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BabaKiueria

BabaKiueria

1986 • 29 min • Australia
Imagine what it would be like if black settlers arrived to settle a continent inhabited by white natives? In 1788, the first white settlers arrived in Botany Bay to begin the process of white colonisation of Australia. But in Babakiueria, the roles are reversed in a delightful and light-hearted look at colonisation of a different kind. This satirical examination of black-white relations in Australia first screened on ABC TV in 1986 to widespread acclaim with both critics and audiences alike. This is the story of the fictitious land of Babakiueria, where white people are the minority and must obey black laws. Aboriginal actors Michelle Torres and Bob Maza (Heartland) and supported by a number of familiar faces from the time, including Cecily Polson (E-Street) and Tony Barry, who starred in major ABC-TV hits such as I Can Jump Puddles and his Penguin award-winning Scales of Justice. Babakiueria was awarded the United Nations Media Peace Prize in 1987.
Vain Glory

Vain Glory

1986 • 32 min
Tony Cox discusses his life and escape from cult leader John Robert Stevens of "The Walk" (Church of the Living Word) along with his relationship with his ex-wife Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
Lady with a Lapdog

Lady with a Lapdog

1986 • 50 min • Soviet Union
Rodion Shchedrin's ballet based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov, staged by the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. The inimitable Maya Plisetskaya in the on-screen version of the theatrical ballet, which is an original production, solved by means of a television movie.
The Sluggard

The Sluggard

1986 • 12 min
A young woman lazes about while those around her try to maintain order. Produced in 1986 and released on the 1988 VHS Fat of the Land Selected British Videos 1984-1987, released on Factory Records's video imprint IKON. "Here is the first tape of a new British cinema which should be seen by everyone who loves film. The official British cinema is truly dead, alive only in admens bought dreams. This is the way to go."- Derek Jarman.
The Falling Shadow

The Falling Shadow

1986 • 19 min • East Germany, Soviet Union
A wise old man teaches a boy the art of building. The boy develops outstanding skills. He builds the most magnificent palaces, but something inside him atrophies. The flip side of humanity, the shadow, grows beyond him.
The Girls of Malibu

The Girls of Malibu

1986 • 60 min
Take a trip to the Malibu beach where Baywatch was filmed, and meet the beauties - in AND out of their bikinis.
L'Empire de Médor

L'Empire de Médor

1986 • 13 min • France
L'empire de medor is a satirical voyage of discovery through the universe of the dog lover. By systematically scrutinising the industry that capitalises on the love for man's best friend, Moullet has made an absurdist film that shows how the love of animals has become a kind of surrogate religion for many people. He takes us to canine beauticians and beauty contests, and explores the field from dried dog food to advanced super-duper pooper-scoopers. By showing in great detail all those gadgets and gimmicks to make the lives of pets as agreeable as possible, Moullet vents his barely concealed criticism of consumer society.
When the Bats are Quiet

When the Bats are Quiet

1986 • 5 min • Brazil, Canada
A man makes his way through a dark and stormy night to a spooky old house, where surprises await him.
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special

The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special

1986 • 60 min
New Jersey-born Joe Piscopo's first network special, spotlighting his talents as an actor, musician, and comedian.
Snowfall from the Fridge

Snowfall from the Fridge

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union
Once Drakosha forgot to close the refrigerator, snow formed, from which he and his friends molded the Snowman. When the Snowman began to melt, they threw him to the moon, where, in their opinion, it is always cold. Cartoon based on the tales of the English writer Donald Bisset.
Nightangel

Nightangel

1986 • 19 min • Canada, Czechoslovakia
When a man becomes blind, his life is all turned around. He can only use his touch to get around in his house. The objects become enemies. But an angel is looking over him.
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

1986 • 29 min • Canada
This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, he spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard Cardinal left behind a diary upon which this film is based.
Super Christian 2

Super Christian 2

1986 • 31 min • United States of America
Clark and Jim resurrect their superhero identities of Super Christian and The Lone Christian to help teach people at their church not to hide their problems from each other.
Rumeurs Saint-Maur

Rumeurs Saint-Maur

1986 • 17 min • France
"Sounds of images" come to me from the windows overlooking rue Saint-Maur (the former pilgrims' path to Saint-Denis) and suddenly make me want to take a closer look. "Images", at the same time, spring from T.S.F.'s post, Louis Moreau Gottschalk starts playing on the keyboard of the pedestrian crossing at the bottom, there, just below my windows; Henri Vieuxtemps makes the umbrellas dance to an old American tune and Gaël, on a visit, takes up this tune on his magic flute. "Some naturalists claim that insects adapt to the vegetation around them and modify their physiology accordingly," says Louis Moreau Gottschalk; I claim that some filmmakers adapt to the spectacle around them and modify their perception of the world accordingly. Certainly I am one of them, and I console myself by thinking that I am not the only one of my kind.
A Bird's Eye View Of The Lake District

A Bird's Eye View Of The Lake District

1986 • 30 min • United Kingdom
Bob Langley presents an aerial tour of England's Lake District National Park, swooping over the fells, mountains and lakes, with narration by Jim Pope. This documentary also includes an interview with a team working to repair pathway erosion in the national park.
Przypadek Hermana Palacza

Przypadek Hermana Palacza

1986 • 22 min • Poland
Based on interesting photographic materials, a story about the man who stoked the furnaces in Adolf Hitler's Headquarters - Hermann S.
Shadoevision

Shadoevision

1986 • 54 min • United States of America
West Coast radio and TV personality Shadoe Stevens created and stars in this surrealistic, sci-fi satire highlighted by animation, hyperspeed editing and special effects. TV stations throughout the world become jammed and the image of mild-mannered accountant Norm Jones suddenly appears on every screen. Shortly thereafter, the bewildered man is thrust into an alternate dimension and falls into the Shadoevision Worldview Auditorium where he finds himself strapped into a chair before a live audience. Held captive, Norm is at the mercy of the enigmatic, charismatic master of ceremonies, Djony Dakota. This bizarre host constantly subjects the assembled throng to an "evolutionary I.Q." test, a dazzling montage of visuals.
Realm of Darkness - Caves of Glass

Realm of Darkness - Caves of Glass

1986 • 52 min • United Kingdom
Caves of Glass is a documentary from director Sid Perou's Realm of Darkness series, focusing on the ice caves of the Austrian Tennengebirge Alps, including the Eisriesenweld and Eiskogelhöhle. It features Austrian speleologist Fritz Oedl, Belgian speleologist Guy Meauxsoone, and Ian "Tommo" White of the Northern Caving Community. First broadcast on Channel 4 on February 15, 1986, it won a Special Mention at the 5th Barcelona International Festival of Esoteric Cinema that same year.
Alfred

Alfred

1986 • 42 min • East Germany, Germany
Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in 1985.
The Find

The Find

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union
Man went to the forest to collect bird eggs from nests - there are such collectors. He brought one egg home and put it in a fur hat under a light bulb. And a very cute... snake hatched from the testicle!
Donald, the Star-Struck Duck

Donald, the Star-Struck Duck

1986 • 45 min • United States of America
John Candy has to team up with Donald Duck to star together in blockbuster movie.
In transit

In transit

1986 • 15 min • United States of America
Les mésaventures absurdes de Léopold Pavlovsky, bloqué en transit à New York.
Infinita Tropicália

Infinita Tropicália

1986 • 36 min • Brazil
Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor

Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor

1986 • 11 min
Demme captures the late choreographer Trisha Brown performing a meta-narrative dance work.