Peaceful Anarchy's Top 100 Shorts
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- DirectorSantiago ÁlvarezStarsLena HorneA documentary short about racism in the United States.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageMyrrena SchwegmannJane WodeningStan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- DirectorMitchell BlockStarsShelby LeveringtonAlec HirschfeldA film student casually turns his camera on a female friend, but his disarming questions lead her to open up about a traumatic experience.
- DirectorCharles EamesRay EamesStarsPhilip MorrisonBeginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayKarin AngerLily and Jim are interviewed about their disastrous blind date.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsGunilla FridenClaude LelouchA high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczStarsWladyslaw StarewiczA stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsSylvia BatailleJane MarkenGeorges D'ArnouxThe family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
- DirectorCornell CapaStarsHenri Cartier-Bresson
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorTracey MoffattStarsMarcia LangtonAgnes HardwickJimmy LittleA middle aged Aboriginal woman nurses her dying old white mother till the mother dies.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentStephen BillBelinda BradleyThe 23rd Earl of Leete shares brief moments of his life, the truth behind his family estate and his particular glorious moment when he murdered his wife and his brother.
- DirectorLuc MoulletStarsJean AbeilléJean-Pierre BonneauAndré ChauchatA humorous short in which passengers subvert toll checkpoints in order to avoid paying.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterSeven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- DirectorDavid DawkinsChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsOtis ReddingBooker T. & the M.G.sSteve CropperDocumentary on Otis Redding's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorAlexander HammidMaya DerenTwo cats have a litter of 5 kittens and then nurse, teach and play with them.
- DirectorPepe DanquartStarsSenta MoiraPaul OutlawStefan MerkiA young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.
- DirectorVincent BalStarsVeerle van OverloopFrank FocketynGene BervoetsMylene and Werner are going to make their flat up for Christmas. Then Sam comes with a bottle of Veuve Cliqot. Sam tells Werner that he knows Werner has stolen money at work. Werner murders Sam. Soon afterwards, Sam is alive again and it looks as if somebody else would have to die. Who's fooling who?
- DirectorLuc MoulletStarsFrançoise BurauxRichard CopansAntonin DalmassoA Man tries different ways to open a Coca Cola bottle.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsArthur Q. BryanRobert ClampettBea BenaderetElmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.
- DirectorNorman McLarenAn illustration of a traditional French Canadian song in the form of progressing cutouts and still pictures.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorKamran ShirdelA documentary which explores what did or did not happen on a rainy night a young boy allegedly saved a train from crashing.
- DirectorMarcel LozinskiStarsTomasz LozinskiAn energetic six-year-old boy talks to elderly strangers relaxing in the park. He confronts his childish knowledge of the world with their life-long experience.
- DirectorErnö MetznerStarsHeinrich GothoEva Schmid-KayserSybille SchmitzA coin found on the street turns out to be unlucky for those who attempt to possess it.
- DirectorMark OsborneA worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
- DirectorMartin RikliA short black and white film which documents the discovery of X-Rays and how they can be used for medical purposes.
- DirectorOskar FischingerA short painted film by Oskar Fishchinger which films images to the music of Johann Bach.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukGennadiy SokolskiyStarsVladimir OsenevEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaVinni-Pukh is trying to help his friend donkey with huge depression which happened to be on his birthday
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsSara CushmanDon HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt closes his trilogy as Bill struggles to piece together his shattering psyche.
- DirectorNoël BurchStarsFrédérique FranchiniAndré S. LabartheAnnette MichelsonA peeping tom caught spying on a women's self defence class is taken captive by the class leader. At first the class uses to practice on, but his treatment steadily becomes more humiliating and fetishistic.
- DirectorInessa KovalevskayaStarsElmira ZherzdevaOleg AnofrievAnatoliy GorokhovA story loosely based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Town Musicians of Bremen', about a donkey, a dog, a cat, a rooster and their master Troubadour.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsT.J. ThyneVicki DavisDave KuhrA fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsRobert MorleyA simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
- DirectorEunice MacaulayJohn WeldonStarsSandy SandersonJean MarchandA hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorTrinh T. Minh-haA short film which documents the lives of women in a rural Senegal.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaVladimir OsenevA Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaAnatoliy ShchukinWinnie the Pooh and Piglet visit their friend the rabbit. After a