All Films

A másik oldal

1985 • 24 min • Hungary

Our hero stumbles across the road looking for the other side. He walks into a smoky pub while wandering in the city at night.

The Cult: Live from The Ritz

1985 • 31 min • United States of America

The Cult filmed live for the MTV Saturday Night Concert Series from The Ritz in New York City, 1985.

Bending the Sally

1985 • 7 min

In this documentary by Roy Spence, willow weaver Alison Fitzgerald takes the viewer through the labour intensive process of weaving a ciseog from willow rods, from her workshop Greenwood Baskets in Loughgall. A ciseog is a type of basket that is traditionally used for straining potatoes. From the cutting of the willow rods to the intricate weaving of the sally rods, we are treated to a brief history of a craft and tradition that’s admired all over the world.

The Last Present

1985 • 7 min • Soviet Union

A short story about Santa. Director's diploma film for Higher Education Courses for Directors and Scriptwriters.

The Best of All Time Horror Classics

1985 • 60 min • United States of America

A collection of snippets from many classic horror movies plus an interview with Christopher Lee discussing his various roles, especially his portrayal of Dracula.

Captain Kangaroo's Merry Christmas Stories

1985 • 58 min

Of all the stories in the world, perhaps the most memorable are those that tell of the celebration of Christmas and of the simple morals of giving and sharing inspired by the spirit of the season. In this program Captain Kangaroo shares with children an eclectic selection of classic tales of the Christmas season, among them the French legend "The Gift of the Little Juggler", Hans Christian Andersen's immortal "The Fir Tree", and Clement Moore's beloved poem "A Christmas Carol." Alternately depicted in live dramatization and colorful animation, and narrated by the Captain, the stories are a reinforcement of the meaning of the season that children and adults alike will enjoy and cherish.

The Straw Man

1985 • 11 min • China

Based on an ancient proverb (which one could translate into ‘it’s dogged as does it’), this film tells about a fisherman who is disturbed by two pelicans and who disguises himself as a scarecrow to catch the two birds.

Augusta's Presents

1985 • 3 min • Hungary

Augusta Christmas special. The gifts she's bought aren't what they seem.

Allusion: Reincarnation Story

1985 • 48 min • Japan

Musical film: Hiromi Go plays a warrior, a gigolo, and an officer spread across a thousand years of history

Billion Dollar Day

1985 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Billion Dollar Day is a documentary about currency trading created by the British Broadcasting Corporation on June, 4th 1985. The documentary focuses on three traders, each located in New York, London and Hong Kong. The traders are followed throughout a typical day in order to demonstrate the challenges and dedication of each trader. More than a Billion is exchanged during the course of 24 hours while trading GBP, USD and German Marks. The documentary is considered a landmark in International Business Schools and currency trading circles.

Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile

1985 • 57 min • Palestinian Territory, United States of America

Martin Sheen narrates this examination of the lives of three Palestinian families who fled their homes in 1948 and have lived as refugees in Lebanon ever since. Utilizing archive footage dating from as early as 1935, Native Sons probes the roots of the Palestine/Israel conflict through lives of individual people.

Do Outro Lado da Sua Casa

1985 • 19 min

About the routine of those who live on the streets of São Paulo. Gilberto, a cardboard scavenger, becomes the video reporter and interviews other homeless people about poverty, exclusion, work and life.

Traveling Light

1985 • 2 min

Light and shadows travel across the inside of a house.

Texas Style

1985 • 28 min

Texas Style centers on three generations of Westmoreland family fiddlers, bringing you to the Homecoming, Rodeo, Reunion and Fiddling Contest in Gustine, Texas, where there are armadillo races, tobacco-spitting and frog hopping contests, cow chip throwing and young and old comparing their hog calling skills. Inside a canvas tent, some of Texas' most remarkable fiddlers compete to the foot-stomping delight of their audience.

The Mad Ave Wizard

1985 • 15 min

At a major bid session at a major Ad Agency, a shy special effects director is ignored in a meeting, at the peril of everyone in the room.

Los niños que vinieron

1985 • 16 min • Peru

The drama of the children of Ayacucho, forced to emigrate to the capital due to the extreme violence exerted on them by the protagonists of a conflict that is alien to them. They will remember through their testimonies the land they left behind: the landscape, their houses, their friends, their dead…

Woman at the Wheel

1985 • 8 min

A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She beats one of them up, before crashing into a group of youths and, finally, a wall.

How a Cat Fought with Mice

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A hand-drawn cartoon based on the fairy tale "The Cat and the Mice" by Ubaid Zakoni.

Old Stair

1985 • 7 min • Soviet Union

Based on a poem by I. Pivovorova

Riquet with the Tuft

1985 • 17 min

A story about a dwarf-like prince with a tuft of hair on his head, able to give intelligence to the one he loves. Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

Afghanistan 1362: Memories of a Journey

1985 • 51 min • East Germany, Germany

In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Four years later—the Islamic calendar's year 1362—, director Volker Koepp visited Kabul and neighboring provinces. Koepp met a cross-section of people, such as soldiers, intellectuals, kids, and nomads, and with sensitive intensity told stories of their daily lives in the turmoil of an “undeclared war.” This travelogue, which was undertaken with the GDR’s consent, took a political risk because it expresses Koepp’s doubt that conflicts can be solved through military invention.

April

1985 • 29 min • Soviet Union

In April (Armenia 1985), on the 70th anniversary of the genocide, on April 24, 1985, Vigen Chaldranyan stages a conversation between the generations in a mixture of comedy and bitter seriousness. As every year, the veterans talk about the days of the war. But while their sons can no longer hear all this, the grandchildren feel called upon to "solve the Armenian question".

Rita e Roberto

1985 • 40 min • Brazil

Deadpan

1985 • 5 min

A pan through the labyrinth of time and space, ever decreasing circles of focus, words, conversation. Who is this man, what does he want?