All Films

Magic Cottage

1993 • 25 min • United Kingdom

A short fantastical, meditative film chronicling a young man's descent into an addiction to cottaging (gay sex in public toilets), set in 1990s London, presented in the style of a classic zombie horror film.

The Village

1993 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A village is ruled by the church, but is filled with hypocritical sinners who constantly spy on each other. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Strange Weather

1993 • 50 min • United States of America

A quartet of crack addicts in Miami sit around, while outside, the biggest hurricane of the century is about to hit. The Pixelvision camera roams restlessly through the apartment, focusing nervously on the tiniest details, but never staying in any one spot for very long. Meanwhile, the addicts engage in desultory conversation, or make phone calls, or tell stories about their past experiences.

Mermaid's Scar

1993 • 56 min • Japan

According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will lead to death or transformation into a damned creature known as a Lost Soul (or Deformed Ones in the English dub). Mermaid Saga tells the tale of Yuta, an immortal who has been alive for five hundred years, who is wandering across Japan searching for a cure and meeting others whose lives have also been ruined by mermaid flesh in the process.

Family Remains

1993 • 35 min

A woman and her mother deal with the arrival of her father's dead body.

Paranoïa

1993 • 6 min • France

A Croatian short film.

Bullet

1993 • 6 min

Bullet is Weerasethakul’s first film, an experimental, silent short that explores light and time. Here, one can see many tropes that continue to be developed throughout the artist’s career.

Desert Rose

1993 • 45 min • Japan

Mariko, codenamed "Rose Marie", is a leader of an anti-terrorism group, CAT (Counter Attack Terrorism). She lost her husband and son in a terrorist bomb attack at an airport. Also suffering injuries in the blast, she was left with a scar that looked like a rose flower on her chest. A secret summit conference is due to be held in Switzerland, with Marie's team deployed as security. However, it becomes clear terrorists have already made a move to sabotage the meeting...

Elijah

1993 • 30 min • United States of America

Ahab, a great king of the Israelites, has fallen under the spell of Jezebel, a daughter of the King of the Sidonians. He has rejected the Israelites' God and embraced Jezebel's religion: the worship of the idol Baal. At Jezebel's command, Ahab has ordered the execution of the prophets of Israel, replacing them with Baal's false prophets. But one man, Elijah, filled with power of the true God, directly challenges Ahab and Jezebel.

Razor

1993 • 55 min • Italy

Mario Martone films the eponymous stage show by Enzo Moscato.

Stellar

1993 • 2 min • United States of America

This is a hand-painted film which has been photographically step-printed to achieve various effects of brief fades and fluidity-of-motion, and makes partial use of painted frames in repetition (for "close-up" of textures). The tone of the film is primarily dark blue, and the paint is composed (and rephotographed microscopically) to suggest galactic forms in a space of stars.

Family Style

1993 • 11 min

A young man struggles with grief over the death of his older brother.

Virtual Reality

1993 • 60 min • United States of America

As skateboarding begins to embrace the importance of it's own history, Plan B's second release, Virtual Reality, quickly establishes itself as one of skateboarding's most significant video productions of all time. Only one year after their inaugural release (Questionable Video 1992), Plan B stepped to the fold under the guidance of Mike Ternasky and convincingly shrugged off the sophomore video jinx. In today's massive era of skateboard prominence, Virtual Reality remains a flick that's just as significant for its representation of the period's for and style, as it is for the bar raising development and progression it depicts.

La intrusa

1993 • 60 min

The Galgo brothers are inseparable macho loners living in the heart of Andalucia at the turn of the century. One day Rafael comes home with Gracia, who is to be his servant and lover. They become trapped in a hell of their own making.

O nēsan no ONANIE

1993 • 60 min • Japan

The drama and shared women of three brothers.

Prince Cinders

1993 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man into an ugly ape. Prince Cinders then spends all his time doing housework, while his brothers traipse about creating havoc.

Bottle Rocket

1993 • 14 min • United States of America

Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob. The short film that inspired Wes Anderson’s feature debut.

Hellborn

1993 • 55 min • United States of America

Conrad Brooks discusses "Hellborn," his unfinished movie with Ed Wood, and other projects

Bargearse

1993 • 33 min • Australia

Bargearse was spawn from the hit TV show, The Late Show (1992). It was originally titled Bluey (1976) and made in the 70's. It was then re-edited, re-recorded with new lines and given a new name.

Moses

1993 • 30 min • United States of America

This 30-minute, animated Bible video recounts the traumatic early years of Moses’ life, his privileged youth in Pharaoh’s household, and his dreary days of tending sheep in the Midian desert. Watch God’s awesome hand as He moves a tiny baby from a papyrus basket coated with tar and pitch to become the eventual deliverer of Israel!

Daniel

1993 • 30 min • United States of America

Babylonian forces invade Jerusalem and carry away many of the city’s finest young people, including Daniel and his three young friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. In captivity, the youths are in the king’s service and outperform all their rivals— pleasing the king and frustrating their enemies. When Darius, the new king, makes Daniel his first president, Daniel’s enemies plan a trap to have him killed. When Daniel survives being thrown in the lions’ den, he proves that God still rules over the affairs of men.

Sailor Moon: Make Up! Sailor Senshi

1993 • 17 min • Japan

Usagi and Chibiusa overhear two girls talking about the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask. Humorously, as the girls discuss which is the smartest, most elegant, strongest, and the leader of the Senshi, Usagi claims those titles for herself. Chibiusa shakes her head at Usagi's delusion.

Esther

1993 • 30 min • United States of America

God chooses a young woman, the kind and beautiful Esther, to save her people from destruction. Queen Esther, however, has to risk her life to do God’s will. Esther’s courage and wisdom are rewarded by God as tragedy turns to triumph and celebration for God’s people.

Fight!! Spirit of the Sword

1993 • 29 min • Japan

Yonosuke Hikura appears to be an ordinary high school student. Yet he has inherited the important role of protecting the harmony between Heaven and Earth. With the help of the magical sword Chitentai, and Tsukinojo Inbe, he courageously battles the demons, sending them back to the Earth World, from which they have escaped.