The Astronomer's Dream(1898)

The Four Troublesome Heads(fr)

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

The Haunted Castle(fr)

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.

A Trip to the Moon(fr)

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

White Dog(en)

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

Roundhay Garden Scene(en)

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK), possibly on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. The Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for 2.11 seconds.

The Ballad of Nessie(en)

A legendary and friendly creature named Nessie lives happily in a small pond with her friend MacQuack, a rubber duck. When a rich developer takes the pond and land surrounding it to build a miniature golf course, Nessie is forced to search for a new home.

The Black Imp(fr)

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

The Man with the Rubber Head(fr)

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A Nightmare(fr)

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Somm(en)

Somm takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into the mysterious world of the Court of Master Sommeliers and their massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam.

The Kingdom of the Fairies(fr)

At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries off the princess. A rescue party is quickly organized, but the unfortunate captive has been taken to a strange, forbidding realm, from where it will be impossible to rescue her without some special help.

I Was at Home, But...(de)

After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.

Cinderella(fr)

A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ(fr)

The Lumière catalog sold this title as 13 individual, one-scene films, allowing exhibitors to choose which films they wanted to purchase and how to arrange them in their programs. Lumière catalog no. 933 through 945.

The Devil in a Convent(fr)

A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium.

The Portrait(ru)

A man is increasingly unnerved by a mysterious portrait. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol, the film is thought to have run about 45 minutes long, but only an 8 minute fragment is known to have survived.

The Dancing Pig(fr)

A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.

Matches: An Appeal(en)

A thirty-second long stop-motion animated piece intended to encourage the audience to send matches to British troops fighting the Boer War.

The Cavalier's Dream(en)

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to a beautiful young girl. The changes and magical appearances are startling and instantaneous.

The Bewitched House(fr)

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

Rex the Runt: Dinosaurs(en)

Our plasticine pooch pal Rex welcomes us to his world, introduces us to his friends, and illustrates how Bad Bob caused dinosaurs' extinction (whoops!)

Rex the Runt: Dreams(en)

Our plasticine pooch pal Rex welcomes us to his dreamworld.

Magic Conch Shell(en)

Estranged lovers reconnect through the power of the Magic Conch Shell.

Cosmo(en)

As an astronaut mourns the death of her canine companions, a pet shop employee sees to help her fill the fluffy void. Unsuccessful, they both despair until a comet an an unexpected visitor descend destructively upon the city. They hatch a plan to save the day with a cosmically large game of fetch.

Diamonds. Theft(ru)

This is a poetic film set in the times of Lenin's NEP. A ballet dancer steals a brooch and gives it as a present to another dancer. This is a crime of passion. A mysterious black ball is after the heroine. She runs away from it and manages to give the brooch in an exquisite pirouette movement, as shiny as diamond facets. What gives a stone its dazzling luster are its polished facets. But the real gem is love, and it's much harder to get than any diamond in the world.

AORB(ko)

The story takes place in a dystopia deprived of freedom of making choices and begins as the protagonist, decides for the first time in his life to escape to Yass Land where any decisions are celebrated. He escapes a fictional land in which the civilians' actions are controlled and monitored by the government. The actor deviates from the controlled community for freedom in YAASS land. As he flees, viewers are given two actions that the actor could take. The story continues on from the actions they choose, leading to different endings.

Magic Children Doing Things(en)

Sippy takes Leander on a hike over the woods to a big tree to show Dre that she's responsible.

Felting Friends(en)

Melvin gets ready for his birthday. he visits his friends to see if they want to go to his birthday picnic, however when things don’t go as planned Melvin has to make the most of his birthday. This stop-motion animated short film explores the relationship between Melvin and his friends.

The Night(es)

Luisa and her sister Estela will play hide and seek during a particular night. They both have suffered an important loss in their family, the mourning and grief will be present inside their house all night long.

The Author(tr)

Eternal Return(en)

Two lovers caught in a perpetual cycle of self sacrifice where one has to kill themselves for the other to become alive but they keep repairing each other trying to find a way to break the curse.

A Monster Calls(en)

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Where The Shadows Fall(en)

The Man wanders a barren purgatory, seeking those he lost.

Iron Mountain(en)

A spaceship lands on an inhospitable landscape inhabited by vikings, who go to meet it, preparing for battle. But the ship invites Freyja, a young warrior, inside. Discovering the inside of the ship, Freyja understands its true purpose : bringing life back on Earth, thousands years after the extinction of mankind.

Imbued Life(hr)

A young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. Using her taxidermy talents to “return” the animals to their natural habitat. But the true search for answers begins when she finds a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals that she treats.

Return(es)

Gerardo returns home with a pack of dogs barking in the background on a dark night. Inside his house he will find an altar with flowers and orange lights. Now it will be the silence that will guide his steps to find out what is on that altar.

Moonwalk with Me(en)

A story about a Korean American girl named Juno who is haunted by her father's disappearances. Upon his return, Juno must decide to keep her drifting father grounded or to let him go.

Lucky Numbers(en)

Dani and Darren Poe find themselves at odds when a magical pair of earrings allows Dani’s future self to confront her father over his failings as a parent.

Seed(en)

An egg and an apple build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio. With its complex characterization and narrative of animal evolution, competition and reproduction, "Seed" is a beautiful and sinister stop-motion story about the struggle to survive.

I Am the Only(xx)

This short movie takes us through beautiful landscapes and oppressive spaces. A dream sequence that leads to liberation, on the border between imagination and reality. We travel with a boy who matures. He dreams, he dances, he is the conductor. The only.