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- Biography on the Lexicon International organization.
- The "Until Eternity" documentary, which was prepared in commemoration of the 1988 International Mimar Sinan Year, reflects the life and works of the great architect. It is composed of six parts, each lasting half an hour. Many experts in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman languages, architects, art historians and social anthropologists worked for The Mimar Sinan Research Center which was founded within MTV for the preparation of the documentary. The Center mainly dealt with the life and structural activities of Mimar Sinan and held comparative studies on Ottoman administrators who lived in the same era while analyzing the political, social, economical and cultural events in Europe and Asia. More than ten thousand information tags were prepared for this purpose. The "Until Eternity" documentary was completed in a year and a half with shootings held in more than thirty provinces covering a total distance of 40,000 km within the Turkish borders. Shootings were also held in Greece, Hungary, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and Syria. "Until Eternity" received the "Jury Special Award" at the 1989 Lausanne International Film Festival on Architecture and Urbanization, the "Architecture Award" at the 1990 UNESCO International Art Films Competition and the "Council of Europe Special Award" at the 1990 Bordeaux Festival of Films on Architecture and Urban Planning.
- In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out.
- Four friends are searching for rented accommodation. The landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be wives of the other two.
- Anna devotes most of his time towards God and considers it as a priority above anything.While his wife Akka has given up on him.Anna is also a respected person in village and wants the village to developed but few jealous people like Sada want to throw him out of village.During summer season the village lake dries up and Anna comes with a plan of building a dam by mortgaging ornaments of God from village temple.But villagers oppose this and ask Anna come with a different idea.The villagers keep a Tamasha performance for collection of funds during which the ornaments get stolen and Anna is jailed for the same as the cops recover ornaments from his house.Akka accuses God for framing a husband as he prayed day night for him.While Anna waits for the day to come out so that he can attend the religious fair Pandarichi Vaari.
- Ma Barker (Caridad Sanchez) and sons Mad Max (Edgar Mortiz, Machinegun Nonong (Redford White), and Pretty Boy Fredo (Ronnel Victor) want to be the number one criminal family in the land. They think this is going to be their ticket to fame and fortune. But plans go awry when Pretty Boy falls in love with Sheila (Regine Velasquez), a pretty young lounge singer/owner. It turns out that she is the granddaughter of Don Vito (Sabatini Fernandez), the family's main competitor. Don Vito learns of the relationship and decides to hit two birds with one stone. He sets up Ma Barker and her sons as the fall guys of their criminal operations hoping Pretty Boy will voluntarily leave his precious grandchild alone. But Pretty Boy learns of the plot against his family. His only hope is to convince Shiela of her grandfather's evil ways and help her get him arrested. A parody of The Godfather (1972).
- Watch as skiers like Mike Slattery, Diana Golden, and Scot Schmidt travel around the world to places like Morocco, Chamonix, Switzerland, as well as Maui and Canada and watch them find freedom by Escaping to Ski.
- The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.
- An insightful visit to one of Pittsburgh's premiere amusement parks, that's mostly loaded with reminisces from older guests who visited in they're youth.
- A STREET-SMART, LIMP-WRISTED ORPHAN PRETENDS TO BE MACHO IN ORDER TO COLLECT HIS INHERITANCE BUT THE CONSEQUENCES TURN DISASTROUS WHEN HIS BENEFACTORS ASKS HIM TO PRESENT TH THEM HIS FIANCEE
- Murali Krishnudu is a 1988 Indian Telugu film, Directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and Produced by S Gopal Reddy. The film Stars Nagarjuna, Rajani and G.Maruthi Rao in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by K V Mahadevan.
- Documentary about the USO of WWII, with a reunion of Bob Hope's famous troupe, consisting, besides him, of Frances Langford, Patty Thomas and Tony Romano.
- Very black and grotesque comedy about the little office-worker Tase and his death wife Kata. She died in hospital in Skopje, the capitol of Macedonia, but the nurses mixed bodies of deaths. Then he must make exchange of bodies with Klime, the banker. But Tase lives in Prilep and Klime lives even in Ohrid... Then it becomes tragicomedy!
- A documentary on the career of Tampa Bay Bandits' football team owner, John Bassett.
- The film reflects the events of the childhood of writer, playwright Jalil Mammadguluzadeh.
- The story revolves around krishna who is falsely accused of stealing his boss s valuables. Accused of that and court sending him for long imprisonment.Krishna plans to avenge his boss Will he able to do so or forgives.?
- Modern forensic science re-examines the evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy.
- A woman hires a stranger to pose as her husband because she doesn't want her ailing father to know that her fiance broke their engagement.
- A classical singer believes in changing society through his music and will power.
- A YOUNG MAN'S MORAL VALUES DESCEND TO LOWER DEPTHS BECAUSE OF ABJECT POVERTY AND HIS DEPRAVED ENVIRONMENT.
