Films A-Z

A prima vista

> A prima vistaMichael Pilz, Austria, 2008, 91'

Meditative cinematographic journey by the poetic documentary maker Pilz in which pieces from his earlier work and home movies come together in a ... > Read on
Able Danger

> Able DangerPaul Krik, USA, 2008, 86'

Even in Brooklyn, they don't know exactly what happened on 9/11. But that the truth is not what we were told is obvious in this spoof. Satirical conspir... > Read on
Absurd and Absurdity

> Absurd and AbsurdityMarat Alykulov, Kyrgyzstan, 2008, 75'

As the title suggests, this is anything but a realistic drama. The film takes a light-hearted look at the adventures of three Kyrgyz young m... > Read on
Acasá

> AcasáPaul Negoescu, Romania, 2007, 14'

Honest drama about a taxi driver and his customer who discover the negative sides of emigration. > Read on
Accidental Waltz

> Accidental WaltzSvetlana Proskurina, USSR, 1989, 92'

In her yearning for an exciting life as a diva, an elderly lady looks for romantic attention from her youthful tenants. A humane and unsentim... > Read on
Achterland

> AchterlandAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Belgium, 1994, 84'

The famous choreographer developed her own creation further with purely cinematographic means. The result is not only a perfectly c... > Read on
Across

> AcrossCara Morton, Canada, 1997, 4'

Across is shaped through unity; a film about crossing a bridge. > Read on
Address Unknown

> Address UnknownGuo Xiaolu, China, 2008, 10'

A moving postcard, as it were. A woman addresses her lover in London all the way from Beijing. > Read on
Aditi Singh

> Aditi SinghMickael Kummer, France, 2007, 44'

A secret love between a secretary and her boss in the crowded city of Mumbai. Based on the love letters of the Portuguese poet Pessoa. > Read on
The Adventure

> The AdventureMike Brune, USA, 2008, 22'

An affluent couple on a tour meet an unlikely figure. The show is over, Marcel Marceau. > Read on
Africa Unite

> Africa UniteStephanie Black, USA, Jamaica, 2008, 91'

A documentary about the celebration of Bob Marley's sixtieth birthday in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, in 2005. From all parts of Africa and the... > Read on
After Writing

> After WritingMary Helena Clark, USA, 2008, 3'

Aftermath... Hieroglyphs inhaled in the dust, nothing written in stone but upon blackboards, mirrorwise. > Read on
Agatha

> AgathaMarta Jurkiewicz, Netherlands, 2005, 8'

Unconventional narrative using digital effects about a murder during a living-room party. > Read on
Agrippina é Roma-Manhattan

> Agrippina é Roma-ManhattanHélio Oiticica, Neville d' Almeida, Brazil, 1972, 15'

For this meditation on the pitfalls of appetite and greed, the artist refers to Agrippina, the widowed Roman aristocrat who ... > Read on
Ah, Liberty!

> Ah, Liberty!Ben Rivers, United Kingdom, 2008, 20'

Real life, or at least, something close to it. > Read on
Ahora todos paracen contentos

> Ahora todos paracen contentosGonzalo Tobal, Argentina, 2007, 24'

Beautifully shot, ambiguous drama about an older man and girl on a trip. Winner of the competition for student films in Cannes. > Read on
L' aimée

> L' aiméeArnaud Desplechin, France, 2007, 70'

Desplechin made a very personal family documentary that could very well be the preparation for a major historic family epic. Father is going ... > Read on
AKA Martha's Vineyard

> AKA Martha's VineyardRichard Sandler, USA, 2008, 13'

Beautiful Super8 shots of Martha’s Vineyard; once belonging to the Indians, now colony for the extremely rich. > Read on
Alexandra

> AlexandraAlexander Sokurov, Russia, 2007, 92'

Through the wise and very personal gaze of a Russian grandmother who goes to see her grandson on the Chechen front, Alexandr Sokurov offers a... > Read on
Alice's House

> Alice's HouseChico Teixeira, Brazil, 2007, 90'

Sexual and emotional deceit undermine the marriage and family life of Alice, a simple nail stylist who gradually starts to lose her grip on an h... > Read on
All That Rises

> All That RisesDaïchi Saïto, Canada, 2007, 7'

Juxtaposition of seeing and sounding, sky and stone and all that’s in between. > Read on
All Through the Night

> All Through the NightMichael Robinson, USA, 2007, 4'

A charred visitation with an icy language of control. There is no room for love. > Read on
Allein in vier Wänden

> Allein in vier WändenAlexandra Westmeier, Germany, 2007, 85'

A documentary about a Russian reform school for very young delinquents who have often committed serious crimes. Paradoxically enough, desp... > Read on
Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head

> Allen Ginsberg Gives Great HeadX' Ho, Singapore, 2007, 15'

In Singapore, censorship is fairly strict. So when the film maker filmed an erect penis, he knew he could never screen it at home. And he might go to ... > Read on
The Alley

> The AlleyYang Yanjin, China, 1981, 100'

