Cinematic Era: 1968 Vintage

In this film made for German television, Mack exposes his reflective sculptures and suit to sunlight in the Sahara, a north African desert. The film also shows the artist experimenting with different reflective and transparent materials, achieving various kaleidoscopic effects.

Filmreflex on the protest of the young anarchists at the Carrara congress and of the international political-literary avant-garde at the 1968 Buchmesse in Frankfurt: in these reflections on anarchy a thread of protesting discourse led by Cohn-Bendit emerges from the discussions and declarations pronounced at the anti-congress and at the Gegenbuchmesse, where meetings were promoted for the foundation of the students and workers league and international counter-publishing, contesting the bureaucratic organization of the congress and the peace prize awarded by the Buchmesse to the imperialist president Senghor: a speech for the anarchy of culture.

The film reports on the return of Soviet units from Czechoslovakia (CSSR) to their stationing areas in the GDR. It depicts the reception by the population of the GDR.

Bartender Joey, who prefers to have affairs with married women, seduces Joan. She falls in love with him and leaves her husband, agreeing to work as a prostitute for Joey so they can get married. Joey continues to recruit for his prostitution ring and Joan, aware that she is just being used, holds out on him. Joey beats her, sending her to the hospital and subsequent police investigation leads to her arrest.

The film consists of a staged discussion between Greek political refugees in Sweden. Dialogue is mainly in Greek, but the first few minutes shows one of the participators giving some background to the political situation in Greece in Swedish. This historical background is also illustrated with some archival material. The film was produced for Swedish public television but was never aired.

"Bunny & Claude" combines skiing, artistic choreographies and music.

La Apuesta is a Costa Rican film for television, directed and produced by Miguel Salguero, from 1968. In this 16 mm feature film, the journalist Miguel Salguero portrays the adventures of a group of people who make a bet and undertake a risky trip by land to Puerto Limón, crossing mighty rivers and wild nature, at a time when there was no road to the Caribbean port.

Short movie by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Anton, a touring musician, arrives in a foreign country with his tuba. The people there enjoy the music and decide to build their own instruments. Soon there is music everywhere. The king also wants to play a huge instrument, but he has no talent and makes no progress. He gets angry and demands that all instruments be rounded up.

A BAFTA award nominated promotional film for Mullards's wide range of products in the field of electronics.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at music in Britain including soul, folk, pop, rock opera and brass bands.

An exposé of the sexual revolution.

First film of Ugo Nespolo

A section of the National Resistance, led by Andreas, plans an act of sabotage against the occupiers. Martha offers valuable assistance in achieving their goals, thanks to her relationship with an SS officer. The first phase of the sabotage involves stealing documents from Nazi headquarters. The mission is successful, but the Germans' retaliation is terrible. They discover, arrest, and execute all members of the resistance group. They kill Martha and Fritz. Andreas leaves to continue the resistance in the Middle East.

A campaign film against GLC attempts to raise council rents. Includes: footage of tenants’ demonstrations; tenants’ meetings at which report-backs are given on the proportion of tenants in various areas withholding rents in protest; burning effigy of Horace Cutler, Tory leader of GLC; T&GWU support for tenants’ demonstration, under pressure from membership (porters).

In this cinematographic variety show, the strong point is the ballet: inventive, original, modern, pleasant, filmed with a great power of suggestion by the cinematographer Alexandru Întorsureanu, using superimpositions to enhance the movement.

A collection of short films by Pat Rocco.

A meditation on the representation of history. Five centenarian veterans of the Battle of Mal Tiempo, fought during Cuba's war for independence from Spain, are assembled to share their memories and instruct actors and technicians in recreating their experience on film.

Documentary about Ajax Amsterdam in 1968.

A film concerning the structural dilemmas of social revolution. The armies of opposing pawns form an alliance and overthrow their ruling regimes, and yet the chess board and the class system it represents remains – only it is now the pawns who are in the back row...

Black Five is filmed around Carnforth station in Lancashire, a location which had been the setting for the archetypal railway romance, David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945) over 20 years earlier.

The film plays, partly autobiographically, with the documentary in order to unmask "typically" female or male life paths and idealisations, and thus gets to the heart of male fantasies of greatness with wit.

