • United States of America, Dominican Republic

The Woman from Columbus Circle tells how a young investment banker's chance encounter in the subway with a beautiful, mysterious woman changes both his way of thinking and perception of the world.

Ashley and Kisha: Finding the Right Fit

2007 • 54 min

Comstock Films is proud to present our latest documentary look into the lives of real life lovers. When they first met, Ashley was a lady-killer and proud of it; Kisha was sexually conservative and straight. But Ashley's doggy ways turned to dogged determination as she watched one after another of her surefire moves fail to get her into Kisha's pants. Finally, after weeks of failed seduction, Ashley's determination paid off: Kisha's ambivalence gave way to curiosity, her curiosity gave way to desire, and ultimately desire blossomed into love.

Fast

2007 • 4 min

A woman signs the verb “fast” in American Sign Language by putting her thumb and index finger together and “zipping” her mouth, which resembles the action of closing one’s mouth to be silent. The speed of the action is slowed down, so the person signs the word "fast" very slowly.

Edward Hopper

2007 • 30 min • United States of America

Hopper, one of America’s most admired artists, captured the shared realities of American life with poignancy and enigmatic beauty. His iconic images, set in unexceptional places, reveal the poetry of quiet, private moments. Hopper’s influences, which vary from French impressionism to the gangster films of the 1930s, are explored through archival photos, footage of locations he painted in New York and along the New England coast, and interviews with artists Eric Fischl and Red Grooms.