All Films

Gorgo, Femme Fatale (Cinema Buffa)

1994 • 11 min

This is a free adaptation of the myth of Perseus, of which only the central aspect was retained: the takeoff of Medusa, queen of the Gorgons who petrified all those who met his gaze.

Garden of Regrets

1994 • 7 min • United States of America

Garden of Regrets is an experiment in making a film that feels as if it has percolated up from the subconscious; a dream you can watch with your eyes open. It’s one of those big cathartic dreams, a labyrinth of fleeting moments full of metaphor and mischief. I wanted it to feel like a bumpy roller coaster ride in and out of the dark side of the brain where discomforting images are stored away. And, as with all dreams, the meaning and significance are open to interpretation.

My Favorite Things That I Love

1994 • 4 min

A visual and musical celebration of beautiful, sweet, sad, noble, adorable, glamorous and abominable things.

Sods par sapni

1994 • 52 min • Latvia

The film focuses on the so-called "French group" – a group of Latvian intellectuals arrested by the Soviet authorities in early 1951. Elza Stērste, Kurts Fridrihsons, Ieva Lase, Maija Silmale, Mirdza Ersa, Milda Grīnfelde, Miervaldis Ozoliņš, Irīna and Arnolds Stubauus, Alfrēds and Eleonora Sausnes, and Skaidrīte Sirsone were accused of treason for reading French literature and showing an interest in Western culture, and were sentenced to 10–25 years in Siberian camps.

Not Like That: Diary of a Butch-a-Phobe

1994 • 13 min • Canada

Bradley explores her own phobia of being identified as a butch in this diaristic examination of internalized lesbophobia.

Deriva

1994 • 7 min • Chile

A little girl dreams of her future life.

Souvenirs d'une Aventure Inoubliable

1994 • 25 min • France

Disneyland Paris VHS presentation

Hijâb

1994 • 6 min • France

Hijab: in Arabic, the veil, that which hides, that which separates.

The Trained Chinese Tongue

1994 • 20 min • United States of America

A documentarian approaches strangers at a Chinatown grocery — all immigrant women — and joins them at their homes for dinner.

Ojo de pez

1994 • 5 min • Spain

3D animation by Ignacio Pardo

The Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe

1994 • 43 min • United States of America

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.

La Tunique et Les Matières

1994 • 22 min

Tunic: membrane of the eye forming an envelope, protective tissue - innermost serous envelope of the testis. Matter: substance which constitutes bodies, and object of intuition in space and possessing mechanical mass.

Maybe We're Talking About A Different God: Homosexuality and the Church

1994 • 29 min • United States of America

The story of the Reverend Jane Adams Spahr, a Presbyterian minister and a lesbian, who was called to serve as pastor of a large metropolitan church in Rochester, New York. Although ninety percent of the congregation voted to approve her as their minister, other Presbyterian churches in the area vehemently protested the appointment and her case was brought before an ecclesiastical court. In documenting that trial, the video reveals the struggle of ordinary people to come to terms with their own difficulties around homosexuality.

Street Lovers

1994 • 29 min • Brazil

‘Amores de Rua’ questions the attitude towards sexuality espoused by a society in which sex workers fight for the right to citizenship. The film travels through Vila Mimosa, Praça Mauá and erotic nightclubs frequented by all genders, where performers mouth along to camp hits. The film presents a discussion about sexuality based on testimonies from sex workers, transgender women and representatives of associations including Euridice Coelho (then president of the Association of Prostitutes of Rio de Janeiro) and Gabriela Silva Leite (from the organisation Vida Prostituição, Direitos Civis e Saúde).

Aube: Luminescence

1994 • 33 min

AUBE - "LUMINESCENCE" (1994, 33 min, VHS). All video images and sounds composed and designed by Akifumi Nakajima at Studio Mecca I/II Kyoto 1993/1994 using fluorescent lamps and glow lamps as material.

The Building of a Village Tradition

1994 • 35 min

A how to video and book about building a Christmas village and display techniques for collectors of villages.

Anna's Amazing Moving Animals

1994 • 3 min

A short animation based on the drawings of an elephant and a giraffe by the filmmaker's seven year old daughter Anna.

超愛人

1994 • 20 min

Smile apologetically next to a beautiful woman. Kyoko Yamada is an ugly woman. She has a man in her life, Momotani, whom she has feelings for. He says to her, "Bring your friends and come visit me. Yamada, who is ugly and has no friends, goes out on the street and talks to girls. There is only one criterion. The only criteria is that the girl has to look good enough to complement him. Finally, Yamada finds a fat girl and takes her to Momotani's flat. But Momotani is a fat lover. The protagonist, who relies on fortune-telling in order to become beautiful and is bossy with the same sex whom she identifies as less than her, confronts the audience with "the ugly part of you", in the form of a laugh, saying "ugly people are such creatures". The film is a radical stomping ground of the looks complex.

Operating Manual for Spaceship Uterus

1994 • 2 min • United States of America

Strange plant-like formations evolve and grow with alien-like splendour.

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

1994 • 4 min • Japan

Memories, death, funeral. Recorded in summer 1992-1994.

Zero Plus Zero

1994 • 11 min

A spy is led to have an irrational vision after reading a series of notes regarding lost cosmonauts.

Matador

1994 • 2 min • United States of America

Don't ever let a bull get in the way of your dreams, but be prepared to hit a couple of walls before you pass him.

How We Kept Mother's Day

1994 • 10 min • Canada

When the celebration of Mother's Day was introduced around 1910, Stephen Leacock observed the quaint idea with a short story. The family in Leacock's version turns the idea to their advantage, taking a splendid holiday in the country, leaving Mother behind to enjoy her special day in peace.

Smarties Potato Incident

1994 • 54 min

The 8mm videocassette lost footage you are about to see was found disposed of in a Utah county thrift store dumpster. It is a prequel to the infamous GOB A GOO, filmed 9 months earlier. Also found with the same videotape footage forever saved by scavenger's hands.....see another visit at the same run down location. Everything seems to be going okay, until a near fatal mishap occurs in the kitchen.