Protihráč

Tarde de domingo

June 1960 •Spanish

The boredom of a young middle-class woman at home a Sunday afternoon. Not to be confused with Carlos Saura's short of the same name produced in 1957.

En el río

May 1960 •Spanish

Vltava po válce

January 1949 •Czech

A 4-year-old girl cries, lost in the city. A Soviet soldier on a ferry takes her in and takes her to her home village.

Los opositores

May 1960 •Spanish

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.

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….

The Meet-Cute

December 2019 •English

A short film about the different ways two people can meet each other for the first time, as well as the eventual reality that follows.

Heart Attack

January 1967 •Polish

One of his first and the most famous undergrad shorts, which seems to forshadow the director's death. A prize winner at a film festival in Oberhausen, it does not bear any great resemblance to Wiszniewski's later films.It attempts to illustrate the subjective states of a character through expressionistic photography, hardcore jazz and associative editing.

Luciano

November 1965 •Spanish

A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a child. (Inspired by a real event that occurred in the forest of Verrières, Paris, on May 27th, 1964.)

La caza de brujas

January 1967 •Spanish

When, in a very strict Catholic school, a teacher enters a bathroom and surprises two students engaged in forbidden sexual practices, some of their classmates do not know whether to remain silent or rat out their own friends when questioned by school authorities.

Sleep Is for Sissies

September 1980 •English

A broke Brit tries to pick-up girls, earn some money and navigate Los Angeles.

Ultraviolet

December 2019 •English

In Vancouver, British Columbia, two teenagers attempt to create a feature length documentary about their lives. The main character James (played by himself) becomes obsessed with the project and is pushed into a more introverted, lonely existence. His best friend Quinn (played by himself) sets out to help him, but is met with the real answer as to why James is keeping himself inside: the rejection of what he thinks is the love of his life. The two of them go their separate ways, with James going deeper into a depression he’s not sure he can escape from.

Spree

December 2015 •English

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

For Love One Dies

January 1972 •Italian

A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman.

The Hitchhikers

June 1962 •English

A road movie about three guys (two hitchhikers, one driver) and one woman.

Inversion

June 2021 •Czech

A film about the complicated friendship of three adolescent girls, two swimming pools, and one malicious act of revenge.

Magda

June 2021 •Czech

One chance encounter and a night spent together help Magda to discover what she probably doesn't need to live anymore and what she might need.

Blue Cow

Invalid date •English

When his business partner retires, an overly-attentive cafe owner, embraces the challenge of working solo.

Dying Woods

January 1987 •

While his marriage is falling apart, a cocky journalist is worried about environmental pollution.

Drifters

June 2021 •Czech

Trapped in a nomadic world that makes less and less sense, Eliška yearns for a safer and more stable life for herself and her little brother Aleš. As illegitimate repo men begin frequenting their home, Eliška’s uncertainty about her and her brother’s future reaches a crescendo and she is forced to take action to protect Aleš from this shady and dangerous life.