Short films I watched
Every short films I watched, undated, unranked, unrated.
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"Softball Umpire", directed by Les Blank
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"Softball Umpire", directed by Les Blank
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- DirectorElaine McMillion SheldonStarsJan RaderPatricia KellerNecia FreemanThree women fight to break the cycle one life at a time.
- DirectorKahane CoopermanStarsKathleen DrohanJoseph FeingoldRegina FeingoldA 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.
- DirectorDan KraussStarsMonica BhargavaJessica ZitterWitness the wrenching emotions that accompany end-of-life decisions as doctors, patients and families in a hospital ICU face harrowing choices.
- DirectorDaphne MatziarakiStarsDJ ExpressChristos SapounasGiorgos TsagarellisA coast guard captain on a small Greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea.
- DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsDana AbedTia AlkerdiKhalid FarahAs daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
- DirectorJuanjo Giménez PeñaStarsLali AyguadéNicolas RicchiniVicente GilLuna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
- DirectorTimo von GuntenStarsJane BirkinJulie DrayManuela BiedermannA touching story between a lonely woman and a TGV train driver.
- DirectorAske BangStarsMalene Beltoft OlsenPrince Yaw AppiahVibeke HastrupA volunteer at a housing shelter falls for a Ghanaian refugee.
- DirectorSelim AzzaziStarsHassam GhancyNajib OudghiriStéphane PerrichonDuring the 90s, Algerian terrorism reaches France. Two men. Two identities. One battle.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- DirectorPatrick OsborneStarsNicki BluhmKelley StoltzEmma Grace EisenmannSet inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It's a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.
- DirectorRobert ValleyThe brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a self-destructive, yet charismatic friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.
- DirectorAndrew CoatsLou Hamou-LhadjStarsGreg DykstraNick PiteraSteve PurcellA weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
- DirectorTheodore UshevStarsCaroline DhavernasThe tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.
- DirectorAlan BarillaroA hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
- DirectorKonstantin BronzitTwo cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.
- DirectorRichard WilliamsTaking place 2,400 years in the past, Prologue depicts a brutal battle between two teams of Spartan and Athenian warriors.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorSanjay PatelStarsBrent SchraffSunny Singh AttarArun RaoSanjay loves cartoons and comics, while his father tries to draw him into his Hindu traditions. Reluctance turns into awe-inspiring adventure as the boy embarks on an amazing journey, returning with a new perspective they can both embrace.
- DirectorGabriel Osorio VargasAn old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.
- DirectorJamie DonoughueStarsLum VeseliAndi BajgoraMelihate QenaThe friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.
- DirectorHenry HughesStarsLayla AlizadaNavid NegahbanLexi PearlOn her first day in Afghanistan, an interpreter for the US Army is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker.
- DirectorPatrick VollrathStarsSimon SchwarzJulia PointnerMarion RottenhoferA divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
- DirectorBasil KhalilStarsMaria ZreikHuda Al ImamShady SrourThe silent routine of 5 Nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.
- DirectorBenjamin ClearyStarsMatthew NeedhamChloe PirrieEric RichardA man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
- DirectorSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsAsad JamalSabaA woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
- DirectorDavid DargBody Team 12 is tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body collectors have arguably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world. Yet despite the strain they emerge as heroes while the film explores their philosophy and strength.
- DirectorEllen Goosenberg KentCounselors provide support, guidance and hope to despondent servicemen dealing with emotional, physical and financial troubles.
- DirectorAneta KopaczStarsJasiek SalygaJoanna SalygaPiotr SalygaA story of thoughtfulness in death, life and love.
- DirectorTomasz SliwinskiStarsMagda HueckelTomasz SliwinskiLeo Hueckel-SliwinskiThe film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with an incurable disease of their newborn son.
- DirectorMat KirkbyStarsSally HawkinsJim BroadbentEdward HoggHeather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
- DirectorMichael LennoxStarsMartin McCannCharlene McKennaRiley HamiltonJamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their soft-hearted Dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for, but the two boys are in for a shock when their parents announce that big changes are coming to the family.
- DirectorWei HuStarsGenden PhuntsokSoephaSonam GonpoA young itinerant photographer and his assistant photograph Tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds.
- DirectorPatrick OsborneStarsSteve ApostolinaKirk BailyBen BledsoeThe love life of a man as told through the meals he gives his adopted dog, Winston.
- DirectorMarieke BlaauwJoris OprinsJob RoggeveenWhen Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record single, she suddenly knows how to travel through time.
- DirectorDaisy JacobsStarsAnne CunninghamChristopher NightingaleAlisdair SimpsonTwo brothers whose ageing mother is dying, struggle to care for her.
- DirectorTorill KoveStarsAndrea Bræin HovigA personal animated story about a girl which wishes for a bicycle from her parents, but gets something completely different, showing the different reality in which children and grown ups live in.
