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2008 all films » order by title (102)
|  24 FRAMES 
Dir: Brad Pattullo, United States, 18 min, 2007, Animation
24 Frames is a stop-motion animated black comedy mockumentary about a stop-motion animated film production at an art college in the southern U.S. Th... more
+ winner: Best Animation | | |  |
| ABC COLOMBIA
Dir: Enrica Colusso, Italy, 75 min, 2007, Documentary
ABC Colombia is an intimate portrait of a small rural community in a part of Colombia entirely controlled by paramilitary forces, rendered through t... more
+ winner: Spirit Award | | |  |
| ABLE DANGER
Dir: Paul Krik, United States, 85 min, 2008, Feature
Thomas Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical cafe-bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard-hitting 9/11 conspiracy expose, finds... more
+ winner: Best Producer | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
Dir: Jarrah Gurrie, United States, 14 min, 2008, Short
Haunted by memories of a broken relationship, Oscar decides to join a cuddle group. Here he meets Aida, a woman determined to solve his problems.... more | | |  |
| CLASS, THE
Dir: Ilmar Raag, Estonia, 97 min, 2007, Feature
It’s a story about dignity. It begins with a misunderstanding: a regular guy, Kaspar, stands up for the loser of the class, Joosep. It is an acciden... more
+ winner: Best Screenplay | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| COCAIS, THE REINVENTED TOWN
Dir: Ines Cardoso, Brazil, 15 min, 2008, Documentary
A poetic documentary film made with the patients and employees of an asylum town in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. This is the story of a town that... more | | |  |
| COLLECTIVE, THE
Dir: Judson Pearce Morgan & Kelly Overton, United States, 83 min, 2008, Feature
In New York City knowing what to believe is never easy. When Tyler Clarke gets a cryptic voicemail from her sister, she is left with no choice but t... more
+ winner: Audience Award | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| CRAWFORD
Dir: David Modigliani, United States, 74 min, 2008, Documentary
What happens to the 705 residents of Crawford, Texas when George W. Bush moves to town? Shoved into the spotlight for political stagecraft, their in... more
+ winner: Audience Award | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| DANCE LIKE YOUR OLD MAN
Dir: Gideon Obarzanek & Edwina Throsby, Australia, 10 min, 2007, Documentary
Six women imitate their dads' dancing in a film about fathers as seen through the eyes of their daughters. The unseen men come to life through the d... more | | |  |
| DAY OF GLORY..., THE
Dir: Bruno COLLET, France, 7 min, 2007, Animation
The night before the offensive, a soldier hides in the bottom of an underground. Outside, the war shakes the ground and the man prepares himself wit... more | | |  |
| DAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Dir: Jan Zajicek, Czech Republic, 4 min, 2008, Experimental
A wild love affair that culminates in a tragic end is captured entirely in one shot by a motion-controlled camera. Time is frozen when the angel of... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| ELEGY FOR THE ELSWICK ENVOY
Dir: Nancy Willis, England, 24 min, 2007, Documentary
Disabled artist Nancy Willis is in search of a home for her much loved, but aging car - the Elswick Envoy. This unique small car was designed to be... more | | |  |
| END FOR BEGINNERS, THE
Dir: David Lale, England, 23 min, 2007, Documentary
In a retirement home in Paris, the elderly residents wait out their last days. Nothing much happens other than the odd bout of Muzak and trouble wit... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| ETHNOGRAPHY OF NO PLACE
Dir: Rachel Lears & Saya Woolfalk, United States, 14 min, 2007, Experimental
Ethnography of No Place is a series of mock documentary videos that depict an imaginary world. Constructed from household materials (fabrics, sounds... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| FUTURES (AND DERIVATIVES)
Dir: Arthur Halpern, United States, 19 min, 2007, Short
To impress a disenchanted client, a desperate group of lawyers hires an untested office temp to create a winning presentation -- overnight. The surp... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| HAPPENSTANCE
Dir: Joyce Draganosky, United States, 7 min, 2007, Short
Beth discovers she has a lot in common with her son's new girlfriend.... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| HERZOG AND THE MONSTERS
Dir: Lesley barnes, Scotland, 4 min, 2006, Animation
In a digital cut-out animated film, a graphic fairytale is depicts little Herzog's journey through a forest. The woods are full of monsters that are... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| LINE, THE
Dir: Kent Bassett, United States, 23 min, 2007, Short
A migrant father and son run out of water while crossing the desert border and must seek help from a ranch house.... more
+ winner: Spirit Award | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| LONELY BLISS OF THE CANNONBALL LUKE, THE
Dir: Levi Abrino, United States, 11 min, 2007, Short
A human cannonball named Luke returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania to launch himself back into the lives of his ex-flame Hannah and her daug... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| NATURE OF THE BEAST
Dir: Nate Pommer, United States, 16 min, 2007, Short
Darryl is an ex-con fresh out of the joint and looking to stay out of trouble. Suddenly his old pal Leo shows up, on the run and needing a place to... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| NIGHTWALKING
Dir: Ellen Blom, Netherlands, 12 min, 2007, Experimental
The deaf and blind are the main characters of a lyrical depiction of the handicapped. Their movements are enhanced by painterly piano accompaniment... more
+ winner: Spirit Award | | |  |
| ON THE LINE
Dir: Reto Caffi, Germany, 30 min, 2007, Short
A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the... more
+ winner: Best Short | | |  |
| ON THE SAFE SIDE?
