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441–460 of 474 films

  • An Island

    2017 16+ 13 min

    by Rory Byrne

    An Island is an immersive short film portraying the physical and emotional journey undertaken by a lone explorer as he attempts to reach the summit of a remote island.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Anal Juke

    2014 Adults 3 min

    by Sawako Kabuki

    After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, I was heartbroken but I had to think about the theme for my next animation film. Just then I had a dream of this ex-boyfriend. This animation film is based on that dream.

    • Music Videos
    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • An eye for an eye

    2018 Adults 17 min

    by Julia Ploch

    The film’s action takes place over a large lake, one of it’s banks is inhabited by frogs. They tell stories about the ancient God – huge Catfish, living on the other side of the waters.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • 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
  • Alexander 23: IDK You Yet

    2020 13+ 3 min

    by Alexander 23, Chris Ullens

    Music video for Alexander 23’s track “IDK You Yet” for Universal Music.

    • Music Videos
    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Alberto Amar: Sunrise

    2021 13+ 3 min

    by Daniel Amar

    Music video of the song “Sunrise” by Alberto Amar.

    • Music Videos
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • 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