All Films

On June 14, 1977, the eve of the first democratic elections after Franco's regime, Llorenç Soler and his crew go out into the street and ask passers-by which party they are going to vote for.

A cartoon adventure featuring Captain Goodvibes, the pig of steel, and his sidekick Astro.

Sculptor Makolies is filmed working on a sculpture in the middle of a quarry in Swiss Saxony. The quarry workers go about their work around him. Both the work in the quarry and the work on the large figure in sandstone require strenght and conscientiousness. This film observers both types of work, without comparing them.

"STREET FILM PART IV is an odyssey. In its search for the greater meaning of things, the camera portrays (rather than reports) essential human handiwork. Corn is pressed from the cob by worn thumbs, practiced hands spin twine. Doors open. Cattle are branded. A small sparkling plane takes us through the clouds and into the mountains. Everything and nothing is within our grasp. Simple acts are either full of meaning or devoid of meaning. The longest scene in this rarefied look at simple pastimes is of a native woman patting and baking tortillas." - Barbara Kossy

A performer enters carrying a bucket of what appears to be black paint (the film is in negative). He begins to paint lines on what seems to be a white wall. The lines become a 2D representation of a cube. The next image is a "wall" of paper. It is cut away from behind and another cube is gradually revealed in the background. The performer leaves the scene to the side. He re-enters the scene from the left, in the foreground. He then destroys parts of the foreground cube by cutting it away. This reveals the fact that the cube is not flat but suspended in space. He again leaves the scene from the left only to re-appear in the rear of the scene. He then draws in the lines of the foreground cube at the rear of the space. He then returns to the foreground and completes the cutting away of the foreground cube. Upon completion of this he returns to the rear and fills in the foreground lines. The film ends after he fills in one side of each cube with solid black

A magically abstract triportrait of Estonian kannel master Eduard Uibo, dancer Elonna Spriit and folk dance pedagogue Kai Leete.

A lyrical report about passengers on the Tallinn commuter train. A meditative film about life's journey and the change of generations, which is born by observing the train passengers. The spring landscape, buildings and slogans opening from the train windows mix associatively with what is happening in the carriage. Paul-Eerik Rummo wrote the words for Tõnu Naissoo's music in the film, Urmas Alender sings.

The documentary "Two Seasons of Urartu," the third film in the Traces of Anatolian Civilizations series, is about the magnificent Urartian civilization, founded 2,800 years ago in Eastern Anatolia, centered around the present-day city of Van.

Eugene Debs & the American Movement is an educational video that documents fifty years of long-suppressed history. Using extensively researched photographs, drawings and newsreel footage, it tells a story of the bloody strikes and brutal government reaction to the American workers' attempts to organize. This film is movingly narrated in Deb's own words, read from his speeches and writings, by his friend and comrade, Shubert Sebree.

A young gas station attendant fills cars with spring water instead of gasoline. Miraculously, the engine runs perfectly and people become kinder.

Liza, a schoolgirl, meets and falls in love with her classmate's brother, Paul. When she discovers she is pregnant, they each must consider the consequences as outlined by their respective parents.

Experimental Super-8 film by Carlos Castillo.

Tamás Almási's second-year college exam film based on a short story by István Örkény

As the title indicates this is a deliberately academic work, conceived in much the same way that a composer might make a 'study'. It is not about a Cezanne painting, but attempts to apply certain concepts related to the relativity of changing viewpoints in observation and recording. In much the same way as a Cezanne painting records within its image, the problem of stabilizing a perception and the way in which shifts in viewpoint modify the spatial experience, the film uses time lapse and time exposure to seek a filmic equivalent for this aesthetic. –M. L. G.

This short film depicts Omega, one of Hungary's most successful rock bands, on tour in the GDR.

Short film.

A portrait of Waleria Mirecka, a teacher and social activist, known and respected by all the inhabitants of Racławice. She was awarded the Mother of the Village order. The woman also found both private and professional fulfillment in Racławice.

Rare archive footage of British born young people in the mid 70s, discussing issues of school, police, parents and what it is like to be black in a white world.

Video documentation of performance of the work hosted by De Appel, Amsterdam, in 1977 and filmed by Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas. In ABC - We print anything - In the cards (1977) Schneemann documented dreams, advice and conversations relating to her shifting relationships. She collated 315 numbered cards, containing both text and photographic imagery, which she photographed from her domestic life. Schneemann (the ‘C’ in ABC) analyses her complex set of experiences separating from ‘A’ (artist Anthony McCall) while drawing closer to ‘B’ (publisher Bruce McPherson). The cards capture the dynamic, paradoxical, humorous and contrary aspects of relationships, forming an intimate yet measured set of information.

The origins and activities of the Academy, culminating in the election of the first female academic: Rachel de Queiroz.

A last look at the London Filmmakers' Co-op when it was housed in an old Victorian dairy. 'In the dark room, single imagess [sic] succeed eachothers [sic] in a continous [sic] motion towards the dairy, where she and the other english filmmakers stayed in an area of demolishing. she penetrates with the camera in rapid flicks, hesitates at single things, and glides on in a staccato flow. that is how she works, annabel nicolson, goes into a room and gives sigth [sic] of everything.' —Helge Krarup, Denmark, 1976

Not that long ago, crippling diseases were blamed on evil demons. What's more, nowadays, healing miracles are often considered to be natural events, misinterpreted by superstitious people. Despite the advances of modern medicine, many people still employ unorthodox means for achieving and maintaining physical and spiritual health. Some of these decidedly bizarre methods are the focus on this fascinating video hosted by Henry Fonda.

Robert Klein returns to HBO for another hour of his classic comedy.