All Films

Barbados på Barbados

1999 • 48 min • Sweden, Barbados

The Swedish dansband Barbados travels to the country they've taken their name from to learn more about the culture and music of that place.

The Shithead

1999 • 12 min • Ukraine

The main character fell ill. After an enema, he cannot get to the bathroom.

Myth Makers 45: Jack Pitt

1999 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Who might you ask is Jack Pitt? He was actually one of the extras who inhabited the legion of monsters seen in Doctor Who during the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who. His memories of the early days of television and (more importantly) squeezing into Venom Grubs and Mechanoids are both evocative and humorous. But what Jack really brings to Myth Makers is a personal insight into William Hartnell’s life. For eighteen months Jack shared digs with William and this gave him a unique view of a pivotal point in both William Hartnell’s career and in Doctor Who history. Nicholas Briggs reminisces with Jack about Doctor Who in the 1960’s and uncovers some surprising facts…

Sounds Dangerous

1999 • 12 min

When a camera-wearing security guard attempts to track down some missing art, he accidentally damages his camera, leading the audience on an audio adventure relayed through high-tech headphones.

Collective Red

1999 • 22 min • Ukraine

A film portrait of the famous Ukrainian artist Arsen Savadov. The film depicts the process of creating the art project "Collective Red," which results in the entire creative team ending up at the police station.

Hair Now

1999 • 2 min • Sweden

Short animation by Erik Rosenlund

Comienza un Nuevo Día

1999 • 45 min • Chile

An audiovisual testimony about the history and evolution of Tiro de Gracia, one of the most iconic Chilean hip-hop groups. Created at a time when the genre was beginning to establish itself in the national scene, this documentary showcases the group’s trajectory following the success of their album Ser Humano!! (1997), which marked a before-and-after in the country’s urban music.

Erosion

1999 • 8 min

Hand-painted Bradley Eros film

Meine 10jährige Angst

1999 • 2 min

Super8 short film by Klaus Schreier.

How Do They Make Money?

1999 • 4 min • Canada

In How Do They Make Money?, shiny discs dance their way through the mint, emerging as brand new pennies! A film without words.

Flugsoppan

1999 • 28 min • Sweden

A little frog named Grobi and a cat become best friends on an adventure through a flooded landscape.

How Do They Recycle Paper?

1999 • 4 min • Canada

This short film depicts what happens to all that paper we put in our recycling boxes.

Lulu

1999 • 24 min • Israel

Movie follows one night in the life of a Tel-Aviv prostitute.

Who's My Favourite Girl?

1999 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Two young Scots boys travel to school to find that one is offered on by a girl. Despite his nerves his older friend teaches him how to kiss and develops his confidence with surprising results!

Kranked 2: Trails from the Crypt

1999 • 34 min • Canada

A non-stop bombast of sick and twisted mountain biking capable of raising the dead. THis film pushes the limits with an epic barrage of herculean stunts. Shot on 16mm. Arizona, BC, California, Colorado, Utah, France and Italy. Dustin Adams, Cody Begon, Elladee Brown, Dean Collingridge, Dangerous Dan, Greg Herbold, John Jesme, Chris Lawrence, Brian Lopes, Craig Olsson, Richie Schley, Andrew Shandro, Wade Simmons, Kim Steed, Dave Swetland, Fabrice Taillafer, Brett Tippie and John Tomac.

The Arrival

1999 • 3 min • Austria

The first of Peter Tscherkassky's Cinemascope trilogy of short films is a fragmented glimpse of images pulsating with chaotic rhythm as they fight white margins for room in his palette. Mirrored frames being split by white margin and trying to reassemble again like the poles of a magnet, a train approaching station and colliding with itself in white-hot blistering chaos.

Tom Green: Something Smells Funny

1999 • 59 min

Experience the hilarity of Tom Green's outrageous comedy with the Something Smells Funny VHS tape from 1999. This classic film showcases Green's unique brand of humor, featuring his antics and comedic sketches that will leave you in stitches.

Eyewitness

1999 • 39 min • United States of America

Eyewitness is a 1999 American short documentary film directed by Bert Van Bork. The film explores the lives of three artists forced to work in secret while living in Nazi death camps: Jan Komski, Dinah Gottliebova, and Felix Nussbaum, and who all witnessed and painted the horrors of the Holocaust. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

1999 • 60 min • Netherlands

A documentary about the life and works of the artist M. C. Escher. Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.

Life, Autumn

1999 • 35 min • Germany, Russia

It was filmed in rural Russia, near the city of Smolensk. It shows a small village, where all young people are gone and only older people are left.

Celtic Legends: The Arthurian Legends

1999 • 53 min

Though modern scholars fail to agree whether he actually existed, the legend of King Arthur and his noble knights of the Round Table has endured throughout the ages, thanks in part to its immortalization in works by Chretien de Troyes, Richard Wagner and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This installment of the Celtic Legends series explores Arthur's ever-changing image throughout history, from fearless warlord to romantic hero.

City Walk

1999 • 6 min • United States of America

An early Bill Morrison short, in this work he traverses an urban landscape utilizing high contrast black and white footage. The bustling nature of the setting is complimented by the energetic music by Michael Gordon.

The Best of MusikLaden: Kool & the Gang

1999 • 45 min

For three decades, the German television mega-hit "MusikLaden" drew an impressive list of musical legends from all over the world, capturing rare and memorable live concert performances. In this energetic show taped in 1982, disco impresarios Kool and the Gang perform hit songs with a unique blend of R&B, funk and disco, including "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Get Down On It," "Too Hot," "Go Dancing" and "Big Fun."

2 Spellbound

1999 • 8 min

experimental film by Les Leveque