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FILM LIBRARY
2006 edition, films by category (120)
Feature
FACTOTUM
Dir: Bent Hamer, Norway, 93 min, 2005, Feature
Henry Chinaski (Dillon) considers himself a writer, and on occasion writes. Mostly he quests for the booze and women that sidetrack and seduce, rat... more »
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GOODTIMESKID, THE
Dir: Azazel Jacobs, United States, 77 min, 2005, Feature
When two men's paths cross due to having the same names, lives intertwine, and the girl between them gets the chance to escape her daily routine.... more »
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LOWER CITY
Dir: Sergio Machado, Brazil, 97 min, 2005, Feature
Deco and Naldinho are best friends in a constant struggle to earn an honest living in the gritty world of Salvador de Bahia's Lower City. When a bea... more »
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Short
50 CENTS
Dir: Mathijs Geijskes, Netherlands, 5 min, 2005, Short
a street, a woman and a man... A young woman has to pass a homeless man in her street. She doubts if she will give the man some money; Will he buy... more »
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AVATAR
Dir: Lluís Quílez, Spain, 15 min, 2005, Short
AVATAR: [1] Accidental event that usually implies a sudden change in the course of something. Change of fortune. [2] Trials somebody goes through.... more »
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BUDDHA STYLE
Dir: Jung-Hyun Yoo, Korea, 10 min, 2005, Short
There is the monk of "bong-wha" temple who has much interest in hairdo thinking of the wig in the NIKE shoes box secretly as his the most important... more »
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buttons
Dir: Hector Berrebi, United States, 16 min, 2005, Short
Billy is gone forever. Bobby knows she will not visit again, he is alone now. In a rundown boardinghouse where he spends his days gazing out windows... more »
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DAD, LOOK...
Dir: Bohdana Smyrnova, United States, 4 min, 2005, Short
Teenager follows the couple he ran into on the street of Chelsea. They then go to the Chelsea flea market. It is in the end, in Brooklyn cort-yard,... more »
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EXPLODING BUDS
Dir: Petra Schröder, Germany, 20 min, 2005, Short
The young girls Kate and Echo live in their own land of make believe. When one of them stumbles across the real world, their friendship faces a seri... more »
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FALSE ALARM
Dir: Casimir Nozkowski, United States, 7 min, 2005, Short
A romantic comedy about a slightly taboo, perfectly acceptable expression of love in contemporary society.... more »
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
Dir: Pedro Touceda, Spain, 20 min, 2005, Short
The song of a story-teller will plunge us into a sciencie fiction tale: "The Legend of the Starmonster". A tale about the loss of innocence and huma... more »
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HEADLESS SAILOR, THE
Dir: Lorenzo Recio, France, 19 min, 2005, Short
Alonso Samoza is a sailor who felt in love with 2 twin sisters. But to be able to marry one he has to kill first the other one. One day, the cargo h... more »
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HEAVY SOUL
Dir: Oren Shai, United States, 14 min, 2005, Short
1959. In a world of teenage lust and twisted morals, of drive-in movies and rock 'n' roll, it is hard to keep one's innocence. With a simple roll of... more »
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INVULNERABLE
Dir: Alvaro Pastor, Spain, 25 min, 2005, Short
Elias, a young high school teacher, is after discovering he is HIV positive. Right then he is starting a relationship with Pedro, one of his co-work... more »
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LAST BREATH, THE
Dir: Paola Charuand Lara, Mexico, 18 min, 2005, Short
An elderly villager, is about to pass away. His state of health is severely fragile, but he mantains all his strenghth to stay alive. His family,... more »
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LUCKY
Dir: Avie Luthra, South Africa, 20 min, 2005, Short
Lucky is an AIDS orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village for the bright lights of Durban. He is full of excitement and hope but Lucky has t... more »
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MARILENA FROM P7
Dir: Cristian Nemescu, Romania, 45 min, 2006, Short
Andrei, a 13 year old teenager, living on Bucharest outskirts, decides one day to steal a trolleybus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he f... more »
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PINK MINUTE
Dir: Sunita Prasad, United States, 16 min, 2006, Short
Having discovered that she is pregnant, 20-year-old Luisa prepares to have an abortion. Feeling alternately detached and anxious about the situatio... more »
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PITCH PERFECT
Dir: J Blakeson, England, 10 min, 2005, Short
Bob and Ellis are screenwriters with integrity, talent and the willingness to do absolutely anything to sell their movie. Over four frustrating mee... more »
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PRESENCES
Dir: Patrick Lecomte, France, 11 min, 2005, Short
A young man enters into the bedroom of a house. He takes keys, a jacket leather, the scooter in the garage and runs away. A woman goes out of the ho... more »
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REMAINING DAYS, THE
Dir: Simon Olivier Fecteau, Canada, 8 min, 2004, Short
While cleaning out his closet, a very old widower finds a list of things he wanted to do in his life.
