All Films

Rye Flower

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Cornflower - a common weed in a rye field ... A modest bouquet of cornflowers, which is repeatedly given to survivors, mating couples and all those who want to be modestly and dignified. Rye flowers also commemorate the deceased. The image of a cornflower almost always appears on the rosy rugs of Muhu and Western Estonia, and elsewhere in the embroidery of folk costumes. The cornflower is the national flower of Estonia - a symbol of a rich life.

Out in Suburbia

1989 • 28 min

Bold, upbeat, and powerful, this 28-minute video spotlights eleven suburban women, ranging in age from 25 to 67, who speak easily and frankly about their families, friends, and loves. Out in Suburbia is perfect for raising lesbian issues and consciousness for the first time.

The Comet And What Alissa Thought She Saw

1989 • 8 min

A dance film shot inside the medieval walls of the Cloisters in Manhattan. It shows a young woman who becomes aware of the cosmic forces, forces which inhabit her.

The One and Only True Note

1989 • 1 min • Hungary, Iceland

A piano player is trying to find the one and only true note. He finds it.

Mirror

1989 • 3 min • China

Mirrors are constantly being replaced on the walls that look like news and newspapers, but the characters reflected in the mirrors are always unsatisfactory..., the last mirror makes everything harmonious. The following truth is extremely disturbing, who is lying! Is it a mirror? Is it a human?

The Conscience of His Time

1989 • 37 min • Egypt

A short documentary about Naguib Mahfouz, narrated by Nour El-Sherif.

Sketch Collection

1989 • 10 min • China

Anthology of animated sketches from the Beijing Science Film Studio.

Well Done Job

1989 • 6 min • Yugoslavia

A mouse comes to visit and decides to stay, much to the dismay of the household's cat.

Out to Lunch

1989 • 19 min • Japan

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki

Nefertari: For Whom the Sun Shines

1989 • 48 min

The story of the restoration in the 1980's of the wall paintings in the tomb of Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II.

Obatala

1989 • 3 min

OBATALA "White is the summery of all colors in light „ this was the train I jumpep on, when I startet to treat my very colorfull 16mm material like a 3 dimensional timepackage. There is no sound for spectator`s ears, just visible sound.

Kiyoko's Situation

1989 • 24 min

Kiyoko's Situation articulates the deeply embedded cultural roles of Japanese women through the parallel stories of two female artists, Kiyoko and Tani. In Idemitsu's narrative-within-a-narrative, "Kiyoko's situation" is played out on a television monitor within Tani's drama. Tani is paralyzed in her attempts to paint by her feeling that, as a single woman, she has failed in society's eyes. Kiyoko, a young mother viciously criticized by her husband and family for her fierce determination to paint, eventually compromises her art for "maternal duty." As Kiyoko complies with the family, Tani, isolated and despairing, is driven to suicide. Idemitsu's chillingly omniscient television monitor, which acts as the psychological "other," metaphorically and literally condemns Tani to death. In the final cruel irony, she hangs herself, using the television monitor as a jumping-off point.

Fleshy Headed Mutants of 2051

1989 • 8 min • United States of America

The president of the USA must deal with alien invaders.

Cornish Winter Reeds and Skies

1989 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A short black-and-white silent film, shot in Cornwall in 1980, but not finished as a print until around 1989. Edited to a more-or-less strict mathematical rhythm in terms of numbers of frames within a shot (with some aberrations) , the film has a skeletal narrative running through it.

O-DE-KA-KE Diary

1989 • 47 min • Japan

A mental journey through a woman's physical odyssey through urban landscapes and nature.

Moscow Postcards

1989 • 15 min • Soviet Union

In this video diary of Breder’s trip, the viewer is given an after-hours tour of the Soviet capital. The different segments include a daylight panorama of Red Square, a scene in which Breder is handed the phone by his Russian artist hosts, a walking tour precursor of My Body Sees You, an underground performance with gas flames in a glass column, the midnight changing of the guard at Red Square, and a hypnosis session with a psychic that ends with a close up of another Russian magician on television.

F Minor

1989 • 29 min • Soviet Union

The story of a young man, his search for the meaning of life.

Piaget’s Developmental Theory: an Overview

1989 • 27 min • United States of America

The work of Jean Piaget has become the foundation of current developmental psychology and the basis for changes in educational practice. David Elkind, author of The Hurried Child and Miseducation, and a student of Jean Piaget, explores the roots of Piaget’s work and outlines important vocabulary and concepts that structure much of the study of child development. Using both archival film of Dr. Piaget and newly shot sequences of Dr. Elkind conducting interviews with children of varying ages, this film presents an overview of Piaget’s developmental theory, its scope and content.

Oh Dear, These Guests Have Come to Me

1989 • 28 min • Soviet Union

A touching cinematic portrait of a woman who survived the 1933 Holodomor and whose life comprised more dramatic moments than a screenwriter could possibly describe. This is one of the first films raising the issue of the Great Famine.

Just Behind

1989 • 26 min

A certain part of ourselves that we cannot see, represented by the "back of the front", is the key to understanding ourselves. To eat, to excrete, to reproduce... what is the meaning of life? Often, when we lose sight of this, we become ghosts with substance, wandering the streets. A familiar nursery rhyme melody, a door that suddenly appears in a river or in the grass, an Okinawan woman. An anthology of images using experimental techniques such as multiple exposures and elaborate filter work.

La Dance Macabre

1989 • 3 min • Japan

Frame a Picture

1989 • 2 min • Japan

Paris juillet 89

1989 • 40 min

Paris street scenes and architecture.

Convenience Papa

1989 • 28 min • Japan

A year into his new life in Tokyo, Matsuo has become accustomed to the city after marrying his pen pal, but there is only one thing he can't stand: convenience stores. He summons up his courage and stands in front of the automatic door, trying to be a perfect urbanite. The cynical dialogue has a unique rhythm and fires like a machine gun. The screen, which never stops changing, merges and engages the audience, shouting out what a metropolis is and what humanity is all about. Matsuo embraces his Dutch wife and swims out to sea alone, only the cold waves gently enveloping him.