- DirectorRobert KondoDaisuke 'Dice' TsutsumiStarsLars MikkelsenCourtney LockwoodA little pig, who keeps his town safe from a cloud of pollution with his windmill dam, is ignored by a thankless public and bullied at school. When a new kid arrives, things begin to change.
- DirectorEdgar BarensPrison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall is a moving cinema verite documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him. The film draws from footage shot over a six-month period behind the walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary and provides a fascinating and often poignant account of how the hospice experience can profoundly touch even the forsaken lives of the incarcerated.
- DirectorMalcolm ClarkeStarsAliza Sommer-HerzZdenka FantlovaAnita Lasker-WallfischAliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.
- DirectorJeffrey KaroffStarsRa PaulettePierre DelattreSuzanne ElielAn unsung land artist who creates singular, cathedral-like' eighth wonder of the world' sculptural caves with nothing but hand tools and passion struggles with unappreciative patrons, financial hardship, and his aging body.
- DirectorMark GillStarsMartin FreemanSimon GriffithsTom HollanderDoctor Williams is the latest psychiatrist to deal with a smug patient called Voorman who claims to be God himself. Although skeptical, Williams soon gets an eerie feeling that openly malicious Voorman is not simply insane.
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsCasper CrumpPelle Falk KrusbækMarijana JankovicA young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world - told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
- DirectorLaurent WitzAlexandre EspigaresMr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.
- DirectorDaniel SousaStarsElsie McKendryBrett TobaskyA wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.
- DirectorShûhei MoritaStarsKôichi YamaderaAoi YûkiTakeshi KusaoOne night of the eighteenth century, in the depths of the mountain, a human being is lost and finds a small temple. In the moment when he enters the room space is transformed into a completely different world.
- DirectorLauren MacMullanStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerRussi TaylorMickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.
- DirectorJan LachauerMax LangStarsSimon PeggGillian AndersonRob BrydonTo the annoyance of her cat a kindly witch allows a dog, a bird and a frog who have helped her retrieve things she has lost to ride on her broomstick, making it top heavy. The broom is destroyed by a fire-breathing dragon who threatens to eat the witch but the creatures band together to impersonate a monster and save her. As a result she fashions a luxurious new broom with seats on which they can all ride comfortably.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMaggie Simpson spends the day in the Ayn Rand School for Tots.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorTimothy ReckartStarsNigel AnthonyRayyah McCaulWalter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, the couple must face their equilibrium.
- DirectorMinkyu LeeStarsAlexander JashoAdam, and a dog, in the Garden of Eden.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorYan EnglandStarsGérard PoirierMarie TifoHubert LemireHenry, a great concert pianist, has his life thrown in turmoil the day the love of this life, Maria, disappears mysteriously. He'll then discover the inevitable verdict of life.
- DirectorSam FrenchStarsFawad MohammadiJawanmard PaizWali TalashSet against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi - a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat - Buzkashi Boys tells the coming of age story of two best friends, a charismatic street urchin and a defiant blacksmith's son, who struggle to realize their dreams as they make their way to manhood in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth. Shot on location in Kabul city by an alliance of Afghan and international film makers, Buzkashi Boys is a look at the life that continues beyond the headlines of war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekKim AllenHaving reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
- DirectorSari GilmanA documentary on five seniors living in a retirement resort in Florida - men and women who came decades ago with their spouses by their sides, and now find themselves grappling with love, loss and the universal desire for human connection.
- DirectorSean FineAndrea NixA personal and vibrant coming of age story about a young artist's determination never to surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by being an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years. Color is her personal revolution and its sweep on her canvases creates a world that looks nothing like her own dark past. 'Inocente' is both a timeless story about the transformative power of art and a timely snapshot of the new face of homelessness in America: children. The challenges are staggering, but the hope in her story proves that the hand she has been dealt does not define her, her dreams do.
- DirectorKief DavidsonEight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, they have only months left to live. Open Heart reveals the intertwined endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda's lone government cardiologist fighting to save the lives of his young patients, and Dr. Gino, the Salam Center's head surgeon, who is fighting to save his hospital, Africa's only link to life-saving free cardiac surgery for the millions who need it.
- DirectorLucy WalkerSurvivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.
- DirectorDaniel JungeSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsSarkar AbbasMohammad JawadPlastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.
- DirectorRebecca CammisaStarsDolores HartDon RobinsonElvis PresleyDolores Hart left a successful Hollywood acting career to become a nun. A true story.
- DirectorHallvar WitzøStarsEdvard HægstadIngrid VikenTerje RanesEverybody will die one day, but 70-year-old Oskar will die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a long-ago disagreement. Will he reach his brother, whom he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsAnthony BrophyConleth HillPacky LeeThe story of Joe and Paddy, whose childhood friendship is shattered by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty five years later they are reunited.
