All Films

Dialogen fortsätter

1980 • 59 min

A conversation between Margareta Strömstedt, Ulla Isaksson and Erik Hjalmar Linder about Elin Wägner.

Unusual Haunting

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated film for children about how a hunter decided to go hunting.

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

1980 • 60 min • United States of America

A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) and figurative (movement in a relationship between two people).

Ikuska 9: Euskal artistak

1980 • 10 min • Spain

Short film on the art in the Basque Country.

Die drei anderen Jahreszeiten

1980 • 36 min • East Germany, Germany

Documentary film about the inhabitants of the village of Gager on the island of Rügen. The net and trap fishermen are a close-knit community and use the three seasons of fall, winter and spring to make ends meet for themselves and their families. In summer, many of them offer holidaymakers their vacation rooms, during which time fishing takes a back seat. With impressive pictures and original sounds, the women and men describe their experiences and compare the difficult times before and the up-and-coming times after the 1950s. The mayoress of the village of Gager and the district of Groß Zickau tells vivid stories about the "battles" within her own family and against the men of the village and the party leadership in order to achieve certain goals for the benefit of all.

Reflections on my Shadow

1980 • 27 min

The New Chinese Connection

1980 • 23 min

Director William Lee's homage to his idol, Bruce Lee

The Cutting Edge

1980 • 18 min • United States of America

Yûichirô Miura, the man who skied down Everest, journeys to an 8,000 foot mountain in the midst of a frozen antarctic wasteland to experience the incomparable thrill of skiing where no one has skied before.

The Grid

1980 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A story about a time traveler and the search for the first cell of one's existence. 'The Dead', played by Peter Murphy searches for and finds a 'Grid' which enables him to watch the beginning of his life -from the moment of conception.

A Little Swelling

1980 • 56 min

A drama shot on location in Reykjavík which deals with the pregnancy of a 16 year old schoolgirl and the effect it has on her life. This is an unusual look at a classic situation through the eyes of the young mother-to-be. Humour heightens the refreshingly new treatment of the subject matter.

The Escape

1980 • 6 min • United States of America

Horror short.

The Myths of Shoplifting

1980 • 16 min • United States of America

A short film that tries to deter young people from shoplifting.

Tailor for Women

1980 • 53 min • Yugoslavia

A former bowler (former trader as well) finds the meaning of life in tailoring female clothes, a job through which he meets women of all interests.

Like Someone's Knocking

1980 • 12 min • Yugoslavia

Parents who lost track of their children speak about their attempts to find them and hope for reunion.

Water Ring Karma 2

1980 • 4 min • Japan

Abstract forms animated in drawings.

Petit Pierre

1980 • 8 min • France

Scenes from the life and creative work of Pierre Avezard (Petit Pierre), an "art brut" artist with Treacher Collins syndrome who, since 1937, reused waste materials to build a massive merry-go-round automaton in Loiret. The work is currently part of La Fabuloserie's collection. Winner of the 1980 César for Best Short Documentary.

Alkoholmißbrauch durch Jugendliche

1980 • 6 min

Intended for young people, the film uses real-life scenes to depict situations of alcohol consumption among predominantly male adolescents and uses animated graphics to provide information on consumption quantities, risk calculation and the physical effects of alcohol.

South Slope: What Love Tells Me

1980 • 25 min • United States of America

South Slope: What Love Tells Me is a 16mm film made in 1978-1980 by the artist Abbott Meader. It is a dramatic portrait of a piece of land in Maine as seen through the seasons filmed over a period of two years. It is both a documentary and a film poem structured to respond to the 6th Movement of Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony as performed by the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, which kindly donated the performance recording for use in this film. Mahler's subtitle for the 6th Movement is "What Love Tells Me."

Vill du följa med mig Martha?

1980 • 25 min

The daily life of an immigrant woman.

The Rescue

1980 • 5 min • East Germany

A man and his donkey rescue someone from a crevice, who repays the man with gold and the donkey with sugar. Later, they hear another cry for help and proceed to a second rescue.

Zhang Fei Shen Gua

1980 • 25 min

Zhang Fei solves a malicious accusation when he is taking charge of a local official.

Tunait is de nait

1980 • 12 min • Spain

Confidential Part 2

1980 • 21 min

A portrait of a filmmaker confessing his remorse at the scandalous manner in which he gathered material for his voyeuristic film, Spying. here an eerie interpersonal relationship is developed between the filmmaker and his camera which culminates in violence…

Scopitone

1980 • 35 min • France