All Films

The Oz Witch Project

1999 • 9 min • United States of America

Dorothy, the tinman, the cowardly lion and the scarecrow go into the woods near Emerald City to shoot a documentary about the Yellow Brick Road. Unfortunately, they get lost and are never heard from again.

The Emperor's Treasure

1999 • 45 min • United States of America

In this time-travel animated adventure, journey to the mountainous region of Macchu Picchu in Peru, where an Incan princess helps an adventurer discover his true self in the chaotic 15th century. But will he rise to the occasion? It depends on whether he can find the wherewithal to face his own demons.

R.E.M. - Falls to Climb

1999 • 51 min

A rare portrait of the band, focusing on the creative crisis faced by the group when drummer Bill Berry quits to become a farmer.

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy

1999 • 15 min

Making of/behind the scenes featurette from the Julien Donkey-Boy DVD.

Riiman Blues

1999 • 60 min • Japan

The protagonist is an ordinary salaryman who hides his gayness from the company and the world. However, he has a live-in lover. The boyfriend is a freelancer who is enjoying being gay. The film quietly and firmly depicts the happy life of these two, sex, the battle with the world for being gay, and the sudden separation.

The Willie Witch Projects

1999 • 34 min • United States of America

A Blair witch project spoof found on The Bogus Witch Project.

Boo Boo Runs Wild

1999 • 21 min • United States of America

Boo-Boo gets fed up with the rules imposed on bears by humans and decides to return to his “wild” roots. Boo Boo Runs Wild is a stand-alone special parody of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, The Yogi Bear Show. It was made by The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi and his company Spümcø. Boo Boo Runs Wild originally aired on Cartoon Network on September 24, 1999, along with A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith, a similar Yogi Bear-themed stand alone special.

La petite histoire d'un homme sans histoire

1999 • 24 min • Canada

A man in his mid-40s is killed by a truck just after receiving a prescription against death from his doctor. He then regains consciousness in a video store, and with some further difficulties, receives a film of his life. Although full of factual inaccuracies, it is an enjoyable examination of his birth, youth, marriage, family and death. Unfortunately, his request for a sequel is denied, and as he advances down the corridor to God, technical difficulties are experienced.

Hoolboom

1999 • 4 min • Canada

"Hoolboom" is a film that Arts Toronto commissioned local filmmaker Wrik Mead to make based on his impressions of fellow filmmaker Mike Hoolboom. With some collaboration from Mike, Wrik has produced a film about the body, self-awareness, and the art of film.

Tôsatsu chijo: Nozoite nurasu

1999 • 56 min • Japan

Kumi is a crime hunter who secretly photographs crimes. The rapist she is pursuing attacks Emi, an office lady. Ken happens to be passing by and tries to help her, but Emi commits suicide right in front of him. Her ghost soon appears before Ken, and he takes revenge on Kumi.

Menhir

1999 • 35 min • Slovenia

Urbanity is finally erased by mythical rituals, which is determined by the very title of the video film: menhir, an upright stone block from the Neolithic, which was used for sacral rites. Man and woman are Adam and Eve, created in front of us by electronic transformation (morphing) and marked by blood. This element also marks all other elements of the video image: the murder of an individual by the menhir or trinity (politics, church, army), the bodies of the dancer. Blood, murder and death are overcome by only the second basic element: the stone, which is flooded with blood the very next moment. The fight of natural elements is also served by electronic tricks that turn power holders from flesh and blood into stone and wrong.

Chocolate - The Chocolate Tour

1999 • 40 min

It is the summer of 1999 and what the Chocolate team thinks will be a normal skateboarding tour across the USA, turns into a race against time with a new set of rules… Brushes with the law, forgery and fraud are just a few of the startling mis-adventures the Chocolate Brotherhood have on their way to saving the only other family they’ve ever known – the Girl team. Armed with a healthy respect for their elders, and a strong sense of camaraderie, the Chocolate team faces the overwhelming responsibility of being the last hope for their Girl brothers… or are they?

Shalom Leben Dodi

1999 • 53 min

A stormy night in the house of persian israelis begins when their beloved cousin escapes from prison

The Frasier Story

1999 • 32 min • United Kingdom

A retrospective look at how Frasier Crane first came to appear on Cheers, and how the series Frasier has evolved.

Three Big Breasted Sisters Meat Clams

1999 • 59 min • Japan

Three beautiful sisters, Toko, Tamako, and Kyoko, run a bento shop during the day and an adult entertainment business at night. It was the three's dream to create an orphanage for children who were in the same unfortunate circumstances as themselves. Taichi, who has feelings for Kyoko, tries to invest money from the company run by the three brothers in order to make the sisters' dreams come true, but..

Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

1999 • 6 min • United States of America

A video portrait of the legendary late performance artist, fashion designer and nightlife icon Leigh Bowery. Atlas's camera follows Bowery as he flamboyantly strolls through Manhattan's Meatpacking District, outrageously costumed in a self-made reinterpretation of "Mr. Peanut," the Planter's Peanut mascot. Bowery's molded full-bodysuit, accessorized with a floral print dress, top hat and transparent-heeled platform shoes, draws stares from onlookers. Peanut-related pop songs accompany him on the soundtrack.

Ben & Gunnar: A Small Film About Male Friendship

1999 • 58 min • Sweden

Ben and Gunnar meet during a carpool from Stockholm to Göteborg in the summer of 1985 where they are attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen at Ullevi.

William Wilson

1999 • 10 min • Spain

Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.

Nacho Chihuahua

1999 • 35 min • United States of America

Nacho the Chihuahua is in for the surprise of his life when he and his turbulent girlfriend El Niña run away from home to find Nacho's homeland, South of the Border. Their quest for adventure turns to danger when the two become targets of a gang of wild dogs. It's a rollercoaster ride of emotions as the pair find themselves closer to their homeland, but further from the ones they love. This is not-cho ordinary puppy adventure!

Slime Adventures: Yeah! The Sea!

1999 • 15 min • Japan

A short anime directed by Yuasa Masaaki with Production IG, distributed on VHS as a bonus to a video game magazine subscription. The main character is a Slime from the Dragon Quest video games.

Ecstasy in Entropy

1999 • 17 min • United States of America

An agit-prop edutainment ho down featuring a bevy of warrior lapdancers struggling to overthrow corporate state capitalism and rancid criminal globalisation through amateur wrestling, gun juggling and anarchist debate.

Chigger Country

1999 • 24 min • United States of America

Pastures filled with the bounty of a meateater's fantasy fill the screen with bellows of bovine origin as testosterone-driven madness runs rampant on 20,000 acres of Oklahoma soil. A lone female turkey stuffer prepares the goodies that will nourish the sunburned as they rocket skyward on the scales of numerical poundage to come crashing earthward in time for marinated hamburgers. A trip to the garden of Eden and its sanctuary for snakes with an appetite for dog meat.

Teeuwen & Smeenk: Heist

1999 • 35 min • Netherlands

The debut of this Dutch comedy duo. They won the Dutch Cameretten festival which a short (early) version of this show.

Cut

1999 • 18 min • United Kingdom

A difficult night out sparks a traumatic memory for a woman whose way out is to ritualistically harm, then fix herself. Intercutting the two states of the protagonist's psyche, rich golden sweeps from the past begin to bleed into the reds and blues of the film's present.