A disconcerting and exhilarating attack on both narrative cinema and politically repressive master narratives. A victim of persecution pitches a sc... > Read on
Along with the Phoenix

> Along with the PhoenixMasha Godovannaya, Russia, 2008, 6'

As Artist in Residence in WORM.filmwerkplaats, Masha Godovannaya improvises freely on the myth surrounding the Phoenix, the bird that burns up... > Read on
Amazing Story

> Amazing StoryKobayashi Masahiro, Japan, 2003, 103'

Again, Kobayashi takes us along to a snow-covered Hokkaido, where this time a man kidnaps the hairdresser of a small town. Not a thriller, b... > Read on
Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon

> Les amours d'Astrée et de CéladonEric Rohmer, France, Italy, Spain, 2007, 109'

According to rumours, the last but as-ever charming film by Rohmer is a bucolic 'moral tale' situated in the fifth century in Gall. ... > Read on
Andalucia

> AndaluciaAlain Gomis, France, 2007, 94'

Incredibly beautiful leading role by Samir Guesmi. He is in his 30s, of Algerian origins, and has come to Paris looking for inner peace. A playful ... > Read on
Anémic cinéma

> Anémic cinémaMarcel Duchamp, France, 1926, 7'

This characteristically dada film by Marcel Duchamp consists of a series of visual and verbal puns with nonsense phrases inscribed around rotatin... > Read on
 

> L' anticonceptGil Joseph Wolman, France, 1952, 59'

This notorious, imageless film, banned already during its première screening, still remains one of the most radical films of all time. > Read on
Appleseed: Ex Machina

> Appleseed: Ex MachinaAramaki Shinji, Japan, 2007, 105'

Upgrade of the successful Appleseed from 2004 and that was already a stunning spectacle. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a ba... > Read on
Archangel

> ArchangelVictor Grauer, USA, 1966, 9'

This film presents a series of flickering frames of primary colours to groaning tape manipulations. > Read on
The Arietta of a Child

> The Arietta of a ChildKatayama Kaoru, Japan, 2007, 3'

An infant class got into trouble when the council reduced the grant. > Read on
L' armée des fourmis

> L' armée des fourmisWissam Charaf, France, Lebanon, 2007, 23'

In the south of the Lebanon, a boy makes a discovery that puts his life off course. > Read on
Armoire

> ArmoireVincent Grenier, USA, Canada, 2007, 3'

The aviary in the mirror, in-flight hide-and-seek, mischief on the wing. > Read on
Arnulf Rainer

> Arnulf RainerPeter Kubelka, Austria, 1960, 7'

In reducing the cinema to its essentials - black and white frames only - Kubelka illustrates that 'cinema is not movement but a projection of sti... > Read on
L' arrière pays

> L' arrière paysJacques Nolot, France, 1998, 90'

First part of the trilogy that Jacques Nolot completed in 2007 with Avant que j’oublie. Open without adornment, he tells the slightly auto... > Read on
Artist Statement

> Artist StatementDaniel Barrow, Canada, 2006, 6'

A very personal animation. > Read on
As I Lay Dying

> As I Lay DyingHo Yuhang, Malaysia, 2007, 10'

A feverish dream of a young boy. Played by the young talent (Wong Zi Jiang) who can also be admired in the competition film Flower in the Pocket... > Read on
El asaltante

> El asaltantePablo Fendrik, Argentina, 2007, 71'

The assailant from the title is a respectable man in his fifties, a virtuoso performance by Arturo Goetz. He is a strange and charming assaila... > Read on
At Sea

> At SeaPeter Hutton, USA, 2007, 60'

From South Korea to Bangladesh the birth, life and death of a container ship. > Read on
At the Beach

> At the BeachTeng Wenji, China, 1984, 108'

A hidden masterpiece: one part rural elegy, one part urban romance, forged together in an editing tour de force. Rarely screened in China or outside... > Read on
ATOZ

> ATOZRobert Breer, France, USA, 2000, 5'

What is the impact of an order such as the alphabet on the awakening mind of a child? A short film dedicated to Breer's first granddaughter Zoë. > Read on
Attention: Light!

> Attention: Light!Jozef Robakowski, Wieslaw Michalak, Poland, 2004, 6'

A replica of a lost film that Paul Sharits made to the rhythms of Chopin's music in Robakowski's apartment in 1981. > Read on
Autumn Ball

> Autumn BallVeiko Õunpuu, Estonia, 2007, 123'

Fascinating adaptation filled with black humour of the book by the Estonian writer Mati Unt, in which the young talent Veiko Õunpuu follows vari... > Read on
Avant que j'oublie

> Avant que j'oublieJacques Nolot, France, 2007, 108'

At the end of his beautiful trilogy about a homosexual man, director Nolot again shines in the leading role as the lonely former gigolo who has ... > Read on
L' avocat de la terreur

> L' avocat de la terreurBarbet Schroeder, France, 2007, 135'

To put it mildly, a fascinating portrait of Jacques Vergès: notorious lawyer specialised in defending politicians, terrorists and anti-Semiti... > Read on