Movies and TvShows featuring "short-filmmaking" theme.
Dhobi Ghat (2010) is a movie set in Mumbai, India, where four people with different backgrounds and stories cross paths. The movie explores themes of love, loneliness, and connection in the bustling city.
The Terence Davies Trilogy is an autobiographical anthology film that explores the themes of memory, death, and homosexuality. Set in Liverpool, England, the film follows the story of a man as he reflects on his life, from his Catholic school upbringing to his closeted homosexuality and his experiences with guilt and loss. Through a nonlinear timeline and role-played by multiple actors, the film delves into the man's childhood, his relationships with his parents and the trauma he endured, and the loneliness and longing he experiences as an adult. The Terence Davies Trilogy is a powerful exploration of personal identity and the complexities of human experience.
Beyond the Bridge is a story about mental health told through the lives of three people. An award winning therapist dealing with the guilt of losing his twin brother to suicide, a 2nd generation Cuban-American afraid to reveal his true identity as a homosexual and a washed-up rock star battling addiction in the midst of losing it all. Dr. Dahneesh Sanders dedicated his life to the research of mental illness after the death of his brother Danny. Following the release of his book entitled 'Beyond the Bridge', Dahneesh attempts to rid his guilt and redeem himself by providing therapy to a teenage boy who reminds him of his fallen brother. Sammy Jiminez has been hiding the fact that he's gay for over half of his life. He's given up. Each day is just a measurement of time counting down to its inevitable end. The thought of being rejected by his father is worse than death and the glimmer of hope that he might be accepted by his dad is the only thing keeping him alive.
Watch the colorful antics of Pikmin as they jump into three short movies, the first movies ever directed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The three shorts, titled The Night Juicer, Treasure in a Bottle and Occupational Hazards find Pikmin in unusual, funny, and even dangerous situations. NOTE: No real Pikmin were harmed during the filming of these movies.
ShortsHD is once again bringing the wildly popular Oscar nominated short film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters in the US, Canada, and Europe beginning February 10th. The theatrical release of the Academy Award nominated short films has met with enthusiastic audiences ever since its launch 6 years ago, giving people around the world an opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26th.
"Quarantines" is a collective film made at the time of the first confinement of 2020. Ten international directors, ten perspectives that intersect in the same period, with their authentic and more atypical universes than each other. A work that unites in isolation and expresses the impalpable. This film is a challenge, a bet: that of creation which persists despite everything within the constraints of the health crisis.
In 'The Maker,' a rabbit-ears creature follows instructions from a book to create a doll-like figure. The doll comes to life and experiences various stages of existence, representing the cycle of life and the act of creation. This short film uses stop-motion animation and surrealism to tell a captivating story without dialogue.
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
ShortsHD is once again bringing the wildly popular Oscar nominated short film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters in the US, Canada, and Europe beginning February 10th.
Pioneering comedy legend Max Linder wrote, produced, directed and starred in Seven Years Bad Luck. Hilarious misadventures begin when Max' butler, chasing a maid, breaks an expensive full-length mirror. The butler persuades the cook, who somewhat resembles Max, to stand behind the frame and be Max's reflection. This gag, developed by Max, has become a classic of film and even television borrowed by everyone from the Marx Brothers to Abbott and Costello to Red Skeleton.
The story of Daniel, a man who all of his life has felt insecure because of his penis size. This changes when he joins a support group a little bit out of the ordinary.
A program of five films on love and sex from the Japanese underground of the experimental cinema, assembled by avant-garde cineaste Takahiko Iimura, and shown at the American Cinematheque from January 19 to 25, 1967.
A very old lady waits for her son to arrive so that she can get out of sight.
A documentary with many excerpts from the films of French movie pioneer Max Linder, narrated by his daughter.
Six short stories about space, inter-dimensional threat, and murder told by storytellers all over the world. A faulty prototype of man-engineered human, whose systematic flaw causes her to kill people when she loses control, has to convince her reluctant Creator to terminate her.
A man, scared for his life runs through his house as he's being chased by someone. Who is chasing him and what could the outcome possibly be?
A babysitter makes up an elaborate fairy tale to keep a little girl amused. But is she all what she seems to be?
A man who experiences deja vu when he spots a woman sitting on a park bench - a woman he remembers from a dream but has never met. When their paths finally cross, a portal opens which takes each of their lives in unexpected directions.
Two strangers uncover astonishing connections as they search for a mysterious Renaissance painting.
Ivy is a psychological horror thriller short film that follows the journey of a young woman struggling with her inner demons and the haunting memories of her past. As she delves deeper into her own psyche, she must confront the dark secrets that lie within.