All Films

Chain Reaction

1980 • 10 min

A Konstantine Matsaberidze Cartoon

Vocation

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A documentary film about the rural cinematographer of Pukskiy volost in Valga County, Jaan Vihme — a man for whom bringing the joy of cinema to people has become both a calling and a hobby, as well as the beloved work of his entire life…

Compass

1980 • 13 min • Japan

When you shoot incandescent light in daylight, the image appears blue. To compensate for this, you put an amber filter on the lens, but if you remove the filter from the lens and move it away from the camera, you will see two areas of different color temperatures. A series of photos was taken while rotating the filter around, and the area inside the filter becomes distorted as the shutter speed slows down.

Cinématon n°65 : Howard Guttenplan

1980 • 4 min • France

Country: United States of America. Profession: Filmmaker. Done in Paris (France) on July 7, 1979 at 3:15 p.m.

The Children of Palestine

1980 • 54 min • East Germany, Palestinian Territory

Interviews with children in Palestinian refugee camps.

Cet Homme Derriere La Vitre

1980 • 42 min • France

This film is the confession of a man whom society usually describes as mentally ill. It allows us to discover a being endowed with rare qualities of soul and spirit. It is also a testimony sometimes funny, sometimes tender, sometimes bitter and upsetting on the itinerary of an individual stuck between society, family, psychiatric institution and himself. Jacques Zelnio died in 1989 after having lived as a recluse at his parents' place, in a room of 10 m2 from which he only went out on very rare occasions... to be prescribed tranquillizers.

Cheese

1980 • 25 min • France

CHEESE! Anglo-Saxon expression whose pronunciation invites a smile... SMILE... French word widely recommended to cheerleaders. The popular festivals and the parade of drum bands seem to no longer be able to do without the participation of the cheerleading troops. This habit, directly imported from the U.S.A, is particularly widespread in the cities of the Nord Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin. CHEESE therefore invites us to dive into this small world with well-established habits. The gaze is sometimes critical but the general tone is humorous. CHEESE was entirely filmed in Somain, in the North, on the occasion of a large gathering of cheerleaders coming from many cities of the region.

Hispanic America

1980 • 13 min • United States of America

Produced by CBS News and distributed by Carousel Films, the film begins with a brief introduction from Walter Cronkite, then follows reporter Ed Rabel as he describes the changing demographics of the United States, centered around the three distinct communities of Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans.

Noapte roz

1980 • 10 min • Romania

The story of how two men want to take an abusive advantage of a young woman from the countryside by promising her the world, but only if she goes through them first.

Eva 2000

1980 • 14 min • Germany

An insight into various fashion shows in Germany, for example in Düsseldorf or Bonn.

[Garden & Joe]

1980 • 4 min

Gardening was an essential part of Elam’s life; she not only tended to her own, quite impressive, backyard garden, she also attained the status of Master Gardener and then helped Chicago communities develop gardens and landscape neighborhoods. Elam’s garden features prominently in many of her films, and here is captured with devotion and blended beautifully, through use of double exposure, with other elements of her home.

Chair Maker John Surlis

1980 • 26 min

A 1980 documentary in which Irish chair maker John Surlis makes a stick chair from an ash log using the "slab and stick method".

Standing Waves

1980 • 10 min

Excerpts from a series of large scale abstract real-time video-art projections for LA's and WeHo's pre-rave club culture.

Masayuki Tomioka’s One-Shot Gag Collection

1980 • 3 min

8mm film made in 1980 by the Bunkyo University Film Research Club.

The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher

1980 • 50 min

Explores the life and work of the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

1980 • 26 min

A look at Karl Hess, libertarian intellectual and activist, from his background as a magazine editor in his youth to his work as a Republican speechwriter, as he became simultaneously a writer for Barry Goldwater and a member of Students for a Democratic Society. In the late 1960s he embarked on a new period in his life, moving to rural West Virginia and becoming involved in movements promoting alternative technologies and renewable energy. He discusses his views opposing large institutions, ranging from government to corporations to universities.

Andy Lights the Fire

1980 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Andy arrives home from school, and goes to light the fire in the living room. His sister, Sal, warns him against this, but Andy is adamant that if he's careful everything will be OK. Unfortunately a smouldering match lands on a copy of The Beano…

Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival

1980 • 30 min • United States of America

Captures the music and mood of the 1972 old time music festival 1973 held at the home of brothers John and Dave Morris in Ivydale, West Virginia. These annual "back porch" festivals were famous for their outstanding fiddle, banjo, and ballad music, as well as for their persistent rain and mud. About thirty musicians are featured.

Julie

1980 • 3 min

A snapshot from the filmmaker's own life in rural Maine.

Thresholds

1980 • 19 min • Argentina

Marie Louise Alemann, who died in February 2015, was an experimental filmmaker based in Buenos Aires. She worked on Super8 and developed a bold yet enigmatic style, frequently performing in her own films, and emphasising physical sensations and the primacy of the body. In the words of curator Federico Windhausen, her Umbrales ‘deserves to be seen as a major work of Latin American queer cinema’.

RX Recipe

1980 • 12 min

Early film by Jayne Parker.

Be Quiet Please!

1980 • 4 min • Japan

Short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto

My Movie Melodies

1980 • 7 min • Japan

In this film, the image produces the sound, the "image sound". The filmmaker takes pictures of landscapes, incidents. The various images are used to cover a wide range of sounds. The main melody is the radiographic image of a comb.

Nesterka

1980 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Based on Belarusian humorous tales about the joker and merry fellow Nesterka.