Cinematic Era: 1988 Vintage

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Experimental short by Teo Hernández.

The portrait of an 87 year old woman who has been writing poems for 3 years. The seven thousand poems she wrote in this short period show her strength and her will to live.

As guardians of the cultural torch, theme parks and museums herd millions of thrill-seekers through a mental haze towards a re-shaped history and a sketchy future. Here objects and environment become one. A souvenir is purchased and relocated in the home; it is used to unlock the crowded and carbon dioxide-filled corridor to the ‘transcendental.’

Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.

Merendoula is a supernatural schoolgirl..One day,three mad scientists decide to kidnap her

Nikolaeva, the wife of a Red Army commander, and her two small children did not have time to evacuate and remained in the city occupied by the Germans. By hiding a persecuted woman in her house, Nikolaeva herself comes under suspicion. Having miraculously escaped arrest, she and her children are now forced to leave the city...

A film about waiting for love.

Mexican feature film

The life of Bollywood playback singer, Kishore Kumar, is examined.

Silence - the stuff of assumptions and confusion - is a legacy inherited by many grandchildren of Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Shortly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Masuo Yasui, a respected figure of Hood River Valley, Oregon was arrested by the FBI as a "potentially dangerous enemy alien." In A FAMILY GATHERING, Lise Yasui, a granddaughter that Masuo never knew, shows that courageous journeys into the past can bring greater understanding of family and personal history to the present.

The Peruvian Galapagos Islands feature in Hammer’s film Endangered, where Blue-footed Boobies, seals and iguanas are equated with the filmmaker herself who identifies light, life and the genre of experimental film to be threatened with extinction in this late twentieth century. Every image is marked and cancelled before it disappears. Even the emulsion of the film is treated with acid showing its fragility. The film is a highly effective compilation of image, colour and sound building upon each other, slowly heightening the sense of urgency. Against this mood there is a reassuring image of a silhouetted woman working at the film projector. A strong, competent, fearless woman. Woman documenting, warning, saving.

Famous for combining extremely simple line drawings with biting humour she lays bare the frustrations encountered by ordinary women in their daily lives. Candy Guard once disarmingly described her job as "writing funny stories and then drawing pictures to go with them", which goes some way towards explaining her success as both an animator and newspaper cartoonist.

A portrait film about a Kentucky drag queen who ran his own club on Main Street in downtown Lexington, Kentucky.

An infomercial for kevlar body armor interspersed with gun demonstrations, re-enactments of police shooting incidents and comedic sketches.

A solitary figure walks a railroad bridge. A spectator watches from overhead; he corners the figure to hand him a card saying, 'Don't give up hope.' The figure retaliates with a video camera, filming the spectator. In the distance, they see a woman and follow her into what seems to be, from the outside, a small building, but once inside they're in a labyrinth that takes them to the lair of the Mole King.

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.

Documentary directed by Joseph Gaï Ramaka.

1988 Australian Short Film

A prehistoric tribe comes into conflict with another tribe in the jungle. Complications ensue when opposing tribe members fall for one another.

Cultural & Artistic history of Chicano Park in San Diego

A.I.D.S has become a convenient excuse to desexualize gay culture and to terminate the gay liberation movement. This film confronts the viewer to these facts. A.I.D.S.C.R.E.A.M. was selected for the A.I.D.S. Media: Counter - representations program of the Whitney Museum, 1989.

Antonio, a 20-year-old young man, works on the assembly line at a bread factory and dreams of a future in Australia. One day, he meets Manuela, a blonde German au pair who is particularly enthusiastic about fast cars and fashionable clothes. Antonio does everything he can to win her over and ends up in conflict with the law. A story about being young in Switzerland in the 1980s, which remains inconsequential despite the controversial nature of the topics it addresses.

The story revolves around krishna who is falsely accused of stealing his boss s valuables. Accused of that and court sending him for long imprisonment.Krishna plans to avenge his boss Will he able to do so or forgives.?

Crystal unfolds as a series of evocative, non-linear vignettes where fleeting images and sensations merge into a meditation on memory and time. A solitary figure moves through shifting urban and natural landscapes—fragments of childhood recollections, dreamlike encounters, and dissolving reflections in water or glass. Objects transform unexpectedly - a lantern flickers into a memory, a stranger’s face blurs into light - blurring boundaries between past and present.

Malihe, was emotionally impacted of aphasia in childhood is lost and the needs nerve to be reminded of the past seizures. The abused children, the incompatibility of the site and can intensify his aggression, school officials decided to deport him to be deaf, but her request Shafiq, educational specialist, he is given another chance. Ms Shafiq Malihe attract the confidence and power with the help of artificial shock, he returns to his speech.

THE ROCKET MOVIE takes you back to that hot summer night when David Leslie attempted to launch himself over a mountain of watermelons on a Soho street before a crowd of 2,000 dazzled spectators. The story unfolds with the narration of veteran Hollywood stunt coordinator Gary Zeller (DAWN OF THE DEAD, RAGTIME, SCANNERS), who "put his reputation on the line" to collaborate with the Impact Addict. Filmmaker Larry Fessenden brings to this stunning documentary all the passion and drama of that spectacular night: As James Brown look-alike Jack Dingas pumps the crowd with an American anthem, our Rocket Man climbs aboard his bastard craft and bids farewell to the woman he loves—only to end that night in a near fatal fiery crash.

In a small village in the Corbieres, a grandfather tells his grandson five tales from his repertoire. The first one follows three young people who went to Paris to learn French. "Le Maire de Quillan" tells how a pig became mayor of the village. "Le Moine change en ane" is a story with four characters where the monk and the donkey become one. "The Donkey who drank the moon" is a facetious story that embroiders on misunderstandings. The last one is a tale in formation.

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

VHS tape gives you a video tour of the historic Williamsburg Colonial area as well as Yorktown and Jamestown. Plan your vacation stops in advance!

Fourteen-year-old Mick is taken to the police station for hooliganism. Here he makes up about himself that he is practicing acrobatics with coach Krylov. Now Krylov is summoned to the police. But the strange thing is that Krylov confirms the teenager's testimony, gives a surety for him and enrolls the boy in his group....

A poignant coming of age and compelling documentary. The movie follows three teens growing up in 1980's New York. Pinky, Mars and Martha all three girls share a common thread of trajedy , pain and abandonment. Gripping in its raw and intimitate protrayal of the girls everyday lives. Girltalk is a must see movie. This is truly one of the rarest forms of the beauty and heartbreaking tale of survival.

The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution.

Eftyhios Anemelos is a detective with slow down business. One day...

A teacher fells in love with a very beautiful prostitute, who hides from him her true identity.

Vendel Imre is a driver, his wife is expecting a baby, they have two sons. Before 1945 Vendel was a military officer. In 1951 they receive a letter from the Ministry of Interior: they will be transported to a forced domicile, allowed to take 50 kg personal belongings per person with them.

Indian film starring Sudha Chandran

In the small seaside town of Chioggia, the wives, fiancées, and sisters of the fishermen wait for the men's return from the sea, passing the time with gossip and teasing each other. A bit of flirtation, a bit of rivalry, and from these sparks, instantly fanned by the gossiping women, the flames of jealousy and resentment flare up in the passionate southern personalities. The happiness of two young couples crumbles. The familiar bickering of the neighbors, their constant amusement, reaches a fever pitch of irreconcilable hostility.

A Dutch couple is confronted with the husband's rapid onset of senility during a snowy winter in North Eastern Canada.

An elegant crowd attends a meeting but, while they listen to the speech, all they really care about is the buffet.

The father of thirteen-year-old Ben pressures his son to become a swimming champion. Ben, however, lacks motivation, gets into trouble with everyone, and eventually goes to the Ardennes in search of a magical stone that will give him power over others

Two people stuck in the elevator get romantically closer.

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The Russian Rock Legends DDT performing live at VI Leningrad Rock Festival of 1988

Originally a three-part experimental film, respectively titled SPIT, WORDS AND OUTAKES..., and OPTIK, combining animation, illustration, found footage and liquid mercury.

Documentary about the Cold War.