All Films

Allie Eagle and Me

2004 • 52 min

In the 1970s, New Zealand artist Allie Eagle identified herself as a lesbian separatist and radical feminist. Her often uncompromising work included pro-abortion painting This Woman Died I Care, which was inspired by a photograph of a woman who died from an illegal abortion. In the 1980s, Eagle became a christian. Made in 2004, Briar March's first, feature-length documentary sees Eagle reflecting on her past with a more moderate outlook — she now has mixed feelings about her earlier stance on abortion.

what's happen?

2004 • 4 min

8mm film by Idei Hiromi

Sad Impression

2004 • 2 min • Germany

A man returns home, only to meet his tragic end.

Cloudscape

2004 • 7 min

"The solitary image of the black male figure whistling and enveloped by fog appears to be a song of departure from the charnel house of the racial sublime. But this does not mean it will disappear completely, since race and masculinity still have social meaning." -Okwui Enwezor

History of Chemistry

2004 • 26 min

Short film by Lu Chunsheng.

A Mantra of Time

2004 • 7 min

A short video installation by the artist Bin Bai from 2004.

Baby Faith: God Made Music

2004 • 28 min

All faith begins with babyfaith!?Babies will delight in the comforting sounds of hymns and favorite inspirational songs. The Psalms?of David are highlighted in a gentle and engaging style, along with the message that "God loves you!"

Don't Shoot

2004 • 6 min

Experimental Short by Ronald V Bijleveld

Walking Catfish Blues

2004 • 4 min • Canada

No matter what else happens, if you’ve got it in you, you’ll do what you’ve got to do. That’s the spirit of the blues, and that’s the beauty of the beast that slithers across the land, indifferently taking its chances, from the shore of a slough to the next slough. That beast is a fish: Clarias batrachus, more familiarly known as a walking catfish.

Fatica N. 26

2004 • 60 min

Angular video-sound installation by Daniele Puppi.

Ssitkim: Talking to the Dead

2004 • 35 min

An investigation into the military involvement of South Korea in the Vietnam War is as much digging as exorcism.

In Deep Skin

2004 • 7 min

"In Deep Skin" is an experimental music video, which travels through narrative and non-narrative scenarios while presenting a lesbian encounter. Rhythmic editing, and musical and visual complexity bring the viewer/listener on a voyage from ice storms to deserted beaches to the lonely body.

Tiny Katerina

2004 • 24 min

Northwestern Siberia, Russia. Small Khanty girl Katerina observes and understands the outer world. She learns the voices of people, animals and other beings. Gradually she approaches the unknown and the unknown comes closer - not far from Katerina’s nomad camp an oil rig appears.

Akhmad Yassaviy

2004 • 17 min • Uzbekistan

A film of the cultural and religious heritage of Uzbekistan, the biography of a historical figure, Yassaviy, one of the first known Sufis of the region, his major teachings narrated and life reenacted.

Saint Henry

2004 • 19 min

Henry and Twiggy, two gender-bending delinquents break into a church and hide-out from the police for a night. While there they discover the dead body of a homeless man in the confessional, and Henry, a tom-boy with absent-father issues spends the night trying to make some sense out of the loss of this complete stranger.

Listen

2004 • 3 min • Canada

A daughter's "coming out" to her mother falls on deaf ears. Sometimes people just don't want to listen.

Lead Role: Father

2004 • 15 min

A film director holds auditions for the role of “The Dad” when his real-life father appears to read the part. Past and present intertwine seamlessly and roles reverse, until the secret their estrangement is revealed.

Coming Out at Work Is Hard to Do

2004 • 4 min

When you're in the closet at work, "coming out" is always a drama. But no one expects it to be like the jaw-dropping experience recounted in this short, sharp and funny tale. Coming out at work is indeed hard to do.

The Living Forest

2004 • 12 min

Living Forest explains the food forest system in use in an area near the river Amônia; a consortium in which everyone participates to provide better food for the entire community. Using forest management, the Ashaninka Indians turn degraded land into a place for communal cultivation. Banana trees are grown for food and also as fertilizer for other crops, including plants that are used for building materials. The video also shows how the Ashaninka are able to attract more wild game with the fruit that they grow, as well as keeping honeybees and turtles for food. By conducting studies of plants and animals they are continually finding ways to improve their system. Through communal, sustainable cultivation of the forest, these Indians protect their land and plan to feed themselves well into the future.

Wet Sand: Voices from L.A.

2004 • 57 min

Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim-Gibson explores the aftermath of the 1992 LA Civil Unrest in her film WET SAND.

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Hanayome-san-hen

2004 • 35 min

The directors include TBS drama stalwart Akio Yoshida, Toshiaki Hirano, the chief director of "Say Hello to Black Jack," Hirohisa Sasaki of "Screaming Lips," Kôsuke Suzuki of "Eko Eko Azarak," and Noboru Iguchi, whose new work "Love Larva" is a hot topic. These young talents of horror films have gathered to bring this project to life. The cast features Maki Sakai, Harumi Inoue, and Arthur Kuroda, among others.

Zavra: A Passer in Kapsiki Land

2004 • 40 min • Cameroon

Kapsiki are split by colonial boundaries and a mountain chain. Through a passer’s every day life, Zavra’s, we understand how go-between are important for this community.

The Hooley Dooleys: Super Dooper

2004 • 45 min

The Hooley Dooleys: Super Dooper

Martin

2004 • 5 min

Martin is a portrait of sheep shearer and farmer Martin Denton.