All Films

An Ordinary President

1996 • 54 min • Belarus

A political satire which exposes the shape of totalitarianism in the presidency of Alexander Lukaschenka, admirer of Hitler.

The Adventures of Dandy the Elephant

1996 • 13 min • Russia

Resourceful Dandy saves the city from a rat invasion.

Home Alone

1996 • 4 min • Japan

It's the first time for the Cat to be all by itself at home. This Cat does not have a name yet and nobody knows whether it is female or male. And it has two faces, one is very sensitive and the other is rather naughty.

After the Bath

1996 • 45 min

Expose into how the news story of a kiddie porn bust was fabricated / sensationalized / distorted by police officials, journalists and social workers to create the specter of a "province-wide child pornography ring"

Geography of Hope

1996 • 27 min • United States of America

A visually stunning aerial journey throughout the American Southwest with Robert Fulton, filmmaker/pilot extraordinaire accompanied with a mystical soundtrack by Joakin Bello. Never has there been such a diverse and highly original view of an America that is mysterious and spiritual. Visit the high desert plateaus, the river canyons and Rocky Mountain wind-swept peaks with Fulton as he takes your breath away and renews your sense of timelessness.

Body Double 7

1996 • 3 min

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Brian de Palma's Blood Sisters

Gerdinand & Corline

1996 • 5 min

All the characters in this short visual poem live in their own confined worlds and their means of expression are lost to everyone but themselves and the almighty viewer, who in this case is represented by a young girl.

Castle Ghosts of Scotland

1996 • 52 min • United Kingdom

As is generally known, ghosts mostly dwell in the ancient gloomy locks built five-six centuries back. In similar places during centuries there are quite a bit bloody dramas. Scotland is famous such locks.

Shake a Lizard Tail or Rust Belt Rump

1996 • 28 min

Video of techno dancers mixed with old horror footage, Detroit late-nite TV commercials and Japanese monsters, with original, unreleased soundtrack from Detroit cult band Destroy All Monsters.

Leather

1996 • 10 min • United States of America

“Bondage is freedom.” Leather demonstrates that this seemingly self-contradictory statement holds true for aficionados of BDSM. The testimonies of several members of the leather community explain the attraction; the freedom that surrender can provide, the sense of well being that the trust implicit in the activity promotes.

Dike

1996 • 9 min • Canada

A tongue-in-cheek look at compulsory heterosexuality. The film recounts the story of a girl whose attempts to hide her sexual orientation are put in jeopardy by her excessive perspiration whenever her female friends hug her.

Fresh Blood: A Consideration of Belonging

1996 • 55 min • Canada, Israel, Palestinian Territory

Fresh Blood: A Consideration of Belonging is a hybrid documentary which includes questions around Arab Jewishness, negotiating Palestine, gender, belly dancing and memory. This video essay, formed by personal narrative and including a return to Israel/Palestine, engages issues of: Jewish racialized identity, Arab/Jewish dichotomies and the way these come together in Iraqi Jewish culture, and the personal implications of the politics of Palestine and the Jewish holocaust.

Law of Averages

1996 • 15 min • United States of America

In a lush garden two lovers meet and begin a relationship that is complicated by a lack of exact compatibility, daily compromise and occasional sensuousness. The temptation in this garden is an interactive theatre called The Big Ghost which stars a wild and addictive creature named Vinyla.

Drifting: Rob Machado Chronicles

1996 • 43 min

Family man. Style master. Traveler. Artist. Filmmaker. Loyal friend. Deep thinker. Musician. Weirdo. Afro. Surfer. Rob Machado is many things. And this 1996 biopic touches on them all. A goofyfoot classic.

Twin Stars

1996 • 27 min • Japan

A short anime based on Kenji Miyazawa's fairytale "Twin Stars" where Chunse Doji and Boze Doji live in the Milky Way.

Narcissus

1996 • 3 min • Canada

The director of the underground feature "Cat Swallows Parakeet And Speaks!" turns their eye for stunning metaphoric imagery to the myth of Narcissus.

There Was A Tree

1996 • 10 min • Belarus

A philosophical parable about the lives of a girl, her parents, and a tree.

Nightwalk

1996 • 1 min • United States of America

Frankenstein's monster ventures outside.

Historias Breves II: Tanto te gusta ese hombre

1996 • 10 min • Argentina

In a house of dark women, where life happens from the outside and from the inside is spied on and violently walled up, the appearance of a man who meets one of them secretly awakens fantasies, envies, desires and frustrations in the others. When she is discovered, she is condemned by the clan. Based on "The House of Bernarda Alba", by Federico García Lorca.

Foul Ball

1996 • 2 min • Hong Kong

Borrowing its title from a campaign raising awareness for the use of forced child labor in football stitching in Sialkot, Pakistan during mid-to-late 1990s, Toe Yuen's short is a social statement protesting the exploitation imposed by sports brands.

Chicago in Time Lapse

1996 • 24 min

"At the beginning of the 19th century there is no Chicago. There was a fort that was set on fire by Indians shortly thereafter. Later, the turbulent expansion of a settlement began, which became a center for the immigrant workforce, traditional industry, slaughterhouses, and, in 1941, armaments for war. The Windy City on Lake Michigan is the fastest changing city in the world. This 35mm Arriflex film time-lapse footage is annotated with classic techno cuts and information about the tunnels under Chicago, the slaughterhouses, organized crime, Sears & Roebuck catalogs and other peculiarities of this strange city."

Piękne lata niewoli

1996 • 40 min • Poland

Janusz Nasfeter, one of the greatest Polish directors, talks about his childhood and youth, the events of the occupation period and after the war. These memories became an inspiration for his work.

Rodale's Guide to Planting, Pruning and Propagating

1996 • 31 min • United States of America

Featuring Jeff Cox, from the TV series "Your Organic Garden", this video teaches you planting secrets, safe pruning techniques and easy propagation tricks.

Aquarium City (Short Version)

1996 • 38 min • Japan

It is all flickering neon-light with Aquarium City (1996), a feature film of 76 minutes, using black inserts and the structure of the tatami again. Blue and grey are the most prominent colours, and a sky turning white while a young woman is using drugs and waving her hair. The needle in her arm, and we are watching from a distance while cars and motorcycles are passing the street. The possible contrasts in beauty seem to be Onishi’s theme, so after the dark street we watch another woman masturbating while sitting on a chair. But later placing the needle in the vagina of another woman. The sun is shining outside and cars continue driving. But the power is gone. And the way out is never anything else but a black hole.