All Films

Ryoko Watanabe - Lesbian Stewardess

1984 • 30 min • Japan

Veteran stewardess Ryoko tries to relax in her apartment the night prior to embarking on an overseas airplane flight. Her co-worker, a nervous novice stewardess named Yoshikawa, comes over unexpectedly and the pair partake in a torrid lesbian encounter. Matters get complicated when Ryoko's boyfriend Hiroshi, who Ryoko invited over earlier, also shows up looking for sex.

Radio City Fantasy

1984 • 52 min • Japan

Hiroshi is a high school student who dreams of one day writing a children's book. But knowing that dreams need money to become a reality, he works hard and saves for the day when he can be a writer. A chance meeting with Hiroko on the subway leads to love and is vital in helping him finally realise his ambitions.

Simulation Exercise

1984 • 30 min • United Kingdom

'They're no trouble', says the head-master, 'just give them something simple and undemanding to do - just keep their heads down'. It was better advice then he knew.

Kinnikuman: Great Riot! Justice Chojin

1984 • 48 min • Japan

When Bibimbap, the last daughter of the Horumon Clan falls in love with Kinnikuman during her mission to assassinate him, her father Horumon Yaki enlists the aide of Shishkeba Boo of the Barbecue Clan, promising him Bibimba's hand in marriage. Shishkeba Boo himself has joined forces with the "Dark Monarch" Black Emperor, who looks to destroy Kinnikuman.

Jumping

1984 • 6 min • Japan

A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984 • 58 min • France, United States of America, Germany

In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends-- Namely, the intercontinental exchange of culture, combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, linked up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea, reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even 25 million (including the later repeat transmissions).

Benriya K-ko

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Herbicide Trials

1984 • 49 min • Canada

In 1983, fifteen Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, landowners went to court to stop the spraying of herbicides by the local subsidiary of a Swedish multinational on forests adjacent to their properties. They found that the testimony of scientists and the support of public opinion, both here and abroad, were not enough to win their case. The film shows their ordeal and the landmark Sydney trial. Concerns raised included potential conflict-of-interest situations where a government must protect citizens' health while supporting certain kinds of industry; the relative value of the political and judicial processes in mediating social problems; and the need for a public forum for debating environmental issues. The film contains outstanding footage from chemical-industry films of the 1950s and recent material about Vietnam veterans affected by Agent Orange.

Real Inside

1984 • 12 min • Canada

Hopeful job candidate Buck Boom is dynamic, forceful, confident and creative. But can he convince Mr. Mudgin, the personnel manager, to hire him? You see, Boom is an animated character in a live-action world and Mudgin is not used to dealing with someone who is different.

Nise mibôjin - Ichijiku hakusho

1984 • 60 min • Japan

A woman bored with her lover starts an affair with the college friend of the deceased husband of her best friend by pretending to be the widow.

Los Sures

1984 • 58 min • United States of America

A documentary on the inhabitants of South Williamsburg, New York, whose lives are explored through the testimony of five inhabitants of the Brooklyn neighborhood. In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. In fact, it had been called the worst ghetto in America. Diego Echeverria's film skillfully represents the challenges of its time: drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, single-parent homes, and inadequate local resources. The complex portrait also celebrates the vitality of this largely Puerto Rican and Dominican community, showing the strength of their culture, their creativity, and their determination to overcome a desperate situation.

Knightmare

1984 • 12 min • Australia

Sydney, 2112 A.D. - Children scavenging among the rubble of their city accidentally discover a long sealed Hall of Ages, containing the tools of an arcane art.

Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!

1984 • 24 min • Japan

Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! is the second movie of Uchuu Keiji Shaider. This movie takes place between episodes 39 and 40, and was released on December 22, 1984.

Eat the Young Fruit!

1984 • 60 min • Japan

A comedy set in an entertainment production company on the outskirts of the world. This is a place for men who aspire to be in the entertainment industry and have a chance to make their debut, even if it's just a production company. Waiting for them are some lewd men during a strange festival that has been passed down in Kurume, Kyushu.

Nishikawa Serina: Nozokibeya no onna

1984 • 60 min • Japan

A parody paying homage to Nobuhiko Obayashi's masterpiece Exchange Students , released a year prior to this film. Amidst the slapstick chaos of a man and woman whose minds and bodies are accidentally swapped, this gem explores the preciousness and poignancy of truly loving someone.

Shell Life

1984 • 2 min • United States of America

Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.

Glass

1984 • 42 min • Philippines

Paolo, Girlie and Johnny perform spirit of the glass in an abandoned house. When they contact the spirits; namely Isabel, Ibarra and Juanito, the spirits break free from the glass and possess the teens.

Kathy Acker

1984 • 47 min

Documentary about Kathy Acker where she talks about her writing and her life in New York.

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

Rapid-fire Technique

1984 • 58 min

Yoko has entered into a contractual marriage with Yuki, but the formal marriage has not yet taken place. In an attempt to resolve her feelings, Yoko decides to commit to the marriage, but Yuki begins to express a desire to return to his hometown.

Berg Simeli

1984 • 32 min • East Germany

Kunz, the poor day laborer who is richly blessed with children, discovers the secret of the cave in the Simeliberg while collecting wood. Robbers keep their looted treasures there. Kunz takes some of it from time to time so that he can put a little more on the table for his family. Kunz's rich, stingy and suspicious neighbor discovers the secret of the treasure cave. His greed blinds him so much that he runs into his misfortune.

Manananggal

1984 • 43 min

Douglas, a young Visayan teenager, stays with his grandmother to take responsibility with his young brothers Gio and Zia when their parents are working in Davao.

Duellantens ansikte

1984 • 55 min • Sweden

An old woman with unusual complaint visits a district medical officer.

Hitozuma ryôjoku

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Pink film by Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu.