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Must-see arthouse short-films, videos and other time-based arts and essays, rarely there's a game in here, more often an animated work, and perhaps more must-sees than high art. Warning: may contain Youtubers.
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- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsKlas-Gösta OlssonLennart BjörklundChrister ChristensenAfter witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorJane CampionGerard LeeStarsDavid BentonAnne BerrimanAlan BrownA collection of everyday awkward and embarrassing moments, each with an uneasy familiarity.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorLuca TothThe native people of the surrealistic land of Superbia, where men and women form separate societies, face the changes sparked by the first equal couple in their history.
- DirectorMaya DerenAlexander HammidStarsMaya DerenAlexander HammidA woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsSofia KokkaliKaterina ZisoudiNikos ZeginoglouNew Year's eve dawns in a moon-kissed car, and Sofia has a dream that she tells no one: while walking on a desert, she gets to know that she is sick. She pretends she does not care. Has she lost her heart?
- DirectorNatalie WynnStarsNatalie Wynn
- DirectorVirgil WidrichStarsJohannes SilberschneiderElisabeth Ebner-HaidUnknowingly, a copy shop employee sets off a bizarre series of events with utterly unforeseen consequences.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsDavid GrahamAnya MajorApple and Ridley Scott presented the most awaited event of 1984: the introduction of Apple Macintosh personal computer to the world. With a concept directly influenced by George Orwell's classic novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", Scott offers a heroine who destroys the repressive present led by the Big Brother in order to bring a future full of new perspectives.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsLudvík SvábBedrich GlaserJan KrausExamines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- DirectorEunice MacaulayJohn WeldonStarsSandy SandersonJean MarchandA hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- StarsIsabella RosselliniJohann BenétRoberto RosselliniIsabella Rossellini dramatizes insect and sea creature mating rituals. Witty narration and costumes entertain by presenting straightforward facts about reproduction.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorCharles EamesRay EamesStarsPhilip MorrisonBeginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsLeslie BaisCaelum VatnsdalShaun BalbarA scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.
- DirectorPeter FischliDavid WeissInside a warehouse, a precarious 70-100 feet long structure has been constructed using various items. When this is set in motion, a chain reaction ensues. Fire, water, law of gravity as well as chemistry determine the life-cycle of objects - of things. It brings about a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, improbability and precision.
- DirectorLucien BullPioneering chronophotograph of a bullet piercing a soap bubble in slow motion.
- DirectorEvelyn LambartNorman McLarenAbstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
- DirectorMarv NewlandBambi is contentedly nibbling the grass, seemingly unaware of his impending encounter with Godzilla. What will happen when the two finally meet?
- DirectorLasse LångströmStarsEddie LarssonLasse LångströmJenny SalomonsenGothenburg's hardest activist like you've never seen them before. We get to follow some aerobics instructors on a crusade against hetero-sexism. Like a homoerotic meeting between Jane Fonda and Ulrike Meinhof. The film encourages and gives suggestions for ways to respond to gender-and hetero-fascists and their constant repetition of for example, are you a guy or girl? A movie for all of us who are faced with sexism, trans / homophobia and guitar guys on everyday occasions and at parties.
- DirectorAllison PreglerStarsAllison Pregler
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary of Sicilian men spear fishing and women doing laundry.
- DirectorBarbara HirschfeldA Tribal Film. Made by a Vermont collective of women led by Barbara Hirschfeld and Julia Haines. A fascinating feminist experimental fiction shot on location in Vermont about a group of witches performing white magic.
- 1959–196425mTV-PG8.3 (2.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenDuring the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorBørge RingStarsTonny HuurdemanAnnemieke RingPeter RingTwo sisters look back on their life together.
- DirectorJoanna QuinnStarsMenna TrusslerBrendan CharlesonJoanna QuinnBeryl's back in "Affairs of the Art", which showcases one family's eccentric yet endearing obsessions with everything from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsTheu BoermansSylvia PoortaRik van SantenAbout a mysterious enigmatic patient in his forties who suffers from memory loss. Because of this he has neither identity nor past. Blanco, without language and prejudices, the man starts a new life.
