Shorts

A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser.

TDWD is a dark surreal nightmare dealing with the themes of desire, jealousy, and ultimately pursuing something that cannot be obtained. The story follows a man who wanders into a reality unlike his own which leads him into a nightmarish downward spiral.

While sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.

Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.

Lewis Carroll's poem is read and followed by a free-form animated depiction of images and toys from childhood, repeatedly overturned by a live cat.

A small, animated figure learns how to use a whip, a pair of wings and a house.

Svankmajer's music video for Hugh Cornwell's "Another Kind of Love."

The last moments of a creature made out of fruits and vegetables.

Tortured by guilt, Taylor seeks to hide his sin in hopes that it will become another dirty little secret... However, as he begins to see menacing visions and the line between reality and paranoia becomes blurred, his plans quickly unravel.

To build a flying ship - here is a condition for marriage with a king's daughter. She loves a poor chimney sweep, but he has a dangerous rival.

A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

The big day has arrived for Andrew (13): he sets up a score with the neighborhood hotshot, his role-model when it comes to street life. Andrew's father quickly finds out about it. He knows what to do in order to save his son. Even if this means confronting again the ghosts from his own past.

ION lives in one of the most drought-affected areas in Romania. Wishing to put an end to his bad luck, Ion commits to work for a foreigner, unaware of the fact that he becomes involved in illegal activities.

"Black Girl" is loosely based on a true story of a young inner city girl that comes from a troubled household. The lead character Ebony, is nine years old and is the oldest of three with two younger brothers Kevin and Poo. Ebony's father is dead and her mother Tammy is a drug addict and hardly takes care of her three children. Tammy's addiction has caused her to neglect her children in unimaginable ways. However, there is a person in Ebony life that picks up on her odd behavior at school and wants to understand the root of Ebony's problems. Helen, a school counselor wants to interview and help not only Ebony but the family as well. Like so many other families in this position help does not come in time. Ebony is left to fin for herself and her two younger brothers while her mother ruins any chance of the family become a productive part of society. After Ebony shares too much of her life with the school counselor she is brutally beating by Tammy. In the throws of her anger Tammy realizes that her life is out of control and seeks help. After attending rehab meetings for a while Tammy's past catches up with her just when you think her life is getting better. A tragic tale of violence, gangs, drugs, and neglect happens in a blink of an eye.

After getting hit on the head with a shovel during a fight, Valdis forgets everything that was normal in his daily life as a jerk.

A Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri.

Questions the definition of right and wrong.

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Brasilia is the scenery for the encounter between two girls. Ana and Leila share a friendship and the typical teenage coming of age.

Cycles of life, with fantasy elements. An ax splits wood. Bits of split wood move in stop-motion; one piece has a woman's face near the top. Water streams in torrents; patches of snow give way to spring. A large black bird flies into the frame. It attacks and splinters the wood with the woman's face. The piece of wood, whole again, becomes the bird's body. It flies about, and it's celebrated by other bits of wood. Then, a man leaves a house carrying an empty pail. He gathers bits of wood. A chimney smokes.

Before dawn, people will rise and other people will take away their hope.

A young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.