All Films

Il Vitello D'Oro

2000 • 5 min

Inspired by the biblical story "The Golden Calf", the film evokes the history of this cult: a false divinity, a mask placed on the face of the true god by the idolatry of the people.

10+2: La nit màgica

2000 • 11 min • Spain

And Now, Goodbye!

2000 • 60 min • Yugoslavia

On the morning of 31st December at a Belgrade market, Spic and Djosa are selling baby pigs and Christmas trees. The European mad cow madness is doing harm to their profit, mostly because Lister, an upstart with shallow past, is persuading people not to buy pork. The locals are waiting for a New Year's Eve with the sound of trumpets and popular songs of the past century.

Fatboy and Twintub

2000 • 11 min • Ireland

Irish writer-director Clair Breton's winsome and stylish little love story is the very model of a women's webfilm - a kind of click-chick-flick. Fatboy and Twintub celebrates one of those love-hate relationship where the girl is either screaming "Don't TOUCH me!" or "Do you KNOW how much I love you." Naturally, since this is film, her boyfriend sticks around, rather than bolting for the pub at the first pout. Fiona Glascott, an actress with illegal amounts of charm, manages to make our heroine look fascinatingly mercurial rather than a bunny-boiler. Teamed with a tub of Chunky Monkey and the regulation Chardonnay, it'll ease the pain of broken-hearted female viewers everywhere. (Kate Stables - the Guardian)

A Funeral at the Samba School

2000 • 26 min • Brazil, United States of America

A young maestro and community leader dies suddenly. Family and friends gather at Mangueira Samba School rehearsal building to pay last respects. But amazing things will happen in this unique funeral ceremony.

The Pig's Eclipse

2000 • 5 min • Finland

A story of a pig that dreams about the moon. This macabre tango will reach its top eventually, but does anything remain in the end?

Specialty of the House

2000 • 60 min • Czech Republic

Mr. Laffler is strange. Everyone in the office he runs knows that. The clerk, Costain also knows this, so he is very surprised when his otherwise impersonal boss does something as human as inviting Costain to dinner. But not at home. At home, he says, he does not accept guests. He leads him to an inconspicuous, secluded restaurant U Sbirra, where a very closed company of strange people meet.

Knock at the Door

2000 • 4 min • France

Journey of a man's visit to an all-male sex club bathhouse.

The Message

2000 • 6 min • Germany

The first of Krumme’s films to incorporate a textual element, Message again treats themes of power and control, but now with an ominous undercurrent of fear. In particular, the film touches on the dangers of nationalism and the imagined resurgence of an oppressive and deadly authority.

Ghost Trip

2000 • 23 min • United States of America

Singer-songwriter Slink Moss plays the mysterious driver of a Cadillac hearse who journeys across America to pick up and drop off a hitchhiker to his (final?) destination. The nearly-wordless film stylishly re-imagines the open road as a state of Limbo.

Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage

2000 • 55 min • Canada

When Linda, an outspoken lesbian psychotherapist, decided that George, a bulldozer-driving transsexual, was the woman for her, Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage was born. Directed and produced by Vancouver-based Mark Achbar, the video was shot over a two-year period by the subjects and covers what the media touted as the first lesbian marriage in Canadian history, a graphic sex change operation, and the daily lives and most intimate moments of a relationship generally hidden behind the iron curtain of societal taboo.

Prime Evil

2000 • 53 min • South Africa

Eugene de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil," was South Africa's most notorious government assassin under the apartheid regime. A highly decorated and powerful man, he led police death squads against enemies of the state; his victims were mainly connected with the ANC. The film includes interviews with torture victims and with friends of de Kock.

The Lake Between the Continents

2000 • 55 min • Iceland

Thingvellir actually means “Parliament Grounds”. But extensive scientific research has shown that the Thingvellir area is one of the wonders of the world and is indeed unique. The American plate and the European plate separate exactly at Thingvellir so the area and Lake Thingvallavatn are positioned between two continents. This is shown in detailed video graphic as well as in extensive aerial and close-up shots of the area. At Thingvellir we are standing on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – we can see the ground split, Thingvellir sink and Lake Thingvallavatn grow. In flora and fauna – here is the meeting place of the East and the West. Lake Thingvallavatn is a very young – no more than 10,000 years old. However, four varieties af Arctic Char have evolved in it, and that is a world wonder. The lake is extremely clear which makes the underwater pictures of the Arctic char in their natural habitat very real.

Otopor Sudakshina

2000 • 60 min

From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning

2000 • 6 min • Canada

Propelled by Claude Cloutier’s signature drawing style and absurdist humour, this animated short offers an overview of the evolution of life on Earth from rock to human, with some surprising twists in between.

Amílcar Cabral

2000 • 52 min • Cape Verde, Portugal

Documentary about African freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral, whose story is told by his relatives and friends. Amílcar, besides being a humanist and nationalist, was also a brilliant poet.

Spring 1999

2000 • 7 min • Poland

Animated impression depicting the relationship between man and horse...

The Brotherhood

2000 • 52 min • South Africa

For generations lions have ruled over the Londolozi region of Mpumalanga but one brotherhood reigns supreme: a coalition of two brothers descendent from a long dynasty. To get to the top they have hunted, fought and won many battles. This film follows this Brotherhood as they conquer prides, kill rivals and continue their bloodline guaranteeing their genes are firmly entrenched in future generations to come.

Damned Little Angels

2000 • 14 min

Experimental short by Sirio Luginbühl.

Headstrong

2000 • 30 min • Canada

This video diary, filmed between May 4, 1999 and February 1, 2000, brings together a series of self-portraits, a head in all its states.

Confessions of a Headhunter

2000 • 35 min • Australia

In the film, two Noongar men – Frank and Vinnie – travel across the country and seek revenge for the repeated beheading of the statue of their ancestor warrior Yagan.

The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra - Daughter of the Nile

2000 • 27 min

Cleopatra is still a young teenager, the daughter of the Pharoah, and living a privileged life in her father's elegant palace in Egypt. When attempts against her father's life are made, he must go into hiding. Cleopatra joins him, and together the two sail for Rome, where Cleopatra finds herself a stranger in a strange land. She cannot understand the different customs of the Romans, but she must learn to if she is to persuade them to help restore her father to the throne and earn the right to become ruler of Egypt some day. Based on the children's book, "The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile-57 B.C.".

Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks in: Harasscat

2000 • 3 min

After decades of torment at the hands of Mr. Jinks, the mouse duo of Pixie and Dixie take their cat nemesis to court.

The Sandwich

2000 • 13 min • Brazil

A couple's last moments: their meetings, separations and a sandwich.