| 1. |
TERMINAL MOVES
Bristol Cine Society
Written and directed by Bob Bennett, this is an ingeniously-plotted thriller
about a computer expert who finds himself threatened with blackmail.
Transfer from super 8 film (also available as lib. no: sup 227).
Ten Best Oscar 1988 . |
Story
24.mins |
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| 2. |
DEJA VU
Lewis Cooper, FACI (Hants)
A plasticine animation story about an old man, the last survivor on Earth,
living in a derelict village with only a wooden dog as a companion. Running
out of food, he decides to cross the wasteland in the hope of meeting other
survivors.
Transfer from super 8 film (also available as lib. no: sup 217).
Ten Best Oscar (2nd prize) 1988; IAC International Award 1988 . |
Animation
/Story
10.mins |
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| 3. |
THE LAND THAT NEVER MELTS
Tim Jones (Kent)
The maker was part of a seven-strong team of students from Southampton University
who spent more than eight weeks under canvas in the Arctic. They were studying
glaciation on Baffin Island whose Inuit name is the title of the film.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1327).
Ten Best Oscar (3rd prize), Best Colour Award1988; IAC International Award
1988 |
Documentary
/Travel
18.mins |
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| 4. |
ROCK VIDEO
John Straiton (Canada)
This slickly cut entertainment brings stones and pebbles of all shapes, sizes
and colours to life. Filmed by a much-acclaimed and much-awarded Toronto
film maker while he was recovering from a serious illness. 'When I found
out I was going to survive,' he wrote, 'I thought I would let the amateur
film world know.'
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1338). See also lib.
no: 7002 item 4 (restored version).
Ten Best Oscar 1988 |
Animation
/Visual
3.mins |
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| 5. |
LAST WEEKEND
Peter Rouillard, FACI (Guernsey)
A jealous husband plans a diabolical revenge upon his wife's lover.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1339).
UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
Ten Best Oscar 1988 |
Story
17.mins |
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| 6. |
ALLTAG AM STROM (Every Day on Stream)
Dr. Kurt Keil (Austria)
A documentary study of religious rites on the banks of the Ganges. Kurt and
his wife, Inka, travel the world making studies of local manners and customs,
often with religious overtones.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1340). See also their
Ten Best winner of 1979, God in Togo (available on 16mm film as lib. no:
1225).
Ten Best Oscar 1988 |
Documentary
15.mins |
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| 7. |
HOUSECATS
Peg McClure (USA)
Inspired by the comic antics of the maker's own two pets, Scratch and Squeak,
this is an animated cartoon about two housecats: one friendly and enthusiastic,
the other grouchy and withdrawn.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1341).
Ten Best Oscar 1988 |
Animation
4.mins |
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| 8. |
TO KILL A HABIT
Roy Spence, FACI (N. Ireland)
Falsely accused of murder, a hypnotherapist uses his professional skills
to establish his innocence.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1342).
Ten Best Oscar 1988 |
Story
20.mins |
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| 9. |
HOTEL NOVEMBER
Rick Sykes (USA)
Written and directed while the producer was at the University of Southern
California's School of Cinema/TV, this is a study of human agony arising
from America's involvement in Vietnam.
Transfer from 16mm film (also available as lib. no: 1343).
UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
Ten Best Oscar (1st prize) 1988 |
Story
b&w
9.mins |
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| 10. |
SUNDAY PEOPLE
Syd & Beryl Pearman (Leics)
A vastly-entertaining record of a typical day at Speakers' Corner in Hyde
Park, London, superbly recorded and montaged to get the best interplay between
the shouted soap-box points of view and the various audiences' responses.
See also lib. no: V 24.
IAC Gold Seal 1987; Ten Best Oscar 1988
Donated by Kodak, sponsors of the competition. |
Actuality
/documentary
13.mins |
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