All Films

Śmierć w środkowym pokoju

1967 • 24 min • Poland

The Gestapo searches one of the apartments in Warsaw. It comes to a tragedy.

Faro Evangelista

1967 • 27 min • Chile

At the end of the world, at the southern tip of Chile, the Evangelistas lighthouse stands on one of four islands. A point of orientation, built in 1986 in order to guide the ships that sail, through the darkness of the Pacific Ocean.

The Concert

1967 • 7 min • France

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. Ostensibly a film of a concert given by the round, unassuming Monsieur Kabal and his spiky, terrifying wife, it's actually a cover for their frequent attempts at causing each other extreme physical harm.

Questo film è dedicato a David Riesman e si intitolerà «Capolavoro»

1967 • 45 min • Italy

The Apple

1967 • 2 min

Rudy Burckhardt’s breezy stop-motion animation follows after a poem by his New York School compatriot Kenneth Koch.

Nino il fioraio

1967 • 42 min • Italy

Holy Ghost People

1967 • 53 min • United States of America

A study on a small Pentecostal congregation in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. Explores the individual experiences of Pentecostal Christians at the Scrabble Creek Holiness Church, in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. The documentary includes faith healing, snake handling, speaking in tongues, preaching, gospels and singing. Pentecostal Christians may also be described as "Charismatic." Pentecostals include Protestant Christians who believe that the "manifestations of the Holy Spirit" are alive, available, and experienced by modern day Christians.

Prophets and Lessons

1967 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Soviet propaganda cartoon contrasting the alleged lies of capitalism, depicted as a charlatan prophet, with the alleged achievements of the Soviet working people.

Québec...?

1967 • 28 min • Canada

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective work produced for the Quebec Ministry of Industry and Commerce calls on several major Quebec figures.

K/örper

1967 • 10 min • Germany

Based on principles of double projection. Here, two pictures are projected on top of each other: on the upper screen is K, the head of the actor, while ÖRPER can be seen on the lower picture. The head can move in harmony and disharmony with his body.

Bodybuilding

1967 • 9 min • Austria

In May 1965, Ernst Schmidt Jr. films the Otto Muehl performances Rumpsti Pumsti and Body Building. In this period Muehl conceives his actionist works almost exclusively for photographic and film documentation. The necessity of a spontaneous confrontation with the public, which plays a major role in Muehl's later actions, does not apply to these works.

Queens At Heart

1967 • 22 min • United States of America

A rare archival short, Queens at Heart follows four shockingly courageous pre-Stonewall trans women, Misty, Vicky, Sonja, and Simone. They go out as women at night, but live as men during the day, take hormones, and dream of “going for a change.” Subjected to a six-month psychological project, and cross-examined by dubious “experts” all four women are incredibly captivating subjects—whether being interrogated or partying at the ball.

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

1967 • 58 min • United States of America

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 follows the acclaimed German composer to Salzburg and Berlin, documenting his rehearsals for his now famous opera, "The Bassarids". Based on a fragment of a Euripides play, the opera was a widely celebrated point in Henze's career, capturing his compositional style and progressive musical attitudes. Celebrating his 40th birthday at the time, Henze was then living in Rome and enjoying a growing reputation all over Western Europe as a conductor and composer.

The Applicant

1967 • 22 min

A down-and-outer appears to need a job in the worst way. He looks in the want ads and finds a few businesses seeking applicants. He applies. Is he successful? Well, let's just say he gets something, but not exactly what you expect.

Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

1967 • 31 min • Canada

Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's childhood and his subsequent development as one of Canada's leading new writers. The film takes viewers to the house Cohen was brought up in as well as to the places of Montreal he enjoys frequenting—his favorite bistro, a three dollar-a-day hotel, the public park, the exclusive section called Westmount, and a Greek grocery store. Cohen himself is shown at a recording session, at public readings of his poetry, displaying home movies of his childhood, and commenting on university life. He also reflects on his visit to Cuba, his girlfriend in Greece, his obsession with danger and his friends and their personalities.

Three Swings on a Pendulum

1967 • 47 min

This documentary asks whether London really was 'swinging' during the 1960s. The film follows arts reporter Robert Hughes, writer Lewis Nkosi and journalist Olivier Todd to gather an Australian, African and French perspective on whether London really deserved its reputation as being a 'swinging, switched on' city. They begin their journey in Carnaby Street, the Mecca of swinging London.

Exprmntl 4 Knokke

1967 • 45 min

TV documentary about the famous experimental film festival in Belgium.

Clean Sweep

1967 • 7 min • United States of America

Cousin Maggie needs to get her broom repaired, so she and Honey Halfwitch disguise themselves as humans and go to the city.

The Devaluation of a Smile

1967 • 15 min • Yugoslavia

The film tells the story of a Roma worker in the Zenica iron-works Arif Heralić, whose figure was on the ten thousand dinar bill. Heralić was seeking a monetary compensation for using his character on a banknote he did not receive. He died in 1971 as a disability work in extreme poverty.

The Parts Of Speech

1967 • 13 min

Short illustrating the parts of speech.

Beggars Would Ride

1967 • 10 min

Crime film directed by a 24-year-old Gary Graver.

Stars

1967 • 10 min • France

Four Americans (Newsreel #3)

1967 • 19 min • United States of America

An extended interview with the four American sailors who deserted in protest against the war in Vietnam in 1967. Filmed in Japan, the interviews reveal much about how they reached their decision to desert.

Handa or Sophistication

1967 • 11 min • France

Short Philippe Garrel portrait of a young woman, Handa, who loves that which is decadent, complicated, precious, cannot stand simplicity, and detests people who watch television.