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441–460 of 469 films

  • An Encounter In A Dream

    1957 10+ 10 min

    by Nikola Kostelac

    In his dream, a teenage boy visits the Stone Age, which he imagines to be quite similar to the present day.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Ampersand

    2016 16+ 3 min

    by Erin Shea

    Ampersand is science visualisation meeting visual music. The film takes the audience on a playful musical journey from the subatomic to the galactic and touches on many core ideas of science like the wave particle duality, evolution, and pollination.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Among The Black Waves

    2016 Adults 11 min

    by Anna Budanova

    This story is based on an ancient northern legend according to which the souls of the drowned people turn into sea animals. The Hunter steals a seal-girl’s skin, so she can’t turn back into an animal. She becomes his wife, but often she glances at the sea.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Altötting

    2020 Adults 11 min

    by Andreas Hykade

    As a young boy I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. We spent many decades together. First, she offered me protection from the cold. As a teenager, she introduced me to the secrets of love. But as an adult, this love became flawed. I began to see behind my beloved’s facade. And I discovered her horrifying side.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Amalimbo

    2016 16+ 15 min

    by Juan Pablo Libossart

    Amalimbo is the story of Tipuana, a five-year-old girl who experiences the limbo when she tries to pass to “the other side” in her desperate urge to meet again with her recently deceased father. It is a short story that happens in an undefined place in an also undefined future.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Alternative walk

    2017 16+ 5 min

    by Ivan Maximov

    A walk in the park that defies rules.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Alone

    1958 16+ 13 min

    by Vatroslav Mimica

    Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • by Ivo Vrbanić, Vlado Kristl

    The boy and the girl are suddenly separated from the picture book by a hand, which tears off a page from the book and makes a paper airplane in which the boy remains trapped. In her attempt to help the friend, she couldn’t achieve anything if all the children’s drawings in the city did not help her.

    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Alien TV

    2019 Adults 9 min

    by Éléonore Geissler

    A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
    • Non-narrative
    • Making of
  • ALEPH

    2023 Adults 8 min

    by Solobodan Tomić

    The film is inspired by Borges’ short story Aleph. The protagonist is involved in a world of simultaneous events. Passing through the gates of Aleph he experiences fears, hopes and sufferings of humankind.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Aeon

    2017 16+ 4 min

    by Ryotaro Miyajima

    Self-replicating entities that have evolved on different planets merge and proliferate exponentially. In search of more energy sources, they consume other stars.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Aeolian

    2012 7+ 7 min

    by Cameron Lowe, Tom Shrapnel

    Aeolian shows the life cycle of a mysterious creature as it explores the natural world around it. As it grows bigger, so too does its understanding of life and its inevitable conclusion.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Above and Below

    2016 Adults 10 min

    by Liron Narunsky, Oved Poran

    A tale of an old shaman, a spiritual leader of a primitive tribe on her deathbed. She will bid farewell to her tribe in a mystical ritual and will be buried in a ceremonial burial preceded by a feast in her honour.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Abyssus abyssum invocat

    2012 Adults 9 min

    by Wes Simpkins

    Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is a short film that utilizes stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry to create a darkly comic meditation on capital punishment and religion.

    • Drama
    • Horror
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • AANAATT

    2008 16+ 5 min

    by Max Hattler

    The ever-shifting shape of analogue futurism.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • A Table Game

    2017 16+ 4 min

    by Nicolás Petelski Mesón

    What is the titular game? Who cheers for it? Why is this happening? Will these questions receive clear answers?

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • A Visit from Space

    1964 4+ 11 min

    by Zlatko Grgić

    A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.

    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Family
  • A Love Story

    2016 16+ 7 min

    by Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara

    Two characters, cocooned in their love, who go on a heartbreaking journey of self-discovery in this experimental, BAFTA-winning short film.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • A National Tapestry

    2015 Adults 2 min

    by Steven Woloshen

    A parting reminder and a fading memory in a 1970s drive-in theatre takes on different tones in the present day.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • A Greek Tragedy

    1985 16+ 6 min

    by Nicole Van Goethem

    Belgian animated short film written and directed by Nicole Van Goethem about three lady statues holding on to the remains of an ancient building.

    • Tragedy
    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy