Cinematic Era: 1984 Vintage

Gorgo saves a drunk American from the sea and takes him back to his home where he lives with his wife. The drunk American, Rep, tries to rape Gorgo's wife after he gets sober and thus is thrown out of the house and beat up. Gorgo is bankrupt now and has to work in a Road Construction company, where Rep also works as one of the main engineers. The story goes on with a series of unfortunate events consisting of death and rebellion and false accusations...

A portrait of the Spanish director Lorenzo Llobet Gràcia (1911-76), one of the outsiders of Spanish cinema, and the story of his masterpiece, a cult work that tells the story of a self-taught filmmaker who was born under the sign of the shadows, lights and chiaroscuro of cinema.

In the rural northern town of Damortis, Miguel sets up a thriving faith-healing practice with his wife Anna. Their new apprentice Lando, however, overtakes the faith healer in popularity – even winning over Anna – and basks in the material riches it provides him. But Anna, realizing the spiritual corruption of her husband and lover, takes her freedom into her own hands.

Soviet documentary, historical and biographical film of 1983, directed by Irina Kalinina. In a 30-minute tape shows the selfless work of Anna Ivanovna Zelenova, the director of the Pavlovsky Palace Museum, who devoted her entire life to him, survived with him years of occupation and rebirth from the ashes.

After the death of his wealthy uncle, and with his inheritance at stake, Heir Pennington becomes involved in a balloon race.

A man is sent to address the havoc created by the Queen of the South Sea, and is eventually forced to marry her on a condition that cannot be kept.

The film portrays the Iraqi army's role in confronting Iranian aggression during the war between Iraq and Iran from 1980 to 1988. The film highlights numerous heroic acts of Iraqi army personnel during this conflict.

Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

The Los Angeles freeway killer takes a drive to Las Vegas—and back. This video by Ken Camp is both trancelike and troubling, taking the viewer across the desert of California, through Nevada, and into “the frightening zone where lay the genetic codes and memories that make us all killers.”

A family consisting of parents, two sons and a teenage daughter falls apart morally.

The story of "Leatherman", a legendary vagabond who traveled the same 365-mile loop in the northeastern United States every 34 days between the mid 1850s and 1889.

Former Red Army combat commander Zavgorodniy is appointed head of the Sivash salt mines. Salt is worth its weight in gold for the young Soviet republic. Zavgorodniy must restore the mines' operations despite fierce resistance from the White Army.

Ignacio is known as El Iluminado de la Esmeralda (The Enlightened One of the Emerald) for his healing powers. Urged by the eviction of the house where he lives, he decides to charge for his services with an illusionist. What he ends up with is being mistreated and taken advantage of by others, even ending up in jail. After regaining his freedom, he goes mad.

In order to protect huge areas of arable land and pastures from periodic flooding, a young scientist Meder Alymkulov is exploring the possibility of erecting a natural dam in the mountains using a directional explosion method in laboratory conditions. However, only a test explosion in natural conditions can confirm or refute laboratory results. Meder takes responsibility for organizing the explosion and begins to prepare the tests...

Memoirs of the Italian Opera by the singers and musicians of the Casa Verdi, Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. This documentary, which has achieved cult-like status among opera and music lovers, features former singers who reminisce about their careers and their past operatic roles.

Three Neanderthals sail to escape the famine in the Philippines.

Paul Vasiliu, a geologist, returns to his native village. Excavating for irrigation works gives him the opportunity to discover some valuable minerals. Now he has to convince the villagers to postpone theirs lifelong dream of having irrigations in their fields to examine if the mineral deposits are economically viable. A common communist propaganda item of those times.

For short films Antonio Mitrikeski by many critics said is that worked visually very simple, full of emotions caused by shaping the artistic staff. Idea author draws from the eternal themes, between life and death, between love and hope, in the infinity of time and space. Ordinary people with common ties between them, these ordinary visual sight Communications turns into a subtle threads of the eternal.

After the death of an old bandmate, the surviving musicians head to the funeral.

Outtakes from the movie

A truly iconic video based on the Mr. Olympia contest from 1984. Every single one of the competitors was a star in their own right. ‘Road to Olympia’ 1984 was a classic release at the time. It was the forerunner of the later Battle for the Olympia series. In this video the camera follows in particular Tom Platz, Chris Dickerson, Franco Columbu, Samir Bannout, Al Beckles and the eventual winner – Lee Haney. You also see a very beautiful Rachel McLish. This video is now a classic slice of bodybuilding history.

An affair between a wealthy teenager and a prostitute.

al-Zubaidi uses GDR material to tell a rather linear story of Palestine, deploying the archive for illustration and evidence.

Documentary following young male prostitutes in Birmingham and Manchester. (An episode of the BBC's "Forty Minutes" series.)

