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Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand, 115 min, 1999, Narrative Feature
Tum is a secretary in a finance company. The ailing economy forces the company to lay-off some of its staff, and Tum happens to be one of them. The morning ... more »
A FEELING CALLED GLORY
Dir: Coreen Mayrs, Canada, 28 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A delightfully morbid and life-affirming story about a quirky summer friendship between two oddballs who have unique and opposing outlooks on coping with l ... more »
A FISTFUL OF KEBAB
Dir: Roar Uthaug & Espen Egeland, Norway, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A dusty kebab dive. Twelve heavily armed men. A stranger without a name. An extra strong kebab.... Norway's first kebab western. ... more »
A VISIT TO NY
Dir: Brenden Flynt, United States, 6 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A German mother flies to New York City to visit her daughter and finds out she quit an important internship to become an actress on Broadway. ... more »
A WHOLE NEW DAY
Dir: William Garcia, United States, 18 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Bukowski meets Stanley Kowalski in the form of James Gandolfini's portrait of Vincent. Vincent is a blue collar "family man" of Italian decent who has a dr ... more »
BAD MONEY
Dir: John Hazlett, Canada, 95 min, 1999, Narrative Feature
George has a gun, Jan has a butcher's knife and Murray and Stick are armed with attitude. The four main characters of "Bad Money" are ready to do whatever ... more »
BEAT THE BRAT
Dir: Eli Kabillio, United States, 1 min, 2000, Experimental
"Beat the Brat" is the first episode of "The Bill Johnson Show," a series of animated shorts by Mad Dog Films, Inc., written by Cevin Soling and Directed b ... more »
BILLY TWIST
Dir: Eva Aridjis, United States, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Billy takes action by mounting a military campaign prior to his piano recital. His objective: retrieving his walkie talkie from the enemy (Billy's mom). Hi ... more »
BONBON
Dir: Franziska Stünkel, Germany, 23 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A raucuos romantic turqoise-blue pop-art fairy-tale about the relationship of Julie and Pierre. Julie loves Pierre. Pierre loves Julie. Julie loves France ... more »
BROKE
Dir: Matt Goldman, United States, 20 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Imagine Cassavetes directing a Seinfeld episode on methamphetamines while Charlie Mingus and the Pixies do the score. "Broke" weaves through an urban web o ... more »
COPIER, THE
Dir: Christian Taftrup, Denmark, 20 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Christian Tafdrup is the script copier at Zentropa. He is the company's absolute dog's body and the other employees treat him like dirt. But his friends ar ... more »
CRYSTAL PHOTOGRAPHER, THE
Dir: T&T Dreijer, Denmark, 10 min, 1999, Documentary Short
A short film about the hidden mysterious world of microscopic crystals, seen through the lens of "The Crystal Photographer." ... more »
DALEKO
Dir: Andrea Staka, United States, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Ana lives in New York, her family in Belgrade. Spring 1999. She is listening to the monotony of the dialtone's humming sound. ... more »
DE TODO UN POCO
Dir: Jordan Mintzer, United States, 11 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Set in the streets, restaurants, and brothels of Queens, this film follows a Mexican dishwasher in the hours that pass between work. ... more »
DEMOCRATIC PROMISE, THE
Dir: Bob Hercules & Bruce Orensteins, United States, 56 min, 1999, Documentary Feature
"I tell people the hell with charity, the only thing you'll get is what you're strong enough to get." -- Saul Alinsky The "Democratic Promise," narrated by ... more »
DIGITAL HARVEY
Dir: Federico Hatoum, United States, 10 min, 1999, Narrative Short
In this hilarious mockumentary, two misguided digital effects gurus "improve" the classic Jimmy Stewart film Harvey, in which Stewart befriends an invisibl ... more »
DIRECTIONS
Dir: Willow Rossetti-Johnson, United States, 5 min, 2000, Experimental
The film "Directions" uses a narrative poem and a silent film structure to reconstruct a disparate relationship of two lovers. The "directions" provided by ... more »
DIVINE BEINGS
Dir: Dan Oki, Croatia, 28 min, 1999, Experimental
"Divine Beings", is an ecological-humanistic narration based on a true concern about the living kingdom. The author narrates ("voice off") his fascination ... more »
DOLPHINS
Dir: Farhad Yawari, Germany, 40 min, 1990, Narrative Feature
Lara is only able to escape from the harshness of the mental hospital by submerging herself in a dream world inspired by her goldfish bowl. This world is f ... more »
DOT DOWN
Dir: Christophe Dunert, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
After a fight with his girlfriend, Ezee goes out for a walk... ... more »
ENGAGED
Dir: Eric Deacon, England, 12 min, 1999, Narrative Short
"Engaged" is a black comic fable about love and grief and how the two things often go hand in hand. Eileen and her 40 year old son Mick, run a tatty hotel ... more »
