Cinematic Era: 2003 Vintage

The first live action Miss Machiko film

A young woman with a vivid imagination breaks down a car in a forest...

When a doctor tells 47-year-old restorer Rike that she is in menopause, she can not believe it - she feels young and attractive. Her ex-husband Richard also sees that and therefore advises her to finally find a new partner. And at a vernissage, she meets a young and handsome Japanese man called Gen and falls head over heels in love with him. Also, Gen does not seem averse to a relationship. What Rike does not know is that Gene's heart belongs to his friend Thomas. In Rike, the homosexual young man sees the suitable marriage candidate to secure his stay in Germany. When Richard announces his wedding with his new girlfriend, Rike does not want to be inferior. Thomas, however, sees the fictitious marriage, which he himself has invented, with increasing jealousy: an angry fight over Gen's affection ensues between him and Rike, by all means and without regard for losses.

3,2,1..Blast off with The Wiggles® to outer space! The popular Aussies are more animated than usual when they discover what they look like in Jeff's dreams. It's an out-of-this-world experience when a spaceship with aliens lands nearby. Captain Feathersword launches The Wiggles light-years from home to Planet Rock Star, where they join King Mondo for some rockin and rollin and wigglin! Teeny Weeny Land is their next stop in the galaxy where they dance a jig with their tiny extraterrestrial friends. Next, their rocket zooms through space to Gloomy World, where their wiggly humor cheers up the Gloomies. Final destination? Home to Wiggle House of course!

A robot with human intelligence escapes from a military testing unit and wreaks havoc in a shopping mall

This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of how this film was made with interviews by musical director Andre Previn and supporting actress Janis Paige.

A Short Film About John Bolton is a darkly hip and hilarious film explores the question that torments artists of every medium: "Where do your ideas come from?" Renowned artist John Bolton's paintings of voluptuous she-vampire nudes have earned this quiet eccentric a reputation for having a "damaged imagination." BBC radio personality Jonathan Ross buys his pieces, which leads interviewer extraordinaire Marcus Brigstocke to find out what the appeal is in Bolton's beautiful (but terrifying) artwork. Why does Bolton demand that his gallery "monsterpieces" speak for themselves? What does he do with that ornamental knife that he carries everywhere? Will Marcus ever learn how to operate the camera?

One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps is the dramatic and moving real-life tale of the United States Air Force chimponauts and their NASA compatriots.

Holding a shaking hand with another hand, a former pickpocket confines himself in his apartment. He doesn’t talk to anyone for long. There is only one woman with whom he communicates.

Madhavan is known as Military due to his strict attitude towards his five sisters. However, when he is forced to get his first sister married to a widowed professor, his other sisters alienate him.

After being left by his fed up wife, an author moves back in with his mother in the hope of finishing his book in peace and quiet.

Manhattan Aoshima and World Hashimoto are invited to the villa of fortune teller Gold Kotegawa along Gold's maid, Maki. One morning, Gold is found dead. There are three suspects. Money, honor, body, and jealousy.... The story is told through recollections, as each person's thoughts and relationships are intertwined. Who killed Gold?

Two anthropologists (Heather Prete, David Millbern) have a series of strange encounters in the Himalayas as they search for their missing professor (Steven Berkoff).

A highly stylized metaphorical tale about the brutalization of employees under corporate culture.

Three young men, who are all of marriageable age, gets their hopes up on marriage, when a beautiful young woman comes to live in their neighborhood. Her name is Pooja Iyengar. All three of them try a hand at romancing her, and only one succeeds, that being Raju. The only problem is that while Raju is Gujerati, Pooja is Madrasi from the Iyengar community, and her dad, Shashtri, will not permit her to marry anyone outside his community, leave alone a Gujerati, and proceeds to get Pooja to get married to Prabhu, a young man from the Iyengar community, with hilarious results.

Tsai Ming-liang designed this short film as a farewell to his friend Simon Field, who was about to leave his position as director of the Rotterdam Festival after eight years in office. The piece follows two dogs roaming the Tamshui River in Taipei, accompanied by the director's voice-over as he reads a written dedication for Field.

In a crime-riddled metropolis, a supernatural object is causing building to disappear, so it's up to a skilled martial arts limo driver to headbutt his way to the centre of the mystery.

Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"

Cabral is a 60 year old playwright who's married to Glorinha, an actress who's 20 years younger than him. They've been together for half of her live, and now they're getting bored...

