Cinematic Era: 1994 Vintage

Mera Punjab is a 1994 Indian film directed by Krishna Dev Mehra. It stars Haider Bandi. The film is considered one of the best Punjabi films ever made, although it didn't earn much at the box office at the time of release in December 1994.

Documentary about the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The film accompanies the DC-10 and its crew, consisting of Captain Stefan Hess, First Officer Michael Beretz and Flight Engineer Joachim Siehndel, on their flight on July 11, 1994 from Frankfurt to Beijing. In addition, interesting insights into the history of the DC-10 are shown.

A documentary of an indigenous artist Pavavalung Sakuliu, who devotes himself to the cultural renaissance of the Paiwan culture, which is endangered throughout the past century when modern economy was introduced to Taiwan by the Japanese colonial government in 1895 and by the Nationalist government which took over Taiwan in 1945.

Canadabis Hemp Rap is the portrayal of Western Canadian and American Hemp activists, voicing anti-prohibition and pro-legalization positions in contemporary society. Activists, through dialogue, represent the political, sociological and economic interests that have been developing in the twentieth century. This documentary raises questions concerning the positive aspects of Cannabis Hemp plant (Dope, Reefer, Bud, Marijuana...) often not represented in the media.

Don't ever let a bull get in the way of your dreams, but be prepared to hit a couple of walls before you pass him.

Is kindness a cloak of invisibility? A bank employee, Taturu, learns that a tax-saving measure he recommended has backfired and destroyed a client's family. Blaming himself, Ken becomes apathetic and refuses to come to work. His girlfriend, Yuki, watches over him warmly. Determined to make a fresh start for himself and Yuki, he takes a job as a hotel clerk, but on the first night, he is caught up in an unexpected incident. The next morning he goes to a place where he knows he will be blamed for the crime. The next morning he goes to a place where he knows he will be blamed for the crime, knowing that no one will understand his feelings. A young man who loses sight of himself on the borderline between kindness and weakness. The film depicts the wanderings of a lifeless adult in the urban landscape that modern society has created.

Experimental short film by Juris Poškus.

A man who, having created an experiment in his mind and assuming it as reality, finds himself unable to escape it. All the characters are his alter egos. How can he escape from this miniature world? Human beings are tragic creatures driven by their genes.

Short film by Peter Strickland.

The Jungle Soundclash Grand Final was held at Roller Express on 16th July 1994. After the two semi finals on May 14th and June 18th the competition reached the final stage with Mickey Finn, Kenny Ken, DJ Rap and Devious Dee. The referees and master of ceremonies on the night were the A team, Moose and Five-O. It was down to you the Jungle Massive to decide who would become the champion and holder of the Lonsdale Jungle Soundclash Belt in 1994.

Alternating between two cameras three feet apart, shooting black on each to match the image on the other, created in-camera A and B rolls for pseudo-hyper-stereoscopic view of two trees. Natural lighting cooperated.

Documentary on the Gay Games IV, held in New York City in June 1994, during widespread celebrations commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Providing a comprehensive presentation of the games and various demonstrations that took place during that week, Spikes and Heels deals with homophobia, AIDS, and gay and lesbian identity in the 90's.

Why are we drawn to someone? Is it love, lust or greed? When Hal's longtime boyfriend abruptly walks out on him, he's devastated. Before he's even begun to recover, however, Hal finds himself becoming romantically involved with a handsome stranger.

A short documentary that highlights the presence of gays and lesbians in Brazilian society

A Cartoon by Dan Collins

While Munks and Lemijs are having a nap, a fellow animal loses their tail under mysterious circumstances. It's time for our heroes to wake up and help out a friend in need and help them find their tail!

A poetic film about a magical-realist painting in the house of an elderly woman. The film, a refined game that plays with the concepts of time, place, and space, was produced under the motto ‘what you see is not what you see.’

The story of the Reverend Jane Adams Spahr, a Presbyterian minister and a lesbian, who was called to serve as pastor of a large metropolitan church in Rochester, New York. Although ninety percent of the congregation voted to approve her as their minister, other Presbyterian churches in the area vehemently protested the appointment and her case was brought before an ecclesiastical court. In documenting that trial, the video reveals the struggle of ordinary people to come to terms with their own difficulties around homosexuality.

8mm film by Yoko Oguchi.

A weary hunter roams a desolate landscape, searching for his next prey. But the creature he finds dazzles him with it's dignity and makes him question his own nature.

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.

This is the same type of film as the one made in Rotterdam in 1991. I tried to film myself while I was taking a shower, but the steam and fog are the main elements.

