Cinematic Era: 1994 Vintage

Documentary on the traditional funeral of Hani people.

Danny Baker, self-styled professor of football, introduces the freak moments of football - not just bizarre own goals or goal-keeping gaffs - but freak happenings like teams throwing five goal leads, scoring four goals in as many minutes, scorelines of 13-1, staggering refereeing decisions, punch-ups and even supporters running on to the pitch to have a pop at goal. The curious, 'Twilight Zone' like happenings are captured here, and given comic commentary by Brer Baker.

In the 16 mm film to you (1994) a 12-year old girl searches and stretches on a white circular slab of Thassos marble in a field by a coastline. The girl’s focus is turned inwards and on her own movements. The slab was installed by Dolven in Sandnes, near Stavanger, in 1994. In 2018, the artist returned to Sandnes, where she found her sculpture covered in moss, almost unrecognisable. The pigment print of the stone is in the scale of 1:1 presented next to a video monitor with the film of the girl from 1994. The passing of time is perceivable through nature: the changes to the stone from 1994 to 2018 marks a temporal arc of 24 years.

Robert Buck writes: "Opening with an excerpt from Rainer Maria Rilke’s 'The Second Elegy' and set to Sade’s 'Kiss of Life,' the works manifestly romantic content is inseparable from the 8mm film on which it was shot. Again in my art, material precipitates meaning, and the semblant quality of the work and the idyll it captures can be felt." [Overview courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix]

Carmen Elly Wilkerson's debut short still packs a punch 30 years after its initial release. Natalie (Lenore Pemberton) works the desk at a Harlem hotel when Jerry (Will Roko) checks in with Sabine (Brittany Stark), a young girl who may or may not be Jerry's child.

A lamb, new to the barn, must navigate the difficulties of being different while the other lambs must learn how to respect and accept the outsider.

A day in the life of a clown and the nostalgia that invades him when he senses the end of the amusement park.

Tanya Weinberger short film.

The women of the Shum family – SoYee Shum and her two daughters, Mina and Mona – share in a frank and humorous discussion that reveals the impact of patriarchal expectations on their lives. To survive, the women have constructed a mythology about themselves. The gap between mythology and personal reality often proves to have amusing consequences.

Ochabamba is a holy island. According to the legend, it’s where the souls of deceased sailors settle.

Cui Jian and Zhang Yuan

A short documentary on Arnulf Rainer, famous for overpainting portraiture presenting the "face farce" concept.

An ABC television feature about the making of three major ride attractions for the Luxor Las Vegas hotel. They were opened in 1993 and created by Douglas Trumbull. Simultaneously a portrait about Trumbull’s career as a pioneering ride film developer.

A private film from the Nagoya era. Single-8 lens fetishism photographing Nozomi Horikawa.

Interview with Peter Nestler about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

Duka is now a mother with a two-year-old daughter and a six-month-old baby boy. Her life is dominated by caring for them and her husband, Sago. Although Sago and Duka seem to have an affectionate marriage, he beats her when provoked. Like every Hamar woman, she accepts this behavior for she believes it is a man's way of loving. The film witnesses Sago's cousin's ceremonial initation into manhood. At the ceremony Duka and the other women sing and dance themselves into a frenzy before being ritually whipped until their backs bleed. As they return home, Sago and Duka talk about their hopes for their children. Later, we see Sago and Duka's reaction to seeing television for the first time, as they watch the earlier film of their courting days.

A Parable in Black and White examines the nature and breadth of prejudice as seen through the eyes of two hobos, one black and the other white. What happens while they are out on a walk one day leads to an understanding that despite our differences, we are all human.

A short film about Bessie Coleman, the first African-American to obtain an international pilot license, two years before Amelia Earhart

The videomaker investigates the women in her family who have succumbed prematurely to external forces of racism and poverty. Using repetition and manipulation of western images of First Nations culture with an at first timid, then demanding voice-over, the video moves through sorrow and indignation with the processes of cultural genocide.

Short film depicting a gay man's crush on a straight man.

All the goals from the 1994 world cup

This powerful and important film is the first to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue. Somali filmmaker Soraya Mire knows firsthand about the traditional African practice of female genital mutilation. At thirteen she was subjected to it and spent the next twenty years recovering physically and emotionally from its cruel legacy. Fire Eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of this ancient custom which affects more than 80 million women worldwide.

The powerful become powerless as U. S. Senators, scientists, doctors, pharmaceuticals, CEO's, wives and children confront a chaotic epidemic of cancer. Politics, hopes, and realities.

A short film by Bärbel Neubauer.

Short film by Igor Levinsky and Pyotr Tochilin

When 16 year-old Kyle runs away from his demanding father, he sets off on a motorcycle adventure through the deserts and mountains of Arizona. During his odyssey, he meets and befriends a White Mountain Apache man who teaches him much about himself and the world around him.

