Cinematic Era: 1998 Vintage

Turn balloons into sculpture in no time at all with this video!

Established in 1987, the Balanchine Trust is a company made up of the choreographer's dedicated former dancers who recollect the unique touch of their late mentor, while presenting fresh new ideas put forth by the young bodies and minds of a new generation of dancers. Together they insure that the Balanchine flame will be kept alive well into the 21st century.

A light hearted look at the history of 'Yoof TV', its personalities and impact on modern broadcasting. Plus, media pundits offer their insights.

Christian youth-ministry recruitment propaganda from a now-defunct organization called Waymore.

On March 1993, the Daguan Village in Jilin Province started to re-elect the members for the Village Committee. It was the first time for them to use the write-in election process.

MASSIVE ATTACK LIVE AT THE AB ANCIENNE BELGIQUE BRUSSELS NOV 27 1998 Setlist: Angel, Risingson, Daydreaming, Teardrop, Karmacoma, Hymn Of The Big Wheel, Euro Zero Zero, Spying Glass, Reflection, One Love, Safe From Harm, Heat Miser, Unfinished Sympathy, Group Four

Living in a dangerous neighborhood and with serious economic problems an ex-military convinces his neighbors to steal an illegal shipment from a nearby house which is the ce ter of operations of s drug dealer organization, but soon after the robbery something incredible happens, one by one they are gone... Dying murdered!!!! NY someone that does not necessarily belong to the opposite gang.

Preview of Disney's 1998 One Saturday Morning lineup.

A friendly couple from Porto Alegre. They enjoy traveling, old records, and gastronomy. They invent games... strange games.

Duncan and Scheimberg with no money, no time, no script, and with one barely working camera, have tried to create a poetic look at loneliness in America. And by poetic I mean desperate, sad, cruel, and funny and by loneliness, I mean total self-absorption and rampant solipsism, and by America, I mean, everywhere. People will, more than likely, not relate to this film. They will feel infinitely superior to the trashy losers, mama’s boys, and genuinely evil mind-fuckers that populate this film. So… that’s something. It’s a start… Right?

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

Super8, color, 1998

"Bibi Calderaro invented the fishing machine. She designed a series of reins that support a Super 8 film camera, put it as a hook in a fishing rod and threw it to the Hudson River in the middle of Manhattan. [...] What is most curious is not the proceedings but the circumstances. Such a strange idea: to try finding an image in the center of a city that is an arsenal of images; to practice a displacement of thousands of miles - Buenos Aires/New York - just to end up looking for a maternal uterus in which to find shelter; to use an instrument of such extreme precision such as a camera and subject it to the chances of destiny." Ana Tiscornia

Documentary about the Amsterdam punk scene in the 1980's. As a boy of thirteen, the filmmaker Alfred B. Broer (1966) threw off the yoke of his strict Protestant family and turned into a punk rocker. At that time - in the later seventies - the Amsterdam rock temple Paradiso was the venue where he met with other youths from very different backgrounds. The Punk scene rebelled against everything that had been established in clothing and behaviour, with a bent towards self-destruction and music as binding elements. From 1980 onwards, the Amsterdam photographer Max Natkiel photographed the young visitors to Paradiso and recorded this in Paradiso Stills. This album motivated Broer's search for his former friends. Interviews, old video footage and the photos from the album form the quest for the short and sharp friendships of the past. What did Punk have to offer them? And what happened to the friends?

Every autumn, shepherds from Transylvania set off with their flocks in search of green grass. This Sheep Road is to some extent like the famous historic Silk Road and the Salt Road.

A film about the Swedes who try to help individual refugees.

Experience the drama and spectacle of the mega military reenactment of the 20th Century. Twenty thousand living historians from across the United States and around the world converged on the Nancy Bushey Farm near Gettysburg, to commemorate the bravery, honor and sacrifice of our ancestors. With the introduction by Patrick Falci (Historical Advisor to Director Ron Maxwell, and Author Jeff Shaara), this video documents the planning, production and execution of the reenactment. Included are the key phases of the Battle of Gettysburg—the armies “First Contact” on July 1, 1863; the struggle in the Rose Woods; through “The Wheatfield”, into the “Valley of Death”, up “Little Round Top” and “Culp’s Hill” during the second day, and an epic, full-scale recreation of “Picket’s Charge”. The action is described by the reenactment commanders and coordinators, featuring their insight into the battle.

Tiger Bram, the king of the jungle, is looking to get even with the little mouse-deer, having been tricked one too many times by her.

an CGI Animated Short about Musical instruments

War, assassinations, riots at home and abroad, and a presidential election all consolidated into one year to change society.

