All Films

The Golden-Horned Deer

1979 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Screen adaptation of Dmytro Pavlychko's tale-poem of the same name. The shepherd Vasylko saves his friend, the magical golden-horned deer, from the greedy king and his army.

Shaping Bamboo

1979 • 33 min • Solomon Islands

For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of panpipe ensembles. With the exception of slit drums, all musical instruments are made of bamboo; therefore the general word for instruments and the music performed with them is "bamboo" ('au). This film shows the making of panpipes, from the cutting the bamboo in the forest to the making of the final bindings. The most important part of the work consists in shaping each tube to its necessary length. Most 'Are'are panpipe makers measure the length of old instruments before they shape new tubes. Master musician 'Irisipau, surprisingly, takes the measure using his body, and adjusts the final tuning by ear. For the first time we can see here how the instruments and their artificial equiheptatonic scale-seven equidistant degrees in an octave-are practically tuned.

Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy

1979 • 52 min

Herbert von Karajan was a master of the fine blending of acoustic colours. This quality is shown to its best advantage in this programme of masterpieces of French Impressionism. Works include Debussy’s multifaceted La Mer, and his lascivious, dream-like Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, a work which combines shimmering transience with uncompromising energy.

Recado de Chile

1979 • 20 min • Cuba, Chile

A documentary about the activities carried out by the Group of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees: We see presentation of writs of protection, reports, criminal actions, hunger strikes, pacific protests, public acts. The place where minors, the children of missing detainees, are rehabilitated is also shown. Finally, an account about some members in the group is given before international Human Rights organizations.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society

1979 • 42 min

Filmed in 16mm during 1978 - to highlight the sophisticated social, medical, educational infrastructure that the PLO built during the 70ies in the refugee camps in Lebanon. The documentary is a cinematographic testimony of the Palestinian effort to build a secular and pluralistic society, based on the participation of the people and thus strengthening their feeling of national identity and dignity. PRCS was shot in practically all the Camps in Lebanon, from Nahar el Bared in the North to Rashidiye in the South, from Nabatiye to Beirut - Sabra, Shatila and Burj-el-Barajneh. Among the personalities in the film are Abu Ammar (Yasser Arafat), Dr. Fathi Arafat (President of PRCS), Dr. Sait Dajani, Yusuf Iraki, Abdelaziz Labadi.

O Torneio Amilcar Cabral

1979 • 28 min • Brazil, Guinea-Bissau

On the Road with Red Mole

1979 • 52 min • New Zealand

A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".

Shakespeare's Mounted Foot

1979 • 45 min • United Kingdom

The story of an aspiring actor's adventures around the Scottish Borders and northern England with a travelling theatre group.

Disco Mania

1979 • 24 min • United Kingdom

Nerdy teenage mummy's boy David dreams of wowing the girls with his disco dance moves - but alas he was born with two left feet.

The Taste of Life

1979 • 29 min

For years I've been looking for the means to capture everyday life just as it is perceived through a glance from the street. Twenty years ago, you could see young people standing with their bicycles on street corners, in fact, if the bicycles where there, you could be sure to find the young people standing there talking. I would like to document these kinds of events. On this occasion, I was presented with the opportunity to do so. For two and a half weeks, I walked around different parts of the city with my camera and collected images for the film. (Harun Farocki, 1979)

Major Effects

1979 • 47 min

Joseph Bottoms as Major Effects explains some of the secrets of special effects in the movies. Mike Jittlov appears with two stop-motion animated films he has made.

I Have a Tiger

1979 • 16 min • Finland

A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is Miss Kotilainen, who is always complaining about everything. Other people in the building have their own secrets too. After a lot of those secrets are uncovered, a party is held that melts the heart of Miss Kotilainen. After that, Kalle the Tiger won't have to be hidden no more.

Wednesday, January 17, 1979

1979 • 5 min

A deliciously indecipherable autobiography of important dates in McLaren’s life, set against the richly coloured head and tail frames cut from other (unknown) films; film stock garbage acting as diary.

The Wise Gudgeon

1979 • 9 min • Soviet Union

On the motives of Saltikov-Shedrin’s fairy tale, the film derides aimless and senseless being.

Harpy

1979 • 9 min • Belgium

An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

1979 • 40 min

Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this historic item.

Aerial View

1979 • 59 min

A young Halifax architect withdraws from a promising partnership after experiencing events that lead him to question the ethics of his profession. This radical shift in Geoff's career becomes increasingly isolating. His wife leaves him, while his best friend compromises their earlier ideals. Geoff must now rely on his own personal strength as he begins to construct a small home for himself in the country.

Ein Mädchen aus Schnee

1979 • 57 min • Germany, East Germany

The children’s film is based on Wenjamin Kawerin’s short story "Leichte Schritte". It centers on the ten-year-old Peter who is in love with his classmate Una. Much to his despair, however, Una is attracted to another classmate. Peter escapes into a dream world in which he spends a wonderful time with a girlfriend made from snow. As springtime arrives, the snow girl is threatened by the thaw. In order to preserve their friendship, Peter locks his "Una" into a cold store.

Thé au bois

1979 • 4 min • France

They Called it Sten: Rockpile Live in Denmark

1979 • 30 min • Denmark

Rockpile plays for a Danish Television audience in 1979. Tracks: 1.DOWN,DOWN,DOWN 2.I KNEW THE BRIDE 3.DEBORAH 4.LET IT ROCK 5.HERE COMES THE WEEKEND 6.LOVE SO FINE 7.PROMISED LAND 8.THEY CALLED IT ROCK 9.JU JU MAN 10.HEART OF THE CITY

Hand/Water

1979 • 2 min • United States of America

The filmmaker's waving hand, its wooden facsimile, a steamship, a rowboat, the ocean and a bowl of water are the main elements in this visual pun that is also a study of scale.

Night Train

1979 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The sound of lights passing through a darkened landscape seen from a moving train.

O Cinegrafista de Rondon

1979 • 9 min • Brazil

Record of the life and work of Luiz Thomaz Reis, a cameraman who accompanied Rondon's expeditions through the interior of Brazil since 1915. He documented, in photographs, the revolutionary movements of the 1920s, especially that of Catanduva. In the montage, iconographic material, old films and filming made at the National Museum of Cinema were used, where some of his cameras are located.

Jeunesse et Spiritualité : Cyprien Katsaris

1979 • 48 min

Filmed piano recital given by the then-28 year-old Cyprien Katsaris. Directed by French cinema legend Claude Chabrol. Contains performances of the following pieces: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) : Scènes d'enfants (Kinderszenen), Op.15 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) : Ave Maria (Arrangement : F. Liszt) Jacques Arcadelt (1500?-1568) : Ave Maria (Arrangement : F. Liszt) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) : Prélude et Marche funèbre Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) : Regard de l'Eglise d'Amour (n°20 des vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus)