All Films

California Crisis: Gun Salvo

1986 • 45 min • Japan

Carefree Californians Noera and Marcia find themselves at the center of a massive government conspiracy when they discover a mysterious object in the wreckage of a military convoy. Their search for answers leads them all the way to the heart of Death Valley, where a secret of international proportions (or bigger) is just waiting to get out.

Spray Jet

1986 • 15 min

Three artists from São Paulo - Leda Catunda, Leonilson and Ciro Cozzolino - talk about their work and the rebirth of painting through pop, conceptual art and graffiti.

Point Virgule

1986 • 4 min

In this short piece, fledgling editors, reporters, and illustrators describe their work on Point Virgule, a newspaper by and for young people, including publishing articles on racism.

Chikan densha: Okumade nozoite

1986 • 60 min • Japan

"Groper Train" entry distributed by Million.

Five Days

1986 • 18 min • Australia

An American Vietnam serviceman arrives on a 5 day R&R leave in Sydney. He meets a local girl and they enjoy their short time together.

Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare

1986 • 54 min • United Kingdom, Japan

In the 21st century Mankind will have pushed back the frontiers of science in a way we can scarcely conceive of today. Space exploration, energy development and biological as well as environmental sciences will enable the earth to progress beyond our wildest dreams. Alongside such far-reaching changes will come new and unsuspected hazards. One organization will be ready, International Rescue with its fleet of Thunderbirds. Join the crew of these fantastic crafts on ARCOLOGY, a vast city complex in the Pacific, where they are ready to face any danger, no matter how desperate.

Silent Life

1986 • 13 min

Silent Life records the first hours and days of life through a series of portraits of newborn babies in a hospital nursery. The alienating hospital environment, and the vulnerability of the babies' gestures and expressions, suggests a primal linking of birth and death.

Standard Gauge

1986 • 35 min • United States of America

Standard Gauge is an autobiographical film that examines Morgan Fisher’s work as an editor in the film industry. The film goes through scraps of rejected material along with commentary on the meaning of all the scrapped images. This film is an account and critique of the processes of meaning within film production through an examination of both materialism and the institution of film itself.

Ivanhoe

1986 • 55 min • Australia

Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe's 12th-century England comes to life in Burbank Film's classic animated film.

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86

1986 • 53 min • Japan

Live concert

Colette Vignette

1986 • 4 min

An award-winning short featuring an interview with actress Colette Haywood of CHAMELEON STREET.

Spooky Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!!

1986 • 49 min • Japan

A monster appeared out of nowhere, transformed into a human, and began selling strange cloth. Becoming suspicious, the cat girl follows him and witnesses a horrifying scene deep in the mountains. Using a technique she had never seen before, she turned her colored paper into a piece of cloth...

Groper Train: Interconnected

1986 • 60 min • Japan

Murazawa molests Noriko on a crowded train, but she steals his wallet. He catches Noriko and takes her to the police, but she turns out to be the wife of the detective who interrogated him. Saeki molests Nozomi, a police officer, and makes the excuse that it was love at first sight. The two start dating, but Saeki's wife and Nozomi are best friends. Akiko has been having an affair behind her husband's back, but she is terrified when she hears about a case in which a husband killed his wife because of his affair...

Mr. Pen Pen

1986 • 49 min • Japan

Pen-Pen, the hat-and-tie-wearing prince of Penguin Land, turns up unexpectedly on little Mika's doorstep. and invites himself and his zany friends to stay.

Ladies' Night

1986 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.

Bavi Stock II: The Revenge of Eyesma -Beyond The Throbbing Love-

1986 • 45 min • Japan

Kate, the agent of police planet G.P.P. is still fighting Ventica Empire. She has the aces against the Empire with her: Bavi and Mooma. They have to crashland on an unknown planet, where there is not only a thriving vegetation of trees higher than a hundred metres, but also animals resembling dinosaurs. Before the three could find a way of getting out of this jungle, a strong enemy sent by the Empire arrives: cyborg soldier Eyesman.

Groper Train: Dangerous Neighbor

1986 • 60 min • Japan

A neighbor enlists the help of a young perverted couple - an assistant professor and his wife. Can he fix his sexual complex? Part 20 in the "Molester Train" series.

Babylon

1986 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

Teen Father

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

College bound 18-year-old has his life turned upside down when his 16-year-old girlfriend announce she is pregnant.

Daylight Robbery

1986 • 55 min

Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimately for the highest stake of all: revenge for the past.

Prefectural Earth Defense Force

1986 • 50 min • Japan

The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on Kyūshū (they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the Prefectural Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers and students from the school. They are also joined by a cyborg transfer student from India.

Dead Things

1986 • 21 min • United States of America

A deranged hillbilly dad, along with his similarly demented hick child, brutally butcher any folks who are unfortunate enough to venture into their remote neck of the woods. This is the original 1986 version.

Dreamless Sleep

1986 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Silently conveys a couple's fear of an immanent nuclear blast. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

Darlin' Clementine

1986 • 49 min • United States of America

Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.