All Films

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today

2001 • 58 min

Journey To The West is a contemporary exploration of the ways in which Chinese medicine - including acupuncture and herbal remedies - is being practiced today.

Panorama: The Wonderland Club

2001 • 38 min • United Kingdom

Jane Corbin presents an investigation into the activities of the Wonderland Club global paedophile ring, which used computer technology to exchange child pornography. Including interviews with club members and with parents of their victims.

The Real Macbeth

2001 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Tony Robinson takes a look at the facts behind the myth of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and finds a quite different character and story to that created by the 'Bard of Avon'.

Self and Others

2001 • 53 min • Japan

In 1983, photographer Gocho Shigeo met an early death at the young age of 36. The view we see reflected in Gocho’s photographic images has become more profound over time since his death and has struck a chord in people’s hearts. While focusing on Gocho’s collection of photographs Self and Others, the film also visits places associated with him, creating a collage with the manuscripts, letters, photographs and voice recordings remaining in an attempt to capture “one more gesture”—a theme pursued by Gocho through photographic expression. This film is neither a critical biography nor a monograph on the photographer. Rather, we are offered a new perception. As if mesmerized, the photographs Gocho left behind captivate us in their gaze.

Science Please!

2001 • 22 min • Canada

A minute of science, please. is a delightful collection of small one-minute films each explaining, using animation, archival images, and an often humorous narrative, various phenomena and scientific discoveries.

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

2001 • 46 min

Bravo provides behind the scenes insights into magic act Penn & Teller.

The Fish of the Fish

2001 • 1 min • Japan

A small white fish enters the frame and is eaten by a larger one, then the latter is in turn eaten by an even larger fish... At the end, only a huge white fish remains which seems to shrink in size. swimming towards the bottom of the screen. He leaves the frame and the cycle resumes.

Eyeball Eddie

2001 • 29 min • United States of America

"Eyeball Eddie" is the story of the stormy relationship between a prosthetic glass eye and the insecure boy stuck behind it. What follows is a dark comedy about the price of popularity. In the world of high-school wrestling, there is only the strong and the weak.

Lights for Gita

2001 • 7 min • Canada

This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu festival of lights - in her new home in Canada. But it's nothing like New Delhi, where she comes from. The weather is cold and grey and a terrible ice storm cuts off the power, ruining her plans for a party. Obviously, a Divali celebration now is impossible. Or is it? As Gita experiences the glittering beauty of the icy streets outside, the traditional festival of lights comes alive in a sparkling new way.

A Splendid Dance

2001 • 2 min • Japan

A sewing dummy turns on itself. Her white dress then reveals her different layers of colors. It then returns to a stationary state.

The Duke at Fox

2001 • 40 min • United States of America

Clip job of the numerous films John Wayne made at 20th Century Fox with commentary from those who knew him.

Drive-In Movie Memories

2001 • 57 min • United States of America

A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.

Go Friends!

2001 • 48 min • Sweden

Follow Friends on their journey after winning Melodifestivalen to represent Sweden at Eurovision in Copenhagen.

The Ground

2001 • 22 min • Greece, United States of America, Switzerland

Interweaving stonework and filmmaking, Beavers evokes memory through hammer strokes and chisel sounds that shape both image and rhythm. In this dialogue of repetition and variation, the film carves out a space where emptiness itself gains form, allowing vision beyond sight.

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001 • 56 min • United States of America

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo, played in the film by actor Roy Scheider.

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

2001 • 50 min • United Kingdom

The dramatic stories of Fritz Wiessner’s 1939 K2 expedition and Charlie Houston’s return in 1953. K2 is one of the hardest mountains in the world to climb. This film focuses on the expeditions of Fritz Wiessner and Charlie Houston in 1953. An award winner at the Banff, Telluride, Trento and Prague film festivals.

The Making of Midway

2001 • 39 min • United States of America

The making of the 1976 movie.

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

2001 • 20 min

A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," which discusses the making of the film, the origins of the songs (including portions of two that were dropped in pre-production), the pre-release edits supposedly made against the creators' wishes, and the 1996 reinstatement of those cut scenes.

On the Other Side

2001 • 30 min • Sweden

Ebba and Rebecka used to be best friends, but not anymore. Rebecka is now the most popular girl in the class and a bully, while Ebba is a bully victim. One day the class gets a visit from someone who claims to be a substitute. She tries to help Ebba and Rebecka, in her own special way.

The New Rulers of the World

2001 • 54 min • United Kingdom

The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one big global village, where national borders and national identities no longer matter. But what is globalisation? And where is this global village? In 2001, John Pilger made 'The New Rulers of the World', a film exploring the impact of globalisation. It took Indonesia as the prime example, a country that the World Bank described as a 'model pupil' until its 'globalised' economy collapsed in 1998. Globalisation has not only made the world smaller. It has also made it interdependent. An investment decision made in London can spell unemployment for thousands in Indonesia, while a business decision taken in Tokyo can create thousands of new jobs for workers in north-east England.

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

2001 • 60 min • United States of America

Many cast and crew interviews cue us in on the making of the film The Terminator (1984). From James Cameron's first concept to casting to practical effects, all this and much more is explored here to make us understand how hard it was for this idea to become a reality.

The Voice Inside

2001 • 13 min

While alone on the subway a man discovers that his inner voice can no longer be suppressed with medication. "The Voice", angry at being ignored for all these years, vengefully reeks mental and physical abuse upon the man - the likes of which can only be imagined.

A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's Tales

2001 • 50 min

A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's Tales

Elmo's Magic Cookbook

2001 • 50 min • United States of America

Join Elmo and his Sesame Street pals on their most magical adventure ever! The action begins when they encounter the wish-granting Genie of the Magic Cookbook- who takes them on a guided tour of an enchanted kitchen! Also along for the mouthwatering trip: super-chef Emeril and Broadway’s Heather Headley. It’s a simply scrumptious Sesame Street story of savory surprises guaranteed to get kids cooking!