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“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a lesson'. Almost baroque in its ambition and detail, Akerman and Seabra Lopes’ mesmerising short film delves deeply into the hard-wired dread of music lessons. Sewn around Schubert’s steely Opus 1, which is itself based on the no less terrifying legend of Goethe's Erlkönig, their film is a revelation.” International Film Festival Rotterdam.
In the Parque del Retiro, in Madrid, Spanish writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna weaves a humorous and absurd monologue about a monocle without glass, the noises that can be heard in a chicken coop and the importance of gesturing correctly with a large hand if someone wants to succeed in the art of oratory.
Miss T is the centre of a series of short, humorous sex sketches in pin-up style à la Betty Page. She fights with the male member, which first knocks her out, but which she later rides triumphantly. The elementary special effects (a huge dildo and a giant vagina) and cartoonish decors give the scabrous scenes a pleasant atmosphere.
French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film included in the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).
When Armelio finds himself in the "mercado 4" with the mission of buying chicken and rushed by his mom, he stumbles upon a setback that will delay the errand. He'll have to make way across the chaotic and overwhelming paraguayan market chasing his slippery thief. Could Armelio reclaim the chicken and avoid getting in trouble?
Cécile thinks one thing and its opposite. She wants one thing and its opposite. She doesn't know what she thinks or what she wants. So she talks about one thing and its opposite.
Riski (17) assigned by his teacher to make a short interview video about passion. At first, he doesn’t take it seriously until he ends up involving his three absurd friends, each with their own quirky passions, leading to laughter and chaos. Yet behind their jokes, a deeper question arises: what does Riski truly love? As the deadline approaches, he rediscovers a long-buried memory. Slowly, Riski realizes the true reason behind his love for capturing moments in life.
In a desperate attempt to survive, two deserters and a green beret try to reunite with their forces after the enemy unleashes its secret weapon.
A small UFO flies through the streets of Amsterdam one evening. No one seems to notice. In the spaceship are two aliens enjoying the view. They disappear again just as suddenly as they came. Short experimental animation film is a homage to film-maker Ed Wood.
Superman is a puffed person. When he flies, he goes flat.
Mario has prepared something for Cristina, but she doesn't seem very interested in knowing what it is.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience-stricken over his drunkenness and his behavior with another woman. He fears to face his wife until he discovers that she feels just as guilty herself.
Romance of a Boot and a Dancing Slipper
Somewhere in the future where plastic surgery and decorative body implants is an essential part of a human's fashion and lifestyle, a woman called Susan under the pressure of family and friends takes a big step to begin her first facelift.
Poop is a comedic mystery about a failing company performing mass lay-offs. During this terrible time somebody is leaving paper plates of poop around the office. Four co-workers team up to out the mystery pooper.
In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.
Two brains in jars exist exclusively in a game of PONG, oblivious to the world falling apart outside of their computer.
Helped by her self-made flying mechanical creatures, a young inventor and an enigmatic pint-sized superhero defeat the town bullies and find an unexpected friendship.
The absurd story of an appropriately named little frog man and the path of havoc he leaves behind him. Watch as his shenanigans catch up to him in Little Frog Man.
Carly, Sam and Freddie kick off their adventure in Japan on a tin can of a plane packed with caged possums and piloted by Spencer's odd acquaintance.
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Following a booking error, two families who are complete opposites, as well as a somewhat snobbish publisher and the influencer he wants to publish, are forced to share a sublime vacation home. The culture clash is immediate, between incompatible habits and strong personalities. Yet, despite the tensions and misunderstandings, this forced vacation takes an unexpected turn and turns out to be an adventure full of surprises and laughter.
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
Heart set on becoming a princess, Lisa Simpson is surprised to learn being bad might be more fun.
On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.
Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.