LIDF

Undertow Eyes – BEST SHORT FILM LIDF 2011

Petra Costa | Brazil | 20 mins

Vera and Gabriel have been married for sixty years. In Undertow Eyes they reflect on their own story: the first flirtations, the birth of their children, life and aging. In the act of remembering, images from their family history and from the present intermingle, creating an affectionate and oneiric tone. Through the couple’s recollections and ...read more

Beyond the Sea

Veronika Kaserer | Argentina, Italy | 52 mins

Another world awaits beyond the sea. For 19-year-old Heidi that world is Argentina. ...read more

Just Like Us

Not Waving But Drowning

Elias Grootaers | Belgium | 52 mins

Elias Grootaers’s first long documentary, observes a number of Indian refugees who are arrested and put into a transit centre by the harbour police in Zeebruges, Belgium. Within the tense, haunted context of the harbour and the seaside, and together with them, we slowly lose all sense of time and place. Without investigating their past ...read more

The Art-Qaeda’s Project

Wei-Ming Ho | Taiwan, Province of China | 7 mins

A mysterious journey or a silent protest? By means of guerrilla action, this project projects images across the cityscape. ...read more

Slippery Slope

Lisa Seidenberg | United States | 9 mins

An assemblage of images on the theme of water, ranging from various iconic film scenes, from Leni Riefenstahl’s both lush and disturbing footage of the Berlin Olympics, to old home movies and disaster news footage from Hurricane Katrina and the South-Asian Tsunami. The beautiful and the tragic, the sentimental, and the historic, wash over our ...read more

Bye Bye Now

Aideen O'Sullivan | 15 mins

An amusing and poignant documentary about the fate of the Irish phone box, which has gone from the centre of society to the verge of extinction. Bye Bye Now! is a bitter sweet tribute to the phone box, a historical document and a barometer of how much we've changed. A roadtrip around Ireland in honour ...read more

The Cockerel’s Egg

Peter W. Allen | Australia | 1 mins

The true story of a rooster that was arrested and put on trial for allegedly laying an egg. ...read more

Beam Drop

Tim Marrinan, Richard Dewey | 10 mins

A close up look at Chris Burden's spectacular action-sculpture Beam Drop placing the viewer at the heart of the action. ...read more

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Eckhard Kruse | Germany | 9:55 mins

Compiling shots from different parts of the world, the film takes a humourous look at - somehow very strange - human behaviour. ...read more

Blue Night Club

Cássio Pereira dos Santos | Brazil | 14 mins

The daily life of Juliana and Edgar, a young Brazilian couple who work in the coffee plantations. ...read more

Paintbrushes and Panels

Vivian Ostrovsky | Brazil, United States | 15'51 mins

A collage of archival footage and music about Paulo Werneck, one of Oscar Niemeyer's collaborators. ...read more

My Uncle Bluey

Britt Arthur | Australia | 16 mins

No-one in Britt's family ever spoke about her uncle, and they hadn't seen him for thirty years. He was the 'black sheep' of the family. He owed everyone money and before he left he actually pulled a gun on Britt's dad. At least that is what Britt had heard. Thirty years and 1000 miles later, ...read more

Into the Middle of Nowhere

Anna Frances Ewert | 15 mins

This film lovingly captures the wonder of childhood as kids explore and test the boundaries of reality through play and imagination. ...read more

Nutshimit – on the land

Sarah Sandring | Germany | 51 mins

An intimate portrait about one of the last nomadic hunting people in Northern Canada. A riveting and emotional film about tradition and the future. ...read more

Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist and Rebel

Brigitte Berman | Canada | 124 mins

A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humour and insight, the film captures Hefner’s fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who’s who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the ...read more

Altzaney

Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili | United Kingdom | 30 mins

The people of Pankisi Gorge in Georgia believe that all the important issues of their lives and deaths should be solved through the meditation of a favoured authority. Altzaney is a woman who interferes in other people’s lives and mediates between conflicting sides. ...read more

In Pursuit of Happiness

Ray Ono | United Kingdom | 31 mins

This film portrays a group of men occupying the periphery of Tokyo and of Japanese society. Sustaining daily existances they negotiate spaces within and outside the city. ...read more

Together Alone

Lucy Kaye | United Kingdom | 31 mins

These portraits of elderly Jews living in London’s East End are humorous, optimistic and share beautiful memories. Lily, Cyril, Rose, Hannah and Bleemar may live alone, but once in a while they overcome their isolation and join the rest of their community to let their hair down. ...read more

Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula

Alexandru Solomon | France, Romania | 76 mins

Capitalism with a K – an Eastern European cocktail of power and money. ...read more

Little Alien

Nina Kusturica | Austria | 94 mins

They’re alive. Because they fled. Teenagers Juma and Hishame attempt an extremely dangerous journey to Europe, hiding in the chassis of a truck. Ahmed, Nura, Achmad and Asha have managed to get over the fences. After arriving in Austria, they try to reorder their lives. Jawid and Alem have already spent a year and a ...read more