All Films

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

1996 • 37 min • United States of America

An introduction and overview to Scientology.

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996 • 42 min • United States of America

Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.

Myth Makers 35: Jacqueline Hill

1996 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Those who worked with her fondly remember Jacqueline Hill as a kind and generous colleague. She had a long and varied career and as Barbara Wright she played one of the original TARDIS crew who put Doctor Who firmly on the road to success.

The Russian Idea

1996 • 52 min • Russia, United Kingdom

The Russian entry in the BFI’s Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Tincan Folklore

1996 • 34 min • United States of America

The second full-length from Stereo Skateboards Carl Shipman, Chris Pastras, Ethan Fowler, Greg Hunt, Jason Lee, Matt Rodriguez, Mike Frazier, Neville Sandzabar

Nahui Olín: Una mujer de los tiempos modernos

1996 • 32 min • Mexico

"A Woman of Modern Times". María del Carmen Mondragón Valseca (1893 - 1978), better known by the name Nahui Olín. A Mexican artist's model, painter, poet and activist.

Vildhussen

1996 • 57 min • Sweden

Documentary drama about Sweden's biggest natural disaster, which destroyed one of the biggest whitewater rapids in Sweden in 1796.

Jackson: My Life... Your Fault

1996 • 41 min • United Kingdom

Jackson’s father died when Jackson was a boy, and his mother now shelters her son, not allowing anyone else into their lives. When Jackson discovers a world of men outside their mansion and starts dating a cute cop, he is forced to decide. Remain a protected child or accept the risks of the outside.

Víctor and the chosen ones

1996 • 11 min • Uruguay

Two friends staying at a summer house find a strange animal in front of the house looking at them, and they discuss what to do with it.

Rage Against the Machine: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

1996 • 37 min

featuring Eric "Bobo" Correa on percussion

Blood and Lipstick

1996 • 7 min

A man sees a woman in a mirror. In a disturbed state, he breaks the mirror.

The 53rd Calypso

1996 • 27 min • United States of America

Short film featuring Emily Helstrom, Mark Shannahan, Molly Castelloe, Edward Norton, etc.

I'll Be Your Mirror

1996 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Considered the most intimate portrait of life & work of American photographer Nan Goldin. Collaborating with British documentary director Edmund Coulthard, the film also paints a sharp portrait of a generation, reconstructing disquiet from the extraordinary biographical account of the photographer.

Godfrey and Zeek in Lost Control

1996 • 7 min

When Godfrey the giraffe accidentally flushes his TV remote down a toilet, he and his friend, Zeek the pig, go to a sewage treatment plant to find it.

The Wright Stuff

1996 • 56 min

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple of tight circles, ending in a perfect landing. The flight took less than two minutes, but it left spectators awestruck. While the combined talents of Wilbur and Orville Wright had produced the first plane capable of controlled flight , their distrust of others had almost cost them the credit for their invention. Now, having proved to the public that they had mastered the sky, the reserved brothers from the small town of Dayton, Ohio, became world celebrities.

Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice

1996 • 60 min • United States of America

A retelling of the Disney film, Beauty and the Beast (1991), on ice. This also included live singers from the Broadway stage show, and clips of the animated film.

The Future Lasts A Long Time

1996 • 14 min

Dream-like short film starring Samantha Morton, in one of her earliest screen credits, as one of a couple on the run who hide out in the Fens.

Tough Time

1996 • 58 min • Russia

With the money of the gangsters, the director made a film that received prizes at four festivals, but did not raise money. Now he is forced to shoot porn on video.

Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight 2 Teikokuya's Counterattack

1996 • 40 min • Japan

A sequel that continues to follow Cutie Knight's fight against the secret society, Teikokuya.

Faut pas faire chier Albert !

1996 • 10 min • France

In the middle of a New Year's Eve robbery, two petty thieves have an unexpected encounter.

Christmas in Oz

1996 • 40 min • United States of America

It's time for the Oz Kids' annual Christmas party, and everyone's invited — except for Otto the Nome Prince, that is. Otto is so upset that he steals Andrea's invitation. And Andrea (who inherited her mother Glinda's magic) believes she wasn't invited and joins forces with Otto to get even.

The Challenge of Manufacturing

1996 • 7 min

Animals are killed and processed for fast food. A man is tarred and feathered. A collage of ordinary horrors on the way to the millennium.

Running Men

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Yoichi, who is tired of living in Tokyo, works as a clerk at an inn run by Osawa, a senior he admired when he was a student. The two are attracted to each other. but the feelings are in each others hearts. Set in an inn in Shinshu. It depicts a heartrending love story of a young man who is tired of the city.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

1996 • 45 min • Canada

Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a mysterious place full of dangerous electrical storms, prehistoric reptiles and swamp monsters. Based on author Jules Verne's fantasy novel, this animated adventure follows the explorers' struggles to survive and prove their findings to the rest of the world.