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The Frog (silent short, 1908) Director: Segundo de Chomón A film by the pioneering Spanish film director and cinematographer Segundo Chomón. With his innovative use of early splice-based tricks and a penchant for optical illusions he is often compared to the slightly earlier Georges Méliès, and indeed has been…

Haunted Indiana (short, 1981) Directors: Michael White, Frank Haney zero-budget short made by brothers Michael (Director) and Stephen (Writer, Editor, Narrator) White in conjunction with the Indiana University Department of Folklore and local independent TV station WTTV 4 and was later shown in heavy rotation on the cable access…

Documentary Shorts by Vittorio De Seta The Age of Swordfish (1955) A short anthropological documentary from 1954. Director De Seta was fortunate enough to document swordfish fishing; by 1956 it no longer existed. Islands of Fire (1955) This prize-winning short is a poetic portrait of life on the coast…

Film (short, 1965) Director: Alan Schneider A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi&

Whistle and I'll Come to You (TV short, 1968) Director: Jonathan Miller Whistle and I'll Come to You is a supernatural short television film which aired as an episode of the British documentary series Omnibus. Written and directed by Jonathan Miller, it is based on the

The Haunted House (short, 1921) Directors: Edward F. ClineBuster Keaton A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house. #short #horror #comedy #kinostr #kino #movies #films #filmstr #nostober #spooktober #31daysofhorror…

Capybara Walking (short, 1887) Director: Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge photographs a capybara in motion. #short #documentary #capybara #kinostr #comedy #kino #movies #films #filmstr #documentaries #photography #nature #art…

TV as a Fireplace (1968/69) Director: Jan Dibbets Duration: 23mins On the last eight evenings of 1969, WDR 3 television marked the close of transmission by broadcasting in colour the picture of a burning coal fire. There was no mention of the artist or the art character of the…

Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (short, 1906) Original title: Le dirigeable fantastique Director: Georges Méliès An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight. #short #airship #classic #kinostr #shorts #kino #experimental #film #dirigeable #doot…

Thanatopsis (short, 1962) Director: Ed Emshwiller Duration: 5mins Introducing some innovative film techniques, Emshwiller won a Special Award at the Brussels Experimental Film Festival for this expression of internal anguish. He described the film as "The confrontation of a man and his torment. Juxtaposed against his external composure are

Sei Still, wisse ICH BIN / Sinai Desert (short, 1981) Director: Florian Fricke Music: Popol Vuh A movie directed by Florian Fricke in 1981. It was inspired by the bible, filmed in the Sinai desert. The movie had been released on VHS only in the 90's and it is

Melancholia (short, 2003) Directors: William Basinski, James Elaine Duration: 3mins30s Super-8/video, USA, 2003 "All the world is melancholy, every member in it." –Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy. "Melancholy is a way of thinking, a way of thinking about thinking, and it needs to consume

The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (short, 1928) Directors: Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich A wannabe movie star experiences the surreal horrors of dehumanization at the bottom of Hollywood's social ladder as his hopes for success vanish and his identity is reduced to a number. #short

A Trip To The Moon (1902) Director: Georges Méliès Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of…

Free Fall (short, 1964) Director: Arthur Lipsett Duration: 10mins An experimental film from Arthur Lipsett, Free Fall is an assortment of film trimmings assembled to make a wry comment on humankind in today’s world. It evokes a surrealist dream of our fall from grace into banality. (NFB.ca) #short…

Welcome to Hell (1996) Welcome To Hell is the second full-length skateboarding video released by Toy Machine in 1996, featuring notable riders such as Elissa Steamer, Templeton, Brian Anderson, Donny Barley, Jason Acuña (Wee Man), Mike Maldonado, and Jamie Thomas. bonus: Discussing Skateboarding with Filmmaker Werner Herzog #skateboarding #documentary…

Outer Space (short, 1999) Director: Peter Tscherkassky Duration: 10mins A premonition of a horror film. A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film itself as it starts to cause the world to…

Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (short, 1999) Director: Mark Leckey Duration: 15mins a compilation of found footage from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s underground music and party scene in the U.K. It follows on the path of several previous appropriative art video artists and critics have remarked on its similarities…

Engram (short, 1987) Director: Toshio Matsumoto Duration: 12mins Engram is a three-part piece revolving around a few good old ideas such as photos inside of photos movies inside of movies photos inside of movies movies inside of photos and (even) a film director inside a TV set. Composer: Takashi…

The Black Tower (1985-87) Director: John Smith Duration: 23mins “Smith’s ‘accidental horror’ film wears its constructivist tricks as a primary-coloured cloak around the barest of wireframe figures. That Smith dismisses the plot as secondary to the film itself reveals more about his artistic leanings than any supposed…