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- DirectorBavo DefurneStarsJoram SchurmansKoen Van HeuleCircé LethemShort about a camping trip for scouts where a boy falls in love with his best friend and causes tension in the scouting group.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldIn his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPeter BernuthIn the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.
- DirectorLouis LumièreWorkers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge BarnesA group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorBavo DefurneStarsOlaf NollenBartIgnaceThis is a film about the dreams you have when you are young. A seventeen year old boy reveals his life philosophy of idealism, unity and friendship amongst his mates in the sports club. He believes he'll never leave glorious universe, which is, in fact, his youth.
- DirectorDavid LynchA short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsPeggy ReaveyA woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsDorothy McGinnisRichard WhiteVirginia MaitlandA young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsMarion CotillardClark GongEmily StofleA nameless woman enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsEmily Elicia LowChris PoundersPandie SuicideAn ensemble of oddball characters provide percussion in a nondescript backyard while Lynch's lyrics flatly detail what's happening.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsLuke WilsonOwen WilsonRobert MusgraveDysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob.
- DirectorHarry WattBasil WrightStarsArthur ClarkJohn GriersonStuart LeggShows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
- DirectorEdgar AnsteyArthur EltonStarsMr. NorwoodMrs. HillMrs. GravesSlum conditions, slum clearance, bright new public housing.
- DirectorPyotr ChardyninStarsPavel BiryukovAleksandra GoncharovaAntonina PozharskayaBased on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, German always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. German is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.
- DirectorMarcus KrylerFredrik ÅkerströmStarsNiklas EngdahlWilma HedbergCecilia MiloccoSophie lives alone with her mother on a desolate farm in the middle of nowhere. A place that hides a secret far worse than she could have imagined.
- DirectorFloria SigismondiStarsDavid BowieTilda SwintonSaskia de BrauwDavid Bowie 's official music video for 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsDavid BowieElke LuytenDavid Bowie's last music video released prior to his death depicts him on a death bed, entering a better world through a closet.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJames W. GriffithsStarsTom CullenMichael GouldYuri KlimovA prisoner discovers a magical box with a baneful secret that he falls foul to.
- DirectorPhilip SansomOlly WilliamsStarsNapoleon RyanA sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?
- DirectorRichard TaylorStarsCarleton HobbsElizabeth ProudWilliam Rushton1974 animated, educational public service short about the basics of labeling consumer food products, Writ/Dir Richard Taylor for "Housewife's Trust" and the "Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food".
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayA tear falls from the eyes of a veiled face. A white ball whips around a heart-shaped paddle. A mournful voice sings, "Are we still married?" A child's stuffed rabbit watches, sees someone's legs hanging and shoes jiggling, and sees a girl holding a heart-shaped paddle. A hand seen through a door's glass knocks incessantly; the lock jiggles, the child holds the heart-shaped object and leans against the wall, sometimes moving up and down on the toes of her shoes. The rabbit watches, plays with the ball, tries to keep the door shut. The child raises her face; we see a woman's eyes.
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayA short black and white animated film with a contemporary musical accompaniment.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsScott CoffeyRebekah Del RioLaura HarringIn a nameless city deluged by continuous rain, three rabbits live with a fearful mystery.
- DirectorRichard CondieStarsJay BrazeauIda OslerRandy WoodsA couple have a fight over a scrabble game unaware that a full scale nuclear war has started.
- DirectorCordell BarkerStarsRichard CondieA pesky yellow cat becomes the bane of Mr. Johnson's life as it constantly outsmarts his increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsDon HollenbeckPaul HallStanley Kubrick's first film made in color, lost for over forty years. The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
- DirectorSøren LindLarissa SansourStarsAnna AldridgeLeyla ErtosunPooneh HajimohammadiIn the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion, archival images and CGI, the film explores the role of myth for history, fact and national identity.
- DirectorCastleton KnightStarsCastleton KnightA man listening to Rachmoninoff's 'Prelude' dreams he is the victim of premature burial.
- DirectorAndrew BrandStarsPaul CodlingSam HeydonJonny PhillipsWhilst clearing the belongings of his missing father, Chris unearths some unexpected truths.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsMindy RamakerOne-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale).
- DirectorKahlil JosephStarsLiran NathanSamphaProcess is a striking, avant-garde portrait of Sampha using documentary-style footage to depict his roots in Morden, South London, and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Directed by Kahlil Joseph and produced by Pulse Films, the films narrative is inextricably tied to Sampha's personal life, honoring the memory of his beloved mother and celebrating his rich heritage.
- DirectorBarbara HammerStarsBarbara HammerAn experimental film from Barbara Hammer about lesbian couples.
- DirectorDave MullinsWhen a toy-stealing bully ruins recess for a playground full of kids, only one thing stands in his way: the Lost and Found box.
- DirectorFrank StiefelStarsTom WudlA brilliant but tortured 56-year-old artist channels her depression and anxiety into her work.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonRúaidhrí ConroyDavid WilmotA black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....
- 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.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTom LittenNiall BurtonCurtis CokerA young man encounters many people while swimming in Britain.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsAmy AdamsLaura DernPhilip Seymour HoffmanA montage of unused scenes, shots and takes from P. T. Anderson's The Master (2012).
