Cinematic Era: 1986 Vintage

SWIMMY, FREDERICK, CORNELIUS, FISH IS FISH, and IT'S MINE! are magically brought to life.

The story of how a father taught his lazy son Hrytsko to work.

It is a tragedy, set among low-lifes on the outskirts of Budapest. Dramatic Exchange describes it as "Widely considered to be the most important Hungarian play of the last 20 years". The odd title of the play refers in the first instance to the chicken heads that an old woman feeds to her cat. However, it can also be taken to refer more broadly to the obtuse behaviour of the main characters in the play. The play is an odd mixture of pathos and nihilism, written against the bleak background of Stalinist totalitarianism from which Hungary was emerging. As with much modern drama, there is no hero in the play. The only noble behaviour that one can find belongs to one of the characters in the past, when he was a child, but he is no longer as he was. The hint that what once existed might be achieved again is the only faint ray of hope in a very bleak view of the human condition.

Clinging to the middle of the mountain like so many spiders, a dozen filmmakers and mountain guides busy themselves above the abyss to film Christophe Profit's ascent of Le Dru. Little by little, the director finds himself dreaming of the tranquil seaside holidays he might have had, like so many other nice people.

Short film concerning a couple living on a luxurious houseboat.

Deconstructs the representation of AIDS in the popular media where distortion and misrepresentation amount to a "snow job" promoting increased homophobia, sexual discrimination and repression of gays.

Filmed in 1986, "Living the blues" explores the frustration, tragedy, and humor of inner city youth in pursuit of their dreams. The music helps them to weather the poverty and violence. Rock, Jazz, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Swing -- they all come out of the blues. And people love this music because it can make you happy even when you're not. If you want to play the blues, you've got to pay your dues.

Directed by Bingliu Hu.

A female orphan falls in love with an army platoon leader fighting Kazakh bandits but she is puzzled when he joins the bandits.

After the destruction of Mexico City by criminal gangs, a group of young people guided by Aztec beliefs and codices desperately search for the mythical Aztlán to inhabit it once again.

The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.

An interview for Scottish television of film director Bill Forsyth

Ramón and Manuel, brothers, live alone in the mountain. One day, Ramón arrives home with a prostitute, who disturbs their monotonous and peaceful life.

The tragic romance of Prince Kaisal and Mariyam from Uigur folklore.

An adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult saga.

The story tells the emotional conflicts of a group of young friends, who represent a generation that was characterized by family problems and live music. His great dream was to attend a concert by singer Melissa, while their private dramas were changing their lives.

A cartoon about keeping your apartment warm.

1986 production of Donizetti's opera at the Teatro Regio in Parma.

The life of the author of the first-ever book written in the Slovene language, Primož Trubar, in the years 1562 to 1565, during his return to Ljubljana.

A white swan prepares for flight, flexing and caressing, extending and folding its wings repeatedly as if bracing for a long journey. The close-up images of the swan are de-contextualised via repetition and framing; abstracting the natural form until it becomes a blank screen, which the viewer can project their own meaning onto.

This original video animation summarizes the entire TV series.

The events of the film take place in a remote mountain village. The film touches on an eternal theme - the problem of fathers and sons. It talks about the formation and maturation of the consciousness of adolescents under the dictates of the elders.

Johnny Dlamini, a renowned gang leader, is betrayed by his men in a hostile take-over when they execute an assassination attempt on his life.Johnny’s second-in-command takes control of the gang, completely unaware that Johnny actually survived the attack.One by one, the gang members are taken out as Johnny exacts his revenge on his former gang members, and believing he has won the day, reunites with his wife. But crime, it turns out, doesn’t pay very well, when Johnny realizes his wife is in fact an under-cover police officer. In the end, Johnny loses it all and is sent to prison for his criminal dealings

Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then to strict isolation. With students of unidentified present time (1968? 1970?), the themes developed, in Büchner, are triggered by the publication of "The Messenger of Hesse", a pamphlet addressed to the peasants, urging them to revolt. Their misunderstanding, as well as the repression of the young revolutionaries, leads Büchner to a particularly skeptical and painful attitude...

Little Bledy lives with his father in a small apartment in Tirana. The boy learns by accident that the father is going to marry a completely unfamiliar woman for him. This news causes him a shock. Nevertheless, when he meets Zana, his father's girlfriend from work, he is increasingly convinced of the need for changes in the family ...

The early 1980s. A former entertainment industry star is now selling leather goods. One day, he watches a TV interview with a department store employee who smelled gas leaking and prevented a tragedy in time. This gives him an idea. With the support of his journalist friend Lutek Danielak, he begins to organize a series of meetings with the "hero of the year" across the country. He hopes that this will help him make a comeback in the industry. The meetings gain momentum. Lutek accepts the offer to host the final "Miss Polonia" contest.

The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and 1986. The film reveals the turbulent, behind-the-scenes drama during the Quebec referendum and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. In doing so, it also traces both Trudeau's and Lévesque's fall from power.

Eri is arrested for murder. At that time, he was with his girlfriend, Rita, an orphan who makes a living from singing, and who supports Eri financially. Rita has waited faithfully for Eri’s release for seven years and she even picks him up when he gets out of prison. Eri meets Ayu for the first time when he helps her to replace her car tyre. Eri changes his name to Heru Damanik and starts to see Ayu, a wealthy widow with one child, and he eventually marries her.

