The Chinaman

Antoine and Colette

June 1962 •French

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

August 1914 •English

The Busy Business Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird with the intention of tearing off a week or two of correspondence in an hour or so. But the Napoleon of finance reckons not with the Man with the Funny Puzzle, the Fruit Vender, the Insurance Agent with the Flowing Vocabulary, and last, but not least, with Rube.

Jam Today

June 2011 •English

Robert is stuck on a boating holiday with his parents in the English countryside. Impatient to grow and become a man, an unexpected sight cracks his world open.

Una de miedo

January 1935 •Spanish

Kitbull

January 2019 •English

An unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.

Float

November 2019 •English

A father discovers that his son floats, which makes him different from other kids. To keep them both safe from the judgement of the world, Dad hides, covers, and grounds him. But when his son's ability becomes public, Dad must decide whether to run and hide or to accept his son as he is.

赤松威龙

May 2008 •Chinese

Big Game

November 2013 •English

It's Bobo's birthday, but sadly no one showed up to his party. A big game hunter figures it's the perfect opportunity to capture the fearsome monster—by throwing Bobo the birthday party of his dreams.

Feet of Song

January 1988 •English

Joyful, androgynous forms shimmy across the screen to the sound of world-beat music.

The Public Voice

January 1988 •Danish

A short Surrealist animation from Denmark which begins with a zoom into a Paul Delvaux painting, then reverses the process by pulling back from a continually changing picture.

The Trident

February 2023 •English

When you're the legendary Puss in Boots, life and death go paw in paw. In this epic original short, Puss recalls one of his most daring deaths yet.

Holy Smoke!

January 1963 •English

An animated film made by Walerian Borowczyk for W.D. & H.O. Wills. A very pompous cigar smoker reminisces about the good old days when the lower classes knew their place and stayed away from cigars meant only for the privileged. However, after he and his society for cigar smokers watch an advert by British tobacco importers W.D. & H.O. Wills explaining their successive methods of cigar-making, his elitist ideals are shaken.

Waiting for Yvette

June 2008 •English

Yvette is having second thoughts on the eve of an operation that will change her forever. A heartfelt comedy about friendship, denial, and finding the deeper truth of ourselves beyond the one we tell.

The Katy Universe

January 2019 •English

Katy went to a wedding and developed superpowers.

Marriage a la Carte

April 1916 •

The first film featuring Mildred Davis

What'll We Do with Uncle?

October 1917 •

Artist Henry is wildly jealous of his girl Flossie so when he sees her in the arms of another man he overreacts and tries to end it all in a variety of over the top ways. Even when Flossie explains he still tries to end it all until word comes that his uncle has died and left him a million.

Start Something

October 1919 •

Snub is a traffic cop and succeeds in mixing things up by trying to flirt with every pretty girl motorist.

It's a Hard Life

November 1919 •

A henpecked husband goes out on a series of adventures. He is pursued by cops and detectives and joins the Salvation Army in an effort to escape.

Tough Luck

December 1919 •

A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.

Titus & Mirabella

September 2020 •English

A romantic comedy about the first date between two people who have never had a relationship before but who desperately want one. A movie about fear and love.