All Films

Illusions

1992 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Live performances of songs from Ute Lemper's 1992 album.

Toc Storee

1992 • 21 min • United States of America

The film utilizes the story-telling format to create a multilevel narrative that explores the relations between speech, language, and desire. Addresses issues of sexuality, subjectivity, tradition, and identity in gay Asian contexts.

The Lady in Waiting

1992 • 29 min • United States of America

In 1970s New York, a drag queen and elderly woman meet during a blackout. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

1992 • 7 min • United States of America

Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.

Nina Simone: The Legend

1992 • 54 min • United Kingdom, France

The Legend, on Nina’s life and music, was made in France by Frank Lords and it is told in large part by Nina Simone herself. It is an honest portrayal based on her autobiography “I Put A Spell On You,” that shows Nina at her mightiest and at her most vulnerable.

The Making of 'Nekromantik'

1992 • 13 min • Germany

The making of Jörg Buttgereits 1987 horror classic 'Nekromantik'.

James Cagney: Top of the World

1992 • 47 min

Michael J. Fox hosts this documentary featuring film clips and rare behind-the-scenes footage that traces superstar James Cagney's rise to the top.

Baja corazón

1992 • 2 min • Spain

A touch of horn is enough for the girl to meet with her boyfriend...

I Can Hear You

1992 • 18 min • Russia

An adaptation of the story by Seuss, of an elephant who could hear the voices of little people even when nobody else could.

Christmas in Vienna

1992 • 58 min

Christmas in Vienna is a 1993 concert by American soul singer Diana Ross, and Spanish tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras for the Sony Classical label.

How to Use Dianetics: A Visual Guidebook to the Mind

1992 • 49 min • United States of America

With this accessible introduction to the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, viewers can gain insight into the methods employed by the church's followers to reduce stress, ease anxiety and increase happiness. Based on the writings of Hubbard's popular book Dianetics, this presentation details the step-by-step process the author created to help practitioners gain control over their thoughts and actions.

Naval Battle

1992 • 10 min • Brazil

The disaster of the fall of a bridge, followed by the greatest of all disasters: human stupidity.

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela

1992 • 52 min

Elas por Ela reconstituted the history of MPB between 1920 and 1970, from the female perspective, also showing the transformation of the role of women in society over these years. Marília Pêra chose 35 singers to honor and, from 50 songs, put together the script for the show.

Sevilles

1992 • 53 min • Spain

Filmed like a documentary, "Sevillanas" consists of eleven short performances by Spain's most famous flamenco dancers, singers and guitarists. Saura, well-known for his flamenco films ("Blood Wedding," "Carmen"), here provides an in-depth look at the Sevillanas form of flamenco and its dancers.

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

1992 • 57 min • United States of America

A look at the screen triumphs and private lives of the screen's number-one singing team.

The Gaze of the Gorgon

1992 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.

La Cabale des oursins

1992 • 17 min • France

A travelogue of abandoned strip mining sites in France extolling their potential for recreational use.

Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons

1992 • 18 min • Philippines

Short film about the sons of the director.

Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina

1992 • 57 min

Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina focuses on the cultural, political and military significance of the "target island" of Kaho‘olawe in the Hawaiian archipelago.

Rulfo aeternum

1992 • 60 min • Mexico

Adaptation of Juan Rulfo's classic short tale "La herencia de Matilde Arcángel". Tranquilino Herrera, a man of the time of the Mexican Revolution, tells the story of her beloved, Matilde Arcangel, who was stolen from him by his boss, from whom he gives birth a child.

Flare Out

1992 • 20 min

Sound: unrecognition unidentified, in time, you hear? Image: recognition identified, out of time in time; not not knowing the unknown but not knowing the known, no trace of 'no trace of any thing'. E.g. grain: is grain silver, black & white, or colour? Is silver black & white or colour? You see? - P.G. Feb 1992.

Rainbow Across the Pacific Ocean

1992 • 30 min • Japan

Schoolgirl Mitsuko tries to protect half-Chinese transfer student Yu-Lian from bullies. That night, she discovers Emily, an old American doll. Given to a Japanese child during an exchange in 1921, it was hidden from the "doll burnings" of the anti-Western war period and saved by a brave young girl (Mitsuko's grandmother). At the next day's show-and-tell, Mitsuko tells the story of Emily and encourages Yu-Lian.

Rester là-bas

1992 • 46 min • France

Algiers. From the port to the souks, passing through the Jardin d'Essai, Dominique Cabrera transports us to the land where she was born, on the other side of the Mediterranean "where the sea is saltier". If most of the pieds-noirs left Algeria in the summer of 1962, some -a minority- remained. By going to meet them, the director makes her own inner journey.

A Boy Named Cocoy

1992 • 27 min

A mountain boy seeks a better life in Manila and finds love.