Written and directed by Frederic Gonseth and Catherine Azad, Photographed by Frederic Gonseth, Sound by Catherine Azad, Edited, produced and distributed by Frederic Gonseth Productions, Charles-Monnard 6, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel. +41 21 3510511, Fax +41 21 3510513, frederic.gonseth@span.ch

Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, northwest India. Frederic Gonseth and Catherine Azad have decided to let us discover the astonishing vibrancy of a contemporary Indian city from the viewpoint of the animals. And, first of all, the inextricable ties that link men and animals in that country. Donkeys, elephants, cobras, oxen, cows, dromedaries, goats and monkeys form an integral part of the urban landscape and, through religious rites, are the permanent partners of the inhabitants of Jaipur, the animal city. So the camera follows a particular goat or cow and goes back to its owner, who explains such and such a spiritual tradition or economic need for which this impulsive or impassive companion can be used. Because these beasts that Indian civilization is so pleased to integrate give the filmmakers an opportunity to rediscover in a particularly original way religions, castes and crafts which, here and there, are clashing head on with modern life. So even if the cows are sacred, if the monkeys are thieves, if the dromedaries are exhausted and the goats are light-fingered, they give Jaipur its unique flavor and, who knows, provided we follow the filmmakers in their strange adventure, also a surprising lesson in wisdom and tolerance. And perhaps at the end of the day this Brahman is right: "Without animals, there¹s no paradise."

LOOMADE LINN, Frederic Gonseth, Catherine Azad

Inimesed elavad ja surevad Jaipuris loomadega läbisegi. Loomaliikide rohkus on siin silmipimestav ­ elevandid, lehmad, sead, ahvid, kaamelid, maod ja kõikvõimalikud linnud. Eriti keeruline on Jaipuris autot või trolli juhtida, sest kõik " tegelased" hulguvad mööda tänavaid. Loode-Indias on teisigi selliseid linnu, kuid mitmemiljonilise elanikkonnaga Jaipur rabab eurooplasi kõige enam.

THE BABAR WHO GIVES BACK CHANGE, 9 min. 2000 MACEDONIA

Written and directed by Vladimir Bocev, Photographed by Vladimir Bocev, Edited by Atanas Georgiev, Produced and distributed by Museum of Macedonia, Curciska bb, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia, Tel. +389 2 116044, Fax +389 2 116439, musmk@mt.net.mk

Changes that occurred in traditional culture, particularly in the second half of the 20th century, have contributed in turning part of it into its own replica. This phenomenon poses the issue of the attitude of different generations to the current state of traditional culture and, above all, to the issue of continuity. The film attempts to address some of these issues.

BABAR, KES ANNAB TAGASI…, Vladimir Bocev

Pilk traditsioonidele tänapäeva Makedoonias.

THE BANISHED, 52 min. 1998 FINLAND

Directed and edited by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Sound by Iiris Härmä, Produced by Mikael Wahlforss, Distributed by An Epidem Production, Meneesikatu 1-3 J, 00170 Helsinki, Finland, Tel. +358 9 2781935, Fax +358 9 2781998, ohlstroem@epidem.pp.fi

The Banished is a colorful documentary about the struggle for survival of neighborhood youth in Helsinki over a period of one year. In an attempt to keep the youngsters in Vesala off the streets, Timi, a 30 year-old gypsy, has founded a multicultural indoor bandy team. The main characters of the film, Krisse and Ville, both play in the team. Krisse's and Ville's families are joined together by friendship and a common lifestyle. Continuous clashes with the police, alienation from society and despair lock them into a path that is sure to lead nowhere. The future seems to hold no promise for Krisse and Ville.

PAGENDATUD, Visa Koiso-Kanttila

Kahe soome noore, Krisse ja Ville, filmiportree. Vaimne vastuhakk vanema põlvkonna mugandunud maailmakäsitlusele aga ei vii noori eriti õnnelikesse situatsioonidesse.

BLOOD BROTHER THE WOLF, 8 min. 1999 YUGOSLAVIA

Written and directed by Vladimir Perovic, Photographed by Zivorad Dinic, Sound by Boris Vujcin, Edited by Milica Jovanovic, Produced by BK Telecom, Distributed by RUN, A. Cesarca 24, 11000 Belgrad, Yugoslavia, Tel. +381 11 3670426, Fax +381 11 3670426, tane@runsee.com

The wolf is considered by many peoples and ethnic groups to be a symbol of evil. Hold a bridal ceremony for a killed wolf and make a turn of the village while carrying its body - this is to ask pity from the dead wolf. But at the end of film, when we leave the beliefs, the habits, the folkloric dances, and return from illusion to reality, the story of evil will not be sealed...

VEREVEND HUNT, Vladimir Perovic

Paljude rahvaste jaoks on susi kurja sümbol. Kuidas käiakse ümber surnud hundiga tänapäeva Serbias, sellest pajatab Vladimir Perovici film.

BREATH, 12 min. 2000 YUGOSLAVIA

Written and directed by Dejan Petrovic, Photographed by Milan Stanic, Sound by Ivan Stifanic, Edited by Andreja Maricic, Produced by Dusan Djokovic, Akademija umetnosti "Braca Karic", Nemanjina 28, 11000 Belgrad, Yugoslavia, Tel. +381 31 813533, Fax +381 11 3618716, biliv@eunet.yu

Through four interwoven essential elements (earth, water, air, and fire) that eternally circulate and regenerate, this film introduces us to the everyday life of a patriarchal family. Religious rituals accompany their humble performance of earthly jobs.

HINGUS, Dejan Petrovic

Pilk Serbia patriarhaalse perekonna igapäevaellu.

CALL FOR GRACE, 30 min. 2000 ENGLAND (filmed in Mongolia)

Written, directed, photographed, sound, edited by Laetitia Merli, Produced and distributed by Granada Centre, Roscoe Building, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, UK, granada.centre@ma.ac.uk

During Mongolia's seventy years of domination by the Soviet Union, shamanism was forbidden and went into decline. Since the early 1990's, it has been undergoing a revival. This film explores the life of the shaman Tomor at his center in Ulaan Baatar.

ABIPALVE, Laetitia Merli

Inglise filmiüliõpilase nägemus Tomorist, tänapäeva shamaanist Ulaanbaataris.

THE CLEANERS AND I, 82. min. 2000 FRANCE

Directed, photographed, edited and produced by Agncs Varda, Photographed by Stéphanie Krausz, Didier Rouget, Didier Doussin, Pascal Sautelet, Sound by Emmanuel Soland, Nathalie Vidal, Edited by Laurent Pineau, Produced and distributed by Cine Tamaris, rue Daguerre 88, 75014 Paris, France, Tel. +33 1 43226600, Fax +33 1 43217500

Searching for cleaners who live on discarded or stray food, Agncs Varda comes upon the most remarkable people. A bartender used to gather the grain that was left after the harvest, as nothing should be wasted. After the picking, winegrowers are also visited by people that want to take home the scraps that were not gathered. Agncs Varda records them jocularly and affectionately, and does not shrink from following sidetracks when she encounters something interesting. Like the small clock without hands that is perfect in her eyes, because it does not indicate the time. Sometimes, she suddenly dwells in her advanced age with self-mockery or she films her one hand with the other, turning the film into a disguised self-portrait. Filming is cleaning, too.

JÄRELNOPPIJAD JA MINA, Agncs Varda

Tuntud prantsuse mängufilmirezhissööri dokumentaalne autoportree. Järelnoppimise traditsioon on pärit keskaegse Prantsusmaa külast. Teemat on käsitlenud mitmed tuntud kunstnikud, teiste hulgas ka Jean-Franeois Millet. Tänapäeval võib kohata järelnoppijaid ka linnades ning üks neist on rezhisöör ise.

CLOSE TO THE SOIL, 10 min. 2000 SWEDEN

Written and directed by China Ånlander, Photographed by Mårten Tedin and China Ånlander, Sound by Olle Tannergård, Edited, produced and distributed by China Ånlander, Skolgatan 3A, 22341 Lund, Sweden, Tel. +46 46 122130, Fax +46 46 128524, chinesiska@passagen.se

Farmer Thure Andersson ploughed his land with his horses and was never interested in buying a tractor. One day he passed away…

MAALÄHEDANE, China Ånlander

Talumees Thure Andersson kündis kuni oma elu lõpuni maad hobustega ning ei huvitunud traktoritest.

