All Films

Godspeak

1993 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A surreal view of religion.

About Dogs And People

1993 • 43 min

When I first arrived in America, (from my native Slovakia), I neither spoke nor understood a word of English and I soon found myself in the position of a mute creature. Perhaps it was this experience of muteness that inspired me to make a film about America from the perspective of a creature that neither speaks nor understands this country’s language or ways. Dogs can’t speak, but they can tell a lot about the society in which they live. About Dogs and People is an account of my journey across America to explore its’ canine culture. The film is made in the form of an essay: it uses authentic footage, but presents the material in a subjective way. Derived from my experience with non-verbal communication, the film “speaks” through imagery, using the vocabulary of archetypal gesture, tone, melody and rhythm.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

1993 • 3 min • United States of America

An CGI Animated Short Film

Electric Blue Special: Nude Wives in Excess

1993 • 58 min

Frustrated spouses from around the country share their fantasies with the viewer. Jo in Weymouth mounts the kitchen sink, busty Karen puts on her G string, and saucy Rosalind goes for a slide down the bannisters. What would their menfolk say, hmm?

As Aventuras de Raul Seixas na Cidade de Thoth

1993 • 19 min

Jairo Ferreira's view on the career of singer Raul Seixas.

The Harrowing

1993 • 2 min • United States of America

A hand-painted film which has been photographically step-printed to create varieties of tempo in mimic of sparking and molten rock.

Jacob's Ladder

1993 • 8 min • Russia

An apocryphal tale from the Book of Genesis. Jacob, the son of Isaac, sees in a dream a staircase, the base of which rests on the earth, and the top reaches heaven; angels ascend and descend on it. Every step of the ladder and every movement along it in this vision has its own meaning. Marc Chagall, using a metaphorical image from Scripture, presented in his paintings the interweaving and intertwining of the lives of the inhabitants of the hinterland, each of whom has his own Jacob's ladder, along which angels move — the arbiters of their destinies.

Diana Ross - One Woman - The Video Collection 2

1993 • 43 min

A video compilation by Diana Ross featuring music videos and live performances from her career.

The Silent Alarm

1993 • 31 min • United States of America

Set in the bucolic suburbia of the early Sixties, a door-to-door salesman of home security systems, who turns out to be a con-man and thief, charms his way into the life of a single suburban mother, much to the alarm of her son. Presented with little dialog.

Looking Back at You

1993 • 51 min • Brazil, United Kingdom

Looks at the work of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado (b.1944). In his monumental photo-essay, Workers, Salgado’s dominant theme is the displacement of manual labor by technological advances. He documents the effects of this new industrial revolution on laborers in Eastern Europe, Cuba, Gdansk, Brazil, India, Sicily, and Bangladesh. Includes archival footage of Salgado’s life and commentary by artists, photographers, critics, and writers such as Jorge Armado, Robert Delpire, Jimmy Fox, and Arthur Miller.

The Potluck and the Passion

1993 • 23 min • United States of America

Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.

Ya nos saquearon (1980-1984)

1993 • 27 min

Chapter 17 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between 1980-1984.

Psychedelic Glue Sniffin' Hillbillies

1993 • 33 min

A documentary by Craig Smith shot in West Virginia, USA; on the drug taking and sexual promiscuity within the USA.

Colours of Absence

1993 • 30 min • India

The film documents the life and art of painter Jehangir Sabavala, capturing the intricate relationship between the artist’s vision and his environment. Khopkar describes the challenges of conveying Sabavala’s creative spirit through film, emphasizing the need to engage with the subtleties of colour, light, and composition.

The Dakota Conflict

1993 • 60 min • United States of America

In 1862, when Minnesota was still a young state, the people of the Eastern Dakota Nation had been relegated to a reservation on a narrow strip of land along the Minnesota River. Times were hard and Dakota families went hungry. When the U.S. government broke its promises and failed to send treaty payments, some of the Dakota went to war against the white settlers. Many Dakota did not join in, choosing to aid and protect settlers instead. The fighting lasted six weeks and many people on both sides were killed or fled the state. 1600 Dakota were imprisoned in a camp below Fort Snelling in present day Minneapolis. Dakota men were tried in a military court and on December 26, 1862, thirty-eight were hanged in Mankato in the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

Description of a Struggle

1993 • 23 min

Experimental short film loosely based on Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.

The Letter

1993 • 4 min • Croatia

A video letter, created during the years of war in Croatia when communication with the rest of the world was difficult. It is addressed to the author's Hungarian and British friends. The author is sending electronic flashes with his hands, and his voice delivers the message in Hungarian and English.

FaerieFilm

1993 • 7 min • United States of America

"FaerieFilm" is Eugene Salandra's 1993 animated documentary short about the Radical Faeries. Audio interviews with seven members of the New York Faerie community in the early 1990's are combined with colorful animated images.

Fernando Py

1993 • 30 min

Documentary about the poet, translator and meteorologist Fernando Py, made at his home in Petrópolis.

Portraits of People Living With HIV

1993 • 46 min

An up-close compilation of interviews and discussions with people living with HIV in the early 1990s.

Jesus Walking on Screen

1993 • 1 min • Austria

A short found footage trailer made for a film program dedicated to the depiction of Jesus in cinema.

Views From a City

1993 • 19 min

A film made between 1991 and 1993 as part of an Arts Council/Channel 4 series of commissions collectively entitled 'Eleventh Hour'. The film was not popular with those who commissioned it and was never broadcast, although it was shown in its original format, 16mm print, at a number of festivals. The film is a kind of personal reflection, in three linked sections, on cities and time, and on seeing, recording and the film medium. It is 18' 51" long, with mono sound.

Första resan

1993 • 27 min

A documentary essay film in which the director attempts to plunge into an artificial depression in order to perceive the world as a sad and bilious man.

Tiny Shoes

1993 • 10 min • Latvia

A modern tale about a girl, a dragon, and a prince - who likes her only when she has the right shoes on.