All Films

The Incredible Classroom Eggsperience

1997 • 17 min

Robert, Susan and Maria create and film a video cooking show to demonstrate the nutritional value of eggs.

Jee Karta Tha

1997 • 19 min

Barkha returns to her parents house. Her arrival brings some relief and confusion in Chaman's life. Chaman, now in her mid-twenties is stuck in a small town milieu. A childhood friend, Rekha is waiting to get married. And there is a skein of Wool, that has to be knitted fast to make Barkha's husband happy.

Ein Schloss für Alle

1997 • 44 min • Germany

Film about the inhabitants and neighbours of a castle in the city of Mühlheim an der Ruhr.

The Rise and Fall of the Russian Space Program

1997 • 49 min • United States of America

The history of the Russian Space Program from being the first to send a satellite into space through its downward spiral due to the demise of the Soviet Union.

Free To Sing?

1997 • 56 min

A Bengali politcal singer’s persecution and fame

Echoes Of Silence

1997 • 45 min

Ashgari Bai is one of the oldest exponents alive of the dying art of Drupad, the most orthodox form of Hindustani Classical music. The story about the only woman to have espoused this austere and invocative form of music and she has been conferred national awards including the Padmashree. Ironically however, she remains a curiously anonymous and lonely figure today, battling against insurmountable odds in a small town of Madya Pradesh in India. Showcasing her wit, her forthrightness, her charm and her indomitability, this documentary is a portrait of a precious gem of India who insists on living life on her own terms.

Freedom from Fear

1997 • 25 min

It is a filmmaker's odyssey in his trouble-torn homeland. The film symbolizes the narrator;s search for his past, present and future; a compilation of his experiences in Kashmir over the last few years. On a much more personal level, the film reveals the ultimate desire of the narrator and his exiled minority community to return home one day.

Snakes And Snake Charmers

1997 • 30 min

An ethnographic description of snake charmers and their role in Pakistani society along with supernatural tales and legends of snakes.

Cremation Ceremony

1997 • 33 min

Documenting the dying cremation ceremony of the Lyngngams or Megam sub-tribe of Meghalaya

To Be Alive!

1997 • 50 min

Simple words and glowing faces depict the story of three women social workers who triumph over personal loss and tragedy to empower themselves and other women in need, in the face of complex discriminatory mechanisms in Madhya Pradesh in India.

Veiled in Vapour

1997 • 28 min

A steam train’s journey during the dying days of steam travel in India

Villagers' Choice

1997 • 57 min

Taifuxiang Shopping Mall

1997 • 30 min • China

Documentary short film from 1997. The film documenets the effects of the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy on the Taifuxiang Shopping Mall, a state-owned department store in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It shows the anxiety and the pressure experienced by various staff members, from managers to ordinary employees, amidst the tide of reform.

Aviary

1997 • 2 min

Short experimental animation by Jules Engel

Smart Mogul Skiing: The Visual Experience

1997 • 40 min

Circa 1995 , Instructional mogul skiing video starring Canadian National Freestyle Team members, John Smart, Mike Douglas and Lane Barrett. Video walks you through the advanced techniques still used today to ski the bumps at the top level. Released in 1995 the tricks focus on all the fun traditional aerial maneuvers of the time: Daffy, Twister, Spreads, Cossack, Iron Cross and spins with mixed and multiple combinations of them all. Get Into It!

Funeral rite

1997 • 15 min

Namskyi Velikden is the widespread Day of Dead in the Polesie. According to the old legends it is believed that souls of the dead ancestors come back to earth.

Between Seven and One

1997 • 17 min

A monologue... until the bell rings!

Hercules Strikes Manhattan

1997 • 60 min

Hercules and friends take over New York City in this magical Disney movie premiere celebration.

Buffalo Bone China

1997 • 10 min

“In Buffalo Bone China Claxton blends performance art, found objects and video to dissect the effects upon First Nations peoples due to policies from colonial Canadian and the United States regarding the state sanctioned extermination of the American bison. Bison were slaughtered and their bones crushed and exported to England to make bone china. In the performance Claxton smashes pieces of china and makes four bundles, placing the bundles in a sacred circle while a video of buffalo plays in the background. ‘Feeling the loss of the buffalo, the backbone of Plains spirituality and sustenance, the artist uses a rubber mallet to destroy plates and bowls. The breaking of the china refers to the use of buffalo bones in the making of bone china during the period of exploitation and decimation of the buffalo.’”

After Brenda

1997 • 41 min • Canada

An alcoholic and potbellied fifty-year old, Pierre Lamarche has lost everything: accused of rape by Brenda, the woman he loves, he finds himself in the street after a spell in prison. Obsessed by his ex-lover, he suspects her of sleeping with the neighbours and taking up prostitution. Confiding his misfortunes to the camera in the same way as he would submit himself to therapy, Pierre considers himself rather like the producer of a film on his life. A real ham actor, he gets into his stride and lavishes his tale with exaggerations and spicy details. For his part, Cumming directs his makeshift actors, sets the scene and provokes encounters as the master of ceremonies of what he himself describes as a lowbrow novel.

Boiled Baby

1997 • 10 min

Short film about a small time criminal

Siberian Buddha

1997 • 50 min

Authors of the film make the journey both real and mystical through the Buryatia. They are following their character lama Danzan — the spiritual leader and member of parliament of his mysterious country called Little Tibet. Lama Danzan is modern incarnation of the Agvan Dorzhiev, who was the teacher of Dalai-lama XIII and played an important role in the struggle between Britain, China and Russia for the dominance in Tibet at the beginning of XX century. Today lama Danzan is doing everything possible overcoming natural and mystic obstacles to build magic spokes, suburgans, which are believed by him and his followers to change the life of the country for the better .

Ramble

1997 • 13 min

The main character, Kyung-eun, lost his mother in an accident as a child and grows up alone. The director wanted to portray the unconsciousness of a woman who is becoming a witch and a daughter of God.

Old Man's Little Shop

1997 • 18 min • China

Aired as part of People's Home (百姓家园) program on Beijing Television, about one little shop owned by an elderly couple.