CONNECTIONS: RAY JOHNSON ON-LINE, 41 min. 2001 DENMARK

Portrait of the American artist Ray Johnson (1927-95), driving force behind the New York Correspondence School, started in the early 60's. Ray Johnson was known for his numerous mail art projects, involving artistic strategies like networks and collaborations. Key terms in his mail art activities "ADD TO AND RETURN" or "SEND TO", inviting recipients to contribute to his work. Besides mail art, Ray Johnson was doing collages, assemblages and performances throughout his life. In the 40's, he went to Black Mountain College in North Carolina, in 1948 he moved to New York City where he joined the American Abstract Artists group, and later was associated with the first generation of Pop Artists. His death in January 1995, jumping from a bridge in Sag Harbor, Long Island, was considered to be somewhat of a mystery. The film is based on a personal interpretation of Ray Johnson¹s artistic strategies, using the telephone and the internet as primary sources for sound and image.

SEOSED. RAY JOHNSON ON-LINE, Lars Movin, Steen Muller Rasmussen

Portreefilm ameerika popart¹is olulist osa mänginud kunstnikust Ray Johnsonist. Tema loomingu dominandiks oli kirjavahetuse muutmine kunstiliseks tegevuseks.

CURES FOR LOVE, 52 min. 1999 ITALY

An entertaining, quirky and ironic look at love, breaking up and remedies for a broken heart. Valentina is a young woman in her early twenties left heartbroken and obsessed by the end of her relationship. In search of a cure for her broken heart, she wanders along the streets of Catania in Sicily, asking passers by for a friendly word of advice. The offbeat and amusing remedies offered by an arms dealer keen on opera music, a school teacher, a porno film expert and a fisherman are just some of the cures which will help heal Valentina's broken heart.

ARMURAVI, Giovanna Sonnino

Mahajäetud Valentina hulgub mööda Sitsiilia väikelinna Cataniat ning otsib lohutust oma armuvalule.

DAWNS. MADRUGADAS, 24 min. 1999 PORTUGAL

Written and directed by Rui Simões, Photographed by Gonealo Covacich, Laurent Simões, Jacinta Barros, Rui Simões, Sound by Luis Saraiva, Gabriel Gomes, Edited by Francisco Costa, Produced by Jacinta Barros, Distributed by Real Ficeco, R. da Emenda, 26 c/v ­ 1200 170 Lisboa, Portugal, Tel. +351 213240061, Fax +351 213240063, realfic@ip.pt

On the eve of April 25, 1999, took place at Commerce Square, in Lisbon, a performance of "Madrugada", a creation of the Theatre O Bando, commissioned by the Lisbon city council to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the April Revolution. Commerce Square was a huge stage: 40 vehicles at the square, with people living in them; 48 agitation groups transmitted the inquietude of "clandestine operations" during military dictatorship years. On the front walls of buildings, macro-images were projected, telling the story of the 48 years that preceded the April Revolution. At midnight, the April dawn breaks. A color explosion inundates the square. People crying freedom wave thousands of flags. The windows are opened. The music earns a big dimension of the festival. The people go out. The April conquests are lived and celebrated.

PÄEVATÕUSUD. MADRUGADAS, Rui Simões

Lissaboni peaväljakul leidis 25.aprillil 1999 aset hiigeletendus, mis tähistas aprillirevolutsiooni 25.aastapäeva. Film jutustab, kuidas show sündis.

DAY OF THE DEAD, 2 min. 2000 USA (filmed in Mexico)

Written, directed, edited and produced by Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino, Photographed, sound recorded and film distributed by Luis Valdovino, Fine Arts Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, Tel. +1 303 4925482, Fax +1 303 4924886

The rich iconography of Dia de los Muertos, the spirit of Luis Bunuel, the music of Duke Ellington and a group of tourists share the last celebration of Day of the Dead of the 20th Century somewhere in Mexico. Warning: this celebration might not be suitable for vegetarians.

SURNUTE PÄEV, Dan Boord, Luis Valdovino

Lühifilm on inspireeritud Mehhiko traditsioonist lõbutseda ühel päeval aastas surnute meeleheaks.

DJOLOMARS, 16 min. 1998 MACEDONIA

The night between January 13 and 14 is the time when the New Year is celebrated in Macedonia according to the Julian Calendar. On that night, rituals with masks are performed in many places. At some 100 km to the south of Skopje, in the village of Begnishte, the ritual with masks called Djolomars is performed on that occasion. Members of the village community believe that Djolomars can purge the world and provide new energy for its further existence by performing a whole range of cult and magic activities. According to beliefs, not performing this ritual would impose great danger for survival of the community.

DJOLOMARID

Makedoonias tähistatakse uue aasta saabumist Julianiuse kalendri järgi 13.jaanuari öösel vastu 14.jaanuari. Maskid, mida sel öösel kasutatakse Begnishte külas (100 kilomeetri kaugusel Skopjest), hoiavad külakogukonda koos.

A DOG'S LIFE, 26 min. 2000 FRANCE

Just like the dogs he now devotes his life to, Vladimir Vukovic roamed about despondently after the Bosnian war. His fiancée had left him for someone with better financial prospects. Most of his friends also left in search of money. And to avoid being drafted by the army, the pacifist Vukovic had worked for the Red Cross as an orderly collecting dead bodies in the streets of Sarajevo. Disillusioned, he found his true friends in the stray dogs in and around the city. Vukovic gives love and his animals return it; that is all he asks of life. He avoids contacts with people and prefers to forget what has happened. He carries his grief deep inside of him, but is happy when he sits on the grass in the sun with many of his dogs.

KOERA ELU, Michko Netchak

Vladimir Vukovici portree. Tüdruk jättis ta maha, sõbrad läksid otsima suuri rahasid. Vladimir otsustas oma ülejäänud elu pühendada inimeste asemel hoopis koertele.

DONGBA, 52 min. 2000 GERMANY (filmed in China)

Dongba is the name of the religious cult of the Naxi, an ethnic minority group in southwest China. Their claim to cultural uniqueness is the last hieroglyphic script left in the world that can still be written and read. Unknown to the West, the Naxi Dongba cult was discovered in the 1920's by the Austrian explorer Joseph Rock, who wrote the first scientific studies on a culture that later during the Cultural Revolution would almost be extinguished. The film is based around a special ritual to appease the Demons of Suicide and presents a world on the brink of extinction.

DONGBA, Paul Benjamin Harris

Unikaalne filmimaterjal edela Hiinast, kus siiani veel toimib vabasurma deemonite rahustamise rituaal.

EGG LADY, 30 min. 2000 LATVIA

A portrait of a woman who has spent every day for nearly 20 years doing the same, monotonous, repetitive work, but who is, nonetheless, quite happy with her life and at peace with herself. She has reconciled her dreams with reality. The main character, Aina - the Egg Lady of the title - breaks up to 40 000 eggs by hand daily for a Latvian bakery company. Although the company has been privatized and many of its production processes modernized and automated in the last few years, almost nothing has changed in the Egg Lady's job. She says that spending all day breaking eggs "allows me to think a great deal about life."

MUNA-DAAM, Una Celma

Üksiku naise portree, kes iga päev koksib puruks umbes 40 000 kanamuna tordivabriku jaoks. Tema ainuke rõõm on külastada vanglas oma kurjategijast poega.

EXCLUDED, 50 min. 2001 UK

Written by Rowena Wade, Directed, photographed and produced by Nick Godwin, Sound by Judi Headman, Edited by Oliver Huddlestone, Distributed by BBC Worldwide, Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane. London W12 OTT, UK, Tel. +44 20 8433 2000

Six "difficult" teenagers, on the verge on being permanently excluded from their east London schools, are sent to a Pupil Referral Unit for 10 weeks, in a final attempt to improve their behavior.

VÄLJA ARVATUD, Nick Godwin

Kuus raskestikasvatatavat noorukit heidetakse välja koolist ning saadetakse parandusasutusse "remonti".

