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Haze

April 2005 •Japanese

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he's there, or why he's bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally 'zones out' of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.

Ojos que no duermen

October 2012 •Spanish

Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward

March 1970 •Danish

A man is being haunted by a masked stranger. The only language used in the movie comes from three (inter) title cards and a few sentences of sermon-like talk in Danish. Some of the talk is modified citations from the bible and similar sources.

Intruders

October 2014 •English

In the aftermath of a deadly haunting in a small suburban home, a sinister omnipresent entity proceeds to cause havoc in the private lives of a young boy, an unsuspecting teen, and an absent-minded inspector.

Alma

June 2009 •English

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

June 1916 •English

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation with drugs: consuming cocaine to increase his energy or injecting it in his opponents to incapacitate them. To help the police, he tracks down a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported within "leaping fishes", saving a "fish-blower" girl from blackmail along the way.

Mr. Dentonn

May 2014 •Spanish

On a cold winter night, Laura reads her brother David the story of a strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly, a shiver runs Laura's body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It's him.

It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown

February 1974 •English

When Woodstock's fancy new nest disappears one afternoon, he turns to Snoopy for help. Adopting the guise of Sherlock Holmes (complete with cloak, deerstalker cap and bubble pipe), Snoopy and Woodstock go on the hunt for the missing nest.

The Cat with Hands

June 2001 •English

The story of a cat who, legend has it, longs to become human.

Phantoms of Nabua

September 2009 •Thai

The story based on the mysterious portrait of the town of Nabua in northeastern Thailand. Soon after nightfall when the crepuscular violets concede to blackness, the wind's rustling intensifies and the boys come out to play.

The Disappeared

September 2014 •English

Three strangers are selected, at random, to suffer a horrible death. Jeff, Robert, and Angie are thrown together in a dungeon and forced to wait their turn to die. No one can help because they are now the disappeared.

Dead Bunnies

May 1983 •English

A hapless soldier accidentally kills a rabbit during a reconnaissance mission, and then runs for his life when killer rabbits decide to exact their revenge.

Spidora

August 2014 •English

After receiving a series of anonymous love notes, Spidora, a performer in a carnival Side Show, is finally encouraged to meet her secret admirer. But is he real or just an illusion?

Unboxing

December 2014 •English

How do we represent the ideas of gender? This short reflects about this topic, as we see an unidentified character, suited up, and with a paper bag over his head, walking down the hallway of its high school.

This Unnameable Little Broom

January 1985 •English

Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

Miracle Fish

February 2010 •English

8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

January 1988 •English

A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

June 1993 •English

Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a rifle appears and a shot fires. The bullet is visible whirling through space; it caroms and then goes through a pine cone. A long spoon emerges from a drawer in the chair and stretches toward the hand. The bullet is on the spoon. Later, the hand holds the bullet between two fingers; another shot is fired.

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

December 1993 •English

Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.

The Ghost Of F. Scott Fitzgerald

September 2002 •English

James Powell, a college senior, falls for Bess Gunther, a sophomore. However, the attractive Bess is deeply in love with F. Scott Fitzgerald, or "Scotty", as she likes to call him. The obsession leads Bess down a road James prefers not to follow. Years later, he wonders whether she's the one that got away.