All Films

The Strong Bridge

1976 • 10 min • Japan

A short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto.

Quaternion

1976 • 4 min

"Strategy and imagery combat and aid each other in pairs. QUATERNION...a spatial figure of monumental attractions...interference...an undulating gyre. Hollis superimposes a fragmenting Muybridge-like grid of Cartesian elements (details of the fire ecscape outside the studio) against shots of rooftops superimposed in perfect scale with the billboard-like segments of an automobile, enlarged flower, and a spoon...panels of the 20' x 20' mural for the New York World's Fair in James Rosenquist's Broome Street studio–New York, mid-1960s."–Patrick Clancy

Found Dream

1976 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A little girl goes in search of her grandfather's lost sleep and appears in a magical world.

El día del caramelo

1976 • 12 min • Argentina

Animated short film.

We Were There

1976 • 21 min

A look at the Gay Pride Celebrations in San Francisco and L.A. in the US bicentennial year of 1976.

Ruínas do Murucutu

1976 • 15 min • Brazil

A documentary on the trail of locality in Pará, Brazil, from the first jesuit mission to current day's red light district.

Paredes Pintadas da Revolução Portuguesa

1976 • 10 min • Portugal

Following the Revolution of April 25, 1974, the walls of the city of Lisbon became a means of celebrating and transmitting revolutionary ideals and slogans. The text by painter António Domingues praises this plastic work initiated by the Plastic Artists Cell of the Portuguese Communist Party.

The Fair

1976 • 17 min • Soviet Union

The story that happened at the fair in honor of the national harvest festival. The destiny of a young Latvian tailor at the beginning of the 19th century.

Whiter Than Snow

1976 • 32 min

A film crew arrives at an eighty-year-old writer's mansion to interview him. The behavior of the host's wife raises concerns in one of the reporters.

Tom, the Wild One

1976 • 15 min • Spain

Tom is caught peeping through a keyhole as a woman undresses. She decides to put on a show for him. So begins a day's adventure for a precocious boy. Early short film from director Miguel Hermoso.

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

1976 • 21 min • United States of America

Producer Robert Evans dominates with his trademark promotional style, but Schlesinger gets a short time on camera (one of his few available interviews about the film), and Hoffman has even more. A highlight is the celebration of Olivier's final shooting day, complete with speeches and a toast.

Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance

1976 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Mr Humphreys, a modest clerk, unexpected inherits a country mansion from an obscure uncle. In its grounds lies a maze and when he explores it, the new owner disturbs something frightening at its centre.

Drawing TV

1976 • 6 min • Poland

Using a felt-tip pen, Partum draws geometric figures on a TV screen which displays a news broadcast filled with propaganda delivered by the country’s counter-revolutionary party leaders. The artist lays bare the propaganda message of the media and their ideologisation.

Alice in The Country of a Thousand Heifers

1976 • 20 min • Brazil

Childhood

1976 • 28 min • Soviet Union

A thoughtful and sad film about toddlers who spend their days or even weeks away from their mother and home, whether in a day nursery or a day group. The camera observes the great sadness of the small citizens and their subconscious attempts to adapt to a strange situation.

The Hare Got a Tape Recorder

1976 • 15 min • Soviet Union

About a cheerful, smart Hare and his friends who taught a bully bear a lesson.

No One Will Play with Me

1976 • 14 min • Germany

A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has become interested in his pet crow provides the link to social acceptance.

Land of My Birth

1976 • 36 min

Documentary about the Jamaican presidential campaign of Michael Manley

Preparação II

1976 • 7 min

The artist apply herself with 4 injections. After each, she writes names for her vaccines in a internacional health control file in order to exit the country.

The Little Goat And His Grief

1976 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Once there lived a cheerful little goat. He loved to play and have fun and was especially delighted by a new air balloon, on which he drew a pretty face. But the ball flew out to the clearing and then caught on a branch and burst. The world suddenly darkened for our little hero. Will he cope with this disaster?

The Hare

1976 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A short Estonian animation about a rabbit who creates a mechanical being that struggles to navigate a frantic, pop-art world.

Two Men from Derby

1976 • 32 min

Two men from Derby County FC are keen to make a new signing, but he is not at home. His wife promises he won't be long and makes conversation with them while attending to her household chores.

A Fisherman's Tale

1976 • 9 min • United Kingdom

British horror short from 1976.

Habitat-Un Défi

1976 • 25 min • France, Portugal

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.