Cinematic Era: 1987 Vintage

Computer-animated sequences accompany brilliant studies of motion, where performers move through a landscape that remembers history.

An acerbic criticism of the media coverage of the Cannes Film Festival and of cinema, at the time of the death of the actress Rita Hayworth. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma, cinémas".

An interesting and colorful account of the Icelandic band, Strax, on a tour of China. Received with all the enthusiasm and acclaim normally accorded to superstars, the members of the band make sure their vast audiences are not disappointed.

The revival of Chinese classical theater after the Cultural Revolution. This report reveals the infinite richness of this dramatic art, a harmonious synthesis between literature, the arts of color, martial arts, song, dance and music. Young students explain their intense learning according to ancient tradition: physical training, knowledge of plays, diction lessons, singing and music... Extracts from plays illustrate the different genres of this art.

Valmar Adams (1899-1993), writer and literary historian with artistic nature, has played an important part as a mediator of Russian literature and culture while working in the faculty of Russian language and literature at the University of Tartu during 1931-1974. First poems in Russian and German were published already in 1915. However, his hot-bloodedness often caused trouble. Trivimi Velliste, Rein Veidemann and Linnar Priimägi talk to the 87-year-old Adams.

An early Scooter McCrae short film

An afternoon with Franco and Dario, two young friends who made different choices at the end of compulsory school. Franco decided to continue studying, Dario chose to go to work in a mechanical workshop, to fix machines. It is the end of the first week of work for Dario, Franco is waiting for him outside the workshop, they spend a few hours together, playing, talking, and picking up on old conversations.

Short educational film by Vladimir Kobrin.

Short educational film by Vladimir Kobrin.

Broadcasted as a short film in an experimental video series for Fuji TV’s late night program blocks titled “TV’s TV”. The nineth part of a mock ‘TV AV self diagnosis system’.

In a series of intimate talks, Peter S., the subject of the documentary, reflects with insight and reverence on dying, loving and living with the disease that has altered the course of our lives. I'm Still Alive! is a testament to the wisdom and resilience of the human spirit.

Two friends fall in love with a beautiful gypsy.

The sister of the stage group leader abandons her brother to work in an old people's home.

"Jun'ichi Okuyama is a cinedoer." Jun'ichi Okuyama plays making a film from the material and accidents that gradually disrupt the natural recording of the camera. It all starts and ends with the noise of the projector. Landscape sequences gradually undergo interference and rhythmic interruptions of one hand, of a reel in motion and then of a crack passing through the photogram from one side to the other, are all tangible signs of the presence of the filmmaker. The universe breaks up and recomposes in this back and forth between reality and its "in the movie" reflection.

Zilnik's 102 minutes long TV series is about a couple of guys, one good and naive, the other liar and manipulator, trying to make a living the best they can...Along the way they meet a guy who eats glass, metal and plates, then a couple of strippers, and a lot of ordinary people. Zilnik's dry realistic approach is filled with humour and documentary parts with some real peasants and working-class people.

Women piss too - only less.

Nanding, Omeng and Dodong find themselves jobless are operating as street vendors at Luneta without a permit. The trio decides to work for the law instead of against it. When one of their friends get caught up in a frame-up, will the three be able to save the day?

Mask danced with Uncle Teu and the To Nu sisters. Because he didn't know how to dance and was also a troublemaker, people didn't like Mask.

As stunning visually as she is vocally, singer-actress Karen Akers is universally considered this generation's 'Cabaret Goddess.' Just as highly regarded in the theatre and in film, she's never been more captivating than in this live full-length concert DVD. She personalizes her memorable repertoire (from masters like Stephen Sondheim, Jacques Brel, Peter Allen, Andrew Lloyd Webber to newcomers whose names you'll want to remember) into remarkable mini-dramas of love and life... universal enough for all of us to relate to, yet individual enough to be hers alone.

