All Films

How the Fox Chased the Hare

1979 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A hare and a hungry, sad fox chasing him have a conversation about what it takes to get what you want in life.

Northern Fairytale

1979 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Based on the folklore of the peoples of the North.

What Are Birds, Anyway?

1979 • 16 min • Soviet Union

One day, a chick hatches from a chicken egg that has rolled away from the others. Without its mother nearby, it cannot understand who it is. The little one sets off on a journey in search of its identity.

chirurgie optique

1979 • 9 min

Awarded Gold Prize at the Onion City Film Festival, Chicago.

The Love of the Three Pomegranates

1979 • 25 min • Portugal

In this highly theatrical TV production, Monteiro again draws on the world of folklore – and, more precisely, on the widespread sexual connotation of the pomegranate – to tell a tale of love, envy, treason and mistaken/double identities.

Sea Dream

1979 • 6 min • Canada

Children, like adults, have days that go wrong. This film shows how one little girl overcomes the day's frustrations by diving into an underwater fantasy where she spends time with her friend, the lady octopus. After playing many wonderful games together, the little girl re-enters the world of reality feeling fine and refreshed.

Leif

1979 • 60 min • United States of America

Teen idol Leif Garrett headlines this variety music, dance and comedy sketch special with guest stars Bob Hope, Marie Osmond, Brooke Shields and Japanese pop duo Pink Lady.

Joe Jackson: Rock Goes to College

1979 • 42 min • United Kingdom

Joe Jackson Live at Hatfield Polytechnic, UK. 29 November 1979. Introduction 1) SUNDAY PAPERS (00:26) 2) ONE MORE TIME (05:22) 3) FRIDAY (08:12) 4) IT’S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (12:25) 5) DON’T WANNA BE LIKE THAT (16:06) 6) HAPPY LOVING COUPLES (19:45) 7) I’M THE MAN (24:11) 8) GOT THE TIME (29:20) 9) IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? (33:30) 10) COME ON (outro) (38:37)

The Hero

1979 • 20 min • Australia

Australian ABC TV children's educational program shows how a TV show actor is cast and works to create an episode of a TV program.

Dreams in Life

1979 • 11 min

Two factory workers from the outskirts of São Paulo make a trip to a bathhouse close to the city.

Zealous Piglet

1979 • 45 min • Soviet Union

The piglet became famous throughout the village for his tricks. Having spent time with him, the owners, Marta and her son Kukuri, took the prankster to Tbilisi to the bazaar.

Canada Vignettes: McIntosh

1979 • 2 min • Canada

A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.

Little Hares' Bath

1979 • 8 min • Soviet Union

On Saturday night Mother Rabbit takes her children to the bathhouse in the forest, but their happy bathtime ritual is disturbed when a dog dashing through the mist accidentally runs into the bathhouse. The little rabbits scatter in different directions, but in the end everyone falls asleep in their own cradles.

Gary Numan - The Touring Principle

1979 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London - September 28, 1979

The Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz

1979 • 14 min

Action and animation are pushed to the extreme in this frenetic film. Keen makes references to the God-like status of the director, the framed world of the cinema and the history of popular entertainment.

Denúncia Vazia

1979 • 7 min • Brazil

An elderly couple decides to commit suicide after receive a eviction order. The first short-film of Adélia Sampaio, the first black woman in Brazil to direct a feature film.

Petty-Bourgeois Dracula Idyll at the Family Table

1979 • 8 min • Switzerland

"This idyll was made for a Dracula film project by Ernst Schmidt of Vienna, who wrote to various European filmmakers in order to produce a bigger film with their participation." (HHK)

Ramones: It's Alive - The Rainbow

1979 • 30 min

The Ramones played the Rainbow Theater in London on December 31, 1977. The show became It's Alive, which was released in April 1979.

Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu

1979 • 11 min • Brazil

August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in prison, Inês Etienne Romeu, the only survivor of the "House of Death" in Petrópolis and the first political prisoner sentenced to life in prison in Brazil, left prison benefiting from Amnesty. Norma Bengell filmed this moment: from the prison door to her home with her family, Inês was welcomed by family, friends and members of the Brazilian Amnesty Committee, in what marked the first act of the historic denunciation that Inês would carry out against her tormentors and the Military Regime.

From a Night Porter's Point of View

1979 • 17 min • Poland

At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view.

Mission Mind Control

1979 • 59 min • United States of America

Uncovering government agencies (especially the CIA) that secretly tested the effects of LSD on humans.

Merchant and Monkeys

1979 • 5 min • Soviet Union

Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang

1979 • 58 min • United States of America

Documentary about the atomic testing done in the desert of Nevada, the health risks it posed to closely involved military personnel, and the lack of transparency from US administrations about its effects on the public at large.

The Dumb Waiter

1979 • 18 min • United Kingdom

A woman on her way home notices a car following her.