All Films

Lighthouse Island

1989 • 24 min

When a man visits a remote coastal town to buy a pair of silver shoes for his fiancée, he becomes involved in a dangerous bargain with the shopkeeper. He must retrieve a stolen pearl which has the power to transform the shape of whoever possesses it.

Imagining America

1989 • 60 min

An anthology film consisting of four shorts with the central theme being life in the United States.

Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve

1989 • 52 min • Japan

Years after the events of Megazone 23 II, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the job, he becomes embroiled in a network war, a legendary figure named EVE, and a plot to re-inhabit the Earth.

Decalogue VII

1989 • 55 min • Germany, Poland

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.

Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle

1989 • 45 min • Japan

The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints must then come to her rescue, destroying Lucifer's Fallen Angels (Seima Tenshi in Japanese) in the process.

Goku: Midnight Eye

1989 • 50 min • Japan

Tokyo, 2014: a city balancing on the razor's edge between financial prosperity and seismic destruction. It is a place where the lights are bright, the stakes are high, and where the threat of imminent destruction breeds crime like a disease. But for Gokuu Furinji, ex-cop and super-powered private detective, crime is money...

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

1989 • 41 min • Japan

In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone.

The Hangover

1989 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Decalogue II

1989 • 57 min • Germany, Poland

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack

1989 • 24 min • Japan

The first theatrically release of the SD Gundam series. Contains two shorts, "The Storm-Calling School Festival" and "The Tale of the SD Warring States: The Chapter of the Violent Final Sky Castle".

Decalogue X

1989 • 57 min • Germany, Poland

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.

Decalogue V

1989 • 57 min • Germany, Poland

Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.

Decalogue I

1989 • 53 min • Germany, Poland

Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s aunt, lives a life rooted in faith. Over the course of one day, both adults are forced to question their belief systems.

Decalogue VIII

1989 • 55 min • Germany, Poland

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.

Lucky Sky Diamond

1989 • 58 min • Japan

At the clinic where her boyfriend Katayama, a young genius doctor, is the director, Yoko, a young girl who continues to suffer from eerie nightmares every day, is not getting better despite the care of her sister Sakurako and Katayama's treatment. Sakurako, the sister, is suspicious of Yoko's condition and confronts Katayama, who tells her that she suffers from a serious mental disorder and that the only way to cure it is to have brain surgery. Yoko, despite being persuaded by her sister and Katayama, agrees to the surgery, although she is skeptical...

Gullah Tales

1988 • 20 min

Gullah Tales is a 1988 short film directed by Gary Moss. It follows a an elder woman on a slave plantation in 1830 and tells the story of John Hayes and his literal fight to obtain his freedom. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Joy Division - Substance 1977-1988

1988 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Joy Division Substance 1977-1988 (Factory FAC 277 1988) Never commercially released, this was a video compiled from existing TV and film sources. It includes the following: TV appearances on Granada Reports and Something Else (Shadowplay / She's Lost Control / Transmission) Live performance at Bowdon Vale Youth Club in Altrincham (She's Lost Control / Shadowplay / Leaders of Men) Live performance at the Apollo Theatre in Manchester (Dead Souls / Wilderness) The band's promotional videos (Love Will Tear Us Apart / Atmosphere) The edited version of the Wired video (FAC 211) CLIPS: Shadowplay (TV) She's Lost Control (S-8) Shadowplay (S-8) Leaders of Men (S-8) Transmission (TV) T.V. Interview She's Lost Control (TV) Dead Souls (VHS) Wilderness (VHS) Love Will Tear Us Apart (promo) Atmosphere (promo) "Wired" TV Special

Lost Camel Intentions

1988 • 10 min

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

For the Rest of Your Natural Life

1988 • 9 min

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

Mobile Mattress

1988 • 4 min

A motorized mattress darts across a icy road to a soundtrack by Coil

Not All Parents Are Straight

1988 • 58 min

What's it like to live in a household where the parents are gay or lesbian? Interviews with the members of six such families explore how prejudice against the parents can affect the children, how the children feel about their parents sexual orientation, custody problems, and other issues that arise in a non-traditional family.

The Legend of Kudym-Osh

1988 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animated adaptation of Komi-Permyak epics about chief Kudym-Osh.

Generosity

1988 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The dreamy images map the basic phases of human life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.

Shards

1988 • 4 min

Lightly processed field recordings fuse disparate strips of saturated 16mm film into an observational diary. The silhouette of a lizard crawling, a sugarcane harvest, American Indian gatherings, a fatherly barbecue and other outdoor scenes draw unexpected corollaries, limning film's possibilities as a momentary medium not bound to a monolithic narrative.