Cinematic Era: 2008 Vintage

"Return to the Rafters" documents fans and members of the Boston Celtics during their historic championship-winning 2007-08 NBA season.

Documentation of live Expanded Cinema performance.

Ruth Anson was a teenage reporter for ABC News. One of her first interviews was with the Beatles in 1965, where she asked Paul McCartney if he had any plans for marriage. Forty years later, Ruth sets out to reconnect with Paul McCartney.

An intimate portrait of the legendary Italian screenwriter, poet, painter, ceramist, artist Tonino Guerra.

A group of left-wing activists, rebelling against all and nothing, are holding a pair of right-wing fanatics hostage. An unfocused hitman is, sort of, hunting them down. It all ends in lots of blood without any obvious reason. At the end of the day it’s all about as politically incorrect as possible. Sort of…

The year is 1691 and the 100 year war of conquest in the colonies has finally ended in the pacification and decimation of the native populations. It's at this time that 18 monks would begin their journey by hitching a ride aboard the Spanish Armada to seek the "Woman of the Woods" and a new life in a "new world". Patronized by Dr Christopher Witt, the first Botanist in the colonies and the influential Rittenhouse family on the Wissahickon River near modern day Germantown, Pennsylvania, the monks would go on into seclusion and soon make a last stand for all humankind. This film is a series of vignettes.

Snow Patrol performs live at the intimate In Session in 2008.

The events and subsequent media coverage of September 11th, 2001 create a sexual obsession that threatens to destroy a relationship.

Sequel to writer-director Jeremy Isbell's 2006 shot-on-video horror movie Madman.

Panman: Rhythm of the Palms tells the story of the rise and fall of the steel drum pan player Harry Daniel. Harry is an icon of the Caribbean whose personal life suffers when he places his music above his family. For he is desperate to pass the pan culture to a younger generation. During this crusade to keep the music alive on his beloved island of St Martin he meets the exceptionally talented Jacko who becomes his star apprentice and hope for the future. Harry treats him like the son he never had. However when Harry's fame begins to diminish, Jacko turns against him and embraces instead the world of rock music. But when Harry dies unexpectedly Jacko returns to his island culture to become pan music's brilliant new icon.

Ground Control is a rough video miniature. It begins with the simplest and most fundamental thing the electronic moving-image machine has to offer: the uncontrolled beam of electrons directed across a photoelectric layer of cesium oxide lining a Braun tube, or snow. Recording this chaos involves a fascination that existed during the early days of film: the repeatability of a unique event. A visual sequence which has never before existed and will never happen again becomes reproducible, thereby losing the status of the chaotic. This idea, a result of the desire to control an uncontrollable world, is the beginning of the chain of associations in this video, which randomly acting ants push their way into. The image of them crawling is manipulated in the reproduced images, distortion of their movement is forced upon them. The insects become monsters when, after being locked into the frame, they suddenly burst into the (snow)storm as a sequence of individuals.

This film shows the rich water wildlife in Alpine rivers and lakes from both the fisherman's and the fishes' perspective. It's a portrait of a complete river system, following the water's journey from glaciers through cave systems and canyons through mountain streams, crystal-clear lakes and, finally, down one of Austria's most beautiful and swift rivers.

SoleJourney shows how dedicated and courageous individuals, following in the footsteps of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., use non-violent resistance and acts of civil disobedience to confront anti-gay rhetoric as well as religious and political oppression. This powerful, inspiring documentary exposes James Dobson's Focus on the Family, a well-funded, politically powerful organization that assaults the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. Interweaving stories of courage and commitment and interviews with movement leaders such as Mel White of Soulforce, Judy Shepard of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and actor and activist Chad Allen, SoleJourney shows how a small group of individuals take action against a colossal adversary - including a six-day, 65 mile march from the Colorado State Capitol in Denver to the Focus on the Family's headquarters in Colorado Springs.

The Multi-platinum, ground breaking British band that defined a decade as the quintessential musical voice of the 80′s, The Cure, perform at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte , North Carolina.

On a dark night, an undercover police operation goes stale, but when things start to turn ugly a masked vigilante shows up unexpectedly... or so it seems.

Quinta Seré, previously known as Mansión Seré, is a sports club where a clandestine detention and torture center was working during Argentina's last militar dictatorship.

Amina, a young woman from Khuvsgul, runs away from home to the city, defying her father's orders, in search of her beloved. Along the way, she meets a young journalist named Tata, overcomes various obstacles, and experiences various adventures. However, she learns that her beloved is not in the city, but next door.

