All Films

A View from a Window

1987 • 35 min

Saleem, an elderly psychiatric patient, is partially paralysed and unable or unwilling to speak. When Kamala, a new student nurse, arrives, he begins to respond, encouraged by her gentle reassurance, and their common cultural identity.

Los espejismos de Mandrágora Luna

1987 • 13 min • Puerto Rico

One night, while celebrating at home with friends during the San Sebastián Street Festival, a pregnant woman is visited by three characters, who could be unfoldings of herself, and take her on an inner journey in search of her identity.

The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo

1987 • 47 min • Japan

A teenager discovers an electric pylon growing out of his back and is soon forced to battle cyborg vampires over the future of humanity.

School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

1987 • 29 min • Soviet Union

Blending drawings, paintings, filmed interviews, and recorded testimony, this animation-documentary hybrid tells of the tragic fate of the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster.

George and Rosemary

1987 • 9 min • Canada

A shy old man works up the gumption to meet a woman on whom he has a crush.

Sparky's Magic Piano

1987 • 47 min

A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him a lesson.

The Act

1987 • 25 min

A girl answers a job advert in a newspaper and becomes the target in a knife throwing act. But she is unaware exactly what she is letting herself in for.

Ostia

1987 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolini’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.

Control

1987 • 19 min • China

Lou Ye's student work during his study in Beijing Film Academy.

Kaori Aso: The Orgasm

1987 • 54 min • Japan

A young man who broke up with his lover at sea meets a mysterious woman (Kaori Aso) who has collapsed on the beach. She then leads him to her mansion. The man is so lewd that he cannot leave the mansion and becomes absorbed in the pleasure...

Watch Out

1987 • 5 min

Through dance, voice and photographs, the confident, personal story of a talented young Aboriginal dancer is interwoven with the sombre history of Aboriginal women since European colonisation of Australia.

Struggle for Stonebridge

1987 • 40 min

Documentary on the Harlesden People's Community Council, formed by the people of the Stonebridge estate in Harlesden, Brent, and their struggle to develop a disused London Transport bus terminus into a community complex.

Blondie & Dagwood

1987 • 24 min • United States of America

The world's favorite comic strip couple trades places when Blondie gets a job after Dagwood Bumstead gets fired again.

Succubus

1987 • 54 min • France, United Kingdom

A family settles in an old castle with plans to, among other things, turn its former cemetery into a swimming pool. However, soon they find out that, in ancient times, pagan rituals took place there involving the sacrifice of young virgins. When an evil entity starts luring young boy Mark into killing himself in order to become the next sacrificial offering, something must be done to save him. Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin who wrote many episodes of Dr. Who.

Hana no Asuka-gumi! Shin Kabukichō Story

1987 • 48 min • Japan

Based on the popular girl's manga Hana no Asukagumi! (The Glorious Asuka Gang!) by Takaguchi Satosumi.

Elf 17

1987 • 30 min • Japan

Eccentric prince and wannabe adventurer Muscat Tyler embarks on a secret tour of his vast empire, accompanied by two of the galaxy’s strongest fighters: Ruu, a powerful young elf, and K.K., a mech-clad rogue. A crash-landing puts the newly formed group on the trail of a historic treasure on a strange planet, testing their abilities — and their patience for each other.

Gone But Not Forgotten

1987 • 9 min • United States of America

Two guys and a girl exit a house because a radio broadcast tells them to seek shelter. They find their town abandoned and then run across four zombies, who proceed to chase them down and slaughter them.

Séo!

1987 • 26 min • France

The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacular free solo rock climbing ascents in the sun-warmed cliffs of Bandiagara. Destivelle is accompanied on this trip by a friend climber, Lucien Abbet. A film by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz produced in 1987 by Paradoxe and also featuring Tidjani Koné, Ibrahim Dolo, and the Dogon inhabitants of the Bandiagara Escarpment. The film won the Genziana D'argento for best free climbing film at the Trento Film Festival in 1987.

Your Face

1987 • 3 min • United States of America

A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings a ballad to his love, “Your Face Is Like a Song,” to simple piano accompaniment. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

The Mighty Pawns

1987 • 57 min • United States of America

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

The Ultimate Gourmet: Women's Body Gourmet Club

1987 • 60 min • Japan

Saeko is invited to a gourmet that aims to be the ultimate gourmet. She has no idea that she will be eaten. She is told that the secret to great food is moderate exercise before meals, aerobics, and sex. But something becomes a bit strange. The lotion in the shower tastes like salad oil. When you she takes a shower, she can taste the salt...

The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife

1987 • 6 min • France

Saint Martin grants the peasant and his wife four wishes. All we can do now is hope they get everything to live happily ever after. Based on a XIVth century fable.

Mimosa's Birthnight

1987 • 22 min • Finland

It's the most exciting moment of the year: Easter night and little Mimosa birthday. Muskotti, her mother, has such a bad memory that she doesn't know how old Mimosa is. Mimosa's birthday is a warm and fairytale-like film, but at the same time a sneaky story about a girl's growth into adulthood. It takes place entirely in a wizarding world awash with a night blue glow.

Yoiko no Tanoshii Christmas

1987 • 25 min • Japan

A direct-to-video Christmas-themed musical.