All Films

The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown

2005 • 51 min

Presents historical background on the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

Total Power - Dead Dead Dead

2005 • 3 min

A haiku or love letter to the charm of two-dimensional images. The spectacle awaits our adoration, gives a tender intimation of collusion. (Stephanie Barber)

Still We Ride

2005 • 37 min

This action packed documentary by Elizabeth Press, Andrew Lynn, and Chris Ryan is a glimpse into the shocking showdown between the monthly Critical Mass ride and the New York City Police Department in the months after August 2004. It is also a wake up call to all Americans, whether they ride bicycles or simply value the freedom of speech and peaceably assemble. On Friday August 27, 2004 just days before the start of the Republican National Convention, a massive police operation was underway. By the end of the night 264 people were arrested. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York City's history. But that was just the beginning! Still We Ride illustrates the climate of both fear and resilience that gripped NYC's cycling community amidst the ongoing monthly crackdowns.

Moto 1 2005

2005 • 55 min

Watch as Britain's best superbike, mx, enduro, supermoto and trials riders compete in 4 different disciplines - to decide who is the No.1 all-round motorcycle competitor. Starring road racing stars Frankie Chili, Chris Walker, Steve Plater, Stuart Easton and Craig Jones, who will face off against reigining British Trials Champion Steve Colley, along with Supermoto aces Ady Smith, Leighton Haigh and Matt Winstanley. Motocross is well represented by Billy Mackenzie and David Campbell. Great bikesport! Great entertainment!

Born by Myself

2005 • 6 min • Japan

A dark surreal film of several creatures metamorphosing inside a room.

2.5% – The Osa Peninsula

2005 • 48 min

The tropical rainforest of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula contains 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity on less than one millionth of the planet’s surface. Its incredible natural beauty has caught the eye of the tourism industry and the planned construction of an international airport threatens to transform the region forever. Spanning more than five years, 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula weaves together voices from Osa residents, local leaders and conservation experts as they attempt to build a tourism industry that balances environmental protection with the needs of local communities. With themes that resonate well beyond the borders of Costa Rica, the film illuminates the effects of tourism development on local communities and offers a hopeful vision for the future of travel in the planet's most fragile places.

The Salesmen

2005 • 17 min

A shy trainee tries to cling to his principles when guided through the world of door-to-door wholesaling by a master salesman.

El Otro Yo: Contagiándose la energía del otro (en vivo en Obras)

2005 • 40 min • Argentina

Edited in 2005, “Contagiándose la energía del otro (Live at Obras)”, records the show of said offered at the Obras stadium on November 4, 2000, by the Argentine alternative rock band El Otro Yo.

Snake Bite: In Search of the King Cobra

2005 • 45 min

Snake expert Austin Stevens presents this nature documentary about the most feared snake of all - the King Cobra. Travelling to the jungles of south west India, Stevens reveals that despite its reputation, the King Cobra is in fact a reclusive creature, shy of human contact.

To Wander in Oblivion

2005 • 58 min

To walk in Oblivion and remember their time when memory flows like a running river. Arne and Erik have become good friends in the grief and the realization that Oblivion struck. For Arne, music becomes a comfort when memory fails and he does not know where his wife lives. Erik meets Britta and their hands meet in incipient love. They are some of the people who live at Blackeberg's dementia nursing home.

Brush

2005 • 3 min • China

The story tells the dream work of an old painter. When the inspiration dries up, the protagonist attempts to commit suicide, enters the space in the picture in the hallucinations, realizes the inspiration of creation, and leaves the masterpiece-running horse, carrying the last life of the old painter, galloping away.

Lethe

2005 • 4 min

Two lovers swim in the river Lethe, the river of forgetfulness and oblivion. In Greek mythology, the river Lethe flowed through the Underworld, where all those who drank from it experiencend complete amnesia. The lovers never meet and thus drift apart. A girl dives into the river to forget an unhappy love.

Hammock

2005 • 4 min

(silent)

Leisurama

2005 • 49 min • United States of America

In 1963, All State Properties, capitalizing on publicity from an international debate between Nixon and Khrushchev, built a development of second homes in Montauk, New York. The homes were designed by architect Andrew Geller at industrial designer Raymond Loewy's office and were sold through Macy's Department Store. They came fully furnished, down to the toothbrush. A kitschy cold war architecture story.

Arirang Mass Games

2005 • 53 min

Official propaganda about the mass games. Especially weird is the massive “screen” in the back, composed of 15,000 or more individuals each holding a coloured placard.

Wild - The World Premiere Performance

2005 • 57 min • United Kingdom

Concert performed by Wild in London, England, at the London Hippodrome. The quintet played all the songs from their album Time, including an extra song called "Robinson Crusoe".

Gay in Middle America: One Town’s Struggle with Religion and Bigotry

2005 • 23 min

An excellent sociological case study, this ABC News program examines the plight of Michael Shackelford, a 17-year-old homosexual struggling for acceptance in small-town Oklahoma. The video outlines the development of Shackelford’s situation: his early awareness of his sexual orientation, his inability to conform and placate his mother, the attention he receives in a Washington Post article, and the subsequent media abuse he and his church endure as a result. Complex and surprising in its observations—especially those concerning Shackelford’s Bible Belt community—the program sheds light on America’s increasingly troublesome cultural divisions.

The Forest

2005 • 14 min • Ukraine, United Kingdom

The centrepiece of his major photographic and video exhibition, The Clearing, Ori Gersht’s powerful and haunting film was shot deep in the forests around Kosov in Ukraine, which were witness to atrocities against the local Jewish population — the artist’s family amongst them — during the Second World War. As the camera glides through the dense, sun-dappled forest, a tree falls heavily, and inexplicably, to the ground; and others soon follow, continuing out of shot, or heard but not seen. Afterwards, the silence of the place returns and, amongst so much that is still standing, we cannot be sure what we have just been witness to. Entranced by the hypnotic beauty of the projected image, then shocked by the ear-splitting sound of trees crashing to the ground, our immediate perception of the place is challenged, forcing us to imagine what might have happened here before.

Tropic of Capricorn

2005 • 30 min • Brazil

Four trans women are brought into a hotel room on the same night. Each one of them is asked to lay on a bed in an empty room and reveal herself to a camera mounted on the ceiling. As the film progresses, they share with the camera their fantasies, hopes, questionings and experiences in the streets of São Paulo, where they work as prostitutes.

El camino de Moisés

2005 • 52 min

At 21, his name was Moises, at 28 he changed his ID but on his social security file his name is still Ana. Life reminds him that he is a trans man before. Despite that his road has led him to reconciliation with his past and specifically with his "feminine part".

Egg

2005 • 5 min • United States of America

A dreamy document about finding a fragile treasure amongst a hasty crowd, the drinking of water, some wandering between stones, and the vulnerabilty of human life. The film was made as part of the project 'Het Beeld barst in de Tijd and the tenth anniversary of Dziga foundation.

71

2005 • 7 min

«71» is guided by impressions and feelings of an artist during shooting: a feeling of absurdity that comes when one travels to the back of beyond without ever reaching anywhere.

Magic Ferry-2

2005 • 1 min

The original film was shot in 2001 and its description sounded like: «It could be an ordinary trip on the Staten Island ferry. But shot with single frames, with a few colors added and with just 30 seconds of running time, it becomes a trip on a magic ferry... ». But in 2005 the sound was added - the music by LU who composed it especially for the film and this short movie has gotten its second life and ten more seconds...

tungsten

2005 • 2 min