Guide to a Midwest Hometown

Cassini's Grand Finale

April 2017 •English

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this short film that features beautiful computer-generated animation, thoughtful narration and a rousing score. Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist, known for his 2014 short film "Wanderers," to create a stirring finale video befitting one of NASA's most successful missions of exploration.

Hollywood - The Second Step

June 1936 •English

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.

Wawa

January 2008 •French

Garance has just lost her Wawa. It’s going to be picked up, rolled around, transported, thrown away, carted off, dragged off, snatched up, shot, smashed, trampled, given away, pushed around, stolen, soiled, forgotten, chewed on, slapped, crushed, banged up, and found again. This is the story of the unfortunate trip of a stuffed dog through the streets of Paris.

Shark Land: Welcome to Cocos Island

January 2015 •English

“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier ventures to Cocos Island off the shore of Costa Rica to bring attention to the plight of endangered sharks who are being threatened by poachers and ocean pollution.

Big Data L1ZY

October 2018 •English

A typical family is terrorized in a series of commercials for a new A.I. product.

Elena

October 2016 •Macedonian

An old woman suffering from dementia thinks she is twenty years old and is about to run away with her lover. How does this illness affect her son?

The Contract

April 2015 •English

The Contract is a short dragsploitation comedy film from Finland directed by CHRZU.

The Consequence

April 2017 •English

A short film by CHRZU (Christer Lindström).

Empathy

April 2017 •Spanish

Ed is commissioned to make a documentary intending to change those habits of society that are harmful to animals. But completely alien to the animal protection movement, he will realize that to carry out the project, he must first convince himself.

When Jeff Tried to Save the World

April 2017 •English

When Jeff discovers that the bowling alley he manages is being sold, he must do everything he can to save the place he's come to call home. This is the original / short.

Night and Fog

April 1959 •French

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Citizen B

January 2025 •French

Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.

Live Your Life Smiling

February 1921 •Swedish

Sitcom for 1920s cinemas about the Winter family.

Don't Lose Your Head

March 1967 •English

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes 'The Black Fingernail' scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.

Carry On Cleo

November 1964 •English

Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.

Benny Hill - Unseen

May 1994 •English

One-off special Benny taped in 1990, with outdoor scenes made in New York. Highlights of this part include Hill playing Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Roseanne Barr and an audience member in a parody of "Ask Dr. Ruth," Chow Mein showing up for an audition, and Benny getting into a tangle with gangsters.

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

March 2019 •English

Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.

The Vampire of Soho

November 2018 •English

A short film prequel to the feature film, The Vampires Of Soho. Set in 1982, the film tells the story of Mel, an idealistic young girl who falls in with a bad crowd - vampires.

La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot

June 2021 •French

La quemada

October 2022 •Spanish

12 years later, a failed school short film is resignified to share the multiple experiences that exist in the creation of a film.