All Films

The Lizard of Death

2000 • 45 min

My loving emulation of a bad 1950′s horror movie. Filmed in black & white DV with vintage costume, props etc. Computer filtered to look old and emulate framerate. This is probably my favorite movie project, since I had a relatively easy time filming it and was quite pleased with the results. The fact we did the entire thing in 9 months didn’t hurt either! - Benjamin J. Heckendorn

The Ball Is a Scumbag

2000 • 43 min • Germany

"Sometimes the ball is bewitched," says legendary soccer coach Rudi Gutendorf. He's the one who would know, after having coached 6 first division soccer teams in Germany alone and countless others in 38 countries around the world.

Dias

2000 • 10 min • Brazil

Three people live near echa other, but don't know themselves, until a accident put them side to side.

Chameleon Horn

2000 • 7 min • Brazil

The TV Commercials 1973–1977

2000 • 4 min • United States of America

The TV Commercials 1973–1977 (1973–77/2000) is a compilation of four video works—TV Ad (1973), Poem for L.A. (1975), Chris Burden Promo (1976), and Full Financial Disclosure (1977)— that were aired as purchased spots on television between 1973 and 1977. Burden notes: “During the early ’70s I conceived a way to break the omnipotent stranglehold of the airwaves that broadcast television had. The solution was to simply purchase commercial advertising time and have the stations play my tapes along with their other commercials.”

Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Story

2000 • 60 min • United States of America

Dramatization of the story behind the murder of young JonBenet Ramsey. The program provides a concise view of the events surrounding the murder case, as pieced together by detectives and reporters. While the truth about the murder remains a mystery, the program presents the facts of the case, as well as multiple scenarios of the crime and the theories about the identity of the killer(s).

The Gentle Sounding Of Livonians A Week Before The End Of The World

2000 • 48 min • Latvia

A story about the Livonian (Liv) language going extinct, and about the people still trying to keep it alive.

A Small Life

2000 • 51 min • New Zealand

A tragic portrait of mother and child exploring grief through music and lyrical imagery.

Chubby Was Here - Farewell Šumi

2000 • 54 min • Slovenia

TV film about the legendary Ljubljana bar Šumi.

La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza

2000 • 15 min • Dominican Republic

A fugitive on the run from the military attempts to visit his family on Christmas Eve.

Kangchul

2000 • 30 min • South Korea

A tortured man-turned-machine recounts his inner conflicts while being escorted to fight his foe once again—this time in the face of a greatly personal sacrifice.

Boris Says

2000 • 8 min • Latvia

Latvian painter Boriss Bērziņš talks about life and art in his workshop. A documentary that was awarded "Lielais Kristaps" for best debut.

Quagmire in Holland

2000 • 51 min • United States of America

A psychedelic adventure featuring the music of The Lost Vegas.

Gordon Bleugh!: Seafood

2000 • 1 min • United Kingdom

One of several short films. Claymation that follows the misadventures of a mad anthropomorphic frog chef, often facing mishaps and disaster in his kitchen.

Viktor

2000 • 28 min • Iceland

Victor is the story of a conscientious if somewhat withdrawn traffic warden who through a series of mishaps finally finds his place in life. While the setting is unusual the film addresses a wide range of emotions and morality; Love, deceit, frustrated longings and human dignity. Victor, the eponymous hero of the film, is torn between his desire for the supermodel Kate le Font and the genuine affection of his co-worker Herdis. Victor's story comes to a head when a crooked traffic warden accuses him to hide his own crimes. With Herdis' help our hero narrowly avoids disaster. In a surprisingly complex plot, the film illustrates the dangers of repressed emotions, the liberating power of love and the ultimate triumph of good. All this takes place within the microcosmic context of the traffic warden's world which becomes a reflection of all human drama.

Pelotas de Regurgitação

2000 • 1 min • Brazil

Experimental animation scratched directly onto leftover film found in the trash with an old knife. Narrative without logic or coherence. Six people dubbed the film at random, recording improvised voices and screams on different audio channels, which were then superimposed. More than 700 frames were scratched with different designs to make up one minute.

Return to Paradise

2000 • 35 min • Indonesia

The minister of the King of Malaka frames Han, a young sailor who saved him from a pirate, thus becoming personal guard to the King, and he is thrown into the sea.

Coming to Terms

2000 • 16 min • Canada

Alone in his college dorm room, a young man struggles with his family's reaction when he is pressured into coming out to them over the telephone. Damian sinks into depression as he realizes that both he and his family have an arduous journey ahead if they are to heal old wounds and accept his sexuality. Coming to Terms demonstrates how denial and blame can damage relationships and is an excellent video for youth, counselors and families.

The Sahara's Secret Garden

2000 • 54 min

In the north of Chad, in the heart of the Sahara Desert, lies a forgotten mountain massif, which shelters, in its secret canyons, a surprising richness of plants and animals.

Concorde

2000 • 58 min

Fascinating documentary about the Concorde, a turbojet-powered supersonic airliner that was in operation until 2003. It had a maximum speed of 1,354 mph, and could cruise at 60,000 feet. Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued flying for the next 27 years. The Concorde was a remarkable plane which changed the course of commercial flight as we know it, now and forever!

Rasikapriya

2000 • 27 min • India

Rasikapriya’ is a cinematic exploration- the camera's desperate attempt to "see" music. The journey becomes a meditation on Indian rock paintings, sculpture, nature and cities and what the camera manages to create is a canvas of vivid calligraphic designs that often allude to poetry and rhythms of Indian classical music.

Kosovolove

2000 • 11 min • Canada

A couple's impasse is refracted through the world’s great tragedies, and the news of "what is happening in Kosovo”. A tender, indifferent, cynical and bittersweet slice of melodrama.

Masing`s Landscape. Part I

2000 • 56 min • Estonia

Uku Masing (11.08.1909-25.04.1985, born in Raikküla parish, Lipa village) was a theologian, Orientalist, philosopher, poet, folklorist and ethnologist. The residents of Masing's home village recall their memories about Uku Masing and his family.

Rómulo Gallegos. Horizons and pathways

2000 • 53 min • Venezuela

An intimate look at the Venezuelan intellectual Rómulo Gallegos through photographs, footage and testimonies from people who knew him as an educationalist, politician and novelist.