Cinematic Era: 2003 Vintage

A newly-recorded documentary, looking at the work of The Dalek Invasion of Earth's designer, Spencer Chapman.

It is a Mongolian feature film released in 2003.

A film by Christophe Karabache

It is a Mongolian feature film released in 2003.

A loving mother betters her son's lot by encouraging his new career as a transvestite prostitute.

A short film about a big head.

Mock n' Roll Dreams delves into Scotland's growing trend in tribute bands.

The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.

A special BTS video for the 2003 winter Sailor Moon musical, Sailor Moon - Infinity Academy - Mistress Labyrinth (Revision).

China's rapid economic development has led to serious environmental pollution. Against this backdrop, Tian Guirong is a middle-aged woman from a rural village who is passionate about environmental protection and devotes her life to collecting used dry cell batteries. The camera follows her and reveals the reactions of her husband and other people around her, as well as the depth of environmental problems in China...

An educational film about compassion. The story follows a class trying to break a jump rope record and one student is terrible at the task. The issue causes a divide in the classroom.

A group of ordinary, Swedish teenagers is drawn to crime and drug abuse. The main focus is on Jocke, who died of a heroin overdose when he was 17 years old.

The modern family

This collectors TIGER_CATS SPECIAL EDITION DVD, produced from the nationally-televised CFL TRADITIONS series, combines rarely seen action footage with candid interviews of Hamilton greats such as Tommy Joe Coffey, Rocky DiPietro, Tony Gabriel, Garney Henley, Danny McMannus, and Angelo Mosca to create a black and blue portrait of the tough and gritty teams who've made "Steeltown Tough" their trademark.

An intimate dialogue that weaves back and forth between representations of a figure (of resistance) and subject with, *Soha Bechara ex-Lebanese National Resistance fighter in her Paris dorm room taped (during the last year of the Israeli occupation) one year after her release from captivity in El-Khiam torture and interrogation centre (S. Lebanon) where she had been detained for 10 years, 6 years in isolation. Revising notions of resistance, survival and will, recounting to death, separation and closeness; the overexposed image and body of a surviving martyr speaking quietly and directly into the camera juxtaposed against her self and image, not speaking of the torture but of the distance between the subject and the loss, of what is left behind and what remains.

Only one emcee can claim the Brainstorm 2 title and the $2500 grand prize by verbally annihilating his opponents with vicious freestyles. Khalil Crisis aka Kingz seeks to defend his title while runner up Bishop I of Oldominion has revenge on his mind. With an expanded field of 64, Presence (Chicago, IL) and iCON (Philadelphia, PA) will pull every punch to upset the hometown favorites. However, Seattle area emcees H-Bomband Surge Spitable won't have any part of seeing the trophy leave the city in someone else's hands. Complete with footage of the prelims, round of 16, finals and the controversial Presence versus L-Dubble battle; this documentary includes live performances from Atmosphere, One Man Army of Binary Star and Eyedea & Abilities. But, the question remains -- who will get served, and who will survive Brainstorm2?

In Shanxi province (southwest of Beijing), farmers work, risking their lives, in coal mines to supplement the meager income the land brings them. These small mines, of which at one time there were nearly 6,000, are closing one after the other for safety reasons and because of the pollution they cause. The preparation and celebration of the ceremony of offerings to the mine gods will perhaps be the last in Zhong Village. This independent documentary, filmed in light video, reveals the discreet view taken by the director on women and men who are very close to him, since several are part of his family.

This documentary investigates one Reed College senior's thesis process through the eyes of her professors, colleagues, and bandmates. You have unprecedented access to Ruby's Orals Boards, confessions of her former lovers, and even an exclusive interview with the elusive Starr herself.

Integrating home movies shot over six years of traveling with friends and lovers with postcards and flyers collected during past travels, Wu Chun-Hui takes us on a journey without end, a voyage searching for the origin of memory and infinite desire. Noah, Noah deals with relationships, distance, and memories, and turns the needs and desires that evolve from them into a cinematic experience. Trains departing, back roads roamed, navigating by water or air. It’s also about distance in filming, a distance from one image to another film roll, from one frame to another perforation, the distance from the real to the faded memory.

First "Kyōfu no Genba" by Junji Inagawa.

Graduation work at IMAGE FORUM and first film by Nonoho Suzuki.

