Best Short Films, Animations and Documentaries
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- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
- 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.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr 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?
- DirectorJan SvankmajerThree surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsLudvík SvábBedrich GlaserJan KrausExamines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAbel JacquinAlexandre O'NeillA surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
- DirectorAntonio MerceroStarsJosé Luis López VázquezAgustín GonzálezGoyo LebreroA man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsSylvia BatailleJane MarkenGeorges D'ArnouxThe family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsLeslie BaisCaelum VatnsdalShaun BalbarA scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.
- DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher PlummerThe story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- DirectorJérémy ClapinStarsJulien BoisselierThéo GrimmeisenMado DebrusHaving been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJames PidgeonMichoue SylvainAndrea Usher-JonesIn seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.
- DirectorTomasz BaginskiStarsArkadiusz JakubikMarcin KudelkaDariusz ToczekA volunteer soldier plummets to his death. A photograph is taken and sent by courier to a huge man, who adds it to his macabre collection.
- DirectorSantiago Bou GrassoPatricio PlazaA man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsSheb WooleyA teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
- DirectorFabrice JoubertIn a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee.
- DirectorMark OsborneA worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
- 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.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- 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.
- DirectorForugh FarrokhzadStarsForugh FarrokhzadEbrahim GolestanHossein MansouriSet in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorGregory ColbertStarsPatrick DisantoLaurence FishburneJeanne MoreauExploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.
- DirectorFerenc RofuszA fine day in the life of a fly presented completely from the fly's point of view. A fine day until something dreary happens, that is.
- DirectorChristoph LauensteinWolfgang LauensteinA group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsGeorges HubertNicole LadmiralAlfred MacquartBucolic scenes from the outskirts of Paris are contrasted with stark footage from slaughterhouses.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiPeople of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsJirí HálekLudek KoprivaMíla MyslíkováJosef shows his friend Frank his garden and his rabbits. Frank is most interested in the unsettling fact that Josef's garden fence is entirely made up of living people holding hands.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA small, animated figure learns how to use a whip, a pair of wings and a house.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr KaydanovskiyThe man decides to die, but falls asleep at the last moment. He dreams that he died and ended up on another planet, very similar to the Earth, but the people living here do not know sin.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsNad'a MunzarováJirí ProcházkaBohuslav SrámekTwo puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsAleksandr KalyaginDistant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaVladimir OsenevA Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
- DirectorLotte ReinigerCarl KochA handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsNikolai GusarovLyubov TeplovaKostya PanovIn the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used to have a cow, how this cow fed everyone with milk and how she suffered when the calf was sold for meat.
- DirectorMaya DerenStarsJohn CageMaya DerenAlexander HammidSilently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr PalamishevAleksandra ZhivovaEvgeniya KryukovaIn nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyA chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic relationship between people is inextricable.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayJennifer NyholmDon HertzfeldtA hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.
- DirectorTorill KoveStarsLiv UllmannA woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
- DirectorJoris IvensStarsRoger PigautA travelogue of Valparaiso, Chile, a city built on steep hills. Life is a constant struggle against geography. Neighbourhoods are reached by series of ramps, staircases, and funicular railway elevators. The poorest residents on the hilltops have trouble obtaining water for drinking and washing. There are community dances, a travelling circus, a race course. Boys feed the harbour sealions; a fashionable woman walks her penguin. The ever-present onshore breeze provides fresh air and an ideal environment for kite-flying. The film's second half is in colour, making the switch with the tale of the city's bloody pirate past.
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsJulie SedgewickA humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
- DirectorStefan PrehnJörg WagnerStarsKonstantin GraudusGustav Adolph ArtzJürgen KittelShort film depicting a fictional educational film about fork lift truck operational safety. The dangers of unsafe operation are presented in gory details.
- DirectorRichard GaleStarsPaul ClemensBrian RohanMelissa PaladinoThe epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisAn invading army destroys all color in a harmless town and brings it in a state of depression. Then a jester arrives.
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiSubsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsMiroslav KucharA man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways.
- DirectorDony PermediStarsPierre CoffinThe story of a Kiwi who spends his whole life working towards achieving his dream.
- DirectorGarri BardinStarsYekaterina VasilyevaMarina NeyolovaNatalya TenyakovaA riotous dinner party where the guests are invisible to the viewer.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtA series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsIvan KrausJuraj HerzA nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsMonika Belo-CabanováOlga VronskáAleksandr LetkoA little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated form.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorIzer AliuStarsBesim MurtezaniAltin AxhaniBurhan AmitiShepherd Isa must obey his father's strict order to bring back the lost lamb. On top of the mountain, his little brother and companion, Hamid, is wounded and Isa must decide whether he should do as told or follow his own instinct.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsKhadije BahramiKambiz BahramiTwo young street musicians look for their stolen accordion.
- StarsSamuel WestAdolf BuchnerJutta RüdigerAn examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
- DirectorJuan SolanasStarsLaurent BertYannick BlivetChristophe BottiWith two fabulous tickets to tonight's ball in his hands, the solitary Mr Phelps needs to find the perfect head to please his charming date. Will he risk it all for love?
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsIsis KrügerThomas WolffSadly, there is nothing more left between Nadja and her husband, and as a grim epilogue, Rainer has to pack and go. But even now, is there a chance to salvage what's left of their tattered marriage?
- DirectorAnders ØstergaardStarsGeorge W. BushJoshua Min HtutKo MuangUsing smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
- DirectorJon KnautzStarsTrevor MatthewsKyle BrydgesJoe NewtonA pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver accidentally hits something. Panic-stricken, he searches for help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in the form of human kindness.
- DirectorAhmed ImamovicStarsAlmedin LeletaSatoshi YahataMilan PavlovicIt's 1994. How different can ten minutes of a tourist in Rome and a family in the besieged Sarajevo be?