FOR EVER LITTLE, 62 min. 1999 NETHERLANDS

Directed by Barbara den Uyl, Photographed by Peter Brugman, Sound by Jae Vleeshouwer, Edited by Barbara Hin, Produced by Leen van den Berg

Persons of an unusually small size have always been fascinating, either as fictional characters in fairytales and sagas, or in the flesh, shown off in fairs or circuses as curiosities, since people were ready to pay a lot to see them. These days many little people rebel against this special status. They try to make their lives as normal as possible. The film follows a small opera singer and some of her friends at their work, at home and on a journey to a beautiful small island, where they have a great dinner followed by a swinging party. Gradually, each character reveals his or her personality. They talk about their problems, love affairs, and difficulties in finding work and whether or not to risk having children, knowing that they could be little like themselves. The film does not try to trace the history of their lives. It aims to confront the viewer with the meaning of "being small" and uses music, humor and beauty to make people look at "imperfection" with a different eye. Among many little women and men the film presents famous opera singer Marianne Blok.

IGAVESTI VÄIKE, Barbara den Uyl

Elu hollandi kääbuste kogukonnas. Teiste hulgas tuntud ooperilauljatar Marianne Blok.

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES, 86 min. 2001 GERMANY and SWITZERLAND (filmed in Burma)

In Burma, where spirit worship has survived both the triumph of Buddhism and the vagaries of a military dictatorship, a lively cult peopled by talented mediums, many of them homosexuals, makes life under one of the world¹s harshest regimes more bearable.

SÕBRAD KÕRGEL, Lindsay Merrison

Birmas on siiani veel alles rituaale, mis on ellu suutnud jääda hoolimata budhismi võidukäigust ning sõjalistest diktatuuridest…

HELLDORADO, 54 min. 2000 SWITZERLAND

Written, directed and produced by Daniel Schweizer, Photographed by Patrick Mounoud, Sound by Neville Champendal, Edited by Karin Sudan, Distributed by F FOR FILM, Margarita Séguy, 16 Ancienne Forge F- 27120 Fontaine-sous-Jouy, France, Tel. +33 2 32262539, Fax +33 2 32368649, www.f-for-film.com

Helldorado is the chronicle of a group of adolescent youngsters experiencing family, scholarly or professional rupture. A different vision of the world, between an acute conscience of the "no-future" and a stubbornness to survive.

HELLDORADO, Daniel Schweizer

Tänapäeva noortekamba avameelne kroonika.

HEXEN, 26 min. 1999 ITALY (filmed in Germany)

Still today, in the thick woods of the Black Forest in Germany, thousands of men, women and children unite once a year to celebrate Hecate ­ the goddess associated with witchcraft, spooks and magic. Part deity, part human and part spirit, she is the guardian of the crossroads; a fork in the road where the spheres of the universe meet. In a spectacle of color, dance and music we follow the revelers into the depths of the forest to celebrate these ancient pagan rites.

HEXEN, Fibi Kraus

Paganlik riitus, mida toimetatakse tänapäevalgi Saksamaa metsades.

HOLY MOUNTAIN, 28 min. 2001 Mari El

At the end of the 10th century, the Mari people founded the fortress of Kukarka on the river Vyatka in the land of their ancient forefathers. It was from this stronghold that the chieftain Tshumbylat reigned: a figure much loved and respected by the people. After his death he was buried at the foot of the mountain and declared to be a god. Still today people come to pray so that the mountain god might protect them from their bloodthirsty enemies and so that he would bring peace and blessings to the people. It is said that this 'Holy Mountain', which reaches into the very heavens, is the dwelling place of the king of the gods: Kugo Jumo. We call our nature religion Tshimari, which means 'people of the sun'. Every four years we gather at the foot of the mountain of Tshumbylat, by the Vyatka River,. This is a wonderful event that unites the people and regions of Mari-El. Our holy rites are performed only on three particular days of the week. These are Monday, Friday and Sunday. Yet one may also worship at the time of a New Moon or Full Moon. We have nine important gods altogether and each of them has an attendant. A complicated hierarchical system grants each of them different specific sacrificial animals or birds. The introductory part of the ritual is carried out by only a dedicated few (a large crowd no longer gathers). For this, three fire-offerings are lit for the gods: the Earth-god, Universe-god and the Tribal Mother goddess. Still remaining is the animal sanctifying ritual. For this, spring water is poured on them and they are whipped on the back with a spruce switch starting from the head. The Kart-priest waits for the animal to shake which is a sure sign that the victim's soul has been accepted by the gods. In the foothills of the mountain are three singled out trees, which represent the three main gods. Under the trees wicker tables are made which are covered with spruce branches. Bonfires are lit in appropriate places directly by these trees. At midday the remaining people arrive at the sacred place. Families and villagers come to pray in the foothills of the Holy Mountain. The day before they will have been to the sauna in order to come here in a pure, cleansed state. As they come from their homes, wax candles are lit and food is brought wrapped up in shawls. The stars had tried to purge the land of Mari of its pagan beliefs already on the advice and under the blessing of the Orthodox Church. When this was not successful the people were driven from the ancient Mari land and the border was moved so that the Holy Mountain was no longer part of Mari territory. When even this didn't work, they tried to destroy the mountain with explosives. Even today, one can see big boulders scattered at the foot of the mountain.

PÜHA MÄGI, Aleksei Aleksejev

Mari paganlikud usukombed õigeusu kiriku surve all.

 THE HOUSE OF CAIN, 78 min. 2000 GREECE

Establishing murder as its main theme and seven ordinary people as the principal perpetrators of such an act, The House of Cain delves into images, recollections, nightmares, reality and the attempts made by these people to escape from this extreme situation in which they live. Six inmates, the chief warden and one ex-prisoner surround, each in his own special way, the irrevocable act, which embodies the absurd and shatters their individual existence. The detention center, the morgue, the museum of criminal exhibits, the courts of justice, the police headquarters, the derelict old prison, the cells of a newly built detention center, which have not been locked yet, and the streets of the city. All constitute the mournful route of the perpetrator, the mournful route of the main characters of this film, but also of the still unknown people, who may, at any given time, equally unexpectedly, find themselves in their shoes. the events, the intimate details are absent. The House of Cain is a journey in human decline and the guilt that each person experiences in the way and to the degree that he can. A silent lament, humble and awkward about a lost innocence and whether it can be regained is open to question. An exploration of man's limits but also of the boundaries of the documentary genre. The acrobatics of the characters and the acrobatics of style. The reality of the soul and the senses as the only film reality and record.

KAINI MAJA, Christos Karakepelis

Filosoofilisi mõtisklusi kuriteo, karistuse ja inimelu mõttetuse kohta.

IN DIFFICULT TIMES, 55 min. 2001 AUSTRALIA (filmed in Argentina)

A militant artist's struggle against political repression and cultural colonization in Argentina; his journey of self-realization through art; and his ultimate rejection of violence as a means to achieve Utopia.

The film is a political and artistic portrait of Ricardo Carpani, born in 1930.

RASKETEL AEGADEL, Stephen Frost

Argentiina kunstniku Ricardo Carpani portree. Kunstniku elu vasakpoolse maailmavaate kuulutajana.

 JUNG (WAR) IN THE LAND OF THE MUJAHEDDIN, 114 min. 2000 ITALY

"Jung" means war in the language of the Dari, who consider war to be the very essence of life. This narrative documentary follows the quest of a surgeon who wants to establish an emergency hospital for civilian war victims in Afghanistan and is accompanied by an old correspondent who has reported there ever since the Soviet invasion. A deeply human story set against the backdrop of an endless war that has been forgotten by everyone except its victims.

JUNG, Alberto Vendemmiati and Fabrizio Lazzaretti

"Jung" tähendab dari keeles "sõda". Dramaatiline dokfilm afganistani lastest, kes pole oma elus ühtki rahupäeva näinud.

 KALASHA. A WOMAN HAS DIED, 27 min. 2001 Denmark (filmed in Pakistan)

An episode among the Kalasha people - a religious minority of Pakistan. For 17 years, during numerous stays, Birgitte Sperber has followed the Kalasha community in the Hindukush Mountains of northwest Pakistan. For three days, through the big collective funeral rites and the following purification of the widower in sacrificial blood, we have a look into the particular religion and life of the Kalasha people.

