Spinning

Franklin and Beyond

March 2015 •English

The first short film about Franklin and his best friend and neighbour, Mr. Computer.

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

December 1936 •English

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

No Time for Nuts

October 2006 •English

Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.

The Red, White and Blue of My Hair

August 2016 •French

Seyna, a young Cameroonian woman fascinated by French history, dreams of gaining citizenship of the country she so loves as soon as she reaches 18. Will it be just a formality, or a much tougher path?

Glen

August 2021 •English

Divorced, lonely and inept with the web, a 50-year-old man decides to try his hand at finding love online – with spectacularly catastrophic results.

Nest

August 2021 •English

In early-colonial Australia, a timber feller, kept awake by his infant child’s cries of hunger, encounters something perturbing in the woods.

Reptile

August 2021 •English

A group of schoolboys engage in tomfoolery, but it’s not long before playful behaviour turns primal.

The High Sign

April 1921 •English

Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.

Läppli am Zoll

January 1954 •German

Konec agenta č. 312

June 1974 •Czech

Oktapodi

May 2008 •

Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.

Malpertuis

January 1971 •Dutch

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

The Copy-Writer

October 2014 •English

A writer is haunted by strange monsters and visions, are they real or the beginning of a slow descent into insanity?

You and Me, Before and After

August 2021 •English

Now in their 30s, grumbling sisters Hannah and Rachel decide to get their first tattoos together. As they get inked, and unable to leave until it’s done, they bond in conversation over still-fresh wounds that they share.

The Underminer

June 2005 •English

This short film is based on the book by Mike Albo and Virginia Heffernan. Albo plays both the role of the Underminer, a passive aggressive backhanded antagonist whose sole purpose is to cast self-doubt onto the Undermined.

Joy of Living

May 1938 •English

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.

The Short Films of David Lynch

February 2002 •English

This collection of David Lynch's short films covers the first 29 years of his career. Four of his earliest underground films—Six Figures Getting Sick (1966), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970) and The Amputee (1974)—are showcased, as well as two works from further into his career—The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995)—which were originally released as segments of anthology projects. Each film is given a special introduction by the director.

The Remnant

November 2019 •English

A team of con artists posing as paranormal investigators steal from the home of an affluent elderly woman, only to find themselves unleashing a dormant malevolent spirit.

Uncle Jake

May 1933 •English

Alien Love Triangle

March 2008 •English

Physics lecturer Steven Chesterman finally realizes his long cherished dream of perfecting a teleportation device and rushes home to tell his wife, Alice. But she has news of her own - she's a male alien disguised as a human female. Then Elizabeth arrives, another alien who is to escort Alice back to the planet Nulark.