An abstract work originating from experiments in the early 1990s, using bleach, ink and scratching directly onto super 8 film. The recurring circular image was formed by placing droplets of bleach onto each frame with a pin. The electronic music, made with Helliwell's prototype customised circuits, has layers of sound changing phase during the course of the film.
The film depicts the creative instincts of tribal women of Hazaribug in Bihar through the paintings, drawings and sketches done traditionally.
Sociocultural anthropologist James Eder documents the Batak tribes' eco-friendly hunter/gatherer way of life on the Philippine island of Palawan. Increasingly driven to take part in the island's growing cash economy, the tenacious Batak struggle to maintain their cultural and spiritual identity. Can conservationists, who approve of their sustainable methods of harvesting, help to secure the tribe's ancestral forest before it is lost?
An elf boy escapes lizardmen foot soldiers in this computer animated short.
"Jiang Zemin" interviews the President of the People's Republic of China about his visit to the United States. "Daniel Barenboim" rebroadcasts a segment on the pianist who is considered by some to be the most accomplished all-around living musician in the world. "Andy Rooney" talks about people wearing clothing advertisements.
In this clay animation, simple but lively clay dolls that viewers can't help but love run amok in real landscapes. They arise spontaneously from nowhere, touch themselves one by one as if to confirm the joy of life, and the sight of them moving around with their whole bodies overflowing with the joy of life is irrationally heart-warming. What makes this film even more deeply moving is that it also depicts death, which is the exact opposite of their sense of life and loveliness. The sincerity with which the characters try to accept the death of their beloved companions with all their might goes beyond the realm of character that tends to be described with the word 'cute', and is established as a rich drama. The exhilarating flight scenes and the music, which more than compensates for the dialogue, are also worthy of special mention.
Explores two spirit possession rituals in Western Nepal. Focuses on two women, known as dhaminis, to examine the role spirit possession plays in the religious life of their communities.
In the Mahébourg lagoon in Mauritius "seine" fishing is still practised. It is a traditional occupation that today still allows men to survive.
A Musical Journey through Spain
80-year-old Anna Filippovna and 63-year-old Alexey Fedorovich, residents of the village of Kuchuguri in the Voronezh region (the village about which director Gerchikov shot a real documentary saga), come to New Year's Eve Moscow, although they have not traveled further than the nearest district center from their native Kuchugurs in recent decades....
This video is an artistic interpretation of an actual performance that took place in the summer, 2000 on Mount Royal in Montreal. All the scenes of the video are in slow motion. Kinga Araya climbs wooden stairs to get to the top of Mount Royal. Dressed in black, she wears a beautiful, yet cumbersome and dangerous copper hat (adjustable refers to the copper band inside the Headgear to fit almost any human head). When she finally reaches the lookout, she continues to walk in a circle. She finishes her 'Royal Promenade' with a final spin, in the middle of this picturesque public space.
Film by Yoshi Tomoku, 2000. The meeting is in a dream.
Desert and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Rams III is a series of fantastic hunts throughout the past three years (1997 - 1999) and includes two years of hunting scenes from Alberta Canada's auction tag. You'll see George Harms take a state record desert ram in California, and a world record CA Bighorn with a bow. Bighorn 3 also follows Gary Hansen's #3 state record Idaho Bighorn hunt, and through Oregon for a CA Bighorn. Mark Almgreen takes a great desert sheep with a muzzleloader, Ann Palmer shoots a great desert ram in Arizona, and we'll see a pistol hunt that completes all four methods of hunting. With two additional Bighorn scenes, Bighorn III highlights nine outstanding hunts and closely focuses on field judging rams between 160 and 208 Boone and Crockett points.
This educational video uses a blend of live action footage and catchy tunes to teach children basic skills such as counting and learning how things move. Songs included are: 'Diggers, Dumpers and Trucks'; 'Mass Excavator'; 'The Roller'; 'I Went to Visit a Site One Day'; 'Ten Hard Hats'; 'The Tall Crane Song'; 'The Concrete Mixer'; 'The Building Site'; and 'Crash Bang Smash'.
texts from the late 20th century's most radical avant-garde works
A team of space marines investigates an abandoned TV station and awakens the ancient evil who lives within.
The banal days go by without you realizing it. Vividly colored watercolor integrated with 3D computer animation presents the details of a somewhat unremarkable life to re-discover beauties in common things.
Short film by Hiroko Kobayashi
Short film by Hiroko Kobayashi
