Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

The story of a Moscow academic family, rapidly "falling apart" after the death of its head. Yet, the family members strive to preserve their inner nobility and find a foundation in their new life.

A tale of memory loss and redemption in the era of zamindaari, as a lost son returns to his grieving family after 12 years.

Meet Lewellyn James Henneberry: fisherman, yodeller, home-spun philosopher and creator of a very strange museum full of gaping shark jaws, nautical paraphernalia, model ships, and glittering, embalmed fish that might be taxidermy and might be art. Lewie has lived all his life in the fishing village of Sambro, Nova Scotia. The unlikely patriarch of a multi-million-dollar fishing dynasty, he's a man who tackles it all--fair weather or foul--with compassion, pragmatism, infectious humour and a healthy sense of life's absurdities. One Man's Paradise mixes sea-going adventure, humour and great humanity to tell the story of this extraordinary 'ordinary' man who has spent most of his life hunting the largest fish in the sea. The North Atlantic Ocean is harsh and unforgiving--not most peoples' idea of paradise. But seen through Lewie's eyes, it becomes a magical place where we catch a glimpse of what makes life worth living ... not just for him, but for all of us.

Set in Geneva, Switzerland, husband and wife Pierre and Lola decide to go their separate ways. He becomes a hobo, mentally deteriorates and eventually gets arrested for drinking milk directly from a cow's udder. Left with bringing up their two children, she starts a one-woman kissing service and later gets a job as a dishwasher in a diner.

A trap awaiting the killer Yuki, who longs for the life of an ordinary woman.

This autobiographical video, in which the filmmaker reveals his homosexuality to his mother, explores the awkward situation of being ‘out' to friends but closeted to family. Prompted by the deaths of his father and best friend, Salvo returns to his native Venezuela to ‘come out' to his mother. In this intimate dialogue she discusses her preconceptions, fears and love, and he reveals childhood memories, adolescent thoughts and fears, and affirms his present loving relationship.

At the end of the busy year of 1997, we ended up filming a documentary produced by Jorge Timm. Jorjão's restaurant was very close to the Uruguay River, on Ilha Redonda, and there was a river flood, which rose about eleven meters above the normal level - two meters less than the record high of 1983 - and displaced many people. Claudio Baiestorf, Carli and I went there to record the damage, interview homeless people and invent delusions. We arrived at the place and realized that Jorge had greatly exaggerated, via telephone, the size of the flood damage. There were not even homeless people. Thanks to warnings from the civil defense, all residents had taken precautions. We opened a whiskey and started filming anyway.

Pascal struggles to make a living and reconcile with his family.

Finding Love on the Slopes

Mashed potatoes, new moms, and a man off CraigsList? Conversation around the Thanksgiving table is never easy, especially when you're Eva, a young biracial and bisexual woman with one mission: P. off dad.

Featuring Miyagawa Fumiko.

Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this inventive film that uses the verse of Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler and Nazi poet Gottfried Benn to dramatize the passionate, real-life affair between the two unlikely lovers. Forced out of Germany, Lasker-Schüler makes her way to Jerusalem even as Benn discovers the true nature of the Nazi ideology he had once championed. Lena Stolze and Cornelius Obonya star.

When the turmoil of contemporary Russia was settling in the 90th and everyone's existence was starting to resemble some kind of normality, we were wondering what life was like for the generations of Russians who grew up in the midst of oppression,... suffering through wars and revolutions and who during the culmination of their lives, experienced a new world of freedom and democracy and... turmoil. What was it like to go to School in Moscow in the beginning of the thirties? What happened to the students once they graduated and faced the realities of life and how did they... normal, down-to-earth people... weather the storms of their existence?

Italian thriller. After the death of his brother, Alex, a former martial arts champion, finds himself facing a very difficult period, between addiction to heroin, lack of affection and then again involvement in unclean activities

Estrelicia MTV Unplugged is the live album that records most of the recital performed by the Argentine musician Luis Alberto Spinetta for the MTV Unplugged program, broadcast in October and November 1997

A film about the artist Marlene Dumas: - There's no right way to portray or to understand someone. It's just an acknowledgment , not a denial of reality. Here are my paintings.

Rob is watching a tape on serial killer Ray Hineman who describes his need to kill and the gift God gave him; which is both freedom and a triangle tattoo. When Rob's mom walks in and gives him every reason to kill her, the act escalates his blood thirst and sends him through a spiral of madness and murder. But, what is this triangle God gives? Why does his neighbourhood only exist in the darkness? And why are all his neighbours just as insane as he is?

An instructional video teaching seniors how to use a computer and navigate the Internet.

A computer-animated homecoming for kids of all ages!

A city, a detective and a game where life is the stake. Paul Naschy plays Carlos Oliarte, a ruthless psychopath capable of risking his life playing Russian roulette for the pleasure of contemplating the fear of others, where the difference between living or dying is marked by a .38 revolver.

British guitarist Martin Taylor performs 12 jazz classics in this 1998 concert filmed live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh. Taylor has collaborated with such renowned musicians as Chet Atkins, Yehudi Menuhin and Bill Wyman. Songs include "Georgia," "I Got Rhythm," "Can't Take That Away from Me," "In a Mellow Tone," "Why Did I Choose You," "The Dolphin," "Sweet Lorraine," "Taking a Chance on Love" and more.

