Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

A mature man recalls his youthful love and comes to the town where he once met a woman who was important to him. However, it is hard to turn back time.

A film about a boy who made himself a very necessary nanny from old, unnecessary things - Chucha. On New Year's Day, Chucha came to life.

Experimental film by Yosuke Okawado.

A short by Steve Street. The film was aqquired on VHS Tape by the BFI National Archive on the 7th of June 1998.

The love story of two young people living in the final days of the Byzantine Empire. The Ottoman Empire has set its sights on Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire, wanting to take precautions, asks for help from Western countries. The Pope makes the union of the Orthodox and Catholic churches a condition for the unity of the people. Some of the people oppose this situation and revolt. George, who escaped after being taken prisoner by the Ottomans, joins the uprising. George, who is Catholic, meets an Orthodox woman named Anna that day. He falls in love with Anna at first sight. George and Anna, who belong to two different denominations, will experience love during the days when the Ottoman Empire invades Byzantium.

"While walking through a toy store, the day before today, I overheard a crayon box with many things to say..."

A young woman wanders through her apartment, feeling dizzy.

Puffy AmiYumi's first live performance, which served as a promotional concert for their album 'amiyumi', along with bonus material showing their experiences as a band.

Go behind the scenes with one of London's most important musical institutions.

Jane Davidson had been plagued by obscene calls. Then one morning at the laundromat, mistakenly believing a flirtatious black man might be the caller, Jane runs to Howard Wilson. Little does she know this innocent looking salesman is also a serial killer. After gaining Jane's confidence, Howard forces her at gunpoint back to his rundown apartment.

Idol VHS tape Ryoko Hirosue released in 1997.

A man faces his approaching death. He takes a journey, his last perhaps, and ends up at the Pensão Globo in Lisbon, where he sets out on aimless excursions through the city. The film depicts a life in a state of transition. Sometimes it's like I'm already gone, become a ghost of myself.

Somewhere in a fairy-tale land lies a small, not very wealthy, but charming little kingdom. It is also the Czech kingdom - Velký Titěrákov, as it is called there. This little country is ruled by King Valentine and his wise wife. Or is it the other way around? Either way, they would both like to see their only son and heir to the throne, Prince Hubert, finally marry and take over the reign. But Hubert just can't seem to choose a wealthy princess, as his father would like. So, it seems to the royal parents that the future young queen is nowhere in sight. Neither of them suspects that Hubert has long since found his queen, the queen of his heart—the beautiful but poor Božidara from the farm. However, the two lovers keep their love a secret. They know that the king would never bless the marriage of a prince to a goat herder. Unless a miracle happened...

Daijiro Akagi, who has lived his life on sheer guts alone, and his younger brother Kojiro, whose cunning far exceeds that of the average person, are a pair of small-time thugs battling it out in Osaka. One day, the two find themselves saddled with a debt of nearly 10 million yen at an illegal mahjong parlour run by the Jishin-gumi. If they cannot repay it within a week, their lives will be in danger...

THE EDGE OF THE WORLD gives a unique insight into the work of Tim Winton, one of Australia’s finest authors. By 1998, when this film was made, Winton had already won the Miles Franklin Award twice (for Shallows, 1984 and Cloudstreet, 1992) and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Riders (1995). In THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, shot partly on the magnificent coast and hinterland of Australia’s north-west, Winton talks frankly about his work, his influences and what drives him.

Bindu befriends Rani, a wealthy woman who fights for the empowerment of women in the society, and plans on cheating her.

Megumi, who has past as a professional wrestler throws herself into the dark world of professional wrestling while chasing the disappearance of her best friend.

Ranjit is an educated and unemployed young man, desperately looking for a job. He is taught to use a gun by people who promise to show him a new way of life and lead him to a better future.

MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN is an experimental film in the form of a scientific documentary. A "remake" of the documentary film of the same name by Poudovkin (1926) on the work of Pavlov. Mechanics of the Brain presents 25 vignettes in 21 minutes, with an original soundtrack by John Zorn.

A young boy’s father goes off to war, leaving the family in the midst of the inevitable changes of regional and internal conflicts of 1940s Syria.

A romantic parable based on real events. He and She are lovers who want to unite their fate by marriage. But by the will of fate, the lovers get into an accident and find themselves on an island washed by the sea of Uncertainty.

