All Films

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

1985 • 60 min • United States of America

A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more.

На заре во дворе

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

We Go to Tokyo~ Innocent Edition

1985 • 55 min • Japan

OV tie in for the hit song We Go to Tokyo

Access All Areas

1985 • 24 min • United States of America

Behind-the-scenes documentary following the band Yes on their 90125 Tour (1984-1985).

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

1985 • 56 min

The documentary focuses on the annual Mani Rimdu festival of Tibet and Nepal, an event which encapsulates the Himalayan Buddhist experience.

Portrait of Christiane Diop

1985 • 6 min

Sarah Maldoror reports on Christiane Diop, editor of the publishing house Présence africaine, which includes an interview with illustrator Sophie Mondesir, about her work as the first black woman to run a major publishing house in Paris.

The Truly Magical Lanterns

1985 • 13 min • Belgium, France

The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.

On the Loose

1985 • 32 min

Gu-Gu Ganmo

1985 • 45 min • Japan

Following in the footsteps of manga such as Doraemon and Obake no Q-Taro in that the alien Ganmo (who resembles a chicken wearing sneakers) sets out to help his adopted human friend Hanpeita.

Why Should We Care About Each Other?

1985 • 2 min • Sweden

Political ad for the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the 1985 election.

Black Sabbath: Live Aid

1985 • 13 min • United States of America

Setlist: - Children of the Grave - Iron Man - Paranoid

Sons of...

1985 • 31 min

Justin, a young gay man is on a break from film school, struggling to come to terms with his father’s violent opposition to his sexual orientation.

Dulce espiritu

1985 • 47 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Disasters of the Century

1985 • 37 min • United States of America

This entry in the "Reel Moments" video series contains newsreel and archive footage of famous 20th century disasters, including: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, various ship sinkings, racecar crashes, and assassinations, with emphasis on the assassinations of Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy.

Natural History

1985 • 2 min • Japan

Several painted figures are superimposed.

Who Painted the Red Sea?

1985 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A little liar on the back desk during a geography lesson talks about his summer adventures.

Carried Away

1985 • 6 min • Canada

This animation film celebrates the creative process--its beauty, fury, and consequences. It is a highly stylized and impressionistic rendering; each scene corresponds to a step in the process. Black and white photographs, representing reality, are overlaid with animated colour drawings, representing fantasy. It illustrates the artist braving creative storms, indulging runaway imagination and learning, by trial and error, to take possession of his creative energy. Film without words.

Metallica: Day on the Green

1985 • 26 min

Metallica at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA Creeping Death (Live) Ride the Lightning (Live) For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live) MTV Day On The Green Interview with Lars and James

Time Out

1985 • 9 min • Soviet Union

An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown.

Vanessa in the Garden

1985 • 25 min

When a brilliant young artist's beloved wife dies in a carriage wreck, the grief-stricken husband is possessed with an incredible plan to bring her back through his art.

India Cabaret

1985 • 60 min • France, United Kingdom, United States of America

A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of 2 strip-tease dancers in a cabaret house in Bombay.

South America: A New Look

1985 • 24 min • United States of America

Gives a brief overview of the history, geography, distribution of population, the political/social/economic systems, the Catholic Church, the military, and the problems in South America.

Youp van 't Hek: Gebroken glas

1985 • 44 min • Netherlands

Registration of the matinee performance written by the Dutch comedian Youp van 't Hek, commissioned by Toneelgroep Centrum.

Memory of the Camps

1985 • 58 min • United States of America

In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience. A film was made by British and American film crews who were with the troops liberating the camps. It was directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock and was broadcast for the first time in its entirety on PBS FRONTLINE in 1985.