Cinematic Era: 1976 Vintage

Depicts the cultural legacy of the Sumerians, Semites, Babylonians, and Assyrians of the ancient Middle East using authentic locales including Babylon, Ur, and Nineveh.

"In Black Forest Trading Post, the postcard landmark itself travels the world, a winking subversion of the whole idea of ‘being-there’ and of the pilgrimages that postcards, or for that matter, other souvenirs, are meant to indicate."- Stephen Broomer

By showing a series of different-coloured objects, the film aims to familiarize very young children with the various colours.

Based on the works of Sterjo Spasse. Kujtim Morava goes to work in a remote village. He assists in the destruction of churches and mosques since they spread a regressive mentality.

Bulgarian comedy, based on motifs from the stories of Elin Pelin.

The son of the town hall trumpeter finds a bird with a shot-through wing. The boy and his sister look after the animal.

Documentary depicting the science-fiction shapes and colors of life in the cold seas of Ireland. Nominated for the Academy Award, Best Live Action Short Film, for 1977.

Commissioned by the U.S. Government Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, the film describes the elements of a modern tornado warning system as was developed at the Texas Tornado Warning Conferences in 1953 and included radar detection of tornadoes, a spotter network, and improved communications between the U.S. Weather Bureau, spotters, and public officials to better disseminate warnings to the public. In the 1960s TV changed the way tornado safety and preparedness information was disseminated and this film is likely a product of that development. This film opens with vignettes of people in a small town somewhere in America’s suburban midwest. It then goes on to display the moments before and after the onset of a tornado and informs the audience of appropriate safety response measures.

A documentary by husband and wife filmmakers, Mario Balibrera and Dana Evans, of the art colonies of Taos, New Mexico in the early part of the 20th century.

A woman and two men talking, seen one by one, in a montage of three movements that make up a fast-slow-fast cycle. The second movement is composed of footage of Stan Brakhage shot by filmmaker Bruce Baillie. (Marilyn Brakhage) "P.S. Images of myself in TRIO are by Bruce Baillie."–S.B.

South African Film

Schneemann’s cat, Kitch, who was featured in works such as Fuses, was a major figure in Schneemann’s work for almost twenty years. The moving conclusion to her Autobiographical Trilogy documents the routines of daily life whilst time passes, a relationship winds down and death closes in: filming and recording stopped when the elderly cat died.

Denis Mitchell talks to some of the Rhodesians, both black and white, he met on his journey through the country and tries to assess the mood of the country.

Libyan film released in 1976.

Unsold British horror television pilot for a proposed series entitled "The Fearmakers" is a ghost story set in Warwick Castle.

After shooting more short films and documentaries, Deschanel wrote, directed and shot Trains, a short film that won the Silver Bear at the 1976 Berlin Film Festival. Trains is an exquisitely filmed short format documentary on passenger trains throughout the course of one day.

The nephew of a sexologist must take care of his uncle's clients.

A cinematic impression of a landscape, depicting a corner of Poland enclosed by the forks of the Biebrza and Narew rivers, which, as they merge, create wide wetlands and marshes. The landscape of this natural enclave retained its pristine character at the time Anna Górny's film was being made. The author portrays a world untouched by 20th-century civilization, experiencing its last days before the reclamation works were set to begin.

The genius Spanish painter Salvador Dalí undertakes an amazing journey through the unknown mental territories of Upper Mongolia in search of a giant hallucinogenic mushroom while paying an experimental tribute to the French poet Raymond Roussel (1877-1933), a visionary and eccentric writer, precursor of the surrealists and much admired by them.

A tribute documentary on the most decorated U.S. Marine, General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller.

Brian Glover meets up with locals like Arthur Scargill as he guides us round his home town.

The film is based on the memoirs of partisan commander Peter Kružliak. Lieutenant Peter Kubiš is ordered to move with his unit to the mountains after the fall of Banská Bystrica, where he is to receive further orders. No one is waiting, on the contrary, civilian refugees from Banská Bystrica are also entrusted to his protection. In addition, the headquarters sends him to "take care" of captured German soldiers. A serious dispute arises over whether to liquidate the prisoners or not. The final decision must be made and enforced by Lieutenant Kubiš - he refuses to carry out the sentence without a decision from a field court. Kubiš sends the captured Germans - hostages to Banská Bystrica to guarantee the safe return of the civilian population to the city.

