Cinematic Era: 1999 Vintage

There are always two stories in mountain climbing, the story of the mountain and the story of the people trying to climb it. We know the story of Everest well after the tragic news stories and the IMAX film about it. There may be more technically difficult mountains to climb, but none have the mystique of Everest. Above All Else is the story of Alan Hobson and Jamie Clarke's third and final attempt to scale the mountain. The two climbers, who had failed twice in 10 years to conquer Everest--once only 400 meters from the top--balance each other well; Clarke's surfer style is offset by Hobson's thoughtfulness.

Jean-Luc Ponty has been extremely satisfied with his international touring quintet, which not only excels in performances of his latest compositions, but also brings new life to older works. Earlier in his career, the violinist became enamored with the use of banks of synthesizers plus digital delay for special effects on his instrument, as well as the prominent presence of an electric guitarist. But this quintet, heard in a brilliant 1999 concert in Warsaw, is considerably stripped down, featuring keyboardist William Lecomte, electric bassist Guy Nsangué Akwa, drummer Thierry Arpino, and percussionist Moustapha Cisse. A perfect example is "Rhythms of Hope," first recorded for Ponty's album Mystical Adventures; Ponty's dazzling solo is followed by Akwa's intricate, yet never excessively flashy bass solo.

Sick Of It All - live at the Bizarre Festival, Butzweiler Hof, Köln 22.08.1999

Broadcast recording of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, recorded live at SWR Studio in Baden, Germany for the series Ohne Filter, during 1999.

The organization began with a concert event on October 9, 1999 with simultaneous activities meant to harness the Internet to raise money and awareness for the Jubilee 2000 campaign. Concerts took place at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Wembley show was at capacity; the U.S. show suffered from very poor ticket sales. The concert was considered a flop by many observers, failing to raise nearly as much cash as Live Aid.

In 1911 Austin, Pennsylvania was flooded due to the collapse of a dam built to serve the town's large paper mill, killing 72 people, many of whom were trying to save the lives of others. Moving across the town's earliest wooded beginning to its fiercely industrial urbanity, Austin, within the context of apathy and tragedy, is revealed through a rich interplay of narration, interviews, and detailed photographs. The film explores the social environment of Industrial America in the early 1900's with its rapidly shifting commercial interests, increasing immigration and severe tensions between factory owners and the working class. Turning on the tragic pivot of the flood, a portrait of an American community is etched starkly with the character of its people made plain in the receding waters.

A collection of experimental shorts by female directors curated by Rita Gonzalez and features the shorts Bathing the Baby by Semefo, Taxidermy by Eva Aridijis, I, Bear by Helen Mirra Self Dial by Caroline Koebel, Removed by Naomi Uman, Deep Creep by Kate Haug, and Hawi by Ximena Cuevas.

Y2K: Practical Solutions for Home Preparedness is not as slick as some of the other year-2000-problem videos on the market, but it is one of the most levelheaded, informative, and nonalarmist ones available. The idea here is to plainly give you the information you need to successfully survive any difficulties that may arise from Y2K problems.

The story of the marque from Maranello in celebration of their 50th anniversary (1947-1997). No other car has generated such passion, vibrancy and glamour than these crimson racers and their creator. With full access to exclusive 50th anniversary events in Europe and America, every facet of Ferrari's superb road and race history is explored. Factory museum footage, historical archive and interviews with drivers and champions all feature in 240 minutes of digital studio-quality footage. Complemented by an interactive fact file, over 100 significant Ferrari models are featured and you can go straight to moving video of each car OR access their technical details and racing history.

A Semi autobiographical musical documentary film about the absurd experience of growing up queer in the redneck Northern Ontario mining town of Sudbury -once infamously known as the (once) barren treeless wasteland where the Apollo astronauts trained for their moonwalks.

The legend has survived for generations. The WORDS WORTH tablet, which will unlock the secrets of the Universe for the one who can decipher it, has been shattered. The warring tribes of Light and Shadow blame each other, and their accusations lead to all out war!

Experimental documentary on the children of navy personnel - a study of packing and unpacking, movement, loss and memory.

Minnie Mouse steps behind the conductor's podium to lead the orchestra, but her efforts are disrupted by a persistent bumblebee.

When a girl in a gym uniform does the repeated side jump exercise in a gymnasium, she moves to other places such as a shrine, a park, and the side of the road. Her motion out of the frame creates evokes stop-motion photography. A work that makes you wonder, “Where will she go next?”

An Animated CGI Short Film by Dale Dobson.

In Nine Thousand, Hodel is disguised behind a fencing mask. Sitting on a white bed in a white room, she meticulously counts hundred dollar bills. This exercise becomes manic when the performer is compelled to lie on the stacks of money.

We Came to Grow highlights the rich history of Japanese Americans in the Central Valley from 1869 to 1941. Using photos, home movies, and archival materials, We Came to Grow illustrates the vital role of Japanese Americans played in agriculture and business and documents the development of social and religious organizations in the Japanese American community from Placerville to Fresno.

