All Films

What Now, Catherine Curtis?

1976 • 52 min • United States of America

Following twenty-three years of marriage to a philandering husband, divorcee Catherine Curtis begins life anew as a single woman.

In the Region of Ice

1976 • 37 min • United States of America

In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Livingston - A Plan for Living

1976 • 21 min • United Kingdom

A look at the new Scottish town of Livingston and it what it has to offer a young family.

38 Parrots

1976 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Parrot, Monkey and Elephant are excited to understand how long their friend Boa is. They finally arrive to the result, though it is measured in quite a strange fashion.

Cygne I

1976 • 10 min • France

Stages a double persona on a music of Monteverdi (Ariadne’s lamento interpreted by Janet Baker).

Khoja Nasreddin

1976 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The story of how the witty Khoja Nasreddin taught the greedy rich a lesson.

Monsieur Hulot's Work

1976 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Interview with French director Jacques Tati, focusing on his on-screen persona, Monsieur Hulot. Produced for the British television series "Omnibus".

Gaumont-Palace

1976 • 10 min • France

From the deserted halls and corridors of the Gaumont-Palace cinema in Paris, memories of the great films that inhabited it before its demolition emerge like ghosts. The voice of Marguerite Duras, who reads texts from “Nathalie Granger” and “Woman of the Ganges”, adds a touch of nostalgia to this complex essay.

The Golden Donkey

1976 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Off on a Comet

1976 • 51 min • Australia

A Russian count and a French captain and his corporal survey the Algerian coast. Suddenly they are swept up in a mysterious storm. Afterwards, their world is unfamiliar, but they find a science professor who leads them into a new adventure.

Mary's Incredible Dream

1976 • 60 min • United States of America

An extended dream sequence presents a biblical allegory about the creation, downfall and rebirth of humanity, told through a series of surrealistic vignettes and musical numbers.

Sweeping Plains

1976 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A dinner party spirals out of control, as arguments flare and ideologies clash.

The Last Winter

1976 • 51 min • Albania

Germans come amid snow and winter. In the village only people remained are women, that fight until wounded partisans, sheltered in the village, will retreat deeper and snow will cover their tracks. Face to face with the Germans and their control of the village, women, led by mother Shano and mother Mara, depart to make a pile of wood, but actually bring bread and food to the partisans.

The Dame of Sark

1976 • 52 min • United Kingdom

1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.

No Way They Want to Slow Down

1976 • 28 min • Canada

Filmmaker Giles Walker takes an informal look at how our best skiers work and live. Filmed in 1976, this short movie follows the Canadian ski team on a tight schedule in Chile and Argentina. With 2 ½ tons of equipment, speeds of up to 140 km/h, gruelling workouts and a dramatic theft, it's safe to say that downhill racing is not for the faint of heart.

Foreigners Pt. 1: Ships and Cannons

1976 • 44 min • Sweden

"Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and capital between countries." - Film Society of Lincoln Center

Remembering Winsor McCay

1976 • 18 min • United States of America

The life and career of the great cartoonist Winsor McCay is warmly recalled by his former film assistant, John Fitzsimmons, with clips of classic McCay animated films.

In the Labyrinth

1976 • 31 min

After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.

Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus

1976 • 53 min

Portrait of the most rebellious of directors, Pier Paolo Pasolini. The artist marked his time by creating provocative and polemical works. The Italian filmmaker reminds us of the importance of maintaining a critical point of view towards the system before evoking his childhood in Italy and his first literary and cinematographic works.

Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

1976 • 2 min

Atlas gives the viewer an overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning in 500 BC, a time clock at the bottom of the screen marks off the years – eight to a second – as the boundaries on the animated map change, showing both the growth including the conquests of Alexander the Great, as well as the decrease as the power of the Romans declined. The film concludes with the invasion of the Huns and the sack of Rome in 476 AD. Music by David Spears.

North from the Sun

1976 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

Social drama that deals with disintegration of a village family caused by younger generations’ move to urban settlements.

Art in Taos

1976 • 28 min • United States of America

A documentary by husband and wife filmmakers, Mario Balibrera and Dana Evans, of the art colonies of Taos, New Mexico in the early part of the 20th century.

Friday Night Adventure

1976 • 28 min

A young homosexual's encounter with a gay salesman leads the youth to a crucial decision about his own carefully concealed secret.

The Man with the Power

1976 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Boysie discovers he has 'second sight' but neither his girlfriend Gloria nor his work-mate Brian will accept his 'gift'. He sets out on a spiritual voyage that leads to Adler, a 'sensitive', and finally to the devil himself.