All Films

Early Bird

1983 • 5 min • United Kingdom

The morning shift at a big-city radio station.

Walking Works

1983 • 5 min • Japan

16mm, 5'00

Little Red Riding Hood

1983 • 54 min • United States of America

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.

The Intercessor

1983 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A writer seeking seclusion takes rooms in a remote farmhouse. Soon his quiet is broken by sounds and then sightings of a small child...

Étude for Dominoes and Grand Piano

1983 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Life in an apartment house changes dramatically when a new lodger arrives with his grand piano.

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983 • 48 min

Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

1983 • 58 min

John Candy presents the 1983 Young Comedians Show.

Ikuska 14: Zuberoako artzainak

1983 • 10 min • Spain

On grazing in the region of Zuberoa, in the Northern Basque Country.

Ikuska 17: Matxitxako itsasguda

1983 • 10 min • Spain

Documentary about the survivors of the naval battle that took place off the coast of Bermeo in 1937 between Franco's ships and the Basque auxiliary navy.

麻衣子・ほほづえ

1983 • 30 min • Japan

Notre Dame de la Croisette

1983 • 53 min • Switzerland

A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on television from her hotel room.

A Parcel From Bombay

1983 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A man from India was staying in one of the villages. After a wonderful time spent with the friendly owners of lands far from his home, he returned to his homeland, and to please those who liked him so much, he sent a real elephant with the help of a delivery service. What are ordinary citizens to do with this miracle that has fallen on their heads?

Burden

1983 • 30 min • Soviet Union

After the death of her mother, little Olya lives alone with her father. One evening, a girl hears her father inviting his beloved girl Sveta to stay with them forever. But she offers to send the girl to a 24-hour kindergarten so that she does not become a burden for them. Olya asks the teacher Varya what this word means? Olya is very attached to her teacher and she would like to see her as a new mother.

An Art of the Fugue

1983 • 58 min • Canada

In Part II of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach", Gould concentrates on the fugal form in Bach's works, showing us how Bach uses keys like stops on an organ, and how they give him ideas and colours. He performs various fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier and reveals why he feels the "Art of Fugue" is the work that summed up Bach's life.

YMO: Winter Live '81

1983 • 57 min • Japan

Yellow Magic Orchestra concert recorded in late December 1981 at the Shinjuku Koma Theater.

The Pimp’s World

1983 • 28 min • United States of America

The world of pimping in early 1980s America offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into a controversial underground lifestyle. Through exclusive interviews with the notorious figure “Harold” and his associates—Alice, Lori, and Karen—the film provides a nuanced exploration of the lives of pimps and streetwalkers and the ways their paths intertwine. With a focus on both the allure and inherent dangers of this lifestyle, the documentary reaches a sombre climax, shedding light on the tragic murder of Alice Franklin, one of Harold’s streetwalkers, later that same year.

Costakis: The Collector

1983 • 54 min

One public housing flat in Moscow stood out above all others: the home of George Costakis, the foremost collector of early 20th century Russian avant-garde art. Its walls were crowded with banned and forgotten works by artists such as Malevich, Tatlin, Kandinsky, Chagall, Lissitzky, Rodchenko, and Kliun; public figures such as Edward Kennedy, Stravinsky, and Alfred Barr visited. Barrie Gavin met the collector in 1982 at his home in Athens. Costakis, a Greek born in Russia, passionately shares his story and those of the great Russian avant-garde artists. Their works are his legacy – without him, they would not have survived the political upheavals in Russia.

Joe Jackson: Sight and Sound in Concert

1983 • 44 min

Steve Blacknell introduces a concert by Joe Jackson from the Regal Theatre, Hitchin

An Evening With Kitten

1983 • 30 min • United States of America

Fantasize to your Heart's Content as you watch the Incredible Kitten Natividad Frolic in this Hilarious Burlesque Extravaganza.

Party in Rio

1983 • 56 min

This is a short travel log of the night and beach life of Rio de Janeiro during the annual Carnival. Arnold spends some time with beautiful models in the Club Oba Oba, on the beach, at the parade, at a costume party, in a couple of restaurants, and at a street side cafe.

Garland of Kids

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

First film. On a trip to the zoo come a group of children, each of them holding a hand over the rope. Monkeys are introduced to the group, mingling with the children, and begin to misbehave.

The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist

1983 • 38 min

In 1906 the young Bela Bartok set out to discover the forgotten music of his people. He found a vast treasure of folk music all over Eastern Europe, and he called his discovery 'a miraculous circumstance'. In this film the late A. L. Lloyd retraces Bartok's journeys through Hungary and Romania to rediscover that treasure of native music.

The Christmas That Almost Wasn't

1983 • 26 min

The Christmas That Almost Wasn't is the 1983 direct-to-video program, which is presented by Chuck E. Cheese's/Showbiz Pizza Restaurants. It centers around Chuck E. Cheese and Jasper T. Jowls as they set out to the North Pole in order to save Christmas.

Die blaue Distanz

1983 • 25 min

A woman on a train.