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsYasmin Kaur BarnAdrien BrodyLeo HattonLone passengers are traveling to join their loved ones for the Christmas holiday, but winter weather conspires to way-lay them.
- 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.
- DirectorWes AndersonRoman CoppolaStarsPeter GadiotRodolphe PaulyLéa SeydouxCandy is a modern chic french woman. She meets Julius and Gene, who are best friends, and cannot choose between them when both of them are fighting over her love.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanNatalie PortmanWaris AhluwaliaA prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
- DirectorAlyx DuncanStarsLee StuartOne night an old seaman dreams a storm into his bed. Who knows how to stem the tide, except through dreams?
- DirectorKevin Jerome EversonStarsShadeena BrooksEric MansfieldHeather HoneycuttDuring an Ear, Nose and Throat examination, Shadeena Brooks recounts a horrible event that she eye witnessed.
- DirectorKevin Jerome EversonStarsDonald E. CampRandy ShineA silent 16mm black and white film that features two magicians in Philadelphia practicing their slight of hand tricks.
- DirectorJérémy ComteStarsFélix GrenierAlexandre PerreaultLouise BombardierSet in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
- DirectorKate LefoeStarsMary HolgateDark fears and high hopes drive a young competitive diver as she faces the 10 metre platform.
- DirectorJustin SuttlesStarsKenny LogsdonLauren NixonHaven SierraA man grapples with the consequences of one terrible choice.
- DirectorDanny MaddenStarsShirley ChenWill MaddenEli RaskinIn her high school theater class, Krista uses a scene study as catharsis.
- DirectorAdam ButcherStarsLydia LeonardMorfydd ClarkJack GreenleesA lone hiker searches for her sister across moorland, despite an invisible and deadly threat in the air.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsBahador FoladiRamtin ParvanehLeif EdlundAn attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
- DirectorJackson SegarsStarsTommy ChangHye-Yeon KimJennifer KimA story about life, death, and kimchi. Ken, a Japanese man meeting his Korean girlfriend's family for the first time, makes an unlikely connection with her grandfather when he asks to take his photo and gets him to smile by saying, "Kimchiiiiii."
- DirectorJared HoganStarsTyler ChaseAlonzo JansonCathleen MasonHaunted by visions of death, a young man slowly surrenders to his violent tendencies.
- DirectorJared HoganStarsChristopher J. HardeeRachel Retha MiddletonSet in the stark backdrop of an American suburban winter, Small Little Things follows the story of two teenagers as they meet and fall in love. A dreamy and mesmerizing portrait of young love which shifts between fantasy and memory.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsBrigitte LacombeLynne RamsayDaniel BlumbergFramed round a candid conversation between the photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the film maker discussing their process and fascination with images as well as Brigitte's close relationship to her sister Marian Lacombe (whom she works and travels with). Lynne sets up and films a real time photo shoot for Brigitte, selecting a "cast" for her to photograph with a theme of sisters and creative siblings, allowing us to closely observe the photographer at work. A cast of some true relations, close friend's considered sisters and "siblings" with modern re-definitions of family not connected by blood. An insight into Brigitte's creative process, her obsession with taking pictures and how her lens defines her relationship with her subjects and the world.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack CruzDavid LynchToototabonIn a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsJames BurrElizabeth CollinsMargaret Ann CroftA personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater where Ken Russell once lived, and about the other residents who inhabited it; a lovely send-off as the building is demolished to make way for an unattractive and bland office.
- 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.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsJoanne HillFreddie CunliffeVeronica ValentineA teenage girl gets ready to go out to meet her boyfriend, despite her mother's loud verbal disapproval of her clothes. She goes out to a deserted area with him and he begins to touch her up and have sex with her, however a dog reveals the true nature of her boyfriend.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsThom YorkeDajana RoncioneFrida Dam SeidelIn a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsSusanne BrownLee ByfordChristopher JuppA masked mob cruelly punish a lone masked man in this nightmarish short film.
- DirectorDavid LynchFire, given by a mysterious figure, creates a hole in the world through which something terrible enters and leaves the world burned and overrun by strange insect figures.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaMasculine and feminine, hard and soft, continues and interrupted, whole and fragmented. All that is encompassed by just one day at the factory.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyA woman goes to bed, falls asleep, and begins to dream. This dream takes her to a landscape of light and shadow, evoked in a form only possible through classic cinematography.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsAndrey BerezinBotis SevaDitta Miranda JasjfiInspired by a powerful involuntary mania that took hold of citizens in the city of Strasbourg just over 500 years ago, this film is a collaboration in isolation with some of the greatest dancers working today.
- DirectorJóhann JóhannssonShot on black-and-white Super 8 film, 'End of Summer' is a hypnotic, slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Filmed as a series of mostly-static tableaux over a period of 20 days during the waning days of the Antarctic Summer, the film is a startling look at life at the edge of the world.
- DirectorHelen Haig-BrownStarsEdmund LuluaKelly WilliamA hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to another world in this fantastical true Tsilhqot'in story.
- 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?
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsJean VardaTom LuddyAgnès VardaWhile in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life.
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsBarbet SchroederClaudine SoubrierMichèle GirardonA law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.