All Films

The Battle of Vieques

1986 • 41 min • Puerto Rico

Examines the U.S. Navy's control and use of Vieques, a satellite island and municipality of Puerto Rico, as a military training, exercise and deployment base.

Two's Company

1986 • 4 min • United Kingdom

Short film concerning a couple living on a luxurious houseboat.

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

1986 • 40 min • United States of America

In 1985, Barbra Streisand released "The Broadway Album," which remains one of her most popular records. Barbra's first television special on HBO debuted in 1986. The special—which combined an interview with director William Friedkin with documentary footage of Barbra in the recording studio making 'The Broadway Album' - was only 40 minutes long. The best of Broadway comes to life in the tour, as Streisand rehearses "Putting it Together," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine" and "If I Loved You."

Unwantie

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The boy didn't want to do anything except watch cartoons and play games. He didn't tidy up his toys, didn't help his grandmother around the house, and dreamed of going to a country where no one would make him do anything. His wish came true — he ended up in the country of Nehochukhia, with all kinds of entertainment and service robots.

Electric Blue: The Best of Electric Blue 01

1986 • 55 min

5 sizzling centerfolds. More girls per minute.

Bad Blood for the Vampyr

1986 • 20 min • Germany

A gothic vampire in Berlin has trouble finding the blood of a virgin.

Blood, Sweat And Tears

1986 • 60 min

Two girls decide to join a local judo club.

Turks at the Court of King Mikish

1986 • 40 min • Soviet Union

Based on Czech fairytales.

Ghost Stories: Graveyard Thriller

1986 • 56 min • United States of America

A collection of eerie tales featuring master storytellers presenting classic and original ghost stories far too scary for television.

Scratch

1986 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Aliaskar Fatkhullin's social drama short for Emil Loteanu's workshop.

Fairy-Tale About a Stupid Husband

1986 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Eternally dissatisfied with his wife, a man goes in search of a new one.

You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...

1986 • 3 min • France

Short directed by Agnès Varda in 1986 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the French Cinematheque, presenting a contrast between the famous stairs from the place along with classic film images also revolving around stairs.

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française

1986 • 43 min • France

On February 22, 1986, Bette Davis received an honorary César award – and presented one to the Cinémathèque française, which was then celebrating its 50th anniversary. Two days later, Costa-Gavras, president of the Cinémathèque, in turn welcomed the actress for a press conference at which she vividly recounted the heyday of old Hollywood.

Three on an Island

1986 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Boy Borya reads a book about pirates instead of doing homework. He tears off the handkerchief from the parrot's cage, flaps it and exclaims: "I would like to be on an uninhabited island!" The mirror on the wall grows and opens directly to a tropical island, Borya's desire is fulfilled. Quite quickly, Borya discovers the magic properties of the scarf and calls friends to him: Yura and Mila.

Chile: Hasta Cuando?

1986 • 57 min • United States of America

A portrait of a brutal Pinochet military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest; military intimidation of the population; indiscriminate arrests: murder torture and disappearances were facts of Chilean life.

Father in My Eyes

1986 • 16 min

Short film by documentary director Shi Jian.

The Plant of Waterside

1986 • 3 min • Japan

Stop motion animation. I started making three-dimensional works around this time. (Yuko Asano).

Love in a Supermarket

1986 • 50 min

Albert works in the meat section of a convenience store who falls in love with a woman who frequents the store.

Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas

1986 • 54 min

An exploration into the photography of Martín Chambi and its relation to indigenista movements in Peru.

Bill and Bunny

1986 • 30 min • Sweden

Bill is on cloud nine. He has just become a big brother to the lovley Bolla. At first she seems like any other toddler, curious, jovial and sweet. But as the months turn into years and Bolla continues to live in a world of her own, it becomes clear that she is not quite like other children. Based on the book by Gunilla Bergström, creator and author of the Alfons Åberg (Alfie Atkins) books.

The Sounds of Kaleva

1986 • 41 min • Soviet Union

A three-act film-essay about memory and the historical-cultural ties of the Finno- Ugric peoples. The first chapter is dedicated to ancient Bearese of memory, such as Karelian cliff drawings, Kalevala runo song and Khanty bear feast rituals. the second act portrays the visit of Elias Lonnrot, compiler of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, to Estonia and his meetings with local intellectuals. Part three re-enacts an ancient smelting and blacksmith ritual set to Veljo Tormis' cantata 'curse upon iron'. Filmed in 1985 in Uhtuo, Karelia; in Khantia-Mansia at the Agan river, a tributary of the Ob; and in Estonia (Tallinn, Kuusalu, Tartu, Voru, Litsmetsa in Voru county, Lullemae, Karula, Rongu, Narva, and at a bend of the Pirita river). The third documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.

Return to Dresden

1986 • 27 min • Canada

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies.

Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton

1986 • 30 min

George Plimpton takes us through some of the more unsual programming from around the world. Highlights include Japan's 'Screaming Man', kooky workout shows, a topless ad from Denmark, strange gags from Belgium and Egypt and a commercial directed by Federico Fellini.

From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services – Part Eight

1986 • 6 min • Germany

Here is the third and last of three self-contained shorts by Helke Sander from her series of shorts entitled From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services . BTW the numbering of the parts is a bit confusing, the only existing parts of the series are No. 1,5 and 8.