1981 Movies

This personal film was planned as a homage to the Silly Symphonies genre of musical animated shorts. With no spoken dialogue, it tells a story through...

Death of a Rock Star is an homage to the late great singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison. It is an image-laden, almost surreal film, which integrates act...

In Michel Auder's short video Talking Head, a young girl (presumably his daughter) is occupied with a plastic toy-package of some sort. She talks ince...

A commentary on fame and the illusion it creates for ordinary everyday people.

Relief and civil defense teams are responding to the town of Chosica, devastated by a huayco, an avalanche that covers the community with stones and m...

Varela's reflections on home and place before embarking on one of his major life changes, moving from El Paso to San Francisco.

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...

Documentary on hobo culture in the United States at the turn of the 1980s.

A group of strangers arrive at an isolated mountain motel, only to be subjected to unspeakable horrors.

Using pixillation, or the art of animating inanimate objects, the rides and carnival atmosphere of an amusement park are displayed at a dizzying fast...

A day in the life of Brutus Thornapple, a born loser who simply can't catch a break.

Super8, colour, silent.

Miss Murillo is nicknamed Maya by her pupils: young Puerto Rican and black students from New York. Her teaching, mainly based on Mexican culture and A...

Bob Hope celebrates 30 years in television.

Documentary about reggae in Jamaica and its history. Filmed in 1979.