All Films

Myshonok Pik

1978 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Idyll

1978 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

Short documentary.

Holstein

1978 • 28 min • Canada

A portrait of a small Ontario town, this film introduces its audience to the people of Holstein by filming them in the old-fashioned general store, the blacksmith's shop and the town granary. Old-time residents reminisce, while old-fashioned sleighs travel down the main road bordered by beautiful old frame houses.

Der Graf von Rü

1978 • 3 min • Netherlands

Senior Year

1978 • 56 min • United States of America

One of the most widely seen youth films of the late 70's, this dramatic motion picture follows the life of Steve and Angie during their senior year of high school. They each try to live for Christ and reach out to others around them. But, as they deal with their own struggles to share the Lord, a fellow classmate makes things very difficult for them.

Kasper geht nach Hohenstein

1978 • 37 min • East Germany

The devil sits grumpily in hell. His grandmother advises him to take a woman. He is reluctant at first, but suddenly decides on Gretel because she can cook such beautiful dumplings. But Kasper, whose bride she is, is not to be trifled with. After many adventures, he once again defeats the prince of the underworld.

The Island of Nevawuz

1978 • 48 min • Australia

An unknown, tucked-away, medieval island is threatened by the advent of big business. A wealthy business man wants to develop the untouched island, which could then be ruined by the subsequent pollution.

No Foe Can Scare Us

1978 • 11 min • Soviet Union

The people of Samogitian village are preparing to participate in civil protection competitions. Exercises are held in the village. The most important thing is to be prepared for an nuclear attack. All instructions are carefully executed. And it does not matter at all that the exercise looks funny for bystanders. Samogitians are also happy to be together.

Testimonio de un obrero petrolero

1978 • 34 min • Venezuela

Trade union leader Manuel Taborda, a pioneer of workers' organisations in the oil industry, recounts his experiences and those of his colleagues from 1920 to 1936, with an emphasis on the struggles against foreign companies and the government.

Solution No. 1

1978 • 11 min • Iran

A man, unable to hitch a ride back to his broken-down car with a new tire, rolls it back to his car while running.

Who Will Get the Pineapple?

1978 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The monkey is a bit of a rascal, until the tiger cub shows him he doesn't have any friends because of it.

Scream

1978 • 9 min • Yugoslavia

Film consists of shots of Belgrade Zoo, animals inside it, and the medieval fortress it was built within. Features a bizarre soundtrack of experimental music. It also features cinematography by Ratko Vladic, famous Serbian cinematographer.

O Aleijadinho

1978 • 23 min • Brazil

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more than 20 years earlier. de Andrade dedicated the film to his father, who had sent him on the expedition.

The Great Banana Pie Caper

1978 • 28 min • United States of America

Theodore and Mason have to cope with bullies, prejudice, and learning responsibility. In the process they learn about the reality of friendship and God's special caring.

A Boy and a Girl

1978 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Animated short about a boy and a girl.

Song of Radauti

1978 • 25 min • Romania, United States of America

A look at the Jewish community in Rădăuți, Romania, from 1974 to 1976.

Lírai beszélgetés Pilinszky Jánossal

1978 • 45 min

János Pilinszky explains his thoughts on the mechanism of thinking, seemingly banal things, faith, Simone Weil, and the scandal of the twentieth century.

Tracks on Snow

1978 • 26 min • Soviet Union

Ants Jõgi (1892-1983) is a dignified gentleman whose main profession in life has been acting. He also has a spirit of an artist and an artisan. The 85-year-old man is lonely and has to go to a retirement home. Director Leida Laius' documentary tells a story about the life and work of the old actor as well as contemplates on the true values of life, old man's connections to the present and the past. The thoughts of the wise old man are enchanting with their simplicity and warmth.

Ciao Bella or Fuck Me Dead

1978 • 9 min • United States of America

A summer-in-the-city travelogue that mixes verité of Lower East Side Bikers, Times Square topless dancers, and Coney Island crowds to achieve an atmosphere of manic exhibitionism and sexual raunch.

Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later: Live at Rockpalast 1978

1978 • 51 min

One of rock's most explosive and innovative guitarists, Alvin Lee, set the music alight as founding member of the seminal band, Ten Years After. This special edition of Rockpalast spotlights the artists' new project, Alvin Lee's Ten Year's Later providing indisputable evidence that the talented axesmith is still capable of delivering spellbinding fretboard mastery that routinely leaves audience members in awe-struck admiration. Tracks: ------- 1. Gonna Turn You On 2. Help Me 3. Ain't Nothing Shaking 4. Hey Joe 5. I'm Going Home 6. Chao Choo Mama 7. Rip It Up

The Divisions of Nature

1978 • 29 min • France

Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus (Erigena), the ninth century Irish philosopher (who was a 'realist', although the film is more 'nominalist' in characterization of the castle which presents itself as a representation). I say that it is a representation, since it is neither practical for military purposes (too many doors), nor to live in (too many draughts), but only as pure representation. So for the commentary, I tried to imagine how a Renaissance philosopher would view it in a pastiche of a scholastic or gothic text, then a pastiche of Fichte's Vocation of Man and finally a pastiche of Baudrillard."

Through grass, over sand

1978 • 18 min

An oneiric film about a student who sacrifices his studies for the girl he loved.

Brāļi Kokari

1978 • 21 min • Soviet Union

A film about the well-known Latvian artists, choir conductors - Imants and Gido Kokars.

A Letter from Beirut

1978 • 50 min • Lebanon

Letter from Beirut documents the filmmaker's return to Beirut during one of the lulls, three years after the outbreak of the civil war, animated by the urge to return. She is confronted by the physical, emotional and psychological ravages of the war, terrified and sorrowful, she cannot find her place in the city. In that quest, she communicates with everyday people, friends, neighbors, people riding the bus across the city's eastern and western flanks. To pace her journeying and dramatic unraveling of the film, Saab borrows the guise of a letter read in a voice-over, written by world-renowned poet Etel Adnan. A rare document from the civil war, Letter from Beirut lays bare and spontaneously how people make sense of their everyday in the midst of chaos, violence, terror and sorrow.