All Films

Bravo Profiles: Björk

1997 • 50 min • Iceland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Bravo proudly presents the first-ever documentary of Icelandic mega-star Bork (above), whose unique musical style redefined the role of "female pop soloist" - and won the hearts of critics along the way. Bravo Profiles: Bjork is highlighted by rare performance footage, breathtaking scenic views of Iceland, and exclusive interviews with the singer and fellow musician Bono.

Raoul Dufy: Painter and Decorator

1997 • 53 min

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger.

Deep Dream

1997 • 7 min • Argentina

In a universe of recurring nightmares, a man confronts disturbing images and endless mysteries. Dream after dream, the line between terror and reality blurs, leading him to confront his own existence in a disturbing finale.

The Great Pyramids

1997 • 45 min • United States of America

Who built the Pyramids? Were they designed only as royal tombs? How were they built to such precise measurements? The Great Pyramids of Giza remain the world's most perplexing enigma. For over 4,000 years they have withstood the sands of time, casting a spell that even science cannot break. Through stunning film, interviews with experts and vivid reenactments, you'll witness the actual step-by-step process Egyptian embalmers used in the preparation of mummies to ensure immortality. You'll discover the journey of the Pharaohs into the afterlife and probe the obsessions that led the greatest kings of this powerful ancient civilization to build monuments designed to last for eternity.

Dungeon of Darkness

1997 • 60 min • United States of America

A woman is tied up and trained by her "master" into being submissive and obedient.

Petites chronique cannibales 1. Rosalie

1997 • 31 min • Canada

After her Senegalese lover leaves her, Rosalie keeps brooding over his obsessive memory. The crucial need to speak of her distress drives her to a psychotherapist. Her introspection helps her grasp her insatiable attaction to dark-skinned men.

Oltre il Destino

1997 • 60 min

While the husband watches a football match on TV, in the next room his wife is stabbed to death. A TV presenter decides to investigate the crime.

Crazy Man and the Virgins

1997 • 20 min • Yugoslavia

An incarcerated patient, sees several young people, that discuss their innermost feelings.

Sperrmüller - the temptation of Meat

1997 • 17 min • Sweden

More underground gore mayhem. 20 years after the banishing of the Meat, yet another plague threatens humanity. Dr Steinberg that accidentally created the horrendous Meat managed to clone himself just before his death, but an error occurred, and he became insane. Driven by hatred and insanity he produces data-chips capable of turning humans into mindless zombies under his control. He uses this "weapon" to cause chaos and destruction throughout the world, with the sole purpose of killing all human beings...

Goodtime Charlie Birthday

1997 • 2 min

A film of stuffed animals, haunted by a lullaby. Much like Price, McKenna makes visible the horror hiding beneath the surface of familiar American scene audio: rehearsal cassette recording, vocals: Laurie and Tom Rhodes (Luther), the Fabulous Turquoise Rain and Shines, 1987.

Shizuki Asato Dinner Show - Silent Voice

1997 • 50 min

Shizuki Asato's dinner show.

Astroturf

1997 • 6 min • Australia

ASTROTURF is a 3D computer animation which tells the story of how humans are devolving through their interaction with technology. ASTROTURF presents a number of test cases which explore the themes of technological dystopia and devolution.

Headbang i Hovedlandet

1997 • 55 min • Denmark

Documentary about metal in Jylland, following 3 people from 3 different bands

Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poder

1997 • 52 min • Venezuela, France

Documentary that tells the story of some Venezuelan guerrilleros who, following the so-called Pacification of the 1970s, held official positions in various Venezuelan state entities. Venezuelan political figures share their perspectives on this recent event in Venezuelan history.

Dieste: the Consciousness of Form

1997 • 54 min • Uruguay

The engineer Eladio Dieste, the most innovative architect in Uruguay, is interviewed by the architect Mariano Arana. He talks about the ethical responsibility involved in creating, the idea that the things that surround us should be beautiful, and how important it is to use our intelligence and creativity to produce original responses and generate our own ways of thinking.

Queer Theory Temptress Meets Jailbait

1997 • 3 min • Canada

A Canadian short film about learning queer theory.

Lovely lovely beautiful world!

1997 • 12 min

Experimental short by Nobutaka Yamaoka.

Mains

1997 • 9 min • France

Ways and forms of signal freedom.

Free

1997 • 15 min • Brazil

A claustrophobic situation where you have to choose the right words to be free.

Zero - Thrill of It All

1997 • 25 min

Thrill of it All featured parts from Adrian Lopez, Scott Copalman, Wade Burkitt, Erik Ellington, Aaron Harrison, Matt Mumford and Jamie Thomas.

Locked

1997 • 6 min

On the way to school, a boy is confronted by an enormous man whose hand grabs hold of his school bag and tosses it into the air. The hand pushes him towards a huge padlock, then forces him to enter through the keyhole: the schoolboy is imprisoned in a hazardous lock factory. Like all the other children inside, he finds himself forced to operate a high-speed punch press. Struggling to follow the movements of the machine, he makes a mistake and cuts off a finger. He then tries to run away, but is pursued by menacing metal lock parts. In fleeing, the boy falls and passes out. We see his memories of his playmates, the songs he played on his flute and his loving, attentive mother. But reality is more tragic. Recaptured, he finds himself back at the factory polishing locks. He starts to cough up blood after inhaling iron particles which will prove lethal: the child dies on the job.

Transworld - Greatest Hits

1997 • 35 min

Video #3 TransWORLD Skateboarding

Story of the Red Rose

1997 • 24 min

An intersex hero sets out in a quest to find a red rose in a world where one has never existed.

Doug's Secret Christmas

1997 • 44 min

Christmas was always celebrated big0time in the Funnie family - a humongous tree, decorations, gifts - but this year things just weren't same, because Mom was expecting a baby. The favorite family traditions were lost in the excitement. So Doug and Funnie decided to have a secret Christmas of their own. But things got really wild when Daddy Funnie called from the hospital with some pretty great news - a baby sister had arrived! and it turned out to be the best Christmas ever!