All Films

Maxwell's Demon

1991 • 8 min • United States of America

In a world that has shifted to being information and service based, industrialists are corralled on a reservation named Lorado, to sell plastic things as remnants of their past culture. The reservation is built on a polluted lake which is a tourist attraction. In Lorado there are many forms of love and every one keeps a pet. The story turns on the suicide of Fashionette’s fish, because of bad water conditions, and ends with a large scale chemical fire. This project took over three years to produce and all of the images are computer generated and animated.

Buy Me That Too! A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising

1991 • 30 min

A special that examines television commercials aimed at children. Focusing on the psychological techniques used in TV ads, the documentary is designed to help young people look at commercials with a critical eye.

This Nervous Thing

1991 • 16 min

In This Nervous Thing, Santos questions the ways we perceive and receive information through the media. Santos writes, "Lost in our creations, we must use artificial means, such as newspapers and other media to simulate knowledge of what is around us. In doing so, we create heroes, cities, characters, icons and monuments. The result is "this nervous thing, this image that doesn't stop, this quick dialogue, this dynamic and superficial reading of the essence of the human being." A driving soundtrack propels the viewer through a frenetic trans-cultural landscape.

National Geographic: The Soul of Spain

1991 • 54 min

From flamenco dancing to world famous bullfighting, join the National Geographic Channel is some of the vibrant, timeless traditions of Spain. Since the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, Spain has undergone a swift and dramatic transformation. Having endured a bloody Civil War, nearly four decades of dictatorship, isolation from the rest of Europe, and economic depression, Spain has now decisively entered the 20th century. Yet, as economic, social, and political changes sweep the nation, Spaniards continue to cherish the traditions that are uniquely theirs.

National Geographic: Flight Over Africa

1991 • 54 min

Braving solo existence in the sky, bush pilots are often the adventurers that link the lonely inhabitants of distant lands. Soaring above the few wild places left on our planet - across endless deserts, tangled jungles, jagged mountains, treacherous plains of ice - these unique pioneers serve as doctors, missionaries, and communication links for their "neighbours" residing in desolate regions.

Sand and Sea

1991 • 30 min

Liu Zeyuan is a farmer on the edge of the desert at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. He grows food and raises camels, and his family's annual income is 5,000 yuan. Liu Picheng is a fisherman on Jingwa Island, part of the isolated Liaodong Peninsula; he is unwilling to attract attention and becomes hostile to the camera. The living environment and conditions of these two families are different, but the directors try to find some common ground while expressing the two respective unique lifestyles. In fact, these lives are firmly swayed by nature: sand storms can destroy everything, just as the ocean tide can destroy everything, and for the two protagonists, the difficult grasp of the future and their children also brings them the same loneliness. Filmed in 1989, Sand and Sea received the Grand Prix award from the 1991 Asian Broadcasting and Television Union.

Unknown Woman

1991 • 9 min

A woman’s psychological journey which externalises an inner world filled with suspense and pursuit. Animated ink and wax drawings are inter-cut with pixilated sequences originating from dreams of a woman and a crow. The structured footage is then painted, and edited to a composed soundtrack. – K.P.

Sine Nomine

1991 • 4 min

A film made from the scraps of different films; a montage film on the expression of time in cinema.

Afterword

1991 • 30 min • Latvia

Afterword for the film "Homeland" - January 1991. Death of Andris Slapiņš and Gvido Zvaigzne.

Scliar: A Persistência da Paisagem

1991 • 15 min • Brazil

Scliar, a painter of the world, immersed in the time of his silence. All that the artist sought to bring to the skin and heart of his painting is the inner vibration of every inhabitant of the world. The chromatic vibration does not come from the paints but from the land he harvests from each place he visits. Scliar used earth to give colour to his canvases.

Operation Solstice

1991 • 51 min • United Kingdom

OPERATION SOLSTICE recounts the story of how 420 people were arrested on 1 June 1985 on their way to Stonehenge to hold the 11th People's Free Festival. Using video footage, the police radio log, photographs and personal testimony to recreate what became known as the `BATTLE OF THE BEANFIELD

Super 8 Diary - 1991

1991 • 34 min • United States of America

Sanchari

1991 • 31 min • India

A holistic view of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam.

One-Night Stand: Allan Havey

1991 • 27 min

Stand up special.

One-Night Stand: Jeff Marder

1991 • 27 min

Stand up special.

Once Upon a Time

1991 • 22 min • Hungary

Wave Break

1991 • 30 min

Alexander Productions 1991

Aken aja liikumisse. Viivi Luik

1991 • 59 min • Soviet Union

One of the most popular and talented writers in contemporary Estonia - Viivi Luik - has always hurt her heart for the fate of her country and people. As a poetess, she maintains miracles, simple and human, through her poetry. In the film Viivi Luik and Jaan Kaplinski make sense of the moments of time.

So Hard Feelings

1991 • 20 min • Japan

Sex and the Sandinistas

1991 • 25 min • Nicaragua, United Kingdom

Nicaragua is known for the Sandinista Revolution, an inspiring struggle for national liberation. What has never been told before is the story of how homosexuals, in the teeth of a machista Roman Catholic culture, battled for their own space inside the Revolution. What really happened when the Sandinistas found their soldiers and revolutionary comrades falling in love with the wrong sex?

At Your Feet

1991 • 26 min

A film about shoeshiners in the streets of Cali. A pure piece of direct cinema in the first installment of the crafts trilogy.

Me and Mrs. Berger

1991 • 4 min • Germany

A song about a lesbian's affair with a married woman.

Travel Sketch

1991 • 2 min • Canada

A frustrated jet-setter who can't travel discovers video superimposition. Through the magic of video technology, he is relegated to a box at the bottom of the screen as other people's pictures of faraway lands are shown. The protagonist reflects his generation's acceptance of today's diminished expectations. He is left to film his seemingly blank space coupled with his amusing narrative as others explore the world.

Threnody: A Wailing Song For Carl

1991 • 20 min • Canada

In memory of a friend who died of an AIDS related illness, this tape is a representation of the grieving process and an act of mourning. In examining the whirlwind of emotions felt upon the death of a friend, the artist confronts the fear, guilt and anger which arises from the dominant ideological construction of the AIDS epidemic.