All Films

Amanita Muscaria

1999 • 10 min • South Korea

The only thing Gil-dong's sister wants for her birthday is to be allowed to die peacefully as she wastes away in a hospital bed. But Gil-dong is willing to sacrifice everything to keep her alive.

Alanis Morissette: MTV Unplugged

1999 • 44 min • United States of America

MTV Unplugged is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 9, 1999 (see 1999 in music). It comprises songs performed by Morissette on the television program MTV Unplugged. Twelve tracks were included on the album, but Morissette performed several others, including "Baba", "Thank U" (both from 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie) and "Your House" (the hidden track on 1995's Jagged Little Pill), during her Unplugged concert. These were later released as B-sides on the "King of Pain" single release. The first single, "That I Would Be Good", was moderately successful, and two other tracks, "King of Pain" (a cover of the song by The Police) and "You Learn" were released as singles outside North America. As of March 2012, the album has sold 673,000 copies in the U.S.

The Dumb Waiter

1999 • 55 min • Yugoslavia

Two hit-men, Ben and Gus, are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. As the play begins, Ben, the senior member of the team, is reading a newspaper, and Gus, the junior member, is tying his shoes. Gus asks Ben many questions as he gets ready for their job and tries to make tea.

Knitwits Revisited

1999 • 7 min

KnitWits Revisited brings us back to the KnitWits' knitting store.

Induced Orgasm

1999 • 25 min • Japan

Short documentary produced by Space Shower TV following the release of the album "Muzai Moratorium."

Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues

1999 • 60 min

The WWF's biggest star continues his journey through the ring (and superstardom), to the delight of his millions of fans. Includes segments from "Austin 3:16 Uncensored" and "Cause Stone Cold Said So."

Backstreet Boys: Into The Millennium Tour Live in Barcelona

1999 • 60 min • Spain, United States of America

Backstreet Boys Live in Barcelona - Millennium Tour 1999 HBO Broadcast

Viola

1999 • 12 min • Estonia

A burnt out violinist performs a morbid show every night with his dancer wife.

Cool Air

1999 • 50 min • United States of America

Randolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925 where he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Soon after Carter discovers the awful truth about the doctor, and the fragile line that separates life and death. Featuring a stellar performance by Jack Donner as Dr. Muñoz, Cool Air remains a haunting reminder of the power of the human will.

Love, Death & Cars

1999 • 20 min • United States of America

In Los Angeles, Max and Haley go to a reading and book signing of Kyle, a friend of Max's from New York. Through flashbacks and conversations, we learn that they were more than casual friends, and Kyle's reappearance throws Haley and Max's relationship into question. Central to the two men's history was a Grand Canyon trip some years before. Max may need to travel that road again with renewed honesty if he's to sort out his life's conflicts and contradictions.

Dogma 95, a Serious Game?

1999 • 15 min

Shot in Denmark in 1999, the documentary features exclusive interviews with the creators of the filmmaking movement Dogma 95: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Soren Kragh-Jakobsen.

The Secret History

1999 • 6 min

A loop of horses frolicking in the pasture.

Piglets

1999 • 3 min • Germany

Two men are on the verge of making love, but an old neighbor does everything she can to ruin their adventure.

Persona Ne'll Aqua

1999 • 2 min

An Italian Short Film by Louis C.K. Starring Alix Bailey, Ford Bailey and Lela Nargi. Basically it's something I made with a Bolex 166mm wind-up camera and put the sound in later, Italian style.

Mama, Do You Love Me?

1999 • 27 min • Canada, United States of America

Charming tale of affection, adventure, and wonder in which a young Inuit girl disobeys her mother and wanders away from home.

Puppy Love

1999 • 50 min

A curious title given that for 50 minutes, Januszczak snarls his way through a canine critique and it’s not clear which he despises more, dogs or their owners. He visits a dog show which he regards as incorrigibly eccentric and he considers breeding practices to be the canine equivalent of eugenics practised by the Nazis. “We breed them until their heads look like misshapen Halloween pumpkins (often to the detriment of their health), we cut their bollocks off, we send them to a doggy psychiatrist and still most of them won’t do what we want them to do. The message appears to be that we love dogs, but not for themselves, it’s for the prestige they can bestow upon their owners.

Am/pm

1999 • 12 min • United States of America

Taking its title from an all-day/all-night convenience store, “AM/PM” examines the famous Las Vegas Strip, portraying the disorienting world of corporate hotels and casinos which utilise and redefine the spectacle in relation to architecture. “AM/PM” posits the concept of distraction itself as a strategy and the city as a conspiracy, which manipulates and directs the visitor.

Paseador de almas

1999 • 14 min • Argentina

We all like to go for a walk and so do our souls.

The Stolen Father

1999 • 24 min • Switzerland

Meriç's father is abducted by the secret police. Traumatised by this event, Meriç searches for possible explanations and comes to believe that his father has been stolen by thieves. In his imagination, he brings his father back and hides him in the cellar.

Farewell, Dnipro!

1999 • 16 min • Ukraine

Old Jew Reuven Koshman came to the Kyiv cliffs to say goodbye to the Dnipro River. He tells a random passerby about his life, about the city of Berdychiv, where he was born and lived most of his life. Then he moved with his family to Kyiv, but soon his children left for Israel. But Reuven stayed because he cherished the places where he was born, where he had lived his life, where his family had put down deep, strong roots.

Yours Forever

1999 • 39 min

For the last ten years 40-year-old Jeppe has paid daily visits to the nursing home where his crippled wife, Tove, has been put after a serious traffic accident to remain for the rest of her life. Desperate about this meningless fate, Jeppe has put everything else in life aside and has chosen to be faithful and devoted to her. But this cannot go on, his pseudo-life becomes too much for his crippled wife. She pretends to be in love with her male nurse and throws Jeppe out.

Skok

1999 • 53 min • Poland

Boris, a teenager, is arrested by the police. As part of the cooperation, he agrees to infiltrate the gang.

Versailles, the visit

1999 • 60 min • France

You will discover the history of the palace as well as the masterpieces it houses. This is the most complete tour imaginable, covering the gardens, the royal apartments, the Hall of Mirrors, the Petit Trianon, the Royal Chapel and the Opera. This private visit will enable you to see the treasures which astound the 10 million people who visit the castle and gardens every year.

At the Ends of the Earth

1999 • 8 min • France

A family lives in a house that teeters precariously on the very tip of a mountain. The balance of the house is affected not only by the family that lives inside, but also their cow, dog, cat, a passing bird, and a man with a couple of sheep who returns in a car. The slopes of the hill themselves also seem rather slippery at times.