The Comet's Come-Back

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen(ja)

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

The Midnight Patrol(en)

Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.

Glumov's Diary(ru)

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.

The Tin Man(en)

Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like(fr)

Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes."

Salesman Pete and the Amazing Stone from Outer Space!(en)

Pete is a nice and clumsy salesman. But he's also a deadly super secret agent with a microprocessor implanted into his brain by some mad scientists from the government. He has to secretly stop a bunch of badguys who stole a magic stone that can change anything into seafood.

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life(en)

Franz Kafka has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. He's trying to get started on his latest short story, "The Metamorphosis", but he isn't sure what his protagonist Gregor Samsa should become. As Kafka struggles with indecision, he has to contend with a loud holiday party downstairs, several unexpected guests, and a sinister knife salesman who has a bone to pick with him.

Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy(en)

An 1895 British short black and white silent comedy film featuring two drunken men and a boy squabbling in a small bar.

Seven Gates(en)

A winter road in rural Ontario. A nervous man fidgets as his car dies, rolls to a stop along a snowy, deserted road. He gets out and starts walking. Another car appears, approaches, stops. The man gets in. It's his brother, and they're on their way to Christmas dinner on the farm with the folks. What ensues is a study of sibling rivalry and family dynamics, developed with increasing emotional intensity as brothers David and Daryl deal with their feelings of failure and frustration.

The Deal(en)

A big-idea farce about big, badass businessmen.

The Boat(en)

A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.

Unearthed(en)

In the near future.... The world is in turmoil. The atmosphere is thick and heavy with pollution and all natural resources are nearing exhaustion. Nations grow desperate and many are willing to fight each other for what little remains. The situation is rapidly spiraling out of control. In an urgent bid to solve the problem, missions are launched to explore the universe for planets that may contain alternative sources of energy. On the edge of space,one of the mining ships, The Ezekiel, finds an uncharted planet that reveals signs of a possible fuel resource. Two crew members are chosen to undertake a prospecting mission to the desolate rock, in order to take samples and survey the surface for later analysis. The mission goes well, until they reach 'grid reference 3894' where they unexpectedly descend into a world they could only imagine in their nightmares and unearth a dark and terrifying truth.

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick(en)

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

The Bachelor's Club(en)

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.

My Aunt, My Cousin(pt)

Look Pleasant, Please(en)

A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.

Morte Cega(pt)

With script and direction by Pablo Villaça and starring the comedian Geraldo Magela, Morte Cega has as main character a failed filmmaker named Francis (Maurício Canguçu, producer and one of the main actors of the theatrical success "Believe, a Spirit Downloaded Me"). One night, Francis has a frightening dream about Magela, known throughout the country for playing the character O Ceguinho. Determined to make a short film based on this dream, Francis uses his producer friend, Martinho (Carlos Magno Ribeiro, who acted in Villaça's first short, A_ética), to get to the comedian. From then on, the meeting brings unexpected results for everyone involved.

Chess Fever(ru)

A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.

Two Cars, One Night(en)

Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.

Pool Sharks(en)

Two romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love. W.C. Field's debut film.