All Films

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

1997 • 60 min • United States of America

A profile of composing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, who have written many Broadway musicals. Highlights include interviews with Lauren Bacall, Joel Grey and others, as well as the two men themselves, plus clips of performances of their songs.

The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon

1997 • 50 min

Tony Ferrino performs in a programme dedicated to his brilliant career as the Eurovision star from Portugal performs music and dance numbers with special guests.

Jeg lever! Wenche Myhre 50 år

1997 • 58 min • Norway

Celebrating the first 50 years of the Norwegian artist Wenche Myhre's life.

Lady in a White Coat: Lewd from the Front and Back

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Hiromi Katori, a new employee, felt unwell during work and went to the infirmary. Then, instead of the usual Maki Kitagawa, the person there was Hanako Minamida, a flashy middle-aged stranger. Hanako tells her girlfriend Katori that the nervousness of her trying to force herself to apply to the company is causing her to lose her mental and physical balance. While telling him that she doesn't have to be useful to the company and that she should not lose her individuality, Hanako gently places him on the bed and takes her dick in her mouth.

La Chanson du Jardinier Fou

1997 • 2 min

Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

1997 • 13 min

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov talks with the young director of independent experimental cinema Edward Shelganov.

Samurai Vendetta in Iga

1997 • 46 min • Japan

Matauemon Araki (Kotaro Satomi) is a sword teacher in Yamatokoriyama. He heard from his brother-in-law Kazuma Watanabe (Koyo Katagiri) that Kazuma's father was killed by someone. The murderer was named Matagoro Kawai (Jinya Sato) who was the nephew of his close friend Jinszaemon Kawai (Isao Natsuyagi). He came to help Kazuma who is not good at swords and chase Matazaburo.

The Planets

1997 • 55 min

In 1916, Gustav Holst, a composer of music and self-admitted mystic, wrote a brilliant orchestral suite entitled "THE PLANETS." This work has been enjoyed by millions in concert halls, under the stars in outdoor amphitheaters, and at home on phonograph records, audio tapes and compact discs. Sixty years after "THE PLANETS" was written, internationally renowned keyboard artist and composer Isao Tomita created a highly popular electronic version of the Holst suite. It is "THE TOMITA PLANETS" that award-winning Director Don Barrett has chosen for the soundtrack of his musical video grand tour of the Solar System.

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997 • 53 min • United States of America

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost World."

My Favorite Wife is Addicted to Sex

1997 • 56 min • Japan

Hinako, a married woman, feels unsatisfied with her married life with her husband, Takashi, so she suddenly declares a domestic separation and indulges in an affair with Shima, her senior from high school. Meanwhile, Hinako was confused when Yuri, whom she met at her favorite snack bar, asked her out.

Biohazard 2 Tv-cm

1997 • 1 min • Japan

On September 29, 1998, most citizens of the Midwestern American mountain community of Raccoon City were transformed into zombies by the T-virus. Leon S. Kennedy, a Raccoon Police Department officer on his first day of duty, meets Claire Redfield, a college student looking for her brother Chris.

The Race to Daytona

1997 • 59 min

Join Kyle Petty and the new Hot Wheels Racing team for the ultimate racing adventure. Find out what it takes to create a car and team worthy of the Daytona 500. With only 60 days until the Super Bowl of stock car racing, the race is on for the team to transform frame rails and roll cages into the Hot Wheels #44 racing machine.

Demon Fighter Kocho

1997 • 35 min • Japan

When angry spirits begin terrorizing her school, it's up to Kocho Enoki to uncover the mystery of their presence and quell their anger before they claim another innocent soul. To take on the otherworldly foes, she'll need enlist her pretty sister, her priestly mentor, her reluctant friend... and her own natural charms.

Liebe ist Geschmackssache

1997 • 15 min • Germany

A director tries to get his porno musical off the ground.

U2: A Year in Pop

1997 • 46 min • United States of America

Documentary about U2's album Pop and following tour.

Robert. A Fortunate Life

1997 • 27 min • Russia

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today.

The Night Before Christmas

1997 • 26 min • Russia

"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikhailova at the studio "AnimaFilm" of the Moscow Children's Fund with the support of Goskino in 1997.

An Untidy Package: Women and the Newfoundland Cod Moratorium

1997 • 48 min • Canada

An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren’t major players in the cod fishery before the moratorium, and that the federal compensation they received was only added to their husband’s claims to increase their family’s allowance. We learn at the outset that one third of the 35,000 workers displaced were women. Using the viewpoint of some of these women, this video examines the cod crisis and its social implications for families.

White Room: Tomarenai Ai

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Hayato, an office worker, lives with Tatsuya, a part-time worker. The two have a dream: to save up their money and one day run a gay bar. The day they had sex while talking about their dreams before going to work, Hayato felt depressed. His boss had suggested that he set up an arranged meeting. He couldn't tell Tatsuya. One day, Tatsuya's old lover Fujita bursts into his room. It turned out that he had become a transsexual...

What's Right with America

1997 • 46 min • United States of America

A family returns to America after spending seven years in a remote jungle of New Guinea doing public health work, only to find that the bill of rights has been suspended and that the country is now a fascist totalitarian state.

Redux Riding Hood

1997 • 15 min • Australia, New Zealand, United States of America

Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again.

Sukebe kyôshi: Hikinuku kaikan!

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Miyoko is temporarily assigned to a certain high school in place of a teacher who is absent due to childbirth. On her first day of school, she finds her student Mitsuru smoking a cigarette behind the school building. However, Miyoko doesn't blame her, she just says that she was similar to her high school days, and she leaves. One day, Mitsuru sees her homeroom teacher, Tsurumi, and her student, Natsumi, hugging each other in the gymnasium. Mitsuru was shocked and was smoking a cigarette on the rooftop. Miyoko then went to the nurse's office...

Shuly's Fiance

1997 • 45 min • Israel

A family is waiting for Shuli's fiancé to come and propose to her. But instead of him they're getting a very different guest.

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

1997 • 45 min • Russia

Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky