All Films

Idle Mist

1998 • 28 min • Colombia

When the darkness in a musician's dreams tears its way into his waking life, a series of brutal murders rocks the city and word spreads of a spectral form looming over the rooftops.

昼下がり

1998 • 52 min • Japan

He feels suffocated and bothered by the small community, be it the local area or the relationships, but he also knows that there is a part of him that can be spoilt somewhere, and he cannot get out of it. This is the situation that most people today find themselves in, but this film depicts the tragedy that is caused by people who are eighteen there, in many different ways. There, victims can also become perpetrators, and perpetrators can instantly become victims, and this is clearly conveyed in the film, which is probably one of the main reasons for the use of middle-aged and older people as heavily weighted performers, which is unusual for an independently produced film.

Zhou Zhou's World

1998 • 54 min

Zhou Zhou, who lives in Wuhan, Hubei, is a boy with down syndrome. His father was a musician with the Wuhan Symphony Orchestra, and the special environment gave him an incredible outlet: Whenever music is played, Zhou Zhou conducts along with the rhythm. This film won the 10th China TV Golden Eagle Award, the 1998 China TV Documentary Academic Award and the Best Director Award, and the National "Striving for Civilization and Progress" TV award.

Cyber Lady Suzuka

1998 • 58 min • Japan

A group of friends who live in a furnished warehouse faces the forces of evil with their robotic maid/crimefighter.

Puppy Puzzle

1998 • 53 min • United States of America

A video that covers the Hastings approach to evaluating the structural quality of puppies.

Sedona: The Spirit of Wonder

1998 • 34 min • United States of America

This spectacular motion picture has been filmed in panoramic high-definition, SuperVue TM. The film rises out of the darkness, enveloping viewers in a breathtaking spectacle of sight and sound. Dramatic aerial footage whisks you across sweeping vistas. The original musical score, which encompasses the spectrum of sound from a lone Indian flute to full orchestral scoring, enhances the imagery. Old West scenery and Native American settings are painstakingly replicated. The part of our heroine, after which the town took its name, is believably portrayed by the founder's actual great grand-daughter. Viewers will travel back eons in time as the earth transformed into this fascinating region.—SuperVue Theater

La petite mort

1998 • 4 min • France

An abrasive abstract film accompanied by a scratching drone.

17 Seconds to Sophie

1998 • 1 min

The sound of a ticking kitchen timer introduces a slim, nude woman who is standing in semi-profile against a bare, off-white wall. Her expression is impassive. Her image flickers slightly, and we watch her abdomen grow, realizing we are seeing a time-lapse sequence of her pregnancy. After 17 seconds, the timer rings; a baby appears in her arms, and the time-lapse gives way to real time. A mother's beatific smile appears as she cuddles the child.

There's a Pervert in Our Pool!

1998 • 3 min • United States of America

A number of historical perverts in a pool together…

Apeiron

1998 • 13 min

A Portuguese experiment in digital animation, depicting a surrealist sci-fi dystopia.

Fishtank

1998 • 47 min

An alcoholic, emaciated father; a grossly obese, tattooed mother; a goofy, hormone-addled brother—all together in a claustrophobic council flat. Welcome to the Billinghams'. Richard Billingham wowed the art scene with his book Ray's A Laugh. Fishtank, his first film, charts the emotional territory of the flat and the family who play out their lives within its confines.

An arrangement

1998 • 30 min • France

Alphonse Dutilleux, a Paris Shoemaker, closes shop and makes his way to the Bois de Boulogne, the male pick-up and prostitution scene. His wife and his son are waiting for him for dinner...

A Great Kid

1998 • 17 min • Israel

After facing difficulties with his girlfriend, Uri starts doubting the idea of love. Casual meetings with people from his past teaches him that sometimes growing up means pecking up your roots

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

1998 • 60 min

Bing Crosby, Andy Griffith, John Wayne and Mark Hamill are just some of Hollywood's famous faces who add their star appeal to these commercials. Another approach used by broadcast advertisers demonstrated here is to link a product to personal traits the consumer desires. This is comically applied to a Cat Chow spot: thanks to this cat food brand, the weakest kitty on the beach gains the strength to stand up to his bullying competition. Meanwhile, laughs abound in a car showroom where the long-suffering Coyote still can't catch the Roadrunner. Out on the open road, a new brand of cherry cola is created in a collision between fruit and beverage trucks.

Penthouse: The World of Philip Mond

1998 • 57 min

In front of every great Penthouse photographer is a gorgeous Penthouse Pet. With premier photographer Philip Mond, the beauty of the model is just the beginning. Enter into his world of erotic visions as he explores the intimate secrets of models Nikie St. Gilles, Brooke Lane, Shawn Young, Angel Hart, and Kalani. From the elegant surroundings of a classic mansion to the earthy environs of the great outdoors, the fabulous Penthouse Pets leave nothing to the imagination. Once you step into this world, you’ll never want to leave

12 Days in July

1998 • 50 min • Ireland, Northern Ireland

Documentary about the 12th of July parade in the Northern Irish town of Portadown, where disputes about the route the parade takes through town is the cause for ongoing disputes between the protestant and catholic communities.

Prison Art

1998 • 42 min

This documentary, which features Sergei Parajanov’s heartbreaking letters from prison, explores creativity among inmates and the art born in conditions designed to destroy all traces of selfhood.

Ver a Hilda Vera

1998 • 58 min • Venezuela

A living room, two video cameras, an armchair, two televisions and a mirror: domestic daily life in which colleagues, family and friends come together to decipher the life, personality and artistic trajectory of one of the most important actresses of Venezuelan Cinema: Hilda Vera

Alley Oops!

1998 • 6 min • United States of America

an Animated CGI Short Film about Bowiling Ball and Pins

Join the Flumeride

1998 • 56 min • Sweden

A mockumentary about the careers of Per Gessle, Roxette, and Gyllene Tider. After being broadcast on Swedish television in 1999, the film gained cult status and quickly became a collector's item among Roxette fans around the world.

Clandestina Felicidade

1998 • 14 min • Brazil

Scenes of the childhood of a girl, living in a small Brazilian town.

Psych-Burn

1998 • 3 min • United States of America

“’Psych-Burn’ was what musicians call a ‘contract-breaker’. ABC had given us some coin to make a few short films for a TV Pilot. “Love-In Tonite” was to be a psychedelic rock variety show with live performances, skits, and whatnot to cash in on the emerging hippie demographic. Even pre-Disney, the network was riddled with a bunch of out-of-touch, pencil-pushing buffoons, so I quickly realized the show would be a disaster. Imagine if “Midnight Special” was produced by Aaron Spelling. Then cast Charles Nelson Reilly as emcee. That would have been a far more lively show than “Love-In Tonite”. So I decided to deliver the suits a farewell kick-in-the-butt called ‘Psych-Burn’. The best part was that they presented my film sight unseen at a board meeting about the new Fall Season. I heard some heads rolled over that one.” —JXW

Win, Place, Or Show

1998 • 15 min • Canada

A two-channel video in which the film's protagonists, Donny and Bob, talk, argue and fight in an endless loop that plays out over and over in an ever-shifting and altering array of combinations. The total number of possible combinations is said to total 20,000 hours of play - over two years.

Deathtrap

1998 • 7 min • Canada

A young man has lost his will to live. He feels trapped, like a mouse in a cage endlessly spinning his wheel. His prison is an internal one.