Cinematic Era: 1999 Vintage

The twin-screen battle for survival of Dublin's inner-city Smithfield Horse Market.

An exploration of Achromatopsia.

in.side.out is a very personal piece. On the surface it's about the changes taking place, over a two-year period, in an empty lot and a decrepit old building next to my house. Deeper down it's about the walls and windows between my interior and exterior selves, and how the fragile constructs of identity are etched, eroded, re-shaped and transformed by outside forces.

The trials and tribulations of truly independent filmmaking and the quest for the perfect shot.

Taiwan Video Club (1999) introduces an underground world of television piracy in Taiwan. The protagonists record and trade videotapes of their favourite ‘epics’, broadcast daily on television. Focusing on their fanaticism and the materiality of the recording process, this video draws a connection between electronic and cultural forms of translation.

Color test for animation by Bob Sabiston

A document of Sweden in transition via a thought-provoking journey along Vindelälven.

A landscape film concerning location (Montréal, St. John's, Regina, and Vancouver), narration, history, and the personal role of the director in the formation of audiovisual art.

"Ad Vice consists of a succession of colored projection surfaces with segments of text from the worlds of advertising, sport and popular culture." - Anita De Groot

Trails Street Flatland Vert Riding

Renowned clairvoyant and International Society for Paranormal Research founder Dr. Larry Montz turns his attention to some of Britain's most intriguing haunted houses, including Belgrave Hall and the famed late 1990s sightings there. Featuring a mix of scientific research and psychic probing from eminent researchers such as Peter James, this fascinating documentary attempts to get to the bottom of these ghostly phenomena once and for all.

Joseph Haydn's "The Creation" is performed by the Chambord Sinfonietta and the Versailles Choir conducted by Amaury du Closel. "The Creation" was undoubtedly the first great work in the history of Haydn's music; he spent two years relentlessly working on it just before the turn of the 19th century. The three parts of the oratorio are devoted respectively to the elements, animals and man, and an earthly paradise. The soloist personifies the Archangels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael in the first two parts, and Adam and Eve in the third.

When young professional Damon is thrown out of his home by his wife, he moves into the bachelor pad of his unsavory step-brother Jamie, Jamie's friend Rob, and unofficial roommate Casey. Devastated by his break-up and naive to the wilder side of 90s-style courtship, the potential divorcée is shocked by the sexual gamesmanship of misogynistic Rob (who has a dangerous taste for younger girls) and adulterous Jamie (who cheats on his near-perfect girlfriend to avoid working out their problems), and finds himself the object of a high-stakes game of chicken that no one can win.

A guided tour of historic plaques in the Cundletown, NSW, Australia area.

Girl sings a Madonna song and texts about her life.

For three decades, the German television mega-hit "MusikLaden" drew an impressive list of musical legends from all over the world, capturing rare and memorable live concert performances. In this energetic show taped in 1982, disco impresarios Kool and the Gang perform hit songs with a unique blend of R&B, funk and disco, including "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Get Down On It," "Too Hot," "Go Dancing" and "Big Fun."

This tongue-in-cheek study of the Christian dating culture spoofs the high school educational films of the 1950s and '60s. Under the no-nonsense tutelage of a bow-tied Professor Wiseman -- a fictional academician who holds a doctorate in Christian dating -- you'll follow "typical modern single Christians" Jeff Jones and Sally Smith, who move slowly toward their first date via a series of awkward moments.

A narrated, illustrated version of select stories from the Book of Mormon.

Have you ever passed a track gang and wondered what all those machines actually do? Here's your answer and more. You'll visit a tie replacement and surfacing gang to witness the amazing parade of equipment as it progresses down the track. Closeup shots explain what each machine does. Then you'll tour a major shop to see in detail how coal hoppers are built. Next you're off to view undercutting machines cleaning ballast on BNSF. Did you ever wonder what it's like to work as a dispatcher? You'll visit a Norfolk Southern facility where the chief dispatcher explains the operation. Returning to BNSF, you'll see one of the most awesome pieces of railroad equipment: the P-811 concrete tie layer.

