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The Boatswain's Mate

January 1924 •English

A retired boatswain hires an ex-soldier to rob a widow's inn.

Un Chien Andalou

June 1929 •French

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Bolaño, Up Close and Personal

April 2008 •Spanish

Generously included as a bonus DVD alongside the 502-page Bolaño salvaje, a book of essays about and reminiscences on the Chilean novelist/poet published by the Barcelona-based Editorial Candy. Bolaño cercano [a difficult to translate title approximating something like Bolaño, Up Close and Personal], which offers up a sympathetic portrait of Bolaño as a loving family man and tireless reader and writer and teases with ever so brief glimpses of his personal library and countless spiral notebooks filled with rough drafts of his novels and poetry and even comic book-like drawings and illustrations.

They Say

March 2011 •English

Not everything that happens on a school playground is play. Short film about LGBT effects in school.

The Phantom 52

January 2019 •English

Loneliness: a trucker who calls out on his CB radio waiting for a reply that never comes. A ghost that haunts the deserted highways. A whale that sings at a frequency no other whale can even hear.

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie

March 1991 •Japanese

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie, features the three Gundams and a young girl named Riplin joining together to fight evil. (Source: myanimelist.net)

Guillermo on the Roof

November 2018 •Spanish

While Guillermo tries to fix his romantic life making a film about it, he will discover another reality through Samir, a Syrian refugee, who will make him think that all his issues are superficial.

Tenants

November 2018 •Spanish

Some very special tenants move into the María Teresa building.

The Ocean Analog

January 2022 •Spanish

“The ocean is the only crossing to reach Mount Analogue. Through each wave, which breaks into each of the primary colours, a gateway opens to a new perception...”. First piece of a short film series, inspired by the pre-Hispanic myth of the Sixth Sun.

The Fir Tree

April 2011 •Danish

A Short Film by Lars Ostenfeld. Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale, this Danish film tells the story of a Christmas tree from a most unusual angle - through the 'voice' of the tree itself. The tree has big ambitions, doing everything it can to grow so tall that it reaches the sky. Featuring extraordinary photography, the film follows the adventures of its life from sapling to maturity, culminating in a triumphal Christmas Day. Along the way, viewers experience the natural - and human - world from a strangely moving perspective.

Brotherly

May 2008 •English

Based on a true story of two brothers in 1970's Ohio. It tells of their abandonment by their alcoholic parents and how the brothers turned to each other for support.

Pulsar

October 2005 •English

A Special Kind of Love

February 2008 •English

A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.

Auf eigener Faust

January 1997 •German

The First Lady is kidnapped by a megalomaniac. To save his wife, the President goes into battle against the madman who is protected by Amazons.

Hair-raising

February 2024 •English

Jester's Flaming Hot Mac'n cheese

July 2023 •French

Léandre, a lazy young adult without much ambition decides one night to break the monotony of its daily life to help Greg, the neighbourhood pusher to... do something, he doesn't quite remember. This decision will plunge him amidst bloody settling of scores which he will desperately try to escape from, motivated by his hatred of Jester's Flamin Hot Mac n Cheese!

Larsen

February 2024 •French

Arielle is experiencing depression. Overwhelmed by her loneliness and the disorder in her apartment, she strives to reconnect with those around her by agreeing to host her two good friends for dinner. Not wanting to expose her mess to them, she begins to wash her dishes, but in vain. The latter continues to multiply and invades it. To regain some semblance of normal life, she will have to do violence to overcome the chaos.

The People

February 2024 •French

A film about human interaction and attachment, The People explores the mark people leave on each other and the space they occupy. The watercolor’s fluidity and transparency are the tools used to communicate the emotional tone of the film.

So I Didn't Sleep Very Well Last Night

March 2022 •French

An accounting of dreams I’ve had while filtered as a D*sney cartoon.

Split royal

February 2024 •French