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
- DirectorGrant OrchardWhen a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
- DirectorPatrick DoyonStarsChantal BarilNatalie Hamel-RoyJacques LavalléeOn a typically boring Sunday a small boy goes to church with his parents before being taken to a relative's house for a family lunch. Still bored he amuses himself by placing a coin on the adjacent railway track,an action which has unfortunate and bizarre results for a passing bear.
- DirectorEnrico CasarosaStarsTony FucileKrista ShefflerPhil SheridanA fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyStarsAdam BlackwoodLuba GoyAnthony BekennCalgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
- DirectorSara NessonApple pie cheerleader turned tough-as-nails machine gunner in the Iraq War, Sgt. Robynn Murray comes home to face a new kind of battle she never anticipated.
- DirectorIan BarnesStarsSamuel HollandRory KinnearKieran HardcastleTells the story of a young man desperate to come of age before time runs out.
- DirectorTanel ToomStarsLewis HowlettJoe EalesJames SimmonsQuiet and sincere 9-year-old Sam is worried about making his first confession. His conscience is clear, therefore he cannot hope for any relief from the experience. He and his friend Jacob decide to remedy that situation, but their initially innocent prank turns unexpectedly tragic.
- DirectorMichael CreaghStarsOlga WehrlyRory KeenanOran CreaghAn 8 year old schoolboy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel...to the death.
- DirectorLuke MathenyStarsLuke MathenyMarian BrockChristopher HirshA lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.
- DirectorAndrew RuhemannShaun TanStarsTim MinchinA boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.
- DirectorTeddy NewtonStarsMuneer LyatiWayne DyerDay encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.
- DirectorBastien DuboisA journey diary that redraws the trip of a European traveler confronted with Famadihana customs.
- DirectorGeefwee BoedoeStarsJim ThorntonIn the spirit of 50's & 60's educational films, 'Let's Pollute' is a modern satire on how pollution is our heritage and keeps our economy growing strong, while instructing us how to be better polluters for a better blighted tomorrow.
- DirectorMax LangJakob SchuhStarsHelena Bonham CarterRob BrydonRobbie ColtraneA cunning mouse goes for a walk in the forest, and outwits a succession of predators.
- DirectorFrançois AlauxHervé de CrécyLudovic HouplainStarsBob StephensonSherman AugustusAja EvansPolice chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisSally LindsaySarah LabordeWallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.
- DirectorNicky PhelanStarsKathleen O'RourkeIt's night; a wide-eyed fearful child is in bed. When her granny enters the room, the child pretends to be asleep. Granny O'Grimm isn't fooled; she pokes the child with a walker and picks up the book "Sleeping Beauty." We see the story as she tells it, images jumping between fairies at a baby's christening and Granny's agitated narrating. The aged fairy, who wasn't invited to the feast, looks just like Granny, but with small wings. As the child's terror deepens, Granny reaches the end of her version of the story. Will the child get any sleep?
- DirectorFabrice JoubertIn a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee.
- DirectorJavier Recio GraciaStarsMiguel Angel PerezEva MolinaOn her deathbed, a sad, white-haired woman yearns to reunite with her beloved late husband. However, the road to the afterlife can be long, and today's modern medicine works miracles.
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
- DirectorKonstantin BronzitIn the strangest of places, a lonely public lavatory attendant who dreams of romance will find excitement and perhaps love, when a chivalrous secret admirer keeps leaving flowers in her tip jar. But, what good is an invisible lover?
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorJulien BocabeilleFrançois-Xavier ChaniouxOlivier DelabarreTwo Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.
- DirectorAdam FoulkesAlan SmithStarsChris GrantMarc SilkOn their way to deliver a coffin to a graveyard, a grim duo of undertakers go through hell and back, as formidable and tangled obstacles stand in the way.
- DirectorSuzie TempletonAn animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
- DirectorJosh RaskinStarsJerry LevitanJohn LennonThe animated illustration of a 14-year-old's interview with John Lennon in 1969.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr PalamishevAleksandra ZhivovaEvgeniya KryukovaIn nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
- DirectorChris LavisMaciek SzczerbowskiStarsLaurie MaherExhausted and profoundly melancholic, anachronistic Madame Tutli-Putli wants to board a train. And, surrounded by a lifetime's worth of personal belongings, she waits patiently. Is she running away from her past?
- DirectorSamuel TourneuxStarsFrédéric SaurelBernard JungClémence CournacA priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven.
- DirectorTorill KoveStarsLiv UllmannA woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsSheb WooleyA teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
- DirectorGéza M. TóthStarsÁkos AmbrusImre MadácsiAtti PacsayFive minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.
- DirectorChris RenaudMichael ThurmeierStarsDavid CrommettDarin De PaulDann FinkScrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
- DirectorRoger AllersA poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.
- DirectorAnthony LucasStarsJoel EdgertonHelmut BakaitisTommy DysartSet in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.