All Films

The Little Match Girl

1999 • 50 min • Canada, United Kingdom

Three-time Caldecott Honor artist Jerry Pinkney brings new relevance to the classic Hans Christian Andersen story The wintry streets of an American city are thronged with shoppers, in preparation for New Year's Eve. But no one is interested in buying the matches and artificial flowers offered by one little girl. Wishing to avoid the cold welcome awaiting her at home, she lights her matches for what little heat they can provide. The visions that she sees in their flickering glow warm her spirit, even as the brutal cold of night destroys her body.

D.L. Hughley: Going Home

1999 • 57 min • United States of America

The comedy star takes the stage for his third HBO solo stand-up performance in an hour-long show full of sidesplitting material, including his insights on family, fatherhood and growing up!

Sky

1999 • 10 min • Japan

An early film by Noboru Iguchi.

Claire Makes It Big

1999 • 30 min

Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.

Granny

1999 • 58 min • United States of America

Eight college students are stalked and killed by a maniac dressed in a hag mask.

A Super 8 Scraping

1999 • 1 min • Brazil

Experimental animation, the creators spending two weeks scratching the Super 8 film.

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

1999 • 55 min • France

Chris Marker’s portrait of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky documents the director at work on his final film, The Sacrifice, during the last year of his life. Interweaving behind-the-scenes footage with excerpts from Tarkovsky’s earlier works, Marker crafts a moving reflection on the artist’s vision, methods, and enduring legacy.

Amanita Muscaria

1999 • 10 min • South Korea

The only thing Gil-dong's sister wants for her birthday is to be allowed to die peacefully as she wastes away in a hospital bed. But Gil-dong is willing to sacrifice everything to keep her alive.

Alanis Morissette: MTV Unplugged

1999 • 44 min • United States of America

MTV Unplugged is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 9, 1999 (see 1999 in music). It comprises songs performed by Morissette on the television program MTV Unplugged. Twelve tracks were included on the album, but Morissette performed several others, including "Baba", "Thank U" (both from 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie) and "Your House" (the hidden track on 1995's Jagged Little Pill), during her Unplugged concert. These were later released as B-sides on the "King of Pain" single release. The first single, "That I Would Be Good", was moderately successful, and two other tracks, "King of Pain" (a cover of the song by The Police) and "You Learn" were released as singles outside North America. As of March 2012, the album has sold 673,000 copies in the U.S.

The Dumb Waiter

1999 • 55 min • Yugoslavia

Two hit-men, Ben and Gus, are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. As the play begins, Ben, the senior member of the team, is reading a newspaper, and Gus, the junior member, is tying his shoes. Gus asks Ben many questions as he gets ready for their job and tries to make tea.

Knitwits Revisited

1999 • 7 min

KnitWits Revisited brings us back to the KnitWits' knitting store.

Induced Orgasm

1999 • 25 min • Japan

Short documentary produced by Space Shower TV following the release of the album "Muzai Moratorium."

Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues

1999 • 60 min

The WWF's biggest star continues his journey through the ring (and superstardom), to the delight of his millions of fans. Includes segments from "Austin 3:16 Uncensored" and "Cause Stone Cold Said So."

Backstreet Boys: Into The Millennium Tour Live in Barcelona

1999 • 60 min • Spain, United States of America

Backstreet Boys Live in Barcelona - Millennium Tour 1999 HBO Broadcast

Viola

1999 • 12 min • Estonia

A burnt out violinist performs a morbid show every night with his dancer wife.

Cool Air

1999 • 50 min • United States of America

Randolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925 where he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Soon after Carter discovers the awful truth about the doctor, and the fragile line that separates life and death. Featuring a stellar performance by Jack Donner as Dr. Muñoz, Cool Air remains a haunting reminder of the power of the human will.

Love, Death & Cars

1999 • 20 min • United States of America

In Los Angeles, Max and Haley go to a reading and book signing of Kyle, a friend of Max's from New York. Through flashbacks and conversations, we learn that they were more than casual friends, and Kyle's reappearance throws Haley and Max's relationship into question. Central to the two men's history was a Grand Canyon trip some years before. Max may need to travel that road again with renewed honesty if he's to sort out his life's conflicts and contradictions.

Dogma 95, a Serious Game?

1999 • 15 min

Shot in Denmark in 1999, the documentary features exclusive interviews with the creators of the filmmaking movement Dogma 95: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Soren Kragh-Jakobsen.

The Secret History

1999 • 6 min

A loop of horses frolicking in the pasture.

Piglets

1999 • 3 min • Germany

Two men are on the verge of making love, but an old neighbor does everything she can to ruin their adventure.

Persona Ne'll Aqua

1999 • 2 min

An Italian Short Film by Louis C.K. Starring Alix Bailey, Ford Bailey and Lela Nargi. Basically it's something I made with a Bolex 166mm wind-up camera and put the sound in later, Italian style.

Mama, Do You Love Me?

1999 • 27 min • Canada, United States of America

Charming tale of affection, adventure, and wonder in which a young Inuit girl disobeys her mother and wanders away from home.

Puppy Love

1999 • 50 min

A curious title given that for 50 minutes, Januszczak snarls his way through a canine critique and it’s not clear which he despises more, dogs or their owners. He visits a dog show which he regards as incorrigibly eccentric and he considers breeding practices to be the canine equivalent of eugenics practised by the Nazis. “We breed them until their heads look like misshapen Halloween pumpkins (often to the detriment of their health), we cut their bollocks off, we send them to a doggy psychiatrist and still most of them won’t do what we want them to do. The message appears to be that we love dogs, but not for themselves, it’s for the prestige they can bestow upon their owners.

Am/pm

1999 • 12 min • United States of America

Taking its title from an all-day/all-night convenience store, “AM/PM” examines the famous Las Vegas Strip, portraying the disorienting world of corporate hotels and casinos which utilise and redefine the spectacle in relation to architecture. “AM/PM” posits the concept of distraction itself as a strategy and the city as a conspiracy, which manipulates and directs the visitor.