All Films

Den Uyl of De Vaandeldragers

2001 • 52 min

Telvisie registration of the play of the same name, written by Don Duyn. The performance 'Den Uyl, of De Vaandeldragers' arose from Don Duyns' desire to take a closer look at the passionate ex-Prime Minister Joop den Uyl and the time in which he was glorious in relation to the present day.

A Conversation with God

2001 • 30 min • South Korea, Taiwan

The original subject intended for this film was a spiritual medium who was unbelievably accurate. Tsai Ming-liang jumped on his 50cc motorbike, equipped with a DV camera ready to shoot her, to see whether the god would speak to his camera. But on the way, he was caught in a traffic jam of people gathered at another god’s festival. A man in a trance, flashy karaoke girls on stage, a power black-out. During his diversion, the camera discovers fish and underground passages

A Piece of Earth

2001 • 23 min

An old man, nearing death, longs to be buried in the land where he was born and began his glory years, when adventure and romance were his.

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

2001 • 31 min • United States of America

A wonderfully entertaining series of interviews with Pollack, Newman, Field and Luedtke about the film, its development, its themes and the experience of making it.

Arthur

2001 • 4 min • Belgium

Clay animation film by Guionne Leroy, based on the music of Henry Purcell's opera "King Arthur"

Car Bonus

2001 • 60 min • Finland

An American dream in Finland - a brand new car and a monthly income of 150,000 Euros. The worst recession period of Finnish history is over but unemployment is decreasing slowly. The spectacular financial growth gained by the Finnish Nokia doesn't reach everyone. Viljo and Kaisu Mikkonen together with 30,000 other Finnish small entrepreneurs lost everything they owned during the downswing, and return to working-life is not easy.

Mummies

2001 • 46 min • Russia

Yulia is sixteen, she lives in a hut and is pregnant. Vanya lives with his parents in a five-story building. His parents are against mesalliance and do not let the couple on the threshold.

Open Outcry

2001 • 57 min • United States of America

A fascinating look at the high-speed, high-power trading floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Director Jon Else explores this hectic, noisy, seemingly chaotic workplace with his signature style -- eschewing narration in favor of long, real-time shots that bring the viewer right into the heart-stopping action of the trading floor. He reveals the traders' sudden wealth, sudden disaster, and grace under pressure as they exchange billions of dollars in futures and options contracts - for cattle, pork bellies, Eurodollars and the Nasdaq-100 futures. Also revealed is the endangerment of the open outcry trading system as the digital revolution replaces it at many of the world's financial exchanges.

A Dios

2001 • 5 min • Colombia, France

A Colombian kid walks around in his neighborhood with his imaginary TV frame.

Strawberry Spring

2001 • 8 min • United States of America

When a mysterious stalker strikes at a small campus, the some students find themselves stunned and terrified by the going-ons around them. One student, however, becomes fascinated with the murders.

The Sensual Art of Bellydance: Basic Dance

2001 • 47 min • United States of America

Sisters Veena and Neena Bidasha have been bellydancing since their childhood and have travelled around the world learning, refining, performing, and teaching this ancient and erotic dance. Now they have created a series of videos to instruct students in the arm movements, shimmies, and sultry looks of bellydancing. BASIC DANCE begins with a brisk warm-up routine and continues with a step-by-step tutorial isolating the upper and lower body while slowly demonstrating each hip drop, shimmy, and undulation in the full choreographed routine.

The Refrigerator

2001 • 1 min • Canada

What makes a fridge cool? A clip from the Science Please! collection.

Facts Are Safety

2001 • 6 min • Sweden

Warning! This strong film subvert philosophies and messes with viewers' minds.

Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land

2001 • 50 min • Japan

Hamtaro is a kind Ham-Ham with a big heart. He lives happily with his owner Laura and his other Ham-Ham friends until... One day, while Hamtaro and the other Ham-Hams are out tunnel-digging, they accidentally stumble upon the entrance to a legendary place called Ham-Ham Land. Ham-Ham Land is a wondrous place where only hamsters live. Legend has it that somewhere in Ham-Ham Land, there is a magical sunflower seed that gives hamsters the power to talk with humans... So, with great excitement, Hamtaro sets out on a big adventure in search of the magical sunflower seed that will give him the power to share his thoughts with Laura. The great little adventure of Hamtaro in Ham-Ham land is about to begin! Will Hamtaro find the amazing magical sunflower seed of his dreams?

Sexy Grandpa

2001 • 5 min

Two women at a retirement home compete for the attentions of a good-looking contemporary.

The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling

2001 • 48 min • Australia

Christmas time is almost here. It's a time of joy and a time of cheer. But this Christmas, there's sure to be lots of giggling, and with friends from down under, Yule Be Wiggling. There's Greg, Anthony, Jeff and Murray, four great friends without a worry. Instead, they dance and smile and sing. They even make the Christmas bells ring! So hang up your stockings and put up the tree, then prepare for a Christmas full of such glee. The Wiggles will make your holiday bright, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good... wiggle.

Trouble in Tahiti

2001 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Leonard Bernstein was on his honeymoon in 1951 when he began composing his one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, a candid portrait of the troubled marriage of a young suburban couple. Written between his biggest Broadway successes— On the Town in 1944 and Candide and West Side Story in 1956 and 1957, respectively— Trouble in Tahiti draws upon popular songs styles to deliver an uncompromising critique of post-war American materialism. Beneath the couple's marital discord is a profound longing for love and intimacy. Their spiritual emptiness, in contrast to a veneer of happy consumerism, creates the heart of the drama and is emphasized by sudden stylistic shifts in the music.

12 Tiny Christmas Tales

2001 • 23 min • United States of America

12 little Christmas tales from Bill Plympton.

Distraída para a Morte

2001 • 14 min • Brazil

Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.

Plien en Bianca: Biks!

2001 • 56 min • Netherlands

Registration of the second theatre program by the Dutch comedy duo Plien (van Bennekom) & Bianca Krijgsman.

Bibleman: Breaking The Bonds of Disobedience

2001 • 45 min • United States of America

The Bibleman Adventure Team discovers their old nemesis Luxor Spawndroth has devised a plan to trick Bibleman and a young actress Lia Martinez into disobeying God

Resolving Power

2001 • 18 min

In an abandoned power plant, a paranoiac electrician dreams he discovers a piece of shapeless flesh in a jar. Armed with plans, he wanders about a world of post-apocalyptic ruins through various scenes charged with symbols.

Let the Others Deal With Love

2001 • 29 min • Sweden

Do you remember when we were in the Alps together? All the lads, like one big family. That's how you were supposed to live. It doesn't have to be harder than that. But suddenly life comes creeping up on you, and with it, the realization that nothing lasts forever.

The Matwix

2001 • 3 min • United States of America

A Looney Tunes parody of the iconic 1999 film The Matrix.