Cinematic Era: 2001 Vintage

A filmmaker questions her own national identity.

This DVD-Video reveals Rick Wakeman at his best - fired up with his blistering band The English Rock Ensemble live at the Gran Rex Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Five young kids decide to leave the civilization in order to purchase the life of their ancestors who once roamed the lands. However that territory is now forbidden area, but the youth have made a decision to start a new life in the wilderness. But they have forgotten that reality ultimately has a tendency to catch up with dreams, can they ever find their lost paradise?

The man who lost his wife, children and everything he owned suddenly meets ten years old girl.

What keeps us down to earth? This clip from Science Please! answers the question.

An art film, both "weird" and experimental, it gathers elements of filmmaking which recall German expressionism and surrealism. "Play" retraces ancient fears and visceral obsessions in a black and white nightmare whose post-production work lasted for years.

In letters to her idol, Brad Pitt, twelve-year-old Tina Vonlanthen pours out her heart about what life in a small Swiss border town on the Rhine is like: trouble with her older sister, twenty-year-old Babs, "who still hasn't found a man," and worries about her single father Urs, who has been so distracted lately. But it is neither spinsterhood nor Alzheimer's that the Vonlanthens suffer from. Rather, it is the small and large love affairs that they try to keep secret from each other: Babs' lover is her married German boss—and Urs' girlfriend is Caroline, a black woman from Cameroon. At the local big event, the "fish dinner," everything comes out in the open—and Tina also has some heart-pounding experiences that she prefers to keep quiet about in her letters to Brad...

Hanna Goebel and her daughter, Laura, left their home in Friedberg in Hessen on 16 September 2000, heading for the Oktoberfest in Munich, but never returned home. Three weeks later, a search initiative was started on the Internet under the website www.vermisst-auf-dem-Oktoberfest.de. Despite numerous tips, Hanna and Laura Goebel never turned up again. On 8 January 2001, a video camera was found in a strip of woods near Augsburg - the very camera the two had with them on their trip ...

A spectacular show featuring the four extraordinary lodge brothers Khamel Ull-Zuut, Yassirfir Dosirfem, Omar Papa, and Ali Bubbas Barkhahr from the mysterious lodge Sons of the Desert.

A sophisticated thriller about violence, revenge and a ruined life.

What is on the minds of contemporary Iranians? To answer this question Sou Abadi spent five months in Tehran, documenting what happens in the city's social service and psychological institutions, which have never been filmed by Iranian filmmakers.

Plunging into a netherworld of machines and humans, Steklarski Blues (2001), also known as Glazier Blues, transforms the noisy, steam-filled work of a glass factory in the town of Hrastnik in Slovenia into something resembling a steampunk-inflected, sci-fi dystopia that belongs to no particular moment in time.

The characters include a dirty-dealing 80-year-old mayor with a troubling Fascist past and a bloodthirsty middle-aged writer - also an ex-Fascist, who has now turned Marxist-Leninist and is ready to settle his accounts with history. There is a young leftist idealist, a city councilperson who is fighting real estate speculation. This is the portrait of Latina and its inhabitants. This province is certainly an anomaly, but is not so far from the present-day times that all of Italy is going through now.

When an under-twelves hurling team and their coach get lost on their way to a match, they encounter... The Braineater.

Many communities were founded to improve the world in the second half of the last century. India with its enormous historic potential of celebrated spirituality and a generous attitude to other life forms, became the home to many of these communes seeking meaning. The 2,200 members of the 'Auroville' community in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have turned their back on the capitalist way.

Through many in-depth interviews with the veterans of Silicon Valley, this documentary describes the history, start-up culture, business management and venture capital mechanisms of the Silicon Valley.

Little is necessary for everything to appear differently. The date, the hour, the weather, the space's layout, one's glance or presence of mind . . . can make everything change. The boats sail out of the Vieux port in Marseille to be amongst the poppy fields.

