All Films

Am Strand

1982 • 9 min

The film tells the fantastic story of a young man who can fly.

Deadly Choice

1982 • 55 min • United States of America

A doctor and his daughter find themselves on opposing sides of the controversial topic of abortion.

Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade

1982 • 25 min

Strawberry Shortcake and her cat Custard are hosting and judging a pet show, but the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes plotting to have their pets win by cheating.

Night of the Milky Way Railroad

1982 • 45 min • Japan

To Climb a Mountain

1982 • 26 min • United States of America

To Climb a Mountain is a made-for-TV movie starring Emilio Estevez

Ikuska 13: Euskal kanta berria

1982 • 11 min • Spain

Documentary dedicated to the new Basque music.

The Magic Shop

1982 • 23 min

A father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

1982 • 28 min • United States of America

The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explored in a witty, poignant portrait of two artists. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (whose father Louis was a poet in his own right) and performance artist/sculptor Allan Kaprow (whose father is a high-powered lawyer) are the sons who struggle with and against the influences of these patriarchal figures.

Noisy Neighbours

1982 • 6 min

A grotesque, frenetic and musical short film from Jérome Lefdup, Dominik Barbier, and Larry Flash.

Vem spökar Alfons Åberg?

1982 • 11 min • Sweden

Alfons knows that there are no ghosts or monsters, but if there were, they would certainly appear when you are alone and it is dark!

Waiting for Waiting for Godot

1982 • 7 min

Super 8 film by Derek Jarman.

The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood

1982 • 29 min • Canada

Newfoundland writer Harold Horwood has been called many things, but his own opinion of himself is undiminished. A former union organizer, politician in the Smallwood government, muckraking journalist, and founder of a counterculture "free school" in the 1960s, he is also an award-winning author whose regional base has not lessened his national stature.

A Dedicated Man

1982 • 60 min

Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes distraught when she learns that Maurice has been offered a more prestigious job at a luxury hotel. Maurice explains to Edith that he can only take the position if he is married. Unaware Edith's crush, Maurice proposes. She accepts and they set up a household for business purposes only -- complete with a photograph of a make-believe son. As Edith continues to live with this charade, her obsession with Maurice and the "son" grows, leading to a shocking and disturbing outcome!

Mr. Kershaw's Dream System

1982 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A man grows insane when he hears the beeping of a Monarch telephone, and he seeks help of a psychiatrist.

It's Just Better

1982 • 16 min • Canada

In a farmhouse on Cape Breton Island where Shawn Peter Dwyer, age 10, lives with his mother and nine brothers and sisters, children's pockets are usually empty and their lives well filled.

Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg

1982 • 53 min

Documentary on Nicolas Roeg

Perry Como's Christmas in Paris

1982 • 60 min

Perry Como hosts this Christmas special, featuring music and songs Parisian-style.

A New Approach to Hong Kong

1982 • 22 min • United Kingdom

A look at British involvement in the construction of the new double-track railway from Kowloon, on Hong Kong's harbour, to the Chinese border.

Here's a Funny Thing

1982 • 60 min • United Kingdom

John Bardon performs his acclaimed stage show tribute to the comedian Max Miller for Channel 4. Miller's story is told as a part of his act, weaving biographical details amongst the gags and songs.

Spiral Labyrinth

1982 • 3 min • Japan

Drawing animation, Reshooting 8mm Film.

Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon

1982 • 54 min • France

Musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti recorded more than 60 albums to promote the magic of Afrobeat but never lost his political voice as an outspoken critic against widespread government corruption in Nigeria. This documentary examines the role that Fela, dubbed "Black President," played in shedding light on atrocities in his homeland and in promoting the ascent of African music worldwide.

Gods of Metal

1982 • 28 min • United States of America

Gods of Metal is a 1982 American short documentary film produced by Robert Richter for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers on nuclear disarmament. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

So Is This

1982 • 49 min • Canada

English and French words flash individually over a black background.

The Triangle

1982 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Julia spends every night preparing a multi-course feast for her husband Viktor. Until one day Eduard appears from under the electric stove and starts demanding his share of the meal.