All Films

Future Shock

1993 • 43 min

Edge of the art computer graphics set to electronic and ambient music. 3D graphics created with Autodesk 3D Studio.

Kristina's Harbor

1993 • 50 min

Gunvor Nelson's two-part film was recorded in Kristinehamn where she grew up and will return to live. KRISTINA'S HARBOR is an impressionistic depiction of daily life in this small Swedish city, suggesting how it has or has not changed in relation to its history.

Weir

1993 • 1 min • United Kingdom

An encounter with a small man-made waterfall presented in a triptych format.

Pool

1993 • 4 min

Vers la Dame Jouanne

1993 • 7 min • France

Dear Rock

1993 • 18 min

A posthumous fan letter to Rock Hudson that uses Hudson as a springboard for an exploration of AIDS and homophobia. Using the contrived form of the fan letter, the film uses digression as its structure, beginning with elements of Hudson's life that open onto larger contemporary issues about gay male identity.

Pekkle: Find the Secret Treasure!

1993 • 20 min • Japan

Pekkle and his friends find a treasure map that will lead them to a stone that will grant one wish, and they go on a treasure hunt.

Sister Double Happiness: Greetings From Zürich

1993 • 59 min • Germany

Recorded live on September 24, 1993 in Switzeraland. Tracks: Bobby Shannon, Don't Worry, Lightning, Ashes, Exposed to You, San Diego, Freight Train, You Don't Know Me, Whipping Song, No Good For You, Dicks Hate Police and Two-Headed Dog

Growing Up Gay & Lesbian: Question & Answers

1993 • 57 min

Educational video about the problems gay and lesbian teenagers meet, and how to face them.

Secondhand Daylight

1993 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Carol Morley's 16mm documentary short is set in a fast food restaurant where a selection of twenty-somethings talk about their troubles. One of two shorts Morley directed as her graduation films from Central St. Martin's School of Art (the other being Girl).

Robochick

1993 • 6 min

Comedy about an egg that refuses to be eaten and escapes from breakfast, to return to its mother.

Cinderella and Friends

1993 • 48 min • United States of America

Animated children's film based on the traditional fairy tale, an offshoot of GoodTimes Entertainment

Beyrouth, Le Dialogue Des Ruines

1993 • 52 min

Architecture in Beirut was the second greatest victim of the civil war, with pages of ancient and modern history erased by the end of the conflict. This documentary interviews citizens calling for a reconstruction plan that would preserve Beirut’s spirit of culture and openness.

Cinderella: A Dance Fantasy

1993 • 31 min

The classic fairy tale is depicted in all its romantic splendor in this ballet production set to Prokofiev's timeless score.

And it's Nothing More, or Nothing Less

1993 • 20 min • Japan

Hi-8 short film by Rei Harakami

Dark Sun, Bright Shade

1993 • 57 min

A one-hour dramatic film which explores the cultural, social and political fabrics between two gay Chinese men living under parallel traditions within the Chinese social structure. Through the unfolding of events following the 1989 T'ien An Men Square Massacre in Beijing, the film focuses on Paul, a young Chinese-Canadian artist, and Kai, a foreign student in exile from mainland China, as they confront the differences in their politics, sexuality, cultural upbringing and family relationships. As they are drawn closer together it becomes obvious that, for the many displaced Chinese around the world, there lies ahead a long arduous journey towards a questionable future.

City Film

1993 • 16 min

Klahr's City Film contemplates New York City rhythms, creating a tapestry of real and imagined street activities.

Body Memories

1993 • 57 min

Dancing on the edge between what is deeply personal and very human, between laughter, grief and wonder." Body Memories" is a wild and often comic ride, a one man's journey inward to find meaning in his life.

The Visit

1993 • 28 min

An inspirational story based on the Second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, The Visitation. Callie, a woman in her early twenties, is widowed with two children. The Visit focuses on what it means to be a true friend to someone in the midst of catastrophic circumstances.

Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America

1993 • 56 min

Produced in 1993 by WXXI-TV and distributed nationally, Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America looks at the history of drug use in America. It explores the idea that drug use is not a contemporary phenomenon or problem, but a constant presence throughout the country’s social history. In 1995, Altered States received a New York State Emmy for outstanding Societal Concerns Programming.

Fipsi

1993 • 23 min

Documentary about a spunky 80-year-old lady.

Valse

1993 • 3 min • France

A film by Jean-Pierre Valladeau

Skaņas TVarsTĪŠANA

1993 • 6 min • Latvia

A work that straddles the boundary between science and art. A story about a microphone – a sound collector.

The History of the Luiseño People

1993 • 27 min • United States of America

Based on his ever-changing performance Indian Tails, this video features Luna sitting alone in his darkened room in front of the TV on Christmas Eve. As he sits, he calls friends, family and ex-lovers, excusing himself from all their celebrations. Luna tells us, "In the work there is a thin line between what is fictional and what is non-fiction, and what is real emotion and what is art. … There is a cultural element where I let (or seem to let) people in on American Indian cultures. There are also elements in the work about American culture that everyone can identify with, and that makes for an understanding that we are all more alike than different."