All Films

Pop Pirates

1984 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A story of adventure in the pop music world. A schoolboy pop group who call themselves The Pirates find themselves involved with a different sort of piracy when they discover a secret video tape-copying factory

Björnen

1984 • 46 min • Sweden

Widow Jelena has let it be known she does not want to meet any men and is upset when Grigorij shows up and wants to speak to her about something.

Elizabeth Maconchy

1984 • 48 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about the composer Elizabeth Maconchy, filmed during the rehearsal of a new composition

Teacher, Don't Turn Me On!

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Two high school girls, an older sister and a married woman all vie for the attention of a tutor. Needless to say not much studying gets done.

There Is

1984 • 57 min • Poland

The inhabitants of Zbrosza Duża and their parish priest go to a meeting with John Paul II.

Musical Lantern

1984 • 7 min • Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic

The composer's work, in black and white, disturbed by an elephant... and the melody, creating colours and unusual, fanciful shapes. In 1984, Pavel Koutsky worked on this film called Laterna musica inspired by Houslovy koncert (Paganini concert).

Goodbye Boy

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Two young men from the countryside come to their dream city of Tokyo with the dream of becoming a world boxing champion and a top entertainer.

Thumbelina

1984 • 51 min • United States of America

Thumbelina is the answer to her mother's prayers but is all too soon stolen away by Mother Toad as a wife for her son. With the help of many different woodland creatures, especially the Swallow, Thumbelina overcomes many obstacles to try and get back to her mother.

Imago

1984 • 10 min • Czechoslovakia

One of the moralities of the trio of authors Milos Macourek, Adolf Born and Jaroslav Doubrava. It deals with the topic of implacability of human optimism and fantasy. In a sad manner it tells us a humorous story of a man living double life: one of a beaten little clerk, humiliated by his arrogant boss, imperious wife and misbehaved descendant; the other of a spoiled hero of a dream empire full of beautiful and tender women, flowers and fantastic figures. From artistic point of view is the film based on Adolf Born's lithographs.

December Flower

1984 • 57 min

Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore her aunt's dignity and cheer brings renewed meaning to the lives of both women, but also reveals family secrets and forces confrontations with her aunt's indifferent son and hostile daughter-in-law.

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle

1984 • 48 min • Japan

Senbei Norimaki finds the secret treasure named “Eye of Rainbow” of the legendary Nanaba Castle in the mountain. This treasure makes every dream come true. When the gang of Arale Norimaki and Gatchan tried to steal the treasure, Bisna, who is the descendant of Nanaba Kingdom, takes the treasure. Bisna wants to revive the devil and Nanaba Kingdom. Arale and her friends went towards the secret Nanaba Castle to get back the treasure.

Good Neighbours

1984 • 30 min

Lorrie's father is keen on the idea of an anti-crime Neighbourhood Watch, but Lorrie has his doubts. A play for the BBC schools anthology Scene written by Leslie Stewart.

Kid

1984 • 33 min • United States of America

Hal Hartley's senior thesis film from SUNY-Purchase. A young man attempts to leave his Long Island suburb, but is thwarted by a series of absurd obstacles.

OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Joker Face

1984 • 60 min • Sweden

A series of sketches with various Swedish comedians and artists.

Pinocchio

1984 • 52 min • United States of America

A lonely wood-carver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy comes while he sleeps and partially grants the wish by turning his latest puppet, Pinocchio, into a living marionette. Pinocchio can himself fulfill Geppetto's wish of a real human son if he can prove himself to be a good soul. However, the road to becoming a real boy seems to never end, since his innocence continuously causes a problem, especially when the Evil Gypsy and his two goons want to exploit him. Not to mention, every time that he misbehaves or lies, his nose grows...

High Noon Ripper

1984 • 60 min • Japan

A female got viciously raped and killed. Aya, the publisher of a popular journal, and the professional photographer Kajii hurry to the location of the murder to make some photos for the news. The picture is awful as the murderer had cut the genitals out of his woman’s body. Aya get a tip from a photograph published in the journal, that was used by the fifteen years old person. Kajii prospects Shun to be the killer and starts following him with the help of his girlfriend. A couple of days later the maniac hits again. A new victim is Makiko, with whom Aya had lesbian sex and relationship. Their investigation for finding the killer leads them to a playground in which the first slay has had place. But who may be this High Noon Slasher and why is killing innocent girls.

Atalanta Strategy

1984 • 27 min

The story of Willard from Ashley's opera Atalanta, recounted in 3 parts.

Lady

1984 • 6 min • United States of America

Lisa Lyon takes her clothes off under 80s pop and coloured lights in a beautiful building.

Celestial Navigation

1984 • 15 min

Beginning with his work for a certain public television show that featured a big yellow bird, Al Jarnow captured life's scientific minutia and boiled it down for easy consumption between cookie eating monsters and counting vampires. Coupling time-lapse, stop motion, and cell animation with simple objects found in every day life, Jarnow deconstructed the world for an entire generation.

Polsi sottili

1984 • 50 min

Slags

1984 • 31 min • United Kingdom

Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their gang the Slags has disbanded due to a rival gang, the Hawaiians, who wear garlands and drink Pina Coladas.

Getting Wet

1984 • 25 min • Australia

Fifteen year old Alex and his older brother, Michael, both like the same girl, who has worked in their family pub for years. When she accompanies the family on a holiday at the beach, Alex hopes he can attract her attention, but as usual it is Michael who gets the girl. But there are compensations for Alex.