Cinematic Era: 1984 Vintage

A philippine slave travels around the world. An early version of the story Tahimik used for Balikbayan.

Documentary about the Scottish soldiers who fought in Normandy in 1917 and survived the terrible battles that took place there.

1984 Indian Film

Documentary about the process canned pineapple takes from cultivation to sale.

Acerbically humorous short about the ‘military olympics’ where competition is a matter of life or death.

In Hamburg, a slap out of the blue is received by the victim with appreciation. The man, who is hit by a woman, interprets it as an act of anarchy and finds meaning in it. Then they both go out into the street and declare slapping to be an art form.

A young man, who loses his friend in a strange city goes to his funeral by train. The thoughts about his friend change like a scenery outside his window. The reality mixes with the unreal.

A group of soldiers attempt to hit a specific target using a cannon.

A single performance made at the National Film Theatre against a blank screen – the performer twice leaves the stage on one side, exits the building and re-enters the stage on the other side – the duration was determined by the time it took to walk out of sight around the theatre.

On the disclosure by the criminal investigation department of a crime that occurred in 1947.

One of the first documentary projects with which Jeff Krulik was involved at the start of his public access days. Shot on location at Geppi's Comic World in Silver Spring, MD during a Stan Lee signing, and a comic convention at a Northern Virginia hotel.

This colorful and inspirational adaptation of the greatest story every told follows the life of Jesus Christ from his birth through his childhood. As he grows into manhood, his special message is heard by many. However, not all become followers, and his life ends brutally. Watch and listen as this film takes you back to the places where it all began and hear the timeless words that yet today touch human hearts, challenge brilliant minds, and provide a plan for life today with the Master. His ultimate sacrifice, resurrection, and ascension into heaven have inspired millions to follow his teachings for over two thousand years.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Two plasticine figures, a woman and a man, look at their own reflections on the opposite sides of the mirror. They try to deal with their fatty bodies – they squeeze and push the plasticine. When they are ready, they emerge from behind the mirror and flirt in pursuit of each other. Finally, they become united – they form an egg.

Inspired by a trip to the London Zoo, Menagerie reflects on the experience of animals in captivity.

A political comedy about the effects of the apparent discovery of gold in the sands near a small community on Iceland's south coast. Troops from the American NATO base "invade" the territory, journalists from Reykjavik arrive and the morals of the local inhabitants quickly turn topsy-turvy.

Veronica is a high school student studying to be a glazier, although she dreams of being a theatre actress. The only thing that she finds joy in at school is the company of her friend, Klemen and writing the script for a theatre play in her spare time together with a retired actress whom she has befriended. Her parents find it difficult to understand her acting ambitions - or rather, they would probably find it difficult, if they would bother to take the time off their busy schedules to try. Nor does anyone else understand Veronica. When all her plans go awry, she ends up in a home for juvenile delinquents. When she is released into the custody of her parents again, she eludes their vigilant guard and runs away to the country, to Klemen. Only Klemen's father makes it abundantly clear to her when she gets there that Klemen will not stand by her side either. Veronica finds herself out on the street again, where everything is possible and the future is open to her...

The cartoon tells about the amazing adventures of two braggart friends - the boy Vasya and the cat Vaska, about what unexpected and even dangerous consequences the most harmless at first glance boasting can lead to.

Film material is subjected to biochemical processes by burying it in the garden, storing it in a pond, or overheating it. The results of these natural processes of decay or aging are then copied back onto film and thus conserved in the state of their dissolution. - Lightcone

The wise poor man who found the money tried to save it. To do this, he had to outwit the greedy gentleman, as well as Khveska, his too talkative wife.

An animation film based on Latvian folk songs, significant due to its artistic style which was far removed from the social realism which was the only accepted form of artistic expression in the Soviet Union at the time, and also due to its undertones related to national identity.

An apple struggles to free itself from the tree and fall free, as its fellow apples look on.

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

The story of Galax, a robotic 'man-doll', artificially created out of wood and computer circuitry, Appearing to come to life, it becomes a rival for the affections of Marie, a young student and an issue for university authorities.

The plot follows an honest police officer who is sent to a lawless town and must work to restore order while dealing with corruption and a woman searching for buried treasure.

Zeft is the story of a village, of a changing society torn between the background of traditional beliefs and diffuse aspirations for modernity.

When spring comes to the city, the surroundings come alive. The sky becomes bluer, the trees turn green, the birds sing and the sun shines brighter. And, of course, children run into the streets. Among them, a mischievous boy wants to break the starling cage, but he is stopped by the example of an older friend, who teaches him that the surrounding nature must be protected.

