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America
The rules were: one day, one wheel, one shot (no editing). Valérie Massadian’s hypnotic short was made for Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum.
Box
The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..
The Secret Six
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Box
8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.
Box
Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael (19) is a young boxer who dreams to conquer the world; Cristina (33) is a single mother who lost her balance. Two lives; one running very close to the earth, the other trying to fly high up, too high.
Reggae Boyz
Plagued with poverty and violence, Jamaica tries to inspire its populace by qualifying their national team, the 'Reggae Boyz', for the World Cup. When their efforts start to fall short, Winnie Schäfer, a colorful German coach, teams up with reggae musicians to unite Jamaica beyond the soccer pitch.
1:11
Tomek is a young doctor specialised in obstetrics sonography. He lives lost among the women around him. One night he is abruptly woken up by a dead call from his father. This seemingly unimportant event gradually gains significance.
Dungoona
It centers around Mr Berlin, a brilliant teacher in a rough-as-guts Australian school and his best and worst student: foul-mouthed, pregnant fifteen-year-old Gemma. Mr Berlin challenges the kids of Dungoona to shape up and rise out of the cycle of poverty they find themselves in.
Little Grey Fergie: Country Fun!
The adventures of a Little Grey Fergie tractor with a magical spark plug which makes him a living being, and his “family” and the people working on their farm.
The Wakeful Sleeper
B., a film-maker and insomniac, decides to rescue his hours of insomnia from the void by filming his quest for sleep. The insomniac asks questions about these different states of consciousness and about the difficulties humans have in synchronising their social rhythms and biological ones.
The War in Paris
In Paris, in 1943, Jules, a 19-year-old Jew, lived without an ideal, tossed about by circumstances. He becomes in turn a traitor then a hero. Thomas, his fifteen-year-old brother, wants to act and fight in resistance.
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Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke & Friends
Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke, the performer, composer, bandleader who rose to prominence in the 1970s and single-handedly brought the electric bass to the forefront of jazz, R&B, funk and beyond, presents the 90-minute DVD Night School, which chronicles the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert, recorded at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA, in October 2002. With guest performances by Stevie Wonder, Wallace Roney, Bela Fleck, Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Marcus Miller and more, Night School captures performances that range from straight-ahead jazz to full-tilt rock fusion to twenty-two-piece string arrangements - all on one stage, all in a single night!
Senior Love Triangle
An 84-year old charming but delusional WWII veteran forms relationships with two elderly women and goes on a crusade to save them from the isolation of their retirement homes in East Hollywood.
Avatar: Enter The World
A behind the scenes look at the new James Cameron blockbuster “Avatar”, which stars Aussie Sam Worthington. Hastily produced by Australia’s Nine Network following the film’s release.
Toyland Casino
A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue.
Kolobok
A collection of cartoons, each of which is a uniquely decorated folk tale.