All Films

Projector Obscura

2005 • 10 min • United States of America

The similarity between motion picture cameras and projectors is such that if a projection booth is adequately darkened and unexposed film is run through a projector, light illuminating the theater will enter the projector lens and expose the film. 35mm film projectors used this way will record the objects and space before them, exposing the relationship between two fixed elements in the cinema: the projector and the screen. In "Projector Obscura", the lens, which is normally responsible for casting out so many images, is given a chance to take in light and reflect upon its theatrical space, and the screen is given a chance to stand bare.The theaters recorded in this project are the Biograph, the Gene Siskel Film Center, Anthology Film Archives, Gateway, MFA-Boston, Coolidge Corner and Harvard Film Archive.

Frontier University Dreams

2005 • 58 min

Pioneering the harsh landscape of Nebraska was difficult enough in 1869. Pioneering a new university was almost beyond reason. What was a university? Who should go? What should be taught? There were no guidebooks. No road maps. They were building a university out of little more than hopes and dreams.

Chicks

2005 • 22 min

A funny view of the drag-queens' shows in the gay clubs of Rio de Janeiro.

Cinématon n°2114 : Yann Gonzalez

2005 • 4 min

Felony Fights 5: Business As Usual

2005 • 51 min

CHICK FIGHTS, 2 ON 2 FIGHTS, GIRL VS. GUY, All the Nose Bustin, Head Lumping, Bone Breaking, Eye Gouging, Vicious Knockouts You have come to expect from Felony Fights!!! The Felony Girls Knock It off to a tribute to law enforcement. Check out a 4-way last man standing war, PLUS heavyweight bashfest that must be seen!

Vide-Uhhh!

2005 • 2 min

Produced using a VHS VCR and a digital camcorder, Vide-Uhhh! is an experimental piece, showcasing the VCR recording itself as Jesse England takes it apart, messes with key components and even attempts to break it.

Barenaked for the Holidays

2005 • 50 min

One of Canada's most popular bands brings its own brand of seasonal cheer to a very special installment of the award-winning series "Live at the Rehearsal Hall." The band performs an eclectic collection of traditional carols and infectious originals inspired by Christmas and Hanukkah from their album "Barenaked for the Holidays."

B.T.K. The Worlds Most Elusive Serial Killer

2005 • 60 min • United Kingdom

In 1974, a serial killer terrorised Wichita, Kansas. Known as the BTK Killer due to the method in which would Bind, Torture and Kill his victims, his killing spree lasted for 7 years in which time he murdered 8 victims indiscriminately. Although he regularly communicated with police via a series of letters, BTK mysteriously disappeared in 1979 and has not been heard from in over 25 years. Incredibly, in March 2004 he suddenly returned. This film tells the extraordinary story of one of the longest running serial killer cases in history.

Filmtagebuch 1975-85

2005 • 38 min

Portraits of friends, women and men, the Polish Market on Potsdamer Platz, the Wall, a picknick in the Park, on the road in Italy, Turin in Winter, a poem by Cesare Pavese. The film was originally shot on Super8, was then transmitted to MiniDV and left without sound to be punctuated here and there with some short pieces of music.

Moustache

2005 • 14 min

Something is missing in Betty's married life so Mother Nature lends a hand to tickle their fancy.

India

2005 • 57 min

"India" developed out of my three journeys to Pune in 2001, 2002 and 2004. I arrived in a forgein country, and felt surprisingly familiar in the foreign. There in the streets, walking among the people, surrounded by their movements, their gestures, by the colors, the light, the beauty. Small things awakened my attention, sometimes only a short glimpse, a hand movement, the color of a sari, a temple hidden in a courtyard. It was like a long hot bath that I took there in Pune's streets - something unique and very beautiful.

Godzilla: B-Roll to Film

2005 • 18 min

A classic "fly on the wall" feature that takes audiences inside the making some of the film's key scenes, followed by a clip from the end product.

