All Films

Grandma and machine gun

1985 • 15 min

Film about former battles of World War II veteran, machine gunner Danutė Stanelienė.

Fragmentarium

1985 • 9 min • Romania

Experimental film on 16mm by George Sabau as part of Kinema Ikon.

East End Underground Moment

1985 • 4 min

By Bev Zalcock & Sara Chambers, 1985/95

… det skall vara så här …

1985 • 5 min • Sweden

Helena Lindgren's film begins with her grandmother recounting how she was ashamed when she got her first period. Then follows a film collage in which Lindgren slowly moves the men from the male, medical and stigmatized to the physical, female and liberating to finally return to the grandmother who quotes her own mother: 'it should be this way'.

Ready-Made

1985 • 3 min

Damian

1985 • 47 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

La dama solitaria

1985 • 47 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Fresas con crema

1985 • 48 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

La habitación que silva

1985 • 47 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Guadalupe Pineda, un poco más

1985 • 57 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Deep Ellum Blues

1985 • 10 min • United States of America

Deep Ellum is a place -- a part of Dallas, Texas. Deep Ellum, along with its legendary music scene built by the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely, all but disappeared with the construction of Central Expressway in the 1950s. This film is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series which explores the 1920's and 1930's night life in Dallas through the music of Bill Neely.

La Sieste Pittoresque

1985 • 6 min

As I was visiting my great friend the painter L ..., I surprised him during his nap. Indeed, after several exhibitions, he took a well-deserved rest. When he woke up, he told me: "It is not so easy to rest from Art. I have the pretty formula 'a workshop in my head.' I just dreamed of a painter."

Theater

1985 • 33 min

Condoms: A Responsible Option

1985 • 11 min

Made during the AIDS epidemic, this film lightheartedly tackles the issue of “safe sex”.

Sweet Sugar Rage

1985 • 45 min • Canada, Jamaica

A popular Jamaican women's troupe uses improvisation and theater as consciousness-raising tools for both rural and urban audiences. Their performances speak directly to the daily experiences of women--the least empowered workers, who labor long hours for low wages with no benefits or rights to organize for better conditions. Using role-play and interviews with female cane workers, the collective develops dramatizations which analyze social issues and pinpoint their concerns.

Tejiendo mar y viento

1985 • 39 min • Mexico

Weaving Sea and Wind is a documentary about the First Indigenous Cinema Workshop in Mexico, which was taught to women from the community of San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca.

Alphabet Uppercase

1985 • 19 min

Emphasizes the uppercase alphabet and beginning sounds in seven short segments using original music, animation, puppets and live action.

Fun Learning: Alphabet Elephants

1985 • 23 min

Hey, gang! What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming? "Here come the elephants!" Oh no...

See & Sing: Silly Songs

1985 • 30 min

Kidd Stuff Kid Vid Interactive Video

The Stone of Sisyphus

1985 • 21 min • Soviet Union

A dialogue about fate and mission between sculptors Arta Dumpe, Aivars Gulbis, Oļegs Skrastiņš and the authors of this film.

Area Striata

1985 • 3 min

The film is a film of Japanese traditional fabric stencil in a non-repeating single frame pattern.

Conductors

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The 1985 Song Festival performance highlights the expressions of the chief conductors at various stages of the event, allowing us to experience the emotional nuances through the perfect combination of visuals and soundtrack, without any behind-the-scenes commentary.

That's Hot

1985 • 1 min • United States of America

Abstract computer animation by G. G. Aries set to music by Larry Gibbs

Xérophile

1985 • 11 min

This film tackles criticism of our media society according to various self-referential images. To do this, all strategies are good. For example, the citation of classics, the use of traditional films or daily TV programs, the use of pseudo-narration as a pretext, as well as the inclusion of clichés and banalities ...