Canada Vignettes: The Egg

The Purge: The Morning After

September 2013 •English

In comedian Johnny Ray Gill's parody of the Universal horror flick, actor Daniel Rubiano has to face the music when he reports to work the next morning.

The Pirates

October 1922 •English

Comic hijinks on a pirate ship with British comedian Lupino Lane.

Fragments

October 2015 •English

Chloe, a straight talking film director, tries to convince her friend Sam to be an actor in her next short film. Just after finding out that he once again didn’t get into medical school, Sam meets Alex, a hypochondriac 18 year old. A love triangle forms in these self-reflexive, humoristic fragments filled with sex talk , set in New Orleans.

Bitten

October 2018 •English

A mysterious and violent encounter sends a dog on a night of adventure and possibility.

The Rink

December 1916 •English

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop

October 1916 •English

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Count

September 1916 •English

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Horseshoe Theory

January 2017 •English

A weapons deal between a white supremacist and a member of the Islamic State blossoms into more.

Rubber Band Pistol

October 1962 •Japanese

Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber band pistols.

The Pity Card

January 2006 •English

Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum

How Robinson Was Created

September 1961 •Russian

The film is based on the feuilleton of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov. A writer named Moldovantsev delivers a thrilling Soviet‐style Robinson Crusoe adventure on deadline, only to have his editor insist on adding a local party chairman, freed ex‐members, an activist collector, a housing committee and even a meeting table, bell and ledger washed ashore. Reluctantly he complies, so far that he jettisons Robinson himself as an unjustified weakling, transforming his novel into an absurd manifesto of bureaucratic excess.

A Girl, She Is 100%

January 1983 •Japanese

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her.

HA・NA・KU・SO

February 2022 •Japanese

Things are kind of crappy right now. In Japanese, we say "hanakuso (nose snot)" instead of crap, though. Here's a dose of hope and giggles.

Vidiots

July 2006 •English

Ferdinand is trying to cope with the breakup with his girlfriend.

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

January 1995 •English

A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but he does not dare to approach her. One day he follows her to her room and listens to strange “erotic” sounds from inside, and begins to have erotic thoughts.

Legacy

March 2009 •English

Story of an alien arriving on planet Earth, in search of a human specimen.

Dust Kid

May 2009 •Korean

In bed, late on a sleepless night in the depth of winter, Eujin finds a small dust kid. She decides to do the cleaning she has been putting off for so long. Cleaning every corner of her room, she keeps finding other dust kids here and there, and starts clearing them up one by one. Just when she thinks she has cleaned her room and the dust kids are all gone now, she comes face to face with another one… When I am at home alone, I sit silently and mull over many things. As I think, my brain fills with pointless worries and anxiety. That’s when I start to clean my room. As I clean busily, wash the dishes and do the laundry I’ve been putting off, my anxiety disappears naturally.

Non-Stop

October 2018 •Spanish

Saying no to a job is never easy, especially if your family and the company's boss show more excitement than you. Pedro faces his first job as a wedding and events disc jockey at the Sin Pausa (Non-Stop) company.

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41

October 2018 •Japanese

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.

The Object Woman

June 2022 •French