FANNY'S WEDDING
Dir: Olivier Brunet, France, 18 min, 1999, Experimental
In her house close to the edge of the cliff, Fanny remembers Simon, her fiancé, the love of her life. "They" took him away on their wedding day, a long tim ... more »
FEDIA. THREE MINUTES AFTER THE BIG BANG
Dir: Audrius Stonys, Lithuania, 10 min, 1999, Documentary Short
A simple film about a simple man. ... more »
FULL MOON AT MIDNIGHT
Dir: Henrik Kozlowski, United States, 5 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A struggling artist is contemplating suicide. An angel disguised as a burglar breaks into the artist's home. A confrontation ensues. During the struggle th ... more »
HANDS SPEAK
Dir: Ana Victoria Aenlle, United States, 11 min, 1999, Experimental
This short, experimental, visual poem explores the difficulties of communication. The unspeakable, unspoken. Barriers intact. Solitude governs. ... more »
HOMELAND
Dir: Doug Scott, El Salvador, 30 min, 1999, Narrative Short
This is the story of Adrian, a young gang member who is deported to his native El Salvador after taking part in a shooting on the streets of New York City. ... more »
HOUSE ON FIRE
Dir: Mustapha Khan, United States, 60 min, 1999, Documentary Feature
"House on Fire" is about what many call perhaps the most serious threat to the survival of the African-American community since slavery - AIDS. Despite com ... more »
HUMIDITY
Dir: Nyle Cavazos Garcia, United States, 25 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Leigh is getting older and finding herself stuck in a frustrating routine, only that routine belongs to somebody else. Clark, her neighbor, is a fifty-year ... more »
IN THE JUNGLE
Dir: Kim Yong-Hwa, Korea, 27 min, 2000, Narrative Short
The film reveals the desperate lives of two brothers. Myunghoon takes care of his mother, who suffers from an incurable illness, and younger brother, who i ... more »
INTERVISTA
Dir: Anri Sala, Albania, 25 min, 1998, Documentary Short
Anri Sala, the young son of the former head of the Communist Youth Alliance discovers a twenty-year-old 16mm film, the record of an interview with his moth ... more »
LAST REQUEST
Dir: Tom Hodges, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A hit man takes his victim to the middle of the desert to make the victim dig his own grave. But when the victim finds out this is the hit man's first time ... more »
LAUGHTER OF GOD, THE
Dir: Dylan Verrechia, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Mr. Gouliate, an Algerian journalist in exile, lives with his daughter in New York. He has to deal with the burden of his memory and the reality of his dau ... more »
MAD HARP
Dir: Ryuta Kira, Japan, 8 min, 1999, Experimental
The film is inspired by the sound of the music instrument KOUKIN (Mouth harp), and the sound as KYOUKIN (Mad harp). ... more »
MARSHMALLOW
Dir: Nathan Fleet, Canada, 6 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A sexual predator entices a four year old girl into his car and goes to an abandoned rail station. The musical score and a train are the only sounds in thi ... more »
META
Dir: Marcella Steingart, United States, 19 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A girl with a bald spot meets a boy with a worm. "Meta," explores with honesty and simple detail, the universal teenage struggle to find love and save face ... more »
MIDSUMMER
Dir: James Kerwin, United States, 17 min, 1999, Experimental
In this edgy adaptation of a classic Shakespearean tale, a young man (Ashley Wood) must come to terms with his feelings for his best friend -- a beautiful ... more »
MY COUNTRY (FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY)
Dir: Goran Radovanovic, Yugoslavia, 23 min, 2000, Documentary Short
Serbia 1999: extreme poverty, corruption, authocracy, ethnic problems, NATO agression, manipulation of population by the state controlled medias and...hung ... more »
NEXT TO EUROPE
Dir: Veiko Taluste, Estonia, 2 min, 1999, Documentary Short
A film shot in August 1998, during an expedition to Siberia, a region with a population, victim of oil pollution. A poetical clip, shot with sensitivity. S ... more »
NIGHT ON THE TOWN
Dir: James Holland, United States, 19 min, 1999, Narrative Short
"Night on the Town" is the story of three children left at home while their parents enjoy a night out. Inspired by memories of the filmmaker's own childhoo ... more »
NOMI'S BAT MITZVAH
Dir: Jessica Sharzer, United States, 13 min, 2000, Narrative Short
A sentimental comedy about what it means to become a woman. There is family, ritual and all the trappings of "femininity." On the other hand, there are boy ... more »
OF ONE BLOOD:RETURNING HOME TO AFRICA
Dir: Scott Douglas & Brenda Berg-Morrow, Ghana, 29 min, 1999, Documentary Short
An American husband and wife, who have embarked on a pilgrimage to Ghana, West Africa, present a special gift of dance to the Asante people, symbolizing th ... more »
OFFERING, THE
Dir: Paul Lee, Canada, 10 min, 1999, Experimental
