Cinematic Era: 1978 Vintage

Mat Peci is a cold-blooded killer. He was forced to break up with his girlfriend, who was pregnant because his parents rejected him. He continued to find ways to meet the girl and was finally arrested because the police continued to follow his trail.

Tribute to Tristan Corbière. Images of the sea, stars, muses, the poetic universe of Tristan Corbière. Evocation of the Conlie camp, where thousands of Breton volunteers were taken during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, in order to do their classes there. For lack of means, or fear of a "Chouan peril", these soldiers never received either the equipment or the training necessary for combat. Some of them were however sent to fight, but almost disarmed.

This very singular self-portrait produced for a television platform, and which by the device of its own that it presents (shifted sound in voice-over) distinguishes this work from any tribune and deserves its title: Tribune sans tribun.

Minnesota-based Peter Bundy’s Alabama Departure (1978) is a brief, revelatory cinematic study of locals and landscapes quivering with life.

This short documentary vignette reveals the curious origin of the name of Flin Flon, Manitoba.

There is an old stone house in a clearing, it is surrounded by greenery. Architects have ambitious plans for this area. They will build a modern city around the clearing, however, the old house cannot be blown up. The problem will be solved by an open-air museum.

A film about a woman's role in the society.

A Roman musician is attracted to a girl who is addicted to heroin. After providing some help, he soon becomes addicted himself.

The wind is one of the strongest natural forces around us. Because it is generated by temperature differences in air masses, wind power is, in fact, a form of solar energy. Harness the Wind traces the history of attempts to control and use wind energy, and projects into the future to visualize the potential of wind-power technology.

Originally part of HBO's "In Concert" series. Manilow performs: ACT 1 1. Here We Go Again 2. New York City Rhythm 3. Daybreak 4. Even Now 5. Jump Shout Boogie Medley a. Jump Shout Boogie b. Avenue C c. Jumpin’ At The Woodside d. Cloudburst e. Bandstand Boogie 6. Ready To Take A Chance Again 7. Weekend In New England 8. Looks Like We Made It ACT 2 9. Beautiful Music (Part I) 10. I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) 11. All The Time 12. Copacabana (At The Copa) 13. Beautiful Music (Part II) 14. Hits Medley a. Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again b. This One’s For You c. Could It Be Magic / Mandy 15. It’s A Miracle 16. Can’t Smile Without You 17. I Write The Songs 18. Beautiful Music (Part III)

Ford’s bracingly intimate and reflexive documentary on time and change was filmed over four years and focuses on a small group of male filmmakers and close friends.

A woman is expecting a child while her husband is in prison for political reasons.

Agitprop film about police tactics.

Animated short about a boy and a girl.

In this experimental film, Franz Schubert, on his deathbed, hallucinates about his life. Images are superimposed, one upon the other, multiplying as one hallucination follows another. His difficult relationship with his mother and his excellent one with his father are meditated upon as he walks down a rural lane, and scenes from his operas appear.

Ubu kills the king to take the thrown but doesn't realize the prince will fight back for revenge. Based on Alfred Jarry's 1896 play Ubu Roi.

Investigation into the death of a modest cashier.

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1978 about an Indian juvenile reformatory.

Apollo, a space prince is trying to find his sister after being separated in an attack on their home planet. He meets Cheolsu, who is the pilot of a robot named Mazinger X. Cheolsu, Apollo and their friends must attack the Gamma Star in order to both save the Universe and Apollo's sister.

Biographical program on Camilo Pessanha, a poet associated with the movement of symbolism in the Portuguese language, led by Danilo Barreiros, writer and researcher, highlighting his stay in Macao and the influence that Chinese culture and art had on his work.

Alex is annoyed when he loses out on being picked as class president. When visiting a local antique shop he finds a magic lamp, with three singing Genies, who grant him three magical wishes.

A daring escape attempt. Kittens.

