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Boys and Girls

June 2000 •English

Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they meet in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find that their differences bind them together and a rare friendship develops.

Clothesline

January 2021 •English

An idle, Arab American stoner discovers a portal to the war memories of his mother's past while doing the laundry chore.

Practice Funeral

April 2019 •English

After teenage Ben comes to the realization that his stage 4 testicular cancer is terminal, he decides to throw a "practice funeral" as one final hurrah before the end of his young life.

Potted Palm Trees

September 2020 •German

The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood is alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: the groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her step-father’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?

Gitchy

September 2009 •English

David and Kimberly haven't been the same since the death of their parents. David is constantly tormented by the horrifying image of a 6'5', 400-pound clown named Gitchy. David is convinced that Gitchy, the monster from his darkest dreams, is responsible for killing his parents. He believes that his mother and father both met their doom after being attacked and tickled to death by Gitchy the Clown! Kimberly does her best to care for her brother, but she has fallen into her own depression after watching his mental condition deteriorate. David's therapist has him on medication and visits him weekly, but nothing seems to block his images or silence the insane laughter of the demonic clown that torments him. Soon everyone connected to David will learn just how real Gitchy is...and the situation will be no laughing matter...or will it?

Nelásky

January 2001 •Czech

Supermarket Sweep

January 1991 •English

Protozoa

January 1993 •English

Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….

Doodlebug

January 1997 •English

In his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.

The Big Picture

September 1989 •English

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.

Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror

October 2014 •English

Image Archive archivist Dino Everett assembled a feature-length compilation of SCA student works from the late ’60s and ’70s. The compilation features recently uncovered and previously unseen student films by Dan O’Bannon and John Carpenter. • BLOOD BATH (1969, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon) B/W (original 16mm) 7 min. • THE DEMON (1970, written and directed by Charles Adair) B/W (original 16mm) 19 min. • GOOD MORNING DAN (1968, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon, camera by John Carpenter) Color (original 8mm) 19 min. • CAPTAIN VOYEUR (1969, written and directed by John Carpenter) B/W (original 16mm) 7 min. • BLOOD BATH (1976, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon) Red tint (original 16mm blown up to 35mm) 8 min. • JUDSON'S RELEASE (1971, written by Alec Lorimore, directed by Terence H. Winkless) (original 16mm) Color 15 min. Total program time: 80 minutes.

Some Boys Don't Leave

April 2009 •English

Some Boys Don't Leave is the story of what happens when the break-up happens but the break does not. 'Boy' is forced to come to terms with the fact that 'Girl' no longer wants him around. The only problem is he just can't seem to leave their once shared apartment. 'Girl' decides to keep living her life around him; while he remains, watching at a distance. In time, each decides to go in his or her own distinctly different directions. 'Boy' soon finds that sometimes the greatest distance we are asked to travel is one within ourselves.

Protihráč

June 2021 •Czech

Spree

December 2015 •English

Seeking fulfillment, a young drifter forgoes isolation to embark on a year-long murder spree.

AN7R0i7E

February 2020 •Spanish

Nestor is a boy immersed in melancholy. In an attempt to forget an old love, he begins a relationship with Isabel, an android.

Six Men Getting Sick

January 1967 •English

Lynch's first film project consists of a loop of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces.

Untouchable

June 2011 •English

A masseuse's journey to find the human touch.

Shergar

June 2021 •English

A boy lives a fast-paced, free-roaming life with his friends on the streets of Dublin, which doesn’t always lead to good choices.

Club Silencio

August 2021 •Spanish

The mother of ten-year-old Martina turns up late, just when the little girl is about to give up hope they might spend the afternoon together. As they have an amazing chemistry, she really wants to have her mum to herself, but all too soon she realises that her mother has not beaten her drug addiction and Martina finds herself in a hard situation yet again...

The Cracks

August 2021 •Polish

Teresa is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her son. In an effort to find comfort elsewhere she temporarily moves back with her husband to her parents’ house. However, the young woman’s family home conjures up memories of a previous relationship and a past love that perhaps has yet to be extinguished.