The painting, the assembly and the metrics of the frame sequence create a body of colour, which is both a three-dimensional time-work and a pulsating organ.

Forty years of Austin music history, surrounding the myths and legends of Janis Joplin.

A vegetarian (Jake Webber) takes a detour from a cross-country trip to promote his father's (David Huddleston) burger chain.

In 1999, the Indigenous Culture Club at the National Taiwan University held a series of annual ceremony activities as a tribute to traditional indigenous rituals. Unfamiliar with their native languages and cultures, however, the student organizers found themselves in an awkward position that brought them into conflict with the school administration. Where would they find the “salt”, an in-depth understanding of their cultural identities and backgrounds?

DTV actioner set in Cuba.

Forget about Chucky and his ham-fisted, Luke Skywalker voiced, corporate remake....and make way for Bobo! Bobo is the titular stuffed menace at the center of Illinois based director Chuck G Gotski's 1994, regional shot on video, killer doll opus. Essentially unseen since its scarce, self-distributed release on Charlie Flick Productions Video, Saturn's Core is ecstatic to welcome Bobo back home to VHS and into the hands of SOV completists worldwide.

Punjabi movie

Only when you thought it was safe to hide in and old, dark house, 'cause a bloody curse will turn your nerves of steel in some sorte of uncontrollable fear!

The "true" story of science gone wrong. Horror comedy inspired by 50s monster movies. Student film by Byron C. Miller and Justin Young.

A look at the history of Charles I, whose religious beliefs sparked the English Civil War.

I filmed myself underwater holding my camera in my hand. The film is shown upside down, so that it feels like I'm drinking all the water around me. Some sequences make me appear like a dead person underwater, others show me catching my breath.

Disneyland Paris VHS presentation

Hijab: in Arabic, the veil, that which hides, that which separates.

A short experimental film, “Discrete Moments” offers some paradoxical thoughts on the mathematics of “forever and ever.” While a big jet plane crawls across the tarmac, a love held back, goes unnoticed. “Discrete Moments” was produced for the 1994 Cineworks omnibus film Breaking Up in 3 Minutes. Six Vancouver filmmakers were each given 200 feet of film, restricted to one day of shooting, three edits, one track of sound, and asked to make a three minute film about the break-up of a personal relationship.

"This two-part video is a newcomer’s portrait of Montréal. I spent my first winter in Québec in a cold, dark, first floor apartment. I sat in the kitchen beside the electric heater, drinking coffee while watching the electric meter, wondering how I would pay my bills. At night, I looked at the illuminated “Q” on the Hydro Québec building and imagined how much it cost to keep it lit. In the second section, a man looks for meaning in the tile patterns of the Champ-de-Mars metro station. I took his search to an end more absurd than anything I could hope to enact. The moral of these two tales is: “Don’t lose you sense of humour”. It’s from this cliché that the video derives its title." - Nelson Henricks

View a select group of horses from the comfort of your home.

Hoolboom takes the music video for Madonna's "Justify My Love" and runs it alongside a transgressive letter to Madonna from her schoolmate, Jason.

Rice queens, muscle queens, bananas and other afflictions. GOM is a funny, funky, experimental take on what it is to be Asian and gay.

A confession on the pleasures of cruising straight men.

Reflections by Sikh women on identity, sexuality and lesbianism within Sikhism. This provocative and challenging film is groundbreaking in that it is the first time that voice has been given to Sikh lesbians.

"'Brownsnow' presents a fascinating combination of two artistic visions: Carl Brown's and Michael Snow's. The form of this expressionistic documentary on Michael Snow's artwork is a complete melding of Carl Brown's rich manipulation of the photographic image with the fundamental concepts of Michael Snow's aesthetic vision. Brown's strengths as a portrait photographer are also well-translated to the filmic medium as he situates key commentators on Snow's artwork (Dennis Reid, R. Bruce Elder, Jonas Mekas, Peggy Gale and Regina Cornwell) in various dramatic Canadian landscapes. Like an abstract expressionist painting in motion, Brown's brilliant work as a colourist deftly employs photographic chemistry to create textures and rhythms that vary across each scene and, in actuality, from frame to frame." (Susan Oxtoby)

Albania, 1994. Those who have left assert that those who remain are the ones who are afraid. Those who remain say, what do we have to fear? We have no time for tears.

A tour of eleven Virginia plantations: Mount Vernon, Monticello, Ash Lawn-Highland, Arlington House, Carter's Grove, Stratford Hall, Oatlands, Kenmore, Shirley, Berkeley, and Gunston Hall.