Boy George has been away from the music scene for 10 years, and this fly on the wall documentary follows him in the early days of his latest tour and deals with possible visa problems with the American leg of the tour. Living With Boy George not only explores George's world famous success as a musician, songwriter and DJ, it also captures him in his day-to-day life as he juggles his many other business ventures including his fashion store and label, organic food shop and his thriving career as a performance artist, photographer and an artist. This one-off special captures the real Boy George as he goes about his everyday life, and makes his return to the stage.

Love’s labor is lost at an auto dealership when misplaced affections lead to tragedy and self-discovery.

The singer Max Lorenz was Hitler's favourite tenor: married to a Jewess, he was also homosexual. The biography of this outstanding Wagner singer is also closely bound up with the story of Haus Wahnfried in Bayreuth.

Watchmaker is a feast for the eyes and ears, mesmerizing and hypnotizing the viewer on a visual roller-coaster ride for the senses. Set to the energetic and dynamic music of The Tom Fun Orchestra, the film is a layered collage of hand drawn, painted, scratched and exposed images.

A documentary that chronologically traces the presence of women in Brazilian cinema.

A single mother (Óluva Johannessen) is frustrated to see her son (Sámal H.Hansen) lonely and unhappy, so she decides to buy him a new computer that is so brilliantly designed that it can give her son everything he longs for. A computer that can give him love and deeper understanding.

A legend that begins with the magic words: "Once upon a time." Once upon a time, there was a little girl nicknamed Mimezrane for her beauty and especially for her beautiful braids. She was beautiful but had strangely sad eyes. She was orphaned at a very young age. Her boyfriend and confidant was Hennouche, a mischievous little boy with big black eyes. They lived together a carefree childhood. Time passed. They grew up. Hennouche became a goat herder with a melodious voice; Mimezrane, for her part, became a washerwoman and, on occasion, a water carrier. Both accepted their fate without ever complaining. Yet, even in her poverty, Mimezrane was the most beautiful of all.

The story about how a life of an individual is dominated by the fate written by almighty. The story is of the time when Zamindari sytem used to prevail in the East Indian villages. And how a small boy’s life takes twist and turns according to the mercy of the fate written.

A room in a shady lodge near the railway station in a small town. People live in this room and cannot escape. Glimpses of their existences, impressions significant only in their insignificance.

Through a unique, “mom-and-pop” style film festival, a small town in south Dakota celebrates its most famous native son, Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering African American filmmaker of the early 1900’s.

Author on her work: Short film "UN-good" is produced within the project "Cinema poetry" in September 2008. It is a story about an imaginary phone call of a girl, but the imagination becomes real. Short film is based on the original text of a poem "UN-good" by poet Erika Berzina.

A story about a very special summer in a life of twelve years old Mishka.

Two men sitting in a car on New Year's Eve; one of them already has decided their fate. What follows is the story of the night that have had, and the events that led to his untimely death. In his last hours, these two criminals address the disappointments and paths taken in their lives.

A group of criminals kidnaps a young entrepreneur in the north of Mexico, and by accident also a young musician who was with the businessman

An inspirational documentary about survival and rescue, which tells the stories of people who emerged alive against all the odds from the Kings Cross train bombing

'This show was recorded in the midst of a weeklong bout of insomnia. If you hear any poor sentence structure, this is due to part of my brain keeping me awake as some sort of neurological joke.' Essentially a breakdown show then.

Known to the world from Indie film sensation "ONCE", THE SWELL SEASON is Irish singer Glen Hansard (of the band The Frames) and Czech newcomer Marketa Irglova. On a Crisp Autumn night shortly before receiving one Acadamy Award and two Grammy Award Nominations for music from "ONCE", the duo performed before an intimate Artists Den audience at the Good Shepherd Center Chapel in Seattle, a historic landmark built in 1906 as a shelter for young wayward or orphaned girls. The Magic of Hansard and Irglova playing together live is captured here for the first time

Should you really bother giving a homeless guy five pence? When some handy advice would probably be more useful yet equally resented? Does all cultural identity fundamentally suck? Is it sexist to hate women? Have you spotted the inherent Socratic irony in any of these questions, laughed then secretly given the question more credence than it deserves?, I would say "then this is the show for you"

Two idiots attempt to make a movie about the search for the molepeople. Things go sideways when they enlist the help of a zonked out stoner.

Jack, Bobby and Alex are on a dirt-biking vacation in the remote canyons of the Mojave south of Palm Springs, unaware that this part of the desert is the main route for illegal immigrants who are making a desperate run to the U.S. Riding alone out in this endless maze of canyons, miles from civilization, the three city boys stumble across the body of an illegal immigrant who has been shot to death. They soon encounter the killers: a couple of locals who have made a game out of hunting the desert-weary illegals. They quickly end up captured and imprisoned by these human predators and find themselves in a life-and-death struggle. Can their will to survive keep them alive long enough to escape purgatory?