KALASHA. NAISE SURM, Birgitte Sperber

Loode Pakistanis elavad kalashad. Taani rezhisöör jälgis kolm päeva kestnud matusetseremooniat ning peiesid.

 KUSUM, 70 min. 2000 FINLAND

Kusum is an ordinary, 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives in Delhi, where she goes to school and wonders about her future ­ until she falls ill. She stops eating, isolates herself and suffers raving fits. "Evil spirits have attacked the family," says Bhagat, an old healer. Kusum¹s family initially tries Western medicine, but then opts for traditional Indian spiritual healing. It is a long road, for spirits are not easy adversaries. Kusum is the touching story of a family¹s fight against bad luck, poor conditions and disease.

KUSUM, Jouko Aaltonen

Kusum on 14-aastane hindu tüdruk, kelle salapärasest haigusest ei saa jagu kaasaegne meditsiin. Neiu vanemad sõidavad shamaani juurde, kes hakkab ravima kogu perekonda.

 LIFE WITHOUT DEATH, 83 min. 1999 CANADA

After his beloved grandfather had passed away, Canadian film maker Frank Cole decided to face death himself: all alone, he traveled straight across the Sahara desert, with a camel and a stock of food as his sole support. Via Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad, he hoped to reach the Red Sea ­ a distance of more than 6000 kilometers. The infernal expedition took months and Cole often got lost, because time and again his map turned out to be wrong. Setbacks were numerous: water sources had disappeared, sandstorms rose, the camel passed out from exhaustion, brigands lay in wait and the Chad police suspected Cole of spying.

ELU ILMA SURMATA, Frank Cole

Autoportreelises filmis kirjeldab Frank Cole oma üksildast teekonda Atlandi ookeani kaldalt läbi lõputu Sahaara kõrbe Punase mereni.

LISTEN WITH PAIN: EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN, 57 min. 2000 GERMANY (filmed in Germany and UK)

The documentary covers the 20-year history of the German avant-garde band "Einstuerzende Neubauten", probably one of the most important German bands next to "Can" and "Kraftwerk". The film contains film material from the very beginning of the band in the 80 ties, wall time Berlin with its punk movement, performances in the US and Japan as well as recent interviews with its members. Comments by their London eccentric label boss Stevo and Nick Cave, a close friend of the band, give a good picture of their role in the international music scene.

VALUS KUULATA "EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTENIT", Birgit Herdlitschke and Christian Beetz

Kakskümmend aastat saksa avangardmuusika kuulsaima bändi elust.

THE LONG TEARS. A NDEBELE STORY, 52 min. SOUTH-AFRICA

Directed and photographed by David Forbes, Photographed by Tom van Schaik and Dallas Mayeza, Sound by Dallas Mayeza, Greg Poisson and Philip Vale, Edited by Avril Beukes, Produced by Nadine Dreyer/ Shadow Films

The film documents over a period of five years Ndebele art, culture and traditions, as seen through the eyes of one family. It also tells the untold story of the Ndebele defeat in war against the Boer farmers over a hundred years ago, their subsequent enslavement and mistreatment at the changing tapestry of the New South Africa. This is a unique look at the Ndebele culture, seen from a modern perspective and through an intimate relationship with one family. It is a very personal story of Francina Ndimande who has become world famous with her fantastic geometric patterns on outdoor walls.

PALJU PISARAID, NDEBELE LUGULAUL, David Forbes

Lõuna-Aafrika Vabariigis asuva Ndebele suguharu on maaimakuulsaks teinud Francina Ndimande, kes koos tütardega maalib geomeetrilisi mustreid hoonete välisseintele.

 THE LOVERS OF SAN FERNANDO, 88 min. 2000 FINLAND

A film about a couple¹s desperate attempt to once more find their lost happiness. This true story in Nicaragua follows a couple during almost twenty years ending in the millennium 2000. It captures the fragrance of hope in the present moment and the dreams that the couple so badly wants to come true. The film depicts a reality beyond the ordinary. What happens to two young people passionately in love when confronted with a hostile environment?

SAN FERNANDO ARMASTAJAD, Peter Torbiörnsson

Kaunis Nikaraagua armastuslugu, mille tõuse-mõõni jälgis kahekümne aasta jooksul Põhjala filmilooja Peter Torbiörnsson.

 MACBETH, 30 min. 2000 ESTONIA

Aivar Palumäe, the leading "Porno King" of Estonia, wishes to make a film based on Shakespeare¹s immortal "Macbeth". According to his views, the erotic aspect of the tragedy should be stressed. One fine summer day he begins to accomplish his goal. The film crew soon discovers that in today¹s Estonia, all traditional moral and ethical values are gone. Money and porno are new idols.

MACBETH, Arbo Tammiksaar

Portree Eesti pornokuningast Aivar Palumäest, kes lavastab Shakespeare' surematut tragöödiat. Tänases Eestis on väärtused kardinaalselt muutunud, nüüd on iidoliteks raha ja porno.

MAGIC LEAVES FOR THE DUG-OUT ­ IN THE FORESTS OF SIBERUT, 43 min. 2000 GERMANY

With the construction of a new dug-out-canoe, the journey into modern times begins for a family in the forests of the Indonesian Island of Siberut.

MAAGILISED LEHED ÜHEPUUPAADILE, Klaus Fuhrmann

Indoneesias, Siberut'i saarel ehitatakse ühepuulootsikut pika-pika teekonna tarvis…

MARCHING GAILY, 4 min. 2001 AUSTRIA

Directed by Alexander Hahn and Ralf Jacobs, Tel. +43 6991 5729576

Summer 1999, in the center of Vienna: two very distinct parades took place on the same street. One was a policemen¹s parade; the other a celebration of gay pride. Because the policemen didn¹t want to march hand in hand with the Gay Movement, a typical Austrian solution was found: while the gays marched clockwise, the policemen marched counter-clockwise.

LÕBUSALT MARSSIDES, Alexander Hahn ja Ralf Jacobs

1999 aasta suvel juhtus Viinis, et ühel ja samal ajal ning tänaval peeti nii politsei- kui ka homoparaadi. Ühed marssisid päri-, teised vastupäeva.

 MASQUERADE, 52 min. 2001 FRANCE (filmed in Romania)

In Romania, East of the Carpatian Mountains is located Moldavia, the last of the oriental provinces in European Latinity. The core of this region was once named Bacovia, a name rooted in the Latin "Bacchus" and "Via" meaning "Bacchus Way". Here, at the end of each year, the spirits of the dead rise from their graves, mask themselves and walk about freely all day long. To exorcise them and get rid of their community's sins, the Moldavians gather together in delirious bacchanals and...

MASKERAAD, Cornel Georghita

Ida Rumeenias on nii, et iga aastavahetuse eel tulevad surnud inimeste vaimud hauast välja, panevad end maskidesse ja jalutavad inimeste hulgas ringi. Et neist vabaneda, joovad kohalikud moldaavlased end lihtsalt korralikult täis…

MISS PELA, 14 min. 1999 YUGOSLAVIA

An old lady is talking to herself, to mirrors and clocks, passing like a shadow through the flat decorated as a theatre interior. Also, the words she is uttering should be coming from a young girl's mouth. And in the evening, our heroine plays Miss Pela, the role she has been rehearsing all day, in front of fifty or so people of her age, thus sharing with them her great loneliness.

PREILI PELA, Vladimir Perovic

Üksildase vananeva näitlejatari tundlik filmiportree…

 MUDAVA COMES TO TOWN, 32 min. 1998 ROMANIA AND ENGLAND (filmed in Romania)

The story a Mudava, a Romanian healer, and his quest to heal the country and become president.

MUDAVA VALLUTAB LINNA, Darren Lewey ja Liviu Tipurita

Rumeenia imearsti Mudava lugu, kes hüpnotiseerib kümneid tuhandeid inimesi ning tahab saada riigi presidendiks.

