Pareidolia

Only Slightly Exaggerated(en)

Inspired by the classics, the golden age of American animation and modern works of Japanese animation, all of which feature richly detailed natural settings that are home to magical creatures, Mueller and Matulick show you Oregon like it has never been seen before.

The Curious Tale of Aunt Binks(en)

A young girl named Abby travels to visit her dear Aunt Binks but finds herself in a peculiar situation when Aunt Binks is nothing like she expected.

The Ride to the Abyss(fr)

‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.

WHOLE(en)

WHOLE revolves around the story of Woman, a cam-girl in her late 20s who struggles with her inner-self most of her life. She turns to hypnotherapy where she meets someone unexpected.

A World for Raúl(en)

When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner's son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.

Settling(en)

Bruce the gritter unwittingly makes an enemy as he carries out his job, clearing the roads of snow.

Portobello 196(en)

Tuesday(en)

Tuesday explores a moment when responsibility and culpability share a thin line after a man leaves the scene of an accident and begins to fall apart from the ensuing guilt. Little does he know that there is more to what happened than what he thinks.

Turn Around When Possible(en)

Military sounds chatter and static. Crackling voices over the ether. On a wooded road two girls are driving, lost amongst the endless forest. The road finally runs out. ..Road Closed. Strange noises surround them, the ferns begin to move, something is closing in... They are not alone in these woods.

Love(en)

LOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system.

The Naive Man From Lolliland(en)

A Naive man from the Lolliland leaves a generous tip, but the currency is not to the restaurant's standards.

Writer's Block(en)

The short film is a poetic interpretation of the writer's mental journey during the writing process. The writer, played by Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Breaking Bad), creates a woman in his mind, played by Lela Edgar, while working on his next script.

Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out(en)

A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run(en)

A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Hotel Al Naim(ar)

The octopus believes that the hand in front of it is a prey, but it doesn't know that behind every hand, there is an arm...

Waves(it)

Paolo, a forty-year-old single man, spends his time between his flat and the museum of fake fruits, where he works as a guard. He lives in a suspended bubble, unaware of his unhappiness and inability to react. An accidental meeting will shift, maybe definitely, his inner world.

Mileage(en)

Sometimes a late night cab ride costs more than you bargained for.

Myself: Smoke(en)

Myself tries to quit smoking.

Paradise(ja)

A space station sanitary worker encounters a bear whose nose was mysteriously cut off by a human.

Thermogenesis(en)

"A film version of a videotape. In it my drawings are animated and colorized by using computers. Walter Wright and Richard Froeman were on the computers. John Godfrey helped with the video editing. I did the sound score. The original tape was done on 2" high-band color videotape, two computers, a Paik-Abe video-synthesizer, with studio chroma-keying and multi-generation video editing." A version of Computer Graphics #1, one of Emshwiller's very first video works.