All Films

Picassolina

2002 • 1 min

Animated short.

Tarry

2002 • 11 min • Netherlands

The hesitation of a couple in love about whether or not to make love leads to an unfortunate coincidence of events.

10 Minutes

2002 • 10 min • Bosnia and Herzegovina

10 minutes doesn't seem long to a Japanese tourist waiting for some photos in Rome, but a lot can happen in the same 10 minutes for a family in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.

Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET

2002 • 34 min • Japan

The second original video work following Miki Nakatani's "BROKEN HEART". As with the previous work, Ryuichi Sakamoto's music is directed by Atsuro Watabe. Shot in Paris and composed mainly of "AIR POCKET" and "CHELSEA GIRLS". In the previous work, the film was built with the PV image in mind, but this time, including her private scenes shot in Paris, Miki Nakatani's charm as an actress is fully revealed.

You're Under Arrest: No Mercy!!

2002 • 23 min • Japan

Fresh from being transferred to the LAPD, Miyuki and Natsumi must investigate some unusual car theft incidents in their area. And when Miyuki's yellow 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is "gone in 60 seconds" (literally), the situation gets more complicated when they discover who the thief is.

Boomer

2002 • 16 min • France

An undisputed fan of tuning, Philippe is extremely involved in his passion, at the expense of his family. In fact, he spends most of his time improving his machine, a Punto Tuning Cup Diablo, and wants to be recognized in this industry. One day, during a competition, he finds himself facing a major challenger, Diego, his sworn enemy.

Sinister

2002 • 5 min

A young girl has nightmares about the Pied Piper.

Snipers Alley

2002 • 14 min

Two German UN soldiers are confronted by a sniper in Kosovo.

O Beautiful

2002 • 31 min • United States of America

Being gay-bashed and left in a corn field in rural America takes an unusual turn when one of the bashers returns with remorse and a secret.

Joe

2002 • 9 min • Canada

This animated short tells the story of Seraphim "Joe" Fortes, one of Vancouver's most beloved citizens. Born in the West Indies, Joe Fortes swam in English Bay for over than 30 years. A self-appointed lifeguard at first, he became so famous that the city of Vancouver finally rewarded him with a salary for doing what he loved best.

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002 • 58 min • United States of America

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.

Ghosts vs. Aliens

2002 • 50 min • Japan

Horror, gag, entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" "Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro" !! "Kaidanui watching me ..." and "My alien" are included.

El malentendido

2002 • 20 min • Argentina

A young woman will seek to reunite with her family after being adopted. After finding out her whereabouts with a detective, she will travel inside to meet them waiting to be recognized. Her mother and brother have a roadside post on the Paraguayan border, but only in appearance, as they actually do macabre and terrifying work.

Touch

2002 • 29 min • Canada

A boy, abducted and abused for eight years returns home to find that the experience remains an indelible part of him.

Ant Muzak

2002 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Even cult 80s popstars need to do the shopping... Documentary-style comedy about Adam & The Ants making a charmingly off-kilter trip to their local 24-hour supermarket at 2am on a nondescript weekday morning. Cruising the aisles like some kind of bizarre surrogate family-unit, the flamboyantly dressed band-members are thrown into crisis when one of their 2 drummers suddenly goes missing.

Skenäktenskap

2002 • 27 min • Sweden

He is conductor on the railcar to Vänersborg. She is a conductor on the Herrljunga train. For two minutes once a week, their trains stop at the same platform.

Gone Nutty

2002 • 5 min • United States of America

Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.

Crush Gear Turbo The Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge

2002 • 25 min • Japan

Having gained great popularity as a TV series and toys, Crush Gear Turbo here becomes a movie for the first time. The very first Gear even made in the world is stolen. The gear, named Kaiservern, beats the prize winners of the Australia convention one after another. Kouya and Manganji, which won a prize in the Asia Convention, become targets too. When the unidentied gear fighter who handles Kaiservern appears in front of Kouya and Manganji, the two boys decide to fight together to win victory over their enemy.

The Visitor

2002 • 30 min • Australia

Michael, at his beach-home in Australia, is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear lifelong friend and former lover of two-years Chris who is dying back in Boston, America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as they get ready for a weekend away of surf. C.K., one of the surfers, remains behind to surf the local beach....

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger Shushuuto: The Movie

2002 • 30 min • Japan

The second film outing of the Hurricaneger team. Hurricaneger the theatrical movie introduces new, original hardware and characters, including "Tenrai Senpuujin," the Gattai Robot. Sayaka Yoshino guest stars!

Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders

2002 • 49 min • Japan

This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kido's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by Kamen Rider Ryuki, Koichi Sakakibara. However, Sakakibara could no longer go on due to the severity of his injuries and passed his Card Deck to Shinji, allowing him to become the next Ryuki and defeat the monster.

Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex - For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards.

2001 • 13 min • Japan

Filmed on location in Vietnam’s Indochina Sea, this remarkable 13-minute video depicts a number of young men struggling to propel cyclos across the rock-strewn, sandy, ocean bottom. Working in teams, they pull, push, and pedal the passengerless vehicles; and periodically they must rush up to the surface for air or risk drowning. The water grows deeper; the boulders get larger; the trip to the surface takes longer; and the task is increasingly arduous. Finally, the drivers abandon their cyclos, and swim together toward an underwater “city” composed of tents made from white netting strung between boulders, a metaphorical memorial for the many Vietnamese boat people drowned in the aftermath of the war.

Metalstasis

2001 • 8 min • United Kingdom

An animated science-fiction short directed by Matthew Hood. A mechanical man finds his routine of life disturbed by illness from an unusual source.

Françoise

2001 • 22 min • Brazil

A woman named Françoise meets a man who's waiting for his bus in a bus station.