All Films

A Way to Neighbour

1977 • 1 min • Iran

Neighbours...

Roger

1977 • 12 min • United States of America

Wakefield Poole’s fifth short is an intimate portrait of a man named... Roger.

Orbital Obsessions

1977 • 24 min • United States of America

Documentation and experimentation in real time, "Orbital Obsessions" is an example of early video self-portraiture, eerie and calm in its radical implications for the medium. The Vasulkas were interested in the building of control systems for the manipulation of electronic signals, resulting in their collaborations with several designers and engineers. One such example was the Multi-Level Keyer, a tool designed in 1973 by George Brown at the request of the Vasulkas, who were interested in expanding their range of source imagery. Steina’s manipulation of the image through keying, layering, and the manual control of luminance is seen here.

Safranbolu'da Zaman

1977 • 40 min

In 1976, Suha Arin was a tutor at the faculty of Social Sciences of Ankara University at the Press and Publishing Department (today's Communication Faculty). Like many of his films, the documentary "Safranbolu: Reflections of Time" was filmed with the help of a group of enthusiastic students. Safranbolu presents some of the few surviving examples of striking traditional Turkish architecture. The beauty of houses as well as the negative impacts of the passage of time are reflected in the documentary "Safranbolu: Reflections of Time" one of the aims of the film was to raise public awareness of the need for protection for culture and nature.

Raimonds Pauls. Portrets ar mūziku

1977 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A film of the popular composer Raimonds Pauls - with music, songs and open conversation about popularity, light and serious music

Dossier Réincarnation

1977 • 27 min

In rural Belgium, a police inspector investigates a series of murders that may be connected to sinister supernatural forces.

空白の衝動

1977 • 20 min • Japan

A woman is abandoned by a man, gets hurt, and... In the end, a woman is abandoned by a man, she is hurt, and...

Yucatec Maya Deaf Sign

1977 • 31 min

In 1976, Hubert Smith set out with a group of researchers to visually document Yucatec Maya society within the village of Chican. This project resulted in the 4-part series, The Living Maya. During filming, however, it was impossible to ignore the use of sign language in the village. Smith and his team saw a lot of the deaf residents, filmed them often, and went back to have these sign exchanges translated. Now it is time to share a story solely about them.

ハンバーグとキャベツ

1977 • 28 min • Japan

An uncool but funny love struggle between a worldly-minded young man and a quiet, serious young man for a kind-hearted madonna.

Badye, the Storyteller

1977 • 22 min

A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.

Vivendo os Tombos: Carvoeiros

1977 • 10 min • Brazil

Documentary about the extraction and manufacture of charcoal, in Pompeu, Minas Gerais, focusing on charcoal burners in action, their lives, difficulties, relationships with bosses and the work carried out in a medieval process.

With a Fine Feeling for Steam

1977 • 25 min

This programme tells the story of the private steam railway company the Strathspey Railway, which was engineered and run by a group of rail enthusiasts in Scotland.Through the use of restored locomotives the company was started purely to preserve steam passenger trains, as their fading presence across British rail networks, due to the introduction of diesel engines, was keenly felt among steam enthusiasts.

Berlin (Disco-Film 18)

1977 • 6 min • East Germany

East Berlin disco movie.

Džokonda ketvirtame aukšte

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A shopper walks through what was then the largest department store in Lithuania - VCUP (Vilnius Central Department Store) and asks the sales staff to smile.

3 Minute Scream

1977 • 3 min

This almost three-minute film, the approximate length of a Super 8 film cartridge, is filled entirely with Birch's energetic screaming

We Draw October

1977 • 8 min • Soviet Union, East Germany

A joint production by animators of the USSR and the GDR based on children's drawings from the time of the Revolution and drawings by children of the 1970s.

The ABC of Sex: How’s That

1977 • 17 min • Poland

Addresses the problem of sexual awareness of children. It draws attention to erroneous methods of awareness used by parents, often stemming from lack of knowledge or false perceptions.

Eddy

1977 • 10 min • Canada

A documentary about Eddy, a Toronto garbage man who can't speak.

Operation Gamescan 76

1977 • 57 min • Canada

This short documentary profiles the Canadian military’s organization, logistical, and security operations at the XXI Olympiad held in 1976 in Montréal. The scale of the operation was large: 16,000 troops were mobilized to provide protection for 7,500 athletes, countless VIPs, and the general public on 138 sites located in Montreal, Bromont, and Kingston. This film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the planning and synchronization necessary to mount a successful international event of massive proportions.

The Refuge of the Accursed

1977 • 30 min

A deadly duel between the dark Count Dracula and Frankenstein's monster.

O Peixinho Vermelho

1977 • 42 min • Portugal

A film by António Drago.

Zaļā pasaka

1977 • 14 min • Soviet Union

An animation film based on a story by Imants Ziedonis about the relationship between a human and nature.

One Saturday Morning

1977 • 21 min • United States of America

Short documentary film about the failed Teton Dam near Rexburg, Idaho and how residents pulled together to rebuild.

Who’s Behind the Wall?

1977 • 22 min • Soviet Union

The near future. A fantastic experiment using the test of the mathematician Alan Turing, in which an examiner, a human, and a robot take part. During the test, the examiner must determine who is behind the wall: a person or a thinking machine. The experiment is conducted with one goal: to find out whether a machine can think.