Chronique de l'ennui

Carne

May 1991 •French

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Rendezvous

January 1976 •French

A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

A Flower

January 1971 •Danish

A boy grows a seed into a flower while the world around him marches on.

The April Chill

January 2010 •Georgian

The story of a Soviet military serviceman and a male Georgian dancer. An anti-violence film about the awakening of human instinct in an invader

Nocturna

March 2010 •Portuguese

A middle aged woman is desperately wondering in the streets looking for her daughter. A man finds her before she does.

Este Silêncio Pode Significar Muita Coisa

January 1970 •Portuguese

Alice & Huck

September 2008 •English

A short film that explores desire and missed connections in a universe where it's possible to try try again.

To the Night

November 2014 •English

Tyler spends his time trawling for girls on the Internet and being a general misfit with little regard for others. Through social media he reconnects with Jenny Kramer, an old flame, and embarks on a night that will change his ways forever. Or maybe not. 'To The Night' explores the disconnect of this post-post modern age, and the ease with which one can go through life disregarding not only the feelings of others, but of oneself.

Pity

March 2014 •English

This is a portrait of a man at the bottom, struggling to find an answer, when the wrong things happened at the wrong time. This is a story of loss.

Ruby's Secret

October 2013 •English

A man and a woman hit it off at a bar and decide to go back to her place. The man soon realizes that she is more than he bargained for.

Lily and Jim

October 1997 •English

Lily and Jim are interviewed about their disastrous blind date.

The Mistletoe Bough

November 1904 •English

During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.

Crimes of Diogo Alves

April 1911 •Portuguese

Diogo Alves is a Spanish fugitive that comes to the Portuguese capital terrorizing the inhabitants by his cut-throat methods against rich and poor people alike. He attacks the women launderers on the Lisbon Aqueduct and throws the bodies over the high wall, and assaults homes with his large band of criminals. Eventually arrested, he, his female companion and his henchmen are condemned to death by the court.

With a Piece of Chalk

August 2012 •English

A young boy called Justen, who went through doleful past, discoveres a way to change his situation greatly.

Estação

May 2010 •Portuguese

Ines is 21 years old and dreams of becoming an actress. In order to fulfil that dream, she decides to leave Brasília for São Paulo to appear as an extra in a popular soap opera. However, with no place to stay, she ends up staying at the Tiete Bus Terminal, the second largest in the world.

L'incertitude d'Heisenberg

June 2012 •Portuguese

Remi and Bastien are friends, easygoing, and soon to be nuclear engineers. They are about to choose between friendship and career. But in this world, there are no good or bad choices. There are only choices... And the choice is Remi's.

Linda, uma história horrível

November 2013 •Portuguese

With a suitcase in hand, a son arrives to visit his elderly mother.

Frankenweenie

December 1984 •English

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

Let's Have a Party

November 1963 •Dutch

Short film about the blossoming affection of an upper-class schoolboy for a girl from a different class. The film, shot by Verhoeven at the same school he attended in The Hague, is loosely based on the description of the unrequited love of Anton Wachter in Simon Vestdijk's novel Back to Ina Damman, one of the parts in the Anton Wachter cycle.

The Hitchhikers

June 1962 •English

A road movie about three guys (two hitchhikers, one driver) and one woman.