Happy Video Privat 32: Frivole Spiele[1990]

Penance(en)

On Halloween night, a pathetic man is haunted by his guilt and regret.

Sorrow(en)

Alone in a wasteland, a masked Traveler journeys through the ice, snow and air with a flower in hand.

Doctor X(en)

David Bradley made this fan film when he was just sixteen. Apparently, he had not seen the original before embarking on the project.

Game(en)

A South Shore High School student film that is an allegory on the wastefulness of war and the duplicity of those who wage it. Filmmaker Wayne Williams, who was 17 at the time, cuts back and forth between a chess game and a guerrilla theater war game to underscore the sense of importance of the fighters and the cynicism of those who control their lives - and deaths. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago Filmmaker’s Festival.

Meet Me on Broadway(en)

Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.

No Escape(en)

After humanity’s destruction, only Ted remains alive, condemned to endure the sadistic torture of AM. Isolated in a world without hope, he desperately searches for a way to escape that eternal torment. A fan-made short film, adapted from Harlan Ellison’s short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.

Beatus Ille(es)

Voidland(en)

This is an amateur student mood piece comprised of footage I've filmed with my Camcorder at uni over the course of the first half of 2023. The prompt given for this was 'belonging' and so I've gravitated it around the premise of navigating a place that you feel as though you don't belong in, to the point where you become detached and alienated from your own identity. - Toby.

River Rat(en)

A man spends an evening by the river

DAN(az)

WHAT IS THE BEST FOR HIM? HIMSELF? THEM? HER? A twenty-year-old young man sees himself as someone who struggles in social life. One day, while looking in the mirror,he sees a change in himself, and from then on, everything started to change.

Le Miroir(fr)

On The Run(en)

Running away from his actions, a desperate man confronts who he has become.

The Allotment(en)

Three young gardeners reflect on their experiences at a Leeds allotment.

Intim belauscht(de)

Dernière St-Valentin(fr)

A day in the life(en)

The film translates the lyrics of the Beatles' song into pictures using Lower East Side locations; pixillated sequences of images portray the nonmusical sounds.

[Untitled Project](pt)

Five college students investigate a mysterious death from 20 years ago: Rafael Hiteshima, which was run over. Recording the process as a documentary, the group will find out some mysteries are better left unknown.

SEEKERS, EPISODE 1(uk)

A Ukrainian-made, satirical meta-irony horror feature, aimed at all the popular and/or overused/abused tropes on big and small screens. Almost every second of it is meant to ridicule certain storytelling and filmmaking cliches, with the student film format being chosen intentionally to point out that only budget makes it all watchable (while the lack of it bares all the issues a film may have).

Canto de Sereia(pt)

Inspired by the urban legend of "Akai Ito", the story takes place in a world where people are connected by a red string to someone they are destined to meet, and where Dália suddenly sees her life uprooted by hers.

The Fine Art of Wood Chopping(en)

A lumberjack enjoys the fine art of wood chopping.