- DirectorJochen Alexander FreydankStarsJulia JägerCedric EichTamay Bulut ÖzvatanA German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
- DirectorPhilippe OrreindyStarsSophie ForteThomas GaudinPascal CasanovaA man falls in love while in a subway station.
- DirectorOzlem AkinThe transformation of causeless habits into taboos.
- DirectorMarcel-Kyrill GardelliStarsHeinz Hoenig
- DirectorAcim VasicStarsNicky NaudéGuillaume TaviIn the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of Tic-Tac-Toe, until they find themselves outplayed by karma.
- DirectorChris StennerArvid UibelHeidi WittlingerStarsRainer BasedowMichael HabeckApparently, rocks are having conversations all around us, but they talk very, very slowly...
- 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.
- DirectorBoris Paval ConenStarsTanya AntonowyczJack BontekoeHerman HafkampJust before a truck hits a 10-year-old boy, everything comes to a standstill. A man who is witnessing the accident is the only one who can move in the frozen world, and he discovers a way to save the boy's life. But in his attempt to alter the boy's fate he must face a cruel dilemma.
- DirectorYung-Han ChangKimberly KnollIn the not so distant future, a cafe owner has to run a business during a time when robots have resorted to crime as a means of survival. He discriminates against mechanical citizens by segregating himself against robotic kind. However, his beliefs are put to the test when he is confronted with a moral dilemma that could change his life forever.
- DirectorL. Rezan YesilbasStarsBelçim BilginCem BenderThe prison of Diyarbakir, the setting of the story, is like the symbol of the torture experienced in the prisons in Turkey after the coup d'etat of 1980. However, in this story, I did not choose to tell the things that took place in the prison, or the political prisoners or the torture, or the political fight. Instead, I turned my camera to the little stories of the "silent" women outside the prison, who could not speak another language than Kurdish, which was forbidden in the prisons of that era.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsRico BuenoLauren CurryMark GonzalesA guy and a girl play copycat with each other from opposite sides of the street, that is, until a slightly abrupt & uncopyable event occurs.
- DirectorRichard CondieStarsJay BrazeauIda OslerRandy WoodsA couple have a fight over a scrabble game unaware that a full scale nuclear war has started.
- DirectorTomasz BaginskiStarsJola RzebuskaMaria KucharskaMarcin JaskowskiA space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.
- DirectorVirgil WidrichStarsJohannes SilberschneiderElisabeth Ebner-HaidUnknowingly, a copy shop employee sets off a bizarre series of events with utterly unforeseen consequences.
- DirectorÀlex PastorStarsPere VenturaAlbert López-MurtraAlbert CapdevilaSoon a man will find out that his destiny is already written and that he can't do anything to change it.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniA documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.
- DirectorBobby GarabedianStarsVladimír JavorskýLadislav OndrejLinda RybováA poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsBarbara LassRoman PolanskiHenryk KlubaA church bell chimes. An old woman stops to feed pidgins on her way to work in the men's lavatory in the basement of a public building. She sits all day by the lavatory door as little dramas play out -- of illness, assignation, and routine -- a few tips her only acknowledgment. The sound of footsteps on the floor above her brings a reverie of her youth, when she was a beauty, the day a platoon of soldiers marched into her valley. As the day in the basement proceeds, she completes a set of memories that takes her from passion to maternal love to rejection and tragedy. Could there be more awaiting her on this day of remembering the fruit of her womb?
- DirectorSlawomir FabickiStarsBartosz IdczakMariusz JakusMarek Bielecki13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannised by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.
- DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsSergey NikonenkoNatalya ArinbasarovaAleksandr Kaydanovskiy1944. Front left to the western borders of the USSR. For these places the war has ended, but peaceful life has not begun. Soldiers from near Vologda Andrey Komarov and Kazakh girl Adalat awaiting transport. The church paintings show heroes. This event brings joy and heroes. Germans suddenly appear. They are few, and the guy has a chance to shoot enemies. He figured right, and operates quietly. But the Germans set fire to the picture. Saving pictures from the fire, Andrey dies.
- DirectorLuke DoolanStarsKarl BeattieBrendan DonoghueAngus Russo8-year-old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the infirmary, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
- DirectorAleksandar IlicIn a futuristic, antiseptic food factory, workers select healthy chicks, while the rejects are carried along a conveyor belt until they are crushed by a mallet and drop into a garbage bin. A single black chick appears among the yellow and is shoved toward the garbage bin. Before the mallet strikes, the gasping chick rebels.
- DirectorFernando E. SolanasStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsFernando E. SolanasAfter the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.
- DirectorYang LiStarsLu CaiAntonio LiangA hopeless man receives mysterious directions. By following them, he's entering into a world he no longer controls.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsShiang-chyi ChenKang-sheng LeeYi-ching LuA girl (Shiang-chyi Chen) looks for a street vendor in Taipei. But she can't find him since the Skywalk is Gone.
- DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsAntonín Zíb
- DirectorOlivier SmoldersStarsCatherine AymerieFrançois GallandStéphanie DessensA math teacher arrives at classroom to give a lesson on perspective only to find her students sitting there completely naked and in silence. Totally confused, she proceeds with the class. But there's a catch.
- DirectorOlivier SmoldersStarsTakashi MatsuoCatherine AymerieA young man films his love for a young woman.
- DirectorOlivier SmoldersStarsSimone BarryYolaine CouvreurFernand de DobbeleerA portrait of residents at a nursing home talking about a very violent incident.
- DirectorSam KarmannStarsDaniel RialetJacques MartialChristian RauthA commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.
- DirectorStephen Nomura SchibleStarsYellow Magic OrchestraRyuichi SakamotoA portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.