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Goodbye Jerome!

December 2021 •French

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

Why Elephants?

January 2012 •Croatian

A surrealist animated film.

A Cat and a Half

January 2003 •Russian

Film by Andrey Khrzhanovsky based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.

Runaway

April 2013 •English

Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.

Anatole fait du camping

November 1947 •French

After somewhat hectic travel preparations, Anatole and Margot set off on holiday. The cart arrives at its destination, somehow or other, and it’s time to set up camp. But the task isn’t always simple and Anatole is literally blown away, inflated like an airbed!

Growing Girls

November 1949 •English

After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.

Winter Draws On

March 1948 •English

As winter approaches, a variety of birds fly south to see a warmer climate.

Base Brawl

January 1948 •English

At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch the antics that can only come about from exotic animals who play baseball.

The Shell Shocked Egg

July 1948 •English

A mother turtle buries her eggs in the sand. While she is away, one of the egg partly hatches and begins roaming the countryside trying to finish hatching.

A Feather in His Hare

February 1948 •English

A hungry indian tries to cook bugs, yet Bugs outwits him yet again. Banned for offensive depiction of Native Americans.

Land Without Bread

December 1933 •Spanish

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)

Navozande, the Musician

September 2020 •French

A story of love, war, and hardship in 13th-century Persia.

Deepa Mehta, in Profile

January 2012 •English

A portrait and tribute to Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta.

Superman Now

February 2011 •English

Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely take over the Superman stories to refocus and revitalize them, centered on a more relaxed and reflective Superman.

Borneo in de jungle van de Sarawak

January 1982 •Dutch

Short documentary.

The Crystal Text

August 2012 •English

The Crystal Text is a fleeting, poetic impression of the the fragmented emotional world of Young Moon's music. Amazingly, all of the visual effects are created within the camera, rather than through digital manipulation. The resulting film explores the rhythms inherent in the combination of music and film, as it evokes both memory and gesture to create an audio and visual dialog with the audience.

Streaming

February 2024 •English

A series of short films including Detergent, Square and ACPOAPM, made in New York.

Kaleidoscope-68

January 1968 •Russian

Hymn of the Nations

February 1944 •English

Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno delle nazioni," a patriotic work for tenor soloist, chorus, and orchestra, composed by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi in the early 1860s. (For this musical work, Verdi utilized the national anthems of several European nations.) In December 1943, Arturo Toscanini filmed a performance of this music for inclusion in an Office of War Information documentary about the role of Italian-Americans in aiding the Allies during World War II. Toscanini added a bridge passage to include arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the United States and "The Internationale" for the Soviet Union and the Italian partisans. Joining Toscanini in the filmed performance in NBC Studio 8-H, were tenor Jan Peerce, the Westminster Choir, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

My Little Underground

January 2014 •English

In this autobiographical animated short, Elise Simard crafts the story of a young girl seeking self-discovery and rebirth. Drifting between real and imagined events, the film uses time-lapse photography with ink and pastels, creating a haunting, compassionate exploration of addiction and existence.