Cinematic Era: 1989 Vintage

While driving to Los Angeles a motorist reminisces about the formative influence of the automobile.

An enigmatic and terrifying character known as the "victim" escapes from prison and sows fear among the inhabitants of Salamanca. He manages to hide and mock the persecutions around the city to fulfil a specific mission.

He was a great singer/songwriter who touched the elusive spirit of Canada. He was larger than life. Before dying in a tragic accident at the age of 33, Stan Rogers was already well on his way to becoming a national icon. Born in Ontario, Rogers' mother was from Nova Scotia and much of his music was influenced by his summers there. This lyrical portrait captures the man and his music and has captivated millions of viewers over its broadcast life.

These are last days of the Soviet troops' stay in Afghanistan. What's next? About the economic difficulties after the war is over, the results of the military company.

This animated special based on the popular comic strip following the adventures of 1-year old Marvin Miller. In this story, Marvin is being babysat by his grandparents who enter both him and his cousin Megan, in the local "Baby of the Year" contest, while his parents are away for the weekend.

This is story about si Mata Elang revenge's Demam Basro.

Actors adapting Mikhail Lermontov's "Bela" are imbued with the lives of their characters, shown from the perspective of the Russian officer scouting locations in the Chechen landscape.

THE SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH celebrates the human achievement of a city's continuing Renaissance. It is the heroic story of how Pittsburgh, once plagued by industrial pollution and urban blight, was transformed in just 40 years to what it is today. It is a story told by people who were intimately involved in its change - scientists, politicians, teachers, construction workers, business and community leaders. Unique archival footage dramatically portrays Pittsburgh's past; stunning photography captures the city today - from its hills, bridges and rivers to the medical, educational and artistic communities in its mosaic of neighborhoods. This is Pittsburgh, a place whose people take pride in their heritage and in their ever-changing home. THE SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH was commissioned by The Pittsburgh Foundation of Dollar Bank. Look for this remarkable film at its permanent home in the Renaissance Theatre of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Story of a teenage girl whose father dies. She goes to live with her father's friends, a couple. As a sort of revenge on her Father, whom she hates for abandoning her and her mother, she seduces Murray Head, ruining his life. From destroying his and his wife's lives, her own life is reborn.

Mexican feature film

The new pub patron is advised to take a stew. He asks for its recipe from the hostess, but she refuses. Then he sneaks into the kitchen and peeks into the freezer, discovering a horrible thing.

It pits the hero against floods, fire, a gun-wielding neighbour and a spectacular fall all because a banging window in a nearby flat keeps him awake at night.

Benito a.k.a. Guarapo, is a young laborer without land, who dreams of emigrating to America for a better future.

Javad, whose father is in prison, buys a goldfish for the Persian New Year but his mother orders him to release the fish. Javad doesn't want to lose his fish but finally agrees to do so. His father returns back home...

In this highly stylized and enigmatic story, Olga uses her cello case as a weapons cache. When she isn’t using her sharpshooting skills to knock off eminent Arab visitors to Athens, she vamps around lightly clad on the terrace of her penthouse, entertaining one man after another.

Cyndi Lauper live at the Estadio Nacional stadium, Santiago, Chile on November 10th, 1989 as part of her 'A Night to Remember' world tour.

Agatha and Martha are lesbian lovers. However, Martha starts a love affair with Christian, an unemployed sailor.

The year of 1988 in Estonia was exceptional - it came as a surprise for everyone that all of a sudden national symbols were allowed; expressions of no confidence were addressed towards the leaders of Communist Party and Estonian government; the Popular Front of Estonia and Estonian Green Movement but also the Intermovement (the Workers International Movement of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) were founded. Estonian Heritage Society restored the monuments of the War of independence; the facts about war crimes during the Stalinist regime were disclosed and - imagine that! - the representatives of Estonian Republic went against the central authorities in Moscow. Events in Estonia draw international attention. Is all this possible in a totalitarian state? This documentary chronicle gives a plausibe interpretation of the events that took place in Estonia in 1988, of the changes in people's lives and the awakening after a 48-year-long period of darkness.

Portrait of the singing duo Marianne Rosenberg and Marianne Enzensberger.

The president of the USA must deal with alien invaders.

a film by Angel Labra.

Indian horror movie from 1989.

A story about a naughty mother, based on a poem by Alan Alexander Milne.

Romantic comedy from Taiwan.

The film follows an ex-con who is recently released from prison. He attempts to reintegrate into civilian life and return to his old neighborhood, but is met with indifference and suspicion. His fresh start is quickly derailed when a jealous rival frames him in a robbery, compounding his string of bad luck.

