All Films

Canada Vignettes: The Thirties

1978 • 1 min • Canada

A watercolour evocation of a prairie storm coming after a period of severe drought.

Short Film In Three Parts

1978 • 11 min • Turkey

In three stylistically very different parts, it deals with various forms of escapism in a society that has become blind to the violence that is eroding it from within. Made shortly before the 1980 military coup, Üç Bölümlü Kısa Film was bound to appear to contemporary audiences as a courageous plea for civil disobedience.

The Old Singer

1978 • 11 min • Kuwait

The story revolves around Abu Saleh, who is exposed to many problems because of his love for singing and playing his dilapidated oud and his failure to find an opportunity to sing and his attempts to get out of this crisis

The Goldie Hawn Special

1978 • 60 min • United States of America

Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of comeback for her, after she had been out of the spotlight for over two years. On the TV special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend George Burns, teen idol Shaun Cassidy, television star John Ritter and even the Harlem Globetrotters joined her on the show. The special later went on to be nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.

Satiemania

1978 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of corn, the swaying of men hanging from the gallows, the ripple of water – seen by the eye of the animator…

You're Driving Me Crazy

1978 • 53 min

Having lost his license through driving under the influence of drink, Tom hires Bente, an au pair, to be his chauffeur. He readily succumbs to her charms, resulting in his wife Jacqui hiring her own male au pair, Aron.

School, Girls, and You!

1978 • 14 min • United States of America

It's the 1950s, and strait-laced Everdale University is about to go "co-ed"! In order to prepare its student body for the onslaught of "females" on campus, they present this hard-hitting educational film. Wally Bile is the "wrong-way" role model, according to health professor Dr. Bloom. Dr. Bloom explains the vital "do's and don'ts" on dating women, and the all-important "warning signs" and "danger signals" to look out for when close-encountering the opposite sex.

Hardware Wars

1978 • 13 min • United States of America

A short film parody of the classic science fiction film Star Wars. It premiered in theaters only seven months after Star Wars and consisted of little more than inside jokes and visual puns that heavily depended upon audience familiarity with the original.

Firefly and Dewdrop

1978 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The firefly had a very important thing to do: every evening he hung lights all over the forest and lit stars in the sky so that no one would get lost, and then one day he saw a special light in a drop of dew... That's where the real friendship began.

Afterlife

1978 • 7 min • Canada

This animated short film attempts to answer the eternal questions, What is dying? and How does it feel? Based on recent studies, case histories and some of the ancient myths, the afterlife state is portrayed as an awesome but methodical working-out of all the individual's past experiences. Film without words.

Mountain Lady

1978 • 59 min • United States of America

Country Western star Stuart Hamblen tell the story of Old Tom, his Alaskan hunting and fishing companions, whose pretty granddaughter Heidi joins him for a summer of camping in the great Alaskan wilderness. As they care for a herd of horses, they enjoy a delightful series of adventures - and misadventures. In a refreshingly simple way, viewers begin to understand Old Tom and the sustaining force in his life that comes from year of tempering in "the workshop of the Lord".

Freedom of the Dig

1978 • 30 min

After 15 years in HM Prisons, Emerson just wants to keep his nose clean and get out. Working on the Stone Age fort keeps him away from trouble, but there are other problems apart from the weather

Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan

1978 • 60 min

Reveals the life and current (1978) muses of Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.

The Winds of the Milky Way

1978 • 54 min • Finland, Hungary, Soviet Union

Sequel to the "The Waterfowl People". The author interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relationships of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansi, Hungarians, Sami, Nganasans, and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on location in northern Finland, Sapmi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, the Setomaa region in Estonia, and on the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Muhu. Footage was also shot in 1970 in the Nenets Okrug. The second documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.

The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford

1978 • 40 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

TV documentary in which Robert Redford discusses the Wild West and retraces the old escape route to Mexico.

Nina Hagen Band - Live @ Rockpalast

1978 • 60 min

Since her solo debut in 1978, Nina Hagen has been considered the enfant terrible of the German music scene. Their shrill performances like the one on December 9, 1978, in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle remain unmatched to this day. There she and her band (the later Spliff) underlined their deserved status as the "Godmother of Punk".

Moomintroll and the Comet

1978 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Stop-motion animation. A comet is hurtling towards Earth. Moomintroll and friends travel to a mountaintop observatory to investigate.

Notes on the Popular Arts

1978 • 20 min

An exploration of American escapism through dream sequences. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

1978 • 50 min • United States of America

Richard and Karen Carpenter host a musical celebration of the holiday with celebrity guests Gene Kelly, Georgia Engel, and Jimmy & Kristy McNichol.

L'évasion

1978 • 8 min • France

Jeunet and Caro capture the story of an attempted prison escape from the Prison de la Santé in Paris. As the escape artists travels through tunnels and squeeze his way through freshly cut bars, he finds himself in an endless labyrinth underneath the confining walls of solitude.

Neutronenfrieden?

1978 • 3 min

Playing children are hit by the neutron bomb. Their clothes remain behind which a business man collects and puts up for sale.

Three Sons-In-Law

1978 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Kahi and Baadur get a letter from Berik, who sent them photographs of women and a letter in which he informs them that he has decided to marry one of them. Having also decided to build their family life with unmarried others, the friends buy a hive of bees and set off on the train.

Lunch Break

1978 • 20 min • Soviet Union

During the lunch break, the employees hold sports competitions, where women consistently win, frustrating the chief, who finds himself in a comical situation while trying to restore men's prestige.

Masha Is Not Lazy Anymore

1978 • 10 min • Soviet Union