A deformed and bloodthirsty creature seeks a cursed book (which was supposedly stolen in the imaginary Part 1) under the orders of a legendary demon named Amazarel of Nicodemus

The camera follows five women. For 25 years, they have been selling women’s clothing in a shop in Munich: the junior manager, the senior manager, and their three saleswomen. Their customers are the women from the neighborhood.

When petty criminals Berra and Penny move to Älgliden, a small village in the rural parts of Värmland, they hope to make easy money by scamming the welthy but naïve locals. But soon after their arrival, local acountant Anita, photographer Otto, an tech-whiz Strömming begin to suspect foul play.

1.Son of Sam 2.Angeles 3.Rose Parade 4.Happiness 5.Taking the Easy Way Out 6.Southern Belle 7.Wouldn't Mama Be Proud? 8.Division Day 9.The White Lady Loves You More 10.Stupidity Tries 11.See You Later 12.Independence Day

Even in the modern day era of squad numbers, the no. 7 shirt still holds symbolic status for its wearer. A signal that its possessor is the pivotal force in the team's midfield, the Man Utd version has been sported by the likes of George Best, Steve Coppell, Bryan Robson, David Beckham and, of course, Eric Cantona. This video profiles the club's most renowned no. 7's as well as more unsung players such as Ralph Milne, Colin Gibson and Clayton Blackmore.

A lonely woman tries to solve her problems with the help of unclean forces.

An exploration of Pilipino Americans in the Los Angeles hip hop scene in the late 90’s – from b-boys and b-girls to DJ’s, graffitti artists, and emcees.

Photo film about mannequins.

An unusual documentation of the narration «Conversation in the mountains» by Paul Celan from 1959 - at the same time an intelligent controversy on the problematic relation between film and literature.

How does one ‘scrub’ a moving image? For Belgian video artist Antonin De Bemels, this means taking hold of the footage and winding it (both sound and image) back and forth in a stuttering, constantly interrupted, but expressive manner. The internationally renowned dancer Bud Blumenthal rests his head on the frame of a reflective window and turns his body this way and that; the film highlights and abstracts the strangeness of both movement and setting.

During a travel to her homeland, a Moroccan director who lives in France, meets a family living in an oasis of the Moroccan Sahara. The result of this meeting is a rich exchange between them. They speak about their own values and culture and their perception of the modern world.

This short film depicts what happens to all that paper we put in our recycling boxes.

Allermöhe is being built on the outskirts of Hamburg, on the outskirts of Allermöhe a small garden settlement is being built. New beginning in the microcosm.

A response to the clean-up of Times Square by the Giuliani administration. I love dirty bookstores and other furtive sex locations and I miss them terribly.

A detective-mystery movie adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'Purloined Letter' that purposely forgets the central premise of the story: the invisibility of hiding something obviously in plain sight. Using anything and everyone at hand - an art dealer, a fashion editor, an actress, a poet, a museum of natural history, a junkyard dog, pigeons, a defunct ferry - the video takes the potential impatience that lurks behind every act of plotting and atomizes it into a frayed network of fleeting thoughts and impulses, a delicate narrative that ends like a magic trick in a puff of smoke.

Hand-painted Bradley Eros film

A study of those on the periphery of society; unseen outsiders eking out an existence in sewers and subways.

Donald must restrain his temper on a dinner date with Daisy, even though the incompetent Goofy is their waiter.

Through Lazaris' incredible demonstrations, we can learn specific methods for cleaning, clearing, and aligning crystals of our keeping. We can learn of their nature, their tradition and provenance, and of their destiny. We can learn loving methods for amplifying the energy of crystals to be in line with our tradition, purpose, and destiny as well. In all this, we can find the inspiration to design our own aligning and amplifying techniques.

An industrial documentary.

When a camera-wearing security guard attempts to track down some missing art, he accidentally damages his camera, leading the audience on an audio adventure relayed through high-tech headphones.

1. Irresistible 2. Talvenaika (Wintertime) 3. Requiem

The encounter between a young Krenak indigenous girl, Alice, and the wise little snake Erehé, serves as the backdrop to tell a bit about the history of the original peoples in Brazil and in the Krenak village (an indigenous nation of the Doce River Valley, Minas Gerais).

Cafeneaua viitorului preserves an ephemeral episode in the history of the internet, today a phenomenon difficult to dissociate from everyday experience, then a novelty that barely captured the attention of a diverse audience.

Compiling various footage from Bucharest at the end of the millennium, Niculae Popescu's film aims to imprint on film the transient image of post-socialist society, caught between two worlds denoting different aspirations and presenting great social contrasts.

Close-ups of political posters on the Nicaraguan War and Reagan, edited with passersby at the Government Center in Boston, a mother carrying her baby in a front baby carrier and protectively supporting his head, linked with posters showing women lying on the ground, protecting their children from gunfire in a street, or parents lifting a stroller above their heads while going down narrow stairs, in connection with a poster of four united arms in a cross, accompanied by the slogan “The People Will Do It” and a television crew which attracted a group of children.

Through its series of stylistic elements, the inside of a washing machine is thoroughly explored. With traditional dramaturgy, a dynamic soundtrack and more than one reference to classic sci-fi films, an "abstract" plot is established.