All Films

Severed Heads: Live on Rock Arena

1986 • 29 min • Australia

Live in studio performance and videos from the Australian industrial band.

Clown Rustam's Theatre

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A clown named Rustam builds a theatre in his village, hoping to change the public's attitudes for the better through joy and laughter.

Sick

1986 • 6 min

"SICK is a video I made in 1986 while in grad school at the San Francisco Art Institute. The voice-over is extemporaneous, created after I had shot and edited the image. The effects were done in-camera - the Art Institute had a studio with a large Grass Velley switcher and it coould generate a lot of colors - whatever you wanted - and it wasn't digital, so the colors are all along an analogue spectrum." - Cecilia Dougherty

Find Your Calling

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A pair of crows attempt to help their little son find his calling in life.

Under Siege Palestine in the US Media

1986 • 28 min

Episode #108 Colombia University Professor Rashid Khalidi offers an informed critique of the US media’s stereotyping of Palestinians as Terrorists. In this straightforward documentary, Khalidi reveals the insidious political techniques, which have been used to turn the occupation of Palestine into a simple case of us vs. them. Khalidi contends that misinformation and misrepresentation of Palestinians has left most Americans in the dark as to the true nature of the Israeli occupation.

Dreams of a Virgin

1986 • 14 min • Germany

A short psychodrama exploring a young woman’s introspection. In a still, dark setting, she encounters her second self, leading to a dance of freeze frames. Interrupted by memories and blue-tinted images, she navigates veiled enclosures, seeking self-reconciliation. The dance concludes with her passing through her dark image, ready to embrace the unknown.

L'usine de Bazouqa

1986 • 5 min • Belgium

A group of children from Brussels brings a thrilling adventure to life during a film workshop in the form of an animated movie. Spiderman and his gang have a cunning plan: to stage a fake disaster to distract the police so they can steal without interference. Everything seems to go according to plan until the police track them down in an abandoned chewing gum factory, shattering their dream.

Pas de panique, les cromagnons sont là

1986 • 12 min • Belgium

Inspired by their teacher during their first history lesson, a group of eight- and nine-year-old children decides to create an animated film about prehistory. Through four colorful scenes depicting the life of prehistoric humans, they creatively incorporate their own ideas and experiences. This project, born from a workshop at Atelier Graphoui, shows how history comes to life through the eyes of children.

Architect

1986 • 18 min

Architects discuss architectual challenges in Tallinn, Estonia. In particular Pirita Purjespordikeskus, hotel Olümpia and Linnahall.

Summer Day

1986 • 18 min

Bunkyo University Film Study Club 1986 8mm Film Production.

Shōjo Manga Story – Otomechic Story

1986 • 5 min

8mm film made in 1986 by the Bunkyo University Film Research Club.

Nightmare Salaryman

1986 • 30 min

Bunkyo University Film Study Club 1986 8mm Film Production.

Women - For America, For the World

1986 • 30 min

Twenty-two prominent American women discuss their activism for nuclear disarmament and their motivations in seeking the end of the arms race.

The Adventures of a Clay Nubbin

1986 • 6 min

A lump of clay first tries to take the form of the objects he sees, but finally realizes that it is best to be himself.

The Golden Dolphin

1986 • 50 min

great story families will want to view over and over. An inherited English manor, hidden passages, lost deed, a kidnapping, intrigue, danger, and humor, but also a message that holds the key to happiness for any family, as parents provide the spiritual answers for life's daily problems.

The Wind

1986 • 7 min • Hungary

Short animated Hungarian film.

Computer Animation Magic

1986 • 58 min

Narrated documentary about how computer graphics are made, and how they are used in a variety of mediums, including commercial advertising, TV network logos and spots, such as the "Amazing Stories" opening, live action films, corporate business, manufacturing, architecture, and scientific studies. There's also some voiceovers of different artists and graphics designers talking about the field and it's possibilities.

Bukyo Sentai Buddhaman

1986 • 18 min • Japan

Buddhism Force: Buddha Man is a 1986 Japanese indie tokusatsu short film.

Jihad: Afghanistan's Holy War

1986 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Filming clandestinely in Kandahar, Harmon and Lindsay have captured stunning images of combat and daily life under Soviet occupation. The result is an extraordinary documentary on Afghanistan's holy war as seen through the eyes of Haji Adbul Latif, the 'Lion of Kandahar' and his Mujahideen. The definitive film on the Soviet-Afghan War.

RocketKitKongoKit

1986 • 30 min • United States of America

This kaleidoscopic, amphetamine-paced tour de force uses a barrage of found-footage images and rapid-fire narration to trace a history of Zaire since its independence in 1960.

Moodtapes - Tranquility

1986 • 47 min

Escape into a natural world of beauty as spectacular sunsets, blossoming flowers, and peaceful ocean waves are experienced in three uniquely exciting and colorful visual art processes. Relax as Tranquility's beautiful and gorgeous natural scenery lets you leave the world of tension far behind. All of this blended in perfect harmony to a deeply calming original musical soundtrack by Eric Bikales.

In the Land of Cheerful Childhood

1986 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Based on the fairy tale by Lev Kuzmin about a magic chest that returns you to the world of childhood.

The Sky-Lark

1986 • 19 min • Soviet Union

An animated short story by Ersain Abdrahmanov about the Sky-Lark.

I Dare Ya

1986 • 5 min

Two childrens gives a challenge to another boy