Film Library

This creative short gives new meaning to the phrase”let your fingers do the walking”…and dancing…and skating…

“Raising a daughter is like watering a neighbour’s garden” – Indian Proverb. India is sitting on a time bomb. The threat comes from within. Thirty-six million women are missing. The economic burden of dowries and the ancestral preference for boys makes the birth of a daughter a shameful event. A film of hope against all odds.

A wry and sensitive look at how a widowed 66-year-old mother’s remarriage affects the dynamics of her family. The film is a visual diary of the comical and awkward events a family experiences as their mother starts a new life. Filmmaker Terri Randall w…

A dramatic and surprising story of a 22 year old Amerasian girl who returns to Vietnam to meet her mother. The film shows the joys and complexities of a cross-cultural encounter.

The narrator, Liv Ulmann, considers the questions of our birth, our existence, and whether or not little things matter. Kasper, the poet, is on a quest for inspiration when seemingly unelated factors lead to a surprising and happy outcome.

Shot on the border of Thailand and Eastern Burma, this film tells the story of a remarkable community of refugees from Burma working against incredible odds to help their own. A dedicated group of cross-border backpack medics travel at great risk through the jungles of Eastern Burma to treat those living on the run.

Heartbroken over an ex-girlfriend, Jay (Nicol Paone) is desperate for attention and fakes a suicide attempt. When she returns home with her best friend Jen (Sarah Burns), she gets more than she bargained for from sympathetic friends in the form of tears, food, and even porn.

In an age of technological integration and urban life, people turn to the natural world for renewal. In this animated documentary, New Zealanders attempt to fathom their deep, personal connection with their land.

Filmmaker Jehane Noujaim provides a behind-the-scenes look at the operations of Al-Jazeera — the most prominent television news network in the Arab world — during the war in Iraq. Through interviews with American journalists, journalists reporting for Al-Jazeera, and high-ranking U.S. military officials, Noujaim explores the nature of media bias, Al-Jazeera’s relationship with the Arab community and the network’s perception in the Western world.

A true story about everyday leaders who refuse to sit back as the Israeli.