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IndieLisboa 2004

Nibbles

Based on the true story of a father who takes his son on a fishing trip in the untamed forests of Montreal, Nibbles presents the unvarnished truth about the pleasures of the road, the beauty of nature, and the unbridled desire for food consumption that lies at the heart of every family outing.
Chris Hinton
Canada

2003, 4'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Niceland

Jed and Chloe are in their early twenties, in love – and mentally handicapped. When Jed accidentally causes the death of Chloe’s cat, which she loves almost asmuch as Jed, Chloe retreats into silence and loses her will to live. Convinced that there must be something else in life to give it meaning, Jed sets out to find it. Led to believe that a dealer, Max, knows the precious answer, a bond of friendship develops between them. Jed realizes that he, he himself, knows what he’s been looking for. Now he must hurry to tell Chloe. But she is in coma and when he arrives at the hospital, her bed is empty…
Fredrik Thor Fridriksson
Iceland

2004, 87'
National Competition
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Noite Escura

A dark winter night somewhere in the Portuguese countryside. A hostess bar where another working day is starting for the family who manages it – the father, mother and two daughters, the girls who entertain and seduce her clients. A world of false appearances and in which the dreams of a different life will end up falling to pieces. Because the father, for whom a deal has gone badly, will be forced to sacrifice his younger daughter, and will thus end up tearing his whole family apart…
João Canijo
Portugal

2004, 100'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

O Estratagema do Amor

Agustina is a pretty young girl, single, high-born and very much her own boss. She has a passion for other girls like herself. She has no doubt that in order to satisfy the impulses of love, the participation of the proud male species is not only useless, but harmful. Young Franville, aware of Agustina’s firm convictions against the opposite sex, and madly in love with her, decides to conquer her disguised as a woman.
Ricardo Aibéo
Portugal

2004, 20'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Oïo

Painting is movement. Mid flight between the tool and the canvas, Oïo uncovers the driving forces of nature and reinvents the world in the flow of the paint: This short film is an experience bringing together abstract painting and the cinematographic form into a moveable work of art: a “cinepainting”. 
Simon Goulet
Canada

2003, 9'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Odya

A Norte. Uma pequena terra e os seus ruídos. As pessoas surgem diante dos nossos olhos. Aproximando-nos do limite de um mundo encantado, não o queremos ultrapassar com as nossas explicações lógicas.
Edgar Bartenev
Russia

2003, 28'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Ola’s Box of Clovers

Told with rod-manipulated puppets, this simple story takes place in the interior world of an old woman after her death, and follows her granddaughter’s journey to understanding her unfulfilled dreams.
Geneviève Anderson
United States

2003, 10'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

One Year Later – Interviews and Radio

The travelogue as a seismograph of the state of the nation: Niki Lerch’s One Year Later – Interviews und Radio follows a simple experiment to investigate the traumatization of the American public after the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001. One year after the catastrophe, the director travelled up the west coast of the US and took random samples, sounding out the after-effects which 9/11 left behind.
Niki Lerch
Austria

2003, 17'
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Or (Mon trésor)

Ruthie and Or, a mother and her 17-year-old daughter, live in a small Tel Aviv flat. Ruthie has been a prostitute for the last twenty years. Or has tried many times to have her quit working the street, but without success. The daily routine of the 18-year-old Or is an endless succession of petty jobs: washing dishes in a restaurant, cleaning staircases and collecting deposit bottles while attending high school whenever she can. Ruthie’s health is worsening. After an umpteenth visit to her mother at the hospital, Or decides that this time, things must change for good.
Keren Yedaya
Italy / France

2004, 100'
Independent Hero
IndieLisboa 2004

Papillon d’Amour

By subjecting fragments from the Akira Kurosawa’s film Rashomon to a mirror effect, Provost creates a hallucinatory scene of woman’s reverse chrysalis into an imploding butterfly. This physical audiovisual experience produces skewed reflections upon Love, its lyrical monstrosities, and a wounded act of disappearance.
Nicolas Provost
Belgium

2003, 4'
National Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Perto

A man falls madly in love with his up floor neighbour. Moved by desire and jealousy, he is going to eliminate every obstacle that lies between them. Unfortunately things turn out as he less expected.  
Pedro Pinho
Portugal / France

2004, '
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Pretty Dead Girl – A Musical Necromance

In this twisted romantic comedy, Mortie falls in love with the beautiful corpess who pass through his morgue until a woman who is alive.
Shawn Ku
United States

