All Films

Martin Luther

1963 • 20 min

Biography of Martin Luther on title benches and some reconstructions with François Maistre in the role of Luther (source: Média-Scérén)

Sunday

1963 • 22 min • Belgium

Dimanche was supposed to be a didactic film, ordered by the film department of the National Education, intended to evoke the problem of leisure. Bernhard diverts the order and outwits the trap of the ‘thematic’ film. Without resorting to any form of commentary, making use of extraordinary images sublimating common spaces (the boredom of Sundays, the changing of the guard, children playing, a runner in the woods, a football match, …), he constructs with a nifty montage an exceptional work dealing with the sense of void and the fossilisation of the world. (Boris Lehman)

Monologue

1963 • 12 min • Hungary

A surrealistic cutout animated short.

Robot

1963 • 3 min • United States of America

A robot illustrates the nascent, but growing relationship between man and machine - a relationship not without tension and resentment.

Spikey Knight

1963 • 13 min • Yugoslavia

Short documentary about the hedgehog.

Images of the Visionary World

1963 • 32 min

On the mental images produced by those subject to certain psychotropic substances.

Morecambe and Wise: Be Wise Don't Drink and Drive

1963 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Ernie tells Eric to ‘be wise’ and not drive home after their Christmas party.

The Doughnuts

1963 • 26 min • United States of America

A dramatized episode from Robert McCloskey's book "Homer Price." Shows Homer's resourcefulness in managing the dilemma created by a doughnut machine with a mind of its own.

Beyond the Grampians

1963 • 20 min

Fishing, farming and life in the great outdoors in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

One Got Fat

1963 • 15 min • United States of America

This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.

Il Tempo Libero

1963 • 1 min

Short film by Bruno Munari and Marcello Piccardo.

Reportaje a un vagón

1963 • 22 min • Argentina

Short film produced by the Cinematography Institute of the National University of the Litoral. Short films such as "Tire die", "Feria Franca" and "Reportaje a un vagón", among others, portrayed the living and working conditions of segregated families and towns.

Insomnia

1963 • 14 min • France

French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film included in the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

Tuesday

1963 • 20 min

Run, Run, the Little Stream

1963 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Rhapsody in Bogotá

1963 • 24 min • Colombia

Shot between 1962 and 1963, this film takes place in a cyclical time during which a day of the urban daily life of Bogotá and its inhabitants is presented in the early 60s of the last century, from one dawn to another dawn, amalgamating the images with the musicalization of Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris by George Gershwin.

Ice Breakers

1963 • 11 min • Poland

A report from the work of two Polish icebreakers called ‘Perkuna’ and ‘Światowid’ during a harsh winter near the Danish Drogen Strait. The film shows the value of collective work and the ability to harness the forces of nature by a man.

Golden Conch

1963 • 35 min • China

A fishing boy fell in love with a conch girl living on the fairy island. He passed numerous tests and lived with the girl happily ever after.

Ballerina

1963 • 28 min • Canada

A film about Canadian ballet dancer Margaret Mercier. Prima ballerina of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, graduate of Sadler's Wells Ballet, and student of the Bolshoi Ballet, Miss Mercier talks about her art. The film follows her through rehearsal and a scene from Cinderella.

Illibatezza

1963 • 30 min • Italy

Illibatezza ("Chastity") by Roberto Rossellini is a story of a beautiful stewardess who attracts unwanted attention from one of the air travelers – a middle aged American. By chance, the two stay in the same hotel overnight...

The Home-Made Car

1963 • 27 min • United Kingdom

The Home-Made Car is a 1963 short film directed by James Hill about a young man who rebuilds a vintage car and finds love. Made in and around Farnborough, Hampshire, it became a cult success when regularly broadcast as a trade test colour transmission on the run up to the start of BBC2 colour transmissions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Audio Video

1963 • 9 min • Romania

A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

Visitez Zakopane

1963 • 8 min • Poland

A documentary impression from the capital of the Tatra Mountains. All the winter attractions of Zakopane rhythmically presented by the camera: sleigh rides, skis, dances, sunbathes, bonfires. Visit Zakopane!

There's No Business Like No Business

1963 • 20 min

On behalf of the Arvin Corporation, Buster Keaton demonstrates the importance of using Maremont auto parts for potential repairs while running a petrol station.