All Films

La historia de I y O

1999 • 18 min • Mexico

Once upon a time there was a couple who hid their emotions, until one day chance knocked on their door.

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1999 • 58 min • United States of America

Identifying the legacy and status of the iconic 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Silvina Ocampo: las dependencias

1999 • 49 min • Argentina

A reconstruction of the life of the celebrated Argentine short fiction writer Silvina Ocampo, which draws on the testimonies of Ocampo's servants and friends.

Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena

1999 • 47 min • United States of America

CORPUS explores the mass adulation and explosive posthumous recognition of Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano rock singer murdered by the president of her fan club in 1995. Pushing beyond the mainstream media's fascination with her violent death, Portillo interviews Selena's family and friends as well as the devoted fans that pilgrimage to Selena's grave in Corpus Christi, Texas, to pay homage to the slain star. Moving and provocative, this humble investigative portrait explores Selena's cultural significance as a pop icon and shines a light on the hopes, fantasies, fears, and realities of young Latinas today.

Slipknot - Live at Ankeny Airfield 1999

1999 • 36 min

01 (sic) 02 Eyeless 03 Wait and Bleed 04 Liberate 05 Surfacing 06 Purity 07 Spit It Out 08 Eeyore

Fishing: In the Sea of Greed

1999 • 42 min • India

Fishing in the Sea of Greed documents the response of one fishing community in India to the “rape and run” industries that have begun to dominate their livelihood and decimate their environment. Under the leadership of the National Fishworkers Forum and the World Forum of Fishworkers and Fish Harvesters, workers are fighting not only for their jobs, but for the survival of the world’s coastal communities and ecosystems.

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West

1999 • 50 min • Canada

In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other renowned activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality--and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.

The Best Day of My Life

1999 • 10 min • Canada

Short drama by Sarah Polley. The film was made for the "On the Fly 4" film festival. The film was shot and edited in one day.

The Book Keeper

1999 • 9 min • Australia

The Book Keeper will murder to protect his books, but his tiny world is turned around when he catches Granny chewing on TS Eliot.

It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

1999 • 14 min

This is a promotional behind the scenes featurette that originally appeared on HBO. A lot of the usual interviews and behind-the-scenes clips, but enjoyably, there are a few shots that look at how the FX were filmed.

Myth Makers 47: Doctor Who Magazine Vol. 2

1999 • 57 min

Through a variety of different owners, editors, writers, artists and contributors - Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) has reviewed, analysed, supported and created new fiction about DOCTOR WHO for 20 years. Reeltime’s cameras were at City University for DWM’s ‘20th Birthday Bash’ where Nicholas Briggs managed to corner Gary Gillatt, Dez Skin, J. Jeremy Bentham, Andrew Pixley, Gary Russell and guest editor Sophie Aldred to discuss the magazine's successes and failures and what the future may hold.

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space

1999 • 40 min • United States of America

A family of aliens kidnaps the Hamburglar, and it's up to Ronald and the gang to save him!

5′2″ 80 000 Lbs

1999 • 52 min • Canada

This feature documentary shines a light on a group of women who are passionate about their non-traditional job – trucking. Filmed in 1999, it follows the women all across Quebec as they do their job and address the big-ticket items in life: love, family, freedom, and solitude. Filled with humour and the contagious good spirits of the women involved.

You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Fashion Party

1999 • 25 min • United States of America

You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Fashion Party travels to the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise, where the twins' daydream of partaking in a fashion show comes to life.

El regalo

1999 • 43 min • France, Uruguay

Ruben, a street vendor, and Lila, a domestic worker, are a poor Montevidean couple. One day, during the carnival season, they win the lottery, and start believing in the possibility of living with dignity.

HPG, son vit, son oeuvre

1999 • 52 min

For two years, HPG has daily pointed his camera on his work, his friends, his lovers. Exposed, sometimes with unusual tenderness, his thoughts, his emotions, his body, his sex. He thus delivers a hilarious and poetic filmed diary, a piece of raw brutal art, Bukowskien until the end of the night.

The Cracker Man

1999 • 57 min

A pretty loner hires a firecracker salesman to shoot fireworks for her great-grandfather's 100th birthday; disaster and romance ensue.

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

1999 • 11 min • Norway, Canada

A personal interpretation of Norwegian history - starring a grandmother who during the Second World War loses her job ironing the King's shirts. Instead she gains access to the enemy's uniforms, and inspires her own brand of resistance fighters, the "Shirt Guerillas".

Mayurkanthi Jelly

1999 • 57 min

Pramod, a promising scientist, suddenly died by heart attack. His friends, colleagues and seniors were really shocked by the incidents. His good friend and class mate Sasanka had a good rapport with Pramod. Mr. Bagchi who was Pramad's guide gave Sasanka a good responsibility to collect and compile whole work of Pramod.

A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour

1999 • 41 min

A look at the making of Rush Hour

O Ralo

1999 • 16 min • Portugal

After a sink full of soapy water empties through a gurgling drain, a finger appears from underneath: Zé, a plumber, is at work. Eva, the lady of the house, interrupts him wearing little but a smile. She coaxes him out and seduction begins, interrupted by the surprise arrival of her lover, Carlão, a gun-toting criminal. Zé hides under the sink, watching through the drain hole as Carlão gives Eva a valuable necklace and makes love to her. Carlão is called away abruptly on business only to have his enemy Zim arrive a minute later to claim the necklace. Zé's still under the sink observing as mayhem descends on the kitchen. Will it end with a bang or a whimper?

A tale of night

1999 • 5 min

A dark, quiet and deep night where even the white light of a streetlight seems to be sucked in. What jumped into the eyes of a man walking alone in the city was a duo in a white coat, pointing a mysterious machine that he had never seen into the air.

The Hitler Youth

1999 • 60 min

The historical documentary Hitler Youth explores Adolf Hitler's maniacal construction of the titular organization - one comprised of young Aryan men who would rule the world by fear, intimidation and violence. Via a compendium of terrifying archival footage, the program documents the establishment of the Hitler Youth, its escalation from a membership of 13,000 to 10,000,000 within fifteen years, and the death of the organization following Hitler's suicide in 1945.

80 års fødselsdagen

1999 • 8 min • Denmark

Miss Sophie has dinner with her friends.