All Films

U2: A Year in Pop

1997 • 46 min • United States of America

Documentary about U2's album Pop and following tour.

Robert. A Fortunate Life

1997 • 27 min • Russia

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today.

The Night Before Christmas

1997 • 26 min • Russia

"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikhailova at the studio "AnimaFilm" of the Moscow Children's Fund with the support of Goskino in 1997.

An Untidy Package: Women and the Newfoundland Cod Moratorium

1997 • 48 min • Canada

An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren’t major players in the cod fishery before the moratorium, and that the federal compensation they received was only added to their husband’s claims to increase their family’s allowance. We learn at the outset that one third of the 35,000 workers displaced were women. Using the viewpoint of some of these women, this video examines the cod crisis and its social implications for families.

White Room: Tomarenai Ai

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Hayato, an office worker, lives with Tatsuya, a part-time worker. The two have a dream: to save up their money and one day run a gay bar. The day they had sex while talking about their dreams before going to work, Hayato felt depressed. His boss had suggested that he set up an arranged meeting. He couldn't tell Tatsuya. One day, Tatsuya's old lover Fujita bursts into his room. It turned out that he had become a transsexual...

What's Right with America

1997 • 46 min • United States of America

A family returns to America after spending seven years in a remote jungle of New Guinea doing public health work, only to find that the bill of rights has been suspended and that the country is now a fascist totalitarian state.

Redux Riding Hood

1997 • 15 min • Australia, New Zealand, United States of America

Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again.

Sukebe kyôshi: Hikinuku kaikan!

1997 • 60 min • Japan

Miyoko is temporarily assigned to a certain high school in place of a teacher who is absent due to childbirth. On her first day of school, she finds her student Mitsuru smoking a cigarette behind the school building. However, Miyoko doesn't blame her, she just says that she was similar to her high school days, and she leaves. One day, Mitsuru sees her homeroom teacher, Tsurumi, and her student, Natsumi, hugging each other in the gymnasium. Mitsuru was shocked and was smoking a cigarette on the rooftop. Miyoko then went to the nurse's office...

Shuly's Fiance

1997 • 45 min • Israel

A family is waiting for Shuli's fiancé to come and propose to her. But instead of him they're getting a very different guest.

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

1997 • 45 min • Russia

Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky

Pavement: Live at The Westbeth Theater 2/8/97

1997 • 49 min

Rare uncut footage of Pavement performing for HBO Reverb days before the release of Brighten The Corners

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

1997 • 60 min

Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of Maddin's films up to Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, including Careful and Archangel.

The Cursed Photographs of the Ikeda Aristocracy

1997 • 50 min • Japan

It was on the day of her reunion with Sachiko, a classmate from her high school days, that Miki began to feel a presence. That night, Sachiko took out a snapshot.

Videozone: The Making of "The Creeps"

1997 • 23 min

Interviews, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes footage offer a glimpse into the making of the comedy horror cult hit about monsters in pint-sized form.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving

1997 • 35 min

Beavis and Butt-Head celebrate the Thanksgiving Day parade in Times Square with Kurt Loder and discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving, Beavis and Butt-Head's final episode, and music videos.

Female Lawyer - Assault!

1997 • 60 min

Shinshiro Kirishima, a newly launched lawyer, defended the suspect, Onodera, of the women's high school rape case. Kono Ji Temple, who fell in love with Sayoko, confined her.

Noise of Love and War

1997 • 42 min • France

A couple takes charge of mounting the film of love and war of a filmmaker friend faded away.

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997 • 46 min • United States of America

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.

Hell Teacher Nube: Summer Holiday of Fear! Legend of the Sea of Suspicion

1997 • 38 min • Japan

When Nube and his class arrive at a small island to carry out beach activities, they heard a forbodding tale from an old man residing on the island. Legend has it that there is a creature known as the sea spider in the open seas around the island. When the creature is past 200 years old, it will turn into a monster and devour humans to satisfy its appetite. However, curiousity kills the cat and Yukime decides to pursue the authenticity of the legend. And then, a girl suddenly appears on the beach. Possessed with a strange charm, she immediately attracts Hiroshi's attention and overcomes him. Soon later, strange things start to happen to the others whereby Kyoko and Ritsuko-sensei got attacked under strange circumstances. The true identity behind the mysterious girl is questioned and the legend behind the sea creature seems to be true after all.

L'arche

1997 • 5 min • Armenia

Various animals sing Beethoven’s "Ode To Joy" from his Symphony No. 9, in a paean to the Earth’s biodiversity.

Boot Camp

1997 • 6 min • United States of America

A timid yet sexually curious man visits a gay leather bar where he and a slave master make a romantic connection through song and dance, Broadway-style.

Dark Light

1997 • 53 min • Netherlands

A burglar gets caught on a farm by an older woman. The religious woman, who's body is covered with ulceration, believes he is there for a reason.

Purgatory Junction

1997 • 40 min • United States of America

A vain, self centered mother competes with her daughter in the world of carnivorous men and sleazy movies.

Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe

1997 • 55 min

In December 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais composer Milton Nascimento brought together friends and career partners for the special "A Sede do Peixe" (The Thirst of the Fish). Featuring Caetano Veloso, Alcione, Skank, Nana Caymmi, and Gilberto Gil, the film is a cultural treasure, portraying unforgettable, often lighthearted moments in the career of one of the greatest icons of Brazilian Popular Music.