
Liminal Spaces are the subject of a modern internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lynch had mastered the art of liminal spaces, long before it became an internet aesthetic. This documentary aims to explore and demystify the strangely familiar world of liminal spaces.


Liminal Spaces are the subject of a modern internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lynch had mastered the art of liminal spaces, long before it became an internet aesthetic. This documentary aims to explore and demystify the strangely familiar world of liminal spaces.
2022-05-08
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Strangely Familiar Places in Movies
0.0In this sequel to the award-winning found-footage film NOCLIP, the two explorers return from the void in search of even more liminal spaces. In the process, they find backrooms which lead to multiple new surreal locations, plus some familiar ones...
6.1Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
0.0After discovering a mysterious camera that transports him into fleeting moments of the past, a grieving photography student attempts to rewrite a painful history—only to uncover the blurred line between memory, art, and reality.
A young man admires a cactus on his way home, much to the attention of something lurking in his neighborhood.
0.0In 2006, a 20 year old animal and nature lover ventures into the woods with a camera and a sense of serenity, only to discover that he would emerge with his reality shaken, and that only his footage would be found.
0.0Meeting a closed road on his route home, a young man takes a risky turn, only to become hopelessly lost on a maze of backroads.
0.0In a liminal world where logic fades, a narcissistic narrator manipulates a lonely young woman trapped in a disturbing cycle of hatred and confusion. A poignant exploration of the inner struggle between power and powerlessness in a senseless world.
0.0"LIMINAL" is an animated student short film where we follow a little creature trying to find an end to his monotony, isolation, and loneliness.
0.0When a teen accidentally no-clips into the backrooms, she finds out that the only way to survive is to fend for herself...
10.0In a facility dedicated to the study of liminal spaces and the in-betweens of time, a mysterious flood triggers a cascade of eerie events and the sudden shutdown and abandonment of the laboratory.
0.0Some spaces draw attention, as if they evoke something that’s about to happen. These are the places where we escape when we dream or die. The only thing that exists is time; we wait for the moment to arrive.
10.0While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.
0.0A short documentary on liminal spaces and the familiar feelings they give you.
0.0A writer is trapped in a world where time is broken, memories do not exist, and nothing feels real. His hand moves against his will, endlessly writing something unseen while his mind fights for meaning. Desperate, he begins writing a story—one that must not end in tragedy.
0.0A vice detective must decide how far he will go in order to protect his informant.
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0.0travelling through time and space to a place where, it seems, you used to be happy in.
10.0Haunted by a fleeting encounter, a man becomes consumed by his obsession with a stranger. Drawn deeper into the streets of Paris, he follows the figure through an urban underworld where identity blurs, time fractures, and meaning slips out of reach. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Man of the Crowd," REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN is a hypnotic descent into dissociation, anonymity and the quiet terror of losing yourself while trying to find yourself. Shot on location in the alleys, cemeteries and catacombs of Paris. Watch for free on Film Shortage.