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MIFF 1983

Mari Kuttna (Programme Director), Erwin Rado (Acting Director)
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Festival Program
107 feature films and 117 short films were screened from 22 June to 3 July
Full Program

Program in Focus
The 1983 program featured a retrospective of veteran Australian filmmakers John Heyer and Cecil Holmes. Five Michael Nicholson short films were also screened, thematically centered on 'ironical comments on the social and political scene'. 

Films of note: The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese), The Trout (Joseph Losey), The Woman in Love With Mechanic Gavrilov (Pyotr Todorovsky), Sunless (Chris Marker), Ten Thousand Suns (Ferenc Kosa).

Filmmaker in Focus
John Heyer {focus John Heyer} and Cecil Holmes {focus Cecil Homes}. A retrospective of Heyer's and Holmes' work was screened.

Opening Night Film
The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway)
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Films

A Measure of Color

Director James Trotter
USA
MIFF 1983

A VOICE FOR THE WILDERNESS

Directors Chris Wilcox , Michael Balson
MIFF 1983

ALL THE KING'S MEN

Director King Hu
MIFF 1983

Allegro Vivace

Directors Zvonimir Lončarić , Ante Zaninović
MIFF 1983

ALSINO AND THE CONDOR

Alsino Y El Condor
Director Miguel Littin
MIFF 1983

Animando

Director Marcos Magalhães
MIFF 1983

Atomic Artist

Director Glenn Silber
USA
MIFF 1983

Australian Women Composers

Director Adele Sztar
MIFF 1983

CITIZEN - THE POLITICAL LIFE OF ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN

Director Julie Thompson
USA
MIFF 1983

Dance of Death

Director Dennis Tupicoff
MIFF 1983

DANIEL TAKES A TRAIN

Szerecsés Dániel
Director Pál Sándor
MIFF 1983

FORBIDDEN RELATIONS

Visszaesők
Director Zsolt Kézdi Kovács
MIFF 1983

From a Letter

Director Adam Rish
MIFF 1983

G. P. - Medical Practioner

Director Michael Nicholson
MIFF 1983

GESUALDO

Director Colin Nears
UK
MIFF 1983

It is of Eden I was Dreaming

Director David Muir
MIFF 1983

JAZZ SCRAPBOOK

Director Nigel Buesst
MIFF 1983

LAND OF PLENTY

Der er et Yndigt Land
Director Morten Arnfred
MIFF 1983

Memento

Director Liz Alexander
MIFF 1983

Metropolitan Cats

Director Robin Lehman
USA
MIFF 1983

MONEY

L'argent
Director Robert Bresson
MIFF 1983

My Belle

Director Peter Tammer
MIFF 1983

One Day at a Time

Directors Kim McHarg , Vivian McHarg
MIFF 1983

OUT OF ORDER

Directors Diane Christian , Bruce Jackson
USA
MIFF 1983

RAT TRAP

Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan
MIFF 1983

Refrigerator

Director Jonathan Sinaiko
USA
MIFF 1983

Secondary Currents

Director Peter Rose
USA
MIFF 1983

Serious Undertakings

Director Helen Grace
MIFF 1983

Stations

Director Jacki McKimmie
MIFF 1983

STRATASPHERE

Director Harry Rasky
MIFF 1983

SUNLESS

Sans soleil
Director Chris Marker
MIFF 1983

Tandberg on Page One

Director Ivan Gaal
MIFF 1983

The Day I Stopped Smoking

Dan Kad Sam Prestao Pušiti
Director Nedeljko Dragić
MIFF 1983

THE FINAL COMBAT

Le dernier combat
Director Luc Besson
MIFF 1983

The Franklin Adventure

Director Joe Connor
MIFF 1983

The Lion in the Doorway

Director Prabhubodha John Walker
MIFF 1983

The Sink

Director Nona Marshall
UK
MIFF 1983

THE STATE OF THINGS

Der Stand der Dinge
Director Wim Wenders
MIFF 1983

Traces

Director Paul Winkler
MIFF 1983

Wilderness

Director Michael Nicholson
MIFF 1983

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