All Films

Der Speckjäger

1999 • 50 min • Austria

"The Treasure Hunter" is a portrait of writer, publisher and book collector Hermann Gail, who in his youth gave up on life as the result of a terrible sin. He was saved through an unconditional devotion to art.

The circle

1999 • 12 min • Iran

selected by critics international Cannes film festival 1999

For the Eyes of Mariana

1999 • 60 min • France, Uruguay

We follow the efforts of Ester Gatti to find her missing granddaughter Mariana Zaffaroni. As a child, Mariana and her parents were kidnapped by a Uruguayan military team. The little girl was taken by an agent in the intelligence service who brought her up as his own daughter. Sixteen years later Ester found Mariana, but the girl chose to go on living with the people who had kidnapped her. This documentary raises questions about identity, memory and the value of truth.

For Love of Kate

1999 • 59 min • United States of America

A modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”, set in a motorcycle repair shop. It’s rough, it’s tough, it’s off the cuff... and it's set at Halloween.

Bonur Golpo

1999 • 46 min • Bangladesh

An archaeologist goes to a remote village to research, where he meets a mysterious lady named Bonu, who is considered to possess demonic power according to the villagers.

Territorio

1999 • 16 min • Argentina

Two men compete for the love of a woman with an unexpected destiny.

A Knife Among the Forks

1999 • 4 min • France

What are these two strange things above my nose I'm supposed to see with? They can't be my eyes. No! They'd never have let me see such a thing. And yet there's no denying it : I clearly see a knife in the fork compartment. A knife among the forks!

Invisible Boy

1999 • 31 min • Russia

After the departure of his parents, Charlie gets to a relative who behaves strangely: prepares potions, conjures.

Deus é Pai

1999 • 4 min • Brazil

God and Jesus on a psychologist's couch to resolve family tensions.

The Copyist

1999 • 21 min

It is the young Christian Tafdrup's (Tafdrup himself) greatest wish to become a real film director. He joins the reputable company Zentropa, where he is even lucky enough to meet the famous Lars von Trier (von Trier himself), who does not have many positive words for Tafdrup. Tafdrup tells aspiring young women that he is actually a director, and he therefore gets them to show up for auditions

Tightrope

1999 • 6 min • United States of America

The Dead Tree

1999 • 11 min • Canada

Every night, when the vampire bats fly off in search of nourishment, they avoid the dead tree where victims of the Great Sickness are left to die. Since the advent of this life-threatening disease, the bats pay strict attention to a new law: their nightly harvest of blood must be purified by fire. Beware those who break this law, like Desmine and Modus, careless... This animated film evokes the AIDS crisis. It pleads for tolerance, calls for prevention, and denounces the stigma attached to victims of this end-of-millenium scourge.

A Burden of Love

1999 • 45 min

Exploring the status of Alzheimer’s disease in the Indian Context

Faces

1999 • 4 min • Hungary

Well-known, unknown and forgotten faces from all over the ages are rolling by in some very short minutes.

Luis Batlle Berres

1999 • 45 min • Uruguay

This is the story of Luis Batlle Berres, an outstanding political figure, told against the background of life in Uruguay from 1900 to the 1960s. With archive images and music from the period, this documentary pays homage to those years and to a time gone by. There is testimony from Batlle's personal hairdresser, his master of arms, his children and travelling companions in politics, and his adversaries. We witness his meeting with General Juan Domingo Perón, and we see the Graf Zeppelin with its swastika in the sky above Montevideo.

Closed Eyes

1999 • 22 min • Japan

Shot in Venice by the sea at night, struck by a thousand lights.

Roommates

1999 • 32 min

A film by Eva Stefani

Billabong Challenge: Nine 9 Lives

1999 • 55 min

The last of the BILLABONG CHALLENGE series; Challenge Four, in Indo, and Challenge Five, in Australia. Indo did not deliver the surf necessary to complete one round so it was cancelled until the following year. Starring Rob Machado, Kalani Robb, Luke Egan, Shane Dorian, Tom Curren, Sunny Garcia, Mark Occhilupo, Taylor Knox, Pancho Sullivan, with appearances by Margo and Kelly Slater. Winner of "Surfer Magazine’s Video of the Year Award" 2000 Best Cinematography Award.

The Argument

1999 • 14 min • United States of America

Sometimes viewed as a companion piece to Lucifer Rising, Cammell’s 1972 short was left incomplete by the director and rediscovered and finished by his editor and close collaborator Frank Mazzola in 1999. The result is a visually stunning piece of work, shot in Bryce Canyon by the great Vilmos Zsigmond in glorious color and Cinemascope, with Myriam Gibril as Aisha the Witch and Kendrew Lascelles as the Director shouting a philosophical dialogue amidst the echoing rock formations.

A Tribute to Victoria Park

1999 • 60 min

Farewell to Victoria Park.... After more than a century, the most feared home ground in football will be a place of memories. It is the heartland of Collingwood. The ground at which the Coventrys and Colliers, Richards and Roses, Twomeys and Shaws all made their first footballing steps. From President Eddie McGuire, coach Tony Shaw and special guests we look back on Victoria Park.

Shonky Golf

1999 • 45 min

Australian comedian and actor Mick Molloy hosts a very educational instructional video on his interpretation of the game of golf and its tactics.

El séptimo día

1999 • 14 min • Argentina

During a Bar Mitzvah the power may be cut off, but not the celebration.

Lo stronzo assassino

1999 • 29 min • Italy

A movie about radioactive poop as the villain.

Kaerajaan

1999 • 9 min • Estonia

A student animated film by Mikk Rand