- DirectorMaja GehrigDuring a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from the strait-jacket of their coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins. Pie charts are melting, arrow diagrams twisting, scatter plots, bar graphs and stock market curves join in a collective climax.
- DirectorPatty StengerYvonne KroeseStarsFenna van CoolWhen five-year-old Alice accompanies her mother to a party, she pretends that the adults' legs turn into tree branches and that the lapdog is a beast. Armed with imagination, the fish garnishes on the sandwiches suddenly come to life.
- DirectorElsa DuhamelA young Vietnamese-French woman is faced with the communist takeover of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
- DirectorJulia OrlikStarsZdzislaw WardejnIzabela KunaJan Jurkowski"I'm here!" the main character would like to scream, but she is unable to even ask for a glass of water. She is also unable to get up because the disease chained her to bed and made her dependent on others. She hears everything that her relatives say about her condition. The everyday life of the elderly woman is documented by a fixed camera, directed straight at her face. The other characters: husband, daughter, grandchildren, doctor or priest are only a procession of legs appearing in the frame and sentences spoken in the background. A piercing story about loneliness in the face of death presented from the perspective of a dying woman - although she does not say a word.
- DirectorKôji MorimotoStarsAlexa N. CarecciaShigeru ChibaRobbie Daymond"Magnetic Rose" is about what happens when a deep space corporate freighter is called upon to investigate a distress signal from what ought to be a derelict space station. The space station is run by the deranged AI imprint of a lovelorn, jaded opera diva, who controls the station's functions, including its life support systems and (to more dramatic effect) its VR holography and supporting nano-technical systems.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStan Brakhage's artistic view of the cosmos.
- DirectorTatia RosenthalStarsGeoffrey RushAnthony LaPagliaSamuel JohnsonA stop-motion animated story about people living in a Sydney apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsJames LauferA father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukThe way bureaucracy works is told by men in the frames.
- DirectorAndrey KhrzhanovskiyStarsAleksandr GraveKozyavin is ordered by his boss one day to find a man named Sidorov, and is pointed in a particular direction. The employee follows the indicated direction unswervingly to find him, encountering various obstacles along the way.
- DirectorMyna JosephStarsGideon GlickLucy OwenAnh DuongA day in the life of Lu Simon, a woman of substantial charisma but limited means, as she navigates her city and juggles two bags, three jobs, and multiple negotiations with an unhelpful billing department.
- DirectorJamie TravisStarsBenjamin B. SmithLauren K. RobekBabs ChulaTimothy Higgins, the saddest boy in the world, prepares to hang himself at his ninth birthday party.
- DirectorPepe DanquartStarsSenta MoiraPaul OutlawStefan MerkiA young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPeter BernuthIn the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRangi NgamokiHutini WaikatoTe Ahiwaru Ngamoki-RichardsSometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
- DirectorLori FelkerStarsSam HowardBen JohnsonHenry ComerfordA short film about losing things in the edits of life.
- DirectorWanuri KahiuStarsKudzani MoswelaChantelle BurgerTammy RichardsA sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.
- DirectorNuotama BodomoStarsDiandra ForrestYolonda RossHoji Fortuna16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsBahador FoladiRamtin ParvanehLeif EdlundAn attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
- DirectorLeonid ShmelkovA little story about curious customers of the dog-walking ground.
- DirectorJørgen LethStarsMajken Algren NielsenClaus NissenJørgen LethAn elegant and humorous film-in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise-spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
- 2016–202131m8.8 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorLindsay EllisStarsTom AugustineJohn CallenLindsay EllisLindsay discusses how the production impacted New Zealand's film industry.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattA house painter uses blue as his color of choice, while the Pink Panther has a different selection in mind.
- DirectorVicki SugarsStarsIrena DangovBronwyn RuciakJohn WalterSomething is missing in Betty's married life so Mother Nature lends a hand.
- DirectorRobyn C. MillerRichard Vander WendeTim GreenbergStarsJohn KestonSheila GooldRand MillerAfter the events of Myst (1993), the Stranger travels to Riven to help Atrus by rescuing his wife Catherine, trapping his father Gehn and saving the Rivenese before their world collapses.
