All Films

A Female Teacher's Dangerous Lust

1996 • 57 min • Japan

Yuko becomes a teacher at an all-boys school. She just spends her days going back and forth between her home and school in vain. And then there was her 30th birthday, which she celebrated alone. At a boutique she stops at to relieve her loneliness, she meets Seiichi, a young clerk. Coincidentally, she is revealed to be the lover of Hideko's younger sister, and before she knows it, they begin to spend sweet nights together.

Les cheveux en quatre

1996 • 53 min

As much as hair is directly linked to appearance, displaying personality and belonging to a group, it is also intimately linked to being. How many spiritual rites, practiced here as elsewhere, testify to this. The being and the appearance...we are faced with a troubling duality when we know that the hair can affirm, with as much intensity, one as the other. "...it is precisely this duality that I want to illustrate, by cutting of course "Les cheveux en quatre", to evoke as with Les seins dans la tête, fanfasms, obsessions and beliefs related to these parts of the body..." says the director.

Mystical World of Ancient Greece

1996 • 50 min • United States of America

Over twenty-five hundred years ago, the ancient citizens of Athens, Greece built the most magnificent temples that mankind has ever been inspired to create. These towering shrines, shrouded with unworldly spirits, were home to mysterious cults that performed bold sacrifices and evoked unspeakable wonders. And yet, from the citadel of the Acropolis came the very hallmarks of civilization, ideas that remain today the highest testament to the nobility of man -- democracy, science, philosophy and theatre. Through stunning film, interviews with experts and vivid reenactments, you'll explore the haunting mysteries that still lie buried in the mystical world of Ancient Greece.

My Life with Elvis

1996 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Then a rising star on London’s stand-up circuit, in the mid-90s Harry Hill made a series of 16mm short films with experimental filmmaker and projectionist David Leister, full of madcap comedic flair and DIY spirit.

Viisasten kivi

1996 • 51 min • Finland

A young woman has to attend a self-improvement camp

Juris Lapinskis - The Bootleg King

1996 • 7 min • Latvia

At a time when Soviet ideologists dictated the musical taste of Soviet people, Juris Lapinskis offered an alternative. Since the 1960s, he has shared and distributed a wide variety of Western music. Music shared by Lapinskis reached people both in Latvia and Russia. And maybe thanks to him, in the 60s and 70s, Western music idols can add thousands of former Soviet citizens to their supporters. Lapinskis himself was imprisoned and repaired. At that time there was something more than music in these tape rollers, a little more on the other side of the iron curtain - a little more air and a little more freedom.

Heaven-6-Box

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Commissioned by the city of Kochi to mark the opening of its Museum of Modern Art, this experimental feature by Japan's foremost gay indie film-maker almost defies description. The film is divided into six 10-minute chapters (or 'boxes') which, says Oki, add up to an image of 'heaven'.

Women's Punk Art Making Party

1996 • 33 min • United States of America

A documentary in which a group of young women meet for an art-making party. Located at The Beehive Collective in Washington, DC, six individual episodes are loosely interspersed, allowing each participant a chance to represent themselves. Included: a feminist stripper preparing for work, a puppet show, and a music video. On The Velvet Chainletter, Joanie4Jackie

Grandparents from Outer Space

1996 • 31 min

Two elderly aliens looking for their grandkids crash-land on Earth.

Song of the Wanderer

1996 • 45 min • Taiwan

Song of the Wanderer features a group of 'voiceless people', a part of the indigenous community in which the filmmaker resides. Due to frustrations with work, divorce, and life in general, they are often subject to isolation, emotional breakdowns, and even self-harm behaviours. The filmmaker engages them in genuine conversations, while inviting the viewer to listen to these 'voiceless people' sing: In their songs are their true feelings.

Standing Before the God

1996 • 47 min

This is an observation of the life of the orthodox rock band "The Vagrant Orchestra" (group leader Dmitry Pantin) and reflection on the possibility of the path of confession and preaching chosen by the musicians.

Shaft of Light

1996 • 9 min • United States of America

Stop motion animation set in a dystopian industrialized society.

Douglas Coupland: Close Personal Friend

1996 • 25 min • Canada

Coupland discusses life, time and personal identity in the late 20th century. He surveys the aural and visual landscape using personal and corporate imagery. The pace of the film reflects the information-crammed culture Coupland is discussing. Its a vibrant, multi-layered exploration of the modern mind, body and soul.

F.A.B. Productions: Aloha From Hell

1996 • 41 min

Surf video produced by F.A.B. Productions. Shot on location in Hawaii, Tahiti, Costa Rica, Mexico, and San Clemente.

Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Help Out

1996 • 55 min • United Kingdom

PEEP! PEEP! According to Sir Topham Hatt: "Helping out is one of the best ways to show that you're a Really Useful Engine." That's why it's so important for Thomas to race to the rescue when one of his friends needs a "helping hand," or in Thomas' case, a "helping buffer." This special collection of stories highlights your Sodor friends proving that sometimes friendship is stronger than fear as they help out those in need. Remember when Trevor was almost scrapped? Cheer on Thomas, Harold, Terence and Percy as they rescue villagers from a heavy snowfall, and find out what happens down at the mine. All aboard for non-stop fun and excitement! Our Story Stops Are: Edward Helps Out; Foolish Freight Cars; Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train; Thomas Breaks the Rules; Down the Mine; Percy's Promise; Trouble in the Shed; Donald and Douglas Saved from Scrap; Bertie's Chase; Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure.

The Place Which Isn’t Necessarily Wrong

1996 • 18 min • Japan

The enormous amount of modern stars surrounding us is not a fantastic sparkle of light, but a litter of false information. The "I" in this film collects messages from an imaginary research company. A unique personal film that confronts the fictionalised reality on an equal level. (IFF, 1996).

N

1996 • 7 min • Japan

“N” as in Nurse. A man wandering in an abandoned hospital ward, reflections on Lost Time, Violence and traces of Nostalgia. 16mm film by Kenji Onishi.

The Strings

1996 • 6 min • Russia

A parable about the fragility of relationships. Love is sought, found, tested, lost...

How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

1996 • 11 min • Canada

Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an angel.

Uwakizuma: Inran dônôkai

1996 • 58 min • Japan

Misako is invited to a party celebrating the wedding anniversary of her former teacher at school, Professor Kitamura, and his wife, Hanae. Her husband, Akira, waits for Misako to return home, drinking beer by himself, but she never comes back. Her younger sister, Kana, lives on the second floor, and it seems that her boyfriend, Toru, has come over today and is having sex with her. The next morning, Misako finally returns home. Akira is furious, but she can't forget how much fun she had at the party. What did she see and experience there?

Un arbre fou d'oiseaux

1996 • 47 min • France

By reviving memories that remain of her disappeared friend, Sabine tries to resurrect and mourn.

The Homecoming of Ulysses

1996 • 56 min • Netherlands

Frank Groothof tells and sings the story of Ulysses' homecoming. He is accompanied musically by the saxphone ensemble Sax et Plus. The Dutch peninsula of Schiermonnikoog forms the backdrop for the story, in which Groothof himself plays almost all carachters.

You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Hawaiian Beach Party

1996 • 25 min

Mary-Kate and Ashley go with their friends to Hawaii for a party.

The Little Mitten

1996 • 8 min • Ukraine

Once in winter a gray mouse ran through the forest. She was cold, so she was very glad when someone had dropped a mitten on the ground. Having climbed inside and warmed up, someone suddenly knocked at it. It turned out that many more animals also needing warmth and comfort will visit the mitten.