All Films

The Ballroom of Romance

1982 • 51 min • Ireland

A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.

Stanley, the Ugly Duckling

1982 • 27 min • United States of America

In this adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Stanley the duck timidly leaves the only home he's ever known -- the egg he hatched from -- to learn more about himself and search for his family. Along the way, he meets Nathan, a happy-go-lucky fox who teaches Stanley not to worry about his exterior, noting that one shouldn't pass judgment on others based on looks alone. Features the voices of Wolfman Jack, Rick Dees and Susan Blu.

The Miracle of Life

1982 • 57 min

Documentary which shows the human reproductive cycle from conception to birth, through the use of microscopic cameras within the human body.

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1982 • 39 min • Soviet Union

The second adventure of Alice who steps through the looking glass and finds herself in a wonderful mirror land populated by chess figures and weird creatures.

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1982 • 46 min

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist. (BAM) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Cans or Bags

1982 • 53 min • Yugoslavia

A satire set during a house council meeting, where the tenants argue over the problem of taking out the garbage.

Rusty House

1982 • 2 min • Japan

A celluloid film based on Hiroyuki Kakudo's paper animation of the same title (1981).

Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter

1982 • 60 min • Japan

A rich retired middle-aged man is seduced by young bar dancer and she moves into his mansion. He enjoys his newfound girlfriend when her sexy mother shows up. The mother and daughter both proceed to seduce him to exhaustion. But when some relatives of the man show up with their plans for the property the mother and daughter must find a way to fight back.

Christmas Comes to Pac-land

1982 • 23 min • United States of America

Pac-Man and friends try to help Santa fix his sleigh and save Christmas!

Medea

1982 • 46 min • Netherlands

Frans Zwartjes' adaptation of Euripides' tragedy, originally produced for stage by the actresses Josée Ruiter and Çanci Geraerdts.

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982

1982 • 17 min • Germany, United States of America, France

Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on HAMMET(1982) with Francis Ford Coppola, and the differences between the film-making process in Europe and the States.

Midnight Sun

1982 • 20 min • Yugoslavia

A story about a poor man who finds a way out of his situation by escaping into dreams and desires. The screenplay is based on the short story "A Little Sun" by the contemporary Syrian writer Zekerija Tamir.

Johnny Goes Home

1982 • 48 min • United States of America

Johnny Carson makes a nostalgic visit back to his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska in the fall of 1981, revisiting the places of his youth and talking with some of the people he grew up with.

Shine So Hard

1982 • 33 min

'Shine So Hard' is a rare Echo and the Bunnymen promotional concert film, taking place during their 1981 'Camo Tour'.

Come Into The Garden Maud

1982 • 57 min • United Kingdom

A rich cornhusker and his social climbing wife find themselves in the company of royalty. While the wife is entertaining a high and mighty prince downstairs, the husband is entertaining a threadbare princess upstairs. It doesn't take long for the husband to realize he has more in common with royalty than his wife does.

Ted Baryluk's Grocery

1982 • 11 min • Canada

Ukrainian-Canadian Ted Baryluk's grocery store has been a fixture in Winnipeg's North End for over 20 years. In this photo study, Ted talks about his store, the customers who have come and gone and the social changes his multicultural neighbourhood has seen. But most of all he wonders what will become of his store after he retires. He hopes his daughter will take over, but she wants to move away. The film is a wistful rendering of a shopkeeper's relationship with his daughter and a fascinating portrait of a neighbourhood and its inhabitants.

The Clash: Live in Tokyo

1982 • 55 min • Japan

Pop Goes Christmas

1982 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A musical special from Granada with David Essex, Mari Wilson, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Shakin' Stevens, The Nolans, Toto Coelo, The Mighty Wah!, Musical Youth and Toyah performing festive classics.

The Fat Albert Easter Special

1982 • 23 min • United States of America

Easter is fast approaching, and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids find their efforts to do something nice for Mudfoot thwarted by a practical joke gone horribly awry.

The Vanished World of Gloves

1982 • 16 min • Czechoslovakia

Using an array of gloves in different styles and from different historical periods, the film is a short history of the cinema - from silent movies via pastiches of Buñuel and Fellini and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to a futurist junkyard where tin cans become animated police cars in a city of urban decay.

Ounce of Prevention

1982 • 12 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny and his friends teach children about safety regarding fires and other burn-causing injuries in the home.

Aoi sangoshō kagirinaku waisetsu ni ikedori

1982 • 54 min

The murderous intent hidden in the white, ripe, soft skin that burns strangely. A love suspense story.

Seepage

1982 • 9 min • United States of America

"Marlborough" and "The Arab", lounging on the pool terrace, are alienated characters in some future time, living in a world where art work comes to life, phones continuously ring, televisions hum all night, and smog seeps into their brains. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Mizuho Nakagawa's Semi-Documentary Live Wiretapping Video

1982 • 30 min • Japan

While her husband was away, Mizuho was invited to make love with another man...Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.