Seeing that he might not have much time left,... more »
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SANS SUPERVISION
Dir: Andrew Betzer, United States, 11 min, 2005, Short
A young couple finds many ways to distract their little girl
while they spend intimate time together. Over three seperate outings, the young girl... more »
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SLUMBER PARTY
Dir: Variety Shac, United States, 5 min, 2005, Short
Comedic short film. See what happens when four grown women have a slumber party. It's supposed to be tons of fun! It's a humorous look at those weir... more »
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SPACE CHASE
Dir: Daniel Duncan & Jonathan Pearson, England, 5 min, 2006, Short
A fast-paced short film from Catsnake Studios. Our hero and heroine become locked in a frantic race using elements of Parkour to reach their goal.... more »
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SWAN, THE
Dir: Nin Brudermann, United States, 13 min, 2005, Short
An intimate miniature of an urban fable that unfurls in front of the artist's window upon the unexpected arrival of a beautiful and stubborn swan in... more »
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THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT
Dir: Stephen O' Regan, United States, 8 min, 2005, Short
A strange conversation about an unusual discovery. Based on the award winning short story by writer Terry Bisson. Staring acclaimed NY actor Tom Noo... more »
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TIME OF THE CHERRIES
Dir: Jean-Julien Chervier, France, 15 min, 2005, Short
A 75 year-old man and woman meet through a small advertising to do a demonstration. But the demonstration will quickly turn into one of their desire... more »
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TRANSIT
Dir: Bani Khoshnoudi, France, 30 min, 2004, Short
On the road to England, Arya, a young Afghan boy, crosses Europe's borders with other exiles. Near Italy he is separated from the group and sent by... more »
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VANCOUVER
Dir: Jesse McKeown, Canada, 11 min, 2005, Short
It's 3am in the city of Vancouver. Two cops make a startling discovery when they respond to a report of a disturbance at an elementary school.... more »
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YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
Dir: Marçal Forés, Spain, 12 min, 2004, Short
Annika has made out with almost all the guys from her high school. Passion, Bananas, blood, kissing, death and dancing. This is a teenage love sho... more »
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Documentary
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
Dir: Andreas Koefoed, Denmark, 36 min, 2006, Documentary
Rahi has seen it all: 36 countries on three continents - on his bicycle from India! Now, 89 years of age and a self-appointed Professor of the World... more »
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CALL IT DEMOCRACY
Dir: Matt Kohn, United States, 87 min, 2005, Documentary
Call It Democracy is a fresh perspective on voting rights, election reform and the unresolved electronic voting controversies threatening to undermi... more »
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JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN
Dir: Lizbeth Mejia, United States, 7 min, 2005, Documentary
My film is about three people, two in the present and one in the past. My friends Marilyn and Yasmine both became pregnant last spring. I know ab... more »
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MADE IN THE BRONX
Dir: Stephen Dypiangco, United States, 10 min, 2006, Documentary
In the middle of the Bronx, a group of inner-city teenagers learn how to succeed by working together to create something extraordinary.... more »
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MUSKRAT LOVELY
Dir: Amy Nicholson, United States, 57 min, 2006, Documentary
Every year in the town of Golden Hill, Maryland, contestants gather for two important competitions in the National Outdoor Show. Local high school g... more »
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NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, A
Dir: Anthony Wilson & Sam Hollenshead, United States, 36 min, 2006, Documentary
In October 2004, artist Anthony Wilson traveled across the United States publicly displaying six paintings of Bush Administration figures. "A New A... more »
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OUR DAILY BREAD
Dir: Khavn De La Cruz, Philippines, 5 min, 2006, Documentary
A short documentary on how one family lives out each day to earn their daily bread. How one man's trash is literally transformed into this family's... more »
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RACER, THE
Dir: Yao Guofa, China, 33 min, 2005, Documentary
Pak Goo is the head of her Female Dragon Boat Racing Team. The team won the runner-up position last year in Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Tour... more »
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RAZOR WIRE RODEO
Dir: Nicolas Pallay, Switzerland, 52 min, 2006, Documentary
