Cinematic Era: 2008 Vintage

Dr. Akash visits a tribal village in search of Jhinook, his lost love. Soon, he encounters Apu, his and Jhinook's illegitimate son, who helps Akash unite with her.

Teacher Anna and plumber Clau are in love and expecting a baby. The happy birth is followed by a nasty surprise: Anna's child has dark skin. Everyone can see that Clau cannot be the father. The idyll of the small mountain village and the couple's relationship begin to falter.

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a Christmas diorama advent calendar. Each filmmaker was assigned a specific date and given the props that were used in that window to use in their short. This is the fourteenth film in the series.

Three stories of teenagers who are exposed to drugs and violence.

8-year-old Ali lives in a refugee detention centre with his mother and little sister Fatima. When his mother's precious knitting needles are confiscated, Ali is forced to take action. Desperate to save his family, he hatches a plan using a ball and the help of a girl on the other side of the razor-wire fence.

Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one rule: not to fall. This gifted kid with hair sometimes blond peroxidized, green or blue clashed in his valley: Chamonix, mecca of mountaineering. His thing was to go up and down on a snowboard. . 90 minutes September 8, 2002, altitude 8848 meters, rare oxygen, his head already brushing the sky and his snowboard running, Marco Siffredi, 23, rushes from the summit of Everest in the Horbein corridor and its slopes at 50 degrees . A year earlier, he had already made the first descent of the mountain on a snowboard. But there remains another corridor… more direct. It's not a challenge, just a reason to be... However, that day, at the top of the roof of the world, his trace is lost...

Right in the middle of a game of tennis, two childhood friends are facing.What's going on inside these two men's heads as the game comes to its end?

1 dying planet. 1 species too many. 1 man's solution. To restore balance, all humans must die. An operatic avant-garde journey into non-existence; madness. The film is as much a transcendental experience as it is a cinematic one.

The Kid's Choice Winner and mega star of the Nickelodeon staple show, Drake & Josh, is back with a live concert DVD filmed over 5 sold out Fall nights in Mexico to tens of thousands of screaming fans. DVD contains 18 performances featuring Drake's hits, "I Know", "Makes Me Happy" and "Found a Way" plus a few great covers.

Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter.

A comedy about young people, living in the biggest housing estate in Bratislava, who are looking for a piece of their happiness. Inseparable friends Peter and Mišo fight together, try to figure out how to impress babies and share "life wisdom". Peter likes Michal's younger sister Veronika. However, she has eyes for someone else. Coincidentally, Zoltán, a robbed Hungarian tourist, enters their lives. They try to help him as best they can. However, the situation gets complicated and several unexpected twists and turns happen in their lives...

The thrilling story of a lonely Russian immigrant trying to find the "American dream" in present day Los Angeles. To provide care for his dying sister he works as an assistant to a mysterious and dangerous man, but his desire to achieve something more takes him down a dark and risky path. When a seductive call girl enters his life his world is thrown upside down and the choices he makes may have deadly consequences.

A seven-part "making-of" documentary featuring Jon Favreau, visual effects supervisor John Nelson, Embassy VFS supervisor Winston Helgason, 3D artist Paul Copeland, lead 3D artist Michael Blackburn, Orphanage VFX supervisor Jonathan Rothbart, visualization/HUD effects supervisor Kent Seki, HUD design supervisor Dav Rauch, ILM VFX supervisor Ben Snow, animation director Hal Hickel, view painter Ron Woodall, model supervisor Bruce Holcomb, VFX art director Aaron McBride, composing supervisor Jeff Sutherland, and technical director Philippe Rebours. It visits the three effects studios that handled Iron Man - The Embassy, The Orphanage, and ILM - and examines what each one did for the film. It goes through the appropriate effects topics in a solid manner that gives us a good idea of the challenges and their solutions.

Biopic of Augustin Kazotic (1260-1323), a Croatian humanist, a medieval Dominican friar, an orator and bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the first humanist figures to appear in southern Croatia.

On the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, Shawei Village faces harsh living conditions but thrives on a shared love for football. Children play daily in the sand dunes and poplar forests, and the sport brings joy to villagers of all ages. The peace is disrupted when Maimaiti, a reluctant county official, is mistakenly assigned to the village. Hoping for a quick promotion, he falsely claims that if the kids win the regional tournament, they’ll perform at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This well-intentioned lie sparks a wave of excitement. The entire village unites around the dream, turning a simple game into a symbol of hope, pride, and determination.