A compilation of the Seikai no Senki series with additional footage. Three years of uneasy have passed since the Four Nations Alliance declared war on the Abh Empire. With both sides decimated by the first encounter, the lull in violence has provided enough time to build fleets massive enough to span the entire galaxy. Just before the Abh complete preparations for their conquest, however, the Alliance launches a pre-emptive strike, forcing them to take the defensive. Now in command of her own ship, Lafiel is assigned to the fleet as a destroyer captain, and eagerly awaits the opportunity to prove herself as a true Abriel. But when a new class of enemy ship appears on the front lines, the tides quickly turn for the worse. With her vessel now little more than cannon fodder, her dreams are turned into a desperate race for survival - can she and her crew survive amidst a battlefield of endless death and destruction?

Documentary about Belgrade most prominent rock bands of the early 21st century.

Director Marc Isaacs installs himself in the lift of a typical English tower block. People start talking to him, and we discover their lives.

A TV special on Pearl Jam's first ten years of activity, hosted by Alex Braga with Francesco Renga as a guest. The episode was broadcast on 11 March 2001 on TMC 2 (an Italian television broadcaster born from the ashes of Videomusic on 1 June 1996 and subsequently shut down on 9 September 2001). The episode includes: • The unofficial videos made by Videomusic of Spin The Black Circle and Nothing As It Seems • The Italian promo video created for the release of Vitalogy • An interview with Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready recorded in 1992 in Milan • Why Go, Jeremy, State of Love and Trust, Footsteps, Deep, Porch and Rockin' In The Free World taken from the June 17, 1992 concert at City Square in Milan • Even Flow taken from the February 18, 1992 concert at Sorpasso in Milan • Once, taken from the soundcheck for the 1992 concert at Sorpasso in Milan. Note: Official videos of some songs have been removed due to copyright issues.

A small portrait of the volatility of intimacy and of breaking free from abusive cycles: made in response to a year of collapsing relationships and violent accidents that left me broken, dislocated and stuck in my apartment.

An animated short film by Brian Dewan included on Wholphin Issue Number 1

Spoof documentary about the comedy icon.

The unsung talents of early blues performers are examined and celebrated in the third installment of the comprehensive documentary series Legends of Country Blues Guitar. Highlights include rare performances of "That Will Never Happen No More" by John Jackson, "The Woman I Had She Left Me" by Jesse Fuller, "You Know Baby What I Want" by Josh White and "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" by Furry Lewis.

Bagansya is a 2001 Tagalog-language Action motion picture written by Senen Dimaguila and directed by Pong Mercado. Bagansya features Jeric Raval, Sharla Tolentino, Patrick Dela Rosa, Dan Fernandez, Dindo Arroyo, Raymond Keannu and Meinrad Villano. It was released on 25th July 2001.

An investigation into why so many conservative Chileans continue to be supporters of the brutal Pinochet dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s.

Hong Kong movie

Alex is creating a databank of dreams, claming he knows how to digitise the dreamimage. It is just a self publicity ploy and Alex is soon woken up to the reality of underprivilege, corruption and state terror by an ex-convict Lubov, with whom Alex has an unlikely love affair.

This documentary brings to the public, for the first time, a story that was classified as secret by the US government for over four decades. Exploring the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and the 1960s, it presents first hand accounts of seven men and women's experiences of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.

Passages was filmed in Malmö, a city in the south of Sweden. It is a non-narrative film based on time, place and movement, which forms a trilogy with Landscape (1985 – 1987) and Labyrinth (2013). 48 different locations in the city were documented using circular pan shots.

That's right scum, Gwar's manager Sleazy P. Martini is back with his own fudge-packed talk show. Join Sleazy and crew as they welcome a host of ridiculous guests who exist only to be destroyed. The fur really starts to fly with the arrival of GWAR and nut-chinned mystic scumdog Scroda Moon. All this and less awaits you in It's Sleazy!

Rammstein live in Sydney Australia for the Big Day Out Festival. Lineup includes "Rammstein" "Bestrafe Mich" "Weisses Fleisch" "Asche Zu Asche" "Heirate Mich" "Du Hast" and "Links 2 3 4"

A twenty minute visual focusing on Oska Wright, one of the world’s most original and creative surfers in recent years. His messed up individual style out of the water combined with a no rules approach to surfing make Volcom Stone’s latest video “156 Tricks” a definite must have. Buy a copy for your girlfriend, too, she’ll enjoy the pretty cover and it might help you get laid. Awesome music by Johnny Justin, tdaatec, Sonic Youth, Yodeling Songs of the Alps, The Line, Snuff, The Peacocks Pelvis, Iggy Pop, and more…

The fisherman, an old sea dog, tries to catch great amberjacks in a whole new way: with a fishing net, although this fish is regularly caught by jigging.

