All Films

The Chicken

1965 • 15 min • France

The Chicken [Le Poulet] is a 1965 French short comedy film directed by Claude Berri. The film follows a father, mother, and son who go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues. It won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Short Subject.

The Creation

1965 • 1 min

A minimalistic animation of scribbled texts and shapes, set to an impressive sound collage that skewers advertising.

Entering the Sea

1965 • 15 min • Soviet Union

A poetical story about little girl who feels alone even on a beach full of people.

That Way to Madra

1965 • 26 min

A conscript is given leave to visit his wife who has been admitted to hospital after a road accident. Dutch student film in the vein of the French Nouvelle Vague, praised at the time by directors like Godard and Bertolucci.

The Julie Andrews Show

1965 • 60 min • United States of America

The Julie Andrews Show is a television special that was broadcast by NBC in November 1965. This was Andrews' first solo American TV Special, although she had previously starred in several dramatic television works (High Tor, Cinderella) and co-starred with Carol Burnett in a major special. However by November 1965 Andrews was now a major movie star with both Mary Poppins and Sound of Music still in cinemas and an Oscar already sitting on her mantelpiece. Julie's guests included Gene Kelly and The New Christy Minstrels.

Under the Wires

1965 • 27 min • United Kingdom

The electrification of the London Midland Region main line between London, Manchester and Liverpool at 25KV AC, using overhead wires and drawing supply from the National Grid, was a major undertaking involving civil, electrical, mechanical and signal engineering of a complex and advanced nature. This film depicts some aspects of the problems involved and of the unprecedented operations which were carried out.

The Flying Grandfather

1965 • 10 min • East Germany

A grandfather builds a giant kite with his grandson, but first time they try to fly it, they are pulled up into the sky! Grandma is worried that the pair will catch a cold during their flight and insists on sending warm winter clothes up to them. Chimney sweeps, crane operators, police officers and fire fighters come to help her, and by the time Grandpa and his grandson land at the airport, they are greeted with enthusiasm by a crowd.

The Cold Old Days

1965 • 29 min • Finland

Restorer stumbles upon ghosts in an old castle.

The Year of the Mouse

1965 • 6 min • United States of America

Jerry, with the help of a mouse friend, is lowered on a fishing line, abuses the sleeping Tom in various ways, and is yanked away before Tom sees him. First, he hits Tom with a fireplace shovel and plants it in Tom's hand; next, he puts a gun in Tom's hand and pulls the trigger; he puts a noose around Tom's neck; positions a ketchup-covered knife (complete with ketchup "wound"); and finally puts Tom into an archery bow. Tom finally gets his revenge,

Aristotle

1965 • 4 min

"De Hirsch's Aristotle is a succinctly percussive appreciation of the visual rhythms of a country stream." Film 3 of 6 in the Cine-Songs Program.

Tayna chyornogo korolya

1965 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Minado, the Wolverine

1965 • 60 min

A young wolverine seeks revenge on a trapper who killed his mother in Canada's Far North. He steals the man's tools and otherwise sabotages his life in an effort to make the man miserable.

Spaghetti à la romaine

1965 • 8 min • Belgium

Four Degrees West

1965 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Contemporary life in Plymouth in the 1960s – plus some history.

The Secret Formula

1965 • 42 min • Mexico

A cinematographic essay, full of surreal moments and provocative scenarios related to intellectual debates about the Mexican national character.

Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon

1965 • 60 min

Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon was the last of three documentaries William Friedkin made for producer David Wolper. It concerned the world of pro football.

A Pure Soul

1965 • 47 min • Mexico

Second of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). Claudia, a young aristocratic girl travels to Switzerland to recover the corpse of her brother, Juan Luis. As she flies back home to Mexico, in flashback it is revealed that she and her brother had an incestuous relationship and that she managed to drive his fiance, Claire, to her death... with tragic consequences for all of them.

Philosophie et vérité

1965 • 49 min • France

A discussion between Jean Hyppolite, Georges Canguilhem, Paul Ricoeur, Michel Foucault and Alain Badiou on the subject of philosophy and truth. Curated by Dina Dreyfus.

Rhapsody of a River

1965 • 12 min • Ireland

A poetic account of Cork and its surrounding areas.

Au Fou! (Original Version)

1965 • 13 min • Japan

Short experimental animation film from 1966 from pioneer Kuri Yoji. A series of shorts pointing out the various ways that people meet their death through their own stupidity. The original monochrome version.

Catembe

1965 • 45 min • Portugal

This documentary shows a typical Sunday in Mozambique's capital, tourist main attractions, an inquest in Lisbon about the perception of the people in the street about what life was like in that African colony (or, as the Government had it then, "province"), and then interviews and scenes of Lourenço Marques fishermen and a bar waitresses. African folk music and dance were used as documents and background for the text narration.

Partner

1965 • 38 min

The film deals with the problem of choosing a partner for 16 to 20-year-olds. Third part of the "Relationships Between Boys And Girls" series.

Blossom and Insect

1965 • 16 min • East Germany

The film proves that the apparently ideally and extremely purposefully coordinated relationships between flowers and the insects that pollinate them are nothing other than the result of a very long period of natural selection and mutual adaptation. Phenomena that contradict the preservation of the species must die off. The example of the bee and the red clover illustrates that contradictory relationships can be cultivated artificially.

El bombero está triste y llora

1965 • 11 min • Argentina