Top 250 Short Films

Claimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very unconventional and experimental, indeed.

A 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.

A pure Visual Music experience, Belson has distilled 60 years of visionary sound and images into this 12 minute videofilm, synchronized to a symphonic tone poem "Isle of the Dead Opus 29" by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The New York Times praised Epilogue's "lush and misty optics." Epilogue was commissioned by The Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian Institution) for its 2005 US "Visual Music" exhibition. The film was produced by Center for Visual Music, with support from The NASA Art Program.

Monumental picture exploring the identity and fate of the Armenian nation.

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

People's struggle through Soviet mechanisation period. The film starts with homage to Peleshian's Armenian roots.

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.

An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.

A scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon¹s 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of an film.

A study of human anxieties about beauty, youth and objectification.

Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.

A 9-year-old girl approaches self-awareness in a hauntingly dreamlike frolic in the great outdoors.

An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy.

The prelude to Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.

Epic Super-8 short about a demon summoned to Earth who takes command of a souped-up 1970 Oldsmobile and goes on a road-kill rampage.

A contemplative look at New York's dazzling cityscape during the day and at night.

Innocence gives way to experience. Two girls and two boys, probably about 14 or 15 years old, play a game of truth or dare. The questions and the challenges deal with sex; it's innocent and harmless, but at each turn, each youth tries to raise the ante. Then, Paul gives a dare to Rose, and the result brings on a sudden and complete silence.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

A group of convicts slowly drag their balls and chains through a desolate landscape. One of them discovers a strange structure and decides to climb it.

Mr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?

Clips of atomic explosions, pornography, and B-movies are spliced together to evoke certain emotions.