All Films

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

1979 • 57 min • Canada

Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Vatican or the Virgin Islands. It also attempts to make the functioning of the public service more comprehensible. The absurdities of bureaucratic behaviour are exposed with humour and irreverence.

Ho

1979 • 13 min • Brazil

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés.

Hurt

1979 • 9 min • Soviet Union

About how the bunny offended the bear cub, but with the help of the mole he realized that he was wrong.

S.o.s.

1979 • 10 min

Expect the unexpected in this unusual short that combines live action and animation.

Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

1979 • 49 min • United States of America

A biblical drama about Daniel who gains his release by interpreting a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar.

Casting the Runes

1979 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The producer and her team are in danger from evil forces and must figure out how to save themselves

Ed Zorax of the Future City

1979 • 36 min

Suspicious goings-on have been happening in the ruins of the Old City, threatening the very foundations of society. Agent Ed Zorax, posing as an estranged painter, is on the case!

Whinfrey's Last Case

1979 • 32 min • United Kingdom

In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village Torpoint. Here he believes he has stumbled upon a smuggling ring, but in fact they are Germans who are masquerading as locals in an advance invasion party. The British arrive and arrest them, believing that Whinfrey deliberately planned everything - though it is apparent that he did not.

Last Day of a Rainy Summer

1979 • 30 min • Soviet Union

A document on the daily life of an ordinary collective farm of the U.S.S.R. in 1978 : the hard-working people who love their work just because they are brought up to do so, almost with no rewards from life, in an atmosphere contaminated with official rhetoric.

Battle Fever J: The Movie

1979 • 25 min • Japan

Egos kidnaps the children of Information Supervisor Sakaguchi, Yoko and Kenichi. They then blackmail him into stealing the blueprints and completion status of the Battle Fever robo. Tetsuzan Shogun, who joined the Defense Department at the same time as Sakaguchi, is greatly concerned and confronts him. Sakaguchi escapes but vows to make amends. He appears at Egos factory, where they too are building a giant robo, and discloses a false timetable. When Egos orders them killed, Sakaguchi reveals dynamite strapped to his body. He backs away with his children and gets them to safety. He then returns to the factory, and blows himself up to destroy it. Unfortunately, his sacrifice is in vain, as their evil robo is already completed. But Battle Fever’s giant robo is also complete and ready to save the day!

Abraham's Sacrifice

1979 • 49 min

Tale of Abraham who battles a King for his land and who seeks revenge on Abraham for killing his son. And the birth of his son, Isaac and the scheming of a slave who wishes for his freedom and is willing to do whatever to get it. And eventually his test where he has to sacrifice Issac.

Doctor of Doom

1979 • 12 min • United States of America

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.

Pink Pull

1979 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther uses a big magnet to find a lost coin that fell down a grate.

Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)

1979 • 28 min • United States of America

Driven by a quest to capture a landscape reduced to flatness and sky, Viola travels to Chott El-Djerid. The film opens with images of snowy prairies and winter scenes, mirrored by warm, vibrating desert vistas. Through powerful telephoto lenses, shimmering mirages and warped forms emerge under extreme heat and light. These visuals evoke a space where dream and waking reality merge. Viola’s journey transcends documentation, transforming viewing into a reflective exploration of the limits of perception.

The Little Prince

1979 • 28 min • United States of America

The Little Prince questions the universe in this story of innocence and wonder.

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

1979 • 30 min • United States of America

Upset by rumors that Halloween may end, Dracula calls his mild-mannered monsters together and delivers an ultimatum - either regain their frightening image, or leave his Transylvania castle forever.

Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger

1979 • 22 min • Japan

In a sci-fi adaptation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West, Princess Aurora and her cyborg companions Kugo, Djorgo, and Hakka must travel to the planet of the Great King in order to restore the Galaxy Energy and return peace to the universe. On their journey, they encounter a planet decimated from attacks by space monsters, against whom the last survivors now seek vengeance.

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa

1979 • 45 min • Japan

Otsuka, wife of actor Koheiji, is unfaithful and has many affairs. When Koheiji confronts her lover Takurō at Imba Swamp, Takurō pushes him into the bottomless depths. A month later, haunted by nightmares of Koheiji, Takurō mistakes Otsuka’s new lover for Koheiji’s bloody ghost and kills him. But Koheiji’s vengeful spirit continues to haunt him…

Nocturna Artificialia

1979 • 21 min • United Kingdom

Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.

The Sorrows of Gin

1979 • 60 min • United States of America

An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami

1979 • 45 min • Japan

After a fight with his wife, Yahachirō, a carpenter, meets a sinister "Shinigami" who teaches him how to spot people who won’t die. He profits by treating only those who will survive but soon begins an affair with Osen, a barmaid. Osen and her husband Bunzō plot to kill Yahachirō for his money, strangling him and tossing his body into the river. But one night, Yahachirō reappears, his face twisted into a monstrous form…

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979 • 45 min

This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his student years and his earliest experiments to a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It features Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and was released in 1979.

Spark Plug Pink

1979 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther needs a new spark plug to start his lawn mower, but his replacement falls into a yard guarded by a bulldog.

Pet Girl

1979 • 60 min • Japan

A woman takes revenge on the man who kidnapped her using violence and BDSM.