All Films

Smack

2000 • 55 min • Canada

Part documentary, part fiction, the story of three brothers (Antonio, Sybil and Zed) aged five to seven as they try to find their way in the world. Combining elements of Super-8 diary work, documentary and drama, the stories are told by actual subjects talking about their own lives and range in scope from religious transformations to heroin overdoses.

Portrait mariage

2000 • 9 min • Switzerland

Begins and ends with a textile motif. A pattern of ribbons on a damask tablecloth becomes a broad network extending into the depth of the image. Guests are gathering for the wedding of friends. A picture of relationships shines through the smallest of gestures.

Syunsoku 3

2000 • 4 min

Experimental short by Akira Mizuyoshi.

Karaya

2000 • 24 min

Short film by Kayo Takefuji.

Départ (Departure)

2000 • 6 min

The landscape of a railroad switchyard in a small Midwestern town and the relationship a French filmmaker has with the railroad. As an homage to Louis Lumiére's Arrivée and early cinema, the film feels nostalgia for the mechanical, intertwined institutions of railroad and cinema.

The Looney Plunger (The 500 Meter Loop)

2000 • 3 min • Italy

A fall from 500 meters, a strange sense of displacement, pure perception of the sky and clouds. Space dissolves into pure time.

Another Love Story

2000 • 31 min

Three friends (Yeon-soo, Hyun-kyung, and Jung-min) meet at a cafe. Yeon-su confides to the two about her love affair with Seung-wook. Seung-wook, who had been dating for several months, suddenly announced that they had broken up, and although he was suffering from Seung-wook's change of mind that he couldn't understand, he decided to accept it. Jung-min is very confused. Because she knows that Jung-min is dating Seung-wook, and that the relationship between the two has grown apart. A few days later, Yeon-soo and Hyeon-gyeong witness Jeong-min and Seung-wook walking arm in arm on the street.

The Key from Spain: Songs and Stories of Flory Jagoda

2000 • 40 min

Uplifting account of survival and continuation from renowned Ladino singer and her Bosnian heritage.

Tower Of The Dead

2000 • 21 min • France

Three young people decide to spend a night in the woods but without knowing that they are already inhabited by a sort of monstrous zombie.

Christmas with the Swan

2000 • 45 min

Make this "pastor with a punchline" part of your Christmas celebration this year! Offering "Mashed Taters," "Wanda's Beauty Shop," "Baptismal Bubbles," and other side-splitting stories from his central Texas childhood, accomplished raconteur Swan will put you and your family in the holiday spirit---and encourage you in your faith. Fun for all ages!

World War II Greatest Battles: To the Shores of Iwo Jima & The Battling Bastards of Bataan

2000 • 51 min • United States of America

To the Shores of Iwo Jima: Navy, Marine and Coast Guard cameramen documented the heroic struggle for Iwo Jima in rare color footage, from the softening of the tiny Pacific island to the now famous flag-raising by the Marines. Time: 21 minutes. The Battling Bastards of Bataan: On Bataan and Corregidor, Americans suffered crushing defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1942. This film uses actual battle footage to take an unflinching look at the down side of our military might. Time: 30 minutes.

Nothing Gose

2000 • 8 min

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Symphonia Horroris

2000 • 8 min

The undead Nosferatu satisfies his thirst for blood night after night, vampirizing merry girls. But one night, our vampire falls under the spell of a young girl. He takes her into his home and offers her eternal life in exchange for her love.

Mout tania: mourir deux fois

2000 • 56 min

To support his family sixty year old Hammadi builds grain mills and beehives. This is a documentary about him and his family.

Jason Part IV: He's Back Again!!!

2000 • 40 min

Jason Meyers is brought back to life at his funeral after a relative of one of his victims breaks into the funeral home and brings the killer back to life by accident.

Do Hafte Guzarte Do Hafte Nahin Lagte

2000 • 20 min

When Suman has to go to her mother's house, Bharat asks her to write which she refuses saying that he doesn't know how to keep it to himself. Bharat promises to find the right place for it. She is adamant but writes nonetheless and Bharat has to keep his promise now. And so begins his search for his corner in the space that belongs to many.

Voliere II

2000 • 3 min • Germany

HF815B - Super 8 (Color) film by Helga Fanderl

peking my childhood

2000 • 45 min

Effigy

2000 • 3 min

This piece, the very first of my photogram experiments, I made on digital video. Effigy explores the potential of the abstracted film image to stand in for the human body, in a piece that calls to mind medical anxiety and questions the illusion of scale.

Break Stuff

2000 • 12 min

Jarno Mahlberg's very first short film, shot on video during one night in 2000.

Silent but Violent

2000 • 15 min

Several young people meet their murderer in the forest. The first film from Fist–Productions and thanks to its old unfortunately only available in poor quality. Not a sensible one Script, no acting qualities, pure trash! Only for real Hardcore fans recommended!

Expand Constantly

2000 • 4 min

12-channel installation. The videos show several people chewing bubble gum; a normal video speed is used during chewing and slow motion is used for the blowing of the bubbles.

Mighty Venus Episode 1 - Goddess of Steel

2000 • 31 min

The mighty machine empire “Nebula” seeks to dominate a desolate future world. To thwart it, scientist Kate sends her own creation— the ultimate combat android “Mighty Venus”— along with the android girl Haruka who pilots it, into the present day. The solitary and harrowing battle of Haruka, an innocent girl possessing a complete emotional circuit, begins now!

Getaway in Stockholm 1

2000 • 20 min • Sweden

At dawn a black Porsche 911 is pulled over by police just south of Stockholm. This marks the beginning of one of the most brutal car chases ever-past the Stockholm Globe Arena, through the alleys of Old Town, past the Royal Castle and the Royal guards, right through downtown and the harbor to run from the law.