Tag

Poetic

1,041–1,060 of 1,307 films

  • Domestic Appliances

    2014 13+ 3 min

    by Lewis Firth Bolton, Lewis Bolton

    A short film about people with unusual living arrangements.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Dog

    2001 Adults 6 min

    by Suzie Templeton

    A moving tale from Suzie Templeton about a young boy who, grieving for his dead mother, seeks reassurance from his father.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • by Ágnes Szucher

    “What are you most afraid of?” Kids answer to this question cheerfully and lightheartedly.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • DJ Piper – RIP TXL

    2022 16+ 4 min

    by Raman Djafari

    Five friends, growing up in Berlin Spandau, experience the surreality of adolesence, with all its magic, emotion and adventure.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Fantasy
  • Do Not Feed the Pigeons

    2021 16+ 9 min

    by Antonin Niclass

    In Antonin Niclass’s short film “Do Not Feed the Pigeons, ” a flock becomes a source of unexpected wonder for a group of weary travellers.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Do The Dial Tone

    2020 16+ 4 min

    by Cheng-Hsu Chung

    The visualizer for Do The Dial Tone enhances the music by narrating an adventurous tale of an alien exploring Earth at midnight. Drawing inspiration from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation video, our character embarks on a nocturnal journey through the city streets, culminating in a solo party held in an underground ruin. This visual story captures the essence of the track, blending the surreal with the rhythmic energy of an all-night adventure.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Diskjockey

    1981 16+ 9 min

    by Jiří Barta

    An alarm clock wakes a man who washes his face, has breakfast, drives his car to work, spins records, returns home, and takes his pills. It’s a world of circles – often seen from above: an espresso cup, a stairwell, the pills, and the records spinning. At the dance where the music plays, the rhythms evoke images of a butcher slicing head cheese, gears driving other wheels and levers, a combine churning out bales of hay, a butcher cutting chunks of meat for a stew, and boxers punching. The circle of music and life

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Dirtmonsters

    2007 16+ 9 min

    by Maike Ramke & Christian Retzlaff

    The Story of five Dirtmonsters working for the detergent industry, which have to deal with getting replaced by a more efficient Dirtmaschine.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Dinner for few

    2014 Adults 10 min

    by Nassos Vakalis

    During dinner, “the system” feeds the few who consume all the resources while the rest survive on scraps. Inevitably, the struggle for what remains leads to catastrophic change. The offspring of this transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Diogenes, Perhaps

    1967 16+ 10 min

    by Nedeljko Dragić

    A lonely man roams around an absurd world in pursuit of happiness. Perhaps it’s Diogenes, perhaps not.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Different

    2017 16+ 2 min

    by Tom Fisher

    An animated documentary exploring neurodiversities such as dyslexia, following the journey of an ant as a metaphor for functioning outside of a system. The film is a self reflection on my own journey through life and of feeling out of place in the world.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
    • Making of
  • Deux oiseaux

    2019 Adults 12 min

    by Antoine ROBERT

    1967. Jean, an eight-years-old city boy, spends his holidays at his grandparents’ farm. He gives in candid yet cruel games on the surrounding animals. But this violence is nothing compared to what takes place in the shed, a room that Jean does not even dare entering. One day, Jean kills a tit by accident. He decides to take in the orphan hatchling to nurse him.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Deer Flower

    2017 16+ 8 min

    by Kangmin Kim, Kangmin Kiim

    In the summer of 1992, Dujung, a boy in elementary school, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son’s body, Dujung suffers from side effects.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • Depart at 22

    2015 16+ 4 min

    by Wiep Teeuwisse

    Depart at 22 is a poetic animated short about growing old and the fear of losing the beauty of youth.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Deep Love

    2019 Adults 14 min

    by Mykyta Lyskov, Nykyta Lyskov

    The place of this animated short is the city Dnipro (Ukraine). Partly a documentary, through the prism of absurdity and black humor, the film tells the story about a big city during historical changes and decommunization.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Deep Beneath the Earth

    2015 7+ 3 min

    by Kim Noce, Shaun Clark

    The only thing young Lucy likes is gaming on her ipad. But when she loses it in the woods, she’s determined to get it back. Her search leads her on a journey deep into the earth…

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
  • Decorado

    2017 Adults 11 min

    by Alberto Vázquez

    The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Deadman’s Reach

    2018 Adults 11 min

    by Quentin VIEN

    After falling asleep on the London underground, a man finds himself mysteriously spirited into the desert where he follows an illusive trail of a failed love affair. Through the exploration of song writing, the man eventually reaches catharsis and the acceptance that allows him to move on, and to find his way out of the desert.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • Dead Reckoning

    2017 16+ 3 min

    by Paul Wenninger, Susan Young

    A mediation on bad luck. Two animated manifestations of one character’s interaction as he follows the maxim: Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative