shorts

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

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…

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…

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…

Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death (憂國, Yūkoku) (1966) (Short, 29mins) Director: Yukio Mishima Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima foreshadowed his own violent suicide with this ravishing…

Food (1992) - Director: Jan Švankmajer (Short, 17mins) Food is a 1992 Czech animated comedy short film directed by Jan Švankmajer that uses claymation and pixilation. It examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner. #animation #kinostr #kino #short #shorts #fullmovies #art #artstr #foodstr #czech #stopmotion #claymation…

Meditation on Violence (1948) (Documentary/Short ‧ 12mins) Director: Maya Deren Meditation on Violence is a 1948 American experimental short film directed by Maya Deren. Shot in 16 mm, It explores in playing out the movements and performance of the Wu-tang ritual. It also obscures the distinction between violence and…

David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007) Director: David Lynch (Short documentary, 21mins) full recipe: Yield: 1 bowl Cooking Time: 17 minutes Ingredients:
1/2 cup quinoa 1 1/2 cups organic broccoli (chilled, from bag) 1 cube vegetable bullion Braggs Liquid Aminos Extra virgin olive oil Sea salt Preparation: Fill medium…

The Girl Chewing Gum (1976) 'The Girl Chewing Gum is a twelve-minute 16 mm film made by British artist John Smith in 1976, when he was a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Art in London. Shot primarily in Dalston, close to the artist’s home, the