All Films

The Potluck and the Passion

1993 • 23 min • United States of America

Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.

Ya nos saquearon (1980-1984)

1993 • 27 min

Chapter 17 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between 1980-1984.

Psychedelic Glue Sniffin' Hillbillies

1993 • 33 min

A documentary by Craig Smith shot in West Virginia, USA; on the drug taking and sexual promiscuity within the USA.

Colours of Absence

1993 • 30 min • India

The film documents the life and art of painter Jehangir Sabavala, capturing the intricate relationship between the artist’s vision and his environment. Khopkar describes the challenges of conveying Sabavala’s creative spirit through film, emphasizing the need to engage with the subtleties of colour, light, and composition.

The Dakota Conflict

1993 • 60 min • United States of America

In 1862, when Minnesota was still a young state, the people of the Eastern Dakota Nation had been relegated to a reservation on a narrow strip of land along the Minnesota River. Times were hard and Dakota families went hungry. When the U.S. government broke its promises and failed to send treaty payments, some of the Dakota went to war against the white settlers. Many Dakota did not join in, choosing to aid and protect settlers instead. The fighting lasted six weeks and many people on both sides were killed or fled the state. 1600 Dakota were imprisoned in a camp below Fort Snelling in present day Minneapolis. Dakota men were tried in a military court and on December 26, 1862, thirty-eight were hanged in Mankato in the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

Description of a Struggle

1993 • 23 min

Experimental short film loosely based on Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.

The Letter

1993 • 4 min • Croatia

A video letter, created during the years of war in Croatia when communication with the rest of the world was difficult. It is addressed to the author's Hungarian and British friends. The author is sending electronic flashes with his hands, and his voice delivers the message in Hungarian and English.

FaerieFilm

1993 • 7 min • United States of America

"FaerieFilm" is Eugene Salandra's 1993 animated documentary short about the Radical Faeries. Audio interviews with seven members of the New York Faerie community in the early 1990's are combined with colorful animated images.

Fernando Py

1993 • 30 min

Documentary about the poet, translator and meteorologist Fernando Py, made at his home in Petrópolis.

Portraits of People Living With HIV

1993 • 46 min

An up-close compilation of interviews and discussions with people living with HIV in the early 1990s.

Jesus Walking on Screen

1993 • 1 min • Austria

A short found footage trailer made for a film program dedicated to the depiction of Jesus in cinema.

Views From a City

1993 • 19 min

A film made between 1991 and 1993 as part of an Arts Council/Channel 4 series of commissions collectively entitled 'Eleventh Hour'. The film was not popular with those who commissioned it and was never broadcast, although it was shown in its original format, 16mm print, at a number of festivals. The film is a kind of personal reflection, in three linked sections, on cities and time, and on seeing, recording and the film medium. It is 18' 51" long, with mono sound.

Första resan

1993 • 27 min

A documentary essay film in which the director attempts to plunge into an artificial depression in order to perceive the world as a sad and bilious man.

Tiny Shoes

1993 • 10 min • Latvia

A modern tale about a girl, a dragon, and a prince - who likes her only when she has the right shoes on.

The World's Sexiest Adverts

1993 • 52 min

Documentary showcasing some of the sexiest TV adverts.

Cupid's Arrow

1993 • 13 min • Russia

The story is about a musician, the conflict is based on the confrontation of classical jazz and alternative music.

The Betrothed

1993 • 20 min

A testimony of the force of love that binds two people, a present-day betrothed couple. The narration proceeds as a thriller in which the two protagonists conceal a mystery: visible traces, scars on an arm, details that worm their way into the story until the enigma is revealed. He had previously been a she. A contemporary metamorphosis made possible by their love.

Kuolema käy kuusi beessä

1993 • 55 min • Finland

Grandmother returns from the grave to haunt her family.

The Wall

1993 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A towering concrete wall blocks the way of a young long-distance runner. Can he overcome the fear of failure with Adidas' innovative tubular technology?

Mocoso malcriado

1993 • 11 min • Argentina

Two children, victims of a controlling and violent stepfather, organize a plan to get their mother to abandon him.

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Paddington enters the Great Alphabet Treasure Hunt and has to find something for every letter of the alphabet. But he soon gets attacked by a W for wasp and gets himself in a mess as usual.

Scars That Heal: The Dave Roever Story

1993 • 41 min • United States of America

This short film shows Dave's story from tragedy to triumph; and was able to overcome the physical, spiritual, and psychological boundaries that were holding him back.

Douglas Gordon sings the best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (For Bas Jan Ader)

1993 • 57 min • United Kingdom

In the present work, the artists appears lying on his back, his eyes mostly closed, dreamingly listening to a walkman that plays, a recording of 'The Best of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground'. The artist can hear the music through his earphones, but as viewers we are only privy to the sound of his voice that whispers the melody. As we listen to the hypnotic interpretion of the familiar songs - as emblematic for pop music history as 'Psycho' is for film - we are forced to mentally 'reconstruct' the remaining orchestration, instrumentation and vocals. We must attempt to reassemble something we already know to be a fact by negotiating the sticky mess of interpretation, meaning, and memory.

Unfinished Film

1993 • 48 min • Latvia

A tribute to late Latvian documentary film director Juris Podnieks. It was his plan to make this film about Latvia and Russia after the collapse of the USSR.