All Films

Visitors

2004 • 28 min • United Kingdom

Tranquil video reveries by veteran Dwoskin surrounding visits to his house.

Morrissey - You Are the Quarry

2004 • 47 min

Four promotional films by Morrissey, released as a bonus DVD in 2004. The music videos: 1) Irish Blood, English Heart 2) First of the Gang to Die 3) I Have Forgiven Jesus 4) Let Me Kiss You

Heads Are Gonna Roll

2004 • 17 min

Seventeen minutes of a gory shoot-out in a diner.

Rock 'n' Roll Greats: Mark Farner In Concert

2004 • 60 min • United States of America

Everyone remembers the classic sounds of rock and roll great Mark Farner! You'll have front-row seats to Tennessee's four-day rockfest, where Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, returns to the stage to rewrite rock and roll history one more time while singing his greatest songs live! Songs: 1. Are You Ready? 2. Rock & Roll Soul 3. Foot Stompin' Music 4. Hooked on Love 5. Judgement Day Blues 6. He Sent Me You 7. Call Yourself a Man 8. Mean Mistreater 9. Some Kind of Wonderful (duet with Adriana Lima) 10. Loco Motion 11. I'm Your Captain (performed by Mark Farner & Adriana Lima)

O dia em que a lua menstruou (Nguné Elü)

2004 • 27 min • Brazil

During a video workshop at the Kuikuro village, an eclipse happens. Suddenly, everything changes.

Second Thoughts

2004 • 40 min • United States of America

Alone on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere, three surfers bring us some of the most amazing surfing footage from one of the most dangerous reefs in the world! Timmy Turner and friends Potter and Schwartz allow viewers to come along with them for a month long adventure, braving the elements, struggling to provide food and water, hoping to avoid injury, and non-stop surfing!

Birds of North America

2004 • 11 min

An exercise in repetition enacted across nine summer landscapes.

Abducted

2004 • 53 min

Across the globe, many men, women, and children claim to have been abducted by extraterrestrials. Some are traumatized by their experience. Aware of the absurdity of their stories, they cry out for help. This documentary is an encounter with some of these men and women; ordinary people, sincere but lost, who tell the story of their extraordinary experiences. It is also the portrait of one amazing man: John E. Mack, a leading psychiatrist, Professor Emeritus at Harvard, 1997 Pulitzer Prize winner, and founder of the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Hospital. He has studied hundreds of similar cases, and explains in his book "Abduction" that what abducted people describe is real and that they are not suffering from any form of mental illness.

Dawn of the Maya

2004 • 57 min

Investigate the rise and fall of one of the world's most mysterious civilizations.

North Korea: A Day in the Life

2004 • 48 min • Netherlands

If the cityscapes and patriotic anthems of this film seem a far cry from the bleak landscape of Seoul Train, that's no accident. Dutch filmmaker Pieter Fleury, with the full permission and cooperation of the North Korean government, created this propaganda film that gives us a glimpse of a day in the life of one of the world's most enigmatic societies. A Day in the Life, largely dictated by the North Korean film bureau, follows a typical North Korean family through their daily duties, largely dedicated to the pride in the North Korean nation of comrades and the glory of General Kim Jong Il. The film is meant to extol the success of modern North Korea. But does it? With straight footage and a total absence of narration, viewers may interpret Fleury's film in a slightly different manner than intended

Iron Butterfly - Rock 'n' Roll Greats

2004 • 50 min • United States of America

With a catalog of rockin’ hits, the music of Iron Butterfly defined a generation – but one song, and one song alone, made them superstars: “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”. For the first time in nearly 25 years, Iron Butterfly returns to the stage for the comeback of the century!

American Ballet Theatre: The Dream

2004 • 55 min

Choreographed by Frederick Ashton in honor of William Shakespeare's 400th birthday, this magical production -- based on the Bard's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- features Felix Mendelssohn's famed score and sublime sets that add to the charm. Ethan Stiefel delivers an impressive performance as the lordly Oberon, Alessandra Ferri shines as fairy queen Titania, and Herman Cornejo is pitch-perfect as the impish Puck.

