All Films

The Scissors

2003 • 12 min • France, Morocco

Always concerned with freedom of expression, which for him is essential, mounir fatmi also considers sex, and does so with great delicacy. To make this jewel of a film, fatmi edited together censored love scenes (literally cut with scissors) from Une minute de soleil en moins. With Les Ciseaux, fatmi has produced a threefold work of memory: first of all, he preserves Ayouch’s original film, to keep it from being forgotten; secondly, he delivers a frontal critique of censorship, to keep that too from being forgotten; and thirdly, it is a discourse on love, to keep us from forgetting. Furthermore, in Les Ciseaux fatmi achieves a juxtaposition or, rather, a shifting between bodily embraces and the dreams that go with them. The memory of the lovers plays the role of the video maker, and in Les Ciseaux we go from intertwining bodies to inner images.

Behemoth

2003 • 6 min • Brazil

A sinister black magic ritual turns into a nightmare with disastrous consequences for one of its participants.

One Forty: An Intimate Portrait of the Chnoborov Brothers

2003 • 19 min • Canada

Mockumentary of the films and process of Russian-Canadians Zep and Zudo Chnoborov.

Miss Philly’s Valentine

2003 • 18 min

A "grand dame's" delirious daydream blooms like a voluptous blossom in spring.

A Onça da Mão Torta

2003 • 17 min • Brazil

A popular story from Brazil.

Zimbabwe Countdown

2003 • 55 min • France, Zimbabwe

Once touted as Zimbabwe's saviour, Robert Mugabe has become synonymous with bad government and misrule. But where did it all go wrong?

Autumn Rush for Kurt Kren and Winter and Spring and Summer

2003 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A close up observation of trees in Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer, filmed in single stop frame motion on a clockwork Bolex using a 75mm and 25mm macro lens, where alternating pulsations of 24 still frames per second in image time, translate into optical syncopation. Each reel consists of over 3,500 images with mathematically planned sections, improvised cross rhythms, variations in colour, density, tree species and shape, with sequences following the Fibonacci series (Kren’s ‘Golden Section of film’) and countered with staggered 2:3; 4:3 rhythms. Part scored, part random and rough edged echoing the Japanese musical phenomenon. "wind in the trees"…

Bulrushes

2003 • 3 min

Short film by Helga Fanderl from the FRAGIL(E) DVD.

Sesame Street: Cookie Hood

2003 • 54 min

Cookie comes to Gordon and Sidney, who are using some cookies for a game of "Guess What's Next." They run out cookies and head to Hooper's Store to get some more, telling Cookie Monster not to eat their patterns while they're gone. Cookie doesn't notice a mysterious, furry hand swipe all the cookies away. Gordon returns and sees all the cookies gone, then blames Cookie Monster for eating them. Cookie claims he's innocent, but they don't believe him. He smells cookies somewhere else and follows the scent.

Dreamscapes

2003 • 6 min • United States of America

Everybody dreams. Some dreams you vividly remember and there's nothing more exciting than tell others about them. There's only one problem, those others will miss the images that made the dream feel so real and vivid. Director Sean McBride has the perfect solution: tell him your dream and he'll provide the visuals.

K3 (Les femmes)

2003 • 5 min • Algeria, France

K3 (Les Femmes) is dedicated to the Kabili women of North Africa. The artist superimposes images and sounds to highlight the difficulty these women face in proclaiming their identity. The film projects activities of Kabili women which usually include the raising of children, the family, and the household. Erased from the exterior society, their marginalisation is depicted through the fading in and out of images and sounds. However, within their own private spaces, they remain loyal, they sing, dance, and resist a society that does not take into account their full value.

Lily in the Glass

2003 • 6 min • Japan

A letter no one can read, a character whose face cannot be seen, a room without dimensions…remnants of a narrative that have lost their way, tenuously connected with each other by the flashes between the shots.

The Blood Brothers: Jungle Rules Live

2003 • 40 min • United States of America

This video captures a live performance by the punk band The Blood Brothers. The band tears through close to a dozen songs including "Doctor! Doctor!," "New York Slave," "Mutiny on the Ark of the Blood Brothers," and "Kiss of the Octopus." Three audio only tracks are included on the DVD release.

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2003 • 20 min • United States of America

Produced and director by Gary Winberg and edited by Kris Ostness.

In the Garden

2003 • 2 min

A quiet moment with the plants. A home-grown film: shot in my garden, processed in my basement, and dried on the lawn.

Stable

2003 • 7 min

Leonilson: Many Truths

2003 • 35 min

From the last notebook of Leonilson begins this documentary, in counterpoint with the initial phase of his artistic trajectory, the artistic path with some of his paintings, drawings and embroidery and his final phase with excited silences. The story of the artist is told through testimonials of the Project Leonilson's coordinator, his sister, his mother, critics and artists.

Picture Me An Enemy

2003 • 29 min

Documentary told through the intimate stories of Natasa, a Serbo-Croat from Croatia, and Tahija, a Bosniak (a Bosnian Muslim), "Picture me an enemy" puts a human face on the Balkan conflicts.

I Began to Wish

2003 • 5 min

A dark meditation on father-son relations.

The Impressionists: Manet

2003 • 50 min • United States of America

This program tells the story of one of the art world's most colorful characters. A true maverick and a highly controversial figure in his day, Edouard Manet became a father figure to the Impressionist movement because of his stand against the restrictions and conventions of the French salon.

Steely Dan: Confessions

2003 • 22 min • United States of America

Steely Dan's Walter Becker & Donald Fagen tour Las Vegas in a taxicab.

Opeth: Damnation

2003 • 44 min

Damnation is the seventh full-length studio album by progressive metal and progressive rock band Opeth. The album was remixed and remastered and presented with a 5.1 surround sound mix of the entire album.

Crime Survival: Jim Wagner's Reality-Based Personal Protection

2003 • 46 min • United States of America

In a dangerous world, it's important to know how to defend yourself. This instructional program features techniques for thwarting a carjacking, chemical attack, armed robbery, gang violence and other assaults. Host Jim Wagner brings more than 20 years' experience in military, law enforcement and SWAT team security to his self-described Reality-Based Personal Protection system, designed to protect the average citizen.

Whispering Pines 2

2003 • 4 min • United States of America

Presenting a domestic world just slightly askew, Whispering Pines 2 follows Moulton's character Cynthia as she attempts to navigate the enigmatic and possibly magical properties of her home décor. Moulton has spoken of her interest in the ways in which people draw spiritual or existential sustenance from banal products, and, wearing a dress embedded with a "medical pillow," Cynthia can be seen as representative of the degree to which identity is now bound up in relationships with functionless luxury objects.