Animated short film presented at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1998 by students from GOBELINS.

A season review of Newcastle United 1997 - 1998.

A mysterious young woman is obsessed with Armenia and the archeology of the mental layers that represent identity. She documents her obsession through interviews with various individuals about their encounters with the protagonist, blurring the lines between truth and fiction.

Short film by Ali Ghazoly

01. Julieta Venegas - Limón y Sal 02. Andrea Bocelli - Vivo Per Lei 03. Celine Dion - Alone 04. Seal - Stand By Me 05. Phil Collins - Papa Was A Rolling Stone 06. Babyface & Kevon Edmonds - I Swear 07. Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - Something Stupid 08. Adele - Rolling In The Deep 09. The Pogues - Fiesta 10. The Pretenders - Boots Of Chinese Plastic 11. Toto - Africa 12. Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane 13. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 14. Pink - Who Knew 15. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 16. Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails 17. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 18. Madonna - Miles Away 19. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be/Rock That Body 20. Rooney - I Can't Get Enough 21. Rusty Truck - Cold Ground 22. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game 23. Diane Birch - Valentino 24. Talking Heads - There Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) 25. Verdi IL Trovatore - Gypsy Chorus 26. Edvard Grieg - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra 27. Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

Not so long ago a childless couple lived beside the sea. Their monotonous life changes when, one day, a chest is washed up on the shore...

The nun Celeste Khayate returned back to Upper Egypt -El Menya city, where she established a choral group 10 years before .Now the talented children and youth struggle and face terrorism with beautiful songs.

Not so long ago a childless couple lived beside the sea. Their monotonous life changes when, one day, a chest is washed up on the shore...

The nun Celeste Khayate returned back to Upper Egypt -El Menya city, where she established a choral group 10 years before .Now the talented children and youth struggle and face terrorism with beautiful songs.

"I capture little chosen moments. I snatch them from the subject and the subject is me. I speak in an off-hand manner. I catch floating moments on a nice body of water. My work has something specific about it : it suits me. I can sing, waddle about, and say things. A woman sitting any place is already something. It's usually elegant if you don't mind crossing your legs. Mine are crossed."

Documentary on the Toho strike of 1948

A small UFO flies through the streets of Amsterdam one evening. No one seems to notice. In the spaceship are two aliens enjoying the view. They disappear again just as suddenly as they came. Short experimental animation film is a homage to film-maker Ed Wood.

A man struggles to choose between art and life.

Past associations are triggered in a reverie of trepidation and longing, as a woman, alone in a room, listens to another woman's voice on a tape recording. Reflecting back on itself, the film reinvokes its former fragments in a panic of sexual identity. (AFW program notes)

16mm short by Masaru Noto.

Part one of the nine-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

In Togo among Kabye people, trials by fire ordeal happen among truth masters in order to settle witchcraft cases which cannot be judged by usual men. This film shows two cases.

Lisa is having terrible nightmares which depict real murders as they are happening. She involves her new police detective boyfriend, Kent, but soon she suspects that he may be more involved than she previously thought.

The Jawi are an ethnic minority group living in the southeastern provinces of Thailand. Descending from the famous Patani sultanate which was annexed by Siam in the twentieth century, this rural people of Islamic faith carry on the traditional Malaysian culture. What makes them particular is the importance they give to a local variety of zebra dove (Geopelia striata), called the Burông Tité. The Jawi prize the quality and beauty of its singing so much that their admiration for it reaches almost a cult status. They raise and train the doves for song contests. The winning birds bring their owners not only social prestige, but sometimes quite a substantial fortune, as their value can mount up to tens of thousands of euros. The film unveils the secrets of raising and preparing the doves for the singing contests. And through this, we discover the life and culture of this Malay minority.

The Ugliest Show on Earth report (USoE) and video chart the findings of an 18-month study and investigation into the use of animals in circuses - the most comprehensive study of animals in circuses ever undertaken.

You are looking at a rare NBA Video VHS production, “Shaq ‘Round The World”. This is a fun video from 1998 that showcases the truly global impact of the larger-than-life Shaquille O’Neal. Released during the period of his Lakers’ ascension to the top of the NBA alongside Kobe Bryant.

Experimental short by Ichiro Sueoka.

Music by Iasos & Emerald Web

The documentary follows the two brothers in their daily lives, in their relationship with the other children in the institution and their teachers. The film has the form of a short story. The dramaturgical structure of this story of “the minimum” is inspired by the in-depth observation of everyday events and their orchestration into an “other reality” through editing.