Nam June Paik

Tip Tap Toe(en)

Hal and Mitzi have known each other since they were babies. Tap dancer Hal now works as a window dresser in Blake's Department Store, owned by Mitzi's dad. Mr. Blake hates jazz music and dancing. He refuses to let Mitzi marry Hal, because Hal's ambition is to be a dancer on stage. When Mitzi reveals a secret about Mrs. Blake's past, her father soon changes his tune.

Change Nothing(fr)

A short film showing a rehearsal and live performance by Jeanne Balibar. Costa would go on to make a feature-length documentary with the same title and subject matter in 2009.

A brightening life(ja)

It’s an underground world. Up on the ground there are many people coming and going. There lives a garbage bag. . . underground. He has no work, no home and no family. This is a story in which a dirty black garbage bag gains a new life through. . . various experiences.

Can't Close Your Eyes(en)

Can’t Close Your Eyes is a video series that Ethan Hib has created to show off both local and international punk/hardcore acts. Each episode features performance clips, interviews with bands, artists, and/or other people involved in the scene.

The Last Promise(pt)

In the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a couple try to fight against the time to accomplish their last promess.

Rain Walk Through Sun and Moon(pt)

A writer goes into crisis and can no longer produce. She then embarks on an existential journey of self-knowledge between space, time and infinity.

Disfrutalo mientras puedes / Sencillez(en)

During a long drive with her past and future selves behind the wheel, Myuné tries to enjoy the ride while she can

Sixteen Sweeties(en)

A claustrophobic stage revue where McNaughton comes out to introduce the numbers with Thelma white and chorines, but is interrupted by Wills and Carney with painful gags, and some clothes-tearing horseplay. For a costume number with the boys, McNaughton is replaced by McKay.

Highland Home(en)

A poignant tale of longing and loss is revealed when a timeworn journal transports a young girl to a place of enchanting wonders.

The Building(en)

A guy is singing in the bathroom, his next door neighbor starts to complain, setting a chain of events in motion.

Dreams of the Past(ru)

Street Musique(en)

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the music, but his own beat is more boisterous than that of the musicians. The illustrations range from convoluted abstractions to caricatures of familiar rituals. Without words.

On the Beautiful Blue Danube(pl)

Animation with coloured salt by Aleksandra Korejwo. Music by Johann Strauss performed by the Strauss Festival Orchestra.

Duo(en)

A duo of acrobats go onstage one last time, united under the spotlights even as their harmony backstage is broken.

Nothing Escapes My Eyes(en)

"Nothing Escapes My Eyes" is about a silent transformation of a place and a human being. Inspired by the texts of Edward W. Said, the poems of Mahmoud Darwish and Verdi’s opera Aida, the film depicts in a metaphoric form current issues of cultural identity, loss and the pressures to conform. With no dialogue, the film is backed by a musical excerpt from Aida whose lyrics express the difficulties of being loyal to one’s country and cultural identity. The personal and urban transformation tackles on issues of identity, loss and disorientation as a result of historical colonialism and contemporary globalization.

Animal Crackers(en)

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

One Man Band(en)

With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two competing street performers who'd prefer the coin find its way into their tip jars. The little girl, Tippy, is caught in the middle as a musical duel ensues between the one-man-bands.

Space Boy(en)

Unofficial sequel to Curtis Harrington's Queen of Blood (1966). Drums and orchestration are rumoured to be by Frank Zappa.

Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special(en)

To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.

Catalan(en)

A short film created for Spanish TV touching on the subject of Catalonia's struggle for independence, interspersed with symbolic images.