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El bohío

El bohío

1984 • 9 min • Cuba
Through the presence of a shack, this animation refers to fundamental moments of Cuban history (colonization, wars of independence, Yankee intervention, an obstructed republic and the Revolution).
Mesures de miel et de lait sauvage

Mesures de miel et de lait sauvage

1984 • 40 min • France
Teo Hernandez films waste and scrap found on the pavements of the streets of Paris. “Sidewalks are great subjects: garbage, objects and materials, stains, signs, are a movie subject.”
Shunters

Shunters

1984 • 21 min • East Germany
A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours of few shunters at the shunting-station Dresden-Friedrichstadt, which was the largest such station in all of the former German Democratic Republic. They work day and night, amidst snow and fog at the railway tracks, speaking only as much as necessary.
Nice

Nice

1984 • 26 min • United Kingdom
A naïve and "nice" West Indian's descent into postcolonial cynicism is depicted in a twenty minute monologue from writer Farrukh Dhondy.
Black Flag: Live

Black Flag: Live

1984 • 57 min
Henry Rollins and the rest of the infamous punk band Black Flag take the stage in this head-slamming 1984 concert, recorded live at the Bier Keller in Bradford, England. Rollins rocks out with bandmates Greg Ginn, Kira Roessler and Bill Stevenson on some of the group's most legendary hits, including "Black Coffee," Rat's Eyes," "Nervous Breakdown," "Fix Me," "Jealous Again," "My War" and "I Love You."
Añoranzas

Añoranzas

1984 • 9 min • Spain
A woman, a diary. A world of reminiscences, dreams, childhood. The longing for the past, for the things you could not take back.
Tove and the Sea

Tove and the Sea

1984 • 30 min • Finland
Artist and author Tove Jansson talks about her thoughts and life at home on Tähtitorninmäki in Helsinki and in her cottage in the outer archipelago.
The Family of Chimps

The Family of Chimps

1984 • 55 min • Netherlands
A subtle account of the chimpanzees' behaviour in Burgers Dierenpark in Arnhem, on the occasion of the publication of the book Chimpansee Politiek by ethologist Dr. Frans de Waal. A unique experiment shows us how complex the social strategies in the community of this fascinating anthropoid ape are. Haanstra managed to capture almost all aspects of chimpanzee behaviour: display of skill, teasing and pestering, grooming, resting, playing, motherly behaviour, submission, sex and violence. Eventually, the film was also screened to the apes.
Meet Grandma

Meet Grandma

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union
The cartoon tells about an ordinary family, where the mother constantly talks on the phone, the father watches TV, and the child, whom no one cares for, throws toys around. Everything changes with the arrival of a grandmother from another city. The family receives her coldly. Only the grandson is happy about her arrival. But as if by magic, order comes into the house, things are put in their places, the dishes are washed in the kitchen, and how delicious the food and pies are from grandma! The parents now argue less among themselves, the son is well-groomed and cheerful. But the grandmother leaves as suddenly as she arrived, and now her arrival is awaited with great impatience, and even the mother hopes that the mother-in-law will stay with them longer.
Two Righteous Chicks

Two Righteous Chicks

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union
Friendship, kindness and genuine efforts to help can greatly change the lives of those around us, making the world a better place. And do not think that there won’t be enough strength; instead you should try to change something you do not like. So, this story tells of two cute chicks that were able to break the evil spell and release a crane.
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

1984 • 30 min • United Kingdom
Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for TV in his homeland, faked his suicide, went to Brazil and then to England where he attracted notoriety with his explicit sex farces on the stage and shocking TV shows which even Channel 4 banned.
Breaking Away to Come Together

Breaking Away to Come Together

1984 • 9 min • United Kingdom
Using only one camera, remote controlled mirrors and an external tilting device, Lacey alternates the perspective of angular planes on his face into that of a woman. Like archetypal statues, the images disintegrate, solidify and slowly re-assemble.
God, Gays, and the Gospel: This Is Our Story

