All Films

Niaye

1964 • 35 min • France, Senegal

The pregnancy of a young girl scandalizes her community.

Marcy y Miguelo

1964 • 2 min • Argentina

A young woman goes to the beach where she finds a handsome fisherman that catches her attention

Captain America Battles the Red Skull

1964 • 2 min • United States of America

The Red Skull (played by Larry Ivie), is about to destroy an American city with only Steve Rogers as Captain America (played by Don Glut) able to stop him. Will he be in time?

Vajont (Natale 1963)

1964 • 11 min

Christmas 1963, cemetery of Fortogna, fraction of Longarone, where the victims of the Vajont disaster are buried (9 October 1963). The survivors spent Christmas here, watching over their dead and praying for them: the Christmas tree was brought to the graves. A certainty emerges from the interviews: what matters are the people, not the money.

The Hills of Marlik

1964 • 15 min • Iran

This is a short documentary about Marlik hills and the archaeology's explorations there. But also it is about life, art, and the hope for a better tomorrow.

Caroline

1964 • 28 min • Canada

Twenty-four year old Montréaler Caroline works as a sales representative for a telephone company. She's married to Claude, the two who have a young son. On their fourth wedding anniversary, about which Claude seems to have forgot or doesn't care, Caroline seems unhappy with her life, although she approaches it with a certain efficiency. When she was growing up, she, like any girl, had several ideas which changed all the time of what she wanted to do with her life when she grew up. But her life hasn't seemed to come close to any of those dreams. Can Claude or anyone else reassure Caroline about her life, especially on this milestone?

Jazz in Poland

1964 • 43 min • Poland, Germany

Performances by Poland's most acclaimed jazz bands, punctuated by short interviews conducted by German music journalist Joachim-Ernst Berendt. Appearing consecutively are: Warsaw Stompers, Namysłowski Quartet, Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet, Krzysztof Komeda Quintet, Bossa Nova Combo and Wróblewski Quartet. The concerts are crowned by the All Star Session, a joint finale with all the performers and the song Family Blues.

Son of Tor

1964 • 7 min

Carl Denham (returns to Tor's plateau ("Tor, King of Beasts" 1962) with a friend.

Shrimp Stories

1964 • 10 min • France

After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using a strong claw and a fine one; we watch digestion. After eating, shrimp clean themselves. The female lays eggs that cling to her feet. After three weeks, the eggs hatch explosively. Few larvae live to adulthood. We watch an adult shed its carapace with a final leap, leaving it vulnerable; other shrimp attack.

Avatar: The Exchange of Souls

1964 • 59 min • Poland

Count Olgierd Łabiński lives in Paris with his beloved wife, but their quiet life is disturbed by the arrival of Octavius de Saville, a former admirer of the Countess from her days in Florence. Obsessed with possessing her, Octavius seeks out Dr. Cherbonneau, a sinister figure dabbling in Eastern teachings of reincarnation. Through the doctor’s occult science, Octavius attempts a dangerous “exchange of souls,” scheming to inhabit the Count’s body and win the woman he desires.

Captain America vs. The Mutant

1964 • 3 min

A spacecraft lands on Earth. Steve Rogers (played by Randal Kleiser) observes the landing and investigates as Captain America.

The Top

1964 • 8 min

This award-winning stylized cartoon film has as its theme the attainment of material success. As a comic parable, it develops about the antics differing social types who try in one way or another to reach "the top" - represented graphically by a red cloud-like ceiling that seemingly contains an endless supply of greenbacks. [Source: Creative Film Society catalog, 1972]

Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North

1964 • 27 min • Canada

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path outlined in Mackenzie's journal, the film depicts his arduous journey by canoe all the way to the salt water of the Arctic Ocean - one of the great epics of northern exploration.

Without Title

1964 • 3 min • Yugoslavia

A political satire in which an animated man with a drum is waiting for his cue.

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

1964 • 30 min • Soviet Union

The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife.

Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou

1964 • 55 min • Japan

Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques.

When Cossacks Do Cry

1964 • 26 min • Soviet Union

Un español en la corte del rey Arturo

1964 • 48 min • Spain

An Español gets transported to King Arthur's court.

A Visit from Space

1964 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.

The Fisher Cat

1964 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Man in the 5th Dimension

1964 • 34 min • United States of America

This new evangelistic film epic, specially produced for this Gospel witness at the World's Fair, undertakes to describe man's "fifth" dimension -- the life of the human spirit. In swift sequence the giant galaxies, tiny microscopic organisms, cultures and civilizations of the heroic past are summoned to bear testimony to the Glory of God and the spiritual nature of man. Then the story narrows down to one solitary individual, Jesus Christ, the Carpenter of Nazareth, and the effect of this Man upon the world. The film closes on a highly personal note as Mr. Graham invites viewers to receive Christ as Savior and Lord.

My Documentary

1964 • 4 min • Japan

Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme.

Complexe

1964 • 14 min • Japan

Nobuhiko Obayashi's short experimental film shows off persistence in film editing in the early 60s.

Naomi and Rufus Kiss

1964 • 30 min

Naomi Levine and Rufus Collins kiss.