The Making of 'The Thing'

Cassini's Grand Finale

April 2017 •English

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this short film that features beautiful computer-generated animation, thoughtful narration and a rousing score. Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist, known for his 2014 short film "Wanderers," to create a stirring finale video befitting one of NASA's most successful missions of exploration.

Hollywood - The Second Step

June 1936 •English

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.

Shark Land: Welcome to Cocos Island

January 2015 •English

“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier ventures to Cocos Island off the shore of Costa Rica to bring attention to the plight of endangered sharks who are being threatened by poachers and ocean pollution.

Big Data L1ZY

October 2018 •English

A typical family is terrorized in a series of commercials for a new A.I. product.

Premonitions Following an Evil Deed

February 1995 •English

A short film about the events following a murder.

Dysfunction

August 2006 •English

In a rhythmic, hard-edged and sometimes shocking reality, we see how plastic surgery and the cult of man-made beauty have become so ubiquitous that everyone becomes both a judge and a victim. Based on the compelling, yet disturbing, true story of a 17-year-old girl who gets cosmetic surgery.

A Trip to the Moon

June 1902 •French

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

Night and Fog

April 1959 •French

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Stake Land: Mister

May 2011 •English

The origin of the strong and silent vampire exterminator known simply as "Mister."

The Vampire of Soho

November 2018 •English

A short film prequel to the feature film, The Vampires Of Soho. Set in 1982, the film tells the story of Mel, an idealistic young girl who falls in with a bad crowd - vampires.

Real Gods Require Blood

May 2017 •English

Manchester, 1990. On a troubled estate, Alice is roped into babysitting for her neighbour, whose children claim to feed a nightly visitor from Hell. Between gangland tensions, local superstition and drug withdrawal, Alice must decide whether to abandon her new wards or stay the night.

Robot & Scarecrow

June 2017 •English

A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music festival.

La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot

June 2021 •French

TRIPLE TIMe

December 2017 •English

A theoretical physicist discovers his life is in danger when he comes home to find two future versions of himself.

La quemada

October 2022 •Spanish

12 years later, a failed school short film is resignified to share the multiple experiences that exist in the creation of a film.

The Presence

January 1965 •Hungarian

Two old men enter an abandoned synagogue, look at the decay around them, and pray.

The Presence III

January 1986 •Hungarian

Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in honey, drink wine, pray, and sing.

Gente de mesón

May 1969 •Spanish

Self Portrait

September 2012 •English

In the process of taking off her make-up, a young woman reveals her true face.

Under the Cloud

August 2023 •English

An investigation into the unfolding history of nuclear testing, uranium mining, and nuclear waste disposal on indigenous lands in the US. It raises the voices of those who witnessed and experienced the consequences of nuclear colonialism and those who still resist.