All Films

From the Crew of Dove Tree: A Shooting Diary

1985 • 11 min • China

A Beijing Television produced short documentary on the set of Wu Ziniu's war film Dove Tree.

The Flapper Story

1985 • 30 min

The story of the freewheeling Flappers of the 1920s, told by the Flappers themselves.

La casa de al lado

1985 • 16 min • Argentina

Produced by the National Institute of Cinematography in the National Short Film Competition, 1985.

Shocking Shorts

1985 • 46 min

Bob gets around and has a bunch of angry women fighting each other over him.

Hajimemashite Nakamori Akina

1985 • 55 min • Japan, United States of America

Akina Nakamori's second video work "Hajimemashite" consists of 12 songs (including three singles "Slow Motion," "Girl A," and "Second Love") from her debut year (1982), filmed at Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles and other locations where Akina Nakamori visited to record and interview for "Slow Motion" from March 11 to 17, 1982, just before her debut. It also includes the recording of her debut song "Slow Motion," and is full of valuable memorial footage from before her debut!

A Fairy Tale About A Little Thing

1985 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A little girl is told a fairy tale about a little bug who doesn't know what she should do with her life as she explores the big, wondrous world. Based on the story by Dmitriy Mamin-Sibiryak.

The Courage to Care

1985 • 46 min

A profile of individuals who knowingly risked their lives during the Holocaust to aid Jews.

Our Enver

1985 • 57 min • Albania

The film director, Bujar, is making a movie about the life and activity of Enver Hoxha. During the film, many retrospectives from the war times till the end of his life are given.

La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

1985 • 60 min • France, Kenya

After Mexico 75 and Copenhagen 80, the United Nations choose the Dark Continent for the Third International Women’s Conference. Running in parallel to the official Governments Conference, is the Non Governmental Organizations Forum attended by 14 000 women. For 10 days, they meet on the Nairobi University Campus to discuss feminist and general political issues: peace, development, Apartheid, Islam, lesbianism, violence and sexual mutilation, Israel/Palestine, etc.

What Can I Do with a Male Nude?

1985 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A male model's poses are accompanied by a photographer's narration exploring censorship, self expression and sexual desire.

U2 at Live Aid

1985 • 20 min

U2's iconic performance at Wembley.

Get a Job

1985 • 11 min • Canada

A young dog struggles to learn how to find a job.

Buying the Bomb

1985 • 58 min

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first television investigation for Frontline. Nazir Ahmed Vaid was arrested in USA, but was released after 4 months, for a Pakistani alleged effort to procure components for their nuclear program.

The Blue Arrow

1985 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A "fairy" who owns a toy store gives toys to good children who can pay for them on New Year's. The little boy Francesco really wants a train called "The Blue Arrow" but has no money, so the toys decide to step in. Based on "La freccia azzurra" by Italian writer Gianni Rodari.

Visions of Power

1985 • 45 min

A look at the way TV affects and manipulates viewers.

Visit israel with Dr. W. Cleon Skousen - The Last Days in the Life of Jesus (Part 1)

1985 • 25 min

This DVD will help you to feel the great emotion of Christ's mortal ministry as it draws to a close. You'll see the area in Bethany where Jesus went to visit His beloved friends at the house of Lazarus. You'll hear the story and see the traditional place where He raised Lazarus from the tomb. Visit the ancient gnarled monarch olive trees, and hear Dr. Skousen's moving description of Jesus Christ's great suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. Some of these ancient trees were probably there during the time of Jesus.

Sabra

1985 • 21 min

Four film students, Josy Meier, H. Nicol Meyerdierks, Armin Schneider and Martin Zawadzki, ask people on the streets of Berlin about their visions. By chance they meet Sabra, a migrant from Lebanon, who is a filmmaker himself.

An Artist's Self-Portrait

1985 • 18 min • Poland

A collective, moving self-portrait of Polish painters of the turn of the century, composed of paintings presented at the exhibition "Symbolism in Polish art" at the National Museum in Warsaw in 1985.

David Bowie at Live Aid

1985 • 17 min

David Bowie performs in front of 70,000 people at Wembley

Plus grandir

1985 • 8 min • France, United States of America

A story about a girl who doesn't want to grow up

Waylon Jennings: Live from Austin, TX '84

1985 • 41 min • United States of America

Looking back, why did it take ten years to finally lure Waylon Jennings to the Austin City Limits stage for his first performance? Like everything else about the man, he did things his own way - when he was damn good and ready. Maybe it had something to do with that other Texas singer, that Red-Headed Stranger who shook things up in Austin and country music in general. Waylon wasn't sure what the fuss was all about (as he sang, It don t matter who is in Austin, Bob Wills is STILL the King! ). This special package contains both a CD and DVD of Waylon Jenning s FIRST Austin City Limit s performance, recorded in August 1984.

Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol

1985 • 30 min

Kenny gives us his rendition of Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, "with apologies to C. Dickens, Esquire"

The Return of Gods and Ancestors: Paiwan Five Year Ceremony

1985 • 35 min • Taiwan

The Return of Gods and Ancestors is the first locally made ethnographic film in Taiwan. The film, captured with a hand-cranked Bell & Howell 16 mm camera, documents the most magnificent five-year ceremony in Paiwan tribe. During the festival, the Paiwan people expect to receive blessings of the gods and ancestors by piercing rattan balls with extended bamboo poles; however, they also try to prevent any harm caused by evil spirits. The Paiwan five year ceremony is not only the reunion of the dead and the living, but a meeting of the old and the new.

From Chris to Christo

1985 • 24 min • France

In the fall of 1985, Christo "packed" the Pont Neuf. In the space of a week, enthusiasts, critics and curious people drastically change the perception of this place whose presence has never been felt as much as since it was veiled. And that's what Christo wanted.