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FILM LIBRARY
2008 edition, films by category (102)
Feature
AUGUST
Dir: Austin Chick, United States, 111 min, 2008, Feature
AUGUST follows Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds h... more »
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BIGGA THAN BEN
Dir: S A Halewood, England, 85 min, 2007, Feature
Cobakka and Spiker are two Moscow drop-outs who visit London with dreams of golden pavements. But the city is a cold, unwelcoming place and the two... more »
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BLUE HOUR, THE
Dir: Eric Nazarian, United States, 93 min, 2007, Feature
In "The Blue Hour," several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each... more »
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CACTUS
Dir: Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan, Australia, 89 min, 2008, Feature
To gain some much needed cash John Kelly accepts a job to kidnap and deliver professional gambler Eli Jones to his keepers in the Australian outback... more »
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COYOTE
Dir: Brian Petersen, United States, 94 min, 2007, Feature
After their friend is deported to Mexico, two young Americans decide to smuggle him back across the border, a single event that quickly escalates in... more »
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LOCAL, THE
Dir: Dan Eberle, United States, 90 min, 2008, Feature
A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to extract his daughter from the drug-induced stranglehold of her lover, a sadistic war-scarred vetera... more »
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SAVE ANGEL HOPE
Dir: Lukas Erni, Switzerland, 99 min, 2007, Feature
"Angel Hope" is a fictitious nun - a little like Mother Teresa, only much younger and prettier - who works at a fictitious hospital in the South Pac... more »
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Short
BITTER SWEET
Dir: Yurat Safarov, Russia, 6 min, 2007, Short
Conceived and shot in the cinema verite style the film tells the wedding celebration story. Sunny day, nice place where all newly married couples c... more »
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EARANO
Dir: Luke Matheny, United States, 13 min, 2007, Short
In this comic twist on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale, a shy, big-eared tutor named Earl longs for a romance with the lovely librarian Roxie. B... more »
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FACTORY
Dir: Maciej Adamek, Poland, 30 min, 2007, Short
Adam takes a temporary job at a toy factory in order to pay his future studies. There he meets a girl and this forces him to take a different look a... more »
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FIRST
Dir: Tinge Krishnan, England, 6 min, 2007, Short
Sophie, a teenager with learning difficulties, is a talented pianist. When her best friend Danko enters her into a prestigious composer competition... more »
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HER NAME
Dir: Benjmain de Lajarte, France, 21 min, 2008, Short
In a hotel, Sydney - an american tourist on vacation in France - awakes in the morning and finds out his wife has left him. From his lonely room, he... more »
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INTERCOM
Dir: Mark Gutteridge, England, 10 min, 2008, Short
Simon is a new tenant who likes to go out. He lives in an apartment below Mrs Henley who likes to read, watch TV but mostly stay in. Simon arrives b... more »
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JOBURG
Dir: Thabo Wolfaardt, South Africa, 22 min, 2007, Short
A young newspaper vendor struggles to care for his ailing brother. A pregnant woman discovers a terrible secret about her fiance. At the height of... more »
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JUST MAKE BELIEVE
Dir: Jadrien Steele, United States, 12 min, 2007, Short
Two lonely dreamers masquerade in lives that are not their own in a search for happiness. But when they discover an uncommon emotional connection,... more »
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KARAOKE
Dir: Carolina Hellsgard, Germany, 15 min, 2008, Short
Liselotte is an aged actress. She hasn't been on stage for a while and is now trying to earn a living with it again. She is auditioning for differen... more »
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KILLING TIME
Dir: Haritz Zubillaga, Spain, 14 min, 2007, Short
Four young friends have park an old rented autocaravan next to a road. Someone is aiming at them with a rifle. When the sniper fires, everything is... more »
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MUMBLER
Dir: Marc Roels & Wim Reygaert, Belgium, 20 min, 2007, Short
Lubbert Das lives together with his domineering and omnipresent mother somewhere in a remote corner of Flanders; a place where seemingly time has st... more »
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PADAM...
