All Films

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.

Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up

1999 • 60 min

At the Tanglefoot Children's Camp in North Carolina, kids learn to get along with each other and to gain self-confidence under the friendly counsel of camp director Gregg.

Suêtes

1999 • 26 min • Canada

This documentary traces the folklore, stories, and reality of living under the hurricane force winds, that beat down upon the residents of the Acadian region of Western Cape Breton Island, between Margaree Harbour and Cheticamp. The film contains stunning landscapes shot in winds of 130 miles per hour. While there is often serious damage from these Suêtes, roofs blowing off buildings and even homes blowing apart, there is also a good dose of local humour surrounding life under these harsh environmental conditions. Residents from young to more than 90 years old tell their tales of life under these winds.

The Web of Caves

1999 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Doctor Who spoof by Mark Gatiss and David Walliams.

The Head Incident

1999 • 51 min • United States of America

A psychologically disturbed man is haunted by a disembodied dummy head and a mysterious man completely shrouded in black.

Deep Inside The Titanic

1999 • 47 min • United States of America

The Titanic lies in complete darkness, four kilometers beneath the ocean. So remote is this famous wreckage that only a small handful of explorers and scientists have dared to make the dangerous journey down to her decks. However, now we too can explore what is left of the mighty ship. Using special remote submersibles to glide through the living spaces of the Titanic, viewers witness the current condition of the ballrooms, hallways and living quarters of this famous vessel. In addition, this unique programme reveals what each room was like before the tragedy. On a guided tour of the ship, the stories of the inhabitants of each room are told. Around each corner, the grandeur that made this ship the pride of the White Star Line brings home the poignant story of those who spent their last moments aboard.

The Little Knight

1999 • 25 min • Denmark

A long time ago in the world of Fairy tales, there was a little boy who lived in a country where quarrels, fights, rage and anger were forbidden, and knight were not needed any more. The little boy was sorry about this because he wanted to become a noble knight. He travels to three different countries where he gets books, cakes and a ride on a roundabout. But nobody can teach him how to fight. Suddenly, in the middle of the forrest, he faces a huge dragon. He wins the fight, and when he comes home, the king's personal physician has seized power, and nobody dares to protest. However, the little knight does, and he wins the fight agains the physician, marries the princess and lives happily ever after.

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle

1999 • 48 min

Painter, fisherman, visionary, eccentric - Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity, at an isolated bait camp off the East Coast of Texas. From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City along with artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. But Bess' art was only part of a grander theory based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals, which proposed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. Narrated by actors Willem Dafoe and Ruth Maleczech, the documentary combines the beauty of Bess' art with the drama and tragedy of his personal life. Interviews with people who knew Bess, including art historian Meyer Schapiro (his last interview) and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman bring life to this forgotten artist. Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddleis a fascinating look at one of America's most unusual artists.

Area 51

1999 • 33 min

In the 1950’s the United States government restricted a 6 by 10 mile block of land somewhere north of Las Vegas. Although the government will not discuss this top secret facility, it has been consistently associated with UFO sightings and conspiracy stories. The reasons for the cover up of alien activity is unclear, but one thing is for sure, the government will do everything in their power to stop the public from knowing the truth. The most probable explanation is that mass panic would ensue if the public knew we were being visited by beings far superior to ourselves. In 1999, TGR exposes AREA 51, a 16mm jib flick that shows skiing’s new generation going bigger than ever and pulling the sickest tricks imaginable. Filmed at competitions and sessions around the globe, this movie has it all.