40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern mean...
A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.
Gypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become th...
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her s...
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, ...
Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the ...
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squander...
Selma's mother died giving birth to her, and Selma's step aunt is living proof that men only cause t...
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid...
After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a hom...
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Travel...
Two friends fall in love with the same girl and end up in a situation that can only make everyone un...
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an...
A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers ...
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter...
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood...
Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to se...
Teenage best friends Mila, Hanna and Kati play matchmaker to their teachers while helping each other...
After librarian Isolde attempts suicide, she leaves her politician husband for a younger student wit...
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live t...