All Films

The Battle of Trafalgar

1990 • 52 min • United Kingdom

An account of the anti-poll tax demonstration on 31st March 1990, one that is radically different from that presented by TV news. Eyewitnesses tell their stories against a backdrop of video footage showing the days events as they unfolded. Demonstrators' testimonies raise some uncomfortable questions: Questions about public order policing, the independence and accountability of the media and the right to demonstrate.

Men's Market

1990 • 24 min • Egypt

A short documentary about the social and economic reality in Egypt in the 1990s

Taste of Paincandy

1990 • 26 min • Japan

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki

Once Upon a Time

1990 • 5 min • Philippines

An experiment using old Super-8 home movies transferred to 16mm using an optical printer.

In Heaven

1990 • 16 min • Japan

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki

Systrarna i Gallejaur

1990 • 42 min • Sweden

Documentary about three sisters in the small village Gallejaur. They live on a farm which they run in the same way it was run in the 19th century.

Two Little Pigeons

1990 • 5 min • Ireland

Paying homage to her experimental contemporary Jack Smith, Vivienne Dick juxtaposes two quite different London landscapes.

40 Messerstiche

1990 • 3 min • Germany

The daily horror in your mailbox. The best headlines of a popular tabloid, collected and presented for your edification.

Antediluvian

1990 • 7 min

With this little film, I betrayed myself a lot. I have constructed five paintings of sensual elements - pure and unclean, classic, romantic, and vulgar. Everything starts on a quasi-religious, quasi-spectacular, quasi-pagan level and is accompanied by undoubtedly exaggerated music. Towards the end, an excerpt from Barthes' Body of the Other, a little opera, a luxurious altar and then the falling of a curtain.

On Pointes & Boots

1990 • 1 min • Netherlands

Short animation using stop-motion, in which a dancer dances in a white space until the word STOP appears on the screen.

The Russian Modern

1990 • 27 min

A detailed analysis of the triumph of the Art Nouveau style in architecture and other art forms in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century.

Forbidden Love

1990 • 44 min • Czechoslovakia

A documentary look at homosexuality in Czechoslovakia, a country just beginning to understand that an estimated 750,000 of its citizens are gay and lesbian. Through incredibly honest interviews with gays, gay right leaders and blatant homophobes, the director has created a film that captures the innocence of an incipient social movement as well as a chilling look at the culture they are up against.

The Happy Prince

1990 • 10 min • Soviet Union

On one of the city’s main streets, on a high column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. Every passerby was very much admired by the majestic statue.

Untitled

1990 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Short experimental documentary with fragments of a home movie in which the filmmaker captures weekend strolls and tanks rumbling through the city.

Deadheads: An American Subculture

1990 • 30 min

1990 documentary by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, featuring sociologist Rebecca Adams, PhD, who examines Deadhead subculture through a theoretical framework based on the ideas of social theorist Georg Simmel. Aired on PBS in the early 90s.

Movimenti II/90

1990 • 3 min

A study of the movements of a body (a man) in space as perceived by a film camera. The various scenes of movement follow strict requirements. The man walks in different directions, overtaking the camera from behind, walking towards it, coming diagonally or straight from the depths of the room. Then, in panoramic view, he passes laterally in front of the camera. All moves are performed at three different distances from the camera: close, medium, and far. As a result, the character's size changes.

Lebensbedürfnis oder: Arbeit macht Spaß

1990 • 3 min • East Germany, Germany

A man energetically crushes stones into gravel with a hammer, while in another part of the workshop, a woman forms gravel into stone blocks with equal enthusiasm.

Esprits de Sel

1990 • 14 min

This work features the salt marshes of Montpellier France, and uses computer graphics to create fantastical imagery.

Prologue #2

1990 • 2 min • Japan

Born in 1964, graduated from Tama Art University with a degree in Fine Arts. During his university days, he formed an indie band with his classmates and was active for several years. He then began filmmaking under the tutelage of Sakumi Hagiwara. In his early works, he created numerous pieces characterized by a "structural style that manipulates light, objects (or the film itself) through frame-by-frame editing." Eventually, his works began to incorporate narrative elements and shifted toward a more analytical exploration of his inner world. In 1994, the premiere screening of "Cat Ears" (1994) at the East Gallery in Ebisu achieved record attendance. Additionally, he has collaborated with performance units and directed the video opera "Satyricon" (2004), consistently exploring boundary-crossing visual expressions.

Let's Play Again Tomorrow

1990 • 41 min • Japan

A boy has been aware of the presence of a girl beside him since he was a child. However, he does not know who she is. One day, a nuclear missile is accidentally launched at Japan. The children play innocently as if they have no idea of the fate that will happen in a few hours. Then the boy meets the girl again... The film tackles the heavy theme of nuclear fear, but instead of shouting hysterically against nuclear weapons as in previous works, it speaks poetically and dreamily. It is a requiem for children who have never known war to continue to be a generation that has never known war.

The Letter X

1990 • 5 min • New Zealand

The letter x seeks to justify its place in the world.

Bonjour Philippine

1990 • 36 min • Japan

The man of her dreams is coming! So, Nanako is very excited. She cleans her room, which she doesn't usually do, and even puts up some flowers to wait for him. Then Takano arrives. The story is set in a one-room flat and depicts a slightly dry and "modern" love story. The protagonist, Nanako, seems to be very fussy about music, but the author's sense of rhythm also pervades the whole story. The timing of the dialogue, the use of sound effects and the tempo of the story are all exquisite. The title comes from a French word game in which a boy and a girl share two seeds of fruit and say "bonjour philippine" to each other the next time they meet.

A Little Something

1990 • 3 min

An ironic examination of personal identity and social conventions, in this tale of a teenage girl who resolves her anxieties by wearing a paper bag on her head, permanently.

Nathaël and the Seal Hunt

1990 • 11 min • Canada

Just when a young boy named Nathael is about to take part in his first seal hunt, this annual event in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence becomes the focus of a world-wide controversy. This evocative short film effectively combines pastel images with pinscreen animation to show a young person's view of the traditional way of life of the Magdalen Islanders, and their perplexity at the censure of the outside world.