All Films

Turtles

1987 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The calamities of a turtle family which is driven out of its natural environment. European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) are the only species of turtles living in Latvia and they are endangered.

Starcom: Nantucket Sleighride

1987 • 22 min

A search-and-destroy probe attacks a Jupiter research station manned by Dash's mother and sister. A rescue mission is headed by Crowbar, Slim, Dash and his brother-in-law, Sgt. Victor Rivera.

长大尾巴的兔子

1987 • 11 min • China

One of the little white rabbits was ridiculed for having a short and small tail, so he fitted himself with a long tail. Once, the little white rabbit was chased by a fox while playing in the forest. Because of his long tail, the little white rabbit couldn't run fast and couldn't get rid of the fox. It was not until he lost his long tail that he successfully escaped from the danger.

To Taste a Hundred Herbs

1987 • 57 min

Part Three: TO TASTE 100 HERBS - Dr Shen Fasheng discusses his Catholic religion, medical ethics, rural health services, centuries-old knowledge of herbal treatments and Western medical practices. The warmth, closeness and traditions of family life in China are wonderfully captured in scenes of prayer, play, chores and celebrations.

Black and Light

1987 • 53 min • Canada

The two central characters are breaking up. Moira flees to Paris; Stan goes up north with gay writer friend, Timothy. Moira returns and joins Stan and Timothy up north to sort things out. Roberta, Stan's old friend also arrives. The next 24 hours reveal the assortment of tensions, expectations, humour and discontents of four people experiencing the difficult transition to middle age. The four characters return to Toronto to resume their separate lives.

Pain and Scream

1987 • 32 min • Soviet Union

Documentary about drunkenness and alcoholism in the Soviet Union.

The Corpse

1987 • 8 min

A short Super 8 horror film by Matt Jaissle

Angelucha

1987 • 16 min • Peru

Angela Ramos, the first woman journalist, irreverent and passionate figure in Peruvian intellectual and political life. She is a key figure in understanding the role of women in the Peruvian scene, an issue that currently deserves the greatest consideration in academic, intellectual, and political debates and forums.

Zilima Ziya Etshini: Compelling Freedom

1987 • 50 min • South Africa

A film made by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) that depicts workers using song and dance as a form of resistance. A radical "workers' culture" was a major element of 1970s and 1980s insurgent trade unionism in South Africa.

El taller más grande del mundo

1987 • 10 min • Peru

Don Lucho worked at what he knew how to do best, being a mechanic. He sought a creative way out of the economic crisis, building his mechanical workshop in a place that belongs to no one: the street.

The Overpass

1987 • 51 min • Yugoslavia

A 1987 Serbo-Croatian language drama film directed by Faruk Piragić, starring Miodrag Radovanovic, Iva Marjanovic and Bogdanka Savić.

Tiempo de Mujeres

1987 • 20 min • Ecuador

Santa Rosa, a small town in Cuenca, is inhabited almost exclusively by women and children. The men have emigrated to the United States. The nostalgia for the absent is permanent. However, under the leadership of the women, the community group survives by asserting its social sense, despite the poverty.

Car Wars

1987 • 35 min

CARS! BIKES! TRUCKS! & BOATS! Experience the crashes, smashes, thrills and spills of the fastest sports in the world! Over 130 spectacular crashes!

A Short Epic Poem

1987 • 7 min • Bulgaria

How defectors signed the peace treaty.

Kyokugen FUCK Sakita Aoi

1987 • 45 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Yuka Tachihara & Tomomi Matsukawa: Uniform Extracurricular Classes Hirakeman Chicchi

1987 • 60 min • Japan

Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Forget-Me-Nots

1987 • 4 min • Bulgaria

Trainers

1987 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Grisha Utochkin once told the guys that his nondescript-looking dog, Palma, knows how to catch criminals. And Grisha had to urgently teach her all sorts of dog tricks. But Palma did not want to run on a log, jump over barriers, and even more so follow the "face" command. The training finale was unexpected!

The Council of Mice

1987 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A cat appeared in the pantry of mice. A group of mice agrees to attach a bell to a cat's neck to warn of its approach in the future. And who will be that brave one?

Diploma Dilemma

1987 • 14 min • Canada

A lively classroom discussion starter, this animated film uses satirical humor to present some of the difficulties graduating students may encounter when looking for work. The film tells of two young people whose career ambitions seem constantly to be thwarted. Their scramble to make a living leads both of them through a succession of odd jobs and, by a strange twist of fate, to a remote lumbering camp. In following their picaresque adventures, the film explores the attitudes needed for surviving in an uncertain world and promotes reflection on how to bridge the gap between ideals and reality.

Soldier and Emir

1987 • 32 min • Soviet Union

Based on Russian fairytales.

Within the Walls

1987 • 6 min • Poland

A figure walks through empty space until it comes across walls that leave a permanent mark in it. It is possible to get rid of the mark with the help of another person, but passages through other walls will be more and more difficult. Instead of leaving traces, they will take over the figure’s individuality.

The Game

1987 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game has no other purposes than the game itself. Some hobbies may seem funny for bystanders; however, for the practitioners of a hobby it may be even more serious activity than their main occupation. Work is compulsion, game is freedom. The documentary is a document of cultural history that has recorded well-known people in a situation that is unfamiliar for the public.

The Sheriff's Case

1987 • 24 min • Poland

Documentary portrait of a mysterious man who guarded order in Lomza in the '80s. Memories of the sheriff provide an opportunity to show the grim reality of Lomza. Focused like a lens on some problems plaguing the country - alcoholism, stupefaction, the disappearance of ambition and aspiration, crime, the lack of hope for any change. All this is tried to be remedied by the almost fairy-tale character of an extreme idealist from Lomza - the title sheriff - who single-handedly undertakes the fight against all manifestations of evil, exposing himself to ridicule and even suspicion of mental illness.