2004, 22'
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Sansa

Sansa’s incredible advendtures around the world. France, Spain, Hungary, Russia, India, Japan, Egypt, Portugal… Passing the boarders, edentity control. Sansa is free, he loves women. Love stories. The camera follows him, walks, observe the world.
Siegfried
France

2003, 116'
National Competition
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Sem Respirar

The near future: Bruno is trying to win back is ex-wife. Under pressure from her domineering mother and new (arranged) boyfriend, Jorge, Isabel brings charges of harassment against Bruno. Bruno is tried and sentenced. A device designed to suffocate him if he goes within 100 meters of Isabel is implanted in his throat. But doesn’t deter Bruno, he practices holding his breath.
Pedro Brito
Portugal

2004, 8'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Shouting Match

A video of a performance in a London warehouse. A shouting match between two people, the most elementary form of human expression, showing primary emotions like fear and anger.
George Barber
United Kingdom

2004, 12'
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Signes de vie

One night, near a cliff-top, a young woman receives a marvellous and unhoped invitation to life. 
Arnaud Demuynck
France / Belgium

2004, 10'
Independent Hero
IndieLisboa 2004

Spokane

Two men abandon a boring wedding, run away to a parking lot, a strip bar and a motel room.
Larry Kennar
United States

2003, 28'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

Struggle

Struggle is a film about the struggle for existence, to earn a living, to subsist, to survive. Struggle takes place in the realm of work: on strawbery fields, in factories, in offices, in cars, on the street. The protagonists are: a woman, a strawberry picker from eastern Europe who comes to Austria to build a better existence for her and her child- and a man, a Viennese real estate agent. Briefly there is hope for meaning in life.
Ruth Mader
Austria

2003, 74'
Independent Hero
IndieLisboa 2004

Super Size Me – a Film of Epic Portions

Why are Americans so fat? Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and two out of every three adults are overweight or obese. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast food corportations to blame? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities. From Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, these authorities shared their research and opinions. During the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald’s for an entire month. Could a man live on fast food alone? The film explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health.
Morgan Spurlock
United States

2004, 98'
Independent Hero
IndieLisboa 2004

Tarnation

Tarnation begins in 2003 as Caouette learns of his mother’s lithium overdose in his native Texas. Faced with the haunting remnants of his past, including a family legacy of mental illness, abuse, and neglect, Caouette returns home to aid in his mother’s recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma. Having relocated to New York in his twenties and subsequently attaining peace, Caouette discovers that family ties are never truly unbound. He rekindle a touching relationship with another victim of a tumultuous childhood – his own mother Renee.
Jonathan Caouette
United States

2003, 100'
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

Temporada de Patos

Tlatelolco, México D.F. – Sunday, 11 0’clock in the morning. Flama and Moko are fourteen and childhood friends. To survive another boring Sunday, they have everything they need: the place to themselves, video games, porno magazines, coca cola and pizza delivery. Unfortunately, the electric company, their neighbor Rita, Ulises the pizza boy, eleven seconds, The Real Madrid – Manchester United football game, a chocolate cake and a horrible Duck painting are ruining what was shaping to be a great day. But the real problems are slowly revealed: divorcing parents, loneliness, the confusion of love and friendship between teenagers as well the adult’s frustation of life. Duck Season is a film that shows us that when the light disappears, the stars can be seen.
Fernando Eimbcke
Mexico

2004, 90'
Observatory
IndieLisboa 2004

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons of Robert S. McNamara is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary Of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, one of the most controversial and influential figures in world politics. From the firebombing of 100.000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo in 1945 to the brink of nuclear catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis to the devastating effects of the Vietnam War, The Fog of War examines the psychology and reasoning of the government decision-makers who send men to war. How were decisions made and for what reason? What can we learn from these historical events? Combining extraordinary archival footage, recreations, newly declassified White House recordings, the film is a disquieting and powerful essay on war, rationality, and the nature of history itself.
Errol Morris
United States

2003, 106'
Independent Hero
IndieLisboa 2004

The Frank International Film Festival

A group of filmmakers attend the Frank International Film Festival, comprised solely of Frank and held at his mother’s house.
Bob Odenkirk
United States

2003, 8'
International Competition
IndieLisboa 2004

The Girl and the Horse

A small girl is crying because there is a hole in her stomach. Suddenly a mysterious horse appears, the hole closes up and she is no longer sad. But then things begin to fall from the sky which distract, and fascinate her, the horse leaves. She grows up, but soon finds tha the hole has reopened.
Rebecca Manley
United Kingdom

2003, 3'

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