When in 2002 Jedynka presented Krzysztof Lang's TV series "Prawdziwe psy" about the work of police officers from the Capital Police Station, Commissioner Slawomir Opala and Assistant Commissioner Krzysztof Tkaczyk were among the characters in the series. At the time, both were distinguished officers of the Homicide Department with about 10 years of experience. Within a few months of the end of shooting, dramatic changes occurred in their professional and private lives, and both found themselves at a crossroads in life. Convinced that these changes were related to the series, Krzysztof Lang decided to return to his characters to complete the plot devoted to them. The film is thus a kind of epilogue to that series, and at the same time a psychological portrait of the two operational officers. It shows what a great psychological price one pays for practicing this specific profession, if one wants to do it with integrity.

A low-key naturalistic drama set in contemporary Melbourne. It charts the story of a man, Robert, who returns home and tries to resume a relationship with a woman, Angela, after a period of 18 months apart from each other.

A film by Takagi Masakatsu.

Collapsing prices on the world coffee market have thrown millions of growers around the world into poverty. The price farmers receive for coffee is at its lowest in over thirty years. Coffee plantation owners are bankrupt and the workers are starving. Filmed in Nicaragua and Vietnam, the film describes the human consequences that the collapse of coffee prices has caused in producer countries. Multinational companies have profited because coffee is so cheap. The crisis is worldwide: the International Coffee Organization says that the price crash has pushed over 25 million people into poverty as farmers who used to grow food now sell coffee.

After learning that his kung fu master has been murdered, Chen sets out to bring justice to those responsible. Redubbed with an alternate audio track full of jokes and wisecracks, this action movie features the legendary Bruce Lee at his finest.

Three childhood friends convince themselves they can get out of financial trouble by robbing a local drug dealer. The three friends part ways as the money comes between them, the drug dealer seeks revenge.

An Apache Indian who is now a US Army cavalry officer investigates a murder and uncovers a presidential assassination plot. The second in a series that takes a "classic" flick and gives it a kick! The original film shot in 1971 is reborn with an urban flair via voiceover talent.

A trio of animals rights activists kidnap a chemical company executive.

Abhimanyu falls in love with Sairabanu, who studies in the same college as him. Her father opposes their relationship. However, Abhimanyu doesn't give up.

Documentary about Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries

TV special celebrating CBS's 75th birthday.

"Le cercle de la haine" is a work of fiction with the appearance of a sociological fresco, unfortunately inspired by reality. This opus traces the journey of three young individuals from "sensitive neighborhoods" who resort to violence as their primary mode of expression, convinced that it is the only way to earn respect in a society that has definitively excluded them. However, this situation will ultimately turn against them...

Pierre Lacotte's production for The Pharaoh's Daughter, initially choreographed by Marius Petipa, is here magnificently performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.

10 Palestinians who visit Belgium and experienced freedom for the first time in their lives. They visit a forest for the first time. Hear the sound of birds for the first time. And see the sea for the first time. For seven days, before they begin their journey back to Palestine.

Happiness is a tautological state. Why is one happy? Because he or she is happy. It’s very simple. And it smells good. Still happy than one can be happy. This video was produced for Manif d’art 2003 in Québec focussing on happiness and its representation.

The pages of a brutal manga comic book are are animated to explore issues of identity, masculinity, and misogyny.

The locale is New Zealand, a landscape rife with breathtaking landscapes, idiosyncratic residents and one of the planet's most unusual indigenous cultures. KIWI MAGIC provides a exhaustive exploration of this special country, via a tour of its many locales and facets; highlights include a journey to the mountain Aoraki Mount Cook, footage of sea kayaking around glaciers; a visit with the rare and precious Kiwi bird on Stewart Island; and a trip to the geysers, sulphur craters and mud pools of Rotorua.

Experimental animated film inspired by Chalcolithic cruciform figurines found in Lemba. Archeologists there found statues of deity or fertility depicting male and female body-parts, meant to be either joined or separated. This film is a geometrical interpretation of the parts.

About days of St. Petersburg art in the city of Graz, Austria, which was the cultural capital of Europe in 2003.

Maculate Conception, a video by Emmett Frisbee, 2003

Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Claude Debussy: Fêtes

A short documentary on a guerrilla performance by Foot Village & Miguel Mendez in Pomona, CA, in 2003

Part 7 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

A video by Graziano Staino

Using books of how-to photographs on the "sports" of bowling, cricket and tai chi. I made a kind of pre-rotoscope-film-basically. I xeroxed many many photo studies of the correct postures and actions in playing bowling cricket and tai chi. Some humour is intended ... I added bits of stencil art and abstract ink drawings as well as obscure bits of text in english borrowed from the book sources.

The old-fashioned love story centers around Sidni Fishes (Outlaw) a country girl in love with a man who lacks in social etiquette. Ultimately, he breaks her heart. Her friend Jilly (Blaylock), a flapper from "Central City" and a visitation from an angel (Hendren) work to mend her broken heart.

Jesus Saves. Lily Scores.