All Films

Visit from Outer Space

1998 • 4 min • Netherlands

A small UFO flies through the streets of Amsterdam one evening. No one seems to notice. In the spaceship are two aliens enjoying the view. They disappear again just as suddenly as they came. Short experimental animation film is a homage to film-maker Ed Wood.

That Strange Person

1998 • 4 min • United States of America

A bizarre trip through the thoughts of a woman who wonders who she is and who she could become.

Silencio Dei Morti

1998 • 8 min • Germany

A short film by Marian Dora which shows an unearthed cemetery.

Tears

1998 • 15 min • Australia

A teenage couple are leaving the mission on their way to new lives. As they walk to the bus stop, they discuss their reasons for leaving.

Surface

1998 • 5 min • United Kingdom

The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and white, Sevigny plays air guitar and dress-up in a film that beautifully captures the spirit of the time.

J.G. Ballard: The Future Is Now

1998 • 29 min • Sweden

The Future Is Now was produced for Swedish television and has Ballard as the only protagonist and his house as the main decoration.

How Pjer Zalica Ripped

1998 • 6 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina

A man blows balloons until they burst and thus expresses his accumulated aggression.

Shine On Sweet Starlet

1998 • 60 min • United States of America

JMM and his friendly elitist entourage shot super-8 stag footage of starlets and collected music from bands who played with The Sore Losers!

John's Problem

1998 • 10 min • United States of America

John agrees to house-sit for a neighbor, and things take a turn for the macabre.

Salmon's Path

1998 • 10 min • Latvia

Educational film about salmon. From caviar to a trip to the sea and a return back to the native rivers. Dedicated to the protection of salmon.

A Season for Cinema: Narrative structures and film editing in Iranian Cinema

1998 • 60 min • Iran

Part 7 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

16 Living Clichés

1998 • 4 min • Norway

A portrait of 16 different people characterized by their own unique clichés.

Inger Christensen - The cicadas exist

1998 • 54 min • Denmark

In this portrait film, we meet Inger Christensen in her apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen, where she tells of her life and work, and reads excerpts from her major works.

Stanley Beloved

1998 • 19 min • Hong Kong

James and Kevin are friends and live in Hong-Kong. When Kevin finds out that his Chinese father wants to send him away to England to study, he decides to spend a summer day with his friend James. Then something unexpected happens.

Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche

1998 • 2 min • Germany

A found footage experiment made using footage from a 50s disaster film. Slowed down audio and lots of distorted textures are present.

Yome no kokuhaku: Sugoi! Otôsan no yubizukai

1998 • 60 min • Japan

Three years after her husband passed away, the widow is still taking care of her father-in-law, a novelist, and has not divorced her husband. The widow was dozing off next to her father-in-law, who was writing an essay on a word processor, when he came to deliver her homemade strawberry jam and fell asleep while talking. The essay she was writing next to him was titled "My Daughter-in-law, Me, and Strawberry Jam" and it seems that her father-in-law is also attracted to her. She has a sex friend, but it is a man who was her husband's best friend, and she only sees him as someone to relieve her sexual frustration, but the man is in love with her...

Modern Times: Pink Parents

1998 • 52 min

A British lesbian couple with one child and looking to get pregnant again partner up with two gay men to make their expanding family a reality,

Dusk

1998 • 49 min

Dusk, Dusk of the soul, losses and drifts.

Kings of Broadway

1998 • 22 min

This documovie delves into the history of the NYC graffiti movement, tracing it thru 3 generations of well known writers. In depth conversations with ALI, BAMA, CRASH, KET, PART ONE, STAN 153yb, TERROR 161 and ZEPHYR classify this as sureshot cult classic

Kingdom of Bhutan: The Land of Hidden Treasures

1998 • 18 min • Bhutan

A documentary video about the Kingdom of Bhutan.

The Edge of the Possible

1998 • 58 min

Jørn Utzon, acclaimed architect of the Sydney Opera House, tells the story of the design and construction of his masterpiece.

The Rainbow Avenger

1998 • 8 min • United States of America

Rainbow Avenger tells of an overweight gay man who is a victim of a homophobic attack and so becomes a super hero

Perfect Mothers, Perfect Predators

1998 • 52 min • South Africa

A documentary that follows two of Africa's greatest predators -- the cheetah, who is the fastest sprinter in the world, and the leopard, a master stalker. Both mothers are followed through the cycle of seasons as they raise their cubs and teach them to hunt and fend for themselves. The cubs watch and try to mimic their mothers. When they reach independence, they join in the hunt and the cycle of life begins again

The Amateurist

1998 • 14 min

A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.