Bow Tie Duty for Squareheads

2004 • 13 min • Germany

Introduces the director’s life in Berlin, including all his hobbies and all his friends. In a very original way, he brings the city to life, with hats that weigh 10 tons and farting posters.

Absence

2004 • 9 min

In slow dissolves, loops of images of enacted absence are projected in white light. Most of the images come from the black-and-white film series The Invisible Man, dating from the 1930s to '60s. The presence of an invisible actor seems to influence minimal cinematic events on theatrical sets. These events combine to become an enigma regarding the phenomenon of disappearance.

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004 • 56 min

Compilation of all the best musical performances from Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball series. All the brilliant moments from the original Secret Policeman's Ball can be seen on this specially produced deluxe edition DVD. Featuring the day's finest talents, in the form of the Who's Pete Townshend, classical guitarist John Williams, Sting, Eric Clapton, Seal, Morrissey, this moment in musical history is truely deserving of DVD presentation.

As Cartas de Chico Xavier

2004 • 50 min

Three people accused of murder who were pardoned by the parents of the victims and acquitted by Justice thanks to the letters psychographed by the medium Chico Xavier.

Howdy Partner

2004 • 4 min

The term partner has become the convention for describing committed gay and lesbian relationships. But what does this word mean? Even the longhand -- Domestic Partner -- has a different legal meaning depending on country, state, and city. Praised for its parity and criticized for its ambiguity, the word partner can be liberating for some but remains frustrating for others. During a time when defining gay and lesbian relationships, through words or legislation, frames a national debate, Howdy Partner is a spirited visual meditation on how one slippery word means more -- and, consequently, less -- than we may think.

Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ

2004 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Throughout history, Pontius Pilate has been portrayed as a weak ruler-the man who allowed Jesus Christ to be crucified at the demand of the Jews. But this documentary portrays a very different Pilate, one who had his own motives for allowing Jesus' fate.

Si Tu Timazin

2004 • 32 min • Serbia and Montenegro

A short film about "modern slavery", i.e. human trafficking.

Katydid

2004 • 13 min

Skye just wants to have a date with his crush, Annabelle. Only one problem stands in the way - twin brother Leif... but not quite in the way Skye thinks.

The Restoration

2004 • 19 min • United States of America

This film recounts how Joseph Smith's search for truth led to a heavenly vision and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Lick-It Man

2004 • 26 min

In the city of Boffum and all across the globe, women face the insurmountable task of juggling all tasks--career, family and lover. But wait! The world's most sensitive superhero has come to liberate women from their overburdened existence. A radioactive lollipop turns young Beaver Sparker into Lick-It Man, a superhero whose compassion and extraordinary talent liberates the female population by providing them with an enlightened orgasm, one that spurs them on to great feats and accomplishments. When the First Female President achieves world peace after being visited by Lick-It Man, Editor-in-Chief of the Boffum Post, Mr. Mike Oxlarge (Archenemy Stick-It Man) and his sidekick The Poker decide to start a war in Buttcraq to ensure the perpetuation of violence and greed. What ensues is a hilarious battle between good and evil, liberation and oppression.

Double First - Williams & Jones: Formula One 1980 - A Review Of The 1980 Grand Prix Season

2004 • 52 min

The new decade brought a record number of entries for the start of the season. Expectations were high that the champions of 1979, Ferrari and Jody Scheckter, could be beaten. Enter Team Williams and Alan Jones - the new force in a bright new era for Formula One racing. But it took the entire 1980 season before the victory was in the bag. Jones took the opening race, but then faltered. Brabham’s Nelson Piquet took advantage in the interim, completing a spectacular double in the Dutch and US GPs to lead the championship with two races remaining. It was up to Williams and Jones to pull out all the stops to seize the title.

SMAnime: LOVE Jeans?

2004 • 2 min • Japan

Short animation from Takeshi Koike for SMAnime