All Films

Renaud - Morgane de toi

1983 • 6 min • France

The Day Of Luck

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

About the acquaintance of Topa and Tutti, a cute and shy hippo and a good, but also very proud kitten. Until they met, they dreamed of finding friends, because they were very lonely. And then they met one day! Now they are will have funny stories and adventures, and most importantly – sincere friendship.

Vernadsky's Law

1983 • 46 min • Soviet Union

We rush to search for the truth in distant lands, but it often turns out that its solution lives next to us. We drive along Vernadsky Avenue without thinking about what secrets these scientists have discovered, because we get used to words without thinking about their meaning.

American Dance Machine Presents a Celebration of Broadway Dance

1983 • 60 min

Dance routines from some of Broadway's greatest musicals (including The Boyfriend, Carousel, Finian's Rainbow, George M and Shenandoah) are recreated.

The Very Old Fairy Tale

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A fairy tale about a narcissistic Kolobok who didn't appreciate anyone. Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a grandmother. They lived well, but they had no children and were sad about it. One day grandmother found some flour and baked a Kolobok from it, and it jumped off the stove and came to life. Grandfather and grandmother were happy that they had an heir, and he looked like his grandfather. They began to love him, feed and pamper him. And they decided that it was time for the kolobok to go out and help them, the old people. The colobok heard this, was indignant, saying that he was not born to work, he was born so beautiful, and left them. Who will he meet on his way?

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

1983 • 46 min • Sweden

A young girl is torn between marrying the old man herr Sleeman for money or the young hunter out of love.

The Trip to Deauville

1983 • 31 min

One afternoon in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 18-year-old Philippe meets 16-year-old Frédéric. Their eyes meet, they talk and decide to spend a sensemble weekend in Deauville. But it's not that easy to get to know each other. From surprises to concessions, this weekend teaches them how difficult it is to understand each other and not waste the pleasures that come our way; and that sometimes, at the end of the day, we'd like to do the trip all over again, in reverse.

Death to Slaves

1983 • 16 min • Yugoslavia

A documentary video presenting a concert by the Laibach group at the 1982 Novi Rock festival. A video as a document on the beginnings of the controversial band with its original members.

The Daydreamer

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A boy fantasizes about his female classmate, inspired by a letter she's received from her father who works in the far-away Arctic.

A Man Called Air

1983 • 50 min • Yugoslavia

Josip Kopinič, a Slovenian communist and close associate of Josip Broz Tito, tells about his experiences as a Soviet intelligence officer.

Portrait of an Assassin

1983 • 10 min

Shot on Super 8 film in 1983 (as a college project), this political-thriller was made on the campus of Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. The movie takes place in Canada, and is the story of a hit man (played by Peter Coston) hired to take out a controversial Canadian politician.

Greetings from New York

1983 • 28 min

Obscure documentary from 1983 with segments on downtown fashion designers, graffiti artists, and the hardcore scene.

Où sont-elles donc ?

1983 • 12 min • France

Beats of the Heart: The Two Faces of Thailand A Musical Portrait

1983 • 60 min

Even today, at the king of Thailands birthday celebrations, massed bands play His Majesty’s own compositions, whilst the King plays his clarinet in the royal recording studio. But the musical underbelly of the country had never been exposed before this film, which - by contrast - captures the cabarets and boxing rings of Thailand, and the true street-level music.

Baby in a Rage

1983 • 9 min • United States of America

A documentary of an Amish pig auction in Kalona, Iowa.

Testigos en cadena

1983 • 11 min • Argentina

A photographer witnesses a murder in front of his apartment and records the incident with his camera. A glimpse into Argentine life during the military dictatorship.

School Without End

1983 • 40 min

A group of women following the worker-union-sponsored “150 hours” course to complete their secondary school education are mentored by feminist, activist, and writer Lea Melandri. Adriana Monti follows the women as they reconsider their role as housewives and the effects of this type of political education on their self-narration.

Happy Birthday Bondage-Gram

1983 • 42 min

Courtesy of Kink-O-Gram lazy Jill gets just what she needs to change her messy ways: A Dominatrix-Gram! This visiting Mistress is a present from her room-and-love-mate, Jacky, and she soon enforces the discipline that Jill needs! You’ll watch as Jill’s forced to push a dildo-studded vacuum cleaner! See her scrub bathroom tile in tight black latex! And of course, see the Birthday Girl receive a Birthday Spanking!

The Dragoness

1983 • 10 min • France

When a lone jogger gets heavily hit on by a "hitchhiker" in a wheelchair...

Family Album

1983 • 7 min

super 8 short by Nick Ostrovskis

Illusions: A film on Solvent Abuse

1983 • 9 min

Public Information Film on the dangers of solvent abuse.

Moron Movies

1983 • 58 min • United States of America

Len Cella delivers offbeat, silly and generally Moronic short films

Devotions

1983 • 22 min • United States of America

Men in pairs, mostly naked, perform various sensual tasks together.

Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

1983 • 40 min • Senegal, United States of America

A complex visual study of the women of rural Senegal. Through a complicity of interaction between film and spectator, Reassemblage reflects on documentary filmmaking and the ethnographic representation of cultures.