Meshes of the Afternoon(1943)

At Land(en)

A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

The Heart of the World(xx)

Pure fantasia, a race to save the world from a fatal heart attack, juxtaposed against a love rivalry between two brothers - a mortician and an actor playing Christ - for the heart of a scientist studying the earth's core.

Larisa(ru)

Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck.

A Study in Choreography for Camera(en)

Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess(ja)

The story of a tiny Egg-girl who is forced to serve the evil Boar-like witch Baba Yaga. But after a blob of Dough comes to life, she befriends him and both escape from the witch's home at a Water mill on a cliff and set off to see the world. The soundtrack is Joe Hisaishi's arrangement of Vivaldi's La Folia

Ohero:kon - Under the Husk(en)

This documentary follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Friends since childhood, Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are members of the traditional community of Akwesasne on the U.S./Canada border. Together, they undertake a four-year rite of passage for adolescents, called Oheró:kon, or "under the husk." The ceremony had been nearly extinct, a casualty of colonialism and intergenerational trauma; revived in the past decade by two traditional leaders, it has since flourished. Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox has served as a mentor, or "auntie," to many youth going through the passage rites.

A Question of Silence(nl)

When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.

Annabelle Butterfly Dance(en)

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.

Carmencita(xx)

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.

In the Mirror of Maya Deren(de)

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Hell-Bound Train(en)

A jeremiad against intemperance, jazz music, and abortion, set on a train filled with unrepentant sinners hurtling toward damnation.

Parvaneh(en)

Parvaneh is a young Afghan immigrant who recently arrived at a transit centre for asylum seekers in the Swiss Alps. The only things she has got to know yet are the rural area surrounding the centre and the centre itself.

Swimmer(en)

A young man swims across the rivers and lakes of Britain to a soundtrack of assorted nationalistic music. As he passes people on the banksides including children, lovers and a tramp their thoughts and conversations are also heard. Ultimately, after walking through a wood at night, the boy returns to the water and appears to sink below the surface.

The Doodlers(en)

Miss Nose and her class engage in drawings in an absurdist animation.

The Sea Horse(fr)

Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses. A frontal bulge houses organs including an air ballast. Three fins propel this fish. We see a female place her eggs in a male's pouch where they are fertilized and nurtured until birth in violent contractions. Inside the pouch are nurturing blood vessels. We then follow the growth of an embryo, greatly magnified: we examine its heart beating and its dorsal fin moving. Young sea horses attach themselves to each other. The film ends with images of many sea horses moving on the ocean floor, superimposed on a horse race.

David Holzman's Diary(en)

A young filmmaker decides to make a movie about his day-to-day activities in an attempt to understand himself and get his life back in order. A precursor to reality television and vlogs.

Of Mice and Men(en)

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Born in Flames(en)

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.

Lemonade(tr)

So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.

The Dream Team(en)

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

A Woman(tr)

Within a single space, the director treats the sorrows of two people married to each other.

The Dollmaker(en)

A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences.

La Lluvia(es)

They Came from the Attic(en)

A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but when nocturnal creatures living in his attic escape, he must survive.

El quejido(es)

Dante Dreamer(en)

Dante is always dreaming, and so when his mother asks him to burn some trash, he dreams that he's a knight fighting a fire-breathing dragon.

Dokidoki Gakuen Kessen!! Youki Daimashiro(ja)

Four heroes set out to rescue girls taken by ayakashi.

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life(en)

Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.

Achilles(en)

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

Rabbits(en)

A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.

Next Level(fi)

A secluded sect, Sky People, has gotten into a crisis. Its charismatic leader Satu has fallen ill with a strange decease and followers one by one have abandoned her. In a decaying cult center the last loyal disciple, young Niilo, takes care of his withering leader. But Niilo's faith will be tested when a message from stars tells that the final solution is at hand. Is death an illusion, as Satu says?

The Tulip King(fr)

Once upon a time in a forgotten kingdom, a humble King living alone with his housekeeper. One day, while he was walking in his vast garden, he discovered a new flower, a tulip.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things(en)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

Between Worlds(en)

Joe, a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child, meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists his help in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter. But the spirit of Joe's dead wife proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.

After Her(en)

After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.

Life of the Party(en)

A man gathers all the necessary supplies for a party. Chips, pretzels, and most importantly, lots of drugs. Once people start arriving, the party goes wild. He’s in complete ecstasy, only to discover that the party may not be what it seems.

Visible Secret(cn)

A man develops a relationship with a woman who has mysterious supernatural abilities.

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz(de)

A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms, which they immediately resolve to use to stage a bizarre war game. Their actions appear all the more senseless in relation to the peaceful everyday reality of the workers in the surrounding countryside.

Three Cases of Murder(en)

Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.

Ça va aller(fr)