Bullethead

Running time: 12 mins

What would it mean to wake up one morning and find all your beliefs had vanished in the shifting winds? This is the story of Derek, a luge racer from a former Eastern Bloc republic. As a child, his skull was surgically altered to make him the world's most aerodynamic human. Now the winds of change swirling about him become the greatest test of his resiliency.

"One of the best shorts in the last ten years." - Sundance programming dir. John Cooper

"Haunting...an incredibly creative portrait of a child molded by authority." - Filmmaker Magazine

"Visionary." - Cinequest

"A black-and-white tour de force." - SF Weekly

Official Selection:


  • Sundance Film Festival
  • Berlin Interfilm Festival
  • Chicago International Film

Festival (Silver Plaque)


  • PBS "Alive TV"
  • USA Film Festival (Finalist)
  • Melbourne Film Festival
  • Cinequest Film Festival
  • Sao Paolo Film Festival
  • Locarno Film Festival
  • LA FilmForum

(24 other festivals domestic and international)

Season:
2005
Director:
David Munro
Cast:
John Cragen, Patrick Castles, Ingrid Hardy, Kristoff Opperman
Editor:
David Munro
Producer:
Pam Scott
Language:
English
Genre:
Unassigned
Music:
Jeff Beal
Sound:
Scott Pringle