Animated film (a combination of drawings on paper and cut-out animation) in four episodes about a little girl who tries to cope with reality and manipulate it to her advantage. The film emphasises the impossibility of knowing others and of knowing what is real.

A lavish period costume picture that traces, from birth to death, the life of Ravjaa Khutagt, a 19th century Mongolian priest, "a living Buddha" who exerted a large influence over his country's literature, music, and drama.

Barney takes the kids on his imaginary adventure bus ride to go some places including the castle, the pizza place, the horse ranch, and even the circus. Before they leave, Baby Bop and BJ also join them.

The loneliness and emptiness of the protagonist are conveyed not heavily, but deeply. This is due to the fact that the film does not directly depict his emotional movements, but rather in a straightforward manner in relation to his surroundings. And this also resulted in the sympathy of the audience for the protagonist.

Jaswant lives a middle-class lifestyle with his sister, Laddhu, and widowed mom in a village in Punjab, India. He is friendly with Thanedar Kishanchand and is aware that both Laddhu and Kishanchand are attracted to each other. He discusses this alliance with Kishanchand, and with his approval, arranges their engagement and also prepares himself to propose marriage to his sweetheart, Shammu, who lives with two brothers, Dharmu and Teju, and Dharmu's wife. The village they live in has an annual Kabootar (pigeon) competition. Jaswant wins, but his competitor, Tarhu, is angered, provokes him by shooting his Kabootar dead and has his friend, a corrupt Thanedar, Succha Singh, arrest Jaswant, take him to the Police Station and beat him up severely. When Succha finally lets go of Jaswant, Tarhu and his dad, Jhaildhara, are unhappy.

The dramatic story of Esref, a journalist who is excluded from his profession and trying to prove himself again, and Sukran, a former film artist who lives with dogs on a deserted island due to loneliness.

This documentary looks at Asian queer youth coming out and facing the impact of AIDS.

An excruciatingly tender look at the frayed lives of the family and friends of Jesse Rahim Hall, a promising young hip hop artist from East Oakland, California killed in a drive-by shooting.

Fuchyako (Kumagai Fusako) eating/tasting a bacon in peculiar way.

A dude throws a party, unaware that a hungry alien has taken up residence in his garage.

This thoughtful documentary profiles Camp Lavender Hill, the first summer camp for children of lesbian, gay and bisexual parents. As we get to know the children in the film, they share how they feel similar and different from children raised in more traditional families.

“Illuminated leaves from the sub rosa oeuvre of Jerome Hiler. Although the title is tinged with irony, this film is in fact a gift and a work of gifted seeing made perceptible. Fragile and challenging in its seeming simplicity, GLADLY GIVEN unfolds and bristles with the delicacy of a Japanese Floating World painting while being gravitationally drawn into the containments and accidents of the everyday.” –Mark McElhatten

A mystic road movie and tells the story of il signore Peccato, an architect in the Middle Ages, and his long journey through the world of sin.

Ronaldo is Brazilian, from good families and has a problem. His left hand is nailed to his father's table. The reason: Ronaldo has been abusing cocaine which has led him to accumulate debt. Their executioners did not forgive the fact that they had to travel once more, and again in vain, to Ronaldo's parents' cottage where he has been hiding. After confronting some characters (all of them seem sinister in Ronaldo's distorted gaze), the Brazilian manages to solve his problems, as if from a dream.

Sketch comedy performed a trio of performers.

In this video, you will learn that being seduced into a cult is easy and the steps you need to take before it is to late.

A cynical young man and a romantic young womanencountered each other on a night bus journey. Eachspins a story around the other. It turns out that she isgoing to meet someone, she has never seen before. Heis apprehensive. She herself is not so sure.

This is a story of an odd couple, Labrador, a woman hater and Kisses, a stubborn stow away from Cebu, who is trying to escape her uncle who pushes her to marry a man she doesn't love. A love and hate relationship brew between the two until they found themselves facing the same odds... but this time, together.

Australian cultural attaché Sir Les Patterson visits his old haunts in Hong Kong before its administrative rule is returned from Britain to China.

Mexican feature film

Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky

Short film.

A rudimentary Inferno makes possibile the encounter between some dead men:Karl Kraus, Elvis Presley, William S. Burroughs and the two protagonists of the movie Un Mostro e ½. A mystical community where each has renounced the use of reason.

The engineer Eladio Dieste, the most innovative architect in Uruguay, is interviewed by the architect Mariano Arana. He talks about the ethical responsibility involved in creating, the idea that the things that surround us should be beautiful, and how important it is to use our intelligence and creativity to produce original responses and generate our own ways of thinking.

A collage of images and sounds reflecting the daily choreography of the New York City subway system.

Short documentary filmed at the 1995 Burning Man festival

A claymation about an unsuspecting man whose fondness for baby pork is tantalised when he passes a restaurant that specialises in pig dishes. He is charmed and impressed by the service and ambience of the restaurant as he places his order with the waiter. The gruesome truth of the restaurant is soon revealed to the man when his dish arrives.

An intense blending of horror genre, date movies, and dark themes of voyeurism, fantasy, brutality and hard core porn.