When the girls class wins the Turkish Swimming Championship, they are sent on vacation as a reward. However, Director's aim is to turn this holiday into a snatch for the Balkan Championship.

A young woman gets caught up in a mystery while looking for her boyfriend during Ramadan in Morocco.

Aztec romance and the dream of love. The anthropologist’s most human desire, the ultimate contact with the informant. The denial of intellectualism and the acceptance of the romantic heart, and a soul without innocence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

An actress appearing in a film based on the Marquis de Sade beings to fear that she is haunted by the spirit of Justine. An unclassifiable, damned and unreleased film directed by the deceased Andorran director Jordi Gigó that unites fantasy and eroticism based on the tale Justine by Sade.

The shameful history of persecution of the Aborigines in Australia. The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written history has long applied selectivity to what it records, largely ignoring the shameful way that the Aborigines were, and continue to be, treated. Because Aborigines had not cultivated the land they were seen by British colonists as having no proprietorial rights to the land. They had no treaty and therefore no rights under British colonial rule. Little of their resistance is recorded.

A film portrait of Eva Rubinstein, artist, photographer, and daughter of Arthur Rubinstein, made during one of her stays in Poland in the 1980s. A citizen of the world who feels an extraordinary bond with Łódź.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

In 1986, Edward Said and Salman Rushdie sat down to talk at the ICA. Professor Said launched his book “After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives” at the ICA and discussed his and the collective Palestinian identity, exile, return and the right to return.

Martin is a curious boy, but because of his personality, he often has misunderstandings with his parents, siblings, and teachers.

Life and work of Saint Kliment of Ohrid, a medieval Slav saint, scholar, writer and patron saint of the Republic of Macedonia.

A concert by rock singer/guitarist Eric Clapton, with colleagues Phil Collins, Nathan East and others.

Anton and Galya lived all their lives in the same village, their houses stood side by side. But it so happened that Anton had to marry Alyona. That's what my parents insisted. Years have passed, Anton and Galya have aged, but their warm feelings for each other have remained for the rest of their lives.

A Short Film by Christos Vakalopoulos

Documentary that tells several stories: of the struggle of rural workers in Conceição to recover their union; of Dona Mariquinha, widow of a murdered squatter and her miraculous effort to survive with her six children; de Rosa and community work in the Olaria neighborhood; the peasant Pé de Ouro and his family living in extreme poverty; de Oneide, the widow of Gringo, the rural leader killed by gunmen when he disputed in 1980 the presidency of the Sindicato de Conceição, etc.

This crime drama concerns Guillaume (Jacques Godin), who has just finished serving 10 years in prison for a crime he never committed. Now he is out seeking revenge against his old "buddy" who lied on the stand and put him in jail. He brings along his young granddaughter and drives like a maniac as he nears his destination. That sets three brutish thugs on his tail, anxious to corner him and end his days behind the wheel. So while Guillaume is chasing down his betrayer, he is being chased in turn. It's not a formula for continued good health.

VO/ID juxtaposes two separate texts, one in French and the other in English. The texts question art and experimental cinema, the role of the market in shaping aesthetic criteria, and current politics... In each of the texts, words common to the other language appear, creating an indeterminacy of the word to this or that speech. This indeterminacy is increased by the many word games created between the two languages. This results in a double reading: vertical and horizontal, favoured by the word for word. The exposure time of each word depends on the rhythmic of each language, but their appearance in white or black is not subject to it. Faced with these texts, two sounds intervene and otherwise disturb the concentration required by the projected texts. The horizontal reading of both speeches is often in clear contradiction with their meaning. This third visual discourse is playful, brittle, mocking the seriousness of the discourse(s).

Documentary on the famous Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung, featuring interviews with those who knew him and archive footage of Jung.

A romantic dramedy that tells the story of sensitive man, jilted by his partner. He sits alone in his dark, empty flat in front of his typewriter, waxing nostalgic about his past relationships, and all of his loves and losses – from childhood to date. The film’s soundtrack features some of Israeli pop and rock’s most memorable tunes of the 20th century, including The High Windows’ First Love (‘ahava rishona’), Matti Caspi’s After You’ve Gone (And You) (‘acharei shenasat – ve’otach’), and Gazoz’s She’ll Never Know (‘hi lo teda’).

Another comedy from this famous cyprus comedian

The film tells two young men in their quest to find the section wills inheritance of their father. They face many obstacles and challenges before met a man with the last section of the will. The results of grafting cuttings, they were finally able to find the secret location of the property is situated. At the same time, a group of thugs were trying to get cuttings will. They all eventually meet at a secret location of the property and unravel a mystery that has long been stored there. What secrets are hidden behind the will?

For five years Rogelio, a Chilean exile, has been in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technician at a theater. Though his colleagues try to make him feel welcome, he feels lonely and isolated.

A patient escapes from a asylum and rapes some women.

Pepe Carvalho is hired to guard the gifts at at wedding.

The story of a young insurance company appraiser and a witness to an incident…