All Films

Solitude

1978 • 10 min

a film about the nature of the individual in the world and about the individual as he moves from one space to another, shadowed by structures.

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

1978 • 17 min

Clara is given a nutcracker in the form of a toy soldier for Christmas. That night she sees the nutcracker in battle with the terrible Seven-headed Mouse King. The nutcracker turns into a young Prince and takes Clara to the Kingdom of Sweets.

A Tram Case

1978 • 52 min • Yugoslavia

In occupied Belgrade, a writer considers ethical dilemma of a professor involuntarily involved in a difficult situation, which forces him to choose to be for or against the resistance movement.

Electronic Masks

1978 • 5 min • United States of America

Short experimental video art by Barbara Sykes.

Street Film Part VIII

1978 • 12 min

The final part in the core Street Film series.

Kom Majrosa, sköna Älgrosa

1978 • 48 min • Sweden

Documentary about the traditional ways of calling for animals, commonly known as kulning.

Centre

1978 • 13 min • United States of America

"...Series of narrative events, stories if you like, but so clustered visually as to have a center so to speak, slightly off center."

Open-Air Museum

1978 • 7 min • Poland

There is an old stone house in a clearing, it is surrounded by greenery. Architects have ambitious plans for this area. They will build a modern city around the clearing, however, the old house cannot be blown up. The problem will be solved by an open-air museum.

Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson

1978 • 1 min • Canada

A humorous account of the pioneering journey of Lady Frances Simpson, along with her piano, from England to Manitoba.

The Persecution of Pancho Villa

1978 • 7 min • Mexico

A Day in Forillon

1978 • 7 min • Canada

This short film illustrates a day in the life at Forillon National Park. Situated on the Gaspé peninsula in Quebec, the park offers spectacular views of sea, mountain and forest. A monumental landscape not to be missed. A film without words.

Safety Woman: In Danger Out of Doors

1978 • 15 min • United States of America

Crossing guard turned mylar-clad superheroine Guardiana warns kids of the dangers of the outdoors, great and small.

Triptyque

1978 • 8 min • France

Three portraits, in relation to the Punk spirit, of Didier Ozil dressed in black, aggressive air, Gabriel Pouget, expressive in his passivity, Stéphane Varinard, puts charcoal on his face to disappear. Superimposed on the faces, the group Marie and the boys, the play of lights inside the Le Palace club in Paris and a country cemetery.

Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Live at The Capitol Theatre

1978 • 51 min • United States of America

Elvis Costello and The Attractions from Passaic, New Jersey 1978.

Picking Up the Pieces

1978 • 9 min • United States of America

A 17-image exercise using freeze frames of a tenement hallway.

Suicide

1978 • 8 min

An early short film by Muscha.

May I, Can I

1978 • 6 min

An anonymous off-camera group examine a nude woman for "agreeability." Sexual themes and allegorical structures serve as the vehicle for the narrative. The tape consists of close up shots of a nude woman with off-camera voice over.

Goodnight Miss Ann

1978 • 28 min • United States of America

Goodnight Miss Ann is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by August Cinquegrana. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Poor Liza

1978 • 18 min • Soviet Union

The film is put on the motives of a well-known story of Nikolay Karamzin about the tragic love of the poor girl to the rich young man.

Stolen Sun

1978 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated film based on the fairy tale of the same name by Korney Chukovskiy about how a crocodile swallowed the sun, and it became dark and sad on Earth. But the bear overcame the crocodile and returned the sun to the sky.

The Quarrel

1978 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Topa and Tutti are best friends. They have always supported each other and were used to spending time together. But one day something happened that had never happened before – they had a quarrel. Now Topa and Tutti will have to reconcile and to realize that conflicts only bring negative emotions and experiences.

Teo

1978 • 6 min • France

Eye

1978 • 3 min • United Kingdom

The Teacher of All Nomadic Children

1978 • 10 min • Iran

This film is about the new teaching method that Mohammad Bahman Beigi has used to teach to All Nomadic Children.