A small mole is looking for a fallen star in the night forest where everyone else seem to have already found their own treasures.

Saint Sebastian was filmed by Fiona Tan at the annual ‘Toshiya’ in Kyoto, a coming-of-age ceremony for women aged twenty in 2001. It was for the first time ever that a film camera was allowed to capture the procedings. Dressed in traditional kimono hundreds of young women perform the Japanese art of archery in a ritual that has persisted for over four centuries, combining female grace and beauty with the typically male skills of physical and mental strength. The monumental video installation is presented on both sides of a large single screen which hangs diagonally in the exhibition space.

In modern day Iran, a female attorney fights for the custody of her seven year old diabetic son following a divorce from her husband. When the courts rule against her, she takes desperate actions that lead to tragic events.

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the woods… think again! Willy and Billy are back! Brace yourself for the big return of Spotlight on Deer: as they unveil a new segment called, “Keepin’ it Real” for a well…unique perspektive on huntin. Follow along with theze “x-perts” hunters and find out their definition of what’s really “in season”. Coach Buck and Coach Buck have barely servived another seazon and are back again, this time with Doerine making her mark. You won’t believe how this inferior deer hurd has turned the tables on hunterz! Jeff also delivers the best in “Redneck Huting Tips” includin’ -how to dress up a decoy -getting the “real” cost of venison -posion icy ain’t for toilet paper - stayin’ focused while huntin’

A 2001 Indian thriller film.

Fear of Blushing bursts forth with irrepressible hand-painted color, corroded emulsion and a menacing soundscape of looped voices, distorted instrumentals, samples & rhythm. Fleeting visions and voices erupt out of the ominous abstraction in unusual juxtapositions, suggesting a cinematic free-association marked by anxiety, pleasure and shame. Best appreciated in the immediate; the 7200 painted frames fly by at an average of 12 per second.

Japanese horror movie from 2001.

An aspiring actress impulsively leaves her small Vermont town and moves to New York City to pursue her dream of being famous.

Mohammad would not be taken to the cinema, because he didn't get his parent's permission.

In this art film, we follow the lives of three room-mates, over a period of seven days. JP, Ginger and Steve are young men who are all in some respect running away from life. One day, they meet a disabled gay author, who forces them to rediscover themselves and those around them.

"This is a work of fiction but everything in it is based on real events." About the journey of an African sculpture, beginning in Cameroon in 1904. The film then traces what happens to the sculpture in Paris in 1907 and 1917, Berlin in 1933, and New York in 1948. The sculpture finally ends up in a museum in 1970.

Take one power hungry lesbian couple. Throw in a slow-witted king, a Caribbean sidekick, a trio of flamboyantly gay weird sisters, and a host of other misfits. And what do you have? Macbeth ! Drawing on the tradition of Monty Python and BlackAdder, Macbeth-The Comedy takes us back to a time when men were not necessarily men and ruthless tyrants could also be strict vegetarians.

A documentary from SVT about some of the residents in Vinslöv, a small village in the south of Sweden and about Kjell Fredriksson, the European champion in miniature golf.

Christian Argentino assisted Jacques Rozier for two years on the set of 'Fifi Martingale', his last feature. A close friend of the director and an admirer of his films, he made a documentary in which, unusually, we can see Rozier working and talking about his oeuvre. Also invited are several longtime collaborators (Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Villeret, Yves Afonso, and Bernard Menez) to talk about Rozier and their experiences working with him.

8mm film by Yukiyasu Shimada.

Filmmaker Julia Pimsleur used to make up elaborate lies about her brother Marc, rather than explain that he had dropped out of college, turned his back on his Jewish heritage and moved to a Christian commune in Alaska. She and her mother initially feared that Marc had joined a cult. This documentary traces Julia's efforts to understand his conversion and to revive their relationship, despite her fundamentalist brother's disapproval of her bisexuality. Julia travels from New York City to her brother's religious community, where she and Marc search for common ground and discover the meaning of family.