Cinematic Era: 1985 Vintage

A story about a dwarf-like prince with a tuft of hair on his head, able to give intelligence to the one he loves. Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

Kembra Pfahler's contribution to the 1980s downtown performance art movement

A uniquely psychedelic animation of sordid and chaotic images.

The camera enters the "Sunayama Ginza" shopping district in Hamamatsu. The people in the area, the signboards for the "eradication of night butterflies," etc., are recorded in an unhurried manner. Suddenly, however, with the voice of the artist saying, "No more deception," the camera stands in the middle of a rainy intersection. As if to say, "This is my expression," we can feel the artist's fresh breath.

A live performance by "Sledge-O-Matic" stand-up comedian Gallagher.

From the day a stranger falls from a building and brings a stranger with him, the protagonist's house is covered with grass and trees and turns into a jungle.

Stranger at home (1985) is a documentary about the return to Jerusalem of a friend of Van den Berg, the Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata, who had not seen his home country for a very long time. The friends, making the trip together, find themselves more and more involved in a painful confrontation: Jew versus Palestinian.

Experimental film / music video by Jon Spencer.

In 1982, one year after the Soviet submarine U-137 had been found beached in Swedish waters, the Swedish government claimed to have captured another submarine in its waters. As time went on and no submarine turned up the shouts for proof grew louder and luder.

A young truck driver unwittingly becomes involved in a criminal organization specializing in extortion and opium smuggling.

A reckoning and a warning against deforestation, blending poetic landscape photography, scientific discourse, and rural testimonies. On their way to Pico Duarte, the filmmakers meet Juan Canela, protector and guardian of the Cordillera Central, as described in the merengue composed for the film: the man who came and learned to talk to the pines.

Story about youthful love

About Nasser, who used to travel and live freely, then he thinks to get married from his friend’s daughter but he has hampered by impossible conditions set by her father so, Nasser returns to travel and forget the idea of marriage.

Promo film for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, with host Alice Faye. Faye looks back on her career in Hollywood.

WE ARE BORN OF STARS is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces the development of life from the formation of atomic nuclei in stars to the molecular structure of water and DNA, zooming the audience through the five-billion-year evolution of our solar system.

Hubert Durieux is a mild-mannered provincial banker whose orderly life—with an ex-wife, an adoring daughter, and a mistress—gets hilariously upended when he becomes entranced by a free-spirited Roma woman who steals his car and hides in its trunk.

Tiger King participant Doc Antle's 1985 indie that he himself has regarded as being in the "so bad it's good" category.

A television version of Berlioz's oratorio.

On the shore of a lake in early summer, a young man pauses during his travels. As he washes his face in the cold water, he hears the sound of a small bell ringing from somewhere nearby. Turning around, he finds a pure and graceful young girl standing there, gazing silently at him. It is impossible to tell how long she has been there.

A night watchman at a shuttered, dimly lit factory runs into a bum who used to be a preacher that is trying to sleep away from the thunderstorm, but when the watchman kicks him out, the watchman gets cursed.

A still from the Hollywood film Dracula, a small pink spade, and a nursery rhyme are the keys that unlock this enigmatic narrative labyrinth. In Hyaloïde, the Nysts create a "beautiful confusion" of childhood memories, associative games, verbal and visual analogies, metaphorical objects, self-referential humor and poetic metamorphoses. This dreamlike, semiotic voyage through memory, language and representation emerges at the psychological and linguistic origins of narrative: "Once upon a time..." The characters Thérèsa and Codca (played by the Nysts) imagine that one can "pass under the level of the story, insinuate ourselves in the mesh of signs as we were able to when we were children... where the opacity of the image becomes transparent (hyaloid) and lets in the light of a legendary world." This enchanted universe of signs articulates the Nysts' unique system of "writing" through video.

A fairy tale about three princes, enchanted into dog form... The shepherd Jirka is herding sheep when a mysterious hunter with three dogs named Drž, Dech and Vševím passes by. The hunter treats the dogs badly. And because Jirka has a good heart, he exchanges the dogs for three sheep that belong to the farmer. He says goodbye to his girlfriend Anička and goes into the world, arriving in a sad kingdom. There he meets Bětuška, who takes him to the king, whose three sons and daughter have been lost...

A film about the psychology and physiology of sex. It addresses the issue of sexual initiation among young people and analyzes teenagers' knowledge on the subject. A pair of young protagonists experiencing their first feelings and first sexual encounter are accompanied by a commentator—sexologist Dr. Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz.

A story based on the great Melbourne bookie robbery.

Filmmaker's diary during his visit to the southern region of France.

Excerpt from a discussion among teachers at the Adam Czartoryski High School in Puławy on issues related to education and upbringing.

“Moments At The Rock,” shot with an amateur video camera, was made as a free style improvisational film. The camera got strange halations from the strong sunshine in the desert of Australia, and I was quite surprised by the result which surpassed the color change caused by nature over the rock. This film was awarded Grand Prize at the Edison International Film Festival.

It reflects the life of a military camp experienced by Tsogoo, a primary school student who ran away from home to meet his father, who is fighting on the Khalkh river front.

This short documentary film, made by Roy Spence for the Ulster Folk Museum, focuses on the work of master willow-weaver, James Mulholland of Gawley’s Gate, Co. Armagh. The film traces the various stages in the making of a willow log basket from cutting the raw willow rods through to the completed product.

A compilation of trailers and footage from early low-budget films that are generally considered to be among the worst films ever made.

In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.

Visual gags, humour, sound effects, live action and cut-out and embroidery animation combine to make this an enchanting parable of good will and understanding. A group of children finds a magic quilt that is their passport to a voyage of discovery. They step inside the quilt and as they travel through its velvet farmlands and satin cities, they experience the multiculturalism of Canada. The quilt is torn and the magic broken when a quarrel breaks out. Once the quilt is repaired and harmony restored, the children have learned that patience and goodwill are needed to mend and maintain quilts, friendships, and nations.

A documentary that explores the life history of an 84 year old woman.

Hidden Bible Knowledge,written and narrated by Al Fry

Based on a text by Susette Gontard — the beloved of Friedrich Hölderlin, who signed her letters under this name. This places the work in direct continuity with Briel's interest in Hölderlin.

A documentary about migrants in the Netherlands, living, working, and dreaming of home.

Mat Spy is a Malay film published in Malaysia in 1985. Mat Movie Spy published in the form of color film. Spy movie directed by director Mat Sentol.

When he awakens, there is a handgun lying before him. The moment he picks it up, a mysterious voice commands: “Shoot!” While fleeing from an unseen pursuer, the man searches for an opportunity to strike back. But as he is gradually cornered and finally discovers the true identity behind the voice, he is forced to make the ultimate choice!

Carlo McCormick was invited to curate an East Village Art show at a gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland took filmic evidence of the infamous exhibition that featured downtown artists such as David Wojnarowicz, Marilyn Minter, Luis Frangella and more painting naughty murals while on acid.

Set against the backdrop of Burmese Thingyan celebration, the movie follows the life of Nyein Maung, a musician, from 1959 to 1982.

Michael J. Fox hosts an hour-long look at time travel in popular culture, culminating in a promotion for the then-new movie "Back to the Future."

A record of traditional folk customs practiced in the southern regions of Poland during the Christmas and New Year’s season.