All Films

The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

1978 • 55 min • Canada

Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections, the 1970 October Crisis and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Québécois.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

1978 • 43 min • United States of America

Daniel is thrown into the lion's den for his part in a plot, and the rest is the familiar Bible story.

Something's Wrong

1978 • 30 min

The businessman's private medical check-up is usually considered one of the perks of the job, but Trevor finds that all is not quite what it seems when his examination turns out to be more personal than physical.

Les chants de Maldoror

1978 • 30 min • Japan

A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de Lautréamont’s 1869 proto-Surrealist poetic novel which, for instance, describes beauty as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table. In the novel’s six cantos, a young misanthrope indulges in depraved and destructive acts. Unexpected encounters abound, with turtles and birds joining Terayama’s regular cast of snails and dogs to wander over books and bare torsos. Feverish video processing posterizes, inverts and overlays images that are further colored by sound—pushing the limits of his literary adaptation. Terayama wrote that the only tombstone he wanted was his words, but, as Les chants de Maldoror demonstrates, words need not be confined to carved monuments or bound hardcopies.

New Country - New People

1978 • 18 min • New Zealand

A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

Wejście w nurt

1978 • 48 min

Anna is a teacher and her husband Marek is an engineer. They both face moral dilemmas at work: Marek's boss wants him to help get rid of a renowned engineer from their company; Anna refuses to support the false accusation of her student.

An Encounter with Faces

1978 • 21 min

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1978 about an Indian juvenile reformatory.

One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day

1978 • 30 min

When Mal Leyton's modern jazz quintet sets out to play an unlikely gig at a college concert, the musicians really need their legendary sense of humour.

Night Window

1978 • 20 min • Japan

Why Me?

1978 • 10 min • Canada

Nesbitt Spoon, who's a bit of a nebbish, tells us about his day, which is fairly average up until the moment that his doctor tells him he has only five minutes left to live.

Les Mains négatives

1978 • 14 min • France

Duras narrates a short story while the camera travels through the streets of Paris with short interludes of solemn music.

Carmen Suite

1978 • 44 min • Soviet Union

The plot centres on the tragic fate of Carmen, a gypsy girl, and Jose, a soldier who has fallen in love with her and whom Carmen leaves for the young Torero.

A Bicha de 7 Cabeças

1978 • 31 min • Portugal

A Pink Christmas

1978 • 30 min • United States of America

It's holiday time, and while New York City bustles with yuletide celebrations, the Pink Panther suffers one misadventure after another... all in hopes of finding a warm heart and a warm meal! Finally, the Panther learns the true meaning of Christmas... and friendship.

Antonioni visto da Antonioni

1978 • 23 min

An interview with Antonioni about his film career, shot in 1978 by eminent film critic, film historian and founder of the Pesaro Film Festival, Lino Miccichè. Karlovy Vary IFF 2012

The Last Bride of Zmey Gorynych

1978 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Pica-Don

1978 • 8 min • Japan

An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the time this film was completed, it was the very first attempt in the world to deal with such a sensitive subject of Hiroshima using animation media.

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

1978 • 4 min

Poles, presumably to be used to carry electricity wires, are seen being carried over a wintry landscape by helicopter in Sandwick, Orkney.

La fonderie artisanale

1978 • 28 min • Canada

Toys

1978 • 12 min • Argentina

This short film, filmed at the Rural Exhibition, is a testimony that, based on 70 interviews with girls and boys of 9 and 10 years old, investigates the behavior guidelines imposed by conventional education and the results obtained. Boys are educated in a specific way, with very different life goals, and toys reflect this discrimination: kitchens, dolls, hairdryers, cosmetic equipment, the whole domestic world for girls. Creative games, those that awaken the imagination (trains, cars, building games, men in space), are intended for boys.

In Between

1978 • 53 min • United States of America

Footage from 1964-1968 that did not find its way into the Walden reels is joined in this classic period piece. Mostly centered in New York, it also includes travel footage and appearances by David Wise, Salvador Dali, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Smith, Shirley Clarke, Jane Holzer and more. Mel Lyman plays his banjo on the roof.

City Archives

1978 • 28 min

Avant garde film from 1978, by playwright and filmmaker Richard Foreman.

Salem and the Scarlet Letter

1978 • 10 min

Documentary on Salem, MA that was shot in 1978 but not released until 2023.

My Town, My Youth

1978 • 43 min

My Town, My Youth is an inspiring film shot twenty years after the official recognition of the disease and focuses on a group of young people (many born with the disease) as they mobilise to keep their cause visible by organising a concert by the popular enka singer Ishikawa Sayuri.