In the Days of Famine

80,000 Suspects

August 1963 •English

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

January 2025 •Japanese

A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.

The Story of Dr. Jenner

March 1939 •English

This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.

A Matter of WHO

October 1961 •English

Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.

Fyzikus Rayman

January 1979 •Slovak

Battling Marshal

January 1950 •English

In one of his last film roles, legendary B-Western cowboy Sunset Carson roots out the varmints responsible for a false smallpox scare. After arriving in the small town of Quartzville, Carson determines that a crooked lawyer-and-doctor team created a false smallpox epidemic in order to seize a gold mine from an old man and his family. Carson and his friends set out to bring the villains to justice. Al Terry, Pat Starling and Lee Roberts co-star.

Tale of a Dog

April 1944 •English

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Winterhawk

November 1975 •English

Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

October 1962 •English

Five passengers in a stagecoach are abandoned by their driver in the desert. Trying to survive, they struggle with illness, thirst, hunger, and the threats posed both by one another and the local Indigenous peoples.

Demon in the Freezer

May 2016 •English

Errol Morris' "Demon in the Freezer" is a short 17-minute documentary about the stockpiles of the smallpox virus that remain stored for research purposes.

Rotten Faith

April 2020 •Portuguese

XIXth century brazilian countryside. After losing their daughter and granddaughter to smallpox, an elderly couple sees their faith rot.

Article 19-42

March 2019 •French

Julie and Thomas cross the Northern forest in their 4x4. As they leave the main road, they are met by an unwelcoming man. He was obviously waiting for them, they give him a sum of money. Together they continue deeper into the woods.

Kiko

May 2018 •English

Kiko, a lonely retail service android, longs for the world beyond her store.

River

July 2021 •English

After disappearing for over a week, River tries to put her fragmented memory back together, while teetering on the brink of insanity and questioning what's real vs a dream.

Home

August 2015 •English

Two young brothers living in rural isolation struggle to survive in the wake of a mysterious attack, only to have their fragile world shattered by the arrival of a teenage girl. Home by John Henry Hinkel

Aloha Surf Hotel

October 2021 •English

An ex surf pro is forced to take a job at a beachfront hotel teaching obnoxious tourists how to surf. Soon he's the tennis pro, the yoga instructor, the handyman - he might even be key to saving this family-run, Hawaiian-owned hotel.

Taste

April 2021 •Vietnamese

Bassley, a Nigerian footballer living in Vietnam, has been unable to make a living since he broke his leg. He and four middle-aged women he sometimes works for decide to escape the disappointment of their daily lives. They go to an old house where together they create a special world for themselves. But this intimate utopia cannot last forever.

Death of a Virgin, and the Sin of Not Living

March 2022 •Arabic

Etienne is taken by his friends to a prostitute for the first time. Three troubled teens on their way to win their acceptance into manhood. Though several unexpected occurrences take Etienne on an unforeseen journey into himself.

Celts

January 2022 •Serbian

Belgrade in 1993. The pent-up tension of uncertain times is released at a children’s birthday party. While the kids celebrate in the living room dressed up as Ninja Turtles, the adults discuss, flirt, smoke and drink in the kitchen.