All Films

Weezer: Live at Bizarre Festival

1996 • 42 min

Broadcasted on German TV

Beautiful Funerals

1996 • 2 min • United States of America

BEAUTIFUL FUNERALS is a hand-painted double-step-printed film composed of 1) dense blackness variously punctuated by brilliantly colored jewel/flower-like shapes AND 2) interruptive white sections which are fuzzily dotted with blurred whites and criss-crossed by black "brushstrokes" and hard-edge straight black and white lines. Finally there is a brilliant pinkish flare veined with curled blue lines which engenders a resolution between these (above described) alternating modes - colors in the straight-line sections, lines among the artifice of "flowers," a kind of dark lattice-form which knits the two modes, gray and colored "clouds" which correlate them.

The House of History

1996 • 20 min • Afghanistan

Khan-e-Tarikh (House of History), made in the winter of 1996. An essay film directed by Qadir Taheri. Script by Sher Mohammed Khara. Many cameramen from Afghan Film are credited for the film, as it made extensive use of source material from the civil war.

Empty World

1996 • 8 min

Short film directed by Geng Jianli.

October 25th & 26th, 1996

1996 • 8 min

Super 8 document of the inflatable tunnel project by the October Group during the Metro Days of Action. A 150' long building was inflated using the air vents in front of Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square. The October Group action references both public institution and temporary home to protest the erosion of the city.

Elders & Family: The Family Meeting

1996 • 30 min • United States of America

This unique video teaches families who need to care for an elderly parent how to work together to develop a shared caregiving plan. It takes an in-depth look at how one typical family comes together to assess its elder parent’s needs.

Chocolate

1996 • 4 min • United States of America

Fred the orbiting Russian monkey had tricked Worm into believing the Moon is made of chocolate. When Worm travels to the Moon and finds out it is made of dirt, he vows vengeance on Fred and zooms back to Earth to find him. But Fred has an even-bigger lie to tell Worm.

Neon Goddesses

1996 • 46 min • Belgium, Hong Kong

Three provincial girls departed for Beijing. Yu Quin works as a hostess in a night-club, leaving her two-year-old daughter in someone else's care. Hu Jin is a bit part player and runway model. Zun Ji worked as a dancer in a discotheque, but returned to her hometown after she became a drug addict.

La Gran Via de Rita Jones

1996 • 47 min • France, Spain

Bighorn Rams 2

1996 • 59 min

The harvesting of a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram represents one of the greatest achievements in the world of hunting today. As a sought after and coveted trophy throughout Canada and the United States, the Bighorn Ram"s status and popularity is soaring. This video will show you why.

António Variações

1996 • 58 min • Portugal

Documentary exploring the life of the late, famous Portuguese musician, António Variações.

Angst (Wilson)

1996 • 5 min • Canada

The story of the exquisite torture suffered by high school students on a daily basis. Our hero is both sullen and gay. He feels isolated and alienated but he is not alone - they're all caught up in a big daisy chain of unrequited love and teen trauma.

Yukata Wife's Inner Thighs: Exposed

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Namie, a young wife who aspires to be a writer, has applied for awards from various companies, but has had a hard time getting recognized. Then, by chance, she meets Eitaro, the author of a collection of poems she used to read. Namie takes a liking to Eitaro, who she doesn't normally meet, and she aggressively approaches him, and they have sex over and over again. One day, she learns that Eitaro not only has a wife, but also a child from his mistress, which makes her angry. Namie, who has made up her mind, asks the girls, "Would you please give me Eitaro?" But they treat her with her nose instead. However, Eitaro gradually started spending more time in Namie's room. One day, Ichiko came to Namie's room after learning about it...

Skeletons in our Closet

1996 • 60 min • Australia

As each new generation makes its mark on the fabric of Australian society, inevitably changes in lifestyles and attitudes will occur. Throughout the 20th century, the motion picture camera has recorded these changes, creating a permanent, living record of our past. This program has been compiled from Cinesound and Movietone Newsreel items, as well as advertising films from the 1930s to the 1960s. As you watch this video, some of the stories will make you laugh, others you may find distasteful, a few will seem absurd, but most of them are certain to make you cringe.

Camel Trophy 1996 - Kalimantan

1996 • 49 min

The spirit of the Camel Trophy was never more evident than in the 1996 event, which combined 4WD adventure and achievement unmatched in its seventeen year history. First there was the inhospitable terrain, as Camel Trophy '96 became the first expedition to complete a 1850km East-West vehicular crossing of Kalimantan, the remote jungle heartland of Indonesian Borneo. Then there were the conditions - the searing heat, monsoon rains, relentless glutinous mud and huge river crossings. But there was also breathtaking primary rainforest, the beauty and friendliness of the local people and the extraordinary camaraderie this event inspires. In just 22 days, teams from 20 countries battled their way towards the golden beaches of Pontianak in a convoy of 38 Land Rover Discoverys and Defender 110s.

Christmas at the Fun Song Factory

1996 • 30 min

It's Christmas at the Fun Song Factory and Ozzie Octave, the fuzzy Fun Song Factory Foreman, is busy decorating the factory as a Christmas Surprise for everyone. The factory is bursting at the seams with festive fun. There are lots of traditional carols and favourite Christmas songs to join in with and don't forget to hang up your stocking just in case Santa Claus comes down the Chimney. Merry Christmas to you all!

Almoço Executivo

1996 • 14 min • Brazil

Five friends meet for lunch. Nothing could be more mundane, but for some reason, no one stayed for dessert.

Amalgam

1996 • 6 min • Iceland

The film is a conversation between the director and the composer. The image and the music relate to each other, creating a very special kind of a tension.

Jeff Healey - Live From House Of Blues, Atlanta

1996 • 47 min • United States of America

Jeff Healey Live from House Of Blues Atlanta 1989. Includes Jeff Healey band member and Andy Scott from The Sweet

Fermat's Last Theorem

1996 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Andrew Wiles stumbled across the world's greatest mathematical puzzle, Fermat's Theorem, as a ten-year-old schoolboy, beginning a 30-year quest with just one goal in mind: to solve the problem that has baffled minds for three centuries.

Best Forgotten Art

1996 • 46 min

Best Forgotten Art is Johnny Dawes' classic climbing film about the desperate art of climbing gritstone cracks. Featuring great climbing and bouldering on grit in the Peak District. Starring John Allen, Joe Brown, Johnny Woodward, Boone Speed, Chris Plant, Arthur Dolphin, Airlie Anderson, Ruth Jenkins, and Leo Houlding.

Souviens-toi de moi

1996 • 59 min

A young French immigrant from the Middle-East struggles to grow up in the housing projects surrounding Paris in this drama. The young woman faces many obstacles. Though she is in her twenties, Mimouna is forced to live with her domineering father and his traditionally submissive wife. Her younger siblings have eschewed Algerian traditions, and so does Mimouna, but only to a point, for she can also see the value of keeping her cultural heritage alive. Whether or not she chooses to live a traditional Algerian existence or that of the modern Western woman, Mimouna realizes that her gender restricts her opportunities in life.

The Abandon

1996 • 7 min • Belgium

A young man, having just finished making love, casually tells his lover that it was his first time having sex to which his lover reveals a tendency that not only ruins his after-sex glow but may change his life forever.

The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Edition)

1996 • 25 min • Japan

Lengthened version of the film.