All Films

Influenza 1918

1998 • 52 min

Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000 Americans - more than all the combat deaths of this century combined.

Les dames du 9e

1998 • 51 min • Canada

Ladies of good families and social standing come to have their afternoon tea with their daughters who will someday follow in the same tradition. A charming portrait of a time that is slowly disappearing.

Killer App

1998 • 46 min • United States of America

About battles in the computer world of Seattle.

The Lolita Story

1998 • 50 min • United Kingdom

An investigation into the making of Adrian Lyne's 1997 film Lolita.

Goldfarb

1998 • 16 min • United States of America

A team of high school idiots are hired by a suburban mad scientist to track down and destroy a rogue zombie.

Smear

1998 • 9 min • United States of America

A gay teenager is in love with a straight friend.

Four Men in a Car

1998 • 29 min • United Kingdom

Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is guaranteed promotion. There is much bickering, Steve is perpetually sick and gets put in the boot, the C.D. player jams and they have a run-in with a Range Rover driver. When the car breaks down in a snowstorm they wind up in a deserted cottage with a shotgun-wielding, diabetic woman.

Celine: These Are Special Times

1998 • 44 min • United States of America

These Are Special Times is a one-off American television special by Canadian singer Céline Dion that was broadcast by CBS on 25 November 1998. The special was a promotion for her first English Holiday album of the same name, These Are Special Times. The special was filmed in front of a live studio audience. It featured Dion (backed by her touring band and a full orchestra) performing holiday music from the album as well as some of her hits.

Maharadja Burger - Mad Cows, Holy Cows

1998 • 52 min • France, United Kingdom

A documentary about Hindu cow worship and the British BSE crisis.

The Little Sotmaid

1998 • 10 min • Russia

On a remote almost uninhabited island, there are two gently friendly representatives of the once opposing sides. They have long been accustomed to each other and do not expect any changes in life. And all of a sudden a woman appears on the island!

A Weekend with Wendell

1998 • 10 min • United States of America

Three cheers for compromise as quiet-as-a-mouse Sophie learns to assert herself with bossy, big-mouthed Wendell.

The Kranny

1998 • 40 min • United States of America

An Evil Dead-ish short about a group of friends that use the book of the dead to summon a demon.

The Dance of Shiva

1998 • 26 min

In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his faith as he witnesses hundreds of Hindu soldiers risking their lives daily for the Empire.

Alcazar Cinema

1998 • 10 min • Nicaragua

When Rosa came to this place the earthquake had just happened and the building was one enormous ruin. People say it was a cinema, but Rosa, who has lived here for many years, has never seen a film in her life. So many things happen in "Cinema Alcazar" that it's all Rosa can do to keep up.

The Poet’s Wine

1998 • 13 min • Brazil

Drunken poet declaims a surreal poem.

Without With

1998 • 24 min

A posh suicidal girl who wants to jump off a cliff, and a ghetto boy who is trying to talk her out of it.

Why Do You Exist?

1998 • 16 min • United States of America

A series of close-ups of real urban 'types' in which the camera is returned to its Edison-era status as a simple recording device.

World's Deadliest Sea Creatures

1998 • 60 min

Special features real-life incidents of man vs. sea beast, from shark attacks to encounters with crocodiles. Includes interviews with survivors of underwater attacks and undersea footage.

Greveholm's Secret

1998 • 30 min • Sweden

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Christmas calendar 'Mysteriet på Greveholm', a very technically advanced TV production for its time.

Augenblick

1998 • 59 min • Germany

In 1996, cinematographer Helge Weindler died in Almeria, Spain, while shooting his wife Doris Dörrie's new film. A year later, she set out to retrace her grief and pain in a very private film.

Coco & Drila Adventures: The Magic Sack of Santa Claus

1998 • 50 min • Spain

Blue summer

1998 • 27 min • Japan

Story The human relationship between four men and women that unfolds endlessly in the sweltering sunlight of summer.

The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts

1998 • 18 min

Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of the largest Survival Research Laboratories event ever. SRL adds 5000 spectators , 60 tons of machines , 50 srl members working tirelessly on site for 3 weeks, at an Austin, Texas racetrack to equal major mayhem. Artfully condensed on video to 18 min.

Sunspots

1998 • 25 min • Austria

Short film about a woman and a little girl.