The Sámi people (also spelled Sami or Saami) are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. A single daily newspaper is published in Northern Sámi, Ávvir. There are short daily news bulletins in Northern Sámi on national TV in Norway, Sweden and Finland. There is a Sámi theatre, Beaivvas, in Kautokeino on the Norwegian side, as well as in Kiruna on the Swedish side. The largest Sami Publishing house is Davvi Girji. In this program "Topic: Sámi" filmmaker Nils Gaup presents his latest production, "The Kautokeino Rebellion" (2008), author Ann-Helen Laestadius talks about to seek ones roots, and Isabel Pavval share how it is being a young Sámi and youth culture.

Experimental documentary, with animation, shot during a gala concert by the Kantata Takwa Orchestra.

The trick or treaters have come and gone and Kate and Sam are settling in for a quiet Halloween night when a woman appears at the door with a strange request.

Frankenstein's monster does horrible things.

A short film dedicated to the memory of the artist, poet and composer Mauricio Saravia, who had a rare disfiguring genetic condition, yet always saw the beauty in himself and everyone he came in contact with.

An angry alien from the planet Moosha Maa decides to borrow his neighbors destrukto ray to destroy the planet Earth because the earths radio and TV waves are messing up his intergalactic TV reception.

Anton Gabriell, aka The Wonderboy, is a boxing champion who has to quit when he has a nerve injury. But his sick mother needs a lot of money for her treatment, so he agrees to return to the boxing ring and fight the new champion, Franko Moriena, alias The Punisher. With the help of Reta, his manager, he slowly rediscovers his lost strength.

Featurette focusing on Academy-Award winning theatrical animation from the Golden Age.

Five-Fingered Dude is no longer on the force, running a yacht club, when a prostitute is found dead. The case is taken over by Doctor Kardos, eager but clumsy. Meanwhile, a kidnapping case becomes entangled. Doctor Kardos is in charge of the "fight" from the front line, using all "modern" means. The investigation would not succeed without the intervention of Tiny and her little team.

A story which might take place in anybody's life. The death of a person starts a chain reaction which involves the neighbours. A satire of the world we live in based on a true story.

Ina and Joy are emotional charged, in battle with one another, while fully naked.

Serkan, who spends his days watching Turkish movies at home, starts working in a nursing home at the urging of his older brother.

An insurance adjuster from Iowa is sent to California to investigate the connection between several deaths in California and a supposedly non-existent beach club.

Chameleons don't just dance, they "chrome" - an explosive combination of crazy moves with wild bursts of color changing. When a timid chameleon named Hue, who can't change colors, attends a dance party, he finds himself unexpectedly thrown on stage, his shortcomings exposed to all.

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic intent the precepts of ancient philosophy, from Greek to Roman civilization; in the second, working as he did at the beginning of his career on a vast repertoire of pictorial and non-pictorial images, he analyzes the “history of the gaze” in the visual arts, from prehistoric graffiti to medieval altarpieces, from Impressionist and Cubist paintings to modern-day advertising posters; finally, in the third, recounting with irony and lightness a day of solitude in his mountain home, he reflects on the intellectual thinking of writers and great thinkers, relating to his own individual experience as much the words of oral tradition and popular culture as the writings of geniuses such as Shakespeare, Spinoza or Gogol.

In a steampunk world, a young woman illegally creates alien life forms inside stuffed animals. She spends the rest of her days sitting and watching TV and eating snacks. One day, the authorities arrive at her apartment and discover her activities.

A short animated series by Dave Carter - Victims and psychos with social problems.

What happens when an eyewitness to a murder comes forward to the police forty years later? What happens when the detective assigned to the case finds out that it is her mother who has made that call? Laura Posey is that detective and Ava Posey Bedingfield is the woman who can no longer live without her two daughters knowing the truth. The Maltese Murder Mystery is the story of love and deceit, of envy and lust, of hatred, addiction and murder. The Maltese Murder Mystery tells the compelling story of human frailties and the lengths to which people will go both to conceal and, perhaps even more harmful, to hide from the truth.

Lauren is an overachieving teenage babysitter for the Allens, who leave her in charge of their adorable young children, while they head out for some much-needed alone time. Unbeknownst to them, Lauren, overworked and overstressed, is getting a little extra help from a new prescription medication. The meds come on strong, twisting Lauren's appearance and causing an icy change in her demeanor, but the powerful medication also helps her get all of her duties done in a quick and efficient manner. Everything seems normal until Mr. and Mrs. Allen return home to discover the horrifying result of Lauren's brutal efficiency. Side Effect is a blood-curdling tale of science gone wrong in a pill-popping culture where the cure is more deadly than the disease.

Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming Perfume campaign - Coney Island, the playland of New York City, documents the preservation of the lifestyle, joys and history of this iconic Brooklyn neighborhood.

Documentary about the production of independent horror films in Brazil, made by third-year students of the Senac audiovisual course in 2008.

A mysterious drifter and his young friend must save a frightened, forgetful old lady from a memory eating ghost.

