All Films

Dr. Sadismo's Theatre of the Macabre

1986 • 12 min • United States of America

Carlson International / Vidimax pseudo-snuff short.

Lisa Lyon: Icons of the Divine

1986 • 35 min

In this show, Lisa speaks poetically about her "Female Spirit" and about her destiny; she exposes the audience to her “ritual and her agony”. As she explains, it is a reaction to the abstract art movement, which had removed the human form, and it was her attempt to return to a more classical vision of art today. In her work, she elevated the gymnasium up to the art gallery. Six other bodybuilder/artists perform routines for the audience.

Пропал Петя-петушок

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Drive-in Blues

1986 • 28 min

Drive-In Blues celebrates the drive-in and laments its decline. A blank white screen looms behind interviews with old-time theatre owners who reminisce about the heyday of the drive-in and confront the reality of a dying business. Laced with unusual archival trailers, the tone of the film swings between camp and nostalgia.

Father's Lesson

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story of how a father taught his lazy son Hrytsko to work.

Tale for Natasha

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Baba Yaga didn't tolerate Kuzya's escape, so she infiltrated Natasha's apartment to return him into the woods.

My Town

1986 • 60 min

A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.

Well, Just You Wait! 16

1986 • 10 min

After suffering a sunstroke Volk finds himfself in a world of fairytales.

We Cannot Predict...

1986 • 29 min • Soviet Union

A chance meeting, crazy love. The factory girl Tanya and the young lieutenant Sasha, who was going to the front line with his unit, spent only a few hours together in besieged Leningrad...

Dure Limite: Caving in a mill, Mer de Glace

1986 • 8 min • France

The Mer de Glace in Chamonix, November 86: every summer the meltwater that runs on the surface of the glacier flows into a huge crevasse called "a mill". In 1897, Joseph VALLOT had explored it to a depth of 60m, a lake had prevented him from going any further. Since then no one had descended into this well. In the fall, a multidisciplinary team made up of mountaineers including Jean Marc BOIVIN, speleologists and scientists descending into the crevasse... Superb images and live comments in a temperature of 0° and a humidity of 100%. The team reached 110m deep under the ice, a world first in glacier exploration. Jean marc BOIVIN seems delighted with his first speleological exploration. With the participation of Serge AVIOTTE, Jean Michel ASSELIN, Jean Marc BOIVIN, Janot LAMBERTON, Pierrot PILLET, Louis REYNAUD, Jean Luc RIGAUD and Denis TERMIER.

Metal City

1986 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Neat Records, the Tyne & Wear based label that gave us many notable Geordie metal acts like Venom and Raven here present a showcase of some of their 1985 roster. Featuring video performances from Venom, Warfare, Saracen and Avenger interspersed with candid and "humorous" skits between.

Voyage of the Sarimanok

1986 • 51 min • Indonesia, Madagascar

A film of Bob Hobman's attempt to sail across the Indian Ocean in a primitive native craft. He aimed to show that the people of Madagascar, who originally came from Indonesia 2,500 years ago, sailed, not in a series of stages, but directly across the Indian Ocean, in one of the great epic voyages of history. His voyage took 65 days.

Noah's Ark

1986 • 26 min • United States of America

The story of the Prophet Noah. Violence and corruption fill the earth. To punish this wickedness, God vows to send a cleansing flood. Only one man - Noah - and his family will be spared because they alone honor God's law. God commands him to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal. Once building is under way, Noah and his sons face scorn and sabotage from their sinful neighbors - but they persevere. Noah's faith is vindicated when the heavens erupt with a rainy torrent for 40 days. But God's test of Noah's courage and commitment is just beginning.

A Perfect Couple

1986 • 14 min • United States of America

One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.

The Rooster and the Boyar

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A smart rooster overcomes a greedy boyar (noble) who stole an old couple's magic millstones. Based on a Russian folk tale.

Filya

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About how a kind and brave little eagle owl realized that he was needed not only at night.

Habeas Corpus

1986 • 60 min • Argentina

Experimental short film that shows four days in the life of a man clandestinely kept in captivity. The images of his naked body alternate with those of a happy moment on a beach and with those of his captor, who spends his time looking at bodybuilding magazines.

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.

Abhiman

1986 • 60 min

Minati marries Tonmoy who undergoes a serious accident.

Other Epiphanies

1986 • 57 min • Italy

An experimental interpretation of Joycean epiphanies.

Battle

1986 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A man kills a toy designer and steals his latest product. The product, a mini-army complete with weapons, then wages war on the killer. The first Ukrainian screen adaptation of Stephen King's story.

Cat's Can

1986 • 1 min • United States of America

A cat desperately tries to get a can of cat food open.

King Solomon's Mines

1986 • 51 min • Australia

Deep within a remote mountain somewhere in Africa lies the fold and endless riches of the legendary King Solomon. Many have tried to find the treasure - but none have succeeded! Now, Alan Quartermaine's determined to locate the bounty, but first he must battle the wilds of Africa and the ferocious Kukuwana trive - who are intent on keeping the treasure for themselves! It's an expedition in excitement and adventure that will have your whole family on the edge of their seats!

Karin's Face

1986 • 14 min • Sweden

A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.