All Films

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man

1963 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Philip quickly comes to regret volunteering to be a witness in a murder trial.

The Three Stooges Scrapbook

1963 • 25 min • United States of America

Three Stooges Scrapbook is an unaired 1960 television pilot. The Three Stooges room with a mad scientist after their eviction, and present the story of Christopher Columbus.

A Bagful of Fleas

1963 • 43 min • Czechoslovakia

The themes of anarchy and individualism that run through Věra Chytilová’s work begin here, in an almost docu-realist look at women finding freedom and joy amid the rigid conformity of life in a communal factory dormitory.

A Happy Mother's Day

1963 • 26 min • United States of America

In 1963 the first known surviving set of American quintuplets were born to Mary Ann and Andrew Fischer, this film looks at some of the changes their arrival caused to their family.

Inside Outer Space

1963 • 46 min • United States of America

Ludwig Von Drake gives a lecture on outer space, using footage from Man and the Moon, Man in Space and Mars and Beyond.

The Monster Cockroach

1963 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Adaptation of a fairy tale Korney Chukovsky. As big and strong animals, succumbing to panic, obey little cockroach.

Across the Street—Across the World

1963 • 30 min • United Kingdom

The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.

Kitka - a poem in living water

1963 • 9 min • Finland

Opus Jazz

1963 • 12 min • Poland

A documentary portrait of the Kurylewicz Quintet at work in the recording studio, Opus Jazz captures the stop-and-start process of rehearsal before the musicians lock into rhythm and achieve full improvisational flow. Majewski’s film highlights both the discipline and spontaneity of modern jazz in 1960s Poland.

O.K. End Here

1963 • 32 min • United States of America

O.K. End Here is Frank’s 1963 short film about inertia in a modern relationship. The film alternates between semidocumentary scenes and shots composed with rigid formality, and appears to have been directly influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague and Michelangelo Antonioni’s films.

Talent

1963 • 14 min • Soviet Union

The parents wanted to make their son a famous violinist, and he had a real talent for technique.

The House Is Black

1963 • 21 min • Iran

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.

En gång i Stockholm

1963 • 49 min • Sweden

Two teen idols meet in Stockholm.

Just Like That!

1963 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated satire about a boss who thinks only he knows what is what and what is best.

Los días perdidos

1963 • 41 min • Spain

A married woman living in France returns to Madrid to bury her father.

The Truth About Mother Goose

1963 • 48 min

Prof. Ludwig Von Drake and his co-host, Herman, tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes, such as Little Jack Horner, Mary, Mary quite Contrary and London Bridge is Falling Down and the fairy tale Mickey and the Beanstalk.

Mr. Piper And The Story Of Brave Molly

1963 • 6 min • Canada

Mr. Piper short released in 1963 where three sisters venture off in the world but get captured by a giant. Molly has to figure out how to save them.

Dreams and Visions By the Sea

1963 • 25 min • Sweden

An artistic representation of Halland, Sweden. Four girls dressed in four different colors represent the four regions and rivers (Viskan, Ätran, Nissan and Lagan).

Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing

1963 • 7 min

Loopy disguises as a sheepdog to help Old MacDonald stop a wolf from stealing sheep.

Hot Water Adventure

1963 • 26 min • Iceland

A promotional film for the Reykjavík district heating. The film blends documentary footage with a narrative adventure following two kids who get lost in the overwhelming industrial environment of the district heating factory.

Thirty Million Letters

1963 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Death and the Lumberjack

1963 • 29 min • Spain

An organ grinder called “El Rubio” has the crank of his street organ confiscated because he did not have his identification papers in order. From then on, a journey full of misfortune begins in which he tries hard to find a crank like the impounded one, to allow him to work again.

Tears the World Can't See

1963 • 19 min • Czechoslovakia

Three friends from a wet neighbourhood come back from the pub properly stoned and decide to continue partying at the home of one of them, because he has a nice wife who understands and gives them a nice treat. But the reality is somewhat different...

Il pollo ruspante

1963 • 33 min • Italy

Gregoretti's Il pollo ruspante ("Free Range Chicken") shows an Italian middle-class family with two children traveling via an autostrada (highway) to the site of a real-estate project where they could be interested in buying a detached house.