All Films

Paseador de almas

1999 • 14 min • Argentina

We all like to go for a walk and so do our souls.

The Stolen Father

1999 • 24 min • Switzerland

Meriç's father is abducted by the secret police. Traumatised by this event, Meriç searches for possible explanations and comes to believe that his father has been stolen by thieves. In his imagination, he brings his father back and hides him in the cellar.

Farewell, Dnipro!

1999 • 16 min • Ukraine

Old Jew Reuven Koshman came to the Kyiv cliffs to say goodbye to the Dnipro River. He tells a random passerby about his life, about the city of Berdychiv, where he was born and lived most of his life. Then he moved with his family to Kyiv, but soon his children left for Israel. But Reuven stayed because he cherished the places where he was born, where he had lived his life, where his family had put down deep, strong roots.

Yours Forever

1999 • 39 min

For the last ten years 40-year-old Jeppe has paid daily visits to the nursing home where his crippled wife, Tove, has been put after a serious traffic accident to remain for the rest of her life. Desperate about this meningless fate, Jeppe has put everything else in life aside and has chosen to be faithful and devoted to her. But this cannot go on, his pseudo-life becomes too much for his crippled wife. She pretends to be in love with her male nurse and throws Jeppe out.

Skok

1999 • 53 min • Poland

Boris, a teenager, is arrested by the police. As part of the cooperation, he agrees to infiltrate the gang.

Versailles, the visit

1999 • 60 min • France

You will discover the history of the palace as well as the masterpieces it houses. This is the most complete tour imaginable, covering the gardens, the royal apartments, the Hall of Mirrors, the Petit Trianon, the Royal Chapel and the Opera. This private visit will enable you to see the treasures which astound the 10 million people who visit the castle and gardens every year.

At the Ends of the Earth

1999 • 8 min • France

A family lives in a house that teeters precariously on the very tip of a mountain. The balance of the house is affected not only by the family that lives inside, but also their cow, dog, cat, a passing bird, and a man with a couple of sheep who returns in a car. The slopes of the hill themselves also seem rather slippery at times.

Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up

1999 • 60 min

At the Tanglefoot Children's Camp in North Carolina, kids learn to get along with each other and to gain self-confidence under the friendly counsel of camp director Gregg.

Suêtes

1999 • 26 min • Canada

This documentary traces the folklore, stories, and reality of living under the hurricane force winds, that beat down upon the residents of the Acadian region of Western Cape Breton Island, between Margaree Harbour and Cheticamp. The film contains stunning landscapes shot in winds of 130 miles per hour. While there is often serious damage from these Suêtes, roofs blowing off buildings and even homes blowing apart, there is also a good dose of local humour surrounding life under these harsh environmental conditions. Residents from young to more than 90 years old tell their tales of life under these winds.

The Web of Caves

1999 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Doctor Who spoof by Mark Gatiss and David Walliams.

The Head Incident

1999 • 51 min • United States of America

A psychologically disturbed man is haunted by a disembodied dummy head and a mysterious man completely shrouded in black.

Deep Inside The Titanic

1999 • 47 min • United States of America

The Titanic lies in complete darkness, four kilometers beneath the ocean. So remote is this famous wreckage that only a small handful of explorers and scientists have dared to make the dangerous journey down to her decks. However, now we too can explore what is left of the mighty ship. Using special remote submersibles to glide through the living spaces of the Titanic, viewers witness the current condition of the ballrooms, hallways and living quarters of this famous vessel. In addition, this unique programme reveals what each room was like before the tragedy. On a guided tour of the ship, the stories of the inhabitants of each room are told. Around each corner, the grandeur that made this ship the pride of the White Star Line brings home the poignant story of those who spent their last moments aboard.