The incredible splendor & glamor: princely palaces of exotic design; incomparable collections of fine arts; palatial garden settings; stories of golden age movie stars & world famous guests; historic construction photos.

Among the penguins living on a rocky island there was one who went on his own ways. He dreamed of rising into the air. After one of the unsuccessful attempts, he dropped into the water and caught a gold fish that turned him into a balloon for his wishes. Fascinated by the plane, he asked the fish to become a great machine. He flew around the world. He introduced confusion on air routes and disrupted the work of radars. Tired he returned to the island and fell like a dead man. After waking up, he happily joined the other penguins.

Many of my films involve humour, but unlike the earlier work Shepherd’s Delight attempts to confront the problem of humour head-on, referring directly (since a large part of the film is composed of jokes and their analysis) to the viewer’s perception of the film itself. The film is largely concerned with how context determines the reading of information. Since the film’s statements oscillate between the deadly serious (concentrating particularly on an examination of the more sinister aspects of humour) and the totally bogus, with no clearly defined points of changeover, the context is often ambiguous. Hopefully, this strategy undermines both the authority of the ‘serious’ statements and any predictable effect of the ‘jokes’. John Smith, 1984

Bill Kopp's Student Academy Award-winning animated short film from Calarts, 1984

A short film about an athlete's irresistible fascination for his own past: his youth and his childhood. It is a journey into the sphere of memory exploring the emotional and sexual drives that thrived between him and his friends, drives which also motivated him toward sport.

Hao Ling, a fisherman, has finally become a leader in windsurfing in China after hard and rigorous training

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

Jazz legend Archie Shepp toplines this unique and informative documentary. It intercuts performance footage of Shepp with interviews where he speaks candidly about such topics as Jazz's African origins, the genre's "revolutionary" purpose, and the social isolation of African Americans today.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra

The heroes of the play are the father and son, the Raskatovs, whose lives are marked by the echoes of the past war: the father, a prominent military leader, dies from wounds sustained during the war; the son perishes while disarming a Nazi chemical weapons depot.

An intimate portrait of renowned British sculptor Henry Moore, combining an extended interview at his home and studio with archival footage, photographs, and readings from his writings to explore the ideas, influences, and natural forms that shaped his work.

Ruiz on the film: "I began La présence réelle (The Real Presence) first. I. N. A. had commissioned me to produce a personal vision of the Festival d'Avignon. This became a fiction about the theater because if I had filmed the actual performances at Avignon I would have had to respect their staging, I would not be able to change anything. As such, I wouldn't be doing anything more than a retransmission of Antenne 2 or FR3. And since a lot would have to be paid for rights to each play, it would end up costing as much as a fiction feature. So it is a story about the theater, a bit Rivette-ish. I shot all the exteriors in Avignon, the interiors in Paris a few days later and I finish the film next Tuesday."

Korean War-set drama in which best friends are pitted against one another while shit goes boom more or less constantly.

Romek is a shipyard worker. He comes from the village where his parents stayed on the farm. The boy sends them money to modernize the farm. One day, Gośka, his ex-girlfriend, shows up at his place. Gośka ran away from home, entered into bad company. Romek tries to help her.

Blerta, captain of the volleyball team, loves Miri, the driver of the cooperative. The nephew of the cooperative chairwoman is also called Miri and he lives in Tirana. Uan Suka, a servile troublemaker, convinces the farther of Blerta to engage his daughter with the nephew of the chairwoman. The confusion solves when the nephew of the chairwoman comes in the cooperative.

This short documentary depicts the stories of two hibakusha, survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This film follows them on their mission to New York as representatives of the Japanese Peace Movement at the second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament held in June 1982.

Abdulla is a simple villager who was arrested for ten years on a false accusation. Through the endless years of torment he clings to the hope of freedom, only to escape shortly before his sentence is over, but at home no one is waiting for him anymore.

“I am deeply involved in human memory and the feeling of nostalgia brought about by time. For this piece, my challenge was to observe time within the frame.” (Nobuhiro Kawanaka)

Vera returns from abroad to her homeland in order to sell her parents’ old house. There she meets her ex-boyfriend, and the old romance sparks up again. Is she going to be strong enough to return to her old life?

An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, who speak on the philosophical and cultural purpose of their label, and their associates, who mostly appear frustrated or confused. Rob Gretton, Factory founder and manager of New Order, interviews himself. Also includes three live performances of New Order at the Haçienda.