- DirectorDidrik TollefsenRagnar TørnquistStarsSarah HamiltonRegina LundLouis AguirreApril Ryan is a young visual-arts student in Venice, Newport. She's been having some strange dreams lately, but little does she know about the important role she'll have in changing the future.
- DirectorDevon AveryStarsBrian DietzenErinn HayesJames is all too eager to put his one-minute time machine to use in winning the heart of Regina, until he discovers the unexpected consequences of his actions.
- DirectorJuanita WilsonStarsIgor SigovDzhuletta GeringLiliyn GrechkAfter stealing an old door, a man reflects on the desperate circumstances that led him to do so.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanGiada ColagrandeGiorgio ZancollaItaly, September 1955. A Formula One driver crashes his car during a race, leaving him stuck in a small village but good surprises will come his way.
- DirectorIstván OroszA typical apartment building in Budapest and their residents from the aspect of a young boy playing football sometime in the end of the 1980s at the time of the change of regime in Eastern Europe. Is there a way out from here? A geometrical paradox and a political parable at the same time.
- DirectorOttó FokyA cosmic metallic hen arrives to a planet of beans and observes their daily lives.
- DirectorNicolas KolovosStarsKostas LaskosKaterina MisichroniVivi PetralidouEleni asks for a fig on her deathbed. Her husband, Kostas goes to the nearest tree to get one, but falls down and breaks his foot. Time is short, and Kostas is old. With one fig in his hand he struggles through the harsh nature to get home in time to fulfill his wife's last wish.
- DirectorMichalis MathioudakisStarsFotini BaxevaniYannis BostantzoglouDionysis KladisAchilles works at his father's grocery store. Today, a day just like any other, he has the evil eye.
- DirectorYorgos ZoisStarsIris PonkinaHara AgaMichalis AinatzoglouAll kinds of people are waiting in seven different queues. The first person of each queue becomes the last of the next one, thus creating an enormous human line. But at the end of the line, it all begins backwards again.
- DirectorClément CogitoreKrump dance over Rameau.
- DirectorCosme CastroJeanne FrenkelStarsThibaut EvrardRichard SammelLucie DigoutOnce the show is over at Bastille Opera's 6th basement, Prof. Turrel and his team open their shop. The service offers the opportunity for couples to say goodbye beautifully: recycling sets, performers and musicians. But tonight, we follow Thibaut's story: a man who couldn't say goodbye to his love.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsLynda SteadmanStephen McGannLee OakesFrom the get-go, Arnold was fascinated by the careless, seemingly simple choices people make in their day-to-day lives that lead to unintended, complicated consequences.
- DirectorGeorgis GrigorakisStarsVangelis MourikisAlexia KaltsikiAntonis IliasAntonis always goes by train. He is in a rush to make it on time. His recent past keeps catching up on him. Reality does not allow him to escape the images. That's how it is. because that's how it goes. He couldn't give a damn about anything. He needs to pee. Dependent on his girlfriend just as he's on himself. He doesn't owe anything to anybody.
- DirectorAndrej GontcharovStarsSebastian BlombergMatthew BurtonAndrej GontcharovDuring a stormy night of grave political crisis, an expert interpreter suffers a nervous breakdown. Young diplomat Konrad Gelb is recruited to step in and interpret between the two conflicting superpower leaders, who seem to hold the fate of humanity in their hands - an absurd responsibility, which by extension rests on the shoulders of the young interpreter. He must balance the oversized egos in the room and maneuver the world's destiny to either peaceful resolution or total annihilation.
- DirectorAlexandra MatheouStarsMary MinaAurora MarionNatalija JanichkinaTina lives in Limassol which is now slowly becoming the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and a victim in this city transformation, Tina feels overwhelmed - until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsNatalie PressDanny DyerJodie MitchellA struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
- DirectorRodrigo InadaNonoStarsGiannis AntetokounmpoNicolas CebadoHenry EzeodkePro basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo narrates his journey reconciling himself with his roots between cross-cultural worlds.
- DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarsLaura BayleyTom GreenA man and woman are flirting when a professor turns on an X-ray machine, revealing their insides. After turning it off again the two have a dispute and break up.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsMuch to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
- DirectorNaïla GuiguetStarsDustin MuchuvitzFélix MaritaudRaya MartignyFollows the events of DJ Dustin over the course of one wild night at a warehouse party and the morning that follows.
- DirectorRobin ComisarStarsNevada CaldwellCarrie CoonJordan GelberA woman gets stuck in a Red Lobster commercial.
- DirectorTyron MontgomeryIn the desolate landscapes of an unforgiving desert, a desperate for water wanderer summons up the strength to follow the muffled sound of dripping liquid, only to pay the high price of pursuing a dream. Is all hope lost?
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónThree friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
- DirectorMillard MercuryStarsEwing TordellaEdith TrublanchetA humongous and obese anthropomorphic swine dressed like a fine gentleman in a fancy dinner attire tries to make a pass at a solitary lady having a picnic.
- DirectorJames WilliamsonStarsSam DaltonA man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
- DirectorCasper KellyStarsKen DeLozierTara OchsKatelyn NaconA series of montages that parodies the introductory title sequences of generic 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows of various genres slowly turns into an absurdist meta slasher and then the parody becomes even weirder.
- DirectorHenrik MoltkeLaura PoitrasStarsRami MalekMichelle WilliamsA top-secret handbook takes viewers on an undercover journey to TITANPOINTE, the site of a hidden partnership. Narrated by Rami Malek and Michelle Williams, and based on classified NSA documents, Project X reveals the inner workings of a windowless skyscraper in downtown Manhattan.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsShabnam YousefiSolmaz PanahiJafar PanahiJafar Panahi sets out to find a young woman with a golden voice that has been forbidden to sing by her family.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsJenjira PongpasAn insomniac lies in bed as theatrical backdrops unveil themselves and her sheet catches aflame.
- DirectorPaul BrigantiStarsJocelyn DeBoerDawn LuebbeNick KocherIn this dark comedy of manners, soccer moms Jill and Lisa seek the approval of their "friends" - at all costs. This surreal world is just on the edge of consciousness; suburbia through the looking glass. Every adult wears painful braces on their straight teeth, couples coordinate meticulously pressed outfits, and coveted family members become pawns in this competition for acceptance. Greener Grass explores one's willingness to endure present pain in exchange for future validation - or at least a perfect smile.
- DirectorPéter SzoboszlaySet in the allegorical space of an abandoned room, a frustrated mind feels the distorting effects of aggression and paranoia - including visions of butterflies, the Mona Lisa and nuclear fallout
- DirectorAndrew Thomas HuangStarsBjörkVideo promo for Björk: Stonemilker.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsBjörkThe accompanying music video for the single was directed by Chris Cunningham and depicts the assembling of a robot with Björk's features, and her passionately kissing another robot in front of an ethereal and sterile backdrop.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony MarcionaBjörk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsAphex TwinMarcus MorrisGary CruzTwo stereotypical gangster wannabes try to get lucky with two young women when the man himself, Aphex Twin, interrupts their crude discussion to show off his dancing skills. The women are entranced (as shown since their faces have become similar to Richard's) and follow him in his limousine to the beach. The two men watch as Aphex performs a huge dance (involving champagne and a very messed up female version of Richard) in front of them.
- DirectorMorgan QuaintanceA voice-over by American psychologist Timothy Leary professes that psychedelic drugs trigger the expansion of consciousness. Meanwhile, the subtitles we read tell us about a teenager from 1990s South London who spends acid-infused weekends with a friend. Following both perspectives simultaneously is a mind-twisting exercise, but Morgan Quaintance's seamless editing evokes that firm feeling when a connection is established between two people. But just like hallucinations, teenage friendships feel like they'll last forever but rarely do.
- DirectorSean BuckelewStarsJim True-FrostShirley ChenMo CollinsA malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
- DirectorSara DriverA short ten-minute movie about the Bowery, a street in lower Manhattan. A street known for its derelict past.
- DirectorBenjamin BrewerStarsAnabelle LeMieuxJohn GiacobbeA couple get lost in each other.
- DirectorRenata GasiorowskaA young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.