Cinematic Era: 1998 Vintage

Recorded live at Baker Hamilton Square, San Francisco, CA, Saturday, March 21st, 1998.

Acclaimed guitarist Ottmar Liebert and his band, Luna Negra, perform their unique flamenco-tinged jazz artistry live at Calgary's Centre for Performing Arts. Ottmar Liebert And Luna Negra Live Wide Eyed + Dreaming movie Most of the tracks performed come from Liebert's 1996 Grammy Award nominated album, OPIUM, but some older hits like "Snakecharmer" and "Barcelona Nights" are also included. Ottmar Liebert And Luna Negra Live Wide Eyed + Dreaming video In addition, there is some candid documentary footage of Liebert's life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he gathers much of his musical inspiration.

A short film documenting the actual life of an explosive underground Japanese singer and songwriter who is seduced by dreams of fame in America.

This series exploring sects reveals how such organisations function like miniature dictatorships and rely on the classic techniques of propaganda and repression. This edition focuses on the recruitment techniques used by gurus to woo 'innocents' to their groups.

Where's the money Ronnie? A gang of criminals steal from the rich to give to the poor on the mean streets of Nottingham.... Small Time follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.

Experimental short dealing with the subject of F to M Transexuals.

The urban landscape as a series of prescriptive signs and codes.

Disco star Lando Calrissian has a few secrets: he and Admiral Ackbar are having a "relationship", and while he pretends to be straight he has quite an attraction for men. However, soon his disco spot is under threat from the legendary Japanese monster Godzilla. Lobot sends an urgent distress call, and soon Lando and the Rebel Alliance in their Y-Wings has assembled to battle the giant mutant. Lando is in charge along with Obi Wan Kenobi. When the ships' weapons seem useless against Gojira, Lando gets a bright idea and straps dynamite to Yoda, kicking him into the monster's mouth, but when he detonates it all he gets is a flaming burp from Godzilla.

Fourth of 6 animated shorts made for Nickelodeon.

First of 6 animated shorts made for Nickelodeon.

An Animated CGI Short Film by Dale Dobson.

Based on the play of the same name by the Belgian director Alain Platel on Les Ballets C. de la B.

In essence, this film is an analysis of the spiraling consciousness of a dying man. His delirious memories of events past, and possibly future, are spun into a cascade of abstract and twisted glimpses. The haunting imagery and disturbing sound is matched only by its fearless brand of unremitting narrative. Hold your breath for four and a half minutes. For the director this film was a cathartic exercise, influenced by both the death of his father, and a Salvador Dali painting of the same name.

June 1904: What had started out as a cheerful event, the annual outing of the Lutheran Church in East Village, ended in a terrible disaster. Nearly 1100 people, mainly women and children perished when the excursion boat General Slocum went on fire and sank – within sight of thousands of New Yorkers who watched helplessly on the shores of the East River. It became clear quite soon that not a single fire drill had been carried out since the ship had entered services. This was only to be the tip of the iceberg: With inter­views, photos, archival footage and visits to the actual locations we will recount the event in which an entire Manhattan neigh­bourhood was wiped out and shine light on the political scandal which rocked New York in the wake of the „Slocum Disaster“ – eight years before the Titanic sank.

It was a French prelate who commissioned the decoration of the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of Saint Louis of the French in Rome, dedicated to his patron saint, Matthew. But he died long before he could know that the result would be three paintings, executed with astonishing speed around 1600 by a young Lombard painter known as Caravaggio, who was thereby creating his first religious cycle. The faithful enter between two large canvases facing one another: The Calling and The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew. On the high altar is a third, smaller work: Saint Matthew and the Angel. Three episodes intended to edify the Catholic conscience of the French pilgrim and to inspire emulation through the power of the image, in accordance with the principles of the Counter-Reformation during this era of religious wars.

A square format market by the rhythms of its many obliques (the frame of the glass window, the guardrail in the foreground) and its brilliant colours (ultramarine, emerald, orange, pink and the bright yellow of the mimosa), L'Atelier is one of Bonnard's last great paintings. It is also one of his masterpieces, magnificient and enigmatic, meriting in itself a detailed analysis.

A screenwriter is going through a romantic crisis.

A short experimental documentary about Aldin Petrić, who was dismissed from the Croatian army in 1998 after telling an officer that he was gay.

One of the two documentaries portray theater director Einar Schleef in Vienna and New York, alternating between observations of his work and interview segments in which Schleef reflects on theater and culture in general. Other individuals also have their say, notably Elfriede Jelinek.

A love story about Victoria Anus, who is in mourning over the loss of her lover Wayne.

A one take impromptu film without dialogue made in Tokyo. The camera circles a sushi bar.

On the storm-lashed rocky coast of Moogeland, farmer Harry lives in deep harmony with nature. His peaceful existence comes to an abrupt end when Harry witnesses a poisoning incident that the military is trying to cover up at all costs. The farmer sees red...

What Is Up My Fruend is a Comey play.

The main character, Laura, has a sexual dysfunction, and this is not helping her in the romance stakes. Neither a counsellor nor the lesbian recruitment centre can provide answers. Only when Laura meets the right woman do things start looking up.

Accompanied by the music of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," the film unfolds the delusions of a disabled middle-aged gentleman, a world of mysterious love between gay boys.

Generally, the family is the first and smallest social group with which each individual comes into contact. The small moments of family life are often unforgettable…

Childish gratitude for a piece of advice.

When the media 'discover' them, two insect hunting buddies pose as eco-conscious experts of Taiwan's exotic species although they have never had a steady job or any formal training in their entire life. Under the operative quise of 'Nature Outback Workshop,' they devise original strategies to reap fame and fortune from their newfound celebrity. Crafty Swindlers or gallant pioneers, the boys have a jolly good time on an adventure that eventually changes their lives.

7 short films by 7 directors that revolve around the most beautiful thing in the world, the butterflies in your stomach, the clammy hands on the first date, all the unexpected things that can happen when you go on a blind date.

A young sales woman makes an unauthorized delivery to a shut-in, Elizabeth Bathory, a vampire.

A young sales woman makes an unauthorized delivery to a shut-in, Elizabeth Bathory, a vampire.

A posh suicidal girl who wants to jump off a cliff, and a ghetto boy who is trying to talk her out of it.

A short documentary film exploring the life and legacy of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transgender woman and museum curator, focusing on her time in Sweden.

Maria suspects that her husband is being unfaithful. "And have you thought about AIDS?," her friends warns her. The development of the story is juxtaposed by documentary elements filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, and the United States. MORIR POR AMOR: LATINAS AND AIDS is a story of hope in the middle of the threat by the increase of AIDS among women. It doesn't present women as victims, but as a active agents in the transformation of their lives.

An adolescent frog takes an inadvertent trip to the garbage dump, where he finds frogs singing unfamiliar tunes. After a few misses, he picks up a banjo and finds his voice in his new neighborhood.

Documentary film on the American Boychoir of Princeton, New Jersey

An early Zapatista film of the Chiapas Media Project.

The camera strolls "between tents and trailers, among all these humble people, as simple as their preoccupations. Old and young who all have dreamt, at some point in their lives, of leaving for some unreachable place with palm-trees. They were all born in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and have been coming to Bray-Dunes since they were little. People here play bowls, bet on horses or talk about work. Unemployment is lurking. Misery is there. And nostalgia too ". (G DUPUY, "L' Express" N° 2452)

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Slim's San Francisco 1993

At Carma's hair salon in Rotterdam, ladies not only get a fresh new haircut, but they’re also closing business deals, drinking wine, and unwinding. Joyful documentary about a day in this magical place.

Acting as a 24-minute time capsule of Baguio’s art scene throughout the years 1988 to 1998, the short film presents short snippets of artists’ daily lives through market runs and group gatherings.

The impunity for the crimes committed in Argentina during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983) motivated the direct victims of the repression and various human rights movements and legal experts to file a popular accusation against the military officers who directed and carried out the brutal repression: 30,000 disappeared, children kidnapped from their parents, and millions stolen from the victims. The complaint filed before the Central Court of Instruction No. 5 of Madrid by the Progressive Union of Prosecutors found support in Judge Baltasar Garzón, who opened Case 19/97 Against Genocide and State Terrorism in Argentina, 1976-1983.

A man wakes up in the shower thinking he's schizophrenic. When night comes, he knows.

Rabbit hunters share thoughts on their beagles.

PRE-EMANANCE, also called EMANANCE(1), is the first film in a series investigating the use of chemicals on analog film, in this case super8. Based upon images of sunlight reflected by water, the film features shifting layers of abstractions and semi-abstractions.

It's a movie from 1998.

It's a movie about young love.