All Films

Faust's House

1977 • 12 min • Czechoslovakia

A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.

Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak

1977 • 57 min • France

Documentary on the négritude movement through one of its founders, Aimé Césaire.

The Sniffler and the Pug

1977 • 28 min

Two parents get to know each other on a neonatal unit. One has a baby with Down's syndrome.

The Magic Lantern

1977 • 43 min • Soviet Union

A musical program about the history of the development of the art of cinema.

Pankararu de Brejo dos Padres

1977 • 41 min • Brazil

The ritual of the ‘umbu festival’ and the daily activities of the Pankararu indigenous people, dedicated to subsistence farming. Located 100 kms from Paulo Afonso, in the backlands of Pernambuco.

A Faraway Country

1977 • 27 min

Shortly after his 1977 Daily Mirror reports on dissidents in the Soviet Union, John Pilger entered Czechoslovakia undercover to film A Faraway Country… a people of whom we know nothing, a title taking the words that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain used to describe Czechoslovakia dismissively in 1938 when it was invaded by the Nazis.

Daft Mam Blues

1977 • 30 min

As sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their old mam can't hear a word of their arguments, can she?

...but the clouds...

1977 • 16 min

A woman left behind by a man. Based on a script by Samuel Beckett.

Castle of Otranto

1977 • 17 min • Czechoslovakia

An adaptation of the 1764 work of the same name, the first Gothic novel. In this mockumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr. Vozáb has set to prove that the supernatural ghost love story takes place not in Italy, but in Otranto Castle near Náchod in Czechoslovakia.

Waifs and Strays

1977 • 30 min

Patricia's children have flown long since; so Brenda's baby, Winston, revives long forgotten feelings.

The Singer and the Dancer

1977 • 52 min • Australia

An older woman relives the bitter memories of her past, through her friendship with a younger girl who is experiencing a very insecure relationship with her boyfriend.

The Achurch Letters

1977 • 60 min

1889: young Bernard Shaw falls under the spell of actress Janet Achurch. An important and highly charged relationship develops.

Charged Space

1977 • 12 min

When the speed and the spinning becomes too much for them, they let go and collapse..

Marusya's Carousel

1977 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A story about a toy horse named Marusya who found something she truly loved to do.

Made in 76

1977 • 12 min

Kunitoshi Manda's first film. A monologue and dialogue about love.

I'll Go Again

1977 • 41 min • Canada

This documentary by director Paul Cowan is about four athletes and a team that competed in the 1976 Olympics. They had trained courageously to be among those who would mount the podium to receive a medal. None of them did, but was it worth the effort? I'll Go Again answers the question.

Gombrowicz: Incidents, Adventures

1977 • 52 min • Belgium

An actor pretends to be a writer. He sits in his office, reflects and puts words to paper, which are then performed by Jan Decorte. The text influences the situations shown and vice versa [Avila].

Cree Way

1977 • 26 min • Canada

This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree folklore, photographs, artifacts, and books that were written and printed in the community. Made as part of the NFB’s groundbreaking Challenge for Change series, Cree Way shows that local control of the education curriculum has a place in Indigenous communities.

Phases

1977 • 4 min • United States of America

A walking figure emerges from a changing, circular cycle; his inner self emerges and precipitats a series of violent struggles with himself, adapting various animal forms along the way. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

I Sincerely Repent

1977 • 54 min • East Germany

Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War.

They Were Eleven

1977 • 45 min • Japan

An NHK adaptation of the famous manga by Moto Hagio.

Anastasie oh ma chérie

1977 • 34 min • Canada

Anastasia chooses to lock herself in an apartment and tame through rituals. She barricades herself, to protect herself from external violence and the destructive invasion of family life.

The Lundstroms Country Christmas

1977 • 54 min • United States of America

A very SPECIAL special!

Vamp

1977 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

A simple metaphor for life - a donkey toiling away at a mill.