From the National Film Board of Canada come eight of the best, most innovative animated shorts produced in that country from the 1970s through the early 1990s. This collection includes "The Big Snit" (1985) and "Special Delivery" (1978). Other featured entries are "The Cat Came Back" (1988), "Get a Job" (1985), "The Lump" (1991), "Juke Bar" (1989), "Blackfly" (1991) and "Getting Started" (1979).

David Pountney helms this memorable Zurich Opera staging of Johann Strauss's "Simplicius," a tale following the exploits of a simple-minded man (tenor Martin Zysset) who comes face-to-face with life's messy complications. Set during the Thirty Years' War, the work also features standout supporting performances from baritones Rolf Haunstein and Oliver Widmer, soprano Martina Jankova and mezzosoprano Liliana Nikiteanu.

Made in the final year of his life, Rudy Burckhardt’s Scattered Showers begins its journey in the city he so scrupulously documented in photographs and film for the greater part of his career.

Veteran newspaper editor Alec Dodge (Patrick Bergin) isn't hesitant to break scandalous news about city hall corruption on his front pages, even if the alleged kingpin implicated is the owner of his newspaper.

The true story of two friends who live in the inner city trying to handle the conflicting demands of friendship, responsibility and ambition.

Missy and Sean, a cool, yet not very swift couple, head to the home of their friends Felicia and Bob, searching for something to do on a Saturday morning. While scanning the newspaper, Bob suddenly remembers hearing about an alien spaceship that supposedly crashed at nearby Beavertail Lake, and an offer of $100,000 for anyone who can locate it.

Internationally recognized German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig performs songs by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Leonard Bernstein. Accompanied by Charles Spencer on the piano, Ludwig gives a deeply moving performance. Having performed all over the world for over five decades, Ludwig made a name for herself by performing both opera and Lieder, European romantic music songs

Filmed around the European hotbeds of opera, this biography looks at three legendary tenors: Enrico Caruso, Benjamino Gigli, and Jussi Bjöerling. Utilizing musical hotbed around Europe in Italy, Sweden, and London, this program highlights extensive archival and concert footage along with interviews with friends and musical collaborators, some who have never spoken on camera before.

n this stinging indictment of Mexican politics disguised as a screwball comedy, Elena (Julieta Egurrola) finds out the truth about her philandering husband, Dr. Enrique Laguardia (Fernando Luján), when his secretary uncovers his secret life as a drug smuggler and money launderer (he works for Con and Trix Corp.). The film won multiple awards (including Best Film, Actor and Actress) at the Guadalajara Film Festival.

In 1914, British explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent: Antarctica. Using historical records, photos and rare film footage, this documentary tells the story of that arduous journey. After their ship became locked in ice, Shackleton and his men escaped death by walking across 600 miles of unstable ice floes, then journeyed another 850 miles through rough waters in a small open boat.

Shrouded in mystery, Egypt's pyramids attract thousands of visitors each year -- and to this day, archaeologists continue to uncover important information about the remarkable tombs and the pharaohs who commissioned them. This illuminating documentary explores the awe-inspiring structures' history via detailed reconstructions, location footage, 3-D animation and computer graphics, with a team of leading experts offering their insights.

Directed by Michel Brunet.

This is a collection of rarely seen early avi films - primarily using relatively primitive techniques of scratch video then Adobe Premiere editing, resulting in a particular lo-fi look which isn't particularly intentional, but reflective of the process. "Music Of Your Own" and "Burning" originally existed as audio-only pieces on the "Thermos Explorer" album (2000), and since the audio was originally sourced from film it was later possible to recreate the stories in visual form.

Following World War I, Manhattan becomes the cultural capital of the world, serving as the home to the brand new industries of radio broadcasting, magazines, advertising and public relations. Major cultural contributions were made by F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and the Harlem Renaissance was the banner under which an explosion of African American culture and creativity lived. As the Great Depression dawned, the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building were completed.

