All Films

Losyonok

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

How the guys saved and raised an orphan calf.

Butt It Out

1984 • 15 min • Canada

Dr. Cooper, a puppet scientist, along with his crew, prove categorically that smoking is bad for you.

Australia's Animal Mysteries

1984 • 54 min

Enjoy some of the bizarre and unbelievable creatures unique to Australia's shores as investigators and scientists probe the secrets of this infinitely varied wildlife.

Ist das denn schon Liebe?

1984 • 27 min • East Germany

In the relaxed holiday atmosphere at the Baltic Sea, the director questions 9th grade pupils about their first experiences with the other sex.

The Invisible Child

1984 • 60 min • France

A little boy on vacation at the seaside meets an invisible girl who takes him to her world.

The So-Called Caryatids

1984 • 12 min • France

Commissioned by French television, this is a short documentary on the neo-classical statues found throughout Paris, predominantly on the walls of buildings, holding up windows, roofs etc.

Choosing Children

1984 • 45 min • United States of America

CHOOSING CHILDREN is a pioneering film about parenting in non-traditional families and helped to open dialogue about the meaning and reality of the "modern family." This film takes an intimate look at the issues faced by lesbians and gay men who decide to become parents after coming out.

Stop!! wstęp wzbroniony

1984 • 5 min • Poland

Camera going through the rooms one by one, each completely differnt from one another, till it cannot go forward anymore.

Claves, 2: We will return younger

1984 • 26 min • Venezuela

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Second episode, evoking the border between fiction and documentary. With his film Tire dié (1960), the Argentinian Fernando Birri proposed this manifesto: to create a realistic and critical national cinema, closer to society without falling into populism.

The Soldier's Tale

1984 • 51 min • United States of America

A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil.

Attack of the Potato People

1984 • 8 min

A Super 8 short film about a teen suffering from hallucinations after hitting a green creature with his car.

Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1984 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Dame Edna shares her views and answers questions in front of a celebrity audience.

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

1984 • 50 min • Soviet Union

The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.

Hearst Castle: The Enchanted Hill

1984 • 50 min • United States of America

The incredible splendor & glamor: princely palaces of exotic design; incomparable collections of fine arts; palatial garden settings; stories of golden age movie stars & world famous guests; historic construction photos.

30 films brefs

1984 • 41 min • France

Super 8 film, color and black and white, silent

David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy

1984 • 60 min • Canada

David Steinberg is shown at the concert at Toronto's York University, whipping through routines keyed to a college audience. He delivers some one-liners, a few homilies on politics, a recollection of early non-sex, a bit about writing exam papers in utter ignorance of the topic and ends up with John Candy in a skit about a psychiatrist. Also included is a hilarious take-off on the award- winning film "My Dinner With Andre," entitled "My Dinner With Duddy." Mr. Steinberg and Mr. Candy, big-time comedians, meet in a delicatessen and exchange heartfelt inanities about creativity, soberly paralleling the real thing.

Double Lunar Dogs

1984 • 25 min

Based on Robert Heinlein’s 1941 story “Universe,” Double Lunar Dogs presents a vision of post-apocalyptic survival aboard a “spacecraft,” travelling aimlessly through the universe, whose passengers have forgotten the purpose of their mission. As a metaphor for the nature and purpose of memory, the two main characters (portrayed by Jonas and Spalding Gray) play games with images of their past; but their efforts to restore their collective memories are futile, and they are reprimanded by the “Authority” for their attempts to recapture their past on a now-destroyed planet Earth.

Simonland

1984 • 12 min • United States of America

In the unsettling, absurdist SIMONLAND, a grotesque, televangelist-style demagogue leads his studio audience and isolated viewers through a psychotic game of Simon Says with twisted results.

Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit

1984 • 24 min • United States of America

First published in 1922, Margery Williams' enchanting story about a toy rabbit is a classic of children's literature. This gentle rendition comes alive through Meryl Streep's soothing narration, George Winston's beautiful music score, and David Jorgensen's charming illustrations.

Points

1984 • 2 min • Canada

A Cartoon by Dan Collins

El misteri dels cines desapareguts

1984 • 10 min • Spain

Documentary about the movie theaters in Valencia that, since the seventies, had been closed or turned into department stores and bingo halls; dream spaces of Valencian cinephilia such as the Cine Alameda.

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

1984 • 26 min • Venezuela

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. First episode: the influences of Cahiers du cinéma, the New Wave, Italian neorealism. In Brazil, Cinema Novo draws inspiration from these models while drawing on the historical and cultural singularity of the country. The documentary was awarded the Prix Makhila d’or at the Festival de Biarritz, France.

Byte The Bullet

1984 • 10 min

Reveals how after a young computer hacker is found dead, detective Chuck Dodd finds himself on the trail of a mystery and a giant cockroach

Orange Juice

1984 • 41 min

In the early 1980s, Jarman struggled to get feature film projects off the ground and invested his energies in different fields, including music videos. In 1984 he made the promo for ‘What Presence?!’ by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice, as fronted by Edwyn Collins. Before the official shoot, however, he visited the location and made this tape, trying out shots with a newly acquired Olympus VHS camera. The warm colours and fuzzy softness of the format, plus the decision to shoot handheld, imbue this little-known, rarely seen artefact with a palpable directness.