Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is a film that tells the story of the making of the movie 'Las Hurdes: Land Without Bread' by the renowned filmmaker Luis Buñuel. Set in the 1930s in Paris, the film follows Buñuel as he embarks on a journey to the impoverished region of Las Hurdes in Spain to make a documentary. The film explores Buñuel's struggles, the challenges faced during the production, and the impact the movie had on both himself and the world of cinema.
When a filmmaker revisits a film he made about Don Quixote years ago, he gets caught up in a surreal adventure involving mistaken identities, time travel, and a man who truly believes he is Don Quixote. As the filmmaker's life intertwines with the fantasy world of the delusional man, he must confront his own fears and face the consequences of his past actions.
A killer takes advantage of a college party on April Fool's Day, targeting a group of friends who are locked in a house. As the night progresses, the killer adds to the body count using various creative methods. The friends must find a way to survive the night and unmask the killer before it's too late.
Knife+Heart is a gripping drama that takes place in Paris, France in 1979. The movie follows a film producer who becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of a serial killer targeting gay pornographers. As the producer delves deeper into the investigation, she finds herself tangled in a web of dangerous relationships and dark secrets. The film explores themes of love, sexuality, and the dark underbelly of the film industry.
Six Men Getting Sick is an experimental animated short film that depicts the surreal suffering of six men. The film explores themes of sickness, surrealism, and darkness, using unique artistry and animation techniques. The film has no dialogue and features a series of disturbing and grotesque images, creating a haunting and unsettling viewing experience.
Centaur lives a modest life with his family in rural Kyrgyzstan until he abruptly becomes the center of attention when he is caught stealing a racehorse at night. A story inspired by the myth when horses became the wings of men.
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
In a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and strangled to death. Inspector Marco is assigned to catch the murderer.
A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles.
On a rainy day, two guys arrive in a small village with film and a projector in their car. No one from the village comes to meet them. What happened? Who are they? The not knowing relays no small amount of interest at times through tension as in a horror movie, and at times through compassionate laughter.
The world's first human-android acting duo, called Android Theater Project, is the collaborative brainchild of noted Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and the leading robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro. "Sayonara" is a remakable android play and has been adapted to feature film by the acclaimed filmmaker Koji Fukada (Hospitalité, Au revoir l’été). In this film project the setting of the story is largely expanded, depicting time and space in a way which can only be achieved in film, examining life and death though the communication between dying human and immortal android.
French documentarist Sonia Kronlund follows actor and director Salim Shaheen, an Afghan movie star who produced more than 110 low-budget movies in a country devastated by war.
In 1975 French Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Panama to make a film on the indigenous island-dwelling Kuna people. Accompanied by his wife and their daughter, Gaisseau lived with the Kuna for a year, gaining their trust and filming their most intimate ceremonies. He promised to share the resulting film with the community, but that never happened. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…While uncovering this fascinating story with humility and warmth, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot succeeds in capturing a true sense of culture and place. The result is simultaneously a cautionary tale raising questions around how and why documentaries are made and for whom, and a testament to the power of what it means to see yourself on the big screen.
Brief overview from UCLA about how to correctly project a motion picture.
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