A clever girl from a small village in Bénin is sold by her mother to a business woman from the big city. Once in the city she is sold again, this time to be a housemaid for a rich family. When she becomes friendly with the daughter of the house, everything changes for the worst.

It turns out Yuri Gagarin was not the first man in space, but was preceded by another Soviet cosmonaut who crash landed, was severely injured and his identity kept secret -- until now.

This shocking, graphic release from the Banned in America franchise offers a disturbing collection of footage that is most definitely not appropriate for kids. The real, unedited scenes captured for the release include fatal car crashes, brutal acts of extreme, bloody violence, grotesque stunts, and more.

A compilation of found footage from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s underground music and dance scene in the U.K.

Two girls find a talking doll on the beach.

Biohazard performing live at the Bizarre Festival 99

Return of the Killer A's is a best of compilation album by the heavy metal band Anthrax, released in 1999.

A clear and critical look at Western intervention in the Balkans leading to the civil wars in Yugoslavia during the 1990s.

The warm rays of the sun bathe the blue planet in light and color. The variations of the glistening white of the icy deserts, the lush green of the plants, the warm yellow and red of the earth, the playful colorfulness of flowers and animals, the deep blue of the water and the sky transform our world into an endless frenzy of fantasy.

Was there a takeover of the United States by international bankers? In this program you will visit the scene of a crime so perfect that, for thirty years, no one knew it had even taken place. Join an undercover team of investigative journalists as they take on today's managed news in an explosive series on the biggest cover-ups and conspiracies of our time. Learn the secret history of the Federal Reserve.

After six months at sea on a solo trip around the world, Georgia Perry's 44-foot sail boat sits idle with no wind in her sails for several days. Cabin fever sets in and the border between fact and fantasy begins to trickle away. Are uninvited visitors boarding the vessel, or is her mind deceiving her? But if these are just tricks in her imagination, how do these ghostly encounters leave bruises?

Take two award-winning wildlife film-makers and one three year old daughter. Add 99 pieces of luggage and equipment. Mix together with a range of exotic animal species and stunning scenery. Then place them all together for 'Two Years in Galapagos'.

Impulsively, Bacher boarded a seaplane in Manhattan. Once above the city, she videotaped the buildings below. Manhatta (1999) hovers over, zooms into and fractures the unfolding panorama of New York into frayed pixels. Such rippling pixelation was not premeditated, but only a happy accident. Bacher transferred the videotape to DVD in reverse and anomalous, glitching playback appeared. Like other moments of disruption and decay in this exhibition, Bacher used the defect to evoke feeling, much like how distortion is used in music. The artwork takes on other contours when the World Trade Center towers come into view, totally intact. It is eerie how Bacher’s footage carries around its edges the luminous ring of coincidence, fate or premonition, how it evokes but does not show that great historical trauma and how it calls to mind all the other operational footage we have seen from drones, flight decks and other crafts of violence.

Through a montage of transcripts, infographics, and portraits of the developing city soundtracked by interview recordings and enthusiastic national songs, Singapore… Dream scrutinises the imagined communities, majoritarian narratives, oppressiveness, and what it means to be distinctly Singaporean.

In the tradition of the 20th century classic novel 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', Growing Old Disgracefully is a biker documentary about a son's struggle to understand his father five years after a family break-up. Riding with his dad and the Ulysses club, we trace a motorcycle adventure across the southern Australian landscape, and the emotional terrain of family relationships.

Hodel, costumed in haute couture, enters a barn with purpose. Balanced on a milking stool, she desperately massages a cow's udder; her unpracticed hands finding the task difficult. When the cow's tail whips into Hodel's eyes, she weeps. The surreal disjunction of Hodel's extravagant pink bolero (designed by Christian Lacroix) amidst the barn's hay and excrement sets off an outrageous and darkly comic performance.

The city is a bouncy castle; the film is a carousel. People disappear into boxes, and the sky gets trapped in the glass facades. Concrete crumbles from the men’s faces at every turn. They take a break, and the traffic is just traffic. Sirens bounce into the frame, and the constructivist haunting begins.