All Films

Shadows from Light

1983 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Born in 1904, Brandt was a shy and enigmatic man who dominated British photography for decades. His early studies of class-divided Britain were followed by the postwar series of "distorted nudes", shot on beaches and inside rooms. The film is a fitting final portrait of Brandt (it was completed in the year he died), and recomposes his work in cinematic terms. The camera moves through an apartment where the pictures were taken, to reveal photographs scattered 'in situ'. These are panned to show the surrounding space, the angle of vision and a model who reconstructs Brandt's original image. Dwoskin emphasises visual atmosphere through the language of the eye.

Copper Mountain

1983 • 60 min • Canada

Two friends travel to a ski resort, with one looking to hit the slopes, while the other spends time trying to pick up women.

Lotus Goes Turbo

1983 • 27 min • United Kingdom

In 1983, the Lotus F1 team journey into the unknown, as they have to overcome the loss of ground-effect aerodynamics and a transition from the normally-aspirated Cosworth engine, to the more powerful, but more complex Renault Turbo unit.

Happy Day

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

About a kind girl helping her grandfather with housework.

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

1983 • 60 min

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Perman: The Birdman Has Arrived!!

1983 • 25 min • Japan

Mitsuo Suwa is an elementary school student who is not good at studying or sports. He happens to meet Birdman, a righteous alien who visits Earth, and is appointed as Perman No. 1, a superhero who protects peace on Earth. Perman No. 1 is entrusted with a helmet that increases his power 6600 times and makes his body immune to bullets, a cape that allows him to fly freely, and a badge that can also be used as a communication device and oxygen tank . Together with his partner, the chimpanzee Perman No. 2 , Perman No. 1 must face various villains and accidents. Then, in front of them, Mitsuo's classmate Michiko is kidnapped!

Community of Praise

1983 • 59 min

This documentary examines one family's desperate search for faith and religious meaning in Muncie, Indiana.

The Rovers

1983 • 40 min

Documentary which looks at a period of the last few months of 1982 in the fortunes of Tranmere Rovers FC, a football club fighting for survival in the fourth division

The Tree and the Cat

1983 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

Père Noël et fils

1983 • 40 min • France

City Survival

1983 • 25 min • Canada

A young woman leaves the comfort of her small rural community to pursue opportunities in a big Canadian city. She encounters obstacles that almost force her to return home, but she eventually picks up the skills to adjust to the city.

Nude Aerobics

1983 • 57 min • United States of America

A group of women do nude aerobics.

Thin Lizzy - Live at the Regal Theatre

1983 • 45 min

This is an excellent video from this legendary band's farewell tour. Tracklist: -Introduction by Pete Drummond- Jailbreak / This Is The One / Cold Sweat / The Sun Goes Down / Holy War / The Boys Are Back In Town / Rosalie / Baby Please Don't Go

The Mysterious Paul

1983 • 27 min • Canada

At seventy-one, Paul's knife swallowing days appear to be numbered; an injury to his oesophagus injury has halted his public performances and raised concern among his family. In private, to keep up his spirits, he continues to practice his routine before a mirror.

China Lake

1983 • 34 min • United States of America

China Lake tells the story of motorcycle cop Donnelly, a man who spends his vacation time driving around on his Harley in the desert highways still dressed in his uniform. Clearly halfway through this short we learn that Donnelly is deeply disturbed and psychopathic after coming across a few people that have upset him in his twisted ideal of what is right and wrong.

The Christmas Tree Train

1983 • 30 min

Bear cub, Buttons, and his fox companion, Rusty, take a ride on a freight train bound for the city. Now they're lost and must get home before Christmas but first they gotta dodge people, cars, and other dangers.

When Uncle Klimente Was Walking Above the City

1983 • 55 min • Yugoslavia

Macedonian TV drama.

Edgar and the Raven

1983 • 13 min • Brazil

Experimental short made with the remains of an unfinished feature based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe

Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - "The Bridge" - The Live Performance

1983 • 55 min

Filmed live at the Shaftsbury Avenue theatre in 1982 over two shows in October 1982, The Bridge captures Dexy's Midnight Runners at a peak showing the intensity and passion of their live performance. Shot direct to film by Irish music promo director Steve Barron (who went on to direct "Electric Dreams" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" among others), the DVD captures Kevin Rowland's extreme showmanship and training that make Dexy's one of the truly individual groups of the 20th Century.

Cheburashka Goes to School

1983 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Fourth animation about Gena and Cheburashka. Gena finds out that Cheburashka is unable to read. Luckily, the next day is September 1, the first day of school, and Gena decides to take Cheburashka to school so he can learn. After failing to buy a school uniform, they go to the school anyway, only to find it is closed for repair. Shapoklyak uses Lariska the Rat to stimulate the workers to repair the school quickly. As the school also doesn't have enough teachers, Gena and Shapoklyak volunteer to be teachers.

Who Killed Colin Roach?

1983 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Who Killed Colin Roach? is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a police station in East London, in 1982. Even though the police claimed Roach had commited suicide, evidence showed otherwise. Isaac Julien says that this work is essentially a response to the riots, an answer to certain fixed ways of looking at black cultures, but also at those ways we might feel about ourselves.

A Ballad About Green Wood

1983 • 11 min • Czechoslovakia

Pieces of wood are captured by a crow and dance in celebration of spring in this animated short film.

BLACK FLAG Live in Berlin

1983 • 45 min • United States of America

Filmed for television at the legendary SO36 Club in Berlin, 1983.

The Worm Turns

1983 • 9 min • United States of America

A 1983 English language short film written and directed by Roger Avary, starring Andrew Blinn, Stephen A. Housden and Brian Leckner.