All Films

1000 Degrees

2002 • 9 min • Russia

An experimental musical film celebrating the art of blacksmithing.

Always smile

2002 • 5 min

Short animation by Tomoyasu Murata.

Populi

2002 • 9 min

A 35mm film composed almost entirely within an old Mitchell camera over the course of 14 months. Since it's so easy to lose where you're at and what your doing when shooting improvisational stop-motion, it was shot to sound map made from Holst's "Mars, Bringer of War," in order to give the visuals long-form structure. It was designed to run silently as a loop on large-scale exterior video panels of Seahawks Stadium in Seattle. The credits occur in the middle because of the loop design, with the first frames interlaced with the last, so it could silently cycle on and on through the night.

Restoring Harry Smith’s Mahagonny

2002 • 6 min

2002, 6 min, 35mm. From the director of technical operations at Cineric.

Mondo Gabber

2002 • 50 min

A low budget independent film about the clash between two different cultural movements in Brescia in the early 2010s, the Glam vs. the Gabber

Thriller

2002 • 7 min

Thriller opens with the scene of a house in a forest (reminiscent of Tarkovsky) in which a young man in farm clothes bearing a suffering demeanour tends sheep and a young woman in vampiric goth-garb gathers bracken for a fire. They do not look at one another. The soundtrack hums eerily. The young woman looks up towards an upstairs window of the house. Cut to an interior where a younger girl lies daydreaming on her bed. The man enters the house, turns the handle of her door. Cut to a close-up of her porcelain face wide-eyed in terror. The suspense dissipates as he turns away without opening the door. Cut to the girl as she lies back down on her bed, an enigmatic smile on her face. (Some critics have read her expression as relief, perhaps at some averted abuse, but her expression could also be read as triumph.)

Warning Examples for Our Day

2002 • 37 min • United States of America

Before crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites are faced with a subtle threat to their integrity. Association with the neighboring Moabites leads some to give into temptation and wrong conduct. Their actions and attitude serve as a warning example for us today.

Small Wars

2002 • 5 min • United States of America

With a style that mirrors documentary photography, Lê depicts Vietnam War reenactors staging theatrical battles in the forests of Virginia and soldiers at the Twentynine Palms, California, military base training for the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — warlike activities without the mortal dangers of war.

Jeepers Reaper

2002 • 29 min • United States of America

In this slasher parody, five friends find their weekend plans in shambles when a masked murderer shows up to spoil their movie watching fun. Who is this kooky killer and why does he hate 80's romantic comedies?

Ten Minutes After

2002 • 11 min

Hungarian director Istvan Szabo with "Ten minutes after" tells the family drama of a wife who is about to celebrate her husband's 40th birthday. Ten minutes later... the idyllic family atmosphere has completely changed.

Livermore

2002 • 60 min

When Rachel Raney and David Murray set out to create a film on suburban sprawl and the rise of “McTowns,” they never imagined the stories they’d find. The result is Livemore, part documentary, part fairytale, part mystery, and mostly comedy: a portrait of a formerly bucolic suburb threatened by rapid growth and change and the handful of eccentric old-timers struggling to hold on to what makes their piece of small-town America unique.

The Rat Pack's Las Vegas

2002 • 50 min

Join Frank, Dino, Sammy, Joey and Peter in the "Rat Pack's Las Vegas." This unique program traces the history of the Rat Pack, beginning with Frank Sinatra's solo stint as a Vegas headliner when his movie and recording careers crumbled, to his famous "summits" with the rest of the pack at the fabled Sands "A Place in the Sun" Hotel, to the triumphant on-location filming of the Pack's "Ocean's 11" (which showcased as many stars as could make it to Vegas during the filming). The program features rare footage of the Pack in action at the Sands' Copa Room as well as rare stills of John F. Kennedy and other Kennedy Era luminaries. The program also offers frank discussions of the racism that dominated Las Vegas in the 1950's - and Frank Sinatra's heroic efforts to end it for his good friend Sammy Davis Jr.

The Real James Bond's Gadgets

2002 • 60 min

A look at the special technical gadget of Secret Agent 007 James Bonds movies. Some of them are real.

