The Lesson

Cupcake

October 2014 •Swedish

Lena and Karin have known each other for six years and have gotten really close to each other. When freedom is coming up for one of them, it's not as happy as it should have been.

Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque

January 1919 •English

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

Stealing Silver

October 2017 •English

A woman confronting a painful time in her life after she discovers the truth about a mysterious old man living across from her.

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….

Pigeon

Invalid date •English

Set in Remies, France in 1941 during World War II, a Jewish man tries to escape Nazi persecution and a chance encounter with a woman sitting next to him on the train. Based on a true story.

Cat's Eye

Invalid date •

A woman visits a personal stretcher, only to have unexpected objects pulled out of her body. A near silent witness statement to the reopening of invisible wounds in an abstract pursuit of healing.

12 Points

May 2015 •German

Jonas's father expresses his enthusiasm about Conchita Wurst's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Hence, his 18-year-old son works up the courage to come out as a homosexual and introduce his boyfriend to his parents unexpectedly, his father's euphoria about the tolerance and open-mindedness displayed at the Song Contest comes to a sudden end.

Sugar Dumplin

February 2025 •English

Attempting to forge a deeper connection with her estranged father, who is grappling with dementia, a young woman prepares foods that evoke memories of his Jamaican childhood.

toni_with_an_i

September 2022 •English

Toni, aged 13, doesn't fit in at school. One day, everything takes a turn for the worse, but the internet comes to save her.

Thule

April 2011 •English

In 1962, a group of young men, stationed at a remote Air Force base, band together to undergo a dangerous mission to retrieve mail lost in the frozen landscape of Greenland.

Venomous Tongues

June 1913 •English

Charles Raleigh is a cousin of Miss Clara Burton, and is secretly in love with her. She returns his affection in secret also. Time parses and George Conway makes love to Clara. She considers his proposal of marriage long and seriously and makes entry of it in her diary. About this time Charles is called to America to look after his mining interests. He arrives in time to find himself a pauper as the result of a terrific conflagration that has swept his property. He decides to make a new start, but finds the battle difficult.

Open Skies

January 2008 •English

Short drama exploring the duality of nature but more importantly examining the maternal bond by breaking it.

Antifeminist

October 2019 •English

A popular feminist blogger receives a mysterious invitation to a secret society party, where she is faced with a choice to join an extreme cult or change her views forever.

Breaking Pencils

May 2021 •English

Sep learns how to navigate high-school life.

Yotsuya Kaidan

June 1911 •Japanese

Earliest japanese horror film.

Yotsuya Kaidan

January 1913 •Japanese

Colocataires

March 2016 •French

Camille's life is ruled by the ring of the alarm clock each morning. Her well-ordered life consists of preparing her cat's meals, and hearing the familiar sound of the automatic till in the store where she works as the cashier. But one day, a man enters her home without her knowing and starts living there during the day while she's at work. Little by little, he will free her from her chains.

Danse Macabre

July 2021 •Spanish

A man walks into a bar and warns to the clients that Death will come at midnight.