The Secret of the Marquise

Banner of Youth(pl)

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.

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Doctor Dolittle and His Animals(en)

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

The Other Gods: A Tale of the Dream Cycle(en)

A prophet who longed to look upon his deities. A daunting journey to a mountain peak. A confrontation with gods too powerful to name. This is the story that inspired Peter Rhodes, who worked as a filmmaker and artist during the 1920s. Few people know of his work, and it's only through luck and perseverance that we have been able to track down the elements for this "lost" film. Rhodes' films were created using silhouette animation, a technique perfectly suited to depict Lovecraft's mythic Dreamland stories. The filmmaker's involvement in New York City's occult and literary scenes provided him with a select audience for his work. Rhodes was especially influenced through his relationships with occultist Aleister Crowley and writer H.P. Lovecraft, but it was personal tragedy that moved him to produce "The Other Gods: A Tale of the Dream Cycle," his most powerful film.

Enter Hamlet(en)

Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.

Pony Place(nl)

Grandmother Koba has to take care of her grandchild Emma's digital horse farm.

Der Wolf und die 7 Geißlein(de)

Stop-motion version of the Grimm fairy tale from the Nazi era.

Rickety Gin(en)

Oswald plays a cop who woos a nurse who wanders into the park. Pete then gets Oswald drunk and woos the nurse wearing Oswald's stolen uniform.

The Enchanted Spectacles(fr)

A parlor full of bon vivants pass around an enchanted pair of spectacles that “reveal the personality and pleasures of the one who wears them.”

Let's Be Sporty(fr)

This subject portrays in a vivid manner the operations of a puppet in his efforts to see the sights.

Japanese Fantasy(fr)

This subject presents a remarkably clever series of illusions in which a Japanese lantern, several dolls, chickens, mice and grasshoppers play a very prominent part.

Floral Frameworks(fr)

There have been numerous studies of plants and flowers presented to the public, but none which exhibit the perfection of stereoscopic detail. The various plants have been photographed against black backgrounds and are carefully colored. In addition, the various groups were made to revolve during the time of exposure and thus show a succession of lights and shadows which produces the relief which adds so greatly to a picture. (Moving Picture World)

Africa Before Dark(en)

Oswald goes big game hunting in Africa.

Self Portrait(en)

Commissioned by Harald Inhülsen for MasterclassFilm. A companion piece to Stefano Miraglia's Self-portrait, also part of the same commission.

The Persistent Salesman(fr)

A salesman pursuing a potential client takes tenacity to new heights, and depths.

The Master of a Fashionable Game(fr)

The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way of solving his puzzle. He puts a handkerchief over the game and immediately the picture is made. Under the handkerchief, we see how, piece by piece, it is put into one finished picture. His success makes him an object of envy, however, and the gentleman meets with considerable trouble before the party is over. (Moving Picture World)

The Fantasies of Agénor Maltracé(fr)

Simple line drawings undergoing the usual transformations so beloved of French filmmaker Emile Cohl.

The Sailor and the Seagull(en)

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled sailor named McGinty complains about the raw deal he believes he is receiving by serving in the Navy. As luck would have it, a seagull comes to release him from service so that he can experience the freedom of civilian life. McGinty soon learns, however, that civilian life means less freedom and less money than he had imagined and quickly jumps at the chance to re-enlist. (cont. http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/2013/09/26/sailor-and-the-seagull/)

We Can't Live Without Cosmos(ru)

Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.

Yearbook(en)

A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet is blown up by aliens.

Dear Mom(en)

A young woman rehearses a speech for her mother.

The Star of Bethlehem(en)

The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.

Johan Falk: The Outlaws(sv)

Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.

New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow(ja)

Destruction and betrayal take center stage in the latest installment of the New Fist of the North Star series. When Kenshiro returns to find the city in ruins and its citizens tormented, his pain is compounded when he is betrayed and imprisoned by Tobi. As Tobi prepares a brutal assault on Seiji, Kenshiro must summon all of his strength to break free and take put a halt to his former friend's destructive scheme.

Long Shot Louie(en)

A dark, gritty drama that wraps around Louie Lazaro. a drug addict and a male dancer. As he tries to escape the evils of his past.

Room Salon College Girls(ko)

Sexy female college students get part-time jobs at a room salon and provide very special services.

When New Year Comes on Shabbat(en)

A cinematic collage about people caught between two worlds. An empathetic look at a physical journey and the melodramas of a journey that is spiritual. Nikita Pavlov emigrated from Russia to Israel because he always wanted to experience life in another country. Street protests, political activism, and his daughters first steps are captured without any chronological context, separated only by Pavlovs thoughts and ideas. A cinematic diary that attempts to piece together a hypothetical picture of the filmmakers future.

Forest(en)

Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror.

The Last One of the Six(fr)

Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.

The Waves Call You(en)

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders leaving her island to go live with her daughter in the United States.

Krummel - Flo de liegende vlieg(nl)

El Asesino del Zodiaco(es)

Box(en)

A doomsday pepper is surprised to find a mysterious box appear in his living room with no trace as to how it could've gotten there.

Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA(en)

1. Acid Rain (10:43) / 2. Kindred Spirits (7:53) / 3. Biaxident (7:34) / 4. Freedom of Speech (8:54) / 5. Improv Jam #1 (8:21) / 6. Another Dimension (10:31) / 7. State of Grace (6:00) / 8. Universal Mind part 1 (3:36) / 9. Keyboard Solo (5:19) / 10. Universal Mind part 2 (3:46) / 11. When the Water Breaks (17:52) / 12. Improv Jam #2 (13:03) / 13. Rhapsody in Blue (13:34) / 14. Osmosis (5:52) / 15. Paradigm Shift (9:17)

My Chemical Romance: AOL Sessions(en)

AOL Sessions is a video release of the live Sessions@AOL performances by American rock band My Chemical Romance. The album features six videos, all of which are songs from the band's third studio album, The Black Parade.

My Love, My Umbrella(fr)

A young woman loses her umbrella in a café altering her perception of the world forever.

Love (Part One)(es)

The story of a young couple, from beginning to end, from the euphoria of falling in love until the final days blurred and dark, is realized with an analytical eye and investigative zeal. How and why two people fall in love? What now? How quickly will they get into a relationship? When a relationship ends, and when should it end? Peter and Sofia, with its simple story of love, they become reflections of all those who, at twenty-five years have been in love.

Ju-rei: The Uncanny(ja)

Japanese school girls die violently after seeing a man wearing a black hood.

Garden of the Dead(en)

Convicts on a chain gang sniff formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break and are shot down by the guards. After being buried, they rise from the dead, killing all in their path with shovels and hoes.