All Films

Topchumba

1980 • 10 min • Soviet Union

There was a bear cub in the same forest, named Topchumba. He was mocked by all the animals in the forest for his clumsiness. But one day his dad told him how to become dexterous and skillful.

Separated

1980 • 29 min • Soviet Union

A brother and sister are pulled apart by rich oligarchs named The Three Fat Men.

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

1980 • 60 min

A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor who is in love with her and her unhappy sister who comes to stay.

Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions

1980 • 45 min

A tribute to Britain's number one sex symbol of the 1970's - Mary Millington. Made a year after her tragic death, this film uses archive footage from all aspects of her life, from intimate interviews to adult modelling.

Helvete också

1980 • 20 min

Friday is disco-day. But everything will not go as planned. The girl you just met disappears when your friends are about to move on. And too much booze adds to regrets and angst in the abandoned suburb.

Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth

1980 • 36 min • United States of America

Vidor and Wyeth discuss the influence of The Big Parade on Wyeth and the use of metaphors in art

Seven Brothers

1980 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Seven brothers are seven colored pencils, the best friends of all kids. The pencil brothers paint the world around them in different colors, draw the sun and trees, a lake and a house, and after the rain, the brothers’ mother appears in the sky - a bright rainbow.

Lepakkolinna

1980 • 50 min • Finland

Set in 1860's Transylvania, a group of travelers ends to the Dracula's castle.

Seven Rights of a Viewer

1980 • 2 min • East Germany, Germany

An enumeration of various ways by which the public might react to a film projection.

Loneliness

1980 • 3 min • East Germany, Germany

An old widower comes up with a plan to not spend Christmas alone.

Lulu, The Flower Angel

1980 • 15 min • Japan

The King of the Flower Planet is dying, but his heir can’t take up the throne until the legendary Seven Color Flower, symbol of the King’s power, is found. The Angels Cateau and Noveau are sent to Earth to find the Flower Girl, a young female who descends from both humans and Flower Angels (who once inhabited Earth, long ago) – and they find Lunlun in France. They convince her to go in a long journey to find the Flower – she’ll know the good and bad sides of humans and Flower Angels (incarnated in the ambicious Togenishia and her sidekick Boris), and will fall in love with Serge Flora, a man who holds a great secret. (Anime-Sensei)

Well, Just You Wait! 13

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Volk and Zayats participate in the 1980 Olympic Games.

El Secreto

1980 • 45 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

The Tale of the Funny Clown

1980 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon about a funny clown who drove away an evil old woman named Boredom from the city by putting on a funny show for children. In one town lived Boredom, an evil old woman who did not allow children to play and have fun. But one day a funny, amusing clown came to visit the kids. At the funny circus show put on by the clown for the children, joy and laughter reigned. And Boredom had to run away from the city.

Swans of Nepriadva

1980 • 24 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon about the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

The Kinks - One for the Road

1980 • 60 min • United Kingdom

One for the Road is a live concert video by the rock band "The Kinks". It was released in conjunction with a live album of the same name. Many of the bands classic songs are featured, including "You really got me", "Lola" and "Celluloid Heroes"

Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth

1980 • 16 min

In June 1980, Michael Powell came to Dartmouth as an artist in residence, developing and producing a fifteen-minute pilot film with the students based on Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy.

Parting Shots from Animals

1980 • 52 min • United Kingdom

“Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in collaboration with Chris Rawlence. Shot entirely in the UK, it consists of a diverse series of arresting ‘films within a film’, each presented as if made about us from the perspective of the animals whose lives we may appear to celebrate, but continue to exploit and to destroy. While John Berger doesn’t appear in the film and wasn’t directly involved in it’s making, he narrates to great effect the text he co-wrote to accompany the film’s provocative opening sequence.

The Wall of Death

1980 • 28 min • Yugoslavia

Bizarre life of circus performers and their encounters with danger are the main substance of this TV drama.

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

1980 • 59 min • United States of America

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a band rehearsal, interviews, and extensive improvisations. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored for the best possible viewing experience.

Hotel Magnezit

1980 • 12 min • Hungary

Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.

Neither

1980 • 50 min

Film of Morton Feldman's short opera (libretto by Samuel Beckett).

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

1980 • 50 min • United States of America

Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.

Kremmen: The Movie

1980 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Short animated film centred on Kenny Everett's sci-fi character, Captain Kremmen, a pastiche of Dan Dare.