Time Patrol
UK / 3 min / Dir: Jasmin Jodry / Experimental / 2006 / Australian Premiere
Grey men walk around in the metropolis and steal time from everyday people. Like parasites, the grey men need time as a drug to fuel their own existence.
Audio Addiction
UK / 3 min / Dir: Jasmin Jodry / Experimental / 2007 / Australian Premiere
A scientist discovers the incredible power of ultra-low audio frequencies while experimenting in his bizarre laboratory.
The Temple Builder
Ireland / 54 min / Dir: Deabhla Glynn / Documentary / 2006 / Australian Premiere
Enter the world of David Best, the most celebrated artist ever to emerge from the 20 year-old creative maelstrom of counter culture that is Burning Man. Filmed over the course of five years, The Temple Builder paints a deeply intimate portrait of the man behind the myths; from his incredible art car and collage work, to the powerful spiritual centres he creates in the Black Rock Desert, to his courageous work in San Raphael, CA for the benefit of day-labourers. Best's work powerfully impacts the people around him. This is the story of creation, evolution and of a man meeting his artistic destiny head on. He is helped by his amazing family, his all-volunteer crew, and the community which brings the projects to ultimate completion every year just before it is set ablaze and forever moved onto the gallery of the heart and of legend.
Michtavim Le'Elohim (Letters to God)
Israel/UK / 12min / Dir: Maja Biton / Short / 2006 / Australian Premiere
When someone writes a letter to God - where does the postman deliver it? ? Tom and his colleagues at the Dead Letters department in Jerusalem, has the answer as they deliver the letters everyday. But Tom routine changes when he manages to track down the writer of one of these heartfelt letters.
Hebrew with subtitles
Nes (Miracle)
Israel / 30 min / Dir: Evgeny Ruman / Short / 2006 / Australian Premiere
Since his wife was killed in a road accident 8 years ago, Valera has been raising his son Max by himself. He tries to get money for a trip with his son to Russia but discovers a fact which would change everything he believes Russian & Hebrew with subtitles
Bio
Evgeny Ruman was born in Minsk, Belarus, in 1979, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 11. He finished his film studies in Tel-Aviv University, writing and directing two shorts: “Brother and sister” (2003) and “Veronica” (2004) which participated in numerous international film festivals. He’s currently working on a first feature film called “Private Investigation”
Post Military Trip (P.M.T)
UK / 45 min / Dir: Shruti Bhardwaj / Documentary / 2007 / Australian Premiere
For twenty years the youth of Israel have escaped to India as their post army ritual, trance dancing their way from war and terror to love and bliss. The blue waters and golden beaches of Goa hold the promise of healing, reconciliation and hope. Here, in the land of spiritual development experiencing the best of world music in trance dance the documentary captures the power of change.
English & Hebrew with subtitles
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