Inspired by The Young Man and His Death, a ballet choreography written by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). "The Offering" is based on my personal grief over the p ... more »
OFFICER DOWN
Dir: Dan & Matt O'Donnell, United States, 11 min, 1999, Experimental
"Officer Down" is the story of Snookie, a young NYPD beat cop with an unforgivably juvenile attitude toward life, and his mentor, the amiable veteran Detec ... more »
ONCE WE WERE STRANGERS
Dir: Emanuele Crialese, United States, 96 min, 1998, Narrative Feature
It is a charmingly unpredictable and all-too-real modern romantic comedy about two couples set in the disarming hodgepodge of New York's colorful ethnic ne ... more »
ONE WAY TO SEE AMERICA
Dir: Kai Kaljo, United States, 3 min, 1999, Experimental
"In 1998, I spent some time in Buffalo at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre as an artist-in-residence. This was my first visit to America and the video "O ... more »
PHOENIX CROSSING
Dir: Robert Drummond, United States, 9 min, 1999, Experimental
Shot in Los Angeles and the Southwest, "Phoenix Crossing" is a tapestry of rich imagery and sound meditating on interwoven cycles of humankind, nature, and ... more »
PRIMARY SUSPECT
Dir: Jeff Celentano, United States, 92 min, 2000, Narrative Feature
On a personal mission to destroy his wife killer, a Denver cop (William Baldwin) joins a rogue operation that goes bad, finds himself under suspicion of mu ... more »
PROTEST
Dir: Steve Katz, United States, 2 min, 1999, Experimental
A dreamlike meditation on the plight of the elephant whose natural habitat shrinks each year. Set to the recognizable arria from LA WALLY Opera. ... more »
RAZOR'S EDGE
Dir: Lorenzo Benedick, United States, 13 min, 1999, Narrative Short
An old fashioned barber finds himself at a loss when called upon to shave an unusually jittery customer. When all attempts at idle everyday chatter fail to ... more »
REVES
Dir: Adolfo Davila, Mexico, 25 min, 1999, Experimental
The present is the past of the future... It is said that life goes around. Is it a circle or a circumference? Does life go around us or do we go around lif ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Experimental
RIPPLE
Dir: Tim Kerns, United States, 5 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Two fishermen find Jesus Christ floating in a lake and have to figure out what to do with him. ... more »
RUNNING STILL
Dir: Peter LoGreco, United States, 13 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Robert Walker, a man who always does the right thing, now finds himself trapped between his wife, his lover, and a choice that could change his life foreve ... more »
SKIRTY WINNER
Dir: Jeffrey Bair, United States, 92 min, 1999, Narrative Feature
Meet Skirty Winner. An actress with no credits (a daytime temp and an evening bartender), Skirty is taking the biggest bite she can out of the Big Apple. F ... more »
STARSHEEPS
Dir: Antoine Deschamps & Jovann Leblanc, France, 6 min, 1999, Experimental
Do brave US soldiers really dream of happy, flying sheep? ... more »
STATION #77
Dir: Bryan Furst, United States, 12 min, 2000, Narrative Short
Joe, the lone attendent at a remote desert gas station, decides to do something. Something big. ... more »
STORIES OF BRATS
Dir: Cane Capovolto, Italy, 11 min, 2000, Experimental
Son of a dream: vulgarizing Surrealism by practicing it. The subject of "Storie di Monelli" comes from an interview with filmmaker Joel Haertling and from ... more »
SUN ALLEY
Dir: Leander Haussmann, Germany, 95 min, 1999, Narrative Feature
Micha lives in the German Democratic Republic. His apartment is cramped, the neighbor works for the secret police and the Soviet Union is big brother. The ... more »
TORMENTS
Dir: Andrea Seligmann, Brazil, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Loneliness and incommunicability. 20-year-old Lucy tries to discover what gives her pleasure. ... more »
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Dir: Sebastain Bear Mcclard & Zachary Buehner, United States, 5 min, 1999, Experimental
A journey into the mind of a young man via New York's seldom walked train tracks. The film is set to Dr. Octagon's "Blue Flowers". ... more »
VENTI
Dir: Marco Pozzi, Italy, 91 min, 2000, Narrative Feature
Venti is the story of a journey made by two young women, Beatriz and Eva, told through a series of short episodes. Beatriz (Anita Caprioli) is a hard-porn ... more »
VIRTUAL BODY OF GOD
Dir: Andrej & Julia Velikanov, Russia, 6 min, 1999, Experimental
"Virtual Body of God" begins from a series of poems written as prayers to God in the form of contemporary advertising. The body of God has been dispersed i ... more »
WADD - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN C. HOLMES
Dir: Cass Paley, United States, 110 min, 1999, Documentary Feature
In the history of adult cinema no name is better known than that of John C. Holmes. As filmmaker P.T. Anderson (Boogie Nights) states: "I think you could m ... more »
WAITING
Dir: Patrick Hasson, United States, 80 min, 2000, Narrative Feature
Sean McNutt is losing his mind. Customer complaints, fifty cent tips, raw chicken parmigiana and Mafioso management are gnawing away at what sanity he has ... more »