Cinematic Era: 1968 Vintage

Illustrations of human conscience in animated and real scenes.

"In 1968, during a stay in London, I could finally achieved my first film: 14, BINA GARDEN. A camera wanders into the decor of a room ..."

In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals.

CID officer Prakash who operates by the code name 999, is assigned the task of safeguarding a chemical formula. Prakash's struggles begin when a gang of outlaws aim to steal the formula.

Pink film directed by Toshio Okuwaki.

Anura, a village youth manages to qualify for university where he discovers a whole new world which threatens his beliefs and values.

A woman plays with a bird as the camera's gaze is drawn to her legs.

A poor young man is in love with a girl. But the young man has a wealthy rival whose goal is nothing but to have fun. The young man, who is trying to show his true love to the girl, lets her slip in a critical moment, and at the same time, the rich and fun-loving rival passes the door due to an accident, and the girl returns to the young man.

A lively succession of breasts are animated to the Fugs’ title hit.

A nightclub singer is forced to shoot her ex-boyfriend, who has escaped from prison and is blackmailing her for money. Believing him to be dead, the girl decides to leave and start her life anew. She marries a wealthy gentleman, who is unaware of her past, and together they have a baby girl. One day, however, an old friend – who, by a devilish coincidence, is also her husband’s brother – will return, threatening to reveal everything about her past.

A simple village boy, a wrestler with extraordinary strength, catches the eye of a famous coach from Tehran who happens to be at a village festival where local wrestlers are competing. The coach invites the boy to the capital to take up wrestling professionally, and soon the talented wrestler becomes a celebrity and the darling of all Iran, which arouses the envy of his teammates. A chance encounter with the mother of his future opponent for the national championship title turns his whole life upside down. A separate storyline follows the love affair between Habib, the main character, and Sitar, the daughter of a local wealthy man.

A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, falls in love with the wife.

A bandit chief falls in love with a wealthy man's daughter.

This film suggests the usage of common sense to minimize the normal stresses and strains of everyday life.

Follow the hyper erotic, groovy-to-the-max adventures of a lovely, statuesque blonde go-go dancer who takes Munich by storm and is worshipped by older rich male socialites and politicians. Attracted only to her suitor's bank accounts, the girl quickly becomes bored and finds excitement in a younger, virile man until he swiftly transforms into a money hungry beast like the rest! Shot in sexy, moody black and white and musically scored with avant-garde jazz and fuzz tone guitar.

Twelve sisters who escaped at the start of their human-eating mother, are marry at the same time the king. But the ogress craves revenge and deceives the king as an attractive woman. The ogress ensures that the twelve sisters lose their eyesight and are imprisoned in a cave. Where they eat their own children to survive. Only the little Puthisen, the son of the youngest sister, is spared. Puthisen grows then into the cave from child to young man. As a young adult he decides to liberate his mother and the eleven aunts.

A southern California college jock spends a day at the beach with his best buddy. It turns from fraternal to romantic and sexual. Is it just a fantasy, though? If so, is it about to come true?

A P.R. man having financial problems attempts to blackmail a country singer.

Henrique Casanova is an expert in Egyptian history. A strict father, dedicated researcher and obedient husband, he is admired by people. But, when he travels for work, he takes the opportunity to win over beautiful women.

A dramatic love story between a blind man and woman.

a film to see in moviola - but it is seen quite well even in projection as long as the projector is a little broken and limp.

The essence of a quarrel and reconciliation between an elderly couple in Tel Aviv in 1967. Inspired by L'âge de discrétion by Simone de Beauvoir.

A documentary about the work of Buster Keaton.

Animation short.

A father and his son meet each other after many years. But there is always a woman in between.

