Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

A sensual and erotic short drama about secrets and desires. By covertly watching the most intimate moments of each other's lives, two neighbours discover their mutual longing for each other.

Dawn Murphy owns a very special delicatessen, one which serves choice cuts of human meat. Four women come to her deli and one by one Dawn knocks them out with chloroform, strips them, and puts them onto her giant barbecue.

Krishna is a loving father who dotes on his daughter, Anju. Things take an ugly turn when Anju decides to get him remarried, thereby bringing him face to face with his ex-wife.

Pierre Huyghe's work questions how diverse languages can apply to the same reality. In his short film Blanche-Neige Lucie (Snow White Lucie), Huyghe tells the story of Lucie Dolene who sang in the French version of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The film shows an aged Lucie humming the famous song while an interview with her runs as subtitles to the images. This mirroring of dubbing and translation serves as the vehicle for Huyghe's questioning of multiple identities and the ideal of translating a meaning to create a universal image.

An unrepenitent Don Juan, an introverted buddy, their girlfriends, and the women they have their eyes on—all mix in the nightlife of Montevideo.

Pearl Randall, a 66-year-old widow, announces that she is planning to remarry, but her three grown children express conflicting emotions. Daughter Terri captures on tape the family's attempts to come to grips with Pearl's new romance.

A European official seeking to leave the Congo with his mistress in 1960 is stopped at a checkpoint.

Made up of meetings with some of the actors of the gay community of Paris, this documentary evokes the development of the community phenomenon and its economic importance in districts handed over to traders and companies competing for the market. By comparing different points of view, this film produced in June 1997 during Europride offers a reflection on the identity of a community caught up in its own contradictions, divided between the desire to assert its difference and the desire to blend in with the company.

Feast, Pilgrimage or Souk, the Moussem is the most popular and the most regular Moroccan event. The one of Moulay Abdallah is the most renowned for its Fantasia. It gathers every year around one thousand horses and their magnificent horsemen. Through successive waves the troops unfurl up to the official platforms, shooting all together the honour "baroud". Toufik Naomi, 22 years old, one of the more impassionate and gifted riders, will win once again that coveted victory.

A documentary about the 23-year-old Turkish woman "Berlin", who lives in the German capital with her parents. Her parents, devout Turkish Arab Alawites, think that her daughter should get married. Despite many attempts of rebellion Berlin can lead not an independent, self-determined life. She would much rather be a stewardess, than to be search by her family a man. Her only hope is to attain through marriage a little more freedom.

The Real Ellen Story is an in-depth documentary detailing the story behind the historic “coming-out” episode of Ellen. The program takes a unique behind-the-scenes approach in encapsulating the time-line detailing the conception of the episode, the rumours, the controversy and Ellen DeGeneres’ own declaration in Time magazine.

Angelo arrives in New York along with his friend Jimbo, convinced that he will find work. Not wanting to return to Italy after being rejected, they decide to drive to California.

Impressions of a journey on the Transrapid maglev train.

Each one of us is like a comet - a piece of something big and beautiful, like a ball in motion! But in the life of a comet there are two great dares - the dare to separate from the rest of the mass and the dare to venture into the unknown. It is only through movement and ignorance that the comet is free.

a 30-minute short film about a desperate World War II P-47 fighter pilot

A butcher tries to trade his aunt's longaniza sausage recipe to a businessman, asking for his daughter in return.

A young Argentinean janitor, a famous German director, a song by Carlos Gardel, the streets of Berlin and a never-ending film on an old Steenbeck.

A short film co-created by Eric Rohmer.

The wolf wants to eat a rabbit for lunch, but...

Some of Frank Sinatra's final film ventures in the changing world of Hollywood and America. Although he lost his parents during this time, his children made him proud by following his footsteps in their careers. Sinatra attempted to retire for a while, but the old itch came back and he returned with the record Ol' Blue Eyes is Back.

One of Hu Jie's 'Farmers Working in the City' films. The city is developing rapidly, with tall buildings and highways. Behind this bustling city, there is such a group of people. They come from the countryside. Maybe they are not dressed well, or they have only finished elementary school, but they work hard with their own work. The piece of prosperity pays its youth and sweat. (Shot between 1997 and 1998.)

Swirly Thing Alert is a special put together by KCTS following Robert Llewellyn and Craig Charles around in their visit to Seattle in 1997. It includes telethon, interview and convention footage.

Julie Lerrère, a young teacher in a difficult school, tries to help troubled teenagers, but makes a mistake. Excluded, a student falls under her spell.

A Donatello Award nominated short drama that illustrates a man's addiction to reading - and of the steps taken by some in society to limit this "habit".

American drama

Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.

This adaptation of the classic 18th century novel depicts the carefree life of a noble society that has lost its historical relevance and perspective. The young nobleman de Meilcour narrates his entry into social life and the uncertainties he experiences. He searches for pure love, but does not find it in a corrupt world. He encounters vice, coldness, cynicism and pretense.