God, Gays, and the Gospel: This Is Our Story

1984 • 58 min • Canada
A documentary on the history of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches and its founder, Reverend Troy D. Perry.
Doll House

Doll House

1984 • 3 min • United States of America
"Rapid montage shows a plethora of objects all arranged in, or with reference to, the central prop of a dollhouse. We see whimsical references to domesticity (kitchen implements), clothing (shoes), the housing situation (want ads), feminist film (Annette Kuhn's book Women's Pictures), relationships, claustrophobia. The final shots show the dollhouse outside, up in the branches of a tree - by the effort of cinema, the dollhouse has become a tree-house. This thematic movement mirrors the movement of Barbara Hammer's films in the last few years: from preoccupation with inside/the body, to a claiming of outside/the landscape." —Claudia Gorbman, Jump Cut.
Treffpunkt Er + Sie

Treffpunkt Er + Sie

1984 • 9 min • Germany
Scorpions: Rock Pop Festival - Dortmund, 17 December 1983

Scorpions: Rock Pop Festival - Dortmund, 17 December 1983

1984 • 39 min
Set List: Blackout - Loving You Sunday Morning - Coming Home - Always Somewhere - Holiday - Can't Live Without You - Dynamite - Can't Get Enough
So sieht's aus

So sieht's aus

1984 • 6 min • Germany
Hanoi Rocks: All Those Wasted Years

Hanoi Rocks: All Those Wasted Years

1984 • 55 min • United Kingdom
Live at the Marquee Club, London, UK 19th December 1983! The long-awaited release of the best footage of HANOI ROCKS at its peak, including “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
Surise

Surise

1984 • 32 min • South Korea
Reframing the farmers’ movement in Jeon-Nam Province with a reconstruction of interviews and events.
Club Vatican

Club Vatican

1984 • 17 min
Kuchar’s childhood was heavily shaped by Catholic sexual repression and guilt. Movies acted as an escape from day-to-day life, a parallel reality that reveled in sin and sensation. Teaching at the libertine San Francisco Art Institute from 1971–2011, Kuchar made numerous hot-blooded, Z-grade “classroom pictures” with his students. Several, including Club Vatican, Motel Capri and Evangelust, act as lascivious collective exorcisms of religious hypocrisy and sexual repression. Club Vatican is one of the most visually sumptuous of Kuchar’s classroom pictures, and was recently restored by the Harvard Film Archive (alongside other of Kuchar’s pedagogical free-for-alls). The frame is packed with visual stimulation and the film unfolds as a series of writhing tableaux depicting clergy and sinners alike in perverse Catholic rites. Kuchar called it “a meditation on religious upheaval via mental strife.” Starring Courtney Love!
Men of Fire

Men of Fire

1984 • 11 min • Spain
Short film by Antoni Padrós
Love Those Trains

Love Those Trains

1984 • 58 min
Enjoy the romance of railroads as you ride on the Orient Express, climb the Andes, cross the U.S. on the Salad Bowl Express, and meet the Hobo King, who calls himself "Steamboat." From steam engines to sleek diesels, experience the majesty and adventure of trains past and present. Remember the days when thundering trains bridged the world's continents, nourished the pioneer spirit, ferried our troops to war, and provided politicians with mobile campaign platforms. Then settle into a first-class seat aboard the luxurious Orient Express, and glide through storybook cities from Paris to Istanbul. Celebrate a slice of history and ride the rails of the world. A National Geographic Production.
The Big Wave And The Small Wave

The Big Wave And The Small Wave

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union
Based on a fairy tale by Donald Bisset about the friendship of two ocean waves, big and small.
The Hope and the Glory

The Hope and the Glory

1984 • 60 min
Sam, a quiet West Indian working as a London Transport ticket collector, strikes up an unlikely, but warm, friendship with Joe, an old man who has a room in the same house.