Film starring Kalpana, Rajkumar

The Peruvian Newsreel No. 162 of December 1968 celebrates Rímac in two articles that connect the past and present of this quintessentially Creole district. The first revisits the Stone Bridge and the Alameda de los Descalzos, major urban development projects of Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros, in the 17th century. It also covers projects commissioned by Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junyent at the end of the 18th century, such as the Real Felipe Fortress, the Royal College of San Carlos, the remodeling of the Acho Bullring, and the Paseo de Aguas (Water Promenade), inspired by the love of the actress Micaela Villegas, La Perricholi. The newsreel incorrectly attributes the construction of the Quinta de Presa to the Viceroy.

Directed by Vlado Radovich. Produced by Cinematográfica Peruana and Inti Films. Starring Inés Sánchez Aizcorbe and Vlado Radovich. A twenty-minute semi-documentary short film in black and white.

Directed by Felipe Buendía. Photograph by Claude Martin (16 mm, 22 minutes long). Its director defined it as a “burlesque documentary” about the state of conservation of Lima's old automobiles.

A young man refuses to cooperate with his criminal father. In response, his father and his accomplices resort to violence and steal his car. With the help of the police, the young man eventually brings them to justice.

A man, burdened by his debts to a friend, decides to marry off his daughter to his friend's son in order to free himself from the heavy financial obligation.

Experimental short by Kiyoshi Awazu.

An educational film, made up of footage from other Disney nature films. This is the story of the intelligent wild dog of the West and how it has survived and adjusted to encroaching civilization.

"An improvised theatrical piece in videospace. Live mix in studio using tape delay and camera debeaming. Camera motions were scripted and the "actors" were given the challenge of trying to devine their way out of entrapment in this electronic milieu. The viewer's neural system was the ultimate target of this experiment, rather than sensory or cognitive levels of consciousness. Sit back and let it work on you."

Because of its exclusive reference to meaning, Fingerprint is not only language for world, the reproduction of objects and symbol, but also language in and of itself and object. The film was produced by means of pressure rather than exposure - film as the trace of a touch rather than light. (Peter Weibel)

TV's image raised to a fever pitch to help reveal the chaotic nature of the medium. A driven flux of electronic icons, building its intensity.

A man helps a woman get married. There are more candidates, but in the end it turns out that he is the ‘right address’ for her.

Four cousins intend to marry each other, but their uncle confesses that due to a grudge against his strict brother, he swapped one of the girls with his brother's son. In reality, the bride and groom are siblings. Thus, the bride and groom are swapped so that this marriage can proceed.

Promotional film, narrated by actor Donald Houston, about Wales, where the hard-fought battles of the past have deposited tourist-attracting remains for the present (e.g. castles) and where opportunities for modern-day leisure pursuits are provided by the geography of the country.

In today’s industry, the conservation of human resources is vital. This film shows how employers keep their staff happy and increase output as well. Gives three examples of improved production as a result of studies by a productivity group: one in a clay pipe industry, one in an insurance office and one in a machine shop. The lessons to be learnt are applicable to many other industries.

A poetic film by director Vytenis Imbrasas about Lithuania's disappearing water and windmills.

An exhibition made by Julio Le Parc at the Di Tella Institute in 1967.

A film about the heroic everyday life of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the fraternal assistance of the Soviet Union to the Vietnamese people, and the struggle against American aggressors.

A man-made catastrophe depopulates entire regions. How do survivors observe this event, and how do others react?

A contemporary Koan. A series of highs, encompassing people: waiting for the bus, laying tiles at Swami’s house, celebrating a Spring Be-in and children smiling.

Two soldiers escape from a thunderous battlefield, drifting to a deserted island where they are rescued by a woman. Upon the island, the trio reveal primal desires and savage humanity. The uncivilised setting served as one method of justifying nudity in films of the era, while the castaway trope represented a localised adaptation of prevailing international cinematic trends. The extant version of this film bears the title _Woman Fights to the Death for Love_.

Super8 short film by Mauro Chessa.

Lever Brothers & Associates Limited presents a film explaining supermarket pricing and packsize, and its relation to consumer choice & profit.

Pink short film directed by Toshio Okuwaki.

This promotional short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Mayerling (1968), filmed on location in Vienna, as well as the actual history that inspired the story.