All Films

Jåvna, renskötare år 2000

1991 • 35 min • Sweden

The twelve-year-old Jåvna is the guide to the Sami everyday life. He talks about his culture and about his future as a reindeer herder. The film depicts the conflict between Swedish society and the Sámi world.

Lars Norén - dramatiker

1991 • 58 min • Sweden

Documentary about the Swedish playwright Lars Norén

The Corridor Sketch

1991 • 6 min • United Kingdom

"Friday, 9th August 1963 Cast and crew members prepare for the recording of a new BBC TV series..." In a corridor outside of Studio D, a reporter asks a script writer how he sees his new programme, "Doc' True", which he describes as "like nothing you've ever seen before", only to be interrupted by an actor dressed as a medical doctor describing it as a "British Doctor Kildare, only much more real". He is then interrupted himself by an actor dressed as a caveman. When the writer takes the 'doctor' aside, the reporter then bumps into someone looking for the designer, before heading over to "Verity Lamberth" and "Sydney Newbaum", who explains there will be no "bug-eyed monsters" in the show, as someone wheels a Dalek between them.

Heritage Minutes: Jacques Cartier

1991 • 1 min • Canada

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

Overnight. Friday

1991 • 30 min • Soviet Union

Once in a God-forsaken place, the heroine and her adopted daughter are forced to look for a bed for the night. Having found shelter in the building of an abandoned boarding school, she meets there close people from her past.

Christmas Carol

1991 • 29 min • Japan

Tomorrow is Christmas, but the miserly Scrooge has made no preparations. That night, the ghost of Marley, his business partner, appears to Scrooge, urging him to change his greedy ways and announcing the arrival of three ghosts...

Thelonious Monk: American Composer

1991 • 59 min • United States of America

Through a more personal and conversational style of documentary, Thelonious Monk – American Composer was the first fully rounded portrait of this terribly misunderstood man and musician. He was the pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution and, after Duke Ellington, jazz' first major composer. Thelonious Sphere Monk – a most original talent – remained a highly productive musician after more than thirty years of musical activity and continued to be a growing artist, exploring his art and extending his range.

Hindrance

1991 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Based on the short story of the same name by D. Kharms. Shot in the silent film genre, in the style of films from the 1920s.

Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier

1991 • 47 min

Animation based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

The Apprentice

1991 • 9 min • Canada

Medieval times. A jester is heading to the castle, but can't help running into a fruit tree in his path. Again and again. After a while, he lands nose-down and when he gets up, his nose remains stuck in the ground. He gives up, and we see that "wise" people aren't faring much better. He returns to his master, who gives him a replacement nose and sets off on an easier path.

Shibuya Hermit

1991 • 43 min

This film was shot in an ruined house that once stood in Shibuya Udagawa-cho, Tokyo. The block where the house located was a redevelopment area. Shibuya, known as one of Tokyo's most popular bustling street, has an area where old building are still clustered together, and the surrounding area has become like a ghost town. "Plants retreat when people set foot in the area, on the other hand, they multiply as soon as people are gone." (Hiroyuki Sekine)

Give Me a Home

1991 • 52 min • Taiwan

This sociological drama focuses on a construction worker’s family who cannot afford a house of their own, even though the head of the family builds houses.

Secrets to Beautiful Skin

1991 • 20 min • United States of America

In Secrets to Beautiful Skin, Aida Thibiant leads you through the simple three-step skin care regimen used by Victoria Principal and many other Hollywood celebrities. You'll learn to cleanse, moisturize and protect your skin quickly and effectively.

Urusei Yatsura: Date with a Spirit

1991 • 30 min

When Tsubame tries to go on a date with Sakura, the ghost of a young girl decides to go along - as his girlfriend.

Experience the Freedom of the Naturist Lifestyle

1991 • 13 min • United States of America

Naturist recreation documentary produced by the Naturist Society.

Stereotypes

1991 • 20 min • Canada

Stereotypes is a Canadian fantasy short film, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and released in 1991.[ The film centres on a woman who turns into a monster, and plunges her husband into a surreal alternate world, after he cheats on her.

Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)

1991 • 4 min

Sequence of images created using a photocopier.

Proud Off

1991 • 6 min

Short film by Marian Dora.

National Geographic: Splendid Stones

1991 • 58 min • United States of America

Sparkling diamonds. Exquisite emeralds. Brilliant rubies. Shimmering pearls. For centuries, these precious gems have captured humankind, leading men and women to give up fortunes - even their lives - to possess them. Join National Geographic on a journey around the globe to discover the origins of these most coveted gems. You'll see astonishing amounts of earth mined to uncover rubies in Thailand or emeralds in Colombia. You'll meet a Tennessee businessman who cultivates freshwater pearls and a California chemist who 'grows' rubies nearly identical to nature's stunning creations. And you'll witness rarely, if ever before, filmed sales of uncut diamonds - deals worth thousands of dollars sealed only with a handshake and a Hebrew phrase. Unlock a treasure chest filled with a wealth of information and the dazzling beauty of Splendid Stones.

Barrage and Bunker

1991 • 52 min • Germany

Barrage and Bunker is an essay film about the (narrative) space imagined by fiction films. Reflections and associations about movement in space are the basis of every kind of story-telling. The film is sometimes referred to as part of Bitomsky's Cinema Trilogy. Sequences from over 20 movies are quoted and commented on by a team of three "researchers" (Bitomsky, Petzold, Tanner) in a sort of laboratory. TV-monitors, production stills and screenshots are used as well as quotations from books. A long night's work.

Harems

1991 • 46 min • Canada

Harems is a love story between a screen-writer and a gogo-boy, the latter being typically representative of the image of seduction in the 80's. The screenwriter leaves on a journey and asks the gogo-boy to accompany him. A scandal breaks out and the gogo-boy's antics lead to both men's meeting with the narrator. She introduces the spectator to the psychological state of the screen-writer - who is in the process of inventing a mythic character based on his lover - and befriends and helps the gogo-boy in his quest for happiness. The narrator relates the story taking place between the two men and questions the relationship between fantasy and the reality of love.

Am Rand

1991 • 24 min • Germany

Documentary about empty space in Berlin

The Sleeping Flower

1991 • 7 min • Japan

An 8mm film by Utako Koguchi.

Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy

1991 • 55 min

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