Leave 'Em Laughing

To Be(en)

Blending fantasy and reality, this animated short is a bold inquiry into an as yet unresolved problem - the nature of human identity. When a scientist creates a machine that can make copies of physical objects, including humans, a number of ethical questions arise. Is the technique moral? What of its safety? A film by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Weldon (who also wrote the catchy banjo tune that punctuates the story's changing moods).

Benny, from Panama(en)

Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building. Then, a rowdy sailor friend of Eddie's shows up, accompanied by a squad of even rowdier buddies and an enormous vengeful mosquito.

Mosholu Parkway(en)

Mosholu Parkway is a short film comedy about a day in the life of a raucus family during World War II, a teenaged girl's disastrous blind date and her 80-year-old aunt who runs a crap game out of her apartment in The Bronx, New York in 1942 . Director Allison Robbins Writer Allison Robbins Stars Caroline AaronMatthew BrodskyMike Cefalo

Cul-de-sac(en)

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

Perfect Roast Potatoes(en)

William comes to Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas only to find his mother has died, but his sister insists they still have Christmas dinner, corpse and all.

From Kuleshov to Berlanga(es)

Balls in the Icebox(en)

A man is sent by his wife on a midnight errand.

Don't Blow It(en)

Alex's first date with Ben is going great. He's handsome, smart, and really seems to like her. There must be something wrong with him.

Looking for the 5-Hour(sq)

A lazy man wants to become a sportsman in order to have a normal 5-hour per day job. Many comical situations arise.

Sunday Driver(en)

Bazza's late for the match again, but he's confident he'll get there in time...until he bumps into the Sunday drivers...

We Deliver a Smile(de)

The Pani company employs a dark-skinned supplier. The young Karim gets into a difficult situation through his work as a food delivery boy when he delivers to a customer who doesn't want to let him go. The boundaries between racism and helplessness become blurred and Karim has to decide: morality or compassion.

The Washing Machine(de)

The washing machine bites the dust: turning the humdrum life of a young couple upside down.

Hairpin(en)

Two corporate middle managers wage war over their shared desk space using office stationary. As their battle escalates to the breaking point, they find themselves drawn into an unexpected, unusual relationship.

Youssou & Malek(fr)

On a sprawling urban suburbia during a sweltering summer, two young boys in love are at an impasse. Youssou has an opportunity to study abroad with a prestigious scholarship, while his boyfriend Malek advances in his art degree at a local school. As the pair wrestle with these destinies that are pulling them apart, their friends attempt to untangle the ambitions of these star-crossed lovers, all while tensions rise with the police who patrol the neighbourhood.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein(en)

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

It Happened One Night(en)

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Top Hat(en)

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Modern Times(en)

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(en)

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

His Girl Friday(en)

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

The Battle of the Century(en)

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Berth Marks(en)

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

The Finishing Touch(en)

Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.

Brick Mansions(en)

In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.

From Soup to Nuts(en)

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Thundering Fleas(en)

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

Shotgun Stories(en)

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(en)

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3(it)

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When the soldiers attack Fantaghiro's castle to steal the babies of her sisters, the battle seems to be lost until she discovers the secret to defeat the solders but by doing that she loses Romualdo. Now Fantaghiro must find the evil wizard Tarabas and convince him to break the spell and bring back Romualdo.

French Fried Vacation(fr)

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

Who's Afraid of Dracula?(it)

Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse when they meet the Count and his sister, who has a crush on Fracchia and decides to marry him!

Black Mass(en)

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(en)

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Some Like It Hot(en)

Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise themselves as women and struggle to keep their identities secret as the gangsters close in.

Dick Tracy(en)

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

The Kid with a Bike(fr)

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

Airplane!(en)

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

The Longest Day(en)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Stardust Memories(en)

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

The Visitors: Bastille Day(fr)

Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social upheavals: the French Revolution... specifically, The Terror, time of great dangers, during which the descendants of Godefroy and Jacquouille had their castle and all their property confiscated by arrogant aristocrats, fleeing and lifes hanging by a thread.