Short film by Jeff Erbach

A 1994 independent film.

Chin-Song and Xiao-shah met and fell in love and entered into marriage. In the director's close-up shots, these happy couples each confided in their love and expectations for life. The furnishings inside the house are juxtaposed with the rooftop scenery outside, and the camera captures how the newcomers face the realities of economy and life.

This is a film made by Sweeney in 1994 about his return to Osijek to investigate his friend’s death, a follow-up to his 1992 article in The Observer, ‘Who Killed Paul Jenks?‘

A dyke, a faggot and a glamour pussy ride across Canada, tracking down and confronting well-known, socially respected homophobes in a cynical take on 'outing' and the road movie format.

Daily traffic jams on the South-East Express-Way, the most travelled road in Europe, reflection of a society dependent on cars. The jam makes many things visible for the first time; people showing their true faces in out-of-the ordinary situations.

"A montage of years of personal videography. My way of seeing was, and remains, more important than the object itself." (Michael Pilz)

By popular demand Showcase Productions is proud to bring you an all-new feature length concert performance starring one of America's finest keyboard artists Mr. Dennis Awe. All his dazzling technique and styling are dramatically viewed as Dennis was literally surrounded by cameras so every note, chord, run, and expression could be captured to give his audience the most personal, intimate concert experience possible. DYANNE AWE, Dennis's sister, is an accomplished concert artist. She has traveled worldwide performing organ concerts. DyAnne is recognized as one of our premier organ instructors and is known for her rhythmic styling.

A history of the Mowachaht people and how they revived their culture and rediscovered their pride.

One damp dull day David's mother is baking cakes. Everything is fine until a naughty witch comes to settle in their cherry tree. She just can't resist the smell of baking. A hilarious and mouth-watering story!

On September 15th, 1830, during the opening ceremony of the first major railway line in Britain, the member of parliament for Liverpool, William Huskisson, attempted to cross the tracks but was struck by the train and died of the injuries he sustained. "This is the end of me" sets out on a true documentary mission - to delve into this historical event - but gets continually sidetracked .... It's about history, technology, memory, chaos theory, Canada, eyesight, books, trains, speed, death, and Saskatchewan. The film is visually as eclectic as its narration, including documentation (photos, paintings, diagrams, maps); footage of trains, tracks, classrooms and libraries; and stop-motion animation.

Explores the search and discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. It examines the archaeological dig that resulted in unearthing the remains of some 400 African men, women and children. Part Two, a History, presents the never-before-told-story of the history of Africans and African Americans in New York City from 1613 until July 4th, 1827.

Using emergency information cards surreptitiously lifted from the backs of airline seats, I'll Walk with God pictorially charts an airline flight attendant's stoic transcendence through and beyond worldly adversity. Through an elaborate system of posturing and nuance that evokes an almost ritualistic synergy, the female protagonist(s) are shuttled toward a higher spiritual plane, carried aloft on the shimmering wings of Mario Lanza's soaring tremolo.

This film looks at our adult female-to-male cross-dressing tendencies.

Philip Jenkins is unwanted. He walks head down, sad, in suit, hat, and wire-rim glasses. In this nearly wordless animation, bad things happen to him. First an elevator malfunction leads to a trip to the hospital: he leaves with his arm in a sling. Another accident at work results in another hospital visit. The same indifferent stretcher bearers and the same indifferent nurse see to his care. Now, his leg is in a cast as well as his arm. He soldiers on, using a cane. When a traffic sign malfunctions, it's back to the hospital; he leaves with bandaged head, piloting a wheelchair. But his woes aren't over yet. After one more mishap, Philip Jenkins finally has something to say.

In the form of a playful conspiracy, ten pseudo-educational sequences deconstruct film techniques and medical teleology An unbridled recycling of archival films explodes the stereoypes of mass culture, contaminated by a shapeless and frenzied gangrene. The gap between the promise of science and human frailty.

A fleeting and accidental moment of happiness in the existence of two solitary souls.

One of Robertson’s most life-affirming films, shot entirely within one of her beloved community garden plots, using the asynchronous sound tracks that she often favored, this time with a “score” of baby sounds.

Magical enhanced 3D illusions never before seen on video! Set to captivating music recorded on Dolby surround.

“Inexorable motion as 'seen’ through TV, from the gulf between everyday broadcasts, and everyday, every day. Swelling panic.” (PH)

'The films I make are about my life and the people around me. I want to awaken the fearless self. A Skinny Man Attacked Daddy takes a look at the family and the place where I grew up. So much of what is 'me' comes from attitudes, expectations, fears, habits, beliefs that I inherited from my parents (and they in turn from theirs). The video is about separation form the family. My work is to try to know myself - the only way to change inherited patterns.' - Vivienne Dick

The police begin an investigation into the death of a cafe owner who was working as a nude model for two artists, Jae-hoon and Woo-il.