A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be heard not far away.

An alcoholic and potbellied fifty-year old, Pierre Lamarche has lost everything: accused of rape by Brenda, the woman he loves, he finds himself in the street after a spell in prison. Obsessed by his ex-lover, he suspects her of sleeping with the neighbours and taking up prostitution. Confiding his misfortunes to the camera in the same way as he would submit himself to therapy, Pierre considers himself rather like the producer of a film on his life. A real ham actor, he gets into his stride and lavishes his tale with exaggerations and spicy details. For his part, Cumming directs his makeshift actors, sets the scene and provokes encounters as the master of ceremonies of what he himself describes as a lowbrow novel.

Nanako (Kanazawa Fumiko), who has fallen into loan hell and is overwhelmed with debt, runs into a new loan company. Nanako is overjoyed by the female president’s words that she will pay off all her debts if she meets one condition. was…

THUG IMMORTAL is an intimate look at Tupac's life told through never-before-seen footage and interviews with his close friends, revealing an artist who grew up a thug, but one who soon tired of that lifestyle and its trappings, revealing a Tupac far different from the one most of America knows.

Bilas rapes Manual's wife & murders Manual. His son Shakti is the eye witness to Manual's murder. After killing one of his father's murderers, he is sent to prison. After getting released from prison, Rajesh, a childhood friend of Shakti gives him shelter. Titli, one of Shakti's childhood friends falls in love with Shakti. Shakti also loves her. On the other side, Bilas cheats his brother Bijay Mukherjee for his property. Shakti finds out his father's main murderer, Bilas. Bilas traps Shakti in a false murder case & so Shakti has to go to prison again. But Bilas kidnaps Rimjhim in order to punish & capture Shakti. Rajesh with Titli attacks Bilas & his group to make Rimjhim free of Bilas' custody. Shakti escapes from prison & attacks Bilas & his group. During the fight after freeing Rimjhim from Bilas, Shakti & Titli meet death together.

In Morocco, the art and craft of beautification is essentially in the hands of a woman known in the north of the country as a "ziyanna" (beautician) and everywhere else as a "neggaffa." A central figure in the lives of Moroccan women, the "neggaffa" accompanies all beauty rituals. She is an accomplished artist, a creator of living, ephemeral tableaux. Hajja Khadifa, mistress of the "neggaffates" of Casablanca, and her aunt Fanida share some of their knowledge with us.

A tragic story of a mother who dedicates her only child for the sake of the freedom of the country during liberation war in 1971.

Young Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler reached the landmark of 100 goals for his club in 1996. He reached this total in less matches than Anfield hero Ian Rush, making fans believe that he will become their best ever striker. All his goals in that record-breaking run are featured on this video.

The devil grants people wishes using the "Wishing Stone", but they must follow the strict rules or very bad things will happen.

The documentary is about the life and future goals of prisoners in prison for children.

Col. Phillip J. Corso, a member of President Eisenhower's National Security Council and Head of the U.S. Army's Foreign Technology Division at the Pentagon speaks candidly of overseeing the recovery of alien spacecraft and the harvesting of technology from recovered crash debris of extraterrestrial origin. Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell reveals that the Roswell UFO crash of 1947 was a real event and discusses the 50 years of cover-up that followed. Command Sgt. Major (ret.) Robert O. Dean, former intelligence analyst, discusses a top secret study conducted by NATO in the 1960s entitled 'An Assessment', classified as 'Cosmic Top Secret'. William Perry, former Secretary of Defense under Presidents Reagan and Bush confirms the existence of Area 51.

A collection of goals, action, victories and interviews highlighting the amazing feat of Rangers winning nine Championships in a row between 1988 and 1997. Some of the stars on show include Terry Butcher, Allie McCoist, Gordon Durie, Paul Gascoigne, Richard Gough, Brian Laudrup, Ian Durant and Duncan Ferguson.

A disturbing figure silently roams the basement of an old abandoned building, looking for one of its suspicious occupants. But, suddenly, an alarm clock goes off and screams the astrological prophecies of the day. That morning, the course of events will be irremediably changed...

