All Films

An African-American’s Journal: Inside North Korea

1994 • 28 min • North Korea, United States of America

Andrew Jones travels to North Korea with a group of African Americans called "People to People" in an effort to learn more about the country. Once there, his mission for the tape becomes dispelling negative American myths about North Korea.

Unten - Gespräche mit Armen

1994 • 45 min

A film by Mischka Popp & Thomas Bergmann

Lawns & Gardens with Jerry Baker

1994 • 36 min

You'll learn different tips, tricks, and tonics for your yard and garden care. America's Master Gardener Jerry Baker provides unusual and common sense ideas to make your gardening chores a little more successful and a lot more fun. In a style that's strictly his own, Jerry suggests topical treatments for your yard that include ingredients such as ammonia, molasses, beer, pop, mouthwash; and those are just some of the interesting household products and items needed to get your lawn and garden up and growing. Jerry Baker tells people by following these simple instructions "the greenest grass and tastiest vegetables will be on your side of the fence."

Fay Presto - Illusions of Grandeur

1994 • 40 min

Fay Presto, one of the most sought-after magicians in Britain with her astonishing close-up illusions, talks about two tricks that elude her - becoming a mainstream star and being accepted as a woman. In the male-dominated world of the Magic Circle, her gender is a problem, and Fay has a past that she is not allowed to forget.

All About Fast-Moving Trains

1994 • 30 min

Engineer Gus and Engineer Sam take you down the track to a fun-filled adventure with trains of all kinds. Climb into the cab with engineers and conductors who show you how they keep their trains running and see a massive coal engine up close. Whoosh along at over a 100 m.p.h. as you drive a modern Super Train! Visit collectors who have amazing model trains that operate with split-second timing on sets that are so life-like, they have mountains, trees--even a town parade! And you'll watch Santa deliver his gifts in an exciting, new way on board the lively Santa Train. So grab the throttle and hit the rails for a full-steam ahead adventure that's ALL ABOUT FAST-MOVING TRAINS!

Devil's lake

1994 • 22 min

The film tells about selkup, indigenious nation of north. The worldview of it's residents is based around lake Lozyl'-to, which is believed to be the center of the world. Lozyl'-to translates as Devil's lake, lake, where spirits are living. At the very heart of the lake sits island, which is a shelter for recently departed souls, watershed and mainland. By the legend of shamans, temple is the home for mysterious "Black woman" and spirits, which are half people and half bears. Selkup believe that on the seventh day after death the soul of a person transmigrates into a bear. The temple is a place where souls live until the "Black woman" comes.

Oat-Meal

1994 • 8 min

A short film by Relah Eckstein. An unemployed Artist’s oatmeal 'Tosh Berman' is poisoned with hallucinogenic bug balls by his fashion conscious Wife 'Gina Schock' and their dimwitted Chambermaids.

Dach

1994 • 4 min

The roofs of San Francisco. This is the filming of a friend, Inga, and myself sunbathing and playing with the camera.

The Grand Relocation

1994 • 50 min • China

Shanghai government decided to build a grand overpass on Chengdu Road, thus buildings need to be demolished and hundreds of households have to be relocated. This documenytary, shot from summer 1993 to early 1994, focused on 6 of these households.

Kā linu druva sāka ziedēt

1994 • 2 min • Latvia

Fantasies of a little boy admiring a blooming flax field.

...by any means necessary

1994 • 6 min

A six-minute short produced for the 1994 MIX Film Festival, based on the treatise of the then-anonymous Kiki Mason, and distributed at events and festivities during Stonewall 25.

Don't Be Sad

1994 • 2 min • Latvia

It's so cool to run barefoot through the fields and puddles in the summer, enjoying the sun, the sky and everything that surrounds you!

Madagascar: The Red Island Uprising

1994 • 55 min • France

On March 29, 1947, peasants armed with sticks and knives attacked the French garrisons in Madagascar. The revolt would end twenty months later with the death of the last insurgents, shot down by the expeditionary force. France, accustomed to memory lapses, knew nothing of this insurrection and its trail of torture and abuses. In Madagascar, well after independence, the events of 1947 were never discussed. For more than a generation, parents refused to speak of them to their children. It wasn't until the 1980s that the silence was broken.

Space Splice

1994 • 12 min • United States of America, India

Space Splice is a form of conceptual architecture that could only be realized in video. Forward motion and edits connect interior volumes shot in The United States, Europe, and India. The viewer experiences unimpeded movement through a network of hypothetical spaces. “Space Splice affects a transformation, rendering corridors, passageways and tunnels in new ways… McElwee creates an imagined architecture that builds to a dizzying peak.” - Jess Learner, Curator, Long Beach Museum of Art “In Space Splice, McElwee’s fish-eye lens steadily wanders among countess settings as he creates a new folded space that advances in time, stretching out into infinity.” - TL Reid, Afterimage “Watching Space Splice is like watching Bach.” - Peter Rose, Filmmaker

The Last Bite

1994 • 2 min

World Premiere at Spectacle Theatre on June 13, 2025.

The Skylark

1994 • 7 min • Kyrgyz Republic

In this animated film inspired by Kyrgyz fairy-tales, a skylark helps people solve their problems.

Special Policewomen Team

1994 • 15 min • China

Documentary on a special policewomen team. Later adapted into a fiction TV series of the same name in 2000.

Bapteme De Jean-jean (le)

1994 • 6 min • France

Shot during the Ronde des Géants in Steenvoorde (Nord). This big gathering of giants coming from the region but also from other countries such as Belgium, Great Britain and Spain, was for Jean-Jean, the giant of Pont sur Sambre (59) the opportunity to meet his fellow creatures!

Air Hockey: Rise of the Young Wolf

1994 • 15 min • United States of America

At the 1991 USAA (United States Air-Table-Hockey Association) Nationals, Tim "Young Wolf" Weissman faces a serious challenge as he attempts to continue his dominance in competitive air hockey.

Geant De Pont (le)

1994 • 26 min

Each year, on the third Thrusday in Lent, there is a traditional procession in Pont-sur-Sambre, a small town in the north of France, some 200 kilometers away from Paris. The 104th such procession, in 1993, was a special occasion because it was also the christening of Jean-Jean the giant, who is the symbolic figure of the local peasantry. But a giant often conceals another one. As the film ends, the village mayor turns out ot be even more interesting than Jean-Jean.

He Wo Un Poh: Recovery in Native America

1994 • 54 min

A critical look at the effects of alcoholism on Native American communities. Singer, a member of the Santa Clara Tewa Pueblo, introduces us to the experiences of seven Native Americans on the road to recovery from alcohol abuse. Along the way, she reveals her own first-hand experience with alcoholism. This innovative video takes an intimate approach to a problem which is both widespread and misunderstood.

Doing What It Takes: Black Folks Getting and Staying Healthy

1994 • 23 min

Black communities are disproportionately affected by cancer, heart disease, low birth weight and infant mortality rates. Facing political, economic and racial barriers to good health, this video documents the anger and mistrust in the Black community towards the medical establishment based on a history of abuse and lack of access. Part of the Not Channel Zero video series.

Institute of Border Troops of Ukraine

1994 • 29 min • Ukraine

A film about the Ukrainian Border Guard Institute in Khmelnytskyi.

Unknown Ukraine. The Path to the Ocean

1994 • 15 min • Ukraine

The end of the 19th century. Impoverishment of peasants in Ukraine. Resettlement of Ukrainians to Siberia and the Far East. Formation of Ukrainian settlements known as the "Green Wedge."