Years in prison haven't erased Justin Gatewood's (Mark Redfield) quest for vengeance in this action-packed Western set in the post-Civil War era. Now that he's free, Gatewood still wants to destroy William Curry (Mike Hagan), the man responsible for his brother's death. As Gatewood involves the entire town in his bitter feud with Curry, both men's daughters (Jennifer Rouse and Kelly Potchak) find themselves caught in the middle.

A quiet little island hidden away under a bridge in Lausanne: the bowling club of La Boule d’Or is home to a team of pensioners who join in a very strange game under the direction of a choreographer. In a mix of documentary and choreography, the film unfolds like a poem written by bodies dedicated to the passing time, to the team spirit, to the learning of collective movement and to the peaceful life. An ode to the game of boule… A bittersweet waltz…

Teen Western in the middle of the Buenos Aires conurbano: girl bands, a role and a meeting schedule.

After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country's civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo makes a pilgrimage to Wales to sprinkle his ashes on the turf of the Millennium Stadium.

George Beverly Shea's deep resonant voice has sung hope into the lives of hundreds of millions of people throughout his long and legendary career. Throughout his 65-year friendship with Billy Graham, he has been a permanent fixture at Billy Graham crusades in all fifty states and on every continent in the world. He has sung to an estimated 220 million people during his lifetime, and currently holds the world record for singing to more people in person than any other artist in history. Still more people have been impacted by his music through Grammy-winning recordings, as well as television and radio broadcasts across the world. It is clear that the integrity and humility that have long characterized this man of God have given a unique credibility to all that he stands for, and that kind of legacy is nothing short of extraordinary.

The story of Omid and Emad, two brothers who have become distant from each other after the death of their father and the division of their inheritance. Now, Emad, who is facing problems in his company and is on the verge of bankruptcy, wants to seek help from Omid. Emad becomes delusional in Omid's house and, following this delusion, murders all the family members and then the police arrest him and...

This film shows three different stories. A melodrama that shows the pure love, loyalty, and friendship of young people. A comedy that shows the fun life of students full of adventures. A melodrama that shows the friendship and strong bonds of humanity.

Four young people are left behind in an amusement park after closing time. They have the most fun, until Eddie the Clown appears.

Penelope (Elizabeth Raven) is back in an all-new adventure! The Nazis (Debbie D) want the “hypnotic gem” and will stop at nothing to get it including murdering a young girl (Laura Giglio) and leaving Penelope to be blown to bits! And will the present day Penelope also face death by drowning? Learn all this and more in the cliffhanger adventure, “The New Perils of Penelope!”.

Dea is arranging music for a song titled "Tapi Bukan Aku (But That's Not Me)". Grego, a music academy student, rents Dea’s house. When he plays the piano, he feels as if someone is watching him play the piano. From a bracelet, Grego sees Dea, a restless spirit who is forced by Silbi to join a group of the dead that she leads. The togetherness of Grego and Dea leads to a deep friendship, and love. Unfortunately, they come from different worlds and Grego is already engaged. The love between them finally makes Dea insist on returning back to her body that is lying in coma in a hospital. Dea enters her body to come back to life and to remind Grego of his promise of love.

A presentation of an expanding formation of "Elements of Nothing". The systematic harsh noise shaped by water and trees gives birth to a storm of novel imagination in the viewer's emotions.

Lola loves weddings, but her marriage is in crisis and she suspects that Jorge, her husband, has fallen in love with Yasmina. Yasmina wants to marry Javi as soon as possible, but Javi, a local policeman, prefers to take it slowly. Alfredo doesn’t believe in marriage, but he wouldn’t mind marrying for friendship… or money. The film is a summer tale concerning arranged marriages, social commitment and life as a couple.

Powerful documentary from Emmy award-winning director Tom Roberts which explores the profound human consequences of America's frontier wars through the moving personal journey of retired US Major Robert 'Snuffy' Gray, who fought with the controversial 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Steve Jansen's live performance in Tokyo Feb 29th 2008 - filmed in high definition.

After her adopted son, Er Dong (Li Jun Bai), joins a gang, a single mother in rural China sends him to a Christian school, hoping he'll shape up. Er Dong soon falls for classmate Chang'e, and when the two run away together, they battle to survive. They aren't allowed to marry at 19, and Chang'e becomes pregnant . As problems accumulate, Er Dong struggles with fatherhood and a shocking secret from his past.

Live Gothic is the title of a live album recorded in Poland by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion released on July 25, 2008. The album is released on two CDs and one DVD.

Documentary about mature women who go to the Dominican Republic in search of love.

In these interviews, conducted in 2008, actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin and Volker Schlöndorff discuss the making of The Fire Within.