On June 16 1995, Jerry Brown, 18, killed a man for a small bag of marijuana. He was sentenced to life without parole and sent to the Louisiana State... more »
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RECYCLED LIFE
Dir: Leslie Iwerks, United States, 38 min, 2006, Documentary
For over sixty years, children have been born and raised here, parents and grandparents eat and survive here... Thousands of families have thrived i... more »
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SHOOTING UNDER FIRE
Dir: Sacha Mirzoeff, Germany, 72 min, 2005, Documentary
This moving and sometimes shocking film shows the lives behind some of the strongest photos taken in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza during the co... more »
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Experimental
3PM
Dir: Iris Bernblum, United States, 6 min, 2005, Experimental
A short story about the irrepressible desire to escape from one's immediate situation. We watch as two friends work together to relieve themselves... more »
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CHALAZAE
Dir: Samantha Krukowski, United States, 5 min, 2005, Experimental
Eggs, shot on glass from below and above, were the primary image material for Chalazae. Of particular interest are the cellular and cosmic forms th... more »
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DARK ROOM
Dir: Bart Wasem, Switzerland, 3 min, 2005, Experimental
Dark Room tells the story of a man and a woman who are waiting for a desired but already lost moment in their love.
The situation of the couple is... more »
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DEF SONG, THE
Dir: Doctor L & Xavier Reyé, France, 4 min, 2004, Experimental
At the sound of the « Big Bang » in an end of the world atmosphere, a surrealistic and inspired collage on the war and conflicts of our century.... more »
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E=NYC2
Dir: Kimi Takesue, United States, 5 min, 2005, Experimental
E=nyc2 captures the dynamic energy and movement of New York City. Structured in a series of observational vignettes, this piece features New Yorker... more »
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FALL OF ADAM, THE
Dir: Gail Sneddon, England, 6 min, 2006, Experimental
The Fall of Adam is an urban regeneration of Adam's fall from grace. Taking the story to new hi-rise heights and wrestling his descent down through... more »
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FROM WHERE I AM STANDING
Dir: Carl Stevenson, England, 4 min, 2005, Experimental
A view of an average day through tilted spectacles, where the forces of gravity conspire to make the easiest task the hardest thing in the world. F... more »
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HARRACHOV
Dir: Matt Hulse & Joost van Veen, Scotland, 10 min, 2006, Experimental
Combining live action, stop-frame animation and a kinetic sculpture, HARRACHOV explores the effect of an arcane force that, like a black hole or imm... more »
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I KNOW WHO I AM!
Dir: SAKANAMA, France, 20 min, 2006, Experimental
Set on L'Île-d'Yeu, a fishing island off the coast of Brittany, 'I KNOW WHO I AM !' is a carnivalesque multinarrative in the form of an epic trailer... more »
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PULPVILLE
Dir: Nina Martinek, United States, 17 min, 2005, Experimental
Valentine visits the the town of Pulpville and becomes
entangled in a triangle of seduction, treachery and
murder. Her father, husband and her lov... more »
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SLOUGH POEM 1
Dir: Anders Bramsen, Denmark, 3 min, 2006, Experimental
An anti-drug picture. An electric look at the silence before the storm. A Cocaine poem. The horrifying experience of mind-altering substances. We s... more »
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STONE
Dir: Samantha Yu, United States, 5 min, 2005, Experimental
A man wakes from a dream and sees his world collapsing. He wants it to stay the same, but try as he may fate and the outside world are stronger than... more »
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TRA LA LA
Dir: Magali Charrier, England, 3 min, 2004, Experimental
Tra La La is a poetical reflection on the ephemeral nature of innocence and childhood. It magically combines live action with chalk drawing animatio... more »
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Animation
ALIVE
Dir: Lucy Blackwell, United States, 3 min, 2006, Animation
Two insects are born into a luscious alive world of food. As they explore their home, they realize they are living inside a tiny bubble. One of the... more »
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ALL PEOPLE IS PLASTIC
Dir: Harald Hund, Austria, 10 min, 2005, Animation
In the history of cinema the modern big city has often served as a screen onto which dystopian fantasies are projected: The idea of the urban space... more »
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BLACK DAY FOR FREEDOM
Dir: Rob Chiu, England, 4 min, 2005, Animation
Created as a fictional back story to the global problem of the displacement of peoples, Black Day to Freedom portrays a city in turmoil with the los... more »