Dir: David Dietl, Germany, 72 min, 2007, Feature
Journalist Sandra Harkow is producing an Infomercial for the Biometric-Lobby. It is to be presented in front of important State and Business Represe... more | | |  |
| OUT OF BOUNDS
Dir: Fulvio Bernasconi, Switzerland, 86 min, 2007, Feature
"Out of Bounds" is the story of Mike, a young Italian boxer from Trieste. A troubled man, like many of his peers, Mike is thirty years old and still... more
+ winner: Best Cinematography | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| REPLICANTS: USER, THE
Dir: Edouard Salier, France, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
Fingers control a flip book that reveals a series of pictures. With each flashing image, spectator access is denied. People, signals of the digital... more | | |  |
| RIVER OF COPSA MICA, THE
Dir: Ryan Uzilevsky, United States, 32 min, 2007, Short
On the European countryside, World War II is changing the course of civilization forever. In the moment of truth, a politician must choose between... more | | |  |
| ROASTBEEF
Dir: Francois Begin & Miryam Bouchard, Canada, 6 min, 2007, Experimental
A woman becomes inspired to perform an enticing dance for a butcher who cuts roast beef.
... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE
Dir: Shad Clark, United States, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
The voice-over of an antidepressant commercial spills across several successive spots as the increasingly disconcerting list of possible side effect... more | | |  |
| SMALL APARTMENT
Dir: Andrew Betzer, United States, 8 min, 2007, Short
A middle aged man, his son, and his daughter-in-law explore love and perversion in 700 square feet of space.... more | | |  |
| SUDDENLY, LAST WINTER
Dir: Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi, Italy, 80 min, 2008, Documentary
Suddenly Last Winter is the story of Gustav and Luca. Their life changes when the Italian government presents a draft law that would give rights to... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| TEAT BEAT OF SEX
Dir: Signe Baumane, United States, 4 min, 2007, Animation
A shocking view of sex is portrayed from a woman's perspective.... more | | |  |
| THICK-SKINNED
Dir: Jean-Bernard Marlin & Benoit Rambourg, France, 14 min, 2007, Short
A child of 12 years old tries to kill a boy from his neighborhood to impress his father... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| THREE BEANS FOR GEORGE
Dir: Sean Anicic, Canada, 5 min, 2007, Short
This whimsical yet darkly comedic tale tells the story of a man who trades the dusty remains of a friend for a handful of beans in an attempt to bri... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| TRAIN TOWN
Dir: Keith Bearden, United States, 15 min, 2007, Short
Two middle aged men stage a culture war in miniature at their model train shop.... more | | |  |
| 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 | | |  |
| WELL-FOUNDED CONCERNS
Dir: Tim Cawley, United States, 14 min, 2007, Short
Nathan Weller is an unapologetic germophobe. Aside from weekly group therapy, he lives in isolation, happily spending his days in a sealed-off bubbl... more | | |  |
| WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MY MOTHER
Dir: Norah Mc Gettigan, Poland, 31 min, 2007, Short
Monika is a 35 year old single mother who lost her legs in an accident two years ago. Her 18 year old daughter, Julia, makes a film entitled What it... more | | |  |
| WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
Dir: Sidse Carstens, Denmark, 10 min, 2008, Experimental
The phrase window of opportunity may be defined as "a short period of time which may be acted on or missed completely." Four characters meet pinnacl... more | | |  |
| WITH DELICATE RISK
Dir: Dane Webster, United States, 3 min, 2007, Animation
The film explores ideas of creation myth and evolution through the use of various systems of motion applied to a human arm. This animation uses proc... more | | |  |
| X.PRESSION
Dir: Laurie Thinot, France, 3 min, 2006, Animation
Glitches in systems may lead to misunderstandings.... more | | |  |
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