Dramatised retelling of the Ballyseedy massacre of 1923, during the Irish Civil War, when nine IRA prisoners died after they were bound together and forced to walk into a mine field.

The premiere of Disneyland's Light Magic (the controversial successor to the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade) was heralded by a two-hour television special hosted by Alex Trebek and Tawny Little, produced by Los Angeles-area station UPN 13, and aired the evening of May 23, 1997. - YouTube user WML95

Two sisters try to manage life alone after their mother's accident.

Teacher Azian determined to improve his image College which he inherited from his late uncle, especially when he is challenged by Grill Master. College underwent many changes that are not really supported by teachers and students. With determination and encouragement Teacher Shukri, volleyball team succeeded in bringing back the glory to the teacher Azian kolej.Saksikan whether successful or not make changes to his college ..?

Discovery Channel documentary about snakes.

Director Torgny Anderberg goes back to visit the island of Raroia in French Polynesia, where thirty years earlier he made a film.

The landowner Klapproth would love to have his nephew Alfred, whom he promises to support financially to set up a business, show him the inside of an insane asylum and experience real lunatics. Alfred's friend Ernst Kissling recommends that he show his uncle the Pension Schöller, whose guests are rather eccentric. Landowner Klapproth, who really does think the guests are lunatics, has a great time. However, the situation escalates when Klapproth returns to his estate and is visited by these supposed lunatics.

Pedda Annayya is a 1997 Telugu film directed by Sharath. The film stars Balakrishna, Roja Selvamani, Indraja and Kota Srinivasan Rao in lead roles.

Unreleased film based on the book Ostrvo Balkan by Vidosav Stevanovic about the Bosnian War and the ethnic nationalism which led to it.

A poetic meditation on the death of three Iranian refugees who committed suicide in Ottawa in the late 1990's. Nasoot is an Islamic mythological term for the world of corporeal existence. Evoking the power of memory and history, this film is about dispossession, exile and alienation caused by war and displacement.

One lesbian's meditation on desire, fisting, and safe sex.

Based on a true story this emotionally wrenching character study focuses upon a desperate young wife who feigns an entire pregnancy in hopes of convincing her dissatisfied husband to remain with her. Magali's problem comes from the fact that she is so bland and unassuming as to be nearly invisible. Her passivity and inability to form her own opinions grates on her husband Alain, a go-getter radio journalist, and he plans to take a year long assignment in Canada to get away from her. While preparing to leave, his boss, who has been inadvertently led to believe that Magli is pregnant, shows up and tells Alain. The husband's first response is to demand an abortion, but on second thought he decides he would like to become a father after all. Magli, fearing that he will leave, then devises her elaborate ruse.

Karl Marx didn't write the of Das Kapital. Books II and III were written and published by Friedrich Engels between 1885 and 1894. This film uses a comic approach to show the moment when Marx tells Engels that he has decided to stop writting Das Kapital.

These are initiation tales of A. Jodorowsky, tales and legends adapted from ancestral traditions, from all continents, and drawing their source from the heart of Jewish, African and Oriental traditions. Imagine real characters shot in Chinese shadow, encrusted in drawn sets. Add a 2D animation, bewitching music, and the unique voice of Alejandro. The result will be a mixture, where distant legends mix with mystery, poetry, and magic.

This film, made in one afternoon, is an "inspired promenade," the discovery of an exhibition with improvised text and commentary. Five shot sequences of ten minutes apiece, following the chronological order of the history of cinema as conceived by Henri Langlois thirty years ago. Two weeks later, the Musée was devastated by a fire at Palais de Chaillot. It is thus the final testament, full of emotion and passion, of the last masterwork of Henri Langlois.

Tong, a girl from the countryside Traveling from hometown, heading into a luxury city with strong intentions to work in the modeling industry She thinks Bangkok is a modern, comfortable city, but its people are full of competition, competition and deception. But she has 2 senior models who help support her not to give up hope in life.

The current struggles and future dreams of working children in Bangladesh

Explores and questions non-Native perceptions of Indians by asking pointedly: “What were you expecting, anyway? Sitting Bull? Chief Joseph… saying ‘the earth and I are one?’”

Amélie, a 20-year-old girl, loses both her job as a waitress and her home. Without money, she tries to survive on the streets.

Director: Neal ‘Buboy’ Tan Writer: Neal ‘Buboy’ Tan Stars: Camille Roxas, Ramona Revilla, Elizabeth Oropesa, Amy Austria, Emilio Garcia, Daniel Fernando, Jinky Oda, Adonis Laxamana, Jun Encarnacion, Purita Cabauatan, Vic Felipe, Katrina Paula, Rannie Lacson, Arvin Roque, Jerome Salvador, Rommel Fernando, Joey Galvez, Inday Jutay

A group of people are celebrating, sitting around the table. The celebration cake is served but unevenly divided among them...

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