All Films

Crazy

1989 • 25 min • Soviet Union

A young woman from the provinces arrives to disinfect an apartment and finds a man drinking alone. He confesses to having a terminal illness. Moved by pity, she spends time with him, shares a meal, and ends up in his bed. The man, an actor, soon leaves for his country house where his entire family, including a gravely ill brother, is waiting.

Island of Hope, Island of Tears

1989 • 28 min • United States of America

The story of Ellis Island and the American immigration experience. This film is a tribute to the 18 million men, women and children who made the torturous journey from the Old to the New World between 1890 and 1920, in the single largest migration in human history. The film radically tells the immigrants' stories as they braved the unknown, from the time they left their homelands, their journey across the ocean, to the moment the doors of Ellis Island opened, revealing the great promise of America.

L.A. on $5 a Day

1989 • 19 min

Four Los Angelenos, a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.

Gary Numan - The Skin Mechanic Live

1989 • 52 min

Gary Numan rose to prominence with his heavily stylized synthesizer music and unique personal style. Gary is still recognized as one of the pioneers of electronic music, still creating challenge work some 25 years after enjoying early success with Are Friends Electric? This 10 song live concert includes all of his hits including "Cars," "America," "Hunger," and more.

Zajota and the Boogie Spirit

1989 • 19 min

Openly addressing sensitive issues of slavery and the African diaspora, this animated short traces the origins of funk, soul, and rhythm from the "boogie spirit's" original home in Africa, to its worldwide influence in today's popular culture.

Adventures in Babysitting

1989 • 23 min • United States of America

After their trip into the big city in the movie Chris once again is asked to baby sit Brad, Sara and Daryl for the night when a simple trip to the store turns into a hostage situation. Chris and the kids have themselves yet another adventure.

25 Ways to Quit Smoking

1989 • 5 min • United States of America

The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.

Greatest Sports Follies

1989 • 45 min • United States of America

Here is a Follies tape that will delight you time and time again. Greatest Sports Follies gives you an insider's view of the hilarious, sometimes insane, side of sport.

Garfield's Babes and Bullets

1989 • 24 min • United States of America

Garfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective.

Otage

1989 • 56 min • France

Inspired by the detention of Jean-Paul Kauffmann and Michel Seurat in Lebanon, hostages and improbable currency for terrorists...

The Attractions

1989 • 55 min

When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all about victims. Now people are interested in who done it, not who it got done to ...' So begins a process of disintegration which culminates in a new type of exhibit, 'an attraction' for the modern age.

The Football Kid

1989 • 20 min • Iceland

Willy, seven years old, is more interested in books than sports while his father, ex-football star, is determined to make a football player out of him. Willy realizes that he cannot live up to his father's expectations but feels compelled to give him what he always wanted. One day, Willy finds a solution to the problem.

Balance

1989 • 7 min • Germany

The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.

Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman

1989 • 52 min • East Germany

Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and understanding. Her seven male employees respect her. To the outside world, they are all tough guys, but as they describe their jobs and personal situations, above and beyond the hard manual labour, their vulnerability starts to come to light.

The Little Angel

1989 • 13 min • Finland

It's holiday season and Christmas decorations come alive again. As her first Christmas Eve approaches, the Little Angel is eager to find her own place in the world. But to her surprise, all the Christmas positions seem to be filled.

Open the Door to Him Who Comes

1989 • 9 min • Soviet Union

"To make this film was a very old dream. The shooting started in 1988, before gaining the independence. Only being of father Stanislovas was something incredible these days. Unlocked doors from his barn where were stored priceless reliquaries, books. Not locked church with artworks inside. Unconditional trust... It impressed not only me." - Audrius Stonys.

The Mask

1989 • 53 min • France, Netherlands

During the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Johan van der Keuken made a film about the revolutionary ideals of equality, liberty and fraternity. Rather than lingering on the festivities, he lingers on the crowds in the metro and on the platform. Amongst them is Philippe, a 23 year old, homeless and with no real job. More than just a comment on the ignorance and contradictions of France at the end of the 1980s, THE MASK is an exchange of views on solitude. Isn’t the question of violence in our democracies firstly that of the real price society pays for the image it would like to show?

Tell Me Yes, Tell Me No

1989 • 17 min • France

Cécile thinks one thing and its opposite. She wants one thing and its opposite. She doesn't know what she thinks or what she wants. So she talks about one thing and its opposite.

Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

1989 • 15 min • United States of America

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1989

The Monster Bed

1989 • 30 min

1989 ABC Weekend Special based on the 1987 children's book that revolves around the twist on the common "monsters under the bed" story that frightens children

Burton Snowboards - Chill

1989 • 28 min

Locations: Canadian Cariboos Stratton Mountain, VT Southern Alps of New Zealand Mt. Baker, WA Stubai Glacier, Austria

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom

1989 • 45 min

George Burns shows viewers an average day in his life, teaches them his exercise regime, meets with his famous friends and reminisces about his past- providing laughs all the way.

A Man Called Norman

1989 • 50 min

A man befriends his reclusive neighbor.

Clipping Coupons For Fun And Profit

1989 • 21 min

Jacklyn Zeman, long-time star of American soap opera General Hospital walks us through the six steps to successful "couponing".