Backfield in Motion[1979]

Kong & Bird(de)

A Gorilla is surprised as a bird crashes next to him and seemingly can't fly away anymore.

Fight the Tower(en)

A dark comedy short film. As the days and nights in lockdown start to merge, Gerry’s paranoia increases as a 5g tower is due to be switched on in his local area. Spurred on by his fellow conspiracy theorist friend Rosie, Gerry must overcome his agoraphobia and take down the tower.

17 Minutes with Nora(es)

Nora is worried because she’s performing in a play at her school, but being bullied by her classmates make her face something much more important: being accepted by her dad. The following 17 minutes will change their relationship forever.

The Laughter Congress(fr)

Gaze in Silence(zh)

Yun Fei’s twisted curiosity turns critical when Yan Xin’s life is threatened. Will he stay in the shadows—or act?

The Intimate Touch(en)

At a romantic restaurant, a feminist reporter and a Muslim refugee meet for dinner.

Lost Parents(nl)

Luuk is the only survivor of a plane crash. He tries to process his loss through art.

Lioness of Lisabi(en)

Set in 1940s Nigeria, capturing the struggles of a young African girl. Funmi precariously straddles the different worlds of modernity and tradition. When Funmi's mother, a powerful market woman, insists on sending her to England for an education, Funmi goes reluctantly, knowing that the patriarchal traditions at home continue to oppress the market women. With the help of a strange African American angel, Funmi returns with the confidence of an educated young woman. But she soon finds that, even though she has changed, the oppression has remained the same. The film culminates in the moment when Funmi finally and fully faces the old challenges.

L'étranger(xx)

A station. A boy. A girl. The same book. An exchange of looks and movements that tends to a loving dream with an unexpected ending. A 16 mm black and white exercise made by the author during her first trimester at the London Film School.

Otamaniki(ja)

Biopic filmed in a single shot about the Majorcan musician Juanjo Monserrat.

Home(xx)

A reunion between a mother and her pregnant daughter, who need a moment to recognize themselves and to understand that they will live together again in a new situation for both of them. An exercise made by the author during her second trimester at the London Film School, inspired by the painting "La Coiffure" by Edgar Degas.

Recreation(en)

Featuring a commentary by Noël Burch (in nonsense French), Recreation's rapid-fire montage of single-frame images of incredible density and intensity has been compared to contemporary Beat poetry.

69(en)

Robert Breer animation from 1969. 16mm, color, silent, using spray paint & stencils.

Next(en)

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.

Torso(fi)

A man without arms wants an apple up in a tree. A man without legs wants to ride a bike. Can they help each other?

Delicious Party♡Precure: My Very Own Children's Lunch(ja)

Anime short that will accompany screenings of the Delicious Party♡Precure film. The short will star characters from three previous Precure series - Tropical-Rouge! Precure, Healin' Good Precure, and Star Twinkle Precure - alongside the characters from the current Delicious Party♡Precure series.

Ñuhu: Sacred Beings(es)

Encouraged by the polychrome onirism of the Ñuine land, Desiderio (58), a farmer from the south of Mexico, offers an offering to the Tupa, the ancient spirit of the hills to whom his grandparents went to to ask for rain and harvest. At nightfall, as he rests at the foot of a campfire, that mysterious being guides him to the core of an ancestral memory.

Trouble(en)

Welcome to St. Sebastian's Quiet Academy for Disreputable Youth. Here you will learn about character...unless you're Isaac.

Palm Springs(en)

This short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.