All Films

The Joyboys Story

1997 • 24 min • Finland

A mockumentary about a fictional Finnish boy band The Joyboys.

Whales: An Unforgettable Journey

1997 • 44 min • United States of America

Scientists visit the remote surface and undersea locations to study various species of whales in their natural habitat.

Nutcracker Sweeties

1997 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Nutcracker Sweeties is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s big band take on the Tchaikovsky classic—The Nutcracker as you've never seen or heard it before! It portrays Broadway and America in the 1940s: full of humor, irony, commentary, swing, and blues. The cast, dressed in an array of glamorous Jasper Conran costumes, includes pom-pom girls, drum majorettes, sailors, GIs and Candy Kane. David Bintley’s choreography is a catwalk of jazz styles. With its eye-catching clothes and flashing neon sets, Nutcracker Sweeties is imaginative, funny and visually irresistible.

Heritage Minutes: Nat Taylor

1997 • 1 min • Canada

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

1997 • 21 min • Brazil

Documentary by Leon Hirszman about the economic conditions of film production in Brazil, produced in 1975 with sponsorship from Embrafilme and kept unreleased since then.

The Adventures of Snowden the Snowman

1997 • 22 min

Nothing's more exciting than the first day of snow, because that means Snowden the Snowman is coming to visit! His forest pals, Cha Cha the Squirrel, Flops Hare the Rabbit, Simon the Mouse and La Rue the Bird, know that snowflakes mean it's time to go sledding together. But Cha Cha is scared to sled, so she pretends she can't unless she finds her "lucky" nut. The hunt for the nut takes the group on all sorts of adventures, from a close call in a bear cave, to a wacky visit with Sly Fox, the inventor. It's a fun-filled journey of giggles and songs, with leons to learn about being afraid, telling the truth and how to be a friend.

The Children of Ivan Kuzmich

1997 • 57 min • United States of America, France

When the turmoil of contemporary Russia was settling in the 90th and everyone's existence was starting to resemble some kind of normality, we were wondering what life was like for the generations of Russians who grew up in the midst of oppression,... suffering through wars and revolutions and who during the culmination of their lives, experienced a new world of freedom and democracy and... turmoil. What was it like to go to School in Moscow in the beginning of the thirties? What happened to the students once they graduated and faced the realities of life and how did they... normal, down-to-earth people... weather the storms of their existence?

The Color of Fear 2: Walking Each Other Home

1997 • 56 min • United States of America

In THE COLOR OF FEAR, eight American men participated in emotionally charged discussions of racism. In this sequel, we hear and see more from those discussions, in which the men talk about about how racism has affected their lives in the United States. We also learn more about the relationships between them, and about their reactions during some of the most intense moments of that discussion.

Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden

1997 • 57 min • Canada

The Music Garden is an exploration of music as interpreted through gardening on a grand scale. The film follows the efforts of Yo-Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy to create a formal garden, based on J. S. Bach's 'Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello', in the center of Boston. Woven throughout this unusual enterprise is a performance of the suite by Yo-Yo Ma, accompanied by special effects that bring the dream of the garden to life.

Fanatic

1997 • 15 min • Ireland

Short film by Frank Berry. Premise unknown.

Atomic Filmmakers: Hollywood's Secret Film Studio

1997 • 49 min

For years, a secret U.S. government film studio operated in Hollywood capturing images of atomic bomb testing! This documentary chronicles the top secret film studio that for over twenty years during the height of the Cold War, photographed hundreds of nuclear weapons tests and other classified projects. Their work is among the most spectacular ever captured on film. From the Nevada desert to remote Pacific atolls to outer space, these top secret filmmakers developed advanced techniques and methods to create their fantastic movies. With the end of the Cold War, the story of Hollywood's secret film studio can now be told.

The Wall

1997 • 11 min

Early experimental film by Angela Christlieb.

Radioactive Crotch Man

1997 • 2 min • United States of America

Don't miss out on turning Radioactive Crotch Man into the explosive hilarious cinematic juggernaut that he was always meant to be!!!!!

Witches in Stitches

1997 • 22 min • United States of America

Ready for a hilarious adventure? Hop aboard a broomstick for this tale of two dim-witted witches who accidentally turn their sister into a jack-o-lantern on Halloween...and that's just the beginning of the story. Join the silly sisters as they turn a typical suburban town topsy-turvy with their inept attempts to rescue their sister-turned-pumpkin on Halloween night. Watch them fly around town, go trick-or-treating for the first time, and pop in on a children's Halloween party. These "Witches in Stitches" will delight children with their entertaining tactics and humorous happenings. This is one Halloween story that can be enjoyed all year long!

The Wiggles: Wiggledance!

1997 • 49 min • Australia

Now you can have your very own Wiggles concert at home! Murray, Greg, Jeff, and Anthony join with their friends Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword in the fun packed show that has made The Wiggles Australia's most successful children's entertainers.

Beyond the Shadow Place

1997 • 9 min

In a series of vignettes from the Arctic, South America and ancient Egypt, death is revealed as a transition, rather than the end.

Ducktators

1997 • 46 min • Netherlands

Documentary about WWII propaganda cartoons.

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure

1997 • 30 min

Travel with the pint-sized supersleuths, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen ("Full House"), and their sidekick dog, Clue, to the Edge of the World, where a fleet of UFOs have been flying over Earth every 93 minutes.

Chicks Who Love Guns

1997 • 4 min

If you love chicks and you love guns, this video is for you. Meet Sidney and friends and their guns of choice.

White Fang

1997 • 47 min • United States of America

Adventure awaits in the story of White Fang, a peaceful courageous wolf who overcomes all odds in this animated tale for children based on Jack London's original classic. A young wolf pup and his mother are forced to join a Native American tribe to survive after their pack leader perishes. He is reluctantly traded to a greedy businessman in compensation for a grievance and entrained in a corrupt dog fighting ring. Rescued by a compassionate young man, White Fang begins a lifelong bond, finds puppy love and room for more adventures...

Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer

1997 • 60 min • Germany

Documentary about the East German director Frank Beyer, a remarkable man with a remarkable career whose films should be much better known.  

Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

1997 • 53 min • Portugal

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of the documentary and the sights and sounds clips from some movies is established. Despite the difficulties, the films continue to exist and to resist. Is it worth it? What would happen if they disappeared? Each viewer must find their answer. This film aims to be an approach to Portuguese cinema in its hundred years of existence, opening, hopefully, ways for their dissemination and making light for its knowledge.

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

1997 • 49 min

In this documentary produced by the BBC, Sir David Attenborough leads us through an examination of the lives of two leopards living in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley.

Soft Bodies: Pajama Party

1997 • 57 min

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