The little girl Lucy lived in Paris at the beginning of the XX century. Once in a dream she met the famous Russian writer Ivan Andreevich Krylov. Inspired by this meeting, Lucy tries to explain to Ivan Andreevich how he should "correctly" rewrite his fables.

Recombination day, which is a day where all apartments mysteriously float into the sky and relocate themselves, hits a town. Two men are walking outside when the recombination begins.

Out-of-luck actor Duncan Wiley (Teo Gebert) is spotted by adult movie director Roger Hammond (Tony Bonner) and offered a screen test. Emerging as 'best performer' among the hopefuls at Hammond's audition, Duncan is offered a starring role in his next production. Attempting to keep his new career secret from his friends and flatmates is hard enough but when Duncan falls for the charms of his co-star Emily DuBois (Melissa Bell) and strangers start recognising him, Duncan surrenders and embraces his infamy as 'Duncan the Spunkman'. Trouble follows when villainous rival porn producer Angelo Dmitri (Terry Serio) attempts to undermine Hammond's business and sabotage Duncan's career.

"Dirty Sky" tells a gruesome tale of our time with a double finale: once the eternally classic love story of Romeo and Juliet in the guise of Bonnie and Clyde substance, as bloody road movie. On the other end with a romantic fantasy. This film also tells of growing up. Our story is told against the backdrop of a dying industrial area on two versions about the love between two lots of chance: the 17-year-old Jenny and 19-year-old Paule, leading her life in series of unfortunate, even tragic circumstances of the death. Or, with alternative conclusion: the 17-year-old Jenny and 19-year-old Paule, which almost leads her life despite unfortunate chain, even tragic circumstances in the sky of love.

First short film by Till Kleinert.

A dramatic exploration of the life and struggles of the great composer, J.S. Bach, from his orphaning at the age of nine, through his struggles for the freedom to compose music in a restrictive society, to his eventual recognition after death.

The making of the motion picture "The Right Stuff", from the purchase of the filming rights to the end of principal photography.

Using a first-person narration, Snyder discusses her own experiences as a Chinese woman living in the United States. She uses experimental superimpositions, archival photographs, and other stylistic elements to explore her personal history. Due to a painful condition in her hands, Snyder has recently switched from sculpture to digital media projects.

2003 release

Taiwanese movie

Get a private, intimate look into the steamy real lives of the most beautiful adult film stars in the business. Find out what it’s like to be an adult film star and get a glimpse into their personal love lives, their private bedroom activities, and find out what it’s like to be the man who needs to please these insatiable women. From voyeurism, to wife swapping, multiple partners to exhibitionism, you won’t believe what goes on behind the closed doors of today’s hottest adult film stars.

Skateboarding and stupidity have never looked this good. Jason "Wee Man" Acuna and Laban Pheidias wreak havoc and lay waste to anyone who crosses their path in American Misfits.

The documentary Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring traces the journey taken by the characters in the classic novel. In addition to offering insight into the characters, the filmmakers show what real-life works shaped the author's imagination as he created one of the most beloved books of the 20th century.

Vampire Vixens - the lip-smacking, long-awaited sequel to the erotic cult hit, The Vampire's Seduction. The fanged and fabulously succulent daughter of Count Dracula has returned once again from beyond the grave. Dracoola (Mia Copia) is her name, and seducing gorgeous women is her game. Dracoola desires only the choicest lesbians, and to that end, she requires the service of the nerdy Eugene Renfield to deliver the hot'n'writhing goods to her lair.

15-minute interview with director Gus Van Sant on Elephant (2003)

Taiwanese movie

In the past, the famous circus rider Maria learns that her favorite horse Senator, with whom she spoke, want to send to the slaughter. Then Mary decides to take a risky step and steals the horse from the circus.

This film is adapted from author Rong Wongsawan's best selling novel. It follows the lives, loves and lusts of men and women whose relationships start in a high class brothel 50 years. This post war story focuses on love and relationships between the brothel madam, a pimp, young prostitutes and customers that are in love with a girl but suffer because she to go with other customers to earn money, customers that marry girls and other issues.

A TV star and her assistant, a taxi driver, a nurse, a security guard, a lone professor and a failed husband become protagonists of a circus with natural scenery Athens. Six parallel stories over a 24 hour.

Created in 1966 by Jean-Marie Rodon and Jean-Max Causse, the Action cinemas has succeeded in establishing itself as the leading group for the distribution of classic cinema in the world.

