All Films

Junk

1997 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A day in the life of a group of junk mail distributors

Furin maruhi kôkai: Hitozuma-tachi no nureba

1997 • 60 min • Japan

One day, Kayoko, who lives near the Tama River, picked up a strange bottle in a park along the river. She might have come down the river. Her interest was piqued, and she pulled out a piece of paper inside, where she wrote, "Please contact me, who is living a lonely life underground." She asked me to put the replies in this jar and keep them in the same place. Kayoko thinks she's playing a prank, but just for fun she takes the bottle back to her house, where she writes a simple reply and she returns it to the same spot in the park the next day.

それいけ!アンパンマン ぼくらはヒーロー

1997 • 25 min • Japan

Steel Roots

1997 • 30 min

Jeremy McGrath and friends travel the world freeriding motocross

Les oiseaux

1997 • 1 min

Short animated film presented at Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy in 1997 by the students of GOBELINS, l'école de l'image.

Still Love You After All These

1997 • 43 min • China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

A personal memoir reflecting upon director Stanley Kwan's career and identity, set upon the backdrop of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Kwan adopts a complicated cinematic structure which includes excerpts from his previous films, his '97 stage play, and the soundtrack to Wong Kar-wai's "Days of Being Wild."

Penthouse: Fire and Ice

1997 • 52 min • United States of America

Erotic soft-core vignettes from Penthouse.

The Bosom Friend

1997 • 60 min • Austria

Main character of this movie is Rene Rupnik, a former math teacher. He is forty years old and lives together with his mother in a desolate block of flats. Ever since his early youth women with big breasts have fascinated him, because they symbolise a kind of earth mother to him. He has never had an especially close relationship with his own mother; she was too 'bony' for him. Object of Rene's fantasy is the actress Senta Berger, to him everything a woman should be. Standing by the blackboard and explaining the mathematical laws of sine and cosine ('sinus' is bosom in Latin), Rene sings the praises of the female curves and those of Santa Berger in particular. Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl let the former teacher speak freely about his obsessions and desires, intercutting his monologues with scenes from the protagonist's day-to-day life.

Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu

1997 • 48 min • Japan

A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.

Kindaichi Case Files: Death God Hospital Murder Case

1997 • 48 min • Japan

A one-hour special that aired after a month of the series' absence on television between episodes 23 and 24. Kindaichi investigates a hospital where a series of murders happened.

Gift

1997 • 60 min • Japan

A man named Suneo appears in front of Yoshiro, claiming to expose the past of his lover Nishimura. Yoshiro is curious about Suneo, and approaches him... A drama with a touch of suspense, where friendship and love swirl around.

Rambler '65

1997 • 24 min • United States of America

Hoping to hear his own song over the radio of his 1965 Rambler, Ben Vaughn tries to record an album in the car while his friend Bob is trying to repair it.

Noiseman Sound Insect

1997 • 16 min • Japan

When a rogue science experiment starts filling the world with crystallized Noise, a group of rebels strike back to reunite the world with its Music.

Louisville

1997 • 18 min

Louisville tell the story of three generations of men. Grandfather Jeb, father Pete and son Walter all learn about each other and express their own frustrations.

Deadline

1997 • 3 min • Australia

The desperate misadventures of a young man, racing against the clock toward a mysterious destination. This was the first short film that Nash wrote and directed. It was made for $80 and won first prize at Tropfest in 1997.

Oiko Logos

1997 • 10 min • Iceland

Oiko logos takes place in an ecosystem which is totally silent. But the inhabitants use sounds as a basic nourishment and therefore they have to travel to other ecosystems to collect sounds. In the film we see how particular sounds affects the life of the ecosystem.

Hospital!

1997 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.

The Rotting Woman

1997 • 10 min • Japan

After she was attacked by zombies, a woman escapes and shuts herself up in a bathroom.

Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone

1997 • 46 min • Japan

Zoushu Hirate was the acting master of Chibashusaku Dojo in the Hokushinitto style. His wife was dead and had drunk a lot every day. For the sake of money for alcohol, he chased Kanji Amakasa who killed an office worker of Daikansho. While, Kanji hid in the house of Shigekura Sasagawa in a town along the Tone River. Sasagawa family was looking for a good swordsman for the coming fight with the Iioka family.

Psycho Diver: Soul Siren

1997 • 48 min • Japan

Yuki Kano has it all: fame, wealth, the world at her feet. There's also something very wrong with her... from time to time, she's totally unable to sing (which, for a pop star, is not good). Enter Bosujima, a "psycho diver" with the capability to enter people's heads and straighten out what's wrong with them. Well, most of the time, anyway.

The Butler

1997 • 58 min • Australia

A documentary film with some acted sequences sprinkled throughout, The Butler is about the special bond between the director and her brother Nino, in Melbourne, Australia. Kannava, re-establishing her life after developing a chronic health condition (scleroderma) at the age of 30, is assisted by her brother to live her life, and she in turns provide company and support to him, as he attempts to alleviate his loneliness.

Spooky Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train

1997 • 25 min • Japan

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. In this episode The Western demons hijacked the Phantom Train. Kitaro and his friends must stop this crime.

Business Commando Yamazaki

1997 • 41 min • Japan

A 42-year-old salaryman is made to serve his company beyond the grave when his brain is installed in a super-powered android body in order to carry out corporate espionage.

Night Of The Living

1997 • 19 min

A young boy watches in helpless horror as his alcoholic father turns into a zombie before his very eyes. Vancouver's Andrew Currie adeptly builds tension as young Zack wrestles with the twin demons of imagination and reality.