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Court métrage expérimental explorant les possibilités de l'animation par intermittence et des images spasmodiques. Norman McLaren joue avec les lois de la persistance rétinienne dans une œuvre de pure imagination faisant penser tantôt à un feu d'artifice très nourri, puis ensuite à un dessin lent à se former et dont on ne perçoit que des touches rapides et éphémères. Film sans paroles.

A visual representation, in four parts, of one man's internalization of "The Divine Comedy." Hell is a series of multicolored brush strokes against a white background; the speed of the changing images varies. "Hell Spit Flexion," or springing out of Hell, is on smaller film stock, taking the center of the frame. Montages of color move rapidly with a star and the edge of a lighted moon briefly visible. Purgation is back to full frame; blurs of color occasionally slow down then freeze. From time to time, an image, such as a window or a face, is distinguishable for a moment. In "existence is song," colors swirl then flash in and out of view. Behind the vivid colors are momentary glimpses of volcanic activity.

This is a hand-painted film which has been photographically step-printed to achieve various effects of brief fades and fluidity-of-motion, and makes partial use of painted frames in repetition (for "close-up" of textures). The tone of the film is primarily dark blue, and the paint is composed (and rephotographed microscopically) to suggest galactic forms in a space of stars.

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The main title is in eight languages. Rereleased with multilingual titles in 1949.

Dans un monde futuriste géré exclusivement par les ordinateurs, un homme tente de s'échapper du système malgré la traque constante de chacun de ses mouvements...

In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff and toys from the child's head, leaving him without the top of his head for most of the film. The professor then teaches the lad about illusions and perspectives, the pursuit of an object through exploring a bank of drawers, divining an object, and the migration of forms. The child then brings out a box with a tarantula in it: the professor puts his "hands" into the box and describes what he feels. The boy receives a final lesson about animation and film making; then the professor gives him a brain and his own open-book hat.

A man, accompanied by a dog, struggles through snow on a mountain side. We see film stock blister; drawn square shapes appear. Then, we see an infant's face. The images of struggling climber, baby, blurred film stock, large snow flakes, and what may be microscopic details of matter are superimposed on each other, one dominating the frame briefly to be replaced by another. As the man falls in the snow and tries to regain his feet, the baby continues to appear, first with eyes closed. Alternately, images rush by - montages of paper cutouts and life under a microscope.

A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified second party.

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.

À Londres, dans un futur indéterminé, un informaticien du nom de Qohen Leth vit dans une chapelle réaménagée en lieu d'habitation. Ne sortant de chez lui que pour aller travailler, il essaie tant bien que mal de se couper d'un monde bruyant à la joie agressive. Son supérieur, "Management", lui confie le projet secret "Zero Theorem" visant à déterminer si l'existence a un sens... Alors qu'il poursuit sa tâche, Qohen est perturbé dans sa solitude par deux personnages envoyés par Management : la mystérieuse Bainsley et Bob, le fils surdoué de Management.

Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, "Very nice, very nice." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Film peint directement sur la pellicule, sans caméra, "direct film" comme Len Lye a nommé cette technique. Le premier de l'histoire du cinéma réalisé ainsi qui ait été conservé et vu par un vaste public. Cette transe abstraite et dansante de graffitis aux couleurs intenses, au son des rythmes tropicaux, fut une petite révolution dont l'influence immédiate s'étendit de Mac Laren à... Disney.

Un écran uniformément bleu. En voix off, des comédiens disent des poèmes et des textes tandis que Derek Jarman lit le journal intime de sa maladie, décrit les traitements contre le sida, cite la presse…

The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.

Donald cherche à dormir mais il est agacé...

Experimental film following a cycle of seasons as well as the stretch of a single day as a man and his dog slowly ascend a mountain.

Marcel the shell gives an outline of his life.

Un court métrage de marionnettes inquiétant qui explore le concept de créativité...

Un père emmène sa famille au bord de la mer mais, sur le chemin, sa voiture peine à avancer à cause du poids des bagages. Après quelques péripéties calamiteuses, notamment avec la police, la petite famille arrive enfin à destination. Mais une fois sur le bateau, le père va avoir le mal de mer...

This short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as Mars, the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, and other celestial bodies, it presents speculative human activity grounded in existing scientific ideas, accompanied by narration from Carl Sagan’s "Pale Blue Dot".