One year. Seven continents. More than 6,000 naked people--all willing to bare all for Spencer Tunick in the name of art. This globally scaled follow-up to the America Undercover documentary Naked States finds the celebrated and controversial artist at work on his most ambitious project: a one-year trek to all seven continents to shoot people in the nude--individually, in groups and against various man-made and natural backdrops.

Perhaps more than any other sport, basketball is a star-driven event: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Dennis Rodman, Shaquille O'Neal--the list could go on and on. But it's not necessarily these athletes' overall careers that we remember as much as the breathtaking individual plays these illustrious men have given us. Is it possible to break down a hundred of these greatest moments in NBA history? The NBA's 100 Greatest Plays certainly tries.

Offering revved-up pop-punk songs and a cheerfully snotty attitude, blink-182 became one of the breakthrough acts of 1999, following Green Day and The Offspring into the pantheon of punk bands who'd learned how to connect with the mass audience. blink-182: Punk Poets is an unauthorised documentary on the band that looks back at their history and their slow rise to mainstream stardom.

A festive, tropical Christmas in Puerto Rico is what Jennifer and Papotico are most looking forward to. Both young people are filled with musical talent, with dreams and hopes for the future. But their innocence, zeal for life, and special friendship are overshadowed by the social and economic issues of Puerto Rico. Full of powerful performances and based on a true story, “Bala Perdida” will leave a chilling feeling in your bones.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. A short film set in the prison world of the Matrix, our heroes Dante and Medusa undertake a mission called Run Program, using classic bait and switch tactics. Of course nothing ever goes right when an Agent gets involved...

Channel 4 (UK) ran a poll, in 2003, for viewers to nominate their "worst Briton". The nominations had to be people who were living, not in prison and British.

While hospitalized for appendicitis, Ichiko notices a strange girl in her room one night. Night after night, the girl returns, getting closer to her bed, while Ichiko’s condition worsens. Suspicious, her classmate Masami investigates and uncovers a dark secret hidden within the hospital.

To the surprise suicide of his mother, Manuela, a 23-year-old decides to unravel the mystery that led her to take such a decision, discovering a past carefully muted. .

A young British man is torn between the hard partying boyfriend he still loves and a successful older Australian man.

In a small convent immersed in the tranquility of the Tuscan countryside, four friars spend their days: Raniero, the gruff but friendly guardian, Gervasio, jovial but hypochondriac, the naive Bettino, and Vittorio, an elderly friar who tends the garden. Their daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of Antonio, who quickly wins the trust of the three friars, but not that of Raniero, who views him with great suspicion. The two engage in acts of espionage in an attempt to discover something about each other's past. While rummaging through Antonio's cell, Raniero makes a shocking discovery about an unspeakable secret...

Wieland Busch is a misogynist as it is written in the book. And he even wrote this book himself: Since his bestseller "The Love Lie", Wieland has been a fashion philosopher who defines people as pure instincts. The eloquent thinker brands love and romance in his own television show as purely "hormonal disorders". However, none of this prevents the wealthy heiress Beatrix Hohenheubach from falling in love with the cynic.

After a battle, a young Lakota brave discovers a wounded soldier.

Outgoing Meera and shy Nithya are best friends since childhood. They share an apartment together in an expansive complex. One day, handsome Venkat moves in with his grandparents, and Meera is smitten She starts to make anonymous calls to him, and he finds himself falling in love with her. A friend suggests that he use caller ID to locate her, which he does. At that time, Meera hands the phone to Nithya to run an errand. Nithya is the face he sees holding the phone, and despite being engaged to Shakti, she likes him too.....

The slice-of-life story of how an exterminator attempts to connect with his clients and the consequences of these connections.

Young, inexperienced heroes, the Roma girl Darja and the "white" boy Vítek, nicknamed Ken by his friends, fall in love at a drunken dance with the intensity of their first adolescent love, unaware of the world they live in and how a mere name or skin color can arouse hatred and a desire for revenge in others.

Two childhood friends - Darren and Gary - re-unite for the funeral of an old acquaintance. Gary boasts of the life he's made in London during the four years he's been away. Darren is still living in the same town they're from. It doesn't take long before the timid and easily-lead Darren, drawn in by his charismatic friend, finds himself in trouble as the pair check out old haunts, mates and ex-girlfriends.

Video art by JJ Stevens.