All Films

Standing Before the God

1996 • 47 min

This is an observation of the life of the orthodox rock band "The Vagrant Orchestra" (group leader Dmitry Pantin) and reflection on the possibility of the path of confession and preaching chosen by the musicians.

Shaft of Light

1996 • 9 min • United States of America

Stop motion animation set in a dystopian industrialized society.

Douglas Coupland: Close Personal Friend

1996 • 25 min • Canada

Coupland discusses life, time and personal identity in the late 20th century. He surveys the aural and visual landscape using personal and corporate imagery. The pace of the film reflects the information-crammed culture Coupland is discussing. Its a vibrant, multi-layered exploration of the modern mind, body and soul.

F.A.B. Productions: Aloha From Hell

1996 • 41 min

Surf video produced by F.A.B. Productions. Shot on location in Hawaii, Tahiti, Costa Rica, Mexico, and San Clemente.

Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Help Out

1996 • 55 min • United Kingdom

PEEP! PEEP! According to Sir Topham Hatt: "Helping out is one of the best ways to show that you're a Really Useful Engine." That's why it's so important for Thomas to race to the rescue when one of his friends needs a "helping hand," or in Thomas' case, a "helping buffer." This special collection of stories highlights your Sodor friends proving that sometimes friendship is stronger than fear as they help out those in need. Remember when Trevor was almost scrapped? Cheer on Thomas, Harold, Terence and Percy as they rescue villagers from a heavy snowfall, and find out what happens down at the mine. All aboard for non-stop fun and excitement! Our Story Stops Are: Edward Helps Out; Foolish Freight Cars; Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train; Thomas Breaks the Rules; Down the Mine; Percy's Promise; Trouble in the Shed; Donald and Douglas Saved from Scrap; Bertie's Chase; Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure.

The Place Which Isn’t Necessarily Wrong

1996 • 18 min • Japan

The enormous amount of modern stars surrounding us is not a fantastic sparkle of light, but a litter of false information. The "I" in this film collects messages from an imaginary research company. A unique personal film that confronts the fictionalised reality on an equal level. (IFF, 1996).

N

1996 • 7 min • Japan

“N” as in Nurse. A man wandering in an abandoned hospital ward, reflections on Lost Time, Violence and traces of Nostalgia. 16mm film by Kenji Onishi.

The Strings

1996 • 6 min • Russia

A parable about the fragility of relationships. Love is sought, found, tested, lost...

How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

1996 • 11 min • Canada

Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an angel.

Uwakizuma: Inran dônôkai

1996 • 58 min • Japan

Misako is invited to a party celebrating the wedding anniversary of her former teacher at school, Professor Kitamura, and his wife, Hanae. Her husband, Akira, waits for Misako to return home, drinking beer by himself, but she never comes back. Her younger sister, Kana, lives on the second floor, and it seems that her boyfriend, Toru, has come over today and is having sex with her. The next morning, Misako finally returns home. Akira is furious, but she can't forget how much fun she had at the party. What did she see and experience there?

Un arbre fou d'oiseaux

1996 • 47 min • France

By reviving memories that remain of her disappeared friend, Sabine tries to resurrect and mourn.

The Homecoming of Ulysses

1996 • 56 min • Netherlands

Frank Groothof tells and sings the story of Ulysses' homecoming. He is accompanied musically by the saxphone ensemble Sax et Plus. The Dutch peninsula of Schiermonnikoog forms the backdrop for the story, in which Groothof himself plays almost all carachters.

You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Hawaiian Beach Party

1996 • 25 min

Mary-Kate and Ashley go with their friends to Hawaii for a party.

The Little Mitten

1996 • 8 min • Ukraine

Once in winter a gray mouse ran through the forest. She was cold, so she was very glad when someone had dropped a mitten on the ground. Having climbed inside and warmed up, someone suddenly knocked at it. It turned out that many more animals also needing warmth and comfort will visit the mitten.

Kirby: Living the Dream

1996 • 60 min

From the housing projects of Chicago to two World Series championships, "Puck" lived a storybook life. But when tragedy struck, this champion showed what true heroes are made of.

Taiga

1996 • 8 min • Slovenia

Tajga was shot after the performance of the same name, performed at the international festival of contemporary arts City of Women in October 1995 in Ljubljana. The viewer enters a dark atmosphere dictated by dramatic vocal-electronic music, passing anthropomorphic and waxy zoomorphic figures, and camera movements. When the author establishes the landscape, she places a wrestler and a drowning woman in it, and with these scenes she further increases the suspension. At the height of the dramaturgy, the set stage collapses. The waxen guard dogs dissolve and the soldiers retreat. Naked female characters appear, announcing the transition to a period of warmth and peace, accompanied by softer music.

Dave Attell - HBO Comedy Half-Hour

1996 • 27 min • United States of America

Dave Attell brings us more of his good old stand-up jokes about cow sex and trash trucks in this half-hour comedy special.

Behind the Scenes with King Kong in Special Effects

1996 • 32 min

Making of documentary for the King Kong segment of the in the 1996 IMAX movie 'Special Effects: Anything Can Happen', featuring stop-motion animation created by the late great David Allen.

Playboy: Twins & Sisters Too

1996 • 51 min

Sugar and spice or naughty and nice? They’re all that and more as Playboy shows you in this very intimate look at twins. Two-of-a-kind they may be, but you’ve always wondered just how identical they really are. Are the stories true that they trick teachers, swap boyfriends and switch identities on a clever whim? Do they know each other’s thoughts and desires without saying a word? Do they dress alike and share alike? You’ll discover the sizzling truth to the mysterious bond between twins as these matches made in heaven take you into their private world. It’s double exposure of the most delightful kind

Abducted By UFOs

1996 • 47 min

A look at the abductee phenomenon and America’s 50-year fascination with all things extraterrestrial. It focuses on the experiences of a group of people who claim to have been abducted by UFOs. Directed by KIrk Wolfinger.

Wheel of Life

1996 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Draws on Old Testament text, a mix of live action and animation to tell the tale of original sin and destinies controlled by the forces of nature and man. Images of creation and destruction, of pre-history ...

Spirit of Hiroshima

1996 • 54 min

Through the daily life of a Japanese family living in the Hiroshima of the nineties, this documentary uses valuable testimonies to reflect on how these people continue to overcome the atomic bombing of 1945.

Who Is the Master Who Makes the Grass Green?

1996 • 6 min • Portugal

Edmund Husserl observed: "All perception is a gamble", which Robert Anton Wilson expands upon when he suggests that "[others] just have a different reality tunnel, and every reality tunnel might tell us something interesting about our world, if we are willing to listen." All seen through the mirror of João Queiroz’s art.

Marn Grook

1996 • 45 min

MARN GROOK explores the history, achievements and struggles of Aboriginal sportsmen involved in our National game, 'Aussie Rules'.