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The Laughing Man

August 2016 •English

The Laughing Man references Scott Snyder’s “Death of the Family” Batman comic and takes place in a psychiatric facility where a new, unidentified arrival is being questioned. Viewers are taken on a tense excursion into brutal, bloody territory as the dialogue unfurls into a high-stakes role reversal.

The Gift of the Magi

December 1972 •Polish

Aningaaq

October 2013 •English

Aningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and she doesn't speak Greenlandic, they manage to have a conversation about dogs, babies, life and death.

Kingdom of Happy Fallacies

August 2020 •English

Shy high schooler Clementine struggles to play it cool when the boy of her dreams befriends her.

Geba Geba Shou Time!

March 1986 •Japanese

Anime based on original story by Kinoshita Renzo.

The Carriage or Dracula & My Mother

April 2014 •English

Ben consciously puts his family in danger to film something momentous. Yet when a twist of fate puts his life in danger instead, only his family can save him.

Justo

November 2019 •Spanish

A young woman proposes to the passengers of a full bus a change in seats. On the trip they will discover that, regardless of the result, it is always good to review the established order.

Running Scared

December 2019 •English

No matter what sport his parents stuck him into, Zachary, knew it was not for him. He played the sport because it was what was expected of him. Boys play sports. Zachary did not know what he wanted to do or become. This year it was flag football. It's game day. Little did Zachary know his life would forever be changed.

Un Chien Andalou

June 1929 •French

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Ruth

November 1948 •English

Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.

My Fat Arse and I

May 2020 •Polish

A girl who believes she is too fat is invited to the "Kingdom of Slimbuttlandia".

Naked

December 2014 •

As they penetrate deeper into the darkness of the forrest, a group of hunters guided by a wolf is getting closer and closer to the source of the original sin.

Weight

May 2020 •English

Weight is a post-apocalyptic short film covering the year long journey of a drifter, Adam, surviving after the collapse of society in the United Kingdom. He stays alive by following instructions left to him by his father who raised him during the collapse.

The Place After

December 2022 •English

A delirious man wakes up in a mysterious room, he begins to discover that this reality is not what it seems.

Roubada!

July 2000 •Portuguese

Hipolita

October 2020 •Spanish

When an accident befalls Hipolita, her unusual ward finally has a chance at freedom.

Mourn

October 2020 •English

A grief counselor is visited by a very disturbed man.

The Sauna

August 1984 •Swedish

A story of a Finnish family which moved to Sweden and is very unhappy lacking the traditional Finnish sauna in a new place. Based on the novel by Nils Parling.

Mazes

May 2008 •Hungarian

A short film by István Orosz that explores spiritual, meta-physical, psychological and philosophical themes on a cosmic scale.

Medea

March 2018 •Hebrew

An actress loses her identity in a character, what then turns her life into tragedy.