All Films

Headcleaner

1999 • 2 min • Italy

Mindblowing. Literally. Acclaimed Italian photographer Alessandro Bavari turns to filmmaking with this short, surreal tour in and around the cranial cavity.

El fueye

1999 • 15 min • Argentina

1920. The music of a bandonéon reaches the ears of little Aníbal and changes his life forever.

Caracas, crónica del siglo XX

1999 • 56 min • Venezuela

This documentary film shows the physical expansion, demographic growth and changes in the way of life of the city of Caracas throughout the 20th century. It is undoubtedly a contribution to rescuing the memory of the capital of Venezuela

The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

1999 • 11 min • United Kingdom

The documentary recounts Alan Conway's deception as Stanley Kubrick, exploiting misconceptions about Kubrick's appearance and people's desire for contact with a celebrity. It features an interview with Conway from 1996 and Alexander Walker's insights, aiming for objectivity. The narrator also addresses Conway's criminal past and allegations of sexual misconduct, linked to Kubrick's name. Conway died shortly before Kubrick. Cook and Frewin later made "Colour Me Kubrick," a comedy starring John Malkovich, inspired by Conway's story.

The Battle for Midway

1999 • 50 min

One thousand miles from nowhere lies lonely outpost of coral and sea called Midway. It was here in 1942 that the United states and Japan fought the greatest naval battle of all time, and changed the course of World War II. Join Titanic discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard as he, a team of experts, and four World War II veterans return to Midway to do the impossible: to locate at least one of the five downed aircraft carriers, including the U.S.S Yorktown. Hear the amazing accounts of the four men who narrowly escaped with their lives, and watch as they pay their final respects to their fallen comrades three miles below the waters of Midway.

Beat & Perv

1999 • 1 min

Rhythmic repetition: Beat-Beat-Beat-Beat-Beat...& Perv.

Shattered to Pieces

1999 • 43 min • Yugoslavia

A short music documentary about the life and work of Darkwood Dub band from 1990 to 2000s.

More Than Love

1999 • 52 min • Hungary

A film about the love between a blind man and a sighted woman, a subject that always promises success on the big screen. Can prejudice, new diseases and financial problems be overcome? How much of oneself can one give and how much of the other can one accept? We see the contradictions of a relationship, the depths of a relationship that may not be fully explored, alongside moments of joy and happiness.

The Psychic Connection

1999 • 56 min • United States of America

People talk about their psychic connection between animals.

Pavement: Live on Reverb

1999 • 25 min

Pavement's rare second performance on Reverb

The Himalayan Kingdom of Light

1999 • 26 min • Japan

In a small village overlooking the scenic Himalayas, a young boy, Suruya, receives a letter from a princess. It's a heartbreaking cry for help. Suruya, who is not the most courageous of boys, sets out to rescue the princess, managing to find the courage to carry out his mission along the way.

30% Fat, 70% Meat

1999 • 33 min

Three-channel installation. Videos show processing meat with a mincer from three different angles simultaneously. One of the two videos in color shows the feeding funnel of the meat mincer where slides of meat are stuffed in; the other video in color captures where meat comes out from the mincer and is collected in a bowl. A third black-and-white surveillance video is attached to the hand operating the mincer, which gives a revolving motion to the images captured.

Porter Springs 4

1999 • 15 min

A “remake” of my first film, Porter Springs 4 (1999) is composed from footage shot over 20 years (reversal, negative, 8 mm, super-8, 8mm video, mini-DV, & old photos), with an audio track composed from the video sync, ambient recordings, and a tape I made in highschool of my uncle telling stories and playing piano & of selections from his record collection that we listened to on family vacation in my childhood. My father growing old & feeble, my only footage of my dead sister and grandmother (Gonga) and of my log cabin (the Bug House) which was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 1990, memories of my two ex’s, eternal nature, endless walks in the woods, building my new cabin and dream time there, the rotting boathouse, and various typical family scenes, assembled and presented in the rhythms of my mind and body. (Henry Hills)

The Life and Death of Owen Hart

1999 • 44 min • Canada

"The Life and Death of Owen Hart" chronicles the short but eventful life of pro-wrestling superstar Bret "Hitman" Hart's brother Owen Hart, May 7, 1965 - May 23, 1999.

Suet-Sin's Sisters

1999 • 8 min • Hong Kong

Explores issues facing Chinese women in same-sex relationships. Interviews are intercut with archival footage of a classic Cantonese opera singer known for being a "mannish" woman.

Spetsnaz: Inside The Russian SAS

1999 • 53 min

Spetsnaz is the Russian for Special Forces. In this series this highly secretive organisation will be laid bare. Since the mid-seventies the unit has seen active service in Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia and the crime-ridden streets of Moscow. The films follows some of the different units on operations in Chechnya, Angola and Moscow, as well as their competitive selection process. This film delves inside the domestic counter-terrorism unit ALPHA GROUP, the KGB's foreign commando force, VYMPEL and the special police commandos, OMON. For the first time, our cameras record how new candidates to Spetsnaz units are put through their paces at Balashikha, the joint KGB/Interior Ministry training centre outside Moscow. We will get to know the men and women who aspire to make the transition from regular soldier / policeman to fully-fledged Spetsnaz.

Predators of the Animal World

1999 • 45 min

A real and detailed insight into the cruel and vicious world that is the natural way of survival of the fittest. This program follows predators from all areas of food chains of a varying list of geographical ecosystems. Footage from around the world shows a face of nature that in rarely seen and even less rarely caught on tape.

Think About This

1999 • 5 min

This unique production from ERI Safety Videos encourages workers to be safe at work so they will come home at the end of the day. The custom music score contains many safety messages and concepts. Read along on-screen if you can't make out all the lyrics. Enjoy!

Rumba

1999 • 6 min • Russia

Lumiere's The Arrival Of A Train in Russian.

The Sound of the Violin in My Lai

1999 • 32 min

A short film that examines the history and legacy of the My Lai massacre, an incident of the Vietnam War in which hundreds of Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. Army soldiers.

Clara & Rubinstein

1999 • 12 min • Latvia

One day a common man finds himself in a hell of family life. How did he get there? It all started with such a romance – they met in a museum of contemporary art…

City-e-scape

1999 • 3 min • United States of America

Quick Draw McGraw goes to the big city to wipe out crime, but it really wipes him out.

National Geographic: The Filmmakers

1999 • 55 min • United States of America

National Geographic Wildlife Filmmakers Go Eye-to-Eye with Danger! They swim with sharks, confront venomous snakes, and stalk hungry lions. They're National Geographic filmmakers, and for these remarkable adventurers, capturing unforgettable footage in the wild is not just a job, it's a way of life. Join a cinematographer in the rain forest canopy as he goes to incredible lengths - and heights - to film the world's most powerful bird of prey. Witness the frustration of a filmmaker who just misses the scene-stealing shot of jackal pups greeting their mother in the Serengeti, and feel the exhilaration when he finally captures the event to perfection. Meet the talented professionals who go behind the camera every day and sometimes risk their lives to bring us extraordinary images of nature's most amazing creatures.

Hose

1999 • 5 min • Canada

Mixing cyberporn and “basement porn” footage together, Hose juxtaposes the revolutionary promises of sexuality of the '70s with the cybersex reality of the '90s. This rich visual examination of queer sexuality would not be complete without its sly piss-take (literally) about the fun of watersports.