 MY TRANSHUMAN, 80 min. 2000 BELGIUM-FINLAND

My Transhuman is a fascinating poetic evocation on the evolution of today¹s Technology, its impact on the human being and our human society. Will men become immortal? The film is divided in 8 sections, 8 lessons of deep-content interviews, that are intercut with illustrative and relaxing music clips. This film was made because much sooner than we think, today's mankind will simply no longer exist. And we think it is about time that we start thinking about that.

MU ÜLIINIMENE, Eric Kint

Poeetiline film 20.sajandi tehnoloogilisest võidukäigust.

NAKED IN NEW YORK, 30 min. 2000 FINLAND

Imagine New York's art connoisseurs dressed for the gallery round on beautiful Sunday in May. Then imagine naked, pink human bodies coming out of a steaming sauna. Now cross-pollinate the connoisseurs with the sauna bathers and place this strange experiment in New York. This is the scene of Stefan Randström's documentary, where the Finnish architect and artist Pia Lindman gives the visitors of New York's Museum of Modern Art a bath in a real Finnish sauna. Sauna, nudity and Americans are the core of this wonderfully crazy documentary. Why is it so hard for Americans to show their naked body? How come Finns think it is so natural to be naked with total strangers in a sauna?

ALASTI NEW YORGIS, Stefan Randström

Soome arhitekti ja kunstniku Pia Lindmani portree. Ta valmistas installatsiooni New Yorgi Moodsa Kunsti Muuseumi katusele, kus igaüks võis end alasti võtta ja ehtsat soome sauna proovida.

NAKED STATES, 80 min. 2000 USA

Directed and produced by Arlene Donnelly, Edited by Tom Donahue, Distributed by Juntos Films and Chaiken Films Production, 802 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, California 94110, USA, Tel. +1 415 8267880, Fax +1 415 8267882, chaikchick@aol.com

Naked States is a humorous and provocative examination of one artist's dynamic work and its relevance within the cultural biography of America. Documenting one man's journey as he traveled each of the 50 states to ask Americans of all races, shapes and body sizes to take off their clothes and pose in public, before his camera all for the sake of art. Artist Spencer Tunick's subjects are not paid models, but ordinary citizens. The film exposes America's current attitudes towards nudity, sexuality, body image, and all the other baggage that comes up when we take off our clothes.

ALASTI ÜHENDRIIGID, Arlene Donnelly

Fotokunstnik Spencer Tunick riietab ameeriklasi lahti ning uurib, milline USA kodanik tegelikult on.

NAMASTÉ, 15 min. 1998 PORTUGAL (filmed in India)

"Namasté" is the Hindu salutation that means "before you I lean myself". Every day, thousands of pilgrims bathe themselves in the Ganges River near Benares, the sacred city chosen by those who are dying, because for them, to die in Benares guarantees them eternity.

NAMASTÉ, Rui Simões

"Namasté" on hindu tervitus, mis tähendab:"Enne teid ma toetun!" Iga päev tuleb Gangese äärde tuhandeid inimesi, et pesta end pühas jões enne surma.

NEW YORK - PUERTO RICO: WILLIAM CEPEDA'S JAZZ, EL TROMBON DE BOMBA, 65 min. 2001 FRANCE (filmed in Puerto Rico, USA, Germany , and France)

This story comes from the West Indies at the crossroads of several worlds, Hispanic, American, African, between Puerto Rico and New York. Our main guide is William Cepeda, one of the world's most powerful trombonists. First invited by Dizzy Gillespie to join the "United Nation Orchestra", he settled in New York, and now is creating his own musical flavor, a fusion of authentic traditional Puerto Rican music and the most " avant-garde" Jazz, highlighting the strong rhythm of the Bomba which originates from Africa. To follow his footsteps gives us an opportunity to delve deeply into Puerto Rican culture. We meet and enjoy characters, at the cross point of multiple identities, both in his hometown, Loiza, or on the streets of New York. Cepeda: " Bomba is like any music, you have to study it. But you also have to feel it in your body, you cannot only listen to it, you have to dance, to sing, to be able to understand what is happening". Back in New York, his challenge is to transmit the essential elements of his music to other musicians coming from different cultural backgrounds: our images portray this exiting exchange between different musicians (Donny, from California, and Martillo from Loiza) will have to find their own common language, in music.

WILLIAM CEPEDA JAZZ, Louise Ernst

Tromboonimängija William Cepeda, andeka puertoriikolase elavatempoline portree.

 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDREI ARSENEVITCH, 55 min. FRANCE

Directed by Chris Marker, Distributed by Catherine le Clef, Doc&Co, 13, rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris, France, tel. +33 1 42778965, fax +33 1 42773656

This unique film records one day of the great Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovski on his deathbed. The genius film director was shot as he was meeting his son Andriusha, who arrived from Soviet Russia, and as he edited his swan's song Sacrifice.

ÜKS PÄEV ANDREI ARSENJEVICHI ELUS, Chris Marker

See unikaalne film jäädvustab suure vene filmilooja Andrei Tarkovski üht päeva surivoodil. Geniaalne rezhissöör kohtub oma Nõukogude Venemaalt väljapääsenud poja Andrjushaga ning monteerib oma luigelaulu ­ filmi "Ohver".

ORLAN, CARNAL ART, 75 min. 2001 FRANCE

Orlan decided to use surgery in a very different way, for the sake of Art. With her eyes wide open, her voice resolute, and her mind fully conscious, during the operation, her body is connected to a variety of interactive transmission networks - a combination of cybernetics and biology. This film is based on the evolution, the revolution of her morphology, over the course of her performances. It reveals the original sensations behind the artist's thoughts.

ORLAN ­ LIHAHIMUR KUNST, Stephan Oriach

Portreefilm tänase Prantsusmaa ühest kõige kuumemast kunstnikust Orlanist, kes teeb arvukate kehalõikustega endast pidevalt muutuvat kunstiteost.

 OUT OF TIBET, 88 min. 2000 GERMANY (filmed in Tibet, India, South-Germany)

This fascinating documentary film tells the love story between German Punk musician Sandra and Tibetan Lama in exile Ngawang Gelek. Sandra and Gelek's love story is on a large scale: from India to Lake Constance and from Berlin to the roof of the world. These worlds clash daily in their romance, but young lovers find each other in their differences.

TIIBETIST ÄRA!, Solveig Klassen

Saksa punkmuusik Sandra armub Tiibeti laamasse Gelek'isse. Tüdruk viib munga ära Saksamaale ja võtab endale meheks....

PLEASANT JOURNEY, 66 min. 2000 GERMANY (filmed in Bosnia and Germany)

Written and directed by Antonia Ganz and Kerstin Jost, Photographed by Antonia Ganz, Sound by Kerstin Jost, Edited by Frank Behnke, Produced and distributed by HFF München, Frankenthalerstr. 23, 81539 München, Germany, Tel. +49 89 689570

Gerhard is a successful photographer in Berlin. Five years ago he fell in love with a beautiful woman and lived together with her for a while. The relationship broke apart and even though they lost contact he could not forget about her. After five years he decided to try to find the love of his life again. He finds out her e-mail address and contacts her. As she invites him to visit her, he spontaneously starts out on a trip to Bosnia.

MÕNUS REIS, Antonia Ganz ja Kerstin Jost

Saksa fotograafi Gerhardi juba lõppenud armulugu kauni naisega. Viie aasta taguse romaani ülessoojendamiseks sõidab mees Bosniasse.

PRAYER, HOWL, 21 min. 2000 YUGOSLAVIA

Written and directed by Vladimir Perovic, Photographed by Drasko Plavsic, Sound by Sasa Nikolic, Edited by Milica Jovanovic, Produced by BK Telecom, Distributed by RUN, A.Cesarca 24, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Tel./fax +381 11 3670426, tane@runsee.com

Putrefaction is everywhere, like at the dawn of the Earth or at its end. A young sculptor Dragan Jovicevic carves tree stumps, the rot of tomorrow, and adds metal rot from the junk heap. Created amid untouched nature and the vicious civilization of metal are the very true icons of our time: large human heads with faces full of suffering, cramps, howls? This is a vision of dehumanization and of a universal rot, whose hour of arrival is hastened by mankind. Together with the sculptor we utter a warning howl, warring over the point civilization has reached and where it is heading.