This documentary is an autobiography based on director Depardon's voice, his face and pictures from his childhood which are all mixed together on screen and contrasted with selected pictures he shot between 1957 and 1977 and now comments on.

In 1939, when the Japanese army invaded the protected border of our country, our border warriors showed how they protected the protected border of our country from foreign invaders.

The film is a free adaptation of a travelogue by Victor Segalen. In 1905, the writer described in “Les immémoriaux” the passage from the Maori world to another evangelized world. Marc Giannesine in an article published in Le Monde in 1987 wrote: “But beware, the adventure according to Segalen is a total change of life, of skin. For him, it is not a question of superficially aping the customs of the Maori, but of stripping his own culture in mind to better feel that of others. It is exoticism in the purest sense of the term, as Baudelaire understood it, an art of correspondences between the most diverse things. Henri Hiro, emblematic figure in the Pacific, of the defense of his culture, goes back in time for us by following the text of Segalen.

A short film by the Czech animator Vaclav Mergl.

The quasi-skilled Kasino tries to install an abstract painting on the wall of Mr. Us Us’ house where he stays. The plaster wall is damaged. Afraid of Mr. Us Us’ wrath, Kasino, Dono, Indro, Marina, and Anita try to lie to Mr. Us Us but he finds out. They are scolded and ordered to repair the wall at once. The comedy continues with the arrival of Dono’s grandfather from the village. Dono has lied to his grandfather that he has become a doctor, but the latter knows his bad habits. Then Anita wants to test her boyfriend’s love, and asks Dono to pretend to be her boyfriend during a party. Unfortunately, Dono’s silly acts annoy Anita. When Indro’s food recipe is entered for a competition, which allows only women, Dono is forced to dress like a woman. Dono wins the competition but the prize is anulled once Dono’s identity is discovered. Dono protests by asking to take home the competition food. The committee refuses and a cake-throwing war ensues.

A little sparrow learns about life. Based on the story by Gorkiy.

Filmed in 1983, during the presentation of Peter Weiss' play at the Fred Barry theater at UQAM. This document exposes us to a play dealing with the Shoah, and its intention to present the medium of video as a specific language.

Writer and director, scholar and philosopher, and now actor playing himself in this autobiographical sequel to Padre Padrone, Gavino Ledda has created an intellectual, avant-garde film that might reach slightly beyond the grasp of audiences looking forward to being entertained but not necessarily enlightened. When he goes back to live in the village of his ancestors, Ledda is equipped with a university degree that alienates him from the peasants, and he is suffering from an ulcer which he cures with the help of Leonardo da Vinci, his imaginary mentor. As Ledda finds himself in the small shepherd's cottage that becomes his home, he is visited by Greek goddesses as well as demons that must be subjugated if he is to continue learning. His own pride, or "hubris" derives from a willingness to dominate these gods, and he is resigned to suffering the inevitable punishments for assuming that arrogant stance.

Cia marries Dono, a university administration employee. Cia marries him to soothe her heartbreak when her father marries her best friend, Lies. But when they go to Dono’s hometown for their honeymoon, they find his relatives acting mysteriously. Dono’s sister, Lastri, never speaks. His brother is insane and there is only an old woman whom he speaks to. On their wedding night, Cia realises that Dono cannot perform sexually, but Cia still loves him. One day when Cia is taking a bath in a river near the house, she is attacked and raped by a man. Dono tells her that when he was a boy, he saw his mother raped by Kromodongso. Later, the same person rapes his sister. Strangely, Kromodongso does not admit to have raped Cia, although he admits to raping Dono’s mother and sister. Finally, Dono admits that he raped Cia, his own wife. He did that, as he cannot perform in a normal situation. Dono can only do what Kromodongso did to his mother. Cia is happy because Dono is truly a man.

A captain and lieutenant of the Russian army are buried in the basement of the Przemysl Fortress during the First World War.

Utpal Dutt's Directional Venture.

Recorded at the Barrowlands in Glasgow New Year’s Eve 1983/4

A tragicomic story about Lady Poverty who, unmistakably and without any hesitation, catches one lazy fellow after another. However, she is helpless when she comes across a diligent and work-loving fellow. Poverty simply cannot be destroyed, but it can be defeated.

A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.

Woven images set the stage for a woman’s vision of discovery. Drawn and painted directly on 35mm film, Nexus explores connections between art and nature through symbols and patterns associated with ancient matricentric cultures. Zimbabwe marimba music performed by Sukutai provides upbeat accompaniment to this evocative piece as images metamorphose from abstract pattern to natural realism with joyous artistic ease.

The production of Genesis's eponymous 1983 studio album is captured by Phil Collins on his video camera.

A TV movie sequence is repeated in slow motion: the sound gradually gets out of sync with the image. The point moves on the soundtrack while the viewer anticipates the meeting of the image and sound.

Friends, with the help of the gamekeeper and forester, try to catch the poacher.