- A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
- Michael tried to protect three children as he is chased by Mr Big and his army across a city. Excerpt from Moonwalker 1988.
- A filmed stage-play recounting the story of Jesus as set in modern day Georgia with music and reverent humor added. Essentially a one man show with a cast of four musicians fleshing out many of the Biblical characters. The music and lyrics were completed by folk singer Harry Chapin shortly before his death in 1981.
- Appasaheb runs a daily newspaper Dainik Bombabomb which is running into looses and daily has creditors on his doors.He is dependent on his reporter Sada Khare but he to does not have a news to save the newspaper.Mala daughter of Appa returns home with her dance teacher Kumar who wants to marry her.But Appa wants her to marry a famous person,he sends Sada to interview a criminal in Mumbai who runs from jail until Sada reaches a distressed Sada comes across actress Rajnibala and helps her.But cant recognize her due to her makeup with the failed interview of Sada .Appa comes with a plan to keep his business running and with the intention to marry Mala to a famous person publishes an article that Rajnibala is in love with his reporter Sada.The news sparks like fire and Sada becomes famous and Appa wants him to marry Mala. Rajnibala comes to scold Sada but upon seeing him remembers the day he helped her and makes her relationship public.But her lover King Kong and Kumar plan to eliminate Sada while Appa's wife Durga teams with King Kong and Kumar to teach womanizer Appa a lesson.
- Ira Matrin (Mark Moses), who grew up in a Mennonite community in the 1930s, went to live with relatives out of town when his parents accidentally died.
- Two married couples--Dina and Edu, and Jackie Lou and Ricky--became close friends. The amorous merry-go-round comes full circle when hurt is felt at what she and he think is betrayal.
- Two soldiers in the Second World War stare out at us from a photo: one of them is crying in despair, the other is standing proud and tall and wearing a medal. They are boys - child soldiers - and their photos appeared all over the world as synonyms for Hitler's "last reserves." This film tells the story of what happened to these fifteen-year-old, one from the East and one from the West, after they survived the war.
- The story of World War I from the perspective of Serbia.
- Based on director Néjia Ben Mabrouk's own experiences growing up. Sabra refuses to be reduced to a traditional domestic role in mid-1980s Tunisia. With the reluctant support of her mother, she seeks an education, while facing intense pressure and scrutiny from the male-dominated community.
- In one of the most inspiring expeditions of the 20th century, Alfredo Barragan sets out to prove that primitive men could traveled from Africa to America long before Columbus' trip. He creates a raft with the same materials these primitive men could have arranged and together with four brave friends he sets out to sail the Atlantic Ocean - and the adventure begins. He didn't only want to prove this hypothesis but he also wanted to prove that a men, with determination and enough planning, can achieve what seems impossible. "Let men know that men can!". Don't miss this amazing and inspiring story that will make you believe again in yourself and in mankind.
- A documentary issued to police in the 80's on how to survive edged-based attacks, primarily blades -- with often comical and novel examples.
- Ashok, a city dweller, comes to a village and falls in love with Ponni, a widow, who is incessantly tortured by her step-mother. The couple is forced to overcome many obstacles to be united in love.
- A dramatic-story depicting the difficulties of a lower middle class family trying to build a new house.
- This film is about great Slovenian band Laibach (German word for Ljubljana, Slovenia). It depicts in pure "laibachian" style history of the group according to conditions of Slovenian history and political situation on the beginning of the 80's. This film can be taken as a visual manifesto of retrograde cultural movement called NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst - New Slovenian Art) presented here by Laibach. NSK is dealing with totalitarian principles of creating visual or performing art, but in these Slovenian guys living on the edge of germanic and slavic cultures use a lot of humor, which can sometimes look little bit inappropriate, but really works.
- Documentary about the life experience of the Holocaust generation and its own second generation - children born in Israel, who grew up in the shadow of their parents' memories of the Holocaust.
- Pratap Singh meets with an accident and passes away while on his way to the bank with confidential details in a briefcase .Julie assistant of Kakasaheb confirms his death and takes a away the briefcase along with her.On her way she meets Bajjya whose in the city in search of work.In order to escape from the cops Julie makes Bajjya run away with the briefcase who dumps it in a lake same time he comes across Nana who offers him to work in his garage.Pratap Singh's sister Kamini returns to the country on getting the news of his death and sees Kakasaheb in a very bad health.One night Julie's car breaks down and she comes to Nana's garage where he Bajjya helps her but she fails to recognize Bajjya.She forgets her bungalow key in the garage while Bajjya and Nana go in search of her.Where they see her blind husband Robert who tells them that he is not blind and knows everything about Julie and Kakasaheb's plan and Pratap Singh was killed by them.Robert tells them that their next target is Kamini and she can be saved only if Bajjya and Nana pretend to be from the side of Kakasaheb and Julie.