All Films

The Da Vinci Code: The Greatest Story Ever Sold

2006 • 59 min • United Kingdom

After Dan Brown's publishing phenomenon The Da Vinci Code was cleared of plagiarism charges, this documentary explores the climate which has permitted a fictional story to make such an effective challenge to conventional history that it has forced a counter-attack from the Church, the art world and academics. Has Brown cracked the most difficult code of all our 21st-century cultural DNA?

Mallee Stretching

2006 • 13 min

'The Mallee' is the name given to the arid north west corner of Victoria. Ironically, given it is the most arid part of the state, 'The Mallee' is also a major food bowl in Australia due to massive irrigation schemes, the dry climate and well draining sandy soil. It has long been an area of big government projects and schemes: it has a history of being environmentally stretched. There are also, however, a number of large national parks in the Mallee, mostly in areas of ancient sand dunes that wouldn't pay development. These arrid parks with there 'mallee-formed' multi trunked stunted Eucalypts, gnarled native cyprus tree and other scrub species have a beauty and fascination that is quite unique.

The Jam: The Making of All Mod Cons

2006 • 36 min • United Kingdom

The Making Of All Mod Cons has been personally overseen by Paul Weller, Rick Buckler & Bruce Foxton and the film features exclusive new interviews with all three band members. The 40-minute film also includes promo clips, previously-unseen live footage of The Jam at The Roxy Club and an exclusive solo acoustic rendition of English Rose by Paul Weller at his rehearsal studio.

Chaplin Test

2006 • 1 min

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

Any Time in October

2006 • 26 min

Erdem questions the viewer’s perception of time and space by presenting a different section of a landscape captured in a fixed frame each time.

Jag vill att du ska veta

2006 • 58 min • Sweden

Ulla Lemberg was one of the first female professional photographers in Sweden, largely (though by no means only) focusing on older women in traumatic or vulnerable parts of the world. This documentary focuses on her exhibition with the same name as the title of this film, and looks back on her career.

Duran Duran – The Ultimate Review

2006 • 60 min

This is a 60 minute independent critical review of Duran Duran on record, on film and in concert with commentary by Graham McTavish. The video draws on rare live film from the archives, and chronicles the band from the early days in the 1980s. The film features interviews with Mark Tinley and former co-manager Paul Berrow, the man who first signed the band to EMI. There are also interviews with a leading team of critics and musicologists to provide a penetrating insight into the music of Duran Duran, with live footage from The Sing Blue Silver Tour, plus TV & radio archives. The DVD contains only small video clips of Duran Duran.

Jango Bravo

2006 • 40 min • Brazil

Jango Bravo terrorizes a small town in the "sertão", killing in cold blood everyone who makes fun of him. After parading his evil in the city's pubs, Jango decides to go to the local church to murder the priest, but an unexpected miracle makes him rethink his attitudes.

The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

2006 • 57 min

Narrated by Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, this multi-award-winning program is the most complete portrait of C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), widely known for his children's book series, The Chronicles of Narnia, was also one of the supreme Christian apologists and adult novelists of the 20th century.

Impaled

2006 • 38 min

Everyone who was born after 1980 grew up with easy access to pornographic videos. Many children see explicit videos at a young age. Filmmaker Larry Clark interviews people between the ages of 19 and 23 and asks how seeing pornography at such a young age shaped how they think about sex.

Friz on Film

2006 • 55 min

Looney Tunes Friz Freleng appears in interview segments in this excellent documentary, which spends nearly an hour examining Freleng's history, career, talent, comic timing and classic shorts.

Metal Gear Saga: Vol. 1

2006 • 30 min • United States of America, Japan

Metal Gear Saga Vol. 1 features an in-depth documentary-style video feature that details the Metal Gear series' epic narrative, from beginning to end. Spanning five games and just as many decades of fictional history, Metal Gear Saga ties together the game's complex narrative in chronological order, from the 1960's-with the heroic origins of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater-to the cliffhanger conclusion of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, set in the early 21st century. Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima also appears in a series of candid interviews, recounting the origins of the series and sharing its secrets, such as the original setting of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, his thoughts on the infamous NES game Snake's Revenge, and what gamers can look forward to in the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid 4.

Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006 • 13 min

A documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).

Here, it is Very Nice at the Moment

2006 • 55 min • Germany

"Here it is very nice at the Moment" is a triptych. In the first part, "Maria und die Welt", Ute Aurand films Maria Lang in 1995, who moves to the countryside to take care of her mother. The second part, "Familiengruft - ein Liebesgedicht an meine Mutter" was produced by Maria Lang in 1981. It tells about what we most often keep quiet - prohibitions, barriers but also love. Twenty-two years later, Ute Aurand films Maria's daily care of her mother, now ninety-six years old: edited in 2006 by the two filmmakers, "Der Schmetterling im Winter", composes the last element of the triptych.

Their Helicopter

2006 • 22 min • Georgia

This is a gentle and slightly absurdist documentary about the Ardoteli family in the mountains of Georgia who discovered that a Chechen helicopter carrying cheese had crashed by their house. Dropped into the life of this family, a helicopter is gradually enfolded into their daily rhythms, transformed into something utterly unexpected. In this land free of electric cables, cows find a shelter and children set up their private playground in it. Patient observations through the rusted “eyes” of this helicopter unfold a story of a remote place exposed to just one piece of civilization.

Exposed... The Secret Life of The Veronicas

2006 • 46 min

This DVD features a rockumentary, which covers Jessica and Lisa's wild ride in music, including everything from their story from 2005 to 2006, never before seen footage and music videos of "4ever", "Everything I'm Not", "When It All Falls Apart" and "Revolution". The CD features live performances from the Australian 2006 Revolution tour.

Happy Again

2006 • 5 min • United States of America

An experimental film superimposing a clip from "Singin' in the Rain" over itself seven times.

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess

2006 • 40 min

With the help of all the Disney Princesses, your child can learn how to "transform" herself into the fairy-tale princess she's always wanted to be. And while she discovers the secrets of becoming a princess, she'll sing, dance, and play along with her favorite characters as they perform their best-loved songs.

Bridge over the Wadi

2006 • 55 min • Israel

For the first time in Israel, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decide to establish a conjoint bi-national, bi-lingual school inside an Arab village. The film follows the school's first year and portrays through the personal stories of its characters, how complicated and fragile is the attempt to create an environment of co-existence against the backdrop of the complicated reality around. - Perla Minon

Death Valley

2006 • 8 min

Death Valley is recognised as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and one of the hottst places on earth. The rocks tell a story of endless changes in the earth’s crust - vast depositions, contortions, alternate risings and lowerings, faultings, intense heats and pressures. It is here director Sam Taylor-Wood and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey chose to frame the ‘Death Valley’. The story of a man exploring the experience of self-stimulation, pleasuring, the erotic satisfaction and possibilities with oneself.

A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da Amazônia

2006 • 5 min • Brazil

In a monologue, a man expresses his views over the international selling of the Amazon rainforest.

The Stairwell

2006 • 1 min

Very short film from director Shane Meadows, filmed on a mobile phone and was made to promote the NOKIA Shorts competition.

Celebrity Sex Tapes Unwound

2006 • 48 min

A documentary film about the wonderful world of intimate videos of celebrities. The program is replete with interesting interviews, traces the history of this phenomenon and reveals the obvious fakes and hoaxes diffrent mistifications of disputed origins.

Midori: 2005 SUMMER to 2006 WINTER LIVE!!

2006 • 57 min

Early Midori live (July 3, 2005 and January 15, 2006), both at Shibuya O-NEST.