All Films

Inverno di malato

1983 • 60 min • Italy

Girolamo, a teenager from a good family suffering from bone tuberculosis, is hospitalized in a sanatorium where he is forced to suffer the harassment of his rough roommate, sadistically backed by an Austrian nurse. To alleviate his suffering a little will be the tender friendship with Polly, a sweet English girl.

Mistaken Identity

1983 • 25 min • United States of America

Facing his senior year in high school, Brian realized he had demonstrated near-zero effectiveness in sharing his faith. He almost gave up completely after letting himself be talked into a night of "cruising" in town. Then newcomer, Shawn, appeared on campus, and the two struck up a friendship.

9600 Bauds

1983 • 5 min • France

St Andrews: The Friendly University

1983 • 31 min

This beautiful university city is situated on the North East coast of Fife, between Edinburgh and Dundee.

Up to Mount Everest

1983 • 9 min

Short film.

Only Eyes

1983 • 3 min • United States of America

Experimental computer animation.

Will There Be Salmon Tomorrow?

1983 • 25 min • Iceland

The film shows in detail how Icelandic rivers are cultivated, with particular emphasis on maintaining fish stock. There are scenes from a salmon hatchery, the release of the young salmon, the catch of adult fish for egg collection and the salmon ladders. The second half of the film shows fishing in two of Iceland's finest rivers. There are many underwater shots which include the salmon taking the bait and its fight for survival.

Soldier's Widows

1983 • 19 min • Soviet Union

In 1983, the documentary film "Soldier's Widows" was released on the screens of Ukraine, created by director Volodymyr Artemenko, whose father died at the front, and nine aunts remained widows. Based on real events, the picture about one small village of Melnyky in Cherkasy region, where a large number of widows lived, made a strong impression, because there were many such villages in Ukraine. At the Berlin Film Festival, one of the foreign film critics called Ukrainian widows the Madonnas of the 20th century.

The Negotiating Table

1983 • 20 min • Lebanon, United Kingdom

The room is dark, lit only by a light bulb over a table on which the artist lies motionless. Empty chairs surround the table. Her body is bloodstained, covered with entrails, wrapped in plastic, and her head is firmly covered in surgical gauze. On the soundtrack news reports about civil war and speeches of Western leaders talking about peace can be heard.

Lichen

1983 • 3 min

Lichen was hand painted onto 16mm clear leader using photographic opaque, coloured inks and scratching tools. The drawing was extended onto the area normally reserved for an optical soundtrack, so that graphic marks would be translated into sounds by the optical head on the projector. Visually, the piece gradually increases in rhythmic and textural complexity and was inspired by the colours and shapes of rock lichen observed in Norwegian mountains.

Kusi Kusi

1983 • 7 min • Peru

Gaston Aramayo and Victoria de Aramayo show their art and craft as puppeteers with the Kusi Kusi group.

Freefall

1983 • 7 min

Freefall is a dance piece which explores the theme of twinned energies acting in harmony. Two continuous flute tones gradually move apart, defining a range of tensions as they do so. At the same time, two dancers move through a sequence of static tableau which act as a graphic notation for the film score. In the second sequence, the dancers improvise accelerating gestures, moving ever closer to an abstracted choreography of kinetic shadows and light. The third sequence ties the physical movements of each dancer to a minimal piano score, in which each note or phrase corresponds to a fragmentary gesture or action.

Stirbird

1983 • 15 min • United States of America

John Davis' student Film Project from 1983 (SMU) starring the late great Tom Alexander and some stop-motion aliens and robots.

Physik im Strassenverkehr

1983 • 8 min • Germany

Short film about driving and the physics behind it

Tricolor (o Un espacio ganado)

1983 • 11 min • Chile

According to Gloria Camiruaga, the Tricolor video was created from the realization of the scarce presence of female artists in the collective work, so that the absence of women constituted the subject of the video.

Coming Out

1983 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Television documentary about Scottish society's attitudes towards homosexuality, including interviews with gay men and couples and featuring footage of the Edinburgh Gay Centre and the Lavender Menace bookshop.

Interlúdio

1983 • 8 min • Brazil

Between a desperate love, the kind that ends up with the dishes on the floor, and a romantic passion, the kind that seems like it will never end, a supermarket goer has a temporary affair with the girl at the checkout.

Margarida Sempre Viva!

1983 • 40 min

Made immediately after the murder of Margarida Maria Alves, the film captures the raw emotions of the community in the aftermath and follows the investigation into the crime. Barroso uses various tools to tell the story, contrasting images from the offices of the authorities' responsible for investigating the murder with interviews with family members, testimonies from residents of Alagoa Grande, and the public commotion surrounding the event. We are invited to stare unflinchingly into a harsh reality of violence and impunity, but also of fortitude and bravery of the people in the face of injustice.

National Gallery of Art: A Treasury of Masterpieces

1983 • 50 min • United States of America

The artistic treasures of the National Gallery of Art are beautifully explored.This video is ideal for anyone who desires a lasting portrayal of this glorious art museum.

1 de Maio de 1983

1983 • 12 min

The film records the activities surrounding the events dedicated to Labor Day in the countryside of Paraíba. The features rare footage of Margarida Maria Alves.

Bauhaus Live, University Of London (1980-10-31)

1983 • 35 min

A Bauhaus live show which was part of the 1980 - In The Flat Field tour in the UK. It takes place in the University of London.

We Were Asking For It

1983 • 60 min • Mongolia

An old man conspires with two young men and agrees to drink hot deer blood, and they get their wish. The forest police will trace their misdeeds and take appropriate action. The nefarious actions of the poachers are shown in an exaggerated comical tone.

Industrial Robots

1983 • 10 min

" A popularisation film, based on our researches and discoveries in the domain of the most advanced branch of technology, an attempt of clarifying the principles by which these strong helpers of men function, especially of how their "senses" systems work. "

Inventor

1983 • 9 min

Incredible ideas from an inventor.