PALVE JA ULGUMINE, Vladimir Perovic

Poeetiline film noore skulptori Dragan Jovicevici loomeprotsessist. Kunstnik on loomehetkel alati üksinda.

 Q´ESHWACHAKA, THE GOLDEN BRIDGE, 30 min. 2000 Peru

The reconstruction of the Q'eshwachaka Bridge is much more than lives a yearly chore, it is a ritual imbued with the devotion, fervor and sentiments of a community that continues to respect ancient customs and the world that surrounds them. The objective of Q'eshwachaka, the Golden Bridge is to rediscover one of the many little-known ancestral traditions that live on in Peru.

KULDNE SILD, Jorge Carmona del Solar

Film rippsilla punumisest Peruus. Talgud toovad kokku mitme küla põliselanikud, kes võtavad silla ehitamist kui esivanemate rituaali.

 THE REAL McCOY, 90 min. FINLAND

Directed by Pekka Lehto, Distributed by d.net.sales, Peterssteinweg 13, 04107 Leipzig, Germany, Tel. +49 341 215 66 38, Fax +49 341 215 66 39, info@d-net-sales.com, www.d-net-sales.com

 "If you people want to hate me, I'll tell you why. Because you ain't got the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me ­ so you can say: that's a bad guy."

This is the true story of the most famous Finnish Gypsy rock'n'roll legend: Andy McCoy, founder of Hanoi Rocks and former solo guitarist with Iggy Pop. The film explores the two opposite faces of Andy McCoy: the force of creation and the force of destruction. In the middle of filming, Andy fell from a third floor balcony and broke his legs. The real McCoy. A cult.

TÕELINE McCOY, Pekka Lehto

Mänguliste elementidega dokfilm soome legendaarse mustlasbändi staarist Andy McCoy'st.

 RENDEZ-VOUS IN SHARKAMEN, 8 min. 2001 YUGOSLAVIA

The abundance of sounds in a hamlet, the remainder of past centuries, and it's peace are disturbed one day by the arrival of a pompous jeep with two young men of a very modern appearance. The surrealist appointment: seven old ladies sing a sublime erotic song to blasé young men who record the sound with computerized equipment. And this is the only contact between them, the centuries, civilizations.

KOHTUMINE SHARKAMENIS, Vladimir Perovic

Ühes serbia külas leiab aset naljakas kohtumine. Nagu teiselt planeedilt maanduvad siia noormehed, kes digitaalmasinatega üritavad salvestada ürgset erootilist rahvalaulu.

RIBAT, 28 min. 2001 TURKEY

This is an epic documentary film about Kurdish storytellers.

RIBAT, Deger Kavaz ja Özgür E. Arik

Eepiline film kurdi lugulaulude pajatajatest.

THE RIGHT TO LIVE OR FIRE KEEPING, 44 min. 2000 MONGOLIA

Written and directed by Nansalyn Uranchimeg, Photographed by Geserjavyn Mash and Mend-Oyo Naranbaatar, Sound by Baldandorjyn Otgonbayar, Edited by Boryn Oyuntsetseg

The film follows a group of workers who have spent their entire lives in the coalmines and won the highest honors for their work during the communist period. The communist system in Mongolia has since collapsed, and the former "heroes of the proletariat" have no option but to continue in the now-abandoned coal mine, where they work out a living by extracting the coal by hand.

ÕIGUS ELADA EHK JÄRJEHOIDJAD, Nansalyn Uranchimeg

Kurb film totalitaarriigi varemetel elavatest endistest kaevuritest, kes nüüd ronivad maa alla eriti primitiivsel viisil.

 SACRED STEEL, 55 min. 2001 USA

In the late 1930's musicians of the House of God Keith Dominion Holiness-Pentacostal Church began playing their worship music on electric steel guitars. Taking the words from Psalm 150:4 "praise Him with stringed instruments" and Psalm 149:3 "let them praise His name in the dance," the guitarists developed unique styles, tunings, repertoires, and techniques. Filmed on location in several churches, Sacred Steel traces the development of this tradition. Through interviews, performances, and historic footage, Sacred Steel will move the body and spirit as well as educate.

PÜHA TERAS, Robert L. Stone

Film annab ehedalt edasi terasest elektrikitarride kasutuselevõttu paljudes USA kirikutes.

THE SEA THAT THINKS, 100 min. 2000 THE NETHERLANDS

Written, directed, photographed and edited by Gert de Graaff, Sound by Alex Booy, Edited by Jan Dop, Produced by Rene Huybrechtse and Rene Scholten, Distributed by A films, Oostenburgervoorstraat 71, 1018 MP Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tel. +31 20 4210038

In this film, an astonishing visual language of philosophical intensity is developed. A writer, caught between reality and fiction, is confronted with the big question of happiness.

 MERI MÕTLEB, Gert de Graaff

Eksperimentaalne ja filosoofiline film-essee õnnest.

 SINCE THE COMPANY CAME, 52 min. 2000 AUSTRALIA (filmed in Solomon Islands)

A Solomon Islands community struggles with some unexpected consequences of a logging operation. Through evocative archival images, the film questions the ongoing legacy of colonial attitudes toward land and people.

KUI TULI FIRMA, Russell Hawkins

Saalomoni saartel on vanemad külaelanikud püha metsa mahavõtmise vastu. Nooremad on koos raiefirmaga aga otsustanud hiiest raha teha.

 SISTER-WIFE, 60 min. 2000 ISRAEL

Since the late sixties, Israel has been home to a community of Afro-American Israelites. These former Americans fled their native country, and more particularly the poor social conditions they grew up in. They believe they have the same ancestors as the Jews and they speak Hebrew. Their community is strictly religious and has a patriarchal social structure, in which men are allowed to marry several women. "Sister-Wife" tells the story of two women who are married to the same man. Zipora has been married to Hazriel for 21 years and they have nine children. Seemingly stoically, she accepts her husband's new marriage to the younger Er'ela. Polygamy is a spiritual truth, the priest says, but Zipora's mother has a different opinion: "If your father pulled that one on me, I would burn him and his new wife alive," we hear her say to her daughter over the phone.

ÕDE-NAINE, Hadar Kleinman ja Timna Goldstein

Iisraelis elavad peale juutide ka afro-ameeriklased ning neil on tavaks mitmenaisepidamine. Zipora on oma mehe Hazrieliga 21 aasta jooksul sünnitanud 9 last. Filmi tegemise ajal võtab Hazriel juurde noorema naise Er'ela.

 A SLIGHT MALFUNCTION ON MY SHINY STAR, 12 min. 2001 YUGOSLAVIA

A man built a Mausoleum for himself while he was still alive! Where? In the middle of an ancient orthodox cemetery. But something is wrong with the electric bulb in the big red five-pointed star on the top of the Mausoleum… Surrounded by symbols and idols, with his mind imprisoned by ideology, the hero is as alone as the last man on earth. Toasting "Long live ourselves and our Serbia!" while drinking out his plum brandy over the sea of tombstones, making a ridiculous mixture of nation and red ideology, he is but a small piece of the grotesque picture of this region's necrophile mind.

KERGE RIKE MU SÄRAVAL TÄHEL, Vladimir Perovic

Portree mehest, kes pole mõistnud muutusi maailmas ning elab oma punase tähega mausoleumis ühel Serbia kalmistul.

THE SON, 15 min. 2000 YUGOSLAVIA

A coarse karst of Montenegro: far from civilization, a family means the village. "The Lord created human beings to grab from nature..." All they touch becomes fertile ­ grafted wild plants bear fruit, honey flows down from primeval beehives… Transformation of harsh, dry, rocky soil into a fertile oasis is followed by family growth: one, two, three daughters. The third one is given the name STOPIT (Stanojka), believing this will cause the girl line to cease and make the fourth be a boy. But only the sons count ­ as Montenegrin folk custom prescribes. The film is full of mythological and religious symbolism.

POEG, Vladimir Perovic

Poeetiline film Montenegro külaperest, kus pikisilmi oodatakse poja sündi.

