All Films

Ikwe

1986 • 58 min • Canada

A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe once had unfold with tragic clarity.

Lollipop Dragon: The Magic Lollipop Adventure

1986 • 30 min

In Lollipop Dragon: The Magic Lollipop Adventure, the Lollipop Dragon and friends must save the day by confronting Baron Bad Blood.

Hairdresser

1986 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Two Armenian emigrants met in distant America. A boy with long, beautiful hair and a hairdresser who has a lot of fascinating stories in stock. The further friendship of the two dreamers is unlikely to be prevented by funny tufts of hair sticking out after an inept haircut...

Wakazuma nikki: Zecchôdo

1986 • 60 min • Japan

The Lone Star Kid

1986 • 53 min • United States of America

The Lone Star Kid is about a compassionate eleven year old boy who becomes mayor of a small town when he witnesses an accident and a death due to lack of ambulance services. He is determined to bring big-town services to his small town. The movie is based on the true story of Brian Zimmerman, an 11 year old who became mayor of Crabb, a small town in Fort Bend County, Texas.

The Boy King

1986 • 31 min • United States of America

Focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.'s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family moved him to speak out against segregation and become a leader in the civil rights movement.

From Here to Maternity

1986 • 30 min

Three women are on a quest to become mothers.

Guyver: Out of Control

1986 • 55 min • Japan

One night, high school student Sho Fukamachi discovers a mysterious metal object. Then in a blinding flash of light, Sho finds that he has accidentally fused with the Guyver, a mecha of mysterious alien design. Now, to save his girlfriend, Mizuki Segawa, along with the entire world, Sho must become the Guyver to fight the Chronos Corporation and their biocreatures, called Zoanoids, who are hell-bent on world domination.

Meetin' WA

1986 • 26 min • France

Revolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody Allen on the cultural radiation, the ubiquity and significance of Television, and how Television compares with cinema as a medium and form of expression.

Metal Days

1986 • 60 min • Japan

A group of punks steal weapons from a military base.

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles in 1986. Routines included are "Losing Things," "Charities," "Sports," "Hello and Goodbye," "Battered Plants," "Earrings," and "A Moment of Silence." Also included is a short film entitled "The Envelope" co-starring Vic Tayback.

Going to the Dogs

1986 • 46 min • Netherlands

A behind the scenes look and edited registration of the groundbreaking theater play 'Going to the dogs' by the Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers. The play was performed by six Alsations (German Shepherds).

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986 • 60 min

A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time.

Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Watching the Game

1986 • 37 min • United States of America

A guide on how to watch football, designed for women.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1986 • 50 min • Australia

This is a animated adaptation of the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

1986 • 8 min • United States of America

Lydia Lunch and Penn & Teller jazz up the Jenkins' family picnic home movie, turning it into a backyard SOV slasher.

Debonair Dancers

1986 • 24 min • United States of America

Debonair Dancers is a 1986 short American documentary film produced and directed by Alison Nigh-Strelich, and narrated by Jack Lemmon. It is about The Debonaire Special Dancers of Bakersfield, CA, a group started decades ago by John Soiu and continues today under the direction of Sheri Fortino. The group fosters social and life skills while stimulating creativity and confidence in the special needs students it serves. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Lily

1986 • 50 min • United States of America

Lily Miniver is an eccentric, intrepid young woman whose job as associate curator at the prestigious Jeffersonian Museum in Washington, D.C. takes her around the globe. When a unique Aztec necklace, on loan from the British Museum, is slightly tarnished, she quickly deduces that it's a fake, and she is sent to London by her boss to determine how a substitute necklace showed up at the Jeffersonian.

Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge

1986 • 46 min • United States of America

Tired of being bullied at school, a boy start drawing a master scientist. He begins to imagine what it would be like, as the scientist, standing-up to the bullies at school.

YUMIKO KIRITA in Venus

1986 • 20 min • Japan

Four theme songs narrate the make of fictional idol Kirita Yumiko from early days of singing and dancing lessons to the triumphant debut concert.

Romantic Journey: Departure

1986 • 60 min • Japan

A salaryman, Aisuke, was molested by an older man on a crowded commuter train. He couldn't forget the excitement and started looking for the man every morning. When he finally finds the man, he denies knowing anything . But Aisuke is not convinced, an so follows him home...

The Mark of Lilith

1986 • 32 min • United Kingdom

A white bisexual vampire, Lillia, is trapped in a monotonous cycle with her thoughtless, misogynist vampire partner, Luke (who, while also being a bisexual, prefers to devour women prey). Her encounter with Black lesbian Zena, who is reading about goddesses across religions and cultures and thinking about the horror film genre, pulls Lillia out of a state of bad faith into an enlightened state of knowledge and play. 'The Mark of Lilith' was the graduation film of Bruna Fionda, Polly Gladwin, Zach Mack-Nataf’s from The London College of Printing, under the tutorship of Laura Mulvey. The film was shot in Brixton and made with a cast and crew of local filmmakers, artists and activists. The Mark of Lilith was digitally restored from the 16mm print by the BFI in 2021.

The Demon Lover

1986 • 53 min

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realises what the consequences could be.