All Films

This Burning World

2002 • 32 min • United States of America

"Varela’s use of the diptych form suggests many things: a Warholian endorsement of dispersed attention, a citation to image-in-image news media, an act of forced similitude. Unlike Warhol’s treatment of the diptych, Varela is not ambivalent to these images, which shift between personal observation, archival materials, commercial and news images, all cited to state an unambiguous outrage[...] the whole of it is weighted with heavy omens, that this age of cruelty and menace is still only in its infancy." -Stephen Broomer

Key West

2002 • 5 min • Austria

Key West is located near the southern tip of Florida, not far from Key Largo. In contrast to Key Largo (John Huston, USA 1948), Key West has no need of gangsters to reveal this paradise on earth to be an illusion. Looking back from a distance of nearly 50 years, it is sufficient to reconnect those images which – each in itself – represented a longing view of this paradise: images of boat-like cars sailing down the highway, of bikini-clad girls on the beach, of surfers riding the waves. A moral lesson? Possibly.

Moments of Magic: A Celebration of Hockeytown

2002 • 58 min

To understand Detroit's passion for the game of hockey one needs look no further than the ice at Joe Louis Arena. There inscribed in bold letters is one word, "Hockeytown".

Elder Sister

2002 • 16 min

Short documentary from a 2002 graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. Showcased at the 2002 edition of the Toronto-based Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF).

Vocalise

2002 • 7 min

Early 20th century romance in Périgueux. A woman separates from her young lover.

The color of the ray on water

2002 • 7 min

Mizuyoshi tries to highlight everyday landscapes through his camera. Capturing the movements of light on the water of a stream, or reflections through the grass, he seeks to render a certain cinematographic image quality.

A Different Kind of Black Man

2002 • 18 min

This short documentary takes a look at the ideas and feelings of successful, black gay men on such issues as sexuality and masculinity, as well as their perception of, and their role within, the black community.

The Saskatchewan Trilogy Part I

2002 • 6 min

Using home movies, vintage memorabilia, and the straight facts about Saskatchewan, the filmmaker creates an eccentric portrait of the first year of his life, and the province that shaped his identity.

Skinside Out

2002 • 10 min • United States of America

Skinside Out features paint on skin, carried out in an expressionist mode on both of the filmmakers' bodies. The emphasis is on the pleasure of looking -- at the edge of repulsion -- and the implications of making public an essentially private gesture. The film posits painting as a gendered, bodily act, whose location shifts continually within a context that's always changing. Images filmed in the studio are juxtaposed with footage of a construction barge along the Hudson. By examining both in relation to surface, the work paradoxically looks for what lies within, while questioning who and where we take ourselves to be.

HFRemix

2002 • 11 min

Mathematical re-composition of fragments of old 16mm films through a heightfield effect. Images have been digitally enhanced, and blacks and whites have been boosted. The end result is 3D images which create an explosion of light and colour.

Boygirl

2002 • 12 min

A film that addresses the daily experience of feeling different. Interviews with people who fall in between the gender spectrum provide revelations about what it’s like to not feel 100% male or female.

Bye

2002 • 5 min

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, you're going to get what you deserve. Based on a time in the director's past and his pet fish, this short piece looks at the point in his life when having the beautiful boyfriend just wasn't enough.

Eleven Minute Painting

2002 • 11 min

Computer generated video projection.

Chhaya

2002 • 15 min

A film rooted in its rural milieu, told with empathy and pathos, a story of survival revolving around the well of mortgage & a situational Second marriage, where crucial yet tough decisions need to be taken.

回想

2002 • 3 min • China

American Noir in Paris

2002 • 22 min

One man's coming of age in the City of Lights with a soundtrack from Pianist/Compser/Arranger - Kenn Cox of the Contemporary Jazz Quartet.

Shrink! 3.1-2

2002 • 11 min

The third part of Cokes's Shrink! trilogy in which he "shrinks" criticism.

Shrink! 2.1-4

2002 • 21 min • United States of America

The second part in Cokes's Shrink! trilogy in which he "shrinks" criticism.

The Parking Lot of Shoplifted Delights

2002 • 11 min

A drag queen and a punk rocker have a charged encounter over a pair of stolen shoes.

Papas

2002 • 35 min

A look at two young gay men raising adopted siblings. The details shown highlight the commonality of the challenges of raising children regardless of the sexual orientation of the parents.

Peas

2002 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Peas boil in effervescent spume. An unintelligible preacher is heard from off-screen.

frame

2002 • 5 min • Austria

The beginning of frame is similar to a drive through the city: "Let´s go for a ride," high energy. The camera pans swiftly from left to right, looking at what´s going on. The beat sets the tempo. The car´s put into gear: Take-off. The story plays out in the viewers´ head rather than in front of their eyes. [n:ja] shows nothing more than pure motion along spatial coordinates which is driven by Radian´s pulsing soundtrack. So much "reality" – in other words details, color and representation – has been removed from the original views of this ride that solely remnants and a basic structure comprise the video image. In the first "shot" we seem to recognize passers-by hurrying in different directions. The point-of-view moves in the opposite direction, following individuals until two parallel lines running from left to right enter the frame as a graphic element, seeming to set our eyes on a rail.

Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline

2002 • 30 min

Travel around the world with Madeline and her friends without leaving home! Sing along with some of the best-loved musical moments from her TV series.

For My Children

2002 • 60 min • Israel

Shortly after the second Intifada began in the fall of 2000, filmmaker Michal Aviad turned the camera on herself to document the anxieties and fears of living and raising a family in Israel.