All Films

The Arab Dream

1998 • 26 min • Palestinian Territory

In this autobiographical film the Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman goes in search of his past and possible future in occupied Palestine. Wherever he looks, he feels surrounded by images and places that have a political significance. Can a landscape be free of meaning, is there any point in striving for an approach that transcends all ideology? Commissioned by the ARTE network as part of a series of films for the end of the millennium, this film is a travelogue through Jerusalem, Nazareth and Ramallah. The film is a meditation on quotidian injustices, and a formulation of an aesthetic and creative response to them.

How to Cover Your Ass

1998 • 25 min

A Tel Avivian man from the left wing camp uses the peace support rallies as an alibi to cover for his affair with a right-wing camp woman. Rabin’s murder disrupts his plans.

Black Nuisance

1998 • 31 min • Philippines

An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.

Vassourinha: The Voice and The Void

1998 • 17 min • Brazil

Experimental documentary about the life and work of obscure samba musician Vassourinha (1923-1942), born in São Paulo, who only recorded six 78rpm records, dying at 19.

Viaje a la luna

1998 • 20 min • Spain

The exhibition, which coincides with the birth centenary of the poet Federico García Lorca, proposes a realistic recreation in images by Frederic Amat of the poet's screenplay Trip to the Moon. The aim, according to Amat, is to unravel the mysteries of the screenplay, an effort to distill its essence, silhouetting his poetic suggestion and let the script itself manifests in the different film procedures that invites the Lorquian conception.

Execution

1998 • 20 min • South Korea

Rodeo Bloopers: Special Edition

1998 • 27 min • United States of America

A collection of rodeo bloopers featuring some of the top bull riders in the business.

The Last Elk

1998 • 7 min • Ireland

The Last Elk re-imagines the story of the last of the wild Irish elk. Each animal is represented by a different musical sound; the elk experience peace, alongside harshness and strife, but always remain harmonious.

Marilyn Manson: Dead to the World

1998 • 60 min

The controversial events from the Antichrist Superstar tour serve as the backdrop for this amazing document, all as seen through the video eye of the band's own cameraman. The picketing zealots, the fulminating moralists, the disingenuous politicians, the tens of thousands who came to see for themselves and, of course, gazing outward from the very heart of the storm, Manson himself. One hour of live concert performances intercut with behind the scene and backstage footage that will help you to understand what it must have been like to be at the center of these extraordinary occurrences.

Charlie's Christmas

1998 • 26 min • France

Grand-Jacques the postman watches a mysterious wicker basket slowly float down from the sky and discovers a baby holding a small bell, and the adventure starts.

Get On The Dance Floor

1998 • 8 min • United States of America

David Kramer builds a dance floor alter to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

The Gathering

1998 • 58 min • United States of America

Michael Carey's world turns upside-down when the successful marketing executive catches a glimpse of the near future. These visions could not come at a worse time for his marriage, his job or his friendships. Michael struggles to understand the meaning of the messages and must convince his loved ones that Jesus will soon return.

Welcome to Portishead

1998 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about Portishead, who may not have invented trip-hop, but they were among the first to popularize it. Filmed after the release of their first album, Dummy, it exposes the band on both a professional and personal level.

100 Years of the German Rhine

1998 • 1 min

A short by Alexander Kluge.

The Schoolboy's Prayer

1998 • 17 min

The romantic experiences of Leo, an eleven-year-old boy who finds it hard understanding emotions.

Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter

1998 • 22 min • United Kingdom

Jack can't sent out his letter to Father Christmas...will the Mr. Men and Little Miss help him?

Power Showers

1998 • 12 min • Canada

A very serious instructional piece about Father Kneipp's turn of century research on water therapies. With the help of cold water and a trained professional, you could be cured of all your illnesses!

Ludovic - The Snow Gift

1998 • 14 min • Canada

It's winter in a thatched cottage, home to a family of teddy bears. The young cub Ludovic dreams of tobogganing but his parents tell him he's too little. He invents wonderful games to share with a doll that miraculously comes to life. This tender tale evokes the cozy relationship between a child and a favourite toy.

Shaping the Sphere: The Art of the Visual Effects Supervisor

1998 • 15 min • United States of America

Special Effects Supervisor Jeff Okun gives an overview of his responsibilities on Sphere, and takes us through some of the techniques used to create the illusions that sell the film, from storyboards and concept drawings through scaled miniatures and CGI. The segment ends with Elkins giving some advice for those who might want a career in the special effects industry.

Titanic: End of an Era

1998 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The Twentieth Century swept in on a tide of Progress - with great advances in communications and transport. Society was still class-ridden, and at that time, Britain was still building 50% of the world's merchant ships. In the quest for speed, Cunard had built the largest and fastest liners in Lusitania and Mauritania. But The White Star Company opted for safety and comfort. They planned a new breed of huge liners which would be the safest and most luxurious afloat. The Olympic was first and the Titanic followed. Modifications gave here a greater tonnage than her sister. She was a floating palace, the biggest and - it seemed - the safest ship in the world. Her tragic maiden voyage was to bring about key changes in the law and mode of sea travel. This was not just another shipwreck - it was an End of an Era!

Radioactive Crotch Man in: King for a Day

1998 • 3 min • United States of America

Your favorite crotch powered super hero must stop a fiendish plot to turn all the worlds entertainers into Elvis impersonators.

No Neck Joe - The Turtle

1998 • 1 min • United States of America

No Neck Joe VI. Joe kills a Laughing Turtle.

Inside the Golden Statue

1998 • 56 min • United States of America

A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Nine

1998 • 22 min • Canada

The year I turned nine I became pathologically afraid that my parents would die. I stopped letting them leave the house at night, even for a walk around the block. I'd call them repeatedly at restaurants if they tried to go out for dinner and once threatened to kill myself if anything happened to them. That's when they sent me to a psychiatrist. This is the story of the year I was nine.