All Films

Les hommes et les cocotiers de Coëtivy

1977 • 57 min

Family and industrial exploitation of the coconut tree and some scenes from the daily life of the inhabitants of Coëtivy in the Seychelles Islands.

Bateaux et modes de pêche aux Maldives

1977 • 50 min • France

The various technical phases in fishing for bonito ad tuna ; loking for live bait (young fish) under the coral reefs; intensive fishing on the banks (North Maldives); trolling (South Maldives).

Arc musical aux Seychelles

1977 • 33 min

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

I Saw Their Angry Faces

1977 • 11 min

Cut-out, rotoscope, cell, flip card, and optical print animation. Produced by the Yellow Ball Workshop with a grant from the Center for Understanding Media and the National Endowment for the Arts. Based on poems by Dominic Falcone.

Musiques et chorégraphies des Maldives

1977 • 50 min • France

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

Ascolto

1977 • 4 min • Italy

This work is based on an image-sound relationship of an emotional type that is not justified by any rational motivation. An electronically produced music and a particularly emotional image are put in relation to each other: the result is a very ambiguous image-sound relationship that manages to communicate all the tension that the video wants to express.

Looking for listening

1977 • 27 min • Italy

The construction of the image is simultaneous with the production of sound. The first recorded video is used as both visual and sound score for the second which, intended as a new score, determines the third. The procedure makes it possible to obtain an image-sound orchestration created by a single performer in real time in the presence of the spectators.

Il suono ci circonda

1977 • 5 min • Italy

The instrument used is a rubber tube with a sax mouthpiece. Unfortunately, in the video document it is impossible to perceive the spatialization effect, which is why the sound piece was composed.

Film Painting I

1977 • 19 min

A series of silent studies focusing on color portraiture.

Fundsachen

1977 • 16 min

Two boys find a wallet containing DM 32.80 in front of a telephone booth. Should they keep the money?

Divination et justice chez les Kabiyè

1977 • 19 min

Divination and traditional justice among the Kabiyè of northern Togo. Recordings of several council sessions.

Greenfield

1977 • 13 min

Working and playing hard at a northern California commune – fast-paced cutting to Taj Mahal's "Happy to be just like I am."

Antonio Raimondi

1977 • 10 min

Approach to the life and work of the Italian scientist, scholar of the geography of Peru, Don Antonio Raimondi (1824 - 1890)

The Boxes

1977 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The boxes piled against the wall on one of the streets of Tbilisi fell down and disrupted traffic

Phoenix

1977 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

An animated short film based on the poem Barbara by Jacques Prevert about the effects of war on humanity.

Our Animal Neighbors (Second Edition)

1977 • 11 min • United States of America

Get acquainted with small animals which live in our parks, roadsides, back yards or homes - the rabbit, squirrel, chipmunk, gopher and others.

Puhdys II (Disco-Film 22)

1977 • 6 min • East Germany

This is the second installment in the Disco Film series to feature the Puhdys, a popular East German rock band. Their songs "Sturmvogel" ("Petrel") and "Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" ("Journey to the Center of the Earth") are interpreted using experimental animation in the style of the Beatles's "Yellow Submarine" music video.

Pong Man

1977 • 1 min • United States of America

the First polygonal full body animation

Beyond A Tangled Shore

1977 • 55 min

The story of the crofters who live on the island of North Uist - the reality of their relationship with the land, the elements, the wildlife and each other. Finlay J. Macdonald, an islander, narrates the story, interspersing legend and superstition with fact.

Seven and a Half

1977 • 14 min • Soviet Union

Because of the boy's prank, there is a chaos among adults at seven and a half.

The Middle East. Test Time

1977 • 57 min • Soviet Union

Documentary film covers issue of Middle East problem, its history and contemporary state of things.

Hobo At The End Of The Line

1977 • 23 min • United States of America

He lives on the road, "rides the rails" from season to season, job to job, and frequents the skid row missions for a little preaching and a free meal. This film portrayal of hobo life reveals an element of Americana nearing extinction.

The Grumbler

1977 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animation short.

People at Work

1977 • 10 min • Finland

Meticulous documentary showcasing Felix-Filmi Oy's processes, personnel and, in particular, technical equipment used in film-making, including film cameras, vehicles, studio facilities, film editing tables, grease paint, focal lengths, star filters and even the bounties of the company's own kitchen.