The Devil's Work

Hedgehog's Home

January 2017 •Croatian

In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is at once admired, respected and envied by the other animals. However, Hedgehog’s unwavering devotion to his home annoys and mystifies a quartet of insatiable beasts: a cunning fox, an angry wolf, a gluttonous bear and a muddy boar. Together, the haughty brutes march off towards Hedgehog’s home to see just what is so precious about this “castle, shiny and huge.” What they find amazes them and sparks a tense and prickly standoff.

Hollywood Hobbies

May 1939 •English

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

The Short-Sighted Cyclist

June 1907 •

The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure follows misadventure with great frequency, but the cyclist comes up smiling every time, mounts his machine, and again resumes his journey. Accidents which would maim or kill an ordinary mortal serve only to spur him on to fresh exertions in a mad search for physical inconveniences and dangers, which always present themselves. (Picture World)

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws

June 1920 •English

When Spirits Move

January 1920 •English

Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

Read Between the Lines

April 2022 •English

A socially-anxious college student makes multiple attempts to ask out the bookstore clerk that he has a crush on.

The Peacemaker

October 1914 •English

Red Pepper

April 1925 •English

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

Obsession

August 1965 •Russian

Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes.

A Done Deal

March 2016 •French

Remy, a hitman for a small-time Montreal mobster, has to kill Fernand, an old associate who talks too much. The plan is simple: invite him for coffee, offer him a ride and shoot him in the alley. Easy! A done deal...

The Sacred Art of Tibet

June 1972 •English

An accurate depiction of the basic tenets of northern Mahayana Buddhism, cast into living or "experiential" form, consistent with powerful mantras heard on the soundtrack of the film. Tarthang Tulku, a Tibetan Lama, was the advisor.

Fly Mill

November 2011 •English

The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.

Mime Your Manners

October 2020 •English

Mime Your Manners is an animated shirt film about an arrogant man is given a taste of his own medicine when he's transformed into a mime and in order to be freed must grow to be a better person

Windup

August 2020 •English

A father tries to stay connected with his unconscious daughter through music. He plays a windup music box and hopes she can hear it while fighting with his own emotions to stay strong. Meanwhile, his daughter follows the melody in her dreams and looks for a way back.

Tooty's Wedding

November 2011 •English

A young couple's marriage hilariously hits the rocks during a weekend wedding in the country.

A Field of Honor

June 1973 •English

An ex-soldier encounters many dangers in the small town he lives in.

The Rainbow Fish

January 1996 •English

Iranian animation about a colourful fish, her admirers and her threats.

All American Tooles

Invalid date •English

Todd and Cindy, possessive parents, decide to install a baby cam, the most advanced child surveillance system. But later, they discover that the cam cannot decode their child's fear.

Automaton Flavour

August 1998 •English

MS-DOS demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music.

Honour

November 2018 •

On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honour, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.