A film about soccer without a ball and without players ... The film gives a description of the preventive measures taken by the police to cope with a huge crowd attending a popular spectacle. It deliberately and almost completely dispenses with verbal statements, allowing atmosphere and original sound to speak for themselves. The clip-clop of (police) horses' hooves, the sound of the engines of police vehicles, of helicopters and water cannons, of walkie-talkies as well as video camera surveillance and the distribution of truncheons on the one hand, and the heaving crowd of fans, their pleasure, their disappointment, their shouts of support. The chronological record of a - peaceful - day of soccer does not apportion blame, without comment and stimulates discussion weather the "special police assignment" is really necessary. —JK

Sulfur dioxide and acidic precipitation have added stress to the forest ecosystem and is the unofficial cause of the decline of the Sugar Maple. This is the lamentation of a world slipping away. A farm here, a person there.

The super-powered trio of Sky, Earth, and Typhoon attempt to rescue Princess Lanka from the King of Evil with the help of young Ae-ri.

(for Ernst Schmidt jrs. trilogy Memories of a Nervous Illness, part 1 & part 2) 1987/88, 16mm (S 8 blow up), á 4 min, colour & b/w

Carole Lafavor, activist, mother and registered nurse, is a person with AIDS. In this candid and moving portrait, Lafavor relates how she has come to terms with AIDS by combining her traditional beliefs and healing practices with western medicine.

The annual production conference, speeches by functionaries and silence of the workers while they are waiting to descent into the pit. Talking of the unimportant, what really should be said remains unspoken of. A suffocating closeness to reality conserved a part of history that remains ageless though impressive images.

Documentary showcasing a vast array of folk art across India.

The calamities of a turtle family which is driven out of its natural environment. European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) are the only species of turtles living in Latvia and they are endangered.

Ok, Trendsetters! This is Rodney Rude blazing across the stage and coming at you live in your lounge room with a huge crock of over the top comedy, served up with generous lashings of verbal manure and good old bad taste. And he’s brought with him his side-kick mate Rodney Half-Rude followed up the rear by Harry Muff, the Diver.

During a lunch Donato D’Ambrosio, a former militant, talks about his memories, his delusions and his hopes.

They're the most "street-wise" kids on the block. Hip-hop is their style, breakdance is the way they move, and rap is their beat. Their dream? To get a rap band together and really make it big. Through "The Hop Line," The Street Frogs can earn money and meet the coolest DeeJay in town, Typhoon Toad. The Street Frogs hop to their jobs as gas station attendants to buy "The Crate" - a treasured convertible to take the cool dudes cruising on The Pond. In "Typhoon Take Off," The Street Frogs win the opportunity to be the guest disc jockeys on radio station WRIB.

Documentary about Italian musician and lawyer Paolo Conte.

A simple overview in one take.

Anthology of vignettes about various anthropomorphic animals who sing and teach their kids valuable life lessons about such topics as self-control and perseverance.

Monsters send their kids to summer camp in this children's cartoon. Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, Wolfman, the Mummy, the Wicked Witch, and others send their kids to Camp Mini-Mon. Two human kids also come to camp, and teach the monsters about "normal" life.

According to some specialists, the frieze of deers in the Lascaux cave would be the representation of a horde of deer swimming in a river or, according to another version, one same deer, the movement of the swimming being decomposed.

A documentary made with archive footage and photographs alternating with recent film footage; the choice of texts is taken from Mario Rigoni Stern, Emilio Lussu, Piero Jahier, Filippo Sacchi, and Nuto Revelli.

Collaborating with choreographer Elizabeth Streb, Lucier constructs a suite of dances in which the human figure is abstracted and isolated within a natural landscape. Structured in three segments, the work suggests the evolution of a mythical being moving from a black void to a natural landscape, and then into an aerial world. Fragmenting and isolating the physical body in space, or in relation to simple elements of landscape, Lucier evokes themes of confinement, the struggle to defy gravity, and a metaphorical desire for transcendence.

Out of the Ashes is a powerful and evocative work which utilises pagan and christian images to explore the mythologies of blood and fire, taboos around menstruation and the persecution of witches.

A ritual created and performed by Bruce Lacey.

A reading by the artist of his spoken word/new music composition Between the Light and the Dark forms the backdrop for this experimental video. Sounds are obtained by bending and shaping sampled voice signals and non-traditional instrumentation. Layered and processed images of his solitary figure and the sea, of open hands and gravestones, flow into and through each other in a dreamlike tableaux of richly evocative colour.

Mexican feature film