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CHAMBER, THE
Dir: Yu Seock hyun, Korea, 5 min, 2005, Animation
With sound of knock, an old guy who looks like a salesman comes into an empty room. When he sees a miniature house in the room, he puts his hand int... more »
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DEVIL'S CANYON
Dir: Kelly Sears, United States, 6 min, 2005, Animation
Devil's Canyon weaves together a narrative growing out of a collection of abandoned images and super 8 landscapes of the American West. Mechanical... more »
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DRAGON
Dir: Troy Morgan, United States, 7 min, 2006, Animation
After her parents die in a tragic fire, a young girl is sent to an orphanage where she begins sketching fiery visions. When the head of the orphanag... more »
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FOREST CLEARING
Dir: Simon Robson, England, 3 min, 2005, Animation
A dark figure wants to take over the last forest. A lame deer wants to be king. One holds the key to the others dreams. But if you sell your soul, b... more »
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GOD ON OUR SIDE
Dir: Michal Pfeffer & Uri Kranot, Netherlands, 7 min, 2005, Animation
Inspired by Picasso's Guernica (1937), this film is fundamentally about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the name of God, people are infused wit... more »
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IN THOSE DAYS
Dir: Nadine Buss, France, 8 min, 2005, Animation
Rare it must be that Germans came to take refuge in France after the Liberation. It is the case of my father. His nightmare: that someone discover... more »
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INFINITE JUSTICE
Dir: Karl Tebbe, Germany, 2 min, 2006, Animation
INFINITE JUSTICE takes fragments from war reports shown on German television - Iraq war at its best - and reconstructs these frame by frame with act... more »
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KONTROL ESKAPE
Dir: Stephane Beve & Mathieu Auvray, France, 11 min, 2005, Animation
In an out of time urban universe, a crowd of small bits of paper slowly wander, like zombies, under the yoke of tyrannical and violent hands. Their... more »
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LIFE IN TRANSITION
Dir: John R. Dilworth, United States, 4 min, 2005, Animation
Life in Transition is a visual and symbolic journey depcting the continual transformations of life from birth to death to re-birth.... more »
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MINISTRY MESSIAH
Dir: Gints Apsits, Latvia, 3 min, 2005, Animation
One day I woke up from my deepest dream .... my dream was reality. So, I'm in strange house. Rooms have no windows, no doors - like in prison. Not... more »
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NOT THERE YET
Dir: Jason Tammemagi, Ireland, 5 min, 2004, Animation
Not There Yet, the title taken from Irish Rail's inspired advertising campaign, is a journey into Irish transport, one of the finest examples of tra... more »
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NOVECENTO, PIANIST
Dir: Sarah Van den Boom, France, 17 min, 2005, Animation
Born during an ocean crossing, Novecento is thirty-years-old and has never been ashore. Sailing endlessly the Atlantic, he spends his life in the pi... more »
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PAGÜEY RIVER, THE
Dir: Ramón París & Tere Castillo, Spain, 4 min, 2005, Animation
At the shores of the Pagüey River, Honorio prepares to leave his home due to the coming flood, when an unexpected scream transforms his fled into a... more »
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REFLECTIONS
Dir: Suki, France, 8 min, 2006, Animation
One year ago, Thomas Bresson, a brilliant and ambitious lawyer, and Elise, his fiancée, hit a man on the street by accident and ran away. From this... more »
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SCENTSORY DESIGN®
Dir: Jenny Tillotson, England, 5 min, 2005, Animation
Scentsory Design® is a film that explores the fusion of "Emotional Fashion" with health and olfaction science, to create a new concept in perfumery.... more »
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SCOPE
Dir: Makoto Yabuki, Japan, 3 min, 2005, Animation
A primitive part and the consideration that exists in bases of various one to change shape easily with "Substance" as the theme are expressed.... more »
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STALK
Dir: Leigh Hodgkinson, England, 8 min, 2005, Animation
Lonely Bunny has an unusual admirer whose desperate attempts to get her attention intrigues her. In this dark fairy tale, emptiness is substituted f... more »
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WRAITH OF COBBLE HILL, THE
Dir: Adam Parrish King, United States, 15 min, 2006, Animation
On a cold, winter street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, in a worn-down shoebox apartment, lives a teenage boy named Felix. It's just him and his unrespon... more »
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