Spain, salt gathering in a large salt works on the Mediterranean. In this atmosphere, the film makes the impression of an existential allegory in which the workers are damned to an endless, Sisyphean labor in a salt desert.Read More »
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Raimund Ruehl – Salinas (1960)
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Byoung-gon Moon – Safe (2013)
2011-2020Byoung-gon MoonShort FilmSouth KoreaThrillerPalme d’Or Short Films winners
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A woman working as a cashier at an illegal gambling parlor pushes her luck by stealing money from gamblers as a way to pay off her own debts. When one gambler realizes he’s been cheated, he returns with murderous intent and the already dismal situation spirals out of control.Read More » -
Arthur Lipsett – Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)
1961-1970Arthur LipsettCanadaExperimentalShort FilmQuote:
Arthur Lipsett’s first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, “Very nice, very nice.” The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.Read More » -
Robertas Verba – J. Mekas (1980)
1971-1980DocumentaryLithuaniaRobertas VerbaShort FilmLa Cinémathèque française wrote:
In 1977, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Jonas Mekas returned to Lithuania for the second time since he went into exile in 1944. Documentary filmmaker Robertas Verba records the images of the return to the homeland, the memory of which permeates Mekas’ cinema.Film digitised from a 35mm print by the Lithuanian Central State Archives in 2022 for the Lithuanian Film Centre.Read More »
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Frederieke Jochems – De Blikvanger AKA The Eyecatcher (1988)
1981-1990ExperimentalFrederieke JochemsNetherlandsShort FilmIn an Escher-like staircase, two characters, a man a woman, move around each other, in full view of the bizarre objects in the space: an infinite clock, a miniature surveillance camera, the hose of a vacuum cleaner. The camera always chooses a subjective point of view, namely from the vantage point of one of the objects or characters, who lose themselves in a game of attraction or repulsion. A surreal universe.Read More »
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Dave Fleischer & Seymour Kneitel – Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
1921-1930AnimationDave FleischerSeymour KneitelShort FilmUSAAt an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.Read More »
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Chadi Abdel Salam – El-Fallâh el-fasîh AKA The Eloquent Peasant (1970)
1961-1970Chadi Abdel SalamEgyptShort FilmSynopsis
Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realizes the peasant has been wronged but delays judgment so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.Read More » -
Djibril Diop Mambéty – Contras’ City (1968)
1961-1970African CinemaDjibril Diop MambétyDocumentarySenegalShort FilmPublisher’s description:
The satirical documentary Contras’ City (which stands for Contrast City) was shot on 16mm in 1968. It is one of the earliest African comic movie and an urban planning analysis of the “two Dakars”. It is considered the first African comedy. It is a satire on Dakar – a city in which styles and cultures are blended in a cosmopolitan small area. Mambety manipulates the classic documentary apparatus with the object of exploring social conflicts of the capital city.Read More » -
Jayil Pak – Georgia (2020)
2011-2020DramaJayil PakShort FilmSouth KoreaWhen the police refuse to investigate their daughter’s alleged suicide, two computer-illiterate parents decide to design a protest banner. Based on the infamous Miryang case in South Korea which shocked the nation in 2004 and continues to fuel public outrage even today.Read More »