År 2000 - 415

"A form emerging from the cinematographic material paces mountain trails. Singular irruption that disappears and blends into nature and its representation. There is no more separation, or so little, between being and the world, yet irreconcilable. The voice is tense, it becomes this arc between nature and the character that seems to bring back to the surface of the screen cinematic flashes forever forgotten. The film of Mahine ROUHI convokes other times which inscribe the transition from one state (psychic, physical) to another. These changes occur at different speeds, on different emulsions according to various treatments. The plasticity that results is not the least quality of this film that revives the mythopoetic cinema. " Yann BEAUVAIS .

Superimposed horizontal and vertical patterns in rich, dark colours flow across the screen at pleasantly slow tempos. in contrast to the video´s meditative effect, these abstractly floating visual sensations were created with footage showing speed. krzeczek obtained the effect of blurriness caused by movement by shooting everything from moving subway trains. as a result, the digital video camera´s eye was not able to produce sharp images.

_relifted has been made in the form of a triptych, though solely portions of the side panels are visible on the edge of the picture and refer to something off camera. shadowy signs, structures and figures bathed in warm skin tones are visible.

notdef., that could mean not deaf or, who knows, not defined. The monotonous thump of a percussively contoured, slightly delayed techno bass line underlies the images which, abstract and mutating constantly defy quick definition. In notdef./version one, virtual objects vigorously grow across a plane and into space from the center of the image for slightly longer than three minutes; nervously assembling and then falling away from one another, they overlap in glaringly bright colors before sinking back into the black matrix.

Los Alamos takes us on a trip to Never - Never Land, documenting the year with the worlds freestylers. See Candide Thovex, Les Trois Phillips, Jonny Moseley, Evan Raps, Tanner Hall, the Collins brothers and many more of the illustrious new school air squadron seeking out the best venues from huge back country gaps, Gravity & X-Games, camp footage, terrain park madness and the absolute sickest rail slide sessions yet witnessed.

All the action from the Gunners' 1999/2000 league and cup campaigns. Disappointment in the Champions League was offset by a strong finish to the Premiership which saw them claim the runners-up spot. Chiefly responsible for their mid-season revival was French striker Thierry Henry, who took his time adjusting to the pace of the English game, but ended up with 26 goals.

Exploring the Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Macedonia: A Civilization Uncovered looks at the extensive work of archaeologist Maolis Andronicos and his painstaking uncovering of a Macedonian settlement, and his attempts to prove the society was a sophisticated center of culture rather, than an outpost of classical Greece.

The figures of a big firework display develop behind the column architecture of an aboveground metro bridge and the lamps illuminating it. Trains drawing paths of light traverse the picture of explosions. Through the use of a vigorous rhythm of cuts, the black and white movie condenses the simultaneousness of these luminous patterns of movements and transforms what has been filmed into purely cinematic fireworks.

A Super 8 film.

Against the backdrop of millennial fervor, filmmaker Joanne Cheng journeys from Times Square to Tiananmen Square seeking a definition of China on the eve of the 21st Century. Interviewing internet surfers, business executives, avant-garde artists, punk rockers, "China Watchers" and Westerners living in China, she reveals a society in transitional mode as it moves rapidly towards modernity.

Based on the text of Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine, this video play manifests the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in India, which reached a nadir with the frenzied violence of fanatics who destroyed the 16th century Babri Masjid in December of 1992. The growing unrest that followed this destruction provided the extremists with an opportunity to attack and pillage the shanty- towns of the minority Muslim population in a clear case of land grab in Mumbai. Overnight slum colonies were burnt to cinders. The railway stations were filled with Muslims trying to catch any train that might take them away to the safety of their villages.

The Oman vs. The Devil (c) The Oman vs. The Devil (c) II Ironman vs. The Devil (c) The Devil vs. Ironman (c) (Casket Car Match)

For a long time Saint Patrick has been touted as the redemptor of Pagan Ireland: the man who rid the country of its snake population. We felt it was time the snakes got their due – You Can’t Keep A Good Snake Down redresses this historical imbalance.

A midsummer daydream. S8mm, color/si, (18fps)

This film will help to introduce rebetiko, a relatively unknown musical form outside of Greece, to an international audience. It includes musical and dance performances of rebetika songs, archival footage, and interviews with the friends, relatives and colleagues of Markos Vamvakaris. This documentary not only creates a vivid portrait of a man, but also presents us with a social and historical framework of Greece during the first 70 years of the 20th century.