Midnight Television

Dark City

February 1998 •English

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

August 2024 •English

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution.

To Carry Underneath

June 2021 •English

A harvester must safely carry her eggs across a difficult and threatening landscape.

Bigbug

February 2022 •French

Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.

Nova Star

December 2021 •English

Set in an 80s retro future world, Mack, and her robot co-worker Spanners, clean toilets aboard the majestic spaceship Nova Queen. When an ancient star fragment is embedded in Mack’s skull by a dying space princess, the space sh*t hits the space fan. Mack and Spanners are chased across the galaxy by Kill-Bots, Space Pirates, Bounty Hunters and an evil Space Queen who plans to use the Star to flush the entire cosmos out of reality through a black hole. Using everything she knows from a life working in sanitation it’s up to Mack to save the star, and save the galaxy!

Mad Mimes

June 2012 •Russian

An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.

Design for Dreaming

March 1956 •English

Over-the-top 1950s “Populuxe” advertisement for General Motors. A woman falls asleep and dreams of a glorious future of perfect products, including a variety of shiny futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire’s fully automated “Kitchen of the Future.” The film debuted at the 1956 General Motors "Motorama" event in New York City.

HeBGB TV

July 2022 •English

A multidimensional cable box installs itself into a neighborhood and slowly, the world. Two siblings (Van and Willow Reiner) discover a mysterious package on their porch and are taken on a wild channel-surfing journey through a world of television mayhem. Welcomed by their new friend, The Purple Guy (Knucklehead), this brother and sister find themselves standing up to the box’s algorithm to protect their minds. DIY to its core, HeBGB TV is a spooky, sci-fi story that takes you through the horrors and laughs of cable television. This film is a cacophony of comical commercials, perverse puppets, and monstrous music with a naughty dose of 90s nostalgia. HeBGB TV is indie horror comedy at its queerest. Don’t touch that dial!

C 299,792 km/s

January 2013 •English

This film is the story of an idealistic flight officer who hijacks her spaceship during an interplanetary cold war, and attempts to escape our solar system in search of other habitable worlds. However, when a small group of soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Kai provide unexpected resistance, Malleck’s master plan is threatened. A compelling sci-fi action/drama about one woman's vision for the next logical step in human development: the leap from interplanetary to interstellar colonization.

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

July 2025 •English

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

We've Been Here Before

June 2025 •English

When a young woman enters an experimental trial that grants her the opportunity to delete painful memories in exchange for increasing her age, she must decide between living with the pain of the past and sacrificing the potential of her future.

Televoir

October 2022 •English

After finally getting his first Television, Will discovers the demented darkness that lies within.

6EQUJ5

June 2024 •English

An abstract short film about an alien invasion.

Heartware

October 2024 •German

After his colleague self-destructs by eating ice cream, android Clu tries to process his emotions.

Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine

May 2007 •French

Le Temps de cerveau disponible

March 2010 •English

Cruelty, psychological and sexual violence, humiliations: reality television seems to have gone mad. His debut in the early 2000s inaugurated a new era in the history of the audio-visual. Fifty years of archives trace the evolution of entertainment: how the staging of intimacy during the 80s opened new territories, how the privatization of the biggest channels has changed the relationship with the spectator. With the contribution of specialists, including philosopher Bernard Stiegler, this documentary demonstrates how emotion has made way for the exacerbation of the most destructive impulses.

After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped

May 2000 •English

You've read the stories, you've seen the documentaries. Now see the movie that brings it all to life.

Shock Treatment

August 1981 •English

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?

The Birth of Television

November 1976 •English

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Witch's Night Out

October 1978 •English

A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old house as well as turn a couple of kids who love monsters into actual monsters.