All Films

The Magic Castle

1961 • 53 min • East Germany

"Das Märchenschloss" is a children’s film based on a picture book by Fred Rodian. It tells the story of three brothers - Klaus, Günter, and Peter - who head out into the world to meet their dreams. While Klaus dreams of a combine harvester, Günther dreams of a tractor. Little Peter, however, yearns for something completely different: a fairytale castle.

Guns of Freedom

1961 • 27 min • Algeria

This docu-fiction recounts the difficulties overcome by an ALN ​​detachment whose perilous mission is to transport weapons and ammunition from Tunisia across the Algerian Sahara during the Algerian liberation war (1954-1962) against the French army of occupation.

Winner

1961 • 46 min • Soviet Union

Honored Master of Sports, celebrated champion — speed skater Alexey Streshnev feels that his time of success has passed and that it is better to leave the ice rink undefeated than to tempt fate again and again. His decision is opposed by his sports colleagues and his wife, and most importantly — he is the main rival of his former protégé, the young talented athlete Vasily Kurbatov.

How a puppy wanted little puppies

1961 • 10 min • Czechoslovakia

The puppy wakes up at night due to strange unpleasant noises. The sounds don't stop, but eventually the puppy manages to fall asleep. In the morning he goes to see what it was and on the way to the pond he meets a hen sitting on eggs...

Neznaika at School

1961 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.

Tree Spree

1961 • 7 min • United States of America

Tree Spree is a 1961 Sidney the Elephant cartoon.

A Touch of Magic

1961 • 11 min • United States of America

Car fantasies

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 2

1961 • 55 min • Japan

The struggles of the Golden Peacock Clan continue as they seek to reclaim their home and prevent the evil Gondaiyu from taking their most prized treasures.

Loopy's Hare-do

1961 • 7 min

Loopy volunteers to be a hunter's hunting dog and at the same time protect the rabbit. By the time the hunting is well, the hunters spots a $50 wolf bounty opportunity.

House of Mystery

1961 • 56 min • United Kingdom

A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.

In Transit

1961 • 28 min • Soviet Union

An elderly man takes in his orphaned niece after the death of his younger brother. On the way home, on the train, in communication with various people, the true traits of his character are revealed.

Like the Time Is Now

1961 • 6 min • United Kingdom

America comes to Brighton as three beatniks hang out, listen to records and smoke before strange hats appear out of nowhere and a cartoon bubble suggests they go to the cinema.

This Is My Ducky Day

1961 • 7 min • United States of America

After despairing about how his good deeds do not pay, Loopy raises a duck.

Manger

1961 • 28 min • Canada

This documentary explores the economic, sociological, and cultural aspects of food systems and consumption in a major city, focusing on the disconnect between food production and consumption.

Return to Kerry

1961 • 20 min • Ireland

Travelogue film showcasing the south west of Ireland.

Child Sock-Cology

1961 • 7 min

Loopy encounters a lost giant gorilla baby and brings him back to the zoo.

Romance of a Tear

1961 • 19 min • Yugoslavia

A boy and a girl meet in the middle of a carnival direnda and rejoice together until the crowd separates them. Their reunion is not possible, as they were wearing masks.

Seduction of the Innocent

1961 • 9 min • United States of America

Jeanette, a pretty high school student, is looking for “kicks”. She starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and begins popping bennies, uppers and other pills. Soon she graduates from barbiturates to marijuana…

Very Nice, Very Nice

1961 • 7 min • Canada

Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, "Very nice, very nice." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

The forty and one nights

1961 • 6 min

Painter and collage artist, Jess (Collins) performs 41 (now lost) collages to (his) selected sound bits in the manner of a turn-of-the-century nickelodeon.

Discovering Texture

1961 • 17 min • United States of America

Explores the concept of texture in our environment and how it is perceived through our senses, particularly touch and sight. The film describes texture as the surface quality of objects, which can range from smooth to rough, shiny to bumpy, or any variation in between. It emphasizes that every surface, including the Earth and living things on it, has its own unique texture.

First Time in the Circus Arena

1961 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Elephant Timka really wants to perform in the circus, but is shy. A story about what is worth trying for the sake of a dream.

Count Down Clown

1961 • 7 min • United States of America

Thinking he is not needed by anyone, Loopy joins a space program and participates in tests by going to the moon.

What's My Lion?

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

It's open season for hunting, and Rocky the Mountain Lion takes refuge from gunfire by sneaking into a cabin owned by Elmer Fudd.