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SHORT
FILMS
Meshes in the Afternoon
(Deren, US, 1943) 14mins
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality.
Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Le Jetee
(Marker, France, 1962) 28mins
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
La Ricotta
(Pasolini, Italy, 1963) 34mins
Made as part of the omnibus film RoGoPaG, this short is a hilarious religious farce. At the Cinecittá film studio a director (played by Orson Welles) begins shooting a film dealing with Christ’s crucification.
The Grandmother
(Lynch, US, 1970) 34mins
A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
A Girl's Own Story
(Campion, Australia, 1987) 26mins
Following teenage girls through their progression into womanhood and sexuality.
Elephant
(Clarke, UK, 1989) 39mins
A depiction of a series of violent killings in Northern Ireland with no clue as to exactly who is responsible.
The Wrong Trousers
(Park, UK, 1993) 30mins
Wallace lets out his spare room to a penguin. The penguin and Gromit, Wallace's dog, immediately don't see eye-to-eye. Meanwhile, Wallace has invented a giant pair of robotic trousers, designed to take Gromit for walks.
When the Day Breaks
(Forbis/Tilby, Canda, 1999) 9mins
A chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic
relationship between people is inextricable.
About a Girl
(Percival, UK, 2001) 9mins
A girl tells the story of her life and hopes for the future.
Wasp
(Arnold, UK, 2003) 24mins
Zoë is a struggling single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford and goes for a date with an ex-boyfriend, pretending that she is only babysitting the children.
High Maintenance
(Van, Germany, 2006) 9mins
In the near-future, a woman whose robotic husband fails to meet her standards returns and upgrades him for a better version with standards that she now fails to meet.
Connect
(Abrahams, UK, 2010) 5mins
Fed up with the hostility of the city and its people, a young woman's view of the world changes when she
makes a surprise connection with a stranger on a bus.
Night Fishing
(Park, South Korea, 2011) 33mins
A fisherman becomes entangled in his line when he catches something unexpected.
Pitch Black Heist
(Maclean, UK, 2012) 13mins
A heist movie in less than fifteen minutes. Two men are hired to rob a safe in an office, the catch, any light in
the room triggers the alarm, they have to work in pitch black. Cutting from a practice room, where the men
rehearse blindfolded, to the pre-heist meet in a pub, to the heist itself, we piece together the drama. Both men
are drunk and things don't go according to plan.
Curfew
(Christensen, US, 2012) 19mins
Having 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?
Swimmer
(Ramsay, UK, 2012) 18mins
A young man encounters many people while swimming in Britain.
The Gunfighter
(Kissack, US, 2014) 9mins
In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
Stutterer
(Cleary, UK, 2015) 12mins
A man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
Two Cars, One Night
(Waititi, NZ, 2004) 11mins
The film is about two young boys and a girl meeting in the carpark of a rural pub in Te Kaha, New Zealand. What at first seems to be a relationship based on rivalry soon develops into a potential friendship.
The Silent Child
(Overton, UK, 2017) 21mins
The film was based on Shenton's own experiences as the child of a parent who became deaf. The film features profoundly deaf six-year-old first-time actor Maisie Sly as the titular child. British Sign Language is used in the film.
Hair Love
(Cherry, US, 2019) 6mins
It follows the story of a man who must do his daughter's hair for the first time, and features Issa Rae as the voice of the mother.
The Human Voice
(Almodovar, Spain, 2020) 30mins
Two living beings facing abandonment.
Wild Tales Compilation
(Szifron, Argentina, 2014)
A collection of dark comedy shorts.
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