“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a lesson'. Almost baroque in its ambition and detail, Akerman and Seabra Lopes’ mesmerising short film delves deeply into the hard-wired dread of music lessons. Sewn around Schubert’s steely Opus 1, which is itself based on the no less terrifying legend of Goethe's Erlkönig, their film is a revelation.” International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Dancing All Day
In the Parque del Retiro, in Madrid, Spanish writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna weaves a humorous and absurd monologue about a monocle without glass, the noises that can be heard in a chicken coop and the importance of gesturing correctly with a large hand if someone wants to succeed in the art of oratory.
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Miss T is the centre of a series of short, humorous sex sketches in pin-up style à la Betty Page. She fights with the male member, which first knocks her out, but which she later rides triumphantly. The elementary special effects (a huge dildo and a giant vagina) and cartoonish decors give the scabrous scenes a pleasant atmosphere.
French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film included in the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).
When Armelio finds himself in the "mercado 4" with the mission of buying chicken and rushed by his mom, he stumbles upon a setback that will delay the errand. He'll have to make way across the chaotic and overwhelming paraguayan market chasing his slippery thief. Could Armelio reclaim the chicken and avoid getting in trouble?
Cécile thinks one thing and its opposite. She wants one thing and its opposite. She doesn't know what she thinks or what she wants. So she talks about one thing and its opposite.
Riski (17) assigned by his teacher to make a short interview video about passion. At first, he doesn’t take it seriously until he ends up involving his three absurd friends, each with their own quirky passions, leading to laughter and chaos. Yet behind their jokes, a deeper question arises: what does Riski truly love? As the deadline approaches, he rediscovers a long-buried memory. Slowly, Riski realizes the true reason behind his love for capturing moments in life.
In a desperate attempt to survive, two deserters and a green beret try to reunite with their forces after the enemy unleashes its secret weapon.
A small UFO flies through the streets of Amsterdam one evening. No one seems to notice. In the spaceship are two aliens enjoying the view. They disappear again just as suddenly as they came. Short experimental animation film is a homage to film-maker Ed Wood.
Superman is a puffed person. When he flies, he goes flat.
Mario has prepared something for Cristina, but she doesn't seem very interested in knowing what it is.
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience-stricken over his drunkenness and his behavior with another woman. He fears to face his wife until he discovers that she feels just as guilty herself.
Romance of a Boot and a Dancing Slipper
The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.
Two guys flirt with women at a hotel.
A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik