All Films

"Secure the Shadow" is a meditation on disintegration and morality. The film utilizes antique Medical stereoscopic images from the Victorian era, which are simultaneously disturbing and beautiful.

Garish logos, labels, corporate symbols and brand-names frenetically alternate, detached from their context (TV or Internet), re-modeled on the computer, broken down into their structural elements, and spinning in an endless loop.

Waiting For The Stork takes us to three countries where the gay and lesbian Baby Boom is in full swing,­ France, the Netherlands, and the US. It introduces us to lesbian mothers, candid children of gays and lesbians, and the ecstatic gay father of a newborn.

Paul Ramírez Jonas’ Longer Day (1997) is an attempt to make a summer day longer as he drives west into the sunset, racing against the dying light. In Michael Stanley’s words, a “sense of futile endeavour pervades the work and an almost perverse celebration of ‘failure’, as the unwritten history of technological progression provides a platform for the discussion of much broader concerns such as time, memory and loss.”

What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. Layered and luminous with in-sight. An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind. Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation laid over Hi-8 footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence. An animated account of a two mile journey made from home to work on foot. Hi-8 video footage digitized and printed out using an inkjet printer is combined with drawings, text and paint. A subjective representation of how visual information is filtered and processed by the conscious and subconscious mind. We share the traveller’s experiences: his idle thoughts and repetitive neuroses and see his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of daily life.

Tom Hayes airdrops viewers into the universe of an occupied people, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid based on ethnicity. Challenging U.S. foreign policy and the conventions of documentary, People and The Land examines the concrete realities of Israel’s conduct in the West Bank and Gaza, the level of U.S. support for that conduct through foreign aid, and the human cost of that aid in Palestine and the U.S.

Valdeir is an insane coroner who takes pleasure in his work with corpses. Much gore and horror in short film Directed by Dimitri Kozma and Leonardo Borelli. Totally in black and white, it is a strong movie of pure terror. Tribute and references to José Mojica Marins and Alfred Hitchcock.

"Playing With Water Part II consists of reflections in a pool, shot using an automatic fade out. Playing With Water III: Algae in Maine, U.S.A., dance on the water's surface." —Milena Gierke

A funny and bittersweet portrayal of the long-time love between two gay ranchers in the patriotic, lottery-crazy land of South Texas. Though they struggle to make end's meet, Mario Borjas--Tejano to the core--and David Ewell, a Texas transplant--have somehow managed to fashion a rural life that has revolved around horses and each other for 14 years.

In May of 1980 Mount St. Helens grabbed the world’s attention by putting on a volcanic display never before witnessed in modern times. Today, it still fascinates millions. People from around the globe are drawn to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. KSPS's St. Helens: Out of the Ash provides eyewitness accounts of the volcanic eruption at Moutn St. Helens and explores the effects of the eruption and the changes that have occurred to the mountain and its surrounding areas ever since.

Charlie, a repressed gay man, has anal sex for the first time in his life. As a result, he falls victim to a new and rare disease called Sexually Repressed Shedding Disorder, which leads to the strange duplication of his body. Charlie discovers that he only has twenty-four hours to “re-integrate” his new body back into his old in order to continue his safe closeted existence.

A series of images of Sichuan teahouses shot with a handy camcorder by a young artist whose installations and paintings have been representative of Chinese contemporary art in exhibits around the world. The filmmaker explores emerging forms and space in the context of understanding a mechanism of information transmission, a theme that is also apparent in his installation works.

One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city, there is such a group of people. They come from the countryside. Maybe they are not dressed well, or they have only finished elementary school, but they work hard with their own work. The piece of prosperity pays its youth and sweat. (Shot between 1997 and 1998.)

Alex Bag's mock news report on a fictional New York street-performance troupe. Faux fans and critics (including Rudy Giuliani) wax poetic on the Fancy Pantz gang, described as "experimental modern dance for the ages."

Film conceived on the basis of the sequence shot: the awakening of a penis in three minutes.

A film by Guadalupe Olvera San Miguel. Combines documentary and narrative forms to present a history of the lesbian movement in Mexico from its origins to the present. Interviews with Mexican lesbians and movement leaders present impressions of daily life in their country.

Bugs Bunny takes you on a journey of discovery around the world. You can learn a lot about the lives of wild animals. An educational and entertaining video series with magnificent animal footage and funny animated scenes from the Looney Tunes.

Cornered is a four to five minute film made for the BBC series Dance For Camera, in which experimental filmmakers and dancers ‘explored the relationship between movement and technology’ through modern dance

Created for the 1997 Johannesburg Biennale, this video comprises reconstituted sequences from home movies filmed by the artist's mother. The images are superimposed with subtitles that tell a life story through the eyes of the artist's grandmother.

A gay youth in crisis with his homosexuality tries to get rid of his problems through religion. In his case, a strict Christianism. How these opposing forces interact is the subject of the film.

A collage of images and sounds reflecting the daily choreography of the New York City subway system.

What I Remember is a melancholy recollection of two stories of first love. The narrator relates two anecdotes from her youth, seemingly unrelated, but linked by both their sweetness and tragedy. What does she remember about first love? Awkwardness, embarrassment, secrecy, and abandon. The moral of the story? Once you fall hard, you better duck.

"Honouring the tradition of optically-printed films, 'We Are Experiencing ...' is a visual treat that manipulates, combines and recombines to dazzling effect. In this digital age, this optically printed film runs countercurrent to the trends. The film uses repeating imagery such as five autumn's worth of leaves, or the same images repeated, and the effect is mesmerizing." - Liz Czach, Toronto International Film Festival, 1997