All Films

Being Gay: Coming Out in the 21st Century

2003 • 25 min

Today, while gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders are no longer forced to hide their sexual orientation, there is still prejudice and discrimination which can make coming out a difficult decision. And there are always internal pressures as well. This program presents the accounts and stories of people who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to terms with one’s sexual identity. They also look at the dangers of running away from sexual self-acceptance—such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide—and how finding support can greatly assist the process.

Jimmy Böljas fantasitrubadurpopskola

2003 • 15 min • Sweden

Jimmy Bölja, Töreboda's own celebrity, is happy to share his experiences of what it is like to make an artist career in a small town. How do you treat all fanatical fans, how many shawls can you wear at the same time and how do you get the right image? Jimmy Bölja gives the answers. Filled with bananas and pizza, he prepares for one of his eventful concerts.

Mastodon: Live at the Masquerade, Atlanta, GA 2002

2003 • 35 min

Live performance by Mastodon found on Remission's bonus DVD.

I Only Wish That I Could Weep

2003 • 8 min • Lebanon

This 'document' is attributed to a Lebanese Army intelligence officer, Operator #17, who was assigned to monitor the Corniche, a seaside boardwalk in Beirut. From 1996 onwards, and for some unknown reasons, the officer decided to videotape the sunset instead of his assigned targets.

Great Nessie

2003 • 18 min

An animation directed by Shinya Hiratake.

El Macho vs. the Canadian Mummies of Mars

2003 • 20 min

Stranded on Mars, a beautiful space archeologist calls upon -El Macho- Masked Mexican Wrestling Legend, to save her from the attacking hordes of angry Canadian Mummies. A Silent Movie Classic!

Jello Shots

2003 • 2 min

From Fenslerfilm Vol. 2

One Plus One 2

2003 • 49 min

Derek and Karen are at home. They do some work, have lunch, watch television, go for a walk, sometimes play the guitar.

Transformation In the Land of Enchantment

2003 • 6 min • United States of America

On vacation in Texas, three women find themselves mysteriously transformed. After crossing the Rio Grande, they make contact with the local cowboys.

The Circus Horse

2003 • 59 min • Sweden

Boel decides to train her horse Tolof for a circus show, which turns out to be a more challenging process than anticipated.

Harigata: The Alien Dildo That Turned Women Into Sex-Hungry Lesbos

2003 • 9 min

This fun, campy, sci-fi flick (using clips of porn from the 40's and 50's) warns women everywhere to beware of the giant dildo!

Mariage

2003 • 11 min

Anne-Marie Schneider work from 2003

Battle Holography Wind

2003 • 30 min • Japan

Whenever he's threatened, a kid uses his laptop to call upon the power of Wind, a holographic fighter from the digital dimension.

Twin Power

2003 • 3 min • Spain

Two people dance in Barcelona to the rhythm of the city’s skyscrapers. The 9/11 2011 events introduced us to the real twenty-first century.

Angel Recovered

2003 • 3 min

A Super-8 film shot in 1997, re-edited and reworked with ink and bleach applied directly onto the footage. Parts of the original action can still be seen, though the emphasis is placed on texture, colour and the electronic music soundtrack.

30 Miles North of Edmonton - July 16th, 1969

2003 • 7 min

While Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins are preparing for their journey to the moon, somewhere, 30 miles north of Edmonton a solitary caravan is drifting through time.

Origami

2003 • 1 min

Found super-8 footage giving a short demonstration in the art of paper folding; the film has been bleached and cut up, and accompanied by electronic music and animated titles. Soundtrack: Hellitron tone generators.

Studies for SERENE VELOCITY

2003 • 6 min • Japan

This homage to Ernie Gehr's famous film, working with movement and spatial illusions through the use of quick edits, becomes a physical experiment of its own, with the length of shots determined by the intensity of the sense of motion.

The Royal Road to the Unconscious

2003 • 1 min • United Kingdom

In January 2003, eighty-three York College students eliminated all words from Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams and, as all words were cut out of his sentence, were pronounced. On June 1, 2003, artist Simon Morris threw the words out the window of a Renault Clio in Redbridge Road, Dorset. The action freed words from the structural unity of Freud's text, subjecting them to a random moment. Maurizio Cogliandro and Dallas Seitz documented the action when 333,960 words emerged from the car window. This 13-second short documents this.

Trotzky Murdered in Summer, Gentlemen in Financial Circles Got More Depressed

2003 • 19 min

Short film by Lu Chunsheng.

Before the Appearance of the First Steam Engine

2003 • 29 min

Short film by Lu Chunsheng.

Toys Killer III - Contagio

2003 • 15 min • Italy

Part Three of the Toys Killer quadrilogy

Fulton Fish Market

2003 • 12 min

Mark Street’s portrait of the late-night bustle of the historic Fulton Fish Market, filmed two years before its closing in 2005, shows a world not usually considered when people speak of “New York nightlife.” The textures of the gutted fish and trays of ice under the fluorescent light are complemented by Street’s hand-painted celluloid abstractions throughout the film. (Screened 2/17/22 at MoMA as part of Millennium Film Workshop: “Nighttime” NYC event).

The Art of Autobiography

2003 • 48 min

No two adoptees are alike. Harold & Peter, Lynne & Lynn, Maureen & Stephen and Dana candidly share their stories and reveal how being adopted shapes an individual’s identity right into adulthood. Their stories underline the complexity of adoption as it relates to the human impulse to tell stories about ourselves in pursuit of figuring out where we fit in.