The parents of five sisters have been married for forty years; the daughters have gathered in the family beach house to make a video for them. The encounter is marked by many confrontations as well as cheerful moments. Reminiscent of the sweet children's poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschot's Marriage: 'He thought: I'll kill her and set light to the house...' It also turns out that father had once disappeared for eighteen months, a 'secret' that the daughters have different ideas about. Brittle, an intimate film version of a play written and performed by the same actresses, is about rivalry in a family, the right to silence, but also about the need for solidarity. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 1997 the Golden Calf for Best Actress was awarded to the five actresses together.

A silent, elegiac poem describing the pain and violence of war, made from footage shot at Sarajevo in 1995, Belgrade in 1996, and Zagreb in the 1980s, and incorporating archival footage from WWI. - MoMA

A lyric, poetic, and visionary trip through outer and inner space. Beautiful and profound, spiritual and sensual, speaks the language of the soul.

A documentary film

Anna, a beautiful biologist, is assaulted while working on an island in the outermost region of Stockholm's archipelago. Left alone, frightened, and vulnerable, Anna finds security in a man she meets the day after her attack. A lone, mute fisherman from a neighboring island, the man takes her in and comforts her. After finding someone she trusts and cares about, Anna's world falls apart when she discoveres who the man really is. Her hate takes over and the evil inside her finds sweet revenge.

Princess Kamala falls in love and marries Kanchan Kumar. However, when she gets pregnant with his child and people accuse her of an affair, she escapes to the forest to evade a death sentence

A SOV dramatization of the crimes of the Green River Killer, by the cult filmmaker Ari Roussimoff.

In this contemporary moralist drama, five young African-American men and one woman gather in an apartment after the funeral of a friend. Trying to escape from the afternoon's sombre mood, they talk, watch TV, listen to music, crack jokes, smoke marijuana, and try to avoid the social, political, and emotional issues behind the black-on-black crime devastating their community. However, these issues still present themselves, whether or not they are invited into the proceedings.

Behind the scenes documentary filmed during the making of the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson.

It's excitement all round when a wedding invitation arrives and the Pingu family make their way to the gathering. However things do not go quite as planned with an absentee groom, a new arrival and the havoc wreaked by a damaged gift.

Documentary about the American Basketball Association.

In a near-future deserted city without food or water, the few remaining inhabitants cling to memory, hope, and the anticipation of deliverance. Foteini, a lonely scientist, is drawn to an actor named Aias, who is visiting his sister in the hospital. Simultaneously, Foteini is treating an amnesiac patient, and her growing bond with him uncovers a mysterious and personal connection.

Victor is in the hospital and loves firetrucks and firemen over anything else. Someday he gets to meet real firemen.

The "Later with Jools Special" in full length, a celebration of The Beautiful South with tracks from all their records.

While referencing the explorer Christopher Columbus, the film is actually a gift for filmmaker Stephanie Barber's friend, the performance artist Theresa Columbus. The short imagistic film is suggesting (or questioning) ever so gently the effects (both positive and negative) that exploring has on that which is being explored. Our most well known Columbus, now so often vilified, here stands in for a more psychological and artistic exploration and the fall out that can occur from that sort of expansionism as well. Like many of Barber's films, the piece itself works almost separately from the implications and sidelong glances of the title and the way it interacts with the (almost passive) images and (often quite dominant) soundtrack.

This loose sequel to the fairy tale Cyprián and the Headless Great-Great-Grandfather takes us back to the castle of Sir Cyprián of Višně, which used to be full of ghosts. Although they have been freed, they still do not leave their human friends... They live happily in the castle with Cyprián and his charming wife Veronika. There is also their mischievous son Vojtík, who spends his days playing with the ghost Cecilka and even leaves the human world for his friend. Will he return? Will he manage to protect the abandoned castle from thieves?

It's evening, and she is standing happily at a work table in her kitchen, perhaps making a cake, while the radio finishes a song for young lovers. Then, the 7 o'clock news begins with a report on an arrest in Israel. As she proceeds through a couple of kitchen accidents - dropping a bowl, pulling a smoking pan from the oven, and waving the smoke out the window of her fourth-floor flat - she realizes that the newscaster is informing listeners of her cooking disasters.

A series of theater performances in the basement.

Elegantly and carefully, Léon trains his sights both on Chekhov’s famous play written in 1896 and on its earlier, lesser known version entitled "The Wood Demon" (1889), combining the two.