All Films

Eri Kikuchi: A Story of Unfamiliar Love

1986 • 54 min • Japan

A sensual melodrama about the romance between an up-and-coming actress and her manager, set in the AV industry. Popular AV actress Eri Kikuchi, who was taking the world by storm at the time of its production, performed a role that overlapped with her in a natural and well-received role that earned her high acclaim. Through her friend's introduction, Eri (Eri Kikuchi), who was managed by Kageda (Yutaka Ikeshima), who has a sincere work style, quickly became a popular AV actress. Kageda develops a fondness for Eri while working with her, but she is arrested when it is discovered that she has hired a minor who misrepresented her age.

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

1986 • 50 min • United Kingdom

6. Panopticon VII - 1986 was the 10th Anniversary of the DWAS and for the first time professional cameras were there to record the event. This special production includes highlights from the convention, home movies from early Panopticons (featuring Tom Baker and Patrick Troughton) and the reminiscences from organisers, actors and production staff about the early days of fandom. However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme.

Badrock Valley Gang

1986 • 29 min • United States of America

Brent Towers and his two young friends, Tom and Jenny, often rode the range on adventure and in outreach to others. When the Badrock Valley Gang came to the Pioneer Junction community, however, Brent and the children found themselves faced with mystery and danger beyond anything they had known before.

Adelic Penguins

1986 • 33 min

Originally commissioned by the Sony Corporation of Japan and performed live on the JumboTRON, a fourteen-story TV set at the Expo in Tsukuba, Japan, Adelic Penguins is a collaboration between Fitzgerald, artist Paul Garrin, and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also appears as a performer). Structured in six segments, this technical tour-de-force is a pyrotechnic fusion of sound and image, in which the dynamic visual imagery fully complements and heightens Sakamoto's staccato, percussive score. Fitzgerald and Garrin merge terrestrial and interplanetary worlds, in which Sakamoto's figure becomes an integral part of the landscape. Set aloft in the surreal world of the artists' invention, Sakamoto dances, floats and walks through a hyperkinetic universe.

Three at Once

1986 • 9 min

This black and white student short is a whimsical absurdist comedy about a happy-go-lucky girl, a sardonic feminist and a vain philosopher who meet at a party and enter a surreal world to see if they click together.

Le Défilé

1986 • 5 min • France

"Le Défilé" is a short film of Regine Chopinot & Jean-Paul Gaultier's collaborations, from a retrospective exhibit by the same name.

Horn of Plenty

1986 • 5 min • United States of America

Struggling jazz musician Cecil (Branford Marsalis) busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some money for his family.

Toro

1986 • 27 min • Soviet Union

The film shows children from a village who play football for money

Stockholms negrer

1986 • 30 min • Sweden

The film is about the band Stockholms Negrer, but also about what formed their music, about being Swedish but still being viewed as an outsider.

Mariska Band

1986 • 29 min • Yugoslavia

The musical band Mariška band conquered the audience during the eighties. This documentary describes the life of Mariška Holoubek (1904-1993) from Koprivnica, a versatile self-taught musician who played several instruments, and gained her greatest popularity as the violinist of the music group Mariška Band, which she founded at the age of 76. The group that played hits, country and Podravina folk music, despite its great popularity and numerous concert and television appearances, never recorded a record...

Contacts... Conflicts... 3

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

Pussy Got the Cream

1986 • 14 min

A film by Cosey Fanni Tutti, originally commissioned for the Taboo Festival of Eroticism on the 6th March 1986. Statement: Expression of oneself and of the hidden voice so seldom heard or heeded is an action of unequal power. Releasing and acknowledging all that you are to yourself allows growth of spirit. Creativity on every level begins with ourselves. Suppression brings us only screaming souls locked within empty lives. I wish for every voice to be heard, even as a whisper... Cosey Fanni Tutti 1986

Three Days from a Life

1986 • 47 min • Albania

Two young directors, Ilir and Sandri, are working on a new film, which deals with events from World War II.

Street of Crocodiles

1986 • 21 min • United Kingdom

A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

Stephen King's World of Horror

1986 • 45 min

A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels. Includes celebrity guests John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Frank Darabont, plus a section on outrageous horror film promotions. Portions of this 45-minute TV special (released as is on VHS by Front Row Entertainment in 1988) were later used as bookmarking material for the This is Horror releases in 1989-90.

Running Boy: Secrets of Star Soldier

1986 • 55 min • Japan

Genta Shinoyama is a video game freak who suddenly finds himself dumped into war against galactic pirates - for real.

High School! Funny-face Club Movie

1986 • 50 min • Japan

Three additional adventures for the Kimengumi and friends. The boys fail their exams right before summer vacation and have to take supplementary lessons. A mandatory school trip to the beach during summer vacation for a swimming competition. Finally school is back in session, the karate club is in danger when a new opponent appears.

The Deacon Street Deer

1986 • 47 min • United States of America

Neighborhood children protect a deer that has escaped from cruel carnival owners.

Care Bears Wishbear Presents: The Big Star Round-Up

1986 • 25 min

The sixth episode of the first season on Care Bears.

Scribble Board 砂鉄3

1986 • 2 min • Japan

Short animation by Tokumitsu Kifune & Sonoko Kifune.

Vincent Price's Dracula

1986 • 52 min • United States of America

Vincent Price hosts this documentary exploring the historical myths surrounding vampires.

The Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On Bread

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The girl Inge was good and loved... herself very much. Inge was given bread to take to her poor parents, and she, crossing a puddle and afraid to dirty her new shoes, threw the bread in the mud and stepped on it. From such a terrible act, the earth parted and swallowed her. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.

Priklyucheniya pingvinenka Lolo. Film pervyy

1986 • 31 min • Soviet Union, Japan

A family cartoon about the amusing adventures of a brave little penguin named Lolo. This charming short film immerses viewers in the world of Antarctic adventures, where little Lolo and his friend Pepe solve puzzles, explore their surroundings, and help other animals. Despite his young age, the penguin chick shows wit and courage.

Tales of Old Usto

1986 • 15 min • Soviet Union

The potter Usto makes figurines that become the heroes of his funny stories.