År 2002 - 488

Renowned pianist Makoto Ozone and vibraphone maestro Gary Burton have collaborated on a number of occasions both live and in the studio. This concert from the Montreux Festival in 2002 corresponded with the release of their album "Virtuosi", which combines classical music duets with jazz improvisations to stunning effect. Also included are various pieces from Gary Burton’s extensive back catalog. Tracklisting 1. Afro Blues 2. Bag’s Groove 3. Hole in the Wall 4. Opus Half 5. Le Tombeau De Couperin 6. Sonata K20 7. Excursions for Piano, Opus 20 8. Number 1 9. Opus 32, Prelude VIII 10. Milonga 11. Concerto in F 12. Bienvenidos Al Mundo

Loon Dreaming opens with loons gracefully riding the waves. Then suddenly we see the world through the eyes of one of these spectacular birds. We dive down deep into the waters in pursuit of fish, launch skyward from the water and fly high over the busy highways and sprawling subdivisions that scar the natural world--before gently splashing down on a secluded lake. The artistry of Iriz Pääbo and her creative use of digital technology are a magical mix! A forest transforms into an explosion of colour, the passion of loons becomes palpable, and their hunting call resonates. A film without words.

Kwan Ming makes three friends on his journey from China to the New World. Once the men arrive, they all look for work but find nothing. When opportunities finally arise, Kwan Ming lets his friends have the best jobs: tailor, shoemaker and baker. Kwan takes a lowly position as helper to a mean store owner. His cruel boss makes three impossible demands: that Kwan Ming find him a woolen suit that never tears, boots that never wear out and bread that won't go stale. Kwan Ming's generosity of spirit pays off when his friends come to his aid.

Part of the 'Interesting Times' series with Kang Jianning's Xiao's Long March and Duan Jinchuan's My Secret to Success.

Memosium is composed like a concerto in three movements. Camera, body and space have their own tempo but all are played simultaneously. From its shots and characters, the story seems amnesic. Events reiterate themselves infinitely. We are in a time of repetition. Thus, all seems to start again, stressed by the circular arrangement of space. Prisoner of its own memory. Moreover, the acceleration and geometrical multiplication of movement, the complexity of the character’s activities, their mathematical cutting and the infinite re-arrangement of the body give the spectator a new awareness of time, without set limits. Only flight (death?) can allow escape from this trap of time.

In the summer of 2001, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, a totem pole in the Peabody Museum at Harvard University was returned to its original owners' ancestors, a Tlingit community in Southeast Alaska. The journey of the pole began a hundred years ago when it was removed by the Harriman Expedition from the deserted village of Gash at Cape Fox. The totem pole makes its way from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Ketchikan, Alaska, where the Cape Fox community holds a ceremony to welcome home artifacts taken by the Expedition.

A documentary about the issues that confront homosexuals and transvestites in Haiti. The various caracters in the documentary have their own explanation as to why they are gay (all the interviewed people are male) and how the majority of them feel that the Voodoo godess Erzulie has made them into what they are.

The Song of the Dead: In the year 553, General Bai Lan lead her army against Sun Law and was trapped in an evil spell by their wizard. Almost 1500 years later, a singer named Wei Lai and her producer Wing Man begin practicing in a deserted studio. Wing Man discovers among the old papers an unfinished song, and begins to compose an ending. Meanwhile, Wei Lai keeps seeing a female ghost draped in red. As the song nears completion, Wing Man begins to transform into another being, and Wei Lai's actions are becoming even more bizarre. But what is the meaning behind these transformations and their connection to this still unfinished song?

Animation about a match's brave attempt to pursue his life.

The kicks, hits, and blows of martial arts master are no faster than Nicolayevsky's manic editing.

A video essay offering new perspectives on a contemporary China between communist slogans and market-driven society. Is the utopia of a communist society in China still alive or just kept alive artificially? In Zhou Hongxiang's video essay possible answers are interconnected, while presenting today's China as a nation torn between communist rhetoric and capitalist economy. Simultaneously, The Red Flag Flies critically reflects on the slogans of Maoism as well as on all kind of -isms in the world - albeit their economical, political or ideological origins.The Red Flag Flies tries to deconstruct and reconstruct the phenomenon of cinema by questioning current aesthetic experiences and cognitive perception, and tries to explore a new discourse on the power of images.

Ken delivers an uplifting and encouraging humor-filled presentation to help us find the missing gusto. No promises of health, wealth or perfection -- just an honest look at the Christian life.

Keith Deltano faces head-on the topic of teen abstinence, but not in the usual way. Keith is a Christian comedian with a style all his own. With pure energy, Keith combines side-splitting humor, slapstick, and audience participation with Scriptural truths and scientific evidence to confront youth with the harsh risks of premarital sex, and he presents the rich rewards of God’s plan: abstinence until marriage and monogamy afterwards. He helps young people know what to say and do to handle the pressures of their peers and today’s society.

Lights at night on Avenue A, shot on black and white and extensively and laboriously hand-colored.