All Films

Quartet for the End of Time

1983 • 23 min • Mexico

The story of a young man who lives alone in his house, and his indifference and solitude with the world around him.

Hunter and His Son

1983 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Young Saltyk follows the example of his father and learns to be brave in the fight against the evil monster that ruined his village. Based on Altai folk tales.

Cilla Black's Christmas Eve

1983 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Special featuring Cilla Black and her guests Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, the Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias and George Benson.

Night and Dreams

1983 • 11 min • Germany

Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams) is the last television play written and directed by Samuel Beckett and broadcast on 19th May 1983. It is a wordless play, the only sound that of a male voice humming, then singing, from the last seven bars of Schubert’s lied Nacht und Träume, words by Matthäus Casimir von Collin: "Holde Träume, kehret wieder!" ("Sweet dreams, come back"). Schubert was a composer much loved by Beckett – "the composer who spoke most to him…whom he considered a friend in suffering" (Wiki) Beckett lists five elements that make up the play: evening light, the dreamer (A), his dreamt self (B), a pair of dreamt hands and the last seven bars of Schubert’s lied.

Gråtvalsen

1983 • 57 min • Sweden

"Crocodile tears" - Fellowship is replaced by suspicion and hatred in a Stockholm suburb. Wheelchair-bound retiree Hugo lives with his wife and his mentally unstable son.

The Black and the Green

1983 • 45 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Explores the influence of the African American civil rights movement, both in philosophy and strategy, on the fight for Catholic independence in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

So Far from India

1983 • 49 min • United States of America

Via the New York Times: "...film examines the marriage of Ashok Sheth and his wife, Hansa. Ashok moved to New York only days after the wedding, to a woman he barely knew; the match was arranged in the traditional way. Now Ashok sells magazines in a subway station at 116th Street, lives in a cell- sized apartment and cherishes his new freedom. The film follows Ashok through such American activities as a visit to a store that sells running shoes. Then it follows him back to India, where Hansa waits with a baby he has never seen, and with a great many questions as to her future. "

The Dylan Thomas Trail

1983 • 28 min • United Kingdom

Dylan Thomas is perceived as one of the greatest poets working in the English language in the 20th century. He lived in London, and spent time in America, but chose his home in West Wales, in the village of Laugharne. This video trails all his most regular haunts, including his aunt's farm Fern Hill, and the village of Laugharne.

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

1983 • 12 min

This tape is an attempt to focus on a few moments of the fractured, subjective experience of public sexual encounters – an evening spent in a nightclub.

Shadows from Light

1983 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Born in 1904, Brandt was a shy and enigmatic man who dominated British photography for decades. His early studies of class-divided Britain were followed by the postwar series of "distorted nudes", shot on beaches and inside rooms. The film is a fitting final portrait of Brandt (it was completed in the year he died), and recomposes his work in cinematic terms. The camera moves through an apartment where the pictures were taken, to reveal photographs scattered 'in situ'. These are panned to show the surrounding space, the angle of vision and a model who reconstructs Brandt's original image. Dwoskin emphasises visual atmosphere through the language of the eye.

Copper Mountain

1983 • 60 min • Canada

Two friends travel to a ski resort, with one looking to hit the slopes, while the other spends time trying to pick up women.

Lotus Goes Turbo

1983 • 27 min • United Kingdom

In 1983, the Lotus F1 team journey into the unknown, as they have to overcome the loss of ground-effect aerodynamics and a transition from the normally-aspirated Cosworth engine, to the more powerful, but more complex Renault Turbo unit.

Happy Day

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

About a kind girl helping her grandfather with housework.

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

1983 • 60 min

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Perman: The Birdman Has Arrived!!

1983 • 25 min • Japan

Mitsuo Suwa is an elementary school student who is not good at studying or sports. He happens to meet Birdman, a righteous alien who visits Earth, and is appointed as Perman No. 1, a superhero who protects peace on Earth. Perman No. 1 is entrusted with a helmet that increases his power 6600 times and makes his body immune to bullets, a cape that allows him to fly freely, and a badge that can also be used as a communication device and oxygen tank . Together with his partner, the chimpanzee Perman No. 2 , Perman No. 1 must face various villains and accidents. Then, in front of them, Mitsuo's classmate Michiko is kidnapped!

Community of Praise

1983 • 59 min

This documentary examines one family's desperate search for faith and religious meaning in Muncie, Indiana.

The Rovers

1983 • 40 min

Documentary which looks at a period of the last few months of 1982 in the fortunes of Tranmere Rovers FC, a football club fighting for survival in the fourth division

The Tree and the Cat

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

Père Noël et fils

1983 • 40 min • France

City Survival

1983 • 25 min • Canada

A young woman leaves the comfort of her small rural community to pursue opportunities in a big Canadian city. She encounters obstacles that almost force her to return home, but she eventually picks up the skills to adjust to the city.

Nude Aerobics

1983 • 57 min • United States of America

A group of women do nude aerobics.

Thin Lizzy - Live at the Regal Theatre

1983 • 45 min

This is an excellent video from this legendary band's farewell tour. Tracklist: -Introduction by Pete Drummond- Jailbreak / This Is The One / Cold Sweat / The Sun Goes Down / Holy War / The Boys Are Back In Town / Rosalie / Baby Please Don't Go

The Mysterious Paul

1983 • 27 min • Canada

At seventy-one, Paul's knife swallowing days appear to be numbered; an injury to his oesophagus injury has halted his public performances and raised concern among his family. In private, to keep up his spirits, he continues to practice his routine before a mirror.

China Lake

1983 • 34 min • United States of America

China Lake tells the story of motorcycle cop Donnelly, a man who spends his vacation time driving around on his Harley in the desert highways still dressed in his uniform. Clearly halfway through this short we learn that Donnelly is deeply disturbed and psychopathic after coming across a few people that have upset him in his twisted ideal of what is right and wrong.