All Films

Interrogation of a Highland Lass

2000 • 54 min • United Kingdom

Docu-drama about the taking of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey on Christmas morning of 1950 by a band of Scottish nationalist. The Stone of Scone is a holy relic (supposed to have been Jacob's Pillow when he dreamt of the Ladder to Heaven) on which the old kings of Scotland were crowned. It was stolen by Edward Longshanks - of Braveheart fame - in 1296 and had remained at the Abbey since.

Coming Out

2000 • 3 min • France

Vincent rehearses with his boyfriend the difficult announcement he will make to his father.

Intimate Enemies

2000 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Life on the savannah of southern Tanzania is a study in contrast between rainy and dry seasons. When water is abundant, the wildebeest at the rivers provide food for the lion population, while the buffalo graze contentedly on the succulent grasses in the hills. The two great adversaries -- lion and buffalo -- can keep their distance. Intimate Enemies is a film about the relationship between these two great animals as a drought forces them into a titanic battle

Sex and the Matrix

2000 • 6 min

A spoof created for the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, combining The Matrix and "Sex in the City".

Easter in Bunnyland

2000 • 50 min

In this animated adventure for the whole family, Easter is right around the corner, and three rabbits -- Flip Rabbit, Bitsy Bunn, and Buck -- are looking forward to celebrating the holiday with their good friend, the Easter Bunny. But the Easter Bunny is nowhere to be found, and Flip and his pals learn that the Bunny has been abducted by the evil Beau Rat and his partner in crime, J.J. Can Flip, Bitsy, and Buck rescue the Easter Bunny in time to save the holiday?

I Can't Sleep

2000 • 10 min • France

After a year of separation, Antoine decides to go to his former girlfriend Julie, as if they had never left. Antoine will do everything to seduce Julie again, despite their breakup.

A Bright Shining Sun

2000 • 36 min • Greece

Natasha, a Russian refuge, seeks a place in the Greek sun. She learns speaking Greek using audio cassettes. Finally, she learns the lesson of life.

Home Kill

2000 • 14 min • New Zealand

In this dark short film, an isolated rural idyll is spoiled when a farmhand (Craig Hall) gets ideas above his station. There will be blood in the barn as the interloper puts new meaning into dirty dairying, and upturns the lives of farmer Ken (Ross Harper), his wife (Sara Wiseman) and Ken’s simple sibling (Leighton Cardno).

Delusions in Modern Primitivism

2000 • 17 min

Meet Jerome, tortured soul. Bored with his extensive collection of tattoos and piercings we follow Jerome on his trek across Dallas for the next, newest form of body modification as he seeks meaning, identity and acceptance from this harsh world in the form of a new scar.

Je t'aime John Wayne

2000 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Belmonde lives in 1990s London as an iconic , cool Frenchman modelled on the new wave cinema of the 1960s. Really he is English and middle class – a fact that his family won't let him forget!

Quest of the Carib Canoe

2000 • 50 min • United Kingdom

The small and marginalised remaining Caribs of Dominica set out on a voyage to re-discover their heritage and raise awareness to their plight; by sailing a traditional 500 year old canoe back to their South American homeland in Guyana.

The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix

2000 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Profile of the actress who found fame in Coronation Street and whose life offscreen was as colourful as that of Elsie Tanner, the character she played for 21 years. Close friends and co-stars including Julie Goodyear, Helen Worth, Tony Booth, and Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street, share their touching and hilarious memories of this larger-than-life, spirited woman.

Bucharest - Vienna, 8:15

2000 • 13 min • Romania

Niki wants to leave his family and work illegally in Germany. The voyage with his friend Cretu proves difficult.

Anos de Guerra - Guiné 1963-1974

2000 • 57 min • Portugal

The colonial war. Remembering the past, filming the present, thinking about the future. Collection of testimonies of ex-combatants still alive and archival footage.

The Zsigmondy System

2000 • 19 min • France

Two young girls find out, in the hard way, that climb mountains isn't all that fun that people often say it is.

King of the Jews

2000 • 18 min • United States of America

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ. These childhood recollections are a point of departure for larger issues such as the roots of Christian anti-Semitism.

The Seduction of Angels

2000 • 5 min • Germany

A young man cruises through the nightly city. He meets people, silhouettes, strange and scary. They all end up in a dim night club.

The Girl in the Lay-by

2000 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A girl working as a hotdog server in a Scottish Highlands lay-by dreams of going to New York.

Muziek: Harry Bannink

2000 • 50 min • Netherlands

This documentary explores the life and life of Harry Bannink, an important Dutch composer for theatre and television.

Flight Over Lithuania or 510 Seconds of Silence

2000 • 9 min • Lithuania

The film features an incredibly low angel’s flight over the dunes of Nida, Trakai castle, the lakes of Aukstaitija (Highlands), the roofs of the Old Town of Vilnius and the fantastically beautiful church steeples. It’s like a mystical gliding just above the treetops, meadows covered by early morning mist, as well as the narrow streets of Vilnius.

For the Peace of All Mankind

2000 • 7 min • South Korea

A witty and heartwarming portrayal of humanism during a life-threatening crisis, the film tells the story of a soldier set against a little girl on the enemy's side during a war.

In an Alien Time

2000 • 7 min • Lithuania

It is possible to find friends even in an alien time; one has only to fall in love with somebody quite different from oneself.

Crime Chronicle or Woman's Day

2000 • 51 min • Croatia

It deals with unexpected romance between a salesgirl and a police inspector.

My Head Hurts

2000 • 22 min • Greece

Marianne an elderly woman who devoted her life to the occult predicts her own death, afraid for her life she makes a deal with a strange man who calls himself 'The Fool' who tells her he could alter her future and save her from her destiny. When strangers start to move into her house, and she loses all control over her life she realizes that a worse destiny is awaiting her.