The Little Knight

1999 • 25 min • Denmark

A long time ago in the world of Fairy tales, there was a little boy who lived in a country where quarrels, fights, rage and anger were forbidden, and knight were not needed any more. The little boy was sorry about this because he wanted to become a noble knight. He travels to three different countries where he gets books, cakes and a ride on a roundabout. But nobody can teach him how to fight. Suddenly, in the middle of the forrest, he faces a huge dragon. He wins the fight, and when he comes home, the king's personal physician has seized power, and nobody dares to protest. However, the little knight does, and he wins the fight agains the physician, marries the princess and lives happily ever after.

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle

1999 • 48 min

Painter, fisherman, visionary, eccentric - Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity, at an isolated bait camp off the East Coast of Texas. From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City along with artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. But Bess' art was only part of a grander theory based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals, which proposed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. Narrated by actors Willem Dafoe and Ruth Maleczech, the documentary combines the beauty of Bess' art with the drama and tragedy of his personal life. Interviews with people who knew Bess, including art historian Meyer Schapiro (his last interview) and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman bring life to this forgotten artist. Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddleis a fascinating look at one of America's most unusual artists.

Area 51

1999 • 33 min

In the 1950’s the United States government restricted a 6 by 10 mile block of land somewhere north of Las Vegas. Although the government will not discuss this top secret facility, it has been consistently associated with UFO sightings and conspiracy stories. The reasons for the cover up of alien activity is unclear, but one thing is for sure, the government will do everything in their power to stop the public from knowing the truth. The most probable explanation is that mass panic would ensue if the public knew we were being visited by beings far superior to ourselves. In 1999, TGR exposes AREA 51, a 16mm jib flick that shows skiing’s new generation going bigger than ever and pulling the sickest tricks imaginable. Filmed at competitions and sessions around the globe, this movie has it all.

More Sex & Violence

1999 • 6 min • United States of America

Twelve skits in six minutes: the first one and the final three are about sex, in between are sketches of blood, death, murder, truck crashes, a tough day on the toilet, a slip on a banana peel, and an omnivorous Elvis. In several vignettes, Plympton draws on the essentially comic image of men wearing jackets and ties in a world gone awry. Women, who don't appear all that often, cheerfully participate in the sex and don't hang around for the violence.

Sisters

1999 • 12 min • Poland

Two old sisters, living in the same Warsaw apartment, sit on a bench and talk. The 87-year-old elder one seems to care for the other reluctantly and treat her badly. The younger, who is said to be clumsier, has walking problems.

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

1999 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Go behind the scenes with the late, great Rik Mayall (Richie) and Ade Edmondson (Eddie) as they take us on a tour behind the scenes of Guest House Paradiso, the long-awaited movie based on the hit 90's BBC comedy 'Bottom'.

Tommy Trips

1999 • 6 min • France

Glass keeps breaking every time Thomas gets too close to his favorite classmate, Quentin. If he comes out to him will more than glass be shattered?

Bathroom

1999 • 5 min • Germany

In this work, Shiota expressed “the memory of her skin, which cannot be entirely wiped away even after washing,” while covering herself with mud in her own bathtub. In the third year after she started living in Germany, Shiota became sharply aware of her own skin, arguably a symbol of her own identity. This was the first work where she made a video version of a performance. It also resonates with her 1997 performance piece, “Try and Go Home.”

Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist

1999 • 56 min • Canada

Cassett's Parisian solitude is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of her brother's three kids, but she soon finds herself inspired and uses the children as models. Meanwhile, Cassatt's teenage niece plays cupid between Cassatt and the great painter Degas. Romance does not blossom but Degas invites Cassatt to join the Impressionists.

Golden Threads

1999 • 57 min

After decades of personal struggle, Christine Burton reinvented her own life at age 80 by founding Golden Threads, an international network for older gay women. She's a tireless leader who, even when ambushed by daunting physical challenges, transforms herself and others with her own unquenchable zest for life.

Jamel Show

1999 • 58 min • France

Jamel is given carte blanche at CANAL+ for an hour, the comedian took this opportinity to gather friends and guests for a comedy special to celebrate the end of the millennium.

Veera

1999 • 10 min • Finland

A young woman, Veera, revolves around musician Janne. Janne is not interested, but what happens when Janne can't escape the situation.