All Films

The House Spirit

1991 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A greedy fox steals the presents from Santa’s sleigh.

Trouble Behind

1991 • 56 min • United States of America

During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites sought their former jobs and positions in the community. In 1919, a race riot occurred. Whites put the African-Americans on railroad cars and ran them out of town. In Trouble Behind, members of the Corbin community speak out on the issue. The filmmakers also interview former members of the Corbin, which at the time of filming had only one black family. Some Corbin residents express confusion as to why African-Americans don't move back. Others openly use racial epithets. Some young adults seem troubled by the racism, past and present. Others don't.

Year of the Horse

1991 • 49 min

Film-reportage describes the most vital moments in Estonian struggle for independence in 1990, also some typical episodes of everyday life of Estonian people, that altogether should give a concertrated picture about Estonia this year. The documentary is a continuation for the director's former film chronicle "Year of Dragon" (1988).

Rubble Dance

1991 • 20 min • United States of America

A film-dance, shot on 16mm film in Long Island City, Queens, NY.

Beekeeper

1991 • 11 min • Soviet Union

The historical-revolutionary film by Dmitry Frolov, permeated with the romanticism of the revolutionary events of 1917, echoing the moods of August 1991. Since the film was shot the day after the victory over the coup plotters in the USSR in August 1991. All thoughts of the beekeeper - quotations from Lenin's works.

A Tale of Two Kitties

1991 • 58 min • Canada, United States of America

Once upon a time, there wa a kitty named Gatsby. There was a second kitty named D. Gatsby was young, handsome, and everyone loved him. D was jealous of Gatsby... and hated how everyone fawned over cute little Gatsby. So one day, D tricked Gatsby and put him into a FedEx box that was post marked for Paris, France. This movie follows the tail of young Gatsby trying to make it out of the "City of Lights" as a young kitten in a big cat's world.

The Adventures of R.F. Ant

1991 • 23 min

To effectively present necessary information about drugs of abuse to young school children, Kim Edward Light, Ph.D., a faculty member of the UAMS College of Pharmacy, developed and produced a Disney-style animated cartoon about this growing problem in our society for presentation in schools and by organizations. The Adventures of R.F. Ant® is an innovative drug abuse prevention program for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. The program is centered on the good advice from the ant-like "star" character, R.F. Ant®, which children quickly learn stands for refusant – that is, a person who chooses to refuse drugs and knows why.

Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster

1991 • 23 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny conducts an orchestra of all his greatest operatic hits.

Thumbelina

1991 • 30 min • United Kingdom, Japan

The beloved fairy tale is brought to life, faithfully following the traditional storyline, with gentle touches of humor.

Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane

1991 • 45 min

In April and May 1991, Djibril Diop Mambéty shot his second—and final—feature, Hyenas, a free, lyrical adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit, which he had been dreaming of bringing to life for years. Rather than taking the making-of approach, Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane used the filming of Mambéty’s movie, which he wrote, directed, and acted in, as a pretext to examine his character. Following him throughout the shoot and also paying visits to his family and childhood friends, Laurence Gavron set off on a quest to find the real Djibril—actor, author, filmmaker, brilliant poet, rogue and clairvoyant, charmer with a big heart—in order to expose the different facets of this generous, creative, and fiercely committed vagabond spirit.

A Castle of Dream

1991 • 19 min • Japan

Inspiration

1991 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Un homme de Parole

1991 • 56 min • Canada

The Gift

1991 • 7 min

An experimental film essay on architectural excess, with its aim not functional shelter but conspicuous destruction of wealth

Hare Among People

1991 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The hare is tired of running through the woods in winter and went to visit the rabbit, where there's warmth and free food...

De okända utvandrarna

1991 • 28 min • Argentina, Brazil, Sweden

Documentary about Swedish emigration to Argentina via Brazil.

First Love, Fatal Love

1991 • 20 min

A docudrama telling the true story of a young woman who learns she has contracted the AIDS virus after an encounter with a fellow student while in college.

Three from Pankivka at the Fair

1991 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Continuation of the adventures of strange heroes.

Snow Is Falling

1991 • 15 min • Soviet Union

One day the snow left the forest and went to the city. At the same time, his leadership was the Snow Law, which says that if you fall out for the first time, you can get up and walk again, if you fall out a second time, you can also get up and go further. And if you fall out for the third time, then you will remain lying until you turn into a puddle.

Beebe-Plain

1991 • 43 min • Canada

A first snowfall in Montreal (Canada). Jean's sax playing mirrors his life, including the false notes.

Love, Jealousy and Revenge

1991 • 7 min • Germany

Explores the mobile meanings of language in film with the help of sophisticated telecommunications; an aural/oral offering.

Every Dog's Guide to the Playground

1991 • 11 min • Canada

In this animated film our hero, Wally the Safety Dog, continues to suffer a host of injuries as he instructs his master in the rules of playground safety. This is the second film in which Wally provides a proper example to young adults, parents, and caregivers in the area of child safety.

A Clean and Well Lit Place

1991 • 17 min • Cuba

An ex-boxer who is pursued by professional criminals, tries to take refuge in a Caribbean town with his girlfriend and his disciple. Story loosely inspired on "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway.

The Strange Case of Crop Circles

1991 • 55 min

Channel 4 Equinox documentary about the mystery of crop circles, broadcast shortly before Dave Chorley and Doug Bower revealed themselves to have started the craze.