1979 Movies

Experimental short by Masaki Matsushita.

Current Autobiography According to Bargain Basement Sinatra chronicles Natalka Voslakov's efforts to secure a boyfriend worthy enough to be the leadin...

A film by Diana Barrie

Recounts the founding of Haiti through the eyes of two captured African tribespeople, Sili and Simba. Starting with their capture in Africa, the story...

Filmed version of Said Soltanpur's play.

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film d...

Colored rectangles forming on top of each other, creating constantly-shifting abstract compositions. Scored by “A Rainbow in Curved Air.”

A taiwan short film. Golden Harvest Award Winner.

Indigenous elders of Alberta explain the history and necessity for controlled burns in this 1979 documentary by H.T. Lewis, Professor of Anthropology...

This film, which begins with the words "Be Peep 5" scratched into the film, is projected at 9 frames per second, twice the speed of the normal 8mm pro...

By re-shotting several still photographs in 8mm, the film gives movement to the supposedly motionless still images and uses zooming and other effects...

A young Halifax architect withdraws from a promising partnership after experiencing events that lead him to question the ethics of his profession. Thi...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

The action of the film takes place during the First World War. Jakub lives in a village on the border of two partitions: Austrian and Russian. Here he...

A woman reminisces about her childhood on a Prairie farm during the Depression. Her memory album is a collection of watercolours by artist/filmmaker B...

Super 8mm. Colour. Silent. 13 minutes.

One of Jadwiga Singer's analitical, conceptual films, showing how, using the simple tool of a 16 mm film camera, we are able to manipulate the concept...