A financially stable family moves into a nice, new apartment, only to see the father leave them. The mother soon brings home a new 'father', Feri. The change causes her son Laci to lose his way. On the other hand, the daughter, Éva is motivated by the change in the family atmosphere to become active and successful in school...

Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad". (Source: ANN)

Around three boys accomplices to playful and shy grace, Stéphane Marti inaugurates his cinematographic writing.

The failed poet Wessel Franken trades his career in poetry for a career as director of a publicity agency.

Two salesmen in Honduras are looking everywhere for their lost pal.

In this comedy adaptation of Machado De Assis (1839-1908) novel, a young widow writes letters to a friend telling about her days as a married woman and the special relationship she had with Emílio, a friend of the couple who becomes her adoring lover.

A prostitute waits in vain for a client.

A sci-fi fairy tale love story adventure about a young boy, who lands in a UFO, and the princess he falls in love with as an adult.

A collection of ten short films. For each film, 50 x 18" strips of clear film were laid side by side to make a rectangle 18' x 36'. A geometric shape was drawn on each rectangle, and the strips of celluloid were joined to make a film. The sound is created by the image carried over into the optical sound track.

Vrnitev is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) Fiction TV Film. Featuring Miha Baloh, Maks Furijan, Ivanka Mežan. It was directed by Anton Tomašič. It was produced by RTV Ljubljana. It has received 1 award.

A woman will do anything to keep her new man.

A tv play about the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding. Flashbacks from his life in a mental hospital.

A woman gets cancer.

A high energy, twisted, psychedelic animation featuring unexpected transformations of various organic and non-organic forms. Produced at Cal Arts, ca. 1976.

The owner of sawmill receives a order from a german lieutenant to make forty gallows

TV documentary about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and its safety concerns in 1976.

Documentary about psychic phenomena and UFOs. Footage is shown involving psychic experiments, poltergeists, key bending and UFOs.

"Table, shot in 1976 is the celluloid equivalent of a cubist Still Life. The subject is an ordinary kitchen table, a homely clutter of crockery and utensils. For 15 minutes, Gehr alternates two slightly different fixed points of view, accentuating individual shots through the use of blue and red filters (and sometimes no filter at all). This simple if painstaking procedure transforms the image into a stuttering hypnotic shuffle. Difficult to take in on a single viewing, Table improved with familiarity. As one learns how to look at it, one’s eyes wander around the frame to savor specific details. Some objects appear simultaneously in 2 positions, others flex their shimmering forms or collide with their neighbors, while a few barely seem to 'move' at all." - J. Hoberman

A rabbi is murdered. Detective Llonrot is called in on the case and looks for a 'rabbinical explanation' for the murder. Other murders are committed and deliberate clues left in chosen locations. Llonrot, convinced he is on the trail of a 'mystical intrigue' is lured to the 'crime scene' when the tables are turned by his nemesis, the master criminal Red Scharlach.

Early documentary short by Ross McElwee. 16mm; color; sound.

This satire on film depicts the micro-climate of a technical vocational school newly established at a housing estate. The construction vocational school holds a name-giving ceremony, thus calling the attention of its supervisory organ to itself. The school-master distributes as well as receives presents from the sponsoring factory, and the pupils sit for a written examination of unheard-of material. The results are devastating, which the despotic school-master attempts to conceal by a staged disciplinary procedure.

A TV drama set shortly after WW2 about court trial of former German generals accused for bombing the Yugoslavia's capital Belgrade.

Documentary featuring backcountry skiing, extreme skiing and hang gliding in the Southern Alps.

A film-concert based on the poems and stories of Alexander Yashin.

Mr. Mavadat in a party in his garden gets poisonous and his friends have to take him to doctor Hatam. But the doctor hides many dark secrets in his basement which are revealed little by little.

A janitor, caretaker and the other two friends who, despite years of primary school, which is highly overage in order to get the story of their struggle

Following the death of his father, Dosyu Bonhur has taken the responsibility of the chief of their gang, and continues his father's fight against the oppressor, Zamindar.

Another mondo documentary.

A woman's feminist awakening drives an intellectual couple to a relationship crisis.