All Films

Bossanova Blues

1992 • 30 min

Three Irish misfits come together and plan to cheat their way to Brazil.

Death macaroni, or Professor Buggensberg's mistake

1992 • 4 min • Ukraine

A surreal fairy tale for adult viewers, mixing animated and live performances. Wasn't finished due to budget problems.

A Passage from Burnt Islands

1992 • 48 min • Canada

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.

Zoe

1992 • 16 min • Germany

Maren Kea-Freese's short film ZOE is about an elevator girl in Berlin's TV Tower on Alexanderplatz. It shows the daily life of a woman trying to find herself in a city that is itself in transition. ZOE was shot in 1992, not long after the reunification of Berlin. The poetic 16mm black and white imagery shows Eastern districts such as Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg before many buildings there were demolished or remodeled.

Playboy Video Centerfold: Corinna Harney - Playmate of the Year 1992

1992 • 41 min

Take a gamble on Las Vegas lovely Corinna Harney, Playboy’s 1992 Playmate of the Year. It’s easy to see why she’s known as “Lady Luck” and now, lucky you–you’ll venture beyond Corinna’s provocative pictorial and watch her come to life in action-filled scenes and stunning nude sessions that sizzle. In this sensational showcase, Corinna takes you on a fun-filled tour of her hometown. From the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas’ famed boulevards, to luxuriating in sensual sand dunes and the warm Nevada sun, to an erotic journey in the Valley of Fire for the sexiest mirage ever, this desert flower is in full bloom. Then she’ll take you into her private world for a luxurious look at life’s simple pleasures. And, let your inhibitions run wild with her in an unforgettable bedroom fantasy that shows you why she took this year’s top honors. Hit the jackpot with Corinna–she’s a sure bet!

UFOs And The Alien Presence

1992 • 35 min

World renowned UFO author and researcher Michael Lindemann presents the facts on how the government has worked to shape the public view about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Now referred to as the "spin factor," we find that our current views are based on sensationalistic Hollywood propaganda. Government deception, secret underground bases, unexplained cattle mutilations, secret advanced technology and alien abductions are just a few of the many topics covered in this intelligently researched program exposing the misinformation and the facts behind the truth. The presentation is not slanted in any direction, and the director (Marty Thomas) framed the documentary with a unique, fast paced style. The real photos and film clips (over 500) are strange and fascinating.

Wohlstandskühe

1992 • 3 min • Switzerland

The peak of prosperity a short animation by Claudius Gentinetta

The Tale of the Great and Invisible City of Kitezh

1992 • 29 min • Russia

About the mythological roots and the search for the invisible "City of Kitezh" under the surface of Lake Svetloyar in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective

1992 • 18 min • United States of America

An interview session with Arnold Schwarzenegger and director James Cameron gives us a better understanding of how hard it was making Terminator, The (1984) on such a low budget. Clips from the film are present along with funny and interesting stories from behind the scenes.

A Man Beyond Common Sense, Den Ace

1992 • 12 min • Japan

Pantera: [1992] Monsters of Rock Italy

1992 • 57 min

Pantera at Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy Fucking Hostile Mouth for War Domination [with Hollow outro] Rise This Love Cowboys From Hell

Pipa the Frog

1992 • 4 min • Russia

About a fantasy frog who imagined herself to be a bear, about her meeting with a bear hunter and the adventures that happened to them.

The American Gangster

1992 • 48 min

They fixed the World Series. They built Las Vegas. They terrorized America with their vicious murders and fearless robberies. They are men named Bugsy Siegel, Al Capone, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Lucky Luciano. And, for the first time, THE AMERICAN GANGSTER tells the true story behind their ruthless rise to wealth and power. Filled with vintage film and actual photographs, THE AMERICAN GANGSTER is a gripping look at the birth of organized crime. From prohibition to prostitution, from gangland massacres to gambling empires, their most infamous deeds are chronicled in shocking detail. Even more explosive than the movies they inspired, such as Scarface and The Godfather, are the true histories of the brilliant, brutal gangsters who turned the American Dream into an ongoing nightmare.

Help!

1992 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A young man being followed by a stalker discovers there is more to his tormentor than meets the eye.

Return to Algiers

1992 • 58 min

Gillo Pontecorvo, who directed the insurrectionary classic The Battle of Algiers in 1966, returns to the city of Algiers to view the progress Algeria has made - for better or worse - since the departure of the French colonialist forces thirty years earlier.

Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women

1992 • 13 min • United States of America

A gay man living through the HIV/AIDS crisis reflects upon his recent history of loss with the help of his grandmother, who tells him a story of her own trauma and loss during the Jim Crow-era South.

Screen Tone Music

1992 • 5 min

Short animation by Tokumitsu Kifune & Sonoko Kifune.

Garo Video 2: Casual Borderline

1992 • 60 min • Japan

Takashi Nemoto's early film work, this film brings you into Takashi Nemoto's world, and based on his famous book "The Journey of the Causal Railway"

Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra

1992 • 45 min • Japan

Recorded at New York City's legendary Hurrah's nightclub and Los Angles' Greek Theater in 1979, YMO brings the electronic goodness to the people of the USA. Tracks include: Rydeen, Technopolis, Day Tripper and more!

Got Away In the Dying Moments

1992 • 5 min • Canada

A video designed to challenge existing models of AIDS treatment in our society. Using a collage of elements as well as techniques from video and performance, the themes of mourning, urgency and healing are explored in a poetic and highly charged video. Got Away in the Dying Moments suggests natural alternatives to the current treatments and attitudes that constrain our hearts and minds with respect to the AIDS crisis.

La divina provvidenza

1992 • 24 min

A charismatic boss shuts himself up in a pokey little niche. His disciples go visit him and hang on his every complaint. The boss realises that the experts are all the same, they reason with their arse and never raise their eyes; despite this he adores them and urges them to spend time with him. A woman regularly keeps their meeting place clean and the disciples dislike her as they hate cleanliness. The charismatic boss doesn’t meet the needs of his “flock” which is getting bigger and bigger, a crowd gathering beneath the niche: a revolt breaks out……

Patlabor: One Day of Noa

1992 • 5 min

Noa Izumi is the pilot of an Ingram Patrol Labor, a law-enforcing robot suit. On a day off from work, Noa plans to attend a concert. However, due to a series of setbacks, Noa is running later and later.

Fogata

1992 • 17 min • Mozambique

Based on a short story by Mia Couto titled "A Fogueira," it tells the story of a man obsessed with building his wife's grave before her death, who ends up being buried by her in the grave he dug for her. A story of love and respect told around a campfire. This film is João Ribeiro's debut and was made as his final project.

Magical Girl Mel

1992 • 48 min • Japan

Two million years ago, Bat Mel, the daughter of a king in the Magical World meets a two horned person on her way home.