All Films

Jackass: Too Hot For MTV

2002 • 37 min • United States of America

The stunts performed in Jackass: Too Hot For MTV pushed the envelope for what could be broadcasted on television and even saw pressure from lawmakers to air the special at a later time slot.

The Groovenians

2002 • 23 min • United States of America

Two space misfits named Jet and Glindy, who are searching for a planet called Groovenia.

The Hedge Theater

2002 • 19 min • Italy, Switzerland

Filmed in Rome in the 1980s, the work draws on Borromini’s Baroque architecture and Il Sassetta’s St. Martin and the Beggar. Beavers contrasts winter’s subdued light with the verdant growth of spring, constructing a precise montage in which image and sound form a poetic dialogue.

Kinnikuman II Sei: Muscle Ninjin Soudatsu! Choujin Daisensou

2002 • 40 min • Japan

Princess Darenanda and Arenanda were on their way to Japan on the maiden voyage of the luxury cruise ship Rosebud to deliver Muscle Carrot, a secret elixir that is said to dramatically power up superhumans, to the righteous superhumans. However, a cruel superhuman army targeting the Muscle Carrot appears and takes over the Rosebud. Arenanda escapes alone and asks Mantaro, Kid and the others for help in rescuing the captured princess. Mantaro is the only one who hates scary things and tries to refuse, but when he notices that the princess is exceptionally beautiful, he is motivated! The group infiltrates the Rosebud in a Cessna! Will Mantaro and his friends be able to rescue the kidnapped princess? And what is the purpose of the evil superhumans who are targeting the princess?

Legend of the Flowing Kunoichi Amakusa Shiro Stories ~Demon Sword Evening~

2002 • 60 min

Action period drama starring gravure idol Yōko Kumada.

Okyû kairaku: Wakakusa iburi

2002 • 60 min • Japan

Yomogi, who runs a moxibustion treatment called "Yaito-ya," becomes ecstatic and indulges in fantasies while administering moxibustion to herself...

The Underdogs

2002 • 22 min • United States of America

A graveyard shift mailman is sent to a strange town where dogs have overtaken the townspeople.

A Night in the Monastery

2002 • 59 min • Japan

Joshin, a nun at Taiseizan Mankoji Temple, a nunnery in a peaceful rural town, is undergoing a regular checkup from the local doctor, Kimura Kamekichi. After the checkup, Kamekichi makes a bold request. His wife has been hospitalized in a large hospital for over a year, and they have not had a sexual relationship for a long time. So he asks Joshin if he can comfort her just once. Knowing Kamekichi's earnest and clumsy personality, Joshin grants his request on the condition that he does not tell anyone.

Soyons sport

2002 • 12 min

A couple goes running in the park but Francis needs to pee and nothing will go as planned.

Martin

2002 • 28 min • Latvia

A film about the daily life of Martin, a handicapped child who will always be dependent on his parents. Ever since he was very small, Martin has had to get around in a wheelchair and has needed the constant help of an adult. Martin’s parents, Inga and Andris Skesteri, tell about their life, about their son’s character and about their hopes for the future.

Frühstück?

2002 • 14 min • Germany

Boris is smitten with Til. But when they are about to kiss for the first time an inter-loper joins them. Much to Boris' dismay and Til's delight. Will jealousy ruin everything?

The fair

2002 • 51 min

Who has never cast a curious glance at a bloody tabloid headline or felt the urge to peek through a half-open door? In Quebec's courthouses, curious visitors scrutinize the private lives of their fellow human beings while eagerly following the progress of criminal trials.

Forbidden Eyes

2002 • 16 min • Netherlands

Fernando considers himself an alien who may die when someone looks him in the eye. An innocent expression like 'I saw you watching, you know' is lethal now. A metaphor for the vulnerability of a boy in relation to the girl he is in love with.

London After Midnight

2002 • 47 min • United States of America

A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.

Dziga and His Brothers

2002 • 52 min • Russia

The fascinating and tumultuous lives of Mikhail, Boris and Denis Kaufman (better known as Dziga Vertov) are the focus of this powerful documentary. Using rare archival footage from Russian state film archives and private collections, the brothers' lives and art are traced from Bialystok to Moscow, Paris, and Hollywood.

48x61

2002 • 6 min • Japan

48x61 is a short movie made by the famous director Rintaro (Astro Boy, Metropolis, ...) for the Japanese manga artist and director Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Mushishi, ...). It was produced by Studio Madhouse. This movie was made when Rintaro was 61 years old and Katsuhiro 48 years old. Hence the title. Main characters in this movie are Rintarou and Katsuhiro. The story is about a bicycle race between the two them.

I Love Muppets

2002 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Gonzo the Great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television show was made in 1976.

Animation Store Manager

2002 • 3 min • Japan

This is the Animation Store Manager!! Anime Tenchou is a CM character for Animate, one of Japan's biggest retailer of anime, games, and manga. The character series was created by Shimamoto Kazuhiko for publicity purposes. Later adapted into a manga, a weekly radio drama and this OVA animated by GAINAX and directed by Anno Hideaki. Anizawa Meito is the blazing store manager. He is a fireball who loves animation merchandise at heart. He takes over the dying wish of the former store manager, though still alive, who was attacked by the rival store and becomes a “store manager” of newly opened animation goods specialty store, Animate. The scarlet, “store manager visor” is his trademark.

Men's Circle

2002 • 60 min • Japan

Yamazaki, a struggling screenwriter, hears a rumor that a strange group of people are living together in the mountains and engaging in dubious sexual rituals, so he goes to investigate. At a waterfall in the mountains, men were having a heated discussion on the topic, "Was Leonardo da Vinci gay?" They are reportedly holding a training camp here to settle a dispute on the internet. The leader, Verrocchio, is confident in the gay theory, but refutes it himself. Young Machiavelli is repulsed by his ideas. Melzi, a passionate believer in science, is worried about the relationship between the two. There was also Sarai, who advocated the Basho gay theory, and Borgia, who tried to verify it from Freud's theory...

Tiene Miedo

2002 • 7 min • Argentina

A man notices something strange at night.

Wonderland in the Negative

2002 • 60 min • Japan

When I woke up, my house was a wonderland.

The Tombs

2002 • 15 min

At a mundane evening, Joseph recalls the strange love affair he lived with a young widow, met during a visit to Père-Lachaise. But was it really a love story?

Toy Reanimator

2002 • 47 min • Japan

Set in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed with tin toys. There's one particular tin toy he loves more than the rest. In walks a girl wearing shades, and starts telling her own story, a weird and fascinating experience she had with a toy.

Pink Five

2002 • 4 min

A previously unknown chapter in the Star Wars saga.