All Films

Goodbye Federico

1992 • 24 min

Eileen, a scriptwriter, has been writing letters to Federico Fellini who has become her friend, mentor and means of escape. Various rejections lead her to lose her grip on reality and retreat into her own world with one last hope: join Federico in Cinecittà with the two men she loves.

No Problem

1992 • 13 min • Canada

An everyman who lives alone desires female companionship. The trouble is, he's got two extra personalities who pop out and ruin things: an id, who's usually naked and has no inhibitions, and a super ego, who's a prude and a scold. Our hero goes through his little black book calling woman after woman: Natalie agrees to a date, but the warring three-headed personalities sink that outing before he gets through her apartment door. Soon, he's down to the last name in his book: Zolga. Is there any hope? Can he just be one self?

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein

1992 • 29 min • Canada

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by Joyce Borenstein about her father, the Canadian painter Sam Borenstein. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In Canada, it was named best short documentary at the 12th Genie Awards.

Lowdown on Lancaster

1992 • 17 min

An early 90's promotional film for the relatively young Lancaster University, depicting the typical student life and youth culture of the era.

Triad Tesseraic

1992 • 9 min

The 16th century wall in Ferrara, Italy has a surface made up of thousands of pyramids. Using slides taken from this wall in 1982, photography, multiple exposure overlayering, gels and coloured light break the wall material into shimmering triadic forms. Substance - disintegration.

The Uncertain Hope

1992 • 52 min • Brazil, Chile, Uruguay

This documentary was shot in four countries in the Southern Cone of South America over a two-week period. It examines the democracies that re-emerged after military rule and we hear the testimony of presidents Carlos Menem, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Patricio Alwyn and Luis Alberto Lacalle, and the reflections of many other key figures of that time. There is also an early discussion of the regional integration process that these countries were planning to promote, so we are shown a representative mosaic of each country, which makes this material truly unique.

Miradas sobre Santa Fe

1992 • 24 min • Argentina

Texts by Juan José Saer, paintings by Fernando Espino, music by Pedro Casis.

The Passing of the Mountain God

1992 • 40 min

The 62-year-old Meng Jinfu is the last shaman of the Orogen ethnic group in China. He and his wife Ding Quiqin live in the deep forest of the Greater Xing'an Mountains all year round and live a primitive life. In the 1950s, the Chinese government helped Orogen people relocate from the forest to settlements. However, Meng Jingfu who had lived in the forest since childhood, eventually returned there with his wife and made a living by hunting. Though his life is difficult, he has been happy since childhood in the forest. But since then area has been deforested and the animal population has decreased, Meng Jinfu has been worried. The resettlement under the mountain has fundamentally changed the customs of the Orogen people.

The Beach

1992 • 14 min • France

Reworked and colored images of people playing at the seashore.

End

1992 • 10 min • Armenia

Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a journey through a black tunnel, and a final emergence into pure white light.

Semana Santa

1992 • 41 min • Spain

An emotional trip through the most relevant aspects of Seville's Holy Week, released for the 1992 Universal Exhibition held in Seville. Music played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Lullaby

1992 • 5 min

Poor Andrew Scott. A baby who, to the obliviousness of his mother. Gets tortured by the giraffe toy “Mister Giraffe”.

Ikkkkk

1992 • 2 min

Ikkkey makes bizarre changes to his body's attributes to gain attention

War By Other Means

1992 • 52 min • United Kingdom

War By Other Means is a 1992 television documentary by John Pilger and David Munro concerning loans to developing countries from the World Bank which cause them to pay more interest then they ever receive in international aid ("debt as a weapon"). It also analyses Structural Adjustment Programs, which are proclaimed to enable countries to compete in the global economy, but have the effect of lowering wages which results in the transfer of wealth from poor to rich. It features Dr. Susan George, author of The Debt Boomerang.

Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

1992 • 30 min

Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black Americans in today's world. Writer/Professor, Maya Angelou expresses the black experience in words and poetry.

The Secret World Of Bats

1992 • 48 min

Cinematographer Dieter Plage follows Bat Conservation International founder Merlin Tuttle across five continents, capturing all aspects of bat behaviour with slow-motion photography. You'll see bats courting, rearing their young, and hunting prey. You'll witness the symbiosis between bats and desert cacti, tropical rain forest trees and the African baobab "tree of life." You'll meet bat conservationists the world over, from Thai monks to Australia's "bat mums."

The Job

1992 • 30 min

World In Action documentary filmed in 1992 sees Manchester City Council has advertised for road sweepers and 1,460 people from a variety of backgrounds have applied for twenty jobs. This documentary follows the applicants through to the interview.

Mermaid's Quest: Search For the King of the Nile

1992 • 60 min

Mermaid Movies' presents a stunning assortment of the world's most beautiful women filmed at some of the most exciting locations around the world.

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

1992 • 30 min • United States of America

It’s the poky little puppy’s first Christmas, and he’s not sure what to expect. When he meets an animal friend who’s lost his home, Poky’s quick to help–and learns all about the spirit of Christmas.

Ruins of Roppongi

1992 • 55 min

An experimental film about the abandoned mansion that once stood in Roppongi. The mansion was originally built as the private residence of the businessman named “Ryoji Oda” [小田良治], but after his death, it was used as the Philippine Embassy. In this film, Sekine focuses his camera on the rotting furniture and a mummified cat, and uses 16mm found footage (the content of which is a documentary of traditional Philippine culture) discovered in the basement.

Video Visits: Scotland - Land of Legends

1992 • 58 min • United States of America

Scotland is the land of the Loch Ness monster and mystical castles, rugged countryside, kilts, bagpipes, and haggis. In this program, viewers will be transported to Aberdeen's Castles, which include Balmoral, Dunnottar, and Craigievar. Video Visits: Scotland -- Land of Legends provides some historical background to the sights of Scotland, and tours many of its most scenic and atmospheric regions. Glasgow offers prime examples of Victorian architecture, and shopping opportunities for travelers. A tour of the Glenfiddich distillery, famous for its malt whiskey, is also on the agenda.

Batimam and Robim

1992 • 25 min • Brazil

Batimam and Robim are two close friends. Their real names are Léo and Mário, but they've got those nicknames after dressing up for mardi-gras as Batman and Robin. To get some money, they decide to rob a small supermarket, but they meet some reaction and Mário gets shot by the owner, who is killed by Léo. They run away and find solace in an abandoned house. Léo decides to go out to try to get some help for his friend, whose leg was wounded, but to no avail. When he returns, the two start an argument.

I Wish I Could Be Japanese

1992 • 47 min • Japan

The film deals with the rights of Japanese-Koreans -born in Japan but without Japanese passport or nationality- and the social rejection that they face if they don’t integrate completely, abandoning their Korean identity. The film’s main thread is the story of a Korean man, who in the times of the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula, is sent to Japan to fight along with the Japanese in the Philippines, but after the war and fearing discrimination, creates a Japanese identity for himself and manages to get married and have children without his family ever knowing about his origins for 50 years until he is arrested in 1985 for forging official documents and in suspicion of being a spy from North Korea. (…) © timegoesbyin.wordpress.com/tag/i-wanted-to-be-japanese

Hello Kitty and Daniel's Wonderful Christmas

1992 • 17 min • Japan

On Christmas Day, Kitty and Mimmy's childhood friend Daniel comes to visit them from New York. They are very happy. However, there is a heavy snowfall in New York on the day, and planes are unable to fly...