All Films

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997 • 26 min • Brazil

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

The Ghostwriter

1997 • 11 min • Philippines

An extremely talented ghost has just finished a literary masterpiece. Unfortunately, an ambitious vampire, Count Roach, sneaks into his haunted house and steals his work. The ghost confronts the vampire and battles with him. Using only his wit, imagination and talent, will the ghost succeed in getting his masterpiece back?

Annabelle's Wish

1997 • 54 min • United States of America

Annabelle - a calf who has a special wish for Christmas - wants to be a reindeer and help Santa Claus drive his sleigh as he delivers his presents! Annabelle's friends tell her not to get her hopes up, but to everyone's surprise, Santa does indeed meet up with Annabelle, and the calf gets to help Santa make the holiday special for one young boy.

Sticky Wife, Begging Wife II: While being Watched by her Husband

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Editor Kurumada is in charge of the popular author Hara. When he receives a call from the capricious Hara and goes to retrieve the manuscript, Hara hugs his wife, Mariko, in his study as if to show off to Kurumada. Even though Kurumada suppressed her rising anger, Mariko's foolishness still stuck in her mind. Afterwards, Kurumada is invited to Mariko's home and begins a relationship with her. The incident was videotaped by Hara. Hara claims that he has the right to embrace Kurumada's wife, Yumi... The second work in the series depicting the sexual behavior of a married woman who indulges in swapping.

Inside Out

1997 • 27 min • United States of America

A film that shows how "hard" it is to be son of celebrities.

The Spring

1997 • 19 min • Lithuania

The film is a portraiture of an old farmer at work doing his daily chores in an area that is completely flooded. The situation is catastrophic, but for the man it is only one of the many floods he has experienced in his life.

Dib

1997 • 45 min • Brazil

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.

Saint

1997 • 10 min • Belgium

Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and tone rather than concrete story detail.

Alien from the Darkness

1997 • 50 min • Japan

The all female crew of the transport ship Muse is on a mission in deep space. They pick up an SOS signal and discover a derelict space cruiser where all the women have died mysteriously. They take the only survivor, a young woman named Flair, and detonate the ghost ship. However, the danger is just beginning. With Flair on the Muse, the romances between the women begin to take a new turn. One by one, the crewmembers are attacked by a mysterious alien presence, desperate to find a way to reproduce with human women!

Campeones

1997 • 17 min • Spain

A boy learns of his father's terminal disease the same day that their favourite football team is going to play the final match of the national championship.

Strange Things

1997 • 7 min • United States of America

A robot finds a job as a janitor. He must remember that if it says "Don't Touch", don't touch.

Crocodile Snap

1997 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A woman's bid to escape her violent husband is seen through the eyes of her younger daughter. Sadie understands Mum better after an accident on Brighton beach shows her that all actions have consequences and that fear of the unknown can be greater than fear of the known.

Hollywood Halloween

1997 • 43 min

Horror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott.

Twilight of the Dark Master

1997 • 45 min • Japan

Tsunami is an ancient guardian from days long ago when the Mother Spirit created demons and guardians to aid a fledgling human race. In 2089, only a few demons and guardians remain in the city of Neo-Shinjuku. Tsunami becomes involved with a woman who has just lost her fiance and her arm and now wants to figure out why this has happened. Meanwhile, the demon leader is still alive and plotting to enslave mankind.

King Leek

1997 • 60 min

A comic tale of competitive leek growing in the north of England, where the stakes are high and the tactics are dirty. Vegetable mad Malcolm has just one ambition in life - to grow the biggest leek in the region. But will he be crowned 'King Leek'?

Mondo Plympton

1997 • 53 min • United States of America

A compilation of animator Bill Plympton's classic shorts, including "Your Face", "How to Kiss", "One of Those Days", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", "Plymptoons", "Nosehair" and "How to Make Love to a Woman". In between, an animated version of Bill answers questions about his life and career.

Sarabande

1997 • 56 min • Canada

The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites.

Les Vacances

1997 • 17 min • France

Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find the money.

Sicily

1997 • 9 min • Italy

Impressionistic short by Antonioni

Chimera: Target I Datenshi Kourin

1997 • 47 min • Japan

Her name is Rei, the Chimera, Angel of Death. The dark wasteland of the underworld is her home. She's an expert marksman, a silent assassin, and more woman than meets the eye. The mafia boss who killed her parents, John Roy, also took the pleasure of raping their son. John Roy now rules the Hong Kong underground, and Rei works for him.

Cyclops, Baby

1997 • 47 min • Canada, United States of America

The theatrical directorial debut of D.J. Caruso

Lápide

1997 • 17 min • Brazil

A husband and wife talk about buying a grave.

Six Gestures

1997 • 58 min

Inspired by Bach presents cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach in collaboration with artists from different disciplines, in a set of six films.

Gibo no onanii: Hatsujô roshutsu

1997 • 60 min • Japan

A husband and wife abandon their son. When he grows up and finds success, they reunite...but to what end?