1981 Movies

Super8, colour, silent.

Images of Deborah Cole's face (and various disguises) are superimposed atop one another.

Why does William want to play with dolls? He already has trucks and trains and dirt and football helmets, but now William wants a doll. Adapted from...

For centuries driftwood from the European mainland and all teh way from Siberia has washed up on the shores of Iceland. This film shows a driftwood ex...

Cartoon illustrating a poem. Produced for the International Year of Disabled People, the film relates the story of a musical note that has not been dr...

Bollywood 1981

Animated short about animals that have a rock & roll party after the pet store closes for the night

This animated short film portrays a man's commute into the city. Director Michael Patterson employs a combination of pencils and rotoscoping, similar...

Two faces, in fact two silhouettes, are outlined against a monochromic background. They nod, interchange, underline their soundless talk with gestures...

Symptomatic Syntax is a recreation of an ecological environment in which natural forms — leaves, flower petals, butterfly wings — form an ever-changin...

Seven separate visions of Los Angeles, sprawling, fast-paced city of millions. Myron Emery teaches optical printing at the California Institute of the...

The love story of a teacher and a student.

WMEN evokes 1965, as indicated by the music cues. So, in the period before the Stonewall demonstrations by queer activists, including drag and trans a...

Directed by Ali Badrakahn.

Bob Hope celebrates 30 years in television.