All Films

35 Photos

1985 • 7 min • East Germany

A woman born in 1949, the year the GDR was founded, talks about her life based on 35 images in her family album that each represent one year. This short was to premiere on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of East Germany. Officials rejected it, however, as an ostensibly negative portrait of GDR family life presented by an atypical woman. It was released under a different title a year later.

French Lovers

1985 • 8 min • France

A woman is waiting for the bus. A man in a car offers her a lift but she rejects till he points that it is Sunday and the bus is not running on Sundays. In their short travel together through the streets of a deserted Paris the man tries to seduce the woman without apparent success.

Hamaseigarrenean aidanez

1985 • 58 min • Spain

Domingo is a bookmaker obsessed with gambling. Martzelina, his wife, has the constant feeling that her husband, always accompanied by Kornelio, is going to meet with misfortune because of gambling.

Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love Live Alive

1985 • 53 min • Japan

After the original run of the television series, an OAV music video titled Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love Live Alive was specially (mostly due to demands of hardcore Mospeada fans) released in Japan in September 1985. The music video consisted of both old and new footage. The story of Love Live Alive chronicled the events after the ending of the original Mospeada, featuring Yellow Belmont as the main character. The music video focused on Yellow's concert and also on his flashback of past events.

Me and the Girls

1985 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Ken Taylor's adaptation of the Noel Coward short story, "Me and the Girls", one of a series called "Noel Coward's The Master's Collection". George Banks, a homosexual dancer, looks back over his life as he lies dying in a Swiss sanatorium.

From the Diaries of Ijon Tichy: A Voyage to Interopia

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Amusing adventures of star pilot Ijon Tichy on planet Interopia where he hunts a giant animal called Squamp. Adapted from Stanislaw Lem's story from his Star Diaries series.

Dire Straits at Live Aid

1985 • 19 min

The band with Sting perform at Wembley

About Sidorov Vova

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A screen adaptation of the satirical poem by Eduard Uspensky. Vova Sidorov is the only child in a big family, growing up without a father. Everything he cherished, but a summons from the recruitment office turns everything on its head!

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

1985 • 33 min • United States of America

This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Contract

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Bearded contract employee goes on a "giant bouquet of flowers" planet and prefers friendship with the robot because all inhabitants are creepy psychos.

About Tap

1985 • 28 min • United States of America

ABOUT TAP features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde, and Chuck Green.

Elephantrio

1985 • 9 min

In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity. Three well-known animators collaborated to create this potpourri, and though each section was animated independently of the others, recurring threads of story and theme weave the whole into a unified moral fable. Film without words.

The Adventures of the Scrabble People in a Pumpkin Full of Nonsense

1985 • 30 min

A character called Sir Scrabble and two children travel to a land called Nonsense, where education has been forbidden. Sir Scrabble teams up with the residents to defeat an evil ruler, the Muddler, through the power of learning and spelling.

A Worker's Marriage

1985 • 19 min • Yugoslavia

Film about a provincial worker's life.

Human Sex

1985 • 55 min • Canada

Canadas contemporary dance group La La La Human Steps performs Édouard Lock's "Human Sex" .

Davydov and Goliath

1985 • 26 min • Soviet Union

Seventh-grader Vitya Davydov is sent to a factory for practical training. His mentor, a worker nicknamed Goliath, gives him an assignment, unaware that their relationship is about to become a battle of wits.

Pink Bowties

1985 • 45 min

Rubik's Cube

1985 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Animated TV magazine for schoolchildren, including the cartoons "A Box with Pencils", "Have You Seen a Hare?" and "Rubik's Cube - clowning".

Macadam: En suivant son rêve

1985 • 54 min • France

Dorothée is the new schoolteacher in a small village.

The Napping House

1985 • 5 min • United States of America

The Napping House: Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap...until a little flea causes a big stir. Somebody's got an itch!

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

1985 • 22 min

Spoof comedy.

RADAR on Trial

1985 • 35 min • United States of America

This video documents the history of RADAR and the many problems associated with its use. Judge Nesbitt himself will walk you through a RADAR trial and experts will demonstrate many of the more common errors that occur. Drivers who have never been in a courtroom will find this video excellent preparation for their own defense of a RADAR based speeding ticket.

Paradise

1985 • 15 min • Canada

A magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage can't compete with the open skies.

El centro del laberinto

1985 • 45 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film