Fragments of Summer

Zeta

July 2023 •Spanish

The dance of a generation deeply marked by technology and social networks.

Robin Hood

August 1912 •English

Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie's costumes feature enormous versions of the familiar hats of Robin and his merry men, and uses the unusual effect of momentarily superimposing images different animals over each character to emphasize their good or evil qualities. The film was directed by Étienne Arnaud and Herbert Blaché, and written by Eustace Hale Ball. A restored copy of the 30-minute film exists and was exhibited in 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The Amateur Fire Brigade: A Fable of the New Deal

October 1935 •English

In Eshbaugh’s ‘political’ animated cartoon world, the Democratic platform is destroyed by its own swallowing of the NRA (National Recovery Act), sending the Donkey representing the party into a dizzying disastrous bucking fury (thanks to a ‘liberal’ added dose of Russian vodka).

The Other Morgan

March 2021 •English

When a happy young exterminator discovers there's a better version of her out in the world, she begins to question the life she chose for herself.

Crook's Tour

September 1933 •English

A down-and-out Englishman, mistaken for a duke, is invited (for $50.00) to meet the wife of a gangster who is a passenger on a boat chartered by gangsters. When he cannot initially find his wife, the gangster tells the "duke" to remain in his room with his daughter while he finds the wife. Crazy complications ensue!

Oh! My Mother

March 1969 •Japanese

Writes Ando, "Oh! My Mother was the first work I made using a newly bought 16mm camera I had purchased with the writer Shuji Terayama in Paris. This piece was selected for the Oberhausen International Film Festival. In 1969, there were, of course, no video cameras like ones we see now, and color TVs were only found at broadcast television studios. I had just been employed at the TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), and I often snuck into the studios after hours to experiment with the equipment. Oh! My Mother was made using the feedback effect, which is produced by infinitely expanding the image by looping the video."

Frankenstein

March 1910 •English

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

The Impossible Voyage

November 1904 •French

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

March 1908 •English

Mira

September 2024 •Greek

“Transfixed by a sound that came to me at night Let me wake up and still remember it” (Mira)

Catopolis

November 2024 •English

A cat named Penny living in a desensitized, unstable world has to find a new job after she gets fired in order to make her dad proud.

Bhed Bakri Bhoot

July 2024 •Hindi

A brass band member's hate comment in a public toilet triggers a chain reaction of diverse social expressions.

Xiaoshimei's Strategy Guide for Winning Her Shijie's Heart

June 2021 •Chinese

She gets left to train with her shijie and gets the chance to capture her heart. It's hitting two birds with one stone.

Coyote Canyon

November 1949 •English

This film and the 1950 short "The Fargo Phantom" were edited together and released as a feature called "Tales of the West #2" in 1950.

The Blood in the Vein

May 2021 •French

Simon and Zoé meet on Tinder. They live in the same suburban town and Zoé, wasting no time, invites him right over to her house. Simon can’t believe his luck! But once he arrives, he quickly understands that his date may prove more complicated than expected.

Audit

April 2001 •English

A young actor and his wife undergoing an IRS audit have more to worry about than the usual cheating when the IRS secretary turns out to be hot for the wife and the auditor turns out to be an ex-trick of the actor.

One Night Only

November 2009 •English

A romantic drama about two couples shifting sexual dynamics over one night in a music bar.

Candy Boy

May 2007 •French

Children are mysteriously falling ill at an orphanage. Candy Boy, the most valiant of the orphans, investigates, but the arrival of a new boarder complicates his inquiries.

On braque pas les banques avec des fourchettes en plastique

June 2010 •French

It is the year 2027 and the world has suffered an unspecified socio-economic catastrophe. The aftermath is so severe that even major cities are reduced to apocalyptic wastelands where food water and shelter are scarce. A scavenger named Gilles along with his teenage son try to find their way amongst the desolate remnants of Paris. All the while they must avoid capture outside the strict, daily curfew enforced by the masked agents of a shadow government and their ferocious dogs.

Tender Is the Kiss

February 2020 •English

Will he find the mysterious woman who might be the only one to prove his innocence?