Hugo Mills Solves Your World

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.

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

June 2011 •English

On the 20th anniversary of their edgy little 90's cable show Underground Entertainment, the authors, along with many SF, horror and B celebrities in cameos, remember how they pushed the envelope, shocked, entertained, but also introduced the audience to many movies, comics and conventions.

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).

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.

Live Your Life Smiling

February 1921 •Swedish

Sitcom for 1920s cinemas about the Winter family.

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.

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.

The Presence

January 1965 •Hungarian

Two old men enter an abandoned synagogue, look at the decay around them, and pray.

The Presence III

January 1986 •Hungarian

Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in honey, drink wine, pray, and sing.

Mad Dog

July 2025 •French

Johanie, the single mother of a dysfunctional family, takes a dim view of the arrival of Ian and his dog in the neighborhood. Like a trench dividing the two camps, the back alley becomes the witness of a rivalry where prejudice, fascination and frustration mingle slyly with the sound of barking.

Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short

July 2017 •English

The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.