All Films

Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic

1995 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Comedian, actor and national treasure, Billy Connolly, travels to the wilds of Arctic Canada to spend quality time by himself , with just his thoughts and camera for company.

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Mystery Cruise

1995 • 23 min

On board the "Fun Ship," the twin detectives find fun and solve crimes while soaking up the Caribbean sun.

Orient: Club for a Fiver

1995 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Highly acclaimed documentary special following a year in the fortunes of Leyton Orient Football Club.

Nyurka's Bath

1995 • 11 min • Russia

On the eve of the wedding Mother Nyurka heats up the sauna, and the household spirit makes sure that the whole wedding company get their long-deserved thrashing.

¡Qué vienen los Beatles!

1995 • 52 min

In July 1965, the Beatles visited Spain to give only two concerts: one at the Plaza de Toros de las Ventas, in Madrid, on June 2, and the other, the following day, at the Monumental in Barcelona. It was a quick and unexpected visit that the Franco regime did not take kindly to, and which gave rise to succulent anecdotes.

Surface Tension #2

1995 • 4 min • United States of America

This film was shot in color but using the Kinemacolor process, a process which was used in 1915 to obtain fairly illusionistic colors from black and white films by filming and projecting them through synchronized red and green filters.

Actual Behind-the-Scenes Operation Elect Call 1919

1995 • 59 min • Japan

Pinku directed by Koutarou Hanabishi

Bad Boys Ball

1995 • 52 min • United Kingdom

This spectacular presentation of the legendary British live sex show (The Bad Boys Ball) features legendary American superstar Kris Lord, the ever-popular muscle-God Tom Katt, Falcon fave Jeff Hammond, and bodybuilder Rev Sutton strutting their stuff live onstage at London’s Love Muscle gay nightclub. Bad Boy's Ball mixes the live show with rare, behind the scenes interviews that create a revealing expose of these gorgeous talents. The highlight of the show is the unprecedented Kris Lord, whose fantasy finale is set in a Roman Orgy, featuring stunning toga clad gods!

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

1995 • 23 min

How a new director and cast created a new version of Gotham's classic good and bad guys.

Pourquoi?

1995 • 9 min • Canada

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the harsh reality of their lives. Shocked, the children urgently ask adults to do something. A synthesis of articles 27, 29, 30, 31 and 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to a future. Film without words.

My New Friends

1995 • 56 min • Taiwan

Tsai interrupted his pre-production for The River to make this pioneering documentary for Taiwan's nascent AIDS-awareness campaign. Ignoring instructions to 'play down the gay angle', he centres the film on his own very candid conversations with two HIV+ young men. Sadly the identities of the interviewees have to be concealed, and so the freewheeling camerawork focuses most often on Tsai himself; but the sense of rapport between the director and his 'new friends' is palpable and very moving, even to Western viewers already only too familiar with these issues.

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

1995 • 58 min

Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which hailed him as "America's Distance Prodigy". By the time he died in a tragic auto accident at the age of 24, Pre held all 7 American records between 2,000 and 10,000 meters. Off the track, he fought relentlessly for the rights of amateur athletes to prosper for their sacrifices. Narrated by Ken Kesey, Fire On the Track is the story of this young lion's life, as told through rare footage and the memories of those who knew him best - his teammates, coaches, family and friends. Interviews include David Bedford, Frank Shorter, Ian Stewart, Bill Bowerman, Jeff Galloway, Dick Buerkle, Lasse Viren, Dana Carvey, Mac Wilkins, Kenny Moore, Dave Wottle, Alberto Salazar, and many more.

Zapatista Women

1995 • 30 min • Mexico

April 1994 in the Lacandona Jungle, Chiapas, México. The Zapatista women talk about the living conditions of Mexican indigenous populations and the life of peasant women. They explain the reasons for their struggle and their uprising.

Frog Where Are You?

1995 • 30 min • United States of America

Sentenced to life in a jar, a frog runs away and searches for a new home.

HBO Comedy Half Hour: Marc Maron

1995 • 28 min • United States of America

Stand-up comedy routine with Marc Maron, the former host of Comedy Central's 'Short Attention Span Theater.'

Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground

1995 • 59 min • Australia, Japan

An exploration of underground Japanese counter-culture including the Yakuza, the nationalists, the gay and lesbian community, the bikers and the homeless.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

1995 • 26 min

On Christmas Eve, Grandpa Billy tells his granddaughter a beautiful Christmas love story of how he courted Grandma Elizabeth. In order to prove his everlasting love to Elizabeth, the young Billy had to accomplish a different task each day during the twelve days of Christmas.

Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing

1995 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Part of the anthology series "Picture Windows" and screened at Cannes, "Two Nudes Bathing" playfully imagines the scandalous origins of a mysterious painting in the Louvre, as two young women’s tender pose sparks uproar in a prudish household.

A Love Supreme

1995 • 16 min

Filmed in 1995, A Love Supreme was filmed for Supreme in New York by Thomas Campbell. Shot in black and white with a really jazzy soundtrack featuring John Coltrane. A beautiful record of 1990s NYC.

Michael the Visitor

1995 • 26 min • United States of America

Stockard Channing narrates this inspiring story adapted from Leo Tolstoy's tale "Truths We Live By." Simon the shoemaker barely makes enough to get by, but that doesn't stop the kind cobbler from taking in a needy homeless man named Michael. Simon provides Michael with food, shelter and a job as his assistant. Mysteries unfold, relationships strengthen and new purpose is found as Simon slowly unravels the details of Michael's life.

Le Dur Métier de policier

1995 • 7 min

Devil Hunter Yohko 6: Double Jeopardy

1995 • 40 min • Japan

Ayako Mano, who is nearly identical in appearance to Yohko, is introduced; she has spent her life training and honing her abilities so that one day she may defeat Yohko and become the devil hunter of the Mano family, and now she is ready for the final confrontation. Yohko continues to live her life and is unaware of Ayako until she starts stealing away every guy that on whom Yohko has a crush. Then one night while taking a bath, Yohko hears something outside and gives chase. She then meets up with an Azusa look-alike. She and Ayako attack the unsuspecting Yohko with crushing attacks, while Yohko parries the onslaught. The fight stops, but Ayako vows to finish it. Madoka reveals a certain part of her past that relates to the encounter.

Her Grandmother's Gift

1995 • 4 min

A grandmother discusses past and present attitudes toward menstruation.

The Animals 1850 - 1950

1995 • 27 min • Mexico

A compilation of 20 Mexican children's song, composed from 1850 to 1950, ranging from lyrical to surrealist, illustrated with digital animation.