All Films

The Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe

1994 • 43 min • United States of America

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.

La Tunique et Les Matières

1994 • 22 min

Tunic: membrane of the eye forming an envelope, protective tissue - innermost serous envelope of the testis. Matter: substance which constitutes bodies, and object of intuition in space and possessing mechanical mass.

Maybe We're Talking About A Different God: Homosexuality and the Church

1994 • 29 min • United States of America

The story of the Reverend Jane Adams Spahr, a Presbyterian minister and a lesbian, who was called to serve as pastor of a large metropolitan church in Rochester, New York. Although ninety percent of the congregation voted to approve her as their minister, other Presbyterian churches in the area vehemently protested the appointment and her case was brought before an ecclesiastical court. In documenting that trial, the video reveals the struggle of ordinary people to come to terms with their own difficulties around homosexuality.

Street Lovers

1994 • 29 min • Brazil

‘Amores de Rua’ questions the attitude towards sexuality espoused by a society in which sex workers fight for the right to citizenship. The film travels through Vila Mimosa, Praça Mauá and erotic nightclubs frequented by all genders, where performers mouth along to camp hits. The film presents a discussion about sexuality based on testimonies from sex workers, transgender women and representatives of associations including Euridice Coelho (then president of the Association of Prostitutes of Rio de Janeiro) and Gabriela Silva Leite (from the organisation Vida Prostituição, Direitos Civis e Saúde).

Aube: Luminescence

1994 • 33 min

AUBE - "LUMINESCENCE" (1994, 33 min, VHS). All video images and sounds composed and designed by Akifumi Nakajima at Studio Mecca I/II Kyoto 1993/1994 using fluorescent lamps and glow lamps as material.

The Building of a Village Tradition

1994 • 35 min

A how to video and book about building a Christmas village and display techniques for collectors of villages.

Anna's Amazing Moving Animals

1994 • 3 min

A short animation based on the drawings of an elephant and a giraffe by the filmmaker's seven year old daughter Anna.

超愛人

1994 • 20 min

Smile apologetically next to a beautiful woman. Kyoko Yamada is an ugly woman. She has a man in her life, Momotani, whom she has feelings for. He says to her, "Bring your friends and come visit me. Yamada, who is ugly and has no friends, goes out on the street and talks to girls. There is only one criterion. The only criteria is that the girl has to look good enough to complement him. Finally, Yamada finds a fat girl and takes her to Momotani's flat. But Momotani is a fat lover. The protagonist, who relies on fortune-telling in order to become beautiful and is bossy with the same sex whom she identifies as less than her, confronts the audience with "the ugly part of you", in the form of a laugh, saying "ugly people are such creatures". The film is a radical stomping ground of the looks complex.

Operating Manual for Spaceship Uterus

1994 • 2 min • United States of America

Strange plant-like formations evolve and grow with alien-like splendour.

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

1994 • 4 min • Japan

Memories, death, funeral. Recorded in summer 1992-1994.

Zero Plus Zero

1994 • 11 min

A spy is led to have an irrational vision after reading a series of notes regarding lost cosmonauts.

Matador

1994 • 2 min • United States of America

Don't ever let a bull get in the way of your dreams, but be prepared to hit a couple of walls before you pass him.

How We Kept Mother's Day

1994 • 10 min • Canada

When the celebration of Mother's Day was introduced around 1910, Stephen Leacock observed the quaint idea with a short story. The family in Leacock's version turns the idea to their advantage, taking a splendid holiday in the country, leaving Mother behind to enjoy her special day in peace.

Smarties Potato Incident

1994 • 54 min

The 8mm videocassette lost footage you are about to see was found disposed of in a Utah county thrift store dumpster. It is a prequel to the infamous GOB A GOO, filmed 9 months earlier. Also found with the same videotape footage forever saved by scavenger's hands.....see another visit at the same run down location. Everything seems to be going okay, until a near fatal mishap occurs in the kitchen.

The Invincible Kung Fu Guy

1994 • 23 min • United States of America

A "martial arts master" embarks on a journey to avenge the death of his brother, save his country from being ravaged by a plague, and most importantly, to avenge the deaths of his parents. Needless to say, the journey does not go smoothly.

First World Order

1994 • 28 min

In this tapestry of images and sounds, fragments gleaned from more than three years of research on four continents illuminate an ancient community of perceptions, practices, and values. Originating in Africa, thousands of years before Egypt, remnants of the First World Order survive today as codes and symbolic language in the arts and life of many people. Weaving verité sequences of arts and cultural expression with interviews and animation, Jones evokes the textured relationships of culturally and ethnically distinct and disparate peoples.

Life Study: Divertimento No. 4

1994 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Fourth of the Divertimento.

Chiński Tamburyn

1994 • 6 min • Poland

A film miniature to classical music. An atmospheric film impression introducing the viewer to the aesthetic motifs of the Far East: a fan, a vase with Eastern ornaments, a Chinese teacup, fabric. A butterfly flies out of the opening fan and leads the viewer through details to panoramas of Chinese landscapes, only to return to the closing fan in the film's final sequence. The film image synchronized to the rhythm of Fritz Kreisler's music. The animated film, made in watercolor technique on paper, retains the character and delicacy of Chinese painting.

Brush Work: Divertimento No. 3

1994 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Third of the Divertimento.

トの時間を結ア

1994 • 13 min • Japan

鉄の蔵

1994 • 35 min • Japan

The family fortune left to his father by his grandfather. The location of the bloodline he will inherit. The story is set in the middle of the Tekkou region, in the heart of a small town in the middle of nowhere.

Isolation

1994 • 47 min

"Isolation is a film about forgiveness. It takes place in basically only one location. It’s a girl in her bedroom that transforms into a prison. The door disappears and it’s very abstract and surreal." — Princess Demeny

胡僧

1994 • 10 min • China

Alvin and the Chipmunks: School's Out for Summer

1994 • 30 min

What four words mean as much fun as Alvin and the Chipmunks? School's Out for Summer, of course! Put them together, add a double helping of hilarious stories, great rock songs performed by The Chipmunks, and you're got hot summer fun ... all year round!