Dir: Jose Manuel Carrasco, Spain, 12 min, 2007, Short
Pilar doesn't want to be alone, so she decides to go to a dating agency and she gets a blind date. What she doesn't know is that her date has differ... more »
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PLAYGROUND, THE
Dir: Jack Tarling, England, 12 min, 2007, Short
A man with learning difficulties becomes the target of a teenage gang. Can he escape the downward spiral his life has become, or will his actions on... more »
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SWASHBUCKLERS
Dir: Jean Baptiste Saurel, France, 10 min, 2008, Short
Paris, December 31st, 2007. Arthur, his friend Clément and Clément's sister, Constance, are going to a fancy dress party. Planning to declare his lo... more »
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TOYLAND
Dir: Jochen Alexander Freydank, Germany, 13 min, 2007, Short
Germany 1942: In order to protect her son Marianne Meissner tried to make him believe that the Jewish neighbours are going on a journey to "Toyland"... more »
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WALNUT
Dir: Amy Gebhardt, Australia, 11 min, 2007, Short
A lifelong bond between a teenage boy and his dog is coming to an end. Bottled up, the boy's grief becomes a wall that sits between him and the peop... more »
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Documentary
BLOOD AND INCENSE
Dir: Carl Valiquet, Canada, 17 min, 2008, Documentary
In Bali, during certain ceremonies, blood must be spilled to pacify the bhutas, the evil spirits that live underground. A cockfighting arena is buil... more »
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CROWN, THE
Dir: Isabel Vega & Amanda Micheli, United States, 40 min, 2007, Documentary
The contestants in this beauty pageant are thieves, murderers, and guerillas. The runnerup wipes her tears with a tattooed hand when the tiara is no... more »
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ESMA
Dir: Alen Drljevic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 min, 2007, Documentary
In 1995, during official negotiations inside a UN protected area in Zepa, the Bosnian Serb Army abducted Colonel Avdo Palic, the Bosnia and Herzegov... more »
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GAZA SOUVENIRS
Dir: Samuel Albaric, France, 46 min, 2008, Documentary
In a succession of phone calls between a young Palestinian, Wissam, and a young French filmmaker, Sam, they bring back memories of a phantasmagorica... more »
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HEAVY LOAD
Dir: Jerry Rothwell, England, 91 min, 2008, Documentary
Heavy Load are Lewes' answer to the Ramones, a punk band subject to the usual inflammatory mix of ego, fantasy, and desire. They're also, uniquely,... more »
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PANG NAT DET
Dir: Andreas Geiger, Germany, 87 min, 2007, Documentary
In Indonesia, one of the largest Islamic countries in the world, kids are punking out, and the motto isn't NO FUTURE, but DIY- DO IT YOURSELF. An ag... more »
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RA, THE MECHANIC
Dir: Mamadou Cisse, Mali, 26 min, 2007, Documentary
In the busy streets of Bamako, a young woman, about 25 years old, repairs generators. Engaged to be married, Ra does "a man's job" and supervises a... more »
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REINDEER AT WAR
Dir: Svein Andersen & Karl Rikardsen, Norway, 51 min, 2006, Documentary
Military authorities want the Oskal family to slaughter their entire herd of 2,000 reindeer and abandon their traditional way of life in the arctic... more »
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SEEDS OF SUMMER
Dir: Hen Lasker, Israel, 63 min, 2007, Documentary
Seven years after completing the Israel Defense Force (IDF) training for female combat soldiers, the director returns to the place where, for the fi... more »
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THING WITH NO NAME
Dir: Sarah Friedland, United States, 84 min, 2007, Documentary
Thing With No Name, a feature-length documentary, provides an unprecedented, intimate glimpse into the traditional life of a rapidly changing cultu... more »
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Experimental
APROP
Dir: Aitor Echeverria, Spain, 6 min, 2007, Experimental
Sleep becomes interrupted by the familiar touch of another body. A finger brushes across a back as a sigh sends the invitation for play. When viewed... more »
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DEAF MAN, THE
Dir: David Kurs, United States, 9 min, 2007, Experimental
In an era of technological improvements for deaf people, such as the cochlear implant, the destiny of the deaf is examined through one man's experie... more »
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GUBI - THE BIRTH OF FRUIT
Dir: Philippa Herrmann, South Africa, 8 min, 2007, Experimental
The first tribe to roam the earth relies on food from the heavens. When Nok's belly grows full after sharing her fruit with Nto, the Queen of the tr... more »
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LAST LETTER
Dir: Ted Ciesielski, United States, 5 min, 2007, Experimental
A stark urban landscape of rooftops, billboards, and highways provide the backdrop for an open love letter that never reaches its recipient: a young... more »
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MUGS
Dir: Ronnie Cramer, United States, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
One hundred celebrity mug shots morph into one another. A minimalist electronic soundtrack heightens the hypnotic effect the images create.... more »
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TIME PATROL
Dir: Jasmin Jodry, England, 3 min, 2007, Experimental
Grey suited men patrol a metropolis in order to steal time from civilians. They are vicious vampires of time: they need minutes as a drug to fuel th... more »
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Animation
AFTER YOU LEAVE...
Dir: Molly Schwartz, United States, 4 min, 2007, Animation
We thought the conflict of the neighborhood existed in the realm of construction, rent increases and population explosion, but there is another offe... more »
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BIRD, THE
Dir: Sung-Gil Kim, Korea, 19 min, 2007, Animation
Hu-seom town will be attacked next day and all residents have already left the town. Manh also had to leave, leaving her old dad Sanh alone, who is... more »
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COAT, THE
Dir: Orlanda Laforet, France, 15 min, 2007, Animation
Sarah receives a call from the airport, where a suitcase has been found that contains her deceased Father's coat.... more »
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HOT DOG
Dir: Bill Plympton, United States, 6 min, 2008, Animation
A plucky hero becomes a fireman in order to save the lives and gain the respect he deserves. Hot Dog is the third film in the "DOG" series.... more »
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LETTER TO COLLEEN, A
Dir: Carolyn & Andy London, United States, 9 min, 2007, Animation
Head smack into the purgatory of modern teenage life. Using fittingly raw and economical animation, this film is a harsh and wrenching plea to make... more »
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MONSIEUR COK
Dir: Franck Dion, France, 10 min, 2007, Animation
Mister Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers by sophisticated robots. The f... more »
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NICO&TINA
Dir: Rodolfo Pastor, Spain, 8 min, 2007, Animation
Nico and Tina are both hardened chain-smokers. They prepare themselves for a date while the tango, "Smoking Waiting," underscores the scene. The son... more »
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POPOL VUH
Dir: Ana Maria Pavez, Chile, 10 min, 2006, Animation
A tale of creation based on "Popul Vuh: the Ancient Stories of the Quiché," written by the indigenous Maya Quiché people after the Spanish Conquest.... more »
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PRIMITIVE SCENE
Dir: Daniel Faubert , Canada, 12 min, 2006, Animation
Attempting to change the course of history, the characters in Primitive Scene battle gigantic carnivorous birds. Primitive is the story of a civili... more »
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