Short film production is where you grab a bunch of friends and just come up with a fun idea to film. It doesn't have to be anything serious - just something fun you like to do. If you've got a camera and a computer, you're ready to be a film producer.
Well I wasn't alive in 1995 so unfortunately nothing. But there's some pretty cool stuff to be seen in the gallery of films which came out during this time. Some of my all time favorites are the Disney films and Matrix.
Some all time favorites are Adobe Premiere 1.0 (released in 1991) or Adobe After Effects (will be released in the future - which according to my magic 8 ball is in 2012). Or, if you don't have any editing skills, why not use Windows Movie Maker!