A profile of Catskill mountain derelict Freddy Derryl takes a sudden, personal twist.
A radio salesman gets knocked out by a golf ball and dreams he's in the desert where he sells radios to sheiks.
Alberto, a collective taxi driver, observes through the lives that pass through his car, the beauty hidden in the decadence of the oil city where he works.
A creative political short animation calling for saving time and increasing efficiency in national economic construction.
Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.
Two incompetent Bailiffs repossess the wrong house.
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An American star, visiting Paris, falls asleep in the Louvre while a guide comments on Watteau's "Voyage à Cythère". She dreams that the painting's characters, beautiful ladies, escape, scattering across Paris after a tour of the fashion houses.
A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about Helium, a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.
Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.
The whole film was created in 48 hours as part of the "48 Hour Film Project - Dubai" competition. With his debut work 'The Bridge of Time' spending seven weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, Karim Mushtak was once hailed as the most promising Arab novelist of his generation. And then he disappeared from the public eye. A group of filmmakers find him in a run down residential compound where he is the last remaining tenant, refusing to move out as he tries to complete perhaps the most difficult of all second novels.
We all have secrets. We all have family. We all search for happiness. What if we share our secrets and search for happiness together?
In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.
One-off special Benny taped in 1990, with outdoor scenes made in New York. Highlights of this part include Hill playing Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Roseanne Barr and an audience member in a parody of "Ask Dr. Ruth," Chow Mein showing up for an audition, and Benny getting into a tangle with gangsters.
Werber Park, a former French student, volunteers a daily lecturer to teach art to student short film staff.
a very quiet weekend car center. A car that appears somewhere starts to turn around the car center. Turn and turn and turn...
The washing machine bites the dust: turning the humdrum life of a young couple upside down.
A narrator, a friend, a meet cute, and the question of sentience are explored through an absurdist, fruitful romance.
Every October, Mr. Tricker has the best Halloween decorations in town. While setting up his annual display, a quirky neighbor gets too close to figuring out why his decor is so lifelike.