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- DirectorVivian KubrickStarsJack NicholsonVivian KubrickTerry NeedhamA look behind the scenes during the making of The Shining (1980).
- DirectorMadeline AndersonStarsRalph AbernathyLeon DavisCoretta Scott KingIn 1969, 400 poorly paid black women working in a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves confronting the National Guard and the state government.
- DirectorMustafa Abu AliShooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) - this film was shot on the same 16mm camera - and founded the PLO's film division, covers conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps, the effects of Israeli bombardments, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. They Do Not Exist is a stylistically unique work which explodes at the intersection between the political and the aesthetic.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiThe Story centers around a child name Yuki, a 10-year old orphan who's being adopted by a family.
- DirectorMax FleischerStarsPaul WingSanta and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyHarriette HaddonSanta's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsBilly BletcherBeatrice HagenGeneva HallMrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood when a cat tries to break in and have a feast. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa, so he dresses up accordingly, but his plans go awry.
- DirectorStanley JacksonWolf KoenigTerence Macartney-FilgateA look at how mid-20th century Montreal celebrated Christmas.
- DirectorBruce ConnerThe 1945 atomic-bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll becomes a thing of terrible beauty and haunting visual poetry when shown in extreme slow motion, shown from 27 different angles, and accompanied by avant-garde Western classical music composed for electric organ by Terry Riley.
- DirectorLeRoy PrinzStarsEddie GarrThe Whirling CameronsThe DuffinsA narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville acts are staged by impersonators and contemporary performers.
- DirectorTomasz GomolaThis animation takes us back to the 1930s Warsaw, with its busy streets, shops and architecture, which was almost completely destroyed in World War II.
- DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsTodd BarbeeRobin KohnStephen SheaPeppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.
- DirectorDarren StrowgerStarsJude LawRafferty LawKeyla BeasleyA young man wanders into the middle of a barren field, and just as he's enjoying the peace of it all, a mystery assailant comes running out of the trees towards him. But some things you can't outrun. The Hat is the first in a planned series of shorts that will form the foundation for a new filmmaking model created by Darren Strowger and will be supporting Teen Cancer America.
- DirectorAndrew DonohoLacey DukeAlan FergusonStarsJanelle MonáeTessa ThompsonJayson AaronAn Android, Jane 57821, attempts to break free from the constraints of a totalitarian society that forcibly makes Jane comply with its homophobic beliefs.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsClive OwenMaury ChaykinKathryn MorrisThe driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere on the water's edge. Linked to her only by cell phone, the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsClive OwenDon CheadleF. Murray AbrahamThe Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase, the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation.
- DirectorEli RothStarsDaniel BrühlBo SvensonThe "true" story of Wehrmacht sniper Fredrick Zoller as he single-handedly fends off an Allied siege of a Sicilian town.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsBilly MayoBrandon GreenhouseAngela BullockA dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnChaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandMack SwainAccosted by a masher in the park and unable to motivate husband Charlie into taking action, Mabel gets him a boxing mannequin to sharpen his fighting skills.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsFouli EliaUlysse LlorcaCharles de GaulleAgnès Varda interviews two subjects from a photograph she took 30 years earlier.
- DirectorVladimir TatenkoA documentary from Soviet Union writer and director Vladimir Tatenko.
- DirectorEnrico CasarosaStarsTony FucileKrista ShefflerPhil SheridanA fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?
- DirectorLaurence TrimbleStarsJohn BunnyFlora FinchLeah BairdWife plots to cure her husband of his inveterate poker playing.
- 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.
- DirectorAnna BillerStarsAnna BillerJared SanfordKiki ValentineA sad Arabian queen is cheered by her attendants, a Queen Bee rules over a hive of adoring drones, and a teenage girl is transformed into a queen in a colorful musical fantasy inspired by old Hollywood musicals.
- DirectorConstance BertouxCamille BozecPauline GuittonStarsAlice OrsatClara QuilichiniVictoria GrosboisLouise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.
- DirectorJoseph Gordon-LevittStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittAlexandra HulmeLawrie BrewsterMorgan M. Morgensen nervously survives his first date with the love of his life, Destiny.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsSusanne BrownLee ByfordChristopher JuppA masked mob cruelly punish a lone masked man in this nightmarish short film.
- 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.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJózef MalesaA bricklayer and former communist party official looks back at his life, while taking part in a parade of May 1st.
- DirectorBruce BaillieStarsElla FitzgeraldA 3 minute pan to the left.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyStarsClint EastwoodLee Van CleefEli WallachAn attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy.
- DirectorErnie GehrAn experimental short in which San Francisco is viewed from an elevator moving up and down 24 floors.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanA young girl shuts herself away in her apartment and goes about her business in a strange way, as she wastes the night in her apartment.
- DirectorMorgan FisherStarsMorgan FisherA film literally about film, not just its content but its physical form, as the director shares with us his collection of 35 mm leaders, off-cuts and test footage and tells the story behind each.
- DirectorAndy WarholStarsDeVeren BookwalterWillard MaasAndy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAfter the title, a white screen gives way to a series of frames suggestive of abstract art, usually with one or two colors dominating and rapid change in the images. Two figures emerge from this jungle of color: the first, a shirtless man, appears twice, coming into focus, then disappearing behind the bursts and patterns of color, then reappearing; the second figure appears later, in the right foreground. This figure suggests someone older, someone of substance. The myth?