Cannes-Shorts

In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.

The surreal story of a bird and its cage with both their conflict and union.

Ein roter Luftballon mit eigenem Kopf folgt einem kleinen Jungen durch die Straßen von Paris.

This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, at a bookseller along the banks of the Seine, in the streets, at a café. Enough to drive him up the wall!

In the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -- 'Le Sourire' won the Palm d'Or for Best Short Film in 1960. This quiet and intelligent film is a remarkable interpretation of a young monks perspective into a world of meditation, sacred geometry, and coming of age. A tribute to Buddhism, introspection and the wonders of nature...a short but lasting work of art.

A ten-minute film devoted to a spoon. It may appear surprising but the fact is this is not any spoon. It is actually a shadow spoon ancient Egyptians used for their dead, which not content to protect them from flies, was also supposed to keep their eyes open during their voyage to the other world. Carlos Vilardebo films it (and a few others of the type) with all the more fascination as it has the shape of a beautiful naked swimmer. In the end, the ten minutes spent looking at spoons seem - too short.

In 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.

Tells how a wispy old woman cultivates a potted string bean plant with a tender devotion akin to love and plants it in a row of blossoming white shrubs in the Tuileries Garden in Paris.

Documentary about a small village near Le Mans, commented by the village school-teacher.

Short film about the creation of one single life.

A group of young boys show their skateboarding skills around town, trying to impress each other. One boy keeps crashing into the girl on a bike so they decide to hang out instead. His friends don't understand his budding romance.

An urban and rural tour of Holland including canals, windmills, art, soaring through clouds, and a glimpse into the multi-seasonal Dutch life in the mid-1960s.

A look at the life and work of Robert Gilbert, a young hippie sculptor who makes brilliantly-colored, motor-driven machines from metal trash and spare parts.

In December 1944, in the Ardennes countryside. An American soldier observes the surroundings and sees in his viewfinder the subtle play of a cat and a German soldier. A massacre follows .

Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

A castaway is interrogated by Interpol, conquered by an imperialist ship, loses his lone palm tree to greedy loggers, is consoled by a missionary who promptly abandons him, is thoroughly examined by scientists, and harassed by journalists.

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

A satirical parable on non-conformity and the rat race.

A short animation about a sculptor and his sculpture.

A short film about a couple who leave their home in New York City and spend the rest of their lives in a boat in the Atlantic Ocean.

An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.

Animated video to accompany the record of the same name, released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, but in reality Wings' with Linda on lead vocals.

Shows an absurd picture of our never ending changing culture and history.