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Blinking

Blinking

1970 • 2 min • Japan
One of the earliest minimalist video with flicker effects was produced in Tokyo in early 1970s. A flickering video with eyes, which super-impose the positive over the negative, open and close rapidly. At the same time the "blind" effects of video fast-forwarding accelerates/decelerates the picture synchronized with the sound.
Buddha Again

Buddha Again

1970 • 16 min • Japan
Originally filmed in 8mm a little stone-made Buddha in a temple of Katmandu, the film strip in ten seconds was projected as a loop, and then the screen w as refilmed many times in 16mm at different speeds (frames per second). The original 8mm footage has been greatly expanded through refilming in 16mm. The rhythmic manipulation of "flying Buddha" in the air is realized.
Cowboy in Sweden

Cowboy in Sweden

1970 • 60 min • Sweden
Lee Hazlewood's album “Cowboy in Sweden” presented as a series of dreams. The movie alternates between absurdist skits and songs, given totally incongruous visual settings.
Sweet Fairy Tale

Sweet Fairy Tale

1970 • 16 min • Soviet Union
The main character of the cartoon is a small and very greedy dragon with a sweet tooth. He ate all the food in his house and went to his teddy bear's birthday party. Arriving at his home as the very first of the guests, Drakosha immediately began to eat all of Mishutka’s sweets, without even giving him a gift. When the dragon ate everything he could, together with the rest of Mishutka’s guests (the doll Alyonka and the Puppy), they went through the TV to the confectionery factory.
Ice Cream

Ice Cream

1970 • 10 min • Spain
A short film about a mysterious ceremony, based on an essay by William S. Burroughs.
Exorcismos

Exorcismos

1970 • 10 min • Mexico
Feola

Feola

1970 • 35 min • Soviet Union
A man is put in charge of organizing a children's soccer team, but he doesn't know anything about the sport.
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

1970 • 15 min • United States of America
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet is a 1970 short film directed by John D. Hancock. It follows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Rött vin i gröna glas

Rött vin i gröna glas

1970 • 20 min • Sweden
A pas de deux about the Swedish poet/singer/songwriter Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795) and his muse Ulla Winblad (1744-1798), later included in the full-length ballet "Bellman".
Karlson Returns

Karlson Returns

1970 • 20 min • Soviet Union
The Kid didn't have to miss Carlson for long - one day he landed in his room again. This means that there will be new adventures and pranks! With Carlson's help, the harsh and bossy Freken Bock will be re-educated and become very kind. And then the friends will all put on a costume show with dancing and drink tea with buns.
The Servant's Dream

The Servant's Dream

1970 • 11 min • Cuba, Peru
An ordinary man goes to work in a rich household of Peru and has a dream in which he sees his boss and himself appearing as equal in front of the Archangel before going to heaven... Based on a tale by Jose Maria Argueda
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

1970 • 3 min • Canada
This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.
Shut Up... I'm Crying

Shut Up... I'm Crying

1970 • 20 min • United States of America
Shut Up... I'm Crying is a 1970 English language short film directed by Robert Siegler, starring Sal Catena, Kevin Michael and Carolyn Schultz. It is about a genie who grants three wishes to a plumbing store owner and his wife. When unexpected consequences arrive, will the couple really get what they want? The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Tommy

Tommy

1970 • 22 min • Hungary
A young man promises a stamp collection to an old man who helps him fix his motorcycle. The old man tries to acquire his reward by any means necessary.
Self-Portrait at the Graveyard

Self-Portrait at the Graveyard

1970 • 3 min • Yugoslavia
Slobodan Šijan captures his own self-portrait with a camera, and then "glues" it to shots of a cemetery with a double exposure.
Fresh Colors

Fresh Colors

1970 • 22 min • United States of America
"This semi-animated documentary film portrays Czechoslovakian animator Paul Fierlinger's arrival to the United States and covers his production of a film that presents the history, legends, and significance of the American flag. The film was produced by Concept Films" (US National Archives).
Tigers Change the Rules

Tigers Change the Rules

1970 • 6 min • Soviet Union
A comedy cartoon about how tigers in the arena train the trainer.
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

1970 • 8 min • France
This brief interview film, released in 1970, is one of the last given by Ho Chi Minh, and one of the rare ones in colour.
Aberdeen

Aberdeen

1970 • 19 min • United Kingdom
Explore the growth of Aberdeen’s sparkling streets.
Chilly's Cold War

Chilly's Cold War

1970 • 6 min • United States of America
Chilly Willy is cold and hungry until he finds the home of Colonel Pot Shot, where Smedley is the caretaker.
I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody

1970 • 30 min • United States of America
Madeline Anderson’s documentary brings viewers to the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1969 Charleston hospital workers’ strike, when 400 poorly paid Black women went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves in confrontation with the National Guard and the state government. Anderson personally participated in the strike, along with such notable figures as Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young, all affiliated with Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Anderson’s film shows the courage and resiliency of the strikers and the support they received from the local black community. It is an essential filmed record of this important moment in the history of civil and women’s rights. The film is also notable as arguably the first televised documentary on civil rights directed by a woman of color, solidifying its place in American film history.
Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes

1970 • 7 min • Brazil
A mutant prank improvised by Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias, and Rita Lee. Os Mutantes on a unique day in the streets of São Paulo.
The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max

The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max

1970 • 60 min • United States of America
Artist Peter Max pulls the strings as the pop group The Fifth Dimension travels through a technicolor land inhabited by wacky people.
Athomic

Athomic

1970 • 10 min • Soviet Union
A Scientist-physicist created a living atom that here ran on will. Without control he brings many destructions, though follows kind intentions. But a scientist eventually compels him to work on a benefit to the people.