SONS OF BENKOS, 52 min. 2000 COLOMBIA

Written, directed and photographed by Lucas Silva, Sound by Cesar Salazar, Edited by Frederic Beraud, Produced and distributed by Les Films du Village, 24-26 Rue des Prairies, 75020 Paris, France, Tel. +33 1 44628877

Black African culture of Colombia through the music of the Sons of Benkos, one of the most important black leaders in the fight for freedom during the times of slavery in Colombia.

BENKO POJAD, Lucas Silva

Musta Aafrika kultuur Ladina-Ameerikas, Kolumbias, otsib teid ellujäämiseks.

THE SPLIT HORN: THE LIFE OF A HMONG SHAMAN IN AMERICA, 56 min. 2001 USA

Written by Jim McSilver and Taggart Siegel, Directed and photographed by Taggart Siegel, Sound by Phil Perkins, Edited by Jim McSilver, Produced by Jim McSilver, Taggart Siegel, and Sarita Siegel, Distributed by TBD

"The Split Horn" is a seventeen-year journey of Paja Thao, a Hmong shaman, and his family transplanted from the mountains of Laos to America's Heartland. As his children turn to cartoons, computer games and Christianity, Paja struggles to keep his family connected to their 5000-year-old traditions in America.

POOLITATUD SARV. HMONGI SHAMAANI ELU AMEERIKAS, Taggart Siegel

Hmongi shamaani Paja Thao seitsmeteist aasta pikkune kulgemine Laosest Põhja-Ameerikasse. Kas tema aastatuhandete taha ulatuvad oskused ning traditsioonid jäävad ellu elektroonikamaailmas?

SPRING, 35 min. 1999 HUNGARY

Directed, photographed, edited and produced by Jinos Domokos, Photographed by Péter Dömötör and Gibor Viradi, Sound by Zoltin Merényi, Edited by Imre Sal, Produced by Jinos Gulyis, Distributed by Spirea BT

A film about identity and questions of open frontiers. The film is set in a Slovenian village at the boundaries of Hungary, Slovenia and Austria. This village existed very close to those borders behind the iron curtain for forty years. The community that lives here might disappear at any minute.

KEVAD, Jinos Domokos

Lugu ungari külakesest Sloveenias, mille traditsiooniline elulaad ripub juuksekarva otsas.

STANDARDS, 26 min. 2000 USA (filmed in USA, Argentina, UK, Germany, Spain, Chile and The Netherlands)

Written, directed, photographed, sound, edited and produced by Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino, Distributed by Luis Valdovino, Fine Arts Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, Tel. +1 303 4925482, Fax +1 303 4924886

A travelogue of portions of the USA, Europe and Latin America mixes the concept of standards with facts and fiction to explore the state of our culture at the end of the millennium. "Standards" amounts to audiovisual cultural studies in condensed form.

STANDARDID, Dan Boord ja Luis Valdovino

Eepiline film nii reaal- kui mõttemaailma standardiseerumisest USA-s, Euroopas, Ladina-Ameerikas.

STARS BY HELMUT NEWTON, 56 min. GERMANY

Directed by Julian Benedikt, Distributed by First Hand Films World Sales, Zurich Main Office: Bahnhofstrasse 21, 8180 Bülach Switzerland, Tel: +41 1 862 21 06, Fax: +41 1 862 21 46, Berlin Office:Friedrichstraße 123, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Tel: +49 30 285 290 88, Fax: +49 30 285 290 99, info@firsthandfilms.com

Jodie Foster, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, David Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Daryl Hannah, Brigitte Nielsen, Robert Evans, Karl Lagerfeld, Billy Wilder, Luciano Pavarotti, Marianne Faithful, and Silvia, Queen of Sweden, have all been photographed by Helmut Newton in his huge book SUMO. The book was auctioned for charity and sold for over 620 000 DM. The stars talk about their work with Newton, and his wife June has some smart insights as well...

HELMUT NEWTONI STAARID, Julian Benedikt

Helmut Newtoni kaamera ees poseerinud staaride nimekiri on väga pikk. Praegu müügil olev Helmut Newtoni album on kõigi aegade suurim ning kalleim kunstiraamat. Newton on osanud oma kangelaste hinge sisse vaadata.

THE TAKH - BACK TO MONGOLIA, 68 min. 2001 THE NETHERLANDS (filmed in Mongolia, The Netherlands, Germany and Russia)

The film tells the story of the wild horse, which became known in the west in 1881 as the Przewalski's Horse. It was already long known in Mongolia as the Takh. At the end of the 1960's, the horse became extinct in the wild. Only a few species survived in captivity. With the help of the Russians and the Mongolians, a Dutch couple made a plan to attempt to reintroduce the Takh into the wild. The beautiful Nordic steppes of Mongolia were chosen as the appropriate area. After the revolution in Mongolia at the beginning of the 1990's, the Mongolians took more interest in their rich historical and cultural background. Here the horse plays an important role. The return of the Takh became a symbol of Mongolian cultural identity. The film explains the history of this ancient wild horse, how it lived in Mongolia and in its legends, how it became extinct in the wild and how the plans for reintroduction finally result in air transport of wild horses from Europe to Mongolia. In addition, the film shows the relationship and cooperation between different cultures and peoples who share a love for nature, history and culture.

TÄKK, TAGASI MONGOOLIASSE!, Micaela van Rijckevorsel

"Täkk" tähendab mongoolia keeles metsikut ehk nn. przhevalski hobust. Märkamatult on täkk aga peaaegu välja surnud. Selle liigi taastamist alustati kümmekond aastat tagasi hollandi teadlaste abiga.

TOKYO LOVE STORIES, 52 min. 2001 DENMARK (filmed in Japan)

"Tokyo Love Stories" is a film that portrays the experiences and attitudes towards the subject of love of seven Japanese living in Tokyo today. The seven individuals in the film are widely different and unrelated people, as the opening statement of the film illustrates, just seven out of more than eleven million that live in Tokyo. Because of the familiarity of the subject matter, and the warmth with which the stories are told, the audience learns something new about Japan from the experience of meeting ordinary Japanese, and so to speak, looking them in the eye.

TOKIO ARMULOOD, Tim Hinman ja Miriam Nielsen

Seitse jaapanlast pihivad kaamerale oma elu suurimatest armulugudest.

TRAVEL LOG, 10 min. 2000 SINGAPORE (filmed in Malaysia, Indonesia, Mirconesia-Palau and India)

An American woman, living, filming & traveling in Asia exchanges stories and experiences (including pictures & quicktime video) through email with her mother. The film is a collage of these still & moving images, written e-mail text, phone messages and local music "woven" together in a visual "story quilt."

 REISPÄEVIK, Rebecca J. Ormond

Kaasaegse ameeriklanna reisipäevik, kus ülestähendused koosnevad e-mailidest, videojuppidest ning katkendlikest telefonikõnedest.

MASTERS OF THE BALAFON: FUNERAL FESTIVITIES, 80 min. 2001 FRANCE (filmed in Ivory Coast)

Written, directed, recorded by Hugo Zemp, Edited by Jean Martin and Hugo Zemp, Produced by Sélénium Films, Distributed by Supor Xao, Paris, Tel/fax +33 1 60106970

In West Africa, the word "balafon" designates a xylophone with resonators. Among the Senufo people of northern Ivory Coast, it is an emblematic musical instrument. This film shows performances of balafon orchestras during funerals, which are the occasion of the most important rites, ceremonies and celebrations in the life of the Senufo. During dialogues with a young musician, a master balafon player provides the key to understanding the meaning and functioning of this marvelous music which is not known outside of the Senufo people.

BALAFONIMÄNGIJAD, MATUSERITUAALID, Hugo Zemp

Balafonideks nimetatakse Elevandiluurannikul hiiglaslikke ksülofone, mida mängitakse matuserituaalide saateks.

ET CETERA, 24 min. 2000 Russia

Directed by Andrei Osipov, Produced, distributed by RISK Film, Moscow, Tel. +7 095 2094055

During the past 100 years, Russia has been through dozens of conflicts, which have affected every single generation. This film asks: "How shall we make use of this violent heritage in the new millennium? What lessons can be learned?" Using the method of "reverse timing" and unique archival footage, Osipov looks at seven conflicts ­ from the current action in Chechnya back to the war with Japan, each of which pushed Russians farther and farther back from their hopes for a better future and a dignified existence.

