1990 Movies

The story of Māori-Pakeha relationships during the New Zealand Land Wars. Styles and themes are borrowed from 1920s filmmaking whilst the content is reinterpreted for a 1980s perspective.

La Madonna di Theo Eshetu is a video reinterpretation of the figure of the Madonna and the way in which she was represented in Renaissance art. The narratives and symbolic values with which she was associated are transformed into a reflection on the luminous a...

Sex farce, two unrelated episodes.

During the period of Qing Tongzhi, the general Bai Chong seeked happiness in Xiaoyao all day.In order to kill him, Dan Biao intruded into Xiaoyao at night and nearly lost life but was rescued by Shen Long, a young hero...

Documentary filmmaker Paul Krewer follows his friend Thomas Ritter in the Peace Race, aiming to capture a winner’s story. When Ritter crashes and falls back, Krewer shifts focus to underdog Steve Baxter’s grit and teammate Falck’s unexpected lead. In a dramati...

Border Brujo is a ritual-linguistic journey across the U.S./Mexico border written and performed by artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña. In the guise of a cross-cultural shaman, Gómez Peña shifts into 15 different personas, each speaking a different language. The perso...

Short TV play about a lonely man at Christmas.

José Gregorio Hernández (Flavio Caballero) was a doctor who dedicated his life to serving the poor, the sick and the dispossessed in times when no one took them into account. Every day he attended to a large number of people who required his services without...

Movie about inter-generation and inter-person relations

To survive, Huang, former opium trafficker, engages in illegal karate fights, a discipline which he is the undisputed master. He is contacted by Interpol, who asked him to infiltrate the opium networks of the Golden Triangle. At a secret meeting in Manila, Hua...

The film is an emotional story about fateful historical events in the 20th century, which took place in three Baltic countries- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The story is also about their efforts to regain independence.

Including six short animated films, each directed by a separate filmmaker.

A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.

“In NATURAL FEATURES Nelson mingles hundreds of still images with 3-D objects and “real” images photographed through glass layerings into a free-associative and playfully bizarre form of animation. Perhaps no film has more successfully blended an evident passi...

Scientists do an investigation on sharks as they believe they can cure deadly diseases.

A documentary following five young artists from around China, who travelled to Beijing in the 1980s to work as freelancers, exploring their lives, careers, and what aspirations they may have for the future.

Parampara is a 1990 Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil, written by S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty, Sumalatha, and Suresh Gopi. Mammootty plays two roles in the film, portraying both Johny, the protagonist, and Lawrence, his father.