7P is constructed around the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas and incorporates similar picture and sound fragments recorded over the Christmas period 1977-8. Using the song as a determining framework, the film is edited so that picture and sound recorded on consecutive days are juxtaposed in each verse. The film is partly concerned with the abstract tensions produced by the day to day variations in picture and sound, but it also plays upon any expectations which arise from familiarity with the carol. Through repetition, nonsensical juxtapositions of word and image start to acquire their own unfathomable meanings. – J.S.

A haunted house unleashing demonic forces to terrorize its tenants.

The story, set in the mythical town of Riverdale, follows the misadventures of the "Archie" Gang: Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, and Reggie Mantle.

Placed for so long in the city next to each other, the noses, ears, and eyes had never had the opportunity to meet. Yves Brangolo imagined this historic encounter, even spicing it up with a few fingers also separated from their natural context. But an aggressive mouth will come to reorganize this little anarchic world...

Silent Super 8 black and white movie featuring James Baker, drummer with the Perth punk band The Scientists.

A short film by Wang Chu-Chin. The first winner of Golden Harvest Award in Taiwan.

A minister, in the character of a clown, transforms a rather passive Sunday audience into a worshipping community by incorporating pantomimic symbols throughout each liturgical element. The clown helps the congregation understand why they are gathered and restores the lost sense of the sacred.

Bremen, Germany - 30th May 1978 1 Sense Of Doubt 2 Beauty And The Beast 3 "Heroes" 4 Stay 5 The Jean Genie 6 TVC 15 7 Alabama Song 8 Rebel Rebel Recorded May 30, 1978, (another source says May 21) and broadcast on August 4, 1978 Pro shot, PAL, 4/3, Stereo

“Anita Thacher's film was ignored by critics of avant-garde cinema because its lively deconstruction of pornography did not fit into any of the dominant critical categories of the time. »Lauren Rabinovitz

A man tries in vain to escape his self-imposed cage.

Corvo Island is the smallest island in the Archipelago of the Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean. Its area is 17 square km and its population 390. These images and sounds were recorded there in 1977 between the 16th and the 29th of August. To its inhabitants we would like to express our thanks in the making of this film.

Đurđa lives deep in the forest in a woodcutters’ settlement. The only woman in this men’s world, she does the household chores for the entire community. A film about her work and her life.

Left to viewer interpretation, this beautiful dance piece displays a spiritual or religious initiation. A short work, this film was released as part of Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic Time.

Light, clouds and fog.

Three documentary portraits: poet Muriel Rukeyser, painter Alice Neel, and choreographer Anna Sokolow.

The daily experiences of many antifascists - who suffered, until the political prison, which sealed his esteem and united them in a covenant of justice against a "pide" assassin (eted). But the April 25 and May 1, to September 28 and March 11, follows the November 25 - striking dates a forthcoming story. Time caused the wear of the revolutionary process, exacerbating social and economic problems. In the intellectual groups of the left, where the ideological coherence flew over the everyday practice, is dug a crisis of identity and options. An early vote, perhaps radical, unites -still - a determined activist and a journalist who wonders ...

The artist is balancing a video-camera on a tripod the top of which is poised in the palm of his hand. The lens of the camera is directed downwards so that it acts the part of witness and hostage of the action at the same time. Although the camera, together with the hand holding it, is keeping moving, it is seemingly staying still, and the floor the author is standing on appears to be sliding away. The video lasts as long as the artist retains the control over the equilibrium of the camera.

Raja Rani Ko Chahiye Pasina is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Sulabha Deshpande.

Goodnight Miss Ann is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by August Cinquegrana. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Experimental film by Hiroyuki Sekine.

Research to obtain food for human consumption from microalgae in Andean lagoons.

Pink film by Yasuyoshi Ogura.

From the Venezuelan artist John Moore a watercolor animation movie made in 1978.

Short Animation

Krisi, a 19 year old singer in Sacramento, gets tired of the rat race and heads for the hills. After adopting a pet deer, she starts exploring Mount Shasta, where she runs into its legendary dwellers, the Subterranean People.