All Films

Zero Budget

1996 • 27 min

Looks at the emergence of lesbian feature filmmakers in the U.S. and how they produce films on a small budget. Interviews with directors Rose Troche (Go Fish); Sharon Pollack (Everything Relative); and Alex Sichel (All Over Me) as well as producer Dolly Hall, executive producer Christine Vachon and writers Sylvia Sichel and Guinevere Turner.

The Ambiguous Image and Space

1996 • 53 min • Germany

The film looks at ways of creating spezial illusions through amiguous images, perspective theatres, folding peepshows and from the 19th century, the stereoscope, which look forward to today’s holography.

Taken for a Ride

1996 • 52 min • United States of America

How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.

Pierre Klossowski, un écrivain en images

1996 • 47 min • France

Portrait of french author and painter Pierre Klossowski

Opus Hominis

1996 • 13 min • Germany

Footage from slaughterhouse with sacral music, similar to Dora's 'Carnophage' but with a lot more ambiental, non-narrative aspects.

Vigneti

1996 • 4 min • Italy, United States of America

A short film by Bill Morrison

Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

1996 • 55 min • Ireland, Northern Ireland

The women of Belfast played a unique role in holding together their families and communities during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Filmed during the fragile 17-month paramilitary cease-fire, Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories looks at the challenges facing women trying to put their direct experience of grassroots problems on the agenda of the established political parties. Their strength, first exhibited on the community level, started to reach a wider public.

Anaphase

1996 • 52 min • Israel

Anaphase is the performance of Ohad Naharin, the famous choreographer and artistic director of Batscheva Dance Company from Israel, which had a successful international tour in the 90s. By integrating dance, theatre, rock music and film in short fast scenes this choreography exceeds the limits of dance. ANAPHASE. THE FILM is an effect of a creative collaboration between Ohad Naharin and Levi Zini, film’s director who managed to bring the experience of watching a live show to the cinema audience. The film isn’t a registration of a performance, but an electrifying translation of the choreography to the film medium.

Ryōuchi genshuku

1996 • 18 min

Shinohara-san, is it all right if I don't study? In a dormitory of a preparatory school before the winter course. Ishikuro is told about a rumour by Shinohara, his roommate who is like a prisoner in the dormitory. He is told that Tachibana, who lives next door, has recently seen his grades soar because of the drugs he is taking. Ishiguro is sceptical, but Shinohara invites him to sneak into Tachibana's room to see if it is true. They find a bottle of the drug on his desk. Is the time spent for a single purpose long or short? The film captures the long and short days of a group of ronin students who have grown tired of the pressure of life, including Shinohara, who lives aloofly, saying that "the only way to escape the weight of time that has passed is to lighten oneself up," with the light and withering touch of a famous essay.

Miracle Babies

1996 • 47 min

Kathie Lee Gifford hosts a report on children born under extraordinary circumstances. Profiled: conjoined twins Shannon and Megan Fanning, who survived separation surgery in 1994; Celeste and Timothy Keys, New Orleans twins who were born 95 days apart.

One Hundred Eggs a Minute

1996 • 23 min

One Hundred Eggs a Minute is an experimental documentary film about the reflections of a second-generation Chinese-American woman who grew up working in her family’s fortune cookie factory in San Francisco from ages 5 to 23. This is a film about one immigrant family’s means of survival, as much as it is a story about work, filial piety, sacrifice and the meaning of choice.

Semi-Conscious: Driving in the Real World

1996 • 12 min • United States of America

A group of hip '90s teens educate new drivers about how to conduct themselves around semi-trucks on the freeway.

Cyberotica: Computer Escapes

1996 • 56 min • United States of America

Seven beautiful but sexually unfulfilled women don the state of the art virtual reality headset that allows them to explore and realize all of their deepest sexual fantasies right before their eyes and yours.

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy

1996 • 30 min

Sing, dance, and play along with your favorite Disney songs! It's fun and easy as you read the on-screen lyrics and join your favorite characters in their most memorable musical moments! Celebrate a festival of sing-along fun as you learn the words to your favorite songs from Disney's 34th animated masterpiece, The Hunchback of Notre Dame! It's a bright and lively parade of songs, featuring "Topsy Turvy" and "Out There," plus "You've Got a Friend In Me" from Toy Story, "Family" from James and the Giant Peach, "Streets of Gold" from Oliver & Company, and more -- all performed by the Disney characters you love!

Lovely Stamps

1996 • 3 min • Japan

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms

1996 • 44 min • United States of America

Four-time Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn called herself a "personality" as well as an actress, and rightfully so. This biography chronicles her life as an independent woman and legendary actress, from her childhood to her passionate relationships. Brought to light are thoughts on Howard Hughes, John Ford and longtime companion Spencer Tracy. Her story comes to life through rare home movies, screen tests, movie outtakes and interviews.

The Young Fisherman and the Black Dragon

1996 • 57 min • North Korea

A black dragon possesses a magic stone that gives him eternal power. One day he kidnaps the princess of a nearby kingdom and her lover, a fisherman, goes on a dangerous journey to save her and destroy the magic stone.

Leonardo: A Dream of Flight

1996 • 48 min • Canada, Ireland, Italy

Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risks to convince the Master not to give up on his dreams. In this moving story of friendship, the Renaissance genius invents a flying machine and helps Roberto reach new heights.

Star Wreck IV: The Kilpailu

1996 • 46 min • Finland

In Star Wreck IV: The Kilpailu ("kilpailu" is Finnish for "competition"), several new characters were introduced, now drawn by Rudi Airisto. He would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the silly-looking Ferret graphics - the palette simply ran out of colours. The Kickstart is sent to take part in a competition organised by a powerful alien race, the Zarquons. Further complicating Pirk's already impossible mission, Mr Spook, unable to bear Pirk's incompetence, resigns and returns to his home planet of Vulgarus. His replacement is Mr Info. Being a robot, Info is immune to Pirk's insults, but is at least as irritating as good old Spook.

Half-Lies

1996 • 37 min • Mexico

A video poem about the nature of social relations and mass media, Half Lies exposes the seemingly innocuous ways we distort truth. Harmonious families, trade treaties, and current events are among the mediated realities that Cuevas interrogates. Half Lies makes the viewer question the half truths we encounter daily. The video walks the haunting gray area between documentary and drama, creating a world that is both shockingly grotesque and startingly authentic. Using mass-mediated images, animation, image manipulation, and fantasy, Medias Mentiras interprets the chaotic landscape of politics, urban chaos and everyday existence.

PROBE: Unnatural Selection

1996 • 47 min • United Kingdom

In 1975, the British Government quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed BEAGLE, ordering the destruction of all research materials. Today, the horrific discovery of several oddly mutated bodies alerts Liz Shaw and P.R.O.B.E. to the fact that something is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE – something which may challenge the very nature of humanity itself! With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project. But who or what is hunting whom?

Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter

1996 • 50 min • United Kingdom

In October 1957, one of the Windscale nuclear reactors caught fire. It was the world's first nuclear accident, attributed to the rush to build atomic weapons. This programme highlights the mistakes leading to a nuclear event which, 40 years on, still takes second place only to Chernobyl.

On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...

1996 • 50 min • France, Lebanon

On 22nd May 1985, Jean-Paul Kaufman and Michel Seurat were kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad on the road to Beirut airport. Seurat died after 8 months of captivity.

Hand in Hand

1996 • 5 min • Sweden

High above the ground three graceful girls of different skin colors are about to perform a beautiful line dance in sisterhood. A fourth girl appears and their prejudice free manner disappears and finally they have to face the bitter consequences of this.