All Films

Strawberries Under the Snow

1994 • 10 min

Two girls grew up in one family. One, named O-Tiyo, was a hard worker, she did everything around the house, fetched water, watered plants, carried firewood. And the other girl, O-Hana, was just sleeping, relaxing and enjoying life. And one winter the lazy woman wanted strawberries. They kicked the hard worker out into the street so she could get the desired berries. The girl was helped by a kind old mountain spirit - he created summer in the middle of winter so that O-Chiyo could pick strawberries for her sister. But she suddenly developed a new quirk - to try blue strawberries. Once again O-Chiyo was sent into the forest, and again the old spirit helped her find strawberries. But when O-Hana and her mother ate blue berries, they... turned into foxes. Based on a Japanese folk tale.

Tell Me What You Saw

1994 • 7 min

"After the success of his feature film 'Masala,' Srinivas Krishna returns to personal filmmaking with 'Tell Me What You Saw', a lush meditation on bucolic pleasures and a formally precise and emotionally engaging study of the properties of light." - Toronto International Film Festival

M.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein

1994 • 2 min

Claes Olsson’s first film about M.A.Numminen. Numminen sings Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s most famous phrase from his book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: “Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen (What we cannot speak about we must consign to silence).”

Funny Little Guy

1994 • 14 min • New Zealand

A young woman writes home with stories about her exciting life and her normal boyfriend. In reality her life is strange, and her beau is from outer space.

Bread

1994 • 3 min

Loosely based on Lewis Caroll's Through the looking glass, BREAD is a series of metamorphoses. We pass through a table into a world of strange mutations: bread crumbs bounce and dance. At the end gravity wins.

Birthday

1994 • 10 min • Estonia

An experimental short about a child’s birthday based off the drawings of children.

In the Light of the Moon

1994 • 3 min • France

In this timeless song, a donkey and Pierrot become friends. Tenderness and humor guaranteed.

My Love Charlie Parker

1994 • 16 min • Macedonia

A man in a typical Macedonian landscape, playing the saxophone alone. He plays only the compositions of the famous saxophonist Charlie Parker.

Discharge

1994 • 3 min

In Jamie Babbit's student film, Thelma gets harassed by Darryl, across the street.

The Tail

1994 • 5 min • Latvia

While Munks and Lemijs are having a nap, a fellow animal loses their tail under mysterious circumstances. It's time for our heroes to wake up and help out a friend in need and help them find their tail!

Movements of the Body - 1st Movement: The Gesture

1994 • 4 min • Canada

Movements of the Body is an animated trilogy illustrating movements of the mind through movements of the body's parts. The 1st movement: The Gesture captures the essence of postures and movements.

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

1994 • 60 min

In 1993, Grateful Dead took the stage at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Hebron, OH. On hand that night was Peter Shapiro, at the time a Northwestern film student spending a month on summer tour alongside cameraman Philip Bruell. The Buckeye Lake show opens and the Heads document the swelling Dead scene.

Arizona

1994 • 7 min

Short film.

Ten Minutes With the Working Class

1994 • 12 min • Romania

The story of the Semănătoarea factory in Bucharest, Romania.

Opacity

1994 • 30 min • Iceland

A modern businessman surrounded by all the trappings of success, picks up a beautiful woman who is hitchhiking along a lonely stretch of road in the south. Quiet, mysterious, the woman is an artist on the way to Meðalland to sketch. Always ready to take advantage of an opportunity, the young man adjusts his itinerary to help the beautiful artist, and with luck, he thinks, help himself add another notch to his sexual belt. But all is not what it seems in this world. The question arises as to whether all the expensive aids of modern affluent society can help him avoid what appear to be forces that transcend time - or is it all imagination, or hallucination, or both?

Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)

1994 • 32 min • Canada

This documentary takes you on a reflective journey into the extended family of Nova Scotia’s Mi'kmaq community. Revisiting her own roots, Mi'kmaq filmmaker and mother Catherine Anne Martin explores how the community is recovering its First Nations values, particularly through the teachings of elders and a collective approach to children-rearing. Mi'kmaq Family is an inspiring resource for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences who are looking for ways to strengthen and explore their own families and traditions. We hear the Mi'kmaq language spoken and a lullaby is sung by a Mi'kmaq grandmother featured in the film.

Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor II

1994 • 47 min

1994-09-17 - Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor II

12 March: Memorandum

1994 • 51 min

When March of 1971 knocked on the door, a military intervention was imminent in the country. Bombs were exploding in a strange way from right to left, and the urban guerrilla was resorting to unconventional acts such as bank robbery and kidnapping. The generals had decided to put a stop to this trend. Dynamite was placed under Prime Minister Demirel. The question now was who would ignite the fuse of the dynamite. President Sunay was waiting to watch the approaching explosion silently from Çankaya. Tuğmaç, Chief of General Staff, tried to delay the explosion as much as possible, preferring Demirel to self-destruct. The two generals were watching each other to see who would ignite the fuse first. These two generals were Faruk Gürler and Muhsin Batur. The fire was in their hands. They were going to detonate the dynamite...

Weird Thoughts

1994 • 40 min • United Kingdom

A discussion that explores the nature of superstition and exposes our fascination with the unexplainable.

Painted Earth

1994 • 7 min

Lawan Jirasuradej’s independent 16mm shorts, Painted Earth, were created during her Fulbright graduate scholarship study at San Francisco State University's School of Cinema. Painted Earth is among a handful of Thai experimental films made by independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and its combination of poetic images and narration brings together the two worlds of sound and picture, of the USA and Thailand.

Rhythmus 94

1994 • 5 min

The generating material for Rhythm 94 is a sequence of photographs taken by the cinematographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. The sequence is transposed into a single movement across the screen. The basic pattern arising out of the abstract nature of the photo animation is available for repetition at various speeds and in various spatial relationships.

Plumitas calientes

1994 • 3 min

A young man recalls the afternoon in his childhood when he discovered religion and sex.

Oster Home Pet Grooming Video

1994 • 15 min • United States of America

Regular grooming is essential to your dog’s health and happiness. The Oster Home Pet Grooming Video teaches you simple, easy-to-learn trimming and clipping techniques that can be used for almost any dog, including the Poodle, the Cocker Spaniel, the Mixed Breed and the Schnauzer. You will also learn how to bathe and groom your pet as well as simple maintenance procedures to keep you Oster equipment running in peak condition. Soon, you’ll be trimming your pet in the convenience and privacy of your own home, saving you time and money. And your dog will be looking good and feeling good all year-round.

Parking Lot

1994 • 23 min • Russia

The twenty-six-year-old hero, who previously worked as a parking lot watchman, went into business and could not repay the loan. And he has a wife and children. The current situation forces him to look at the world with different eyes.