An Italian Don Juan and his friend from zaïre are looking for the maternity ward called 'Sacred Heart'.

A cheerful bear, who tries to see the positive aspects in all that happens, wants to persuade a little frog that it should smile more often. The bear accidentally falls and can not get home on his own, so the frog stays with him and takes care of the sick. Now they switch roles and the frog encourages him.

Far from Standardised visual recording, Akerman and her accomplice, the cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton allows us to discover a fine moment of contemporary music.

Some friends visit the infamous Garchampa Palace which has a horrifying reputation for blood-sucking entities and spirits that were petrifying the locality.

Lovers from opposite worlds are forbidden to be together.

Newborn twins are split as infants but they will find each other after many years and funny situations.

“Renga is a linked-verse form of Japanese poetry that, though still practiced today, reached its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries. It is characterized by being a group composition, typically in the presence of judges and an audience, with poets rapidly contributing stanzas such that each new stanza addresses only the previous stanza; there is no overarching plot development, and the overall structure is a chain, not a conventional, linear narrative… In 1989, I had the great privilege to be involved in a film renga that was produced in the graduate film seminar led by Nathaniel Dorsky at the San Francisco Art Institute.” —Eric Theise

A dream-like story of a sleeping man whose body parts live their own lives at night to return to him in the morning - all except one leg which has chosen freedom. Its owner as well as a crowd of homeless men chase the leg, but it grows feathers and flies away as a bird. A grotesque tale with a poetic ending and with interesting music by Janusz Hajdun.

A fire suddenly broke out in a town that no longer exists. The zealous firehouse chief sends a brigade of firefighters to the blaze. However, a nasty local bureaucrat refuses to give them water.

Set during one Summer evening and night, starting off as teenager Maria breaks up with her boyfriend, Micke.

In August 1966, the Cultural Revolution in full swing, 13-year-old Tian Ben is arrested for playing a pop record; he's sent to a remote mountain camp in Niu-Peng. There he's called "Four Eyes" and, with about 16 other older boys and men, he's made to carry muck up a mountainside, make bricks, saw logs, and sing daily to Chairman Mao of his faults. There's camaraderie among the five youths, especially with a young pickpocket named Baimao, and Tian is also drawn to a silent monk who cares for him when he falls ill and the others expect him to die. The camp is remote, so there are no fences or walls. Tian longs to escape.

The film is based on the poetry of A. Čakas. The action takes place against the backdrop of pre-war Riga. In the contrasts and poetry of the city, we recognize the world of A. Čakas' poetry with its basic intonations - pain, kindness, self-irony.

Kabayan is influenced by a friend to go to the city. In the city, a girl, Saribanon, whose father has been helped by Kabayan when he is robbed, secretly falls in love with him. But he already has Iteung, his girlfriend in the village. The story of that relationship, combined with his adventure in the city, finally ends with Iteung and Kabayan’s marriage.

Winter morning in Berlin. A Greek migrant worker comes home from the night shift and dreams of his past as an athlete.

Story of a love triangle with a Cambodian delegation visiting North Korea.

Several thieves, a psycho, a murder victim's son and others head to Ghost Mountain in search of a precious blue diamond. There, they face a cave-dwelling black magician and killer snakes among other things.

The romantic fairy tale tells the story of a royal family haunted by the curse of the cruel Arx, the lord of ruin. According to this curse, the royal siblings, Prince Bernard and little Noemi, are bound together by magical power. On the day of one of them's wedding, the other dies. However, the prince's love for the mysterious girl Berenice, whose life is supposed to last only three days, gives Bernard and Noemi hope...

After spending all his money buying a piece of land that was already sold to someone else, Nasrallah Madadi finds himself in trouble. To solve his money problems, he then decides to be the offender of fraud rather than its victim. Getting himself involved with a pair of criminals, he begins a crooked business selling a same yellow taxi to different buyers, only to steal it back from them and sell it again. In a fascinating portrayal of human nature, Canary Yellow follows Nasrallah through the ups and downs of his double-sided experience of crime. But will it all end with the better life for his family he hopes for?

A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they have the same faces as the two spectators; in another, a female strips for the man and finally a politician demonises the couple and declares them enemies of the people. Panicked, the couple phone a television exorcist.

American horror short from 1989.

Dozo dances and sings a song. Advanced motion capture, advanced facial CGI animation, first dancing CGI human animation. Designed as an art film to demonstrate in the technical development of virtual actors in its actual state, without references to stars in concerts.

A young man loses his fiancee, struck by lightning, on his wedding day.