Da Viss (1994) ****

Directed by Didier Flamano. Bizarre film (set in a bizarre department store) about bizarre people speaking a bizarre language. Nominated for an Academy Award. A Cesar winner.

Une Rose entre nous (1994) ****

Buddy Holly (1994) ****

An excellent music video by Weezer, a post-modernist homage to "Happy Days". Edited by Eric Zumbrunnen and directed by Spike Jonze. It was nominated for five MTV Video Music Awards (including best video), winning in four categories (best director, editing, breakthrough and alternative).

Emilie Muller (1994) ****

Directed by Yvon Marciano. An actress is auditioning for a role by talking about the contents of a purse.

Alicia (1994) ***

Liberation (1994) ***

A superb Pet Shop Boys' music video directed by Howard Greenhalgh. Beautiful, computer-animated imagery.

Donkey (1994) ***

Wet (1994) ***

89 mm od Europy (1994) ***

Directed by M.Lozinski. Trains in Europe travel on tracks that are 1435 mm wide. The width of the train tracks in the former Soviet Union is 1524 mm. The difference is 89 mm.

Sabotage (1994) ***

A Beastie Boys music video directed by Spike Jonze.

Crazy (1994) ***

An Aerosmith video starring Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler.

Bridge (1994) ***

Amusing short about a card game.

Roadkill (1994) ***

Closer (1994) ***

Scratch Ticket (1994) **

Directed by J.Fawcett. A short film from Alberta, about two young guys winning an instant lottery ticket and getting into trouble. It won the First Prize for Short Film at the Montreal Film Festival.

The Passion Of John Ruskin (1994) **

An art critic cannot bring himself to deflower his beautiful wife (Neve Campbell).

My Sweet Peony (1994) **

A guide at the Chinese Garden in Montreal encounters some weird people. Length: 31 min.

Action vérité (1994) **

A game of "Truth or dare".

Untouched (1994) *

Short drama about virginity.

Bob's Birthday (1994) ****

A dentist ruins his surprise birthday party.

Sortie de bain (1994) ****

Gary Larson's Tales From The Far Side (1994) ****

A fine parody of "Frankenstein", "The Brady Bunch" and countless other films and TV shows. It begins in a rustic setting (with cows, sheeps etc.), features a segment with insects on an airplane, and continues with a porcine Brady Bunch. It's a superb, incredibly inventive cartoon. Where else could one see an erudite carrot (reading a book, no less) being plucked from the ground and devoured?

El Heroe (1994) ***

The Janitor (1994) ***

A reinterpretation of biblical events, told from the point of view of God's janitor.

Triangle (1994) ***

Artiste (1994) ***

A young girl slowly discovers her musical talent.

Animastress (1994) ***

The horrible realities of industrial chicken farming are denounced with biting humor and cruel satire.

The Wooden Leg (1994) ***

Melancholic cartoon about a young girl with a wooden leg. Animation consists of etchings on negative.

Ex-enfant (1994) ***

A 13-year-old boy is drafted into the army. An impressive cartoon about the ravages of war. Like all Drouin's films, it uses the pinscreen animation technique (also known as the Alexeiff-Parker method).

The Big Story (1994) ***

Very short cartoon with three Kirk Douglases at different stages of his career.

Switchcraft (1994) **

A man tries to catch an elusive mouse. Directed by K.Bronzit.

My Boyfriend Gave Me Peaches (1994) **

Directed by A.M.Fleming. Two girls are singing a weird song.

The Barber Of Seville (1994) **

A puppet-animated adaptation of Rossini's famous opera.

Automania (1994) **

A poor chap cannot open his car, but still refuses to take the bus or even a bicycle. If it wasn't for his daughter's roller skates, he never would have made it to work.

I Love My Work (1994) **

Directed by A.M.Fleming. Crudely drawn, but quite amusing little cartoon.

Watching TV (1994) **

A condemnation of violence on television.

Tournoi (1994) **

Two kids are playing chess.

Divine Fate (1994) **

A pretentious New Age fantasy full of spiritual mumbo-jumbo. Visually very imaginative, but hopelessly naive in its anti-technological preachiness.

Sleepy Guy (1994) **

Computer-animated film about sweet dreams and harsh realities.

Overdose (1994) **

The daily routine of a child: breakfast, school, homework and bed. Over and over again.

Carmen (1994) **

Rotoscoping was used in this adaptation of Bizet's famous opera.

Odeur de ville (1994) *

A cartoon about a woman and her cat.

Baroque'n Roll (1994) *

Puppet-animated film about racial tolerance. It's about children playing on a thin ice.

Le Moine et le poisson (1994) *

Oscar-nominated cartoon about a monk chasing a fish.

Jonas et Lisa (1994) *

A rather simplistic film about an evil stepfather.

Au bord du lac (1994) *

Semi-abstract film that won the Second Prize (short subject) at the Montreal Film Festival.

Alpsee (1994) *

Directed by Matthias Muller. Experimental film about a young boy. The most memorable scene - milk flood.

Garden Of Regrets (1994) *

Meandering cartoon full of vivid images.

Cave canem (1994) *

Boring film about moon-worshippers in an ancient desert city.

Printemps (1994) *

A weak cartoon set to the music by Vivaldi.