Arica Lynn Schneider and Samuel Holley Murders

2002 • 47 min

On Thursday, jurors in Rensselaer County Court left behind no doubt who they believe was responsible for the massacre. They found Mosley, 41, of Averill Park, guilty of first-degree murder for the brutal killings of 18-year-old Arica Lynn Schneider and Samuel "Frost" Holley, 27, in January 2002.

Habit

2002 • 53 min • United States of America

HABIT is an autobiographical documentary that follows the current history of the AIDS epidemic along several trajectories. The organizing structure is built around the daily routine of the videomaker -- a veteran AIDS activist in the U.S., and a person who has been living with AIDS for over ten years. As the videomaker moves through his day, attending to mundane errands, eating, taking pills, having conversations with friends (some who have diseases like AIDS and Breast Cancer, and others who are healthy), memories of a recent trip to South Africa reoccur and interrupt the routine. In South Africa, the videomaker meets people with AIDS, fighting to get access to the same life saving drugs that he depends on to survive. It is estimated that there are over four million people infected with HIV in South Africa. The vast majority of people with AIDS in Africa do not have access to medical treatment.

the shepherds

2002 • 39 min

This documentary offers a rare glimpse into a way of life that is often overlooked. By understanding the Bakkarwals, we gain insights into the broader human experience of adaptation, survival, and cultural preservation. Perfect for those interested in anthropology, cultural studies, and the diverse tapestry of human societies.

Dwelling

2002 • 9 min

Dwelling follows the dramatic slow and solemn flight patterns of roaring miniaturized Boeings, Airbuses, Concordes, jet planes, and commuter aircrafts as if documenting chaotic airport traffic. Using grainy black and white footage, Sawa’s video is as mysterious and evocative as it is comical. Set entirely in Sawa’s apartment, the work addresses notions of displacement and melancholy, and was completed while he was a graduate student at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.

Completely From Behind: The Making of Curse of the Queerwolf

2002 • 27 min • United States of America

This behind-the-scenes documentary explores the making of micro-budget filmmaker Mark Pirro's 1988 irreverent horror spoof Curse of the Queerwolf.

Dramatis Personae: Everyday Lives of Java Developers

2002 • 15 min

Who is a Java developer? How would you know if you met one on the street? What is the picture of a software engineer’s work practice over the course of a day? What resources, inspirations, and artifacts do they employ, in what states of mind, with what concentration and how many parallel processes over what periods of time? What are their algorithms for troubleshooting and information finding? In the interest of learning about processes of the developer’s art, Sun Microsystems commissioned Strickland to undertake a series of video portraits. Dramatis Personae, shown here, is a compilation of excerpts from the collection.

Coffee Love

2002 • 2 min • United States of America

a CGI Animated short Film about The Plug.

Homo Zombies

2002 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Combining live action and animated drawings Homo Zombies is based on the strip of the same name from LMFYFF's GREENHORN comic. Wandering through the park at dawn, Cute Punk, passive and wide-eyed, happens upon a dreamy world of the undead where there's rustling coming from the bushes and silent figures standing around emitting occasional grunting sounds...

Mao Mao’s Summer

2002 • 2 min • China

An animation based on reality. Maomao lives in an era when Coca-Cola is deeply rooted in people's hearts. This drink is not just a drink here. Behind it is the powerful economic and cultural background of the West. It represents the characteristics of this era very well. The materials of the "Beijing City" she built herself include old tiles from old houses that are about to be demolished, as well as scattered small toys, Chinese lucky cats and foreign "Garfield" that is well-known in China, many Coke cans, and Erguotou bottles, which represent the preferences of a specific group in China, and this is a large group. Maomao's summer records the development of the times, the growth of the city of Beijing, and the changes in people's perspectives in this era that are unconsciously and involuntarily changing.

El Sueño de una cosa

2002 • 1 min

Shot on a small island above the artic circle, this one minute film uncovers an unreal landscape. Each presentation of the film is a new tale. El sueno de una cosa (the dream of a thing) is a game that produces new stories each time it is played; these are the stories of a film in a permanent pre-production stage.

Electric Sheep

2002 • 6 min

Electric Sheep focuses on a primitive and alluring creature — the octopus — as it performs seemingly impossible feats by compressing its body to squeeze through tight, tubular, transparent spaces. While the depiction of this ocean creature is natural, it seems more suited to the world of science fiction. The dominant sound element is Emmylou Harris’s 1995 version of Neil Young’s song Wrecking Ball.