The Balcony

Turbine

July 2024 •Dutch

Becket

March 1964 •English

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.

The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty

December 1992 •English

Four children, all but one of whom go unnamed, build a snowman which comes to life and threatens their town.

The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa

December 1995 •English

Four carolling children meet Jesus and Santa Claus and learn the true meaning of Christmas.

Delirio

August 2009 •Spanish

After a nuclear attack, a magician takes shelter in a forest with his assistant to complete his biggest magic trick to date, The Creation, a trick that requires that you do some of the most inhumane things known to man.

Carnival of Souls

November 1962 •English

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

March 2000 •English

The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.

My Neighbors the Yamadas

July 1999 •Japanese

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

The Cardinal

December 1963 •English

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Bloodbath

November 1975 •Spanish

Chicken, a desperate hippie junkie living in a small Spanish village, is finding it difficult to separate fantasy and reality. This isn't helped by the villagers practising magic and child sacrifice, or his involvement with a group of boozy expatriates lost in their own dreams and regrets.

Nursery Rhyme Review

February 1946 •English

A compilation of four Mother Goose stories "photographed in three-dimensional animation" and unified by a prologue and an epilogue with Mother Goose herself magically setting up a projector to show the films. The familiar nursery rhymes are "Little Miss Muffet," "Old Mother Hubbard," "The Queen of Hearts," and "Humpty Dumpty." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?

January 1984 •English

The first release of the Residents' film debut "Vileness Fats", in a re-edited and re-scored form.

The Sculptor's Clayground

March 2016 •English

Comedian Alan Resnick plays a sculptor with Lynk's disease, who teaches you how to make sculptures of random objects.

Not a Pretty Picture

January 1976 •English

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

Sanctuary

May 2021 •English

A faithless pastor is haunted by the sins of his past during a single night in the sanctuary.

The Sound of Music

March 1965 •English

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Bathory: Countess of Blood

July 2008 •English

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to men’s aspirations for power and wealth.

Blue Egg

June 2024 •English

A queer stop-motion animation live-action hybrid film following four women in a surrealist parallel narrative unconstricted to heteronormative space and time.

Oisys

March 2022 •German

An unemployed dry alcoholic and former smoker longs to escape his shadows in a small abandoned village. Triggered by a mysterious meeting with his neighbour, he must face temptation, hallucinations and nightmares as he searches for his own fulfillment (in form of a cake).

Imbued Life

May 2019 •Croatian

A young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. Using her taxidermy talents to “return” the animals to their natural habitat. But the true search for answers begins when she finds a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals that she treats.