An omnibus drama based on actual incidents and bizarre phenomena. The film stars Erina, a member of the idol unit "cherry blossom mint's," and embodies a world that oscillates between fiction and non-fiction.

Abastab is a movie about some young jobless men, who are considered to be hooligans, when all they do is to help the people in need. People disregard them, insult them for being rude and whiling away time. When one such boy finds a job after his brother's death, his friends find themselves more useless and wasted. This story is about their struggles regarding life, career, love and family.

The feature documentary The Fair Trade tells the story of Tamara Johnston who, devastated by the tragic death of her fiance, makes a bargain with God in exchange for a meaningful life. She and her twin sister Shelby join forces with brother-in-law Steven to start one of the first fair trade skincare companies—Anti-Body. Even as Tamara becomes a successful activist for human rights and social justice causes, despair over her loss remains unabated. As she nears the deadline of her bargain, a trip to Africa allows her to visit the fair trade co-op from which Anti-Body buys its organic shea butter. There, she finds a surprising answer to what is required of her in exchange for a sustainable life.

This story follows the journey of a family through a medical situation involving one daughter's need for a kidney (Jenny), her sister Maureen, and their parents. Through a series of failures in various sports, Maureen finds that she has a natural gift for running, and even breaks several world records. During this time, her little sister's kidneys begin to fail and she needs a transplant as soon as possible.

A man follows a woman through the streets.

Michael's (Michael Vega) lover, Chad, dies of cancer and then he reappears at Michael's side as an angel to guide him through the next stages of life -- which is a good thing, since Michael's life soon becomes exceedingly complicated. Harboring growing feelings for both the psychiatrist Chad has instructed to console him and the cute boy he meets online shortly after Chad's death, Michael is going to need celestial intervention in this romantic drama.

Recorded live at Firefest V, on October 25 2008 at Nottingham Rock City. Setlist: "Make It Loud", "Disc-connected", "I Wanna Rock With You", "Ghosts Of Summer", "Baby Wants To Rock", "Time To Let Go", "Waiting For The Roar", "You Take Me Higher", "Candle In The Window", "Don't Stop The Sandman", "Love Waits" Bonus features include: Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA 1990 | Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 1990 | Heartbreak Hotel music video

If an airplane encounters birds, the birds normally are on the losing end. But what if the airplane is smaller than the bird?

A mysterious beauty named Erika suddenly bursts into the pachislot world like the wind. Her extraordinary sense of competition and ingenuity quickly create a stir in the industry. Erika quickly becomes a one-of-a-kind presence in the world of pachislot, but...

Near Charleroi, Colin lives alone with his mother in a dilapidated house that collapses a little more each day. Faced with this misery, he writes with his friends in his room, which has been converted into a kind of improvised "youth center." Rap. As a safety valve and a necessity. The only way they have found to talk about this poverty in the heart of Europe, which is no longer even visible. Not even on our TV screens. As long as the house stands, they will not go outside. As long as they write together, they will not fall.

In a small house with oversized furniture, located in a rice field in Asia, some children wearing army clothes and weapons, start playing war, creating between each other two armies and using children's toys, laser weapons, machine guns and helicopters. Slowly, as the game progresses, they start imitating war scenes as seen on TV, such as negotiations and death scenes. At the end of the film, the children are coming out of the house and they deposit their weapons in front of it. The smallest child comes out in the end with a burning bramble stick in his hand and lights the pile of weapons. All the children leave while the pile is burning. In over twenty countries around the world, children are direct participants in war. Denied a childhood and often subjected to horrific violence, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 children are serving as soldiers for both rebel groups and government forces in current armed conflicts. Dangerous Games is a work of fiction.

Helene harbors a secret sexual fantasy of being raped. She hires a gigolo to fulfill her fantasy, but the rape does not go according to the scenario. Faced with unforeseen complications to her plan, Helene must confront the true nature of her desire.

In a provincial town, a man who makes wooden saints goes bankrupt when it is discovered that he also carves erotic figures.

About the meeting of a boy and a dog. A woman found a stray dog, washed and fed it. At the same time, the boy tries to prove to his father that he is an adult and can have a four-legged pet and look after it. But before they are be together, they will have to pass several tests.

Short documentary on the life and music of scumpunk icon GG Allin, featuring insights from fans, friends and family.

Civilization is a multi-layered tableau of interconnecting images that illustrates a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of eternal punishment and celestial reward. More than 300 individual channels of looped video are blended into an expansive landscape that continuously scrolls upward, from the depths of hell to the gates of heaven.

The road linking Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania corresponds to the site of a huge EU infrastructure project called Corridor #8. Corridor No. 8+ is a mosaic film combining fragments from the everyday lives of the characters who live along this non-existent Balkan road. MUBI