All Films

Flying Blind

1998 • 12 min • Iceland

One day a heavy smoker finally quits his habit exactly when the clock hits noon. After years of thinking about it, he has reached a point of no return. During the next hour he has to face a series of unexpected irritations. Can he resist the temptation of the seductive cigarette? Has he picked the right day for such torture?

Blue Fish

1998 • 60 min • Japan

Ryoko, a bored 18-year-old hairdresser, becomes attracted to an enigmatic young man, not realizing that he is a drug dealer involved in a conflict between rival gangs.

Film(emend)

1998 • 5 min

A man polishes his shoe.

Aleppo... Maqamat of Pleasure and Delight

1998 • 52 min • France, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

In this documentary film, Malas explores the life and music of the classical Aleppan singer and composer Sabri Moudallal (1918-2006). "Maqam" is the melodic system of traditional Arabic music.

I Wanna Drive You Insane

1998 • 60 min • Japan

To miss the last bus home from work can be fatal. A businessman encounters leering hookers, a crazy cafe owner, and a gang of sadomasochistic nurses. And then things get really crazy. The anonymous main character floats around in an insane post-war Japan that defies definition, and tries in vain to get home.

The Last of the Drunken Ones

1998 • 22 min • Finland

The year is 2005 and the population of earth has almost expired due to the lethal virus. The only way to survive is to be constantly drunk. Our hero roams the earth and fights against evil mutants!

The Legend of Mulan

1998 • 52 min • Netherlands

A Chinese girl must become a warrior to fight a war and to save her village by convincing a dragon to melt the snows. She must overcome the trials of the four elements, with the help of a medallion and some magical friends.

6 Weeks in June

1998 • 6 min • United Kingdom

An animated road movie. 11000 miles across the USA and back in a transit van with a rock and roll band, a pencil, a stack of A6 paper and 6 weeks in June to do it.

The Music Man

1998 • 11 min

Ron Lawrence has sold over Thirty million music records worldwide. Ron is best known for his earlier work of popular singles: Notorious B.I.G, producing the smash hit “Hypnotize”, Sean “Diddy” Combs “Been Around The World”, Jay Z “Where I’m From, The Lox "Money, Power & Respect", Faith Evans, "Love Like This", and LL Cool J “Phenomenon”. His achievements include over 30 gold and platinum albums, and a NARAS Governor’s Award from the Grammy's Organization.

Yellow Fish

1998 • 4 min • Japan

Images of the sea and clouds seen from the top of the mountain, the candles of the Tibetan temple, etc., and a chaotic psychedelic animation are juxtaposed.

Matt

1998 • 18 min

"Five years after the making of the video portrait Boys in the Backyard, the film maker returns to San Francisco to see what has become of Matt. Articulate and charming, Matt recounts some of his experiences as a transgendered FTM and changes in his life during the last five years." - Cinenova

The Penfield Road

1998 • 5 min

A fable concerning the landscape and the romanticism of travel—featuring Starved Rock State Park and other familiar American scenes depicted in vintage postcards—that also reveals the price we pay for the open road.

Psychedelic Playboy

1998 • 6 min • Australia

The tragic story of an underground film star who's hedonistic and thrill-seeking lifestyle came to a sudden stop when his body was found on the side of the road.

Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa

1998 • 52 min

Directed by Tonia Selley, Dead Men Don't Tour was first broadcast on SABC 3 at 9.30pm on the 5th July 2001 just after 'Ripley's Believe Or Not'. This film features wonderful concert footage, backstage antics, interviews with Craig Bartholomew Strydom and Stephen "Sugar" Segerman, Rodriguez and his family, the promoters, the fans and the musicians. All live footage was filmed at the concerts in Pretoria, Durban and the Blues Room in Johannesburg.

Biostructures

1998 • 8 min

A silent film study that examines plant structures reveals the poetics of nature and the film medium. Static details of a passion fruit, a cherry blossom, onion skins with a dandelion, and tree leaves are captured on film using various techniques, playing with the opposites of light and dark and color contrasts.

La dévoilée femme

1998 • 10 min

The action takes place in Algeria, in Oran. Five idle young people spend their day killing time and boredom. One day, a bet is launched: follow and flirt with the first woman who will pass. Harath rises to the challenge.

Duel

1998 • 12 min • Croatia

A five-year-old boy is completely uninterested in food, which results in conflicts with his mother. The effort she invests in feeding him is equal to the boy’s effort not to eat the offered food. The longer the lunch, the clumsier is their balance on the verge of fight. The duel between the boy’s resourcefulness and the spoon, the tears and mother’s love, ends with the victory of the more persistent. The last bites are either left on the plate, or leave with the boy to bed in his mouth.

Dr. Rabbit's World Tour

1998 • 13 min • United States of America

Dr. Rabbit travels the globe to spread the word on why it's important to brush, floss and make sure our teeth are as healthy as can be.

Bush Mechanics

1998 • 27 min • Australia

After their car shows signs of trouble in the middle of nowhere, four men must use their skill in 'bush repair' to make it back to town.

ウワバミの絵

1998 • 31 min • Japan

The title of the film, is a symbol of "something easily understood by children but completely forgotten by adults" in Saint-Exupéry's famous novel, The Prince of the Stars. Due to their child-like small vocabulary, today's young people seem to have poor communication from an adult's perspective. However, they know how to feel happiness in their ordinary daily lives and how to share it. The film depicts the theme that happiness is not something to be searched for, but something to be felt, in a soft narrative like a girls' manga, within the three days of four women.

Family Pictures

1998 • 5 min

In one traumatic day a young man faces a fight with his lover and coming out to his family.

My Homework

1998 • 40 min

Director TSENG occasionally began to record the daily life of her mother, out of the need of completing her documentary assignment at school. The films presents a mother's persistence when facing difficulties and her love for her children. In the meantime, interactions and conversations between mother and daughter are revealed spontaneously.

Banned from Television: Prison Files II

1998 • 54 min • United States of America

Journey once again into the world of concrete and violence. Banned from Television: The Prison Files II brings you back inside the prison walls from raw, uncensored, never before seen footage of strip searches, attack dogs, hoses and gas grenades. Watch this tape and learn why crime doesn't pay.

La vie sauve

1998 • 55 min

Senka, a young exile in France, decides to return to her country. She takes a look at a country that, for a moment, was her land of welcome, her last doubts about her return, her last encounters.