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The History of Cinema: 1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algeria - Egypt

   
 

Hra o jablko (Czechoslovakia, 1976)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   

 

Australia

 

 

21/6 -

Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, in which Tommy Lewis plays a half-caste aborigine, is released. [ADD]

 

 

 

– The Experimental Film Fund is replaced by the Creative Development Fund of the Australian Film Commission. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Bolivia

 

 

 

– The Independent National Council of the Cinema is created. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Brazil

 

 

23/10 -

Arnaldo Jabor’s Tudo Bem (Everything's Alright), which was voted the best Brazilian film of the year at the Festival de Brasilia, is released. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Canada

   
  Pretty Baby (1978)

 

 

7/4 -

Ontario’s Film Classification Board bans Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, about a 12-year-old prostitute. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

China

 

 

 

– Relaxation of cultural censorship results in criticism of the Cultural Revolution in a number of films. [ADD]

 

 

 

– The Beijing Film Academy re-opens and takes in a new group of directors who will become known as the Fifth Generation. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Czechoslovakia

 

 

1/2 -

Hra o jablko (The Apple Game), Vera Chytilova’s first fiction film since 1969, is released two years after its completion in 1976. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Denmark

   
  Honning måne (1978)

 

 

21/8 -

Bille August’s directorial debut Honning måne (Honeymoon) is released.   Claus Stranberg and Kirsten Olesen star. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Egypt

 

 

26/2 -

The Egyptian Film Association declares Salah Abouseif's film al-Saqqa mat (The Water-Carrier Is Dead) the best film of 1977. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
   
 

Other Key Films of 1978

 

Algeria

 

 

 

Ali au pays des mirage (Ali in Wonderland) (Ahmed Rachedi) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Angola

 

 

 

O Ritmo do N'Gola Ritmos (Antoine Ole) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Armenia

 

 

 

Zinvorn u pighe (The Soldier and the Elephant) (Dmitri Kesayants) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Australia

 

 

 

The Last Wave (Peter Weir) [ADD]

 

 

 

The Picture Show Man (John Powers) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

Dhumurer Phool (Subash Dutta) [ADD]

 

 

 

Fakir Majnu Shah (Darashika) [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

Golapi Ekhon Traine (Amjad Hussain) [ADD]

 

 

 

Nolok (Shibli Sadique) [ADD]

 

 

 

Saren Bau (Abdullah Al Mamun) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Bosnia

 

 

 

Okupacija u 26 slika (Occupation in 26 Pictures) (Lordan Zafranovic) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Canada

 

 

 

One Man (Robin Spry) [ADD]

 

 

 

Outrageous! (Richard Benner) [ADD]

 

 

 

Le vieux pays ou Rimbaud est mort (Jean-Pierre Lefebvre) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Cuba

 

 

 

Los sobrevivientes (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Czechoslovakia

 

 

 

Those Wonderful Men With the Crank (Jiri Menzel) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Denmark

 

 

 

Du er ikke alene (You Are Not Alone) (Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen) [ADD]

 

 

 

Vinterbørn (Winterborn) (Astrid Henning-Jensen) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Dominican Republic

 

 

 

Crisis [ADD]

 

 

 

Doce años de Balagueron (Antonio Guzmán Fernandez) [ADD]

 

 

 

Rumbo al poder (Jose Bujosa Mieses) [ADD]

 

 

 

Siete días con el pueblo (Jimmy Sierra) [ADD]

 

 

 

Viacrucis (Jimmy Sierra) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

East Germany

 

 

 

Mama, Ich liebe (Konrad Wolf) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Egypt

 

 

 

Iskanderija .. lih? (Alexandria... Why?) (Youssef Chahine) [ADD]

   
   
   
 

The History of Cinema: 1978

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  France
   
  Gt. Britain
   
  Morocco - Vietnam
   
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