A parable about YOU, CHRIST, and HIS CHURCH

Reproductions, for instance, completed in relative speed after the lengthy process of making Rohfilm, explores the aesthetic and perceptual effects of the reproduction of just a single type of image: strips of black and white slide positives from the Heins' vacations in North Africa, Italy, and greece in the early 1960s. To make the film, the Heins cut these numerous small images into little strips which they manipulated by hand on a Movieola viewing machine. While one of them maneuvered the strips (inserted them into the machine and moved them in different directions), the other filmed the projected image as it appeared on the machine's small screen. They described the effect of this process as follows: "While filming the many different little strips (hundreds of them) a rhythm is gradually established: quick and slow changes, pauses, a stronger movement of the pieces and a slow insertion, their sudden appearance.

An absurd film by Kuri Youji.

n this lavish costume drama that about two children born on the same day -- one to a king and the other to a poor man -- find their destinies linked. Although the boys look identical, their upbringings couldn't be more different. That all changes when the penniless Raja happens to meet Prince Yuvraj, and the two switch identities to see how the other half lives. Can they adapt to their new circumstances?

Street kid Petka stole a gold watch. But once in the orphanage, he learns the price of human kindness, warmth and care, the joy of friendship, mutual assistance and loyalty. After all, he returns the watch to its owner.

Short educational film about the society of the weimar republic.

Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.

Morbihan is one of the poorest regions in Brittany. Joseph, a 33-year-old farmer, can no longer live off the land. He is hired at the fancy new plant that has just opened where he enters a world of rote work. Fortunately he can go home to his farm every evening, far from the large urban centers where workers must usually live.

A young girl lives with an elderly couple in a settlement in a distant Siberian village. They liked her. When she dies unexpectedly, they go many miles to holy places to pray for the salvation of her soul.

Tall blonde German professor Dr. Mannheim experimenting with an aphrodisiac and accompanying cult ritual, to make scientific breakthroughs for the benefit of mankind.

Carla is a different form of homage, in which Carla Aulaulu sings a song by Gitta Linds.

A day in the life of a Franciscan peasant family in Paraguay in 1968, depicting the Cabral family's gestures, attitudes, small daily events, affective relationships, and dignity.

After the war, a partisan hospital is set up in a monastery, with the nuns working as nurses. A beautiful young nun, Maria, becomes very fond of the partisan leader, Commissar Nenad.

An allegory on man's inhumanity. Pink dolls are sandwiched into bread rolls in a long sequence then stuffed in a sack and thrown in the sea by two children. A naked, drowned negro is washed ashore and discovered by a naked white child. The soundtrack is of Vietnamese children's songs.

The story of an indecent man, Fumio, who cheats on his fiancee with an office girl named Kiyo.

An elderly man wanders through the night. Flashbacks explain how he lost his love.

This film delves into the life cycles of various insects, highlighting their survival and adaptive strategies through the seasons. It showcases insects like dragonflies and preying mantises in their summer activities of feeding and reproducing, and then shifts focus to their unique winter survival tactics. The film particularly emphasizes the praying mantis's method of laying eggs in a protective case to ensure species continuity. Other species' adaptations are explored, such as aphids laying eggs on tree bark and swallowtail caterpillars forming chrysalises. It also touches on different hibernation methods and the renewal of life cycles in spring, with a new generation of insects emerging to continue the cycle of life. The documentary underscores the diverse and fascinating ways insects adapt to their environments throughout the year.

Look at life in an estate of tower blocks in Bristol where the city council have built over a hundred in recent years.

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

A story of an illicit affair between a young, talented and successful violinist and a popular singer.

When Julie escapes from a mental institution, she seeks refuge with her boss and friend, a nightclub owner. However, they all have to fight for their lives when a group of jewel thieves come after them.

Documentary on the use of color and black and white in contemporary arts through nine artists. A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 16 March 1968.

Gangsters hide the stolen money in the refrigerator, which is committed to the school for the arrangers on the seashore. In the same school, a young man responses the advertising for the photographer, so he could provide a free holiday for himself and his friends. Gangsters come there as well, accompanied by detectives. On top of all that, the school is full of girls who try to win the confused young man's heart. This generates a series of comic complications in which the young man finally discloses the gangsters from prosecution, while at the same time being rescued from girls by his friends who have now arrived on holiday.

South African Movie

While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group The Seekers recall in flashback the origins of the group and their rise to success.

Pinku from 1968.