ET CETERA, Andrei Osipov

Viimase 100 aasta jooksul on Venemaalt alanud palju sõjalisi konflikte. Andrei Osipov kerib ajalugu tagasi, Tshetsheeniale eelneb Afganistan, palju varem olid Soome, Jaapan, Türgi…

HERDSMEN, 88 min. 2001 CHINA

This documentary tracks a Kazakh family in Xinjiang, China's westernmost province, with two cameras over the course of a year from spring to winter. The Kazakhs are ethnically related to the people of Kazakhstan. They speak the same language. But where Kazakhstan was molded by the Soviets into a nation of farmers and workers, the Kazakhs of Xinjiang have retained their nomadic life, their bond with nature and their love for animals and horses. The Kazakhs are a small minority among many more tenacious peoples of Xinjiang. To exit they went their way among the mountains and plateaus of the most remote region of the most desolate area of China.

KARJUSED, C. Jianjun

Kasahhid, kes elavad Hiina Rahvavabariigis, harrastavad siiani erinevalt Nõukogude Liidus asunud kasahhidest rändkarjakasvatajate romantilist eluviisi.

BRIDEWEALTH FOR A GODDESS, 72 min. 2000 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The film documents the last performance of the ritual for the fertility goddess Amb Kor in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The film is narrated by the headman "Ru" who speaks directly to us about his clan's recent problems, infant mortality, and decision to return to previously abandoned tribal territories. The arrival of the ancient female spirit Amb Kor comes to him in a dream and he is convinced that in order to regain their former strength and health the clan must perform this ritual for the Goddess. A tremendous organizational effort ensues and different styles of anthropological analysis, both Marxist and Capitalist, are brought to bear on the meaning and purpose of the cult activity. One clansman tells us that the Lutheran church condemns the cult ritual as the work of the devil but Catholic missionaries are more supportive. In the end, participation in the ritual by anyone who has been baptized in the Christian church is forbidden.

KAASAVARA JUMALANNALE, Chris Owen

Filmis on jäädvustatud viimast rituaali viljakusejumalannale Amb Kor'ile Paapua Uus-Guineas. Keegi, kes on ristitud kristlikus kirikus, ei tohi sellest osa võtta.

BIG SISTER, 58 min. 2000 ESTONIA

Documentary film about women in Estonian politics. This film portrays 5 different Estonian female politicians - Minister of Culture Signe Kivi, businesswoman Terje Aru, former Miss Estonia Kristiina Heinmets, labor movement leader Kadi Pärnits and the grand old lady of Estonian female politicians Marju Lauristin. Each of them has attracted media attention and several have become victims of the media through their candid approach. How can a woman become someone to be reckoned with in postcommunist society? What opportunities do women have for success in politics in a traditionally patriarchal society? The world of Estonian politics behind the scenes is revealed in all its glamour and horror through the activities of the five subjects of the documentary.

SUUR ÕDE, Andres Maimik, Jaak Kilmi

Film portreteerib 5 erinevat eesti naispoliitikut - kultuuriministrit Signe Kivi, ärinaist Terje Aru, endist miss Estoniat Kristiina Heinmetsa, streigiliikumise liidrit Kadi Pärnitsat ja eesti naispoliitika grand old lady' t Marju Lauristini. Kõik nad saanud osa meedia tähelepanust, paljud neist on sattunud oma avameelsusega meedia ohvriks. Kuidas suudab naine end postkommunistlikus ühiskonnas maksma panna? Millised on naiste võimalused poliitikas läbi lüüa traditsiooniliselt patriarhaalses ühiskonnas? Viie peategelase tegevuses avaneb eesti poliitika kulissidetagune maailm, oma glamuuris ja õuduses.

A LITTLE GREY CAMEL

Directed and photographed by N. Jamsaran, Distributed by MONGOLKINO

A little gray camel meets people who need to eat its mother. Is it possible to resolve survival questions in a better way?

VÄIKE HALL KAAMELIPOEG, N. Jamsaran

Väike hall kaamelipoeg kohtab inimesi, kes tahavad tema ema ära süüa. Kas ellujäämisprobleeme ei saaks lahendada teisiti?

LOST IN LAS VEGAS, 90 min. 2000 CANADA (filmed in USA)

"Lost in Las Vegas" is the story of two Canadian performers who impersonate two actors playing two fictitious characters exploring a city where almost everything is a replica of something else. It is a film about reality and fantasy, money and morality, and the price one pays to chase a dream.

EKSINUD LAS VEGASES, Paul Jay

Film kahest kanada artistist, kes otsivad tööd ja leiba maailma suurimast linn-mängupõrgust Las Vegasest.

A CONTRACT MOTHER, 42 min. 2001 ESTONIA

This documentary follows Tiia, a happily luminous woman who has made a life-long contract with the SOS children's village to be a professional mother, and to get paid for it. It is the story of her contract family, of her oldest ward starting his independent life and of a new child, taken from a problem family to a foster family under the care of this professional mother. This mother's job is to give warmth of heart in every situation to a wild and withdrawn child, to win back this child's future in human society.

LEPINGUGA EMAKS, Märt Sildvee

Portreefilm Tiiast, kes on SOS lastekülas kutseliseks kasuemaks paljudele lastele.

ELF DISCO, 46 min. 2001 ESTONIA

Written and directed by Jaak Kilmi and Andres Maimik, Photographed and produced by Erik Norkroos, Edited by Kersti Miilen and Andres Maimik, Distributed by OÜ Rühm Pluss Null, Gonsiori 21, 10147 Tallinn, Estonia, Tel. +372 611 4265, Fax +372 611 4133, film@plussnull.ee

An expedition into a world of concealed violence where the victims are children. There is just as much cruelty in the world of children as there is in that of adults. This violence is invisible because it is confined to school and the home. It is difficult to find protection from such violence. Elf Disco presents the cases of Kätlin, Märt, Marek and Indrek. Each of them has in their own right lived through more than most children their age. Elf Disco is an expedition into a hidden and traumatic zone of society. The film aims to directly reveal a reality to which society usually only abstractly alludes.

PÄKAPIKUDISKO, Jaak Kilmi ja Andres Maimik

Ekspeditsioon varjatud vägivalla maailma, kus ohvriteks on lapsed. Laste hulgas on sama palju jõhkrust kui täiskasvanute maailmas. See vägivald on nähtamatu, sest jääb kodu- ja kooliseinte vahele ning selle vastu on raske kaitset leida. "Päkapikudisko" vaatleb Kätlini, Märdi, Mareku ja Indreku juhtumit, kes on igaüks omal moel üle elanud rohkem, kui enamik samaealisi lapsi

KIDS OF THE REFUGEE CAMP, 28 min. 2001 Estonia (filmed in Georgia)

This documentary follows Chechen children in Duisi refugee camp in Georgia 50km from Chechnya's boarder, their everyday life, future plans, dreams, fears and expectations. Two kids Abdul and Nazarbek are ready to take arms and fight for the freedom of their homeland.

PAGULASLAAGRI LAPSED, Andrus Prikk

Tshetsheeni laste kurb elu pagulaslaagris Gruusias. Kaks väikest poissi - Abdul ja Nazarbek ­ on valmis haarama püssid, et vabastada oma kodumaa.

THE PHILOSOPHER, 52 min. 2000 ESTONIA

Directed and produced by Meelis Piller, Photographed by Erik Norkroos, Distributed by OÜ Rühm Pluss Null, Gonsiori 21, 10147 Tallinn, Estonia, Tel. +372 611 4265, Fax +372 611 4133, film@plussnull.ee

Portrait film of philosopher and citizen of the world Arnold Keyserling, whose life is in its own way a symbol of contemporary society - the nobility has been forced from luxurious palaces into cramped two-room apartments. A symbol in which the general decline of the social fabric is reflected. In spite of it all, Arnold and Wilhelmine Keyserling have managed to remain the aristocrats they were born as.

INIMESTE LEMMIK, Meelis Piller