All Films

And Then the First Rice

1977 • 58 min • East Germany

Stories from the first summer after the end of the war in Vietnam

Reflections – Ireland

1977 • 21 min • United Kingdom

Reflections – Ireland is a stunning, non-narrated tourist film with accompanying music by Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains. Many of Paddy Carey films depict a scarcity of civilisation, an untouched landscape, but here he treats the viewer to the beauties of landscape interwoven with a vivid tapestry of human activity: anglers in a lively river; bird-watchers at work; sheep farmers; horse riders; seaweed gatherers. A nighttime sequence shows people gathering in an unidentified village for music in a cosy pub.

Poets on Film No. 2

1977 • 8 min • Canada

This short film brings together animated interpretations of 4 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “From the Hazel Bough” by Earle Birney, “Travellers Palm” by P.K. Page, “Death by Streetcar” by Raymond Souster, and “A Said Poem” by John Robert Colombo.

A War time story

1977 • 30 min • Iceland

Nonni, an 11 year old boy has to deal with the loss of his father who died in the second world war.

Боевой кузнечик

1977 • 11 min • Soviet Union

They Were Four

1977 • 46 min • Albania

Four partisans are tasked with delivering a song to the Congress of Përmet.

Acidente de Trabalho

1977 • 19 min • Brazil

Cinema

1977 • 7 min • Czechoslovakia

There is a cinema in town. Masses of film-eager moviegoers are queuing in front of it. The cinema screens slapstick comedies, westerns, horror films and even some arthouse erotica. But when the local audience has had enough of traditional films, the door is open to an alternative lineup.

Si Boyet, Si Hilda atbp…

1977 • 23 min • Philippines

The making of Mike de Leon's 1977 film Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (Moments in a Stolen Dream), starring Christopher de Leon and Hilda Koronel.

Sunday

1977 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Dedicated to the contradictions of scientific and technical progress, warning against one-sided technical developments that turn a person into an involuntary consumer.

For the Flick on the Forehead

1977 • 3 min • Soviet Union

About that, how a young hare clicked all on a forehead, while did not meet with a ram.

A Hell of a Note

1977 • 28 min • United States of America

A couple of friends get fired from their job and end up at a bar.

Poets on Film No. 1

1977 • 9 min • Canada

This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite Is a Victim" by Leonard Cohen, "Klaxon" by James Reaney and George Johnston’s "The Bulge."

Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut)

1977 • 10 min

Mosha Michael's third film follows six Inuit hunters from Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. setting out on a spring whale hunt. Once again, Michael documents the process on Super 8 film, from pushing the canoes out over the thin spring ice to open water, to the killing and cleaning of the whale and storing the meat. An original score features music and songs in Inuktitut by the filmmaker himself.

Brave Inspector Mamochkin

1977 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A story how traffic inspector Mamochkin punished someone who had disturbed public order.

Murder at Moorstones Manor

1977 • 30 min

Sir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining survivors except for Lady Chiddingfield each admit to being the killer,eventually shooting each other.

Here We Come A-Wassailing

1977 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A documentary on the surviving syncretic pagan midwinter customs of the British Isles, focusing on nine ritual celebrations ranging from the Moray Firth in the north, the Somerset Levels in the south, Humberside in the east, and County Kerry in the west. Featuring music by the Albion Band and narration by John Tams.

Libre Propos Sur La Fonction De Mère – Papa Comme Maman

1977 • 40 min • France

The parents' violence on their children. Father and mother can each have hidden violence in the family universe.

N. N.

1977 • 6 min • Yugoslavia

N. N. wanders alone in the environment in which he lives, He tries to find a soul mate. In vain. N. N. remains alone - for the rest of his life. Dying. Funeral. Coffin covered with flowers. A solemn, sublime atmosphere. An endless crowd of people see off N. N., a man and friend whom everyone loved and respected.

Well, Just You Wait! Fascinating Shoes

1977 • 4 min • Soviet Union

After putting on the shoes from the store, the wolf chases the hare, but soon they both lose the shoes on the way. The issue raises the problem of poor quality shoes produced in the Soviet Union at that time.

Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

1977 • 15 min

A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.

Deja vu czyli skąd my to znamy

1977 • 11 min • Poland

Professor tries to explain his patients's mental anomalies.

Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

1977 • 58 min

This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. Cape Bretoner Flora MacDonald is campaigning for the Party’s leadership, the first woman to do so. We follow MacDonald behind the scenes as she works with her staff to prepare policy, speeches, and strategies to win the race. We also get a glimpse of MacDonald’s sprightly and upbeat attitude as she puts her best foot forward in front of voters, media, and the Party’s elite.

Well, Just You Wait! 11

1977 • 9 min

Volk goes to a circus only to find Zayats there. The nature of subsequent events can be easily predicted.