The Ochoppee Skunk Ape

2005 • 60 min

The classic documentary of the "bigfoot of the Everglades". Starring journeyman wildlife tracker, and native gladesman, Dave Shealy, along with his brother Jack and a cast of larger than life characters from the small town of Ochoppee, Florida. Filmed entirely in the Big Cypress Swamp/Everglades National Park. Directed and narrated by Nate Martin aka Gator Nate Augustus. Featuring an awesome soundtrack and ACTUAL SKUNK APE FOOTAGE!!!!

Natalie Merchant - VH1 Storytellers

2005 • 60 min

Natalie Merchant got her start at age 17 as the lead singer of the folk-pop outfit 10,000 Maniacs. Her silken voice and outspoken social awareness wooed music fans and cemented her status as one of the day's most astute and captivating artists. Though 10,000 Maniacs achieved a level of critical success as a major-label act in the mid-80's, Merchant decided to go it alone in 1994. Since then her popularity has bloomed in the wake of Tigerlily, Ophelia, Motherland, Live in Concert: Natalie Merchant and The House Carpenter's Daughter. Featured here are the hits in an intimate, one-of-a-kind setting. Tracks: 1. These Are the Days - 2. Carnival - 3. What's the Matter Here? - 4. Kind and Generous - 5. Break Your Heart - 6. Wonder - 7. Verdi Cries - 8. These Are the Days (Bonus Track) - 9. Life is Sweet (Bonus Track)

Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas

2005 • 60 min

It's Christmastime in the garden and Hermie and his friends are hustling and bustling to prepare for the big day. But more than anything they all eagerly anticipate the crowning moment of the holiday season: the arrival of Grannypillar's scrumptious fruitcake. Suddenly, Christmas is hijacked when Iggy and Ziggy Cockroach - the greediest bugs in the garden - steal Grannypillar's fruitcake. How will Christmas survive!? But deep in the hearts of the youngest of hearts, the true meaning of Christmas shines through. Hailey and Bailey, through an act of unheard of generosity, together remind the garden that the celebration of Christmas is nothing about fruitcake, but about God's gift to us.

Rayures (Rayures, effacement / Disparition)

2005 • 1 min

The more the film is scratched, the more it exists!

Felony Fights 2: Return of the Games

2005 • 44 min

Guides you into an underground world of ultra violent competitions, where the only guaranteed outcome is pain. Extreme weapon fights, and brutal knockouts! You will never forget what you see here. “BANNED FROM RETAIL!“

Tak Giu

2005 • 15 min • Singapore

Tak Giu is a cult film about soccer culture in Singapore. Having taken up the challenge of a friendly match, three soccer-crazy boys realize it is not easy to find a good, free public soccer field in Singapore, if there’s any at all. Through their journey they encounter obnoxious caretakers, locked-up fences, hot weather and a persistent policeman. Will they find their dream pitch?

Tempo Glauber

2005 • 24 min • Brazil

A documentary short on Tempo Glauber, a foundation created by filmmaker Orlando Senna and Glauber Rocha's mother Lucia in order to celebrate and preservate her son's legacy.

6Teen: Dude of the Living Dead

2005 • 43 min • United States of America, Canada

One by one, patrons and staff alike are succumbing to an unknown virus and acting very strange. The customers at The Khaki Barn seem much pastier than usual. Wyatt finds a human thumb in his taco. Coach Halder has taken to biting customers, and Caitlin's new boyfriend has turned pasty gray and has really nasty breath - eww! And we won't even mention what becomes of poor Pokey the Panda. It doesn't take the gang long to realize what's happened - the mall has been overtaken by ZOMBIES!

Green Room

2005 • 6 min

A rare opportunity for the parallels of queer youth and digital society to collide.

Jim Norton - One Night Stand

2005 • 30 min

Stand up special

Marion

2005 • 8 min

Three separate women play Marion in three scenes based upon Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO. The Marions are split up onto three separate screens.

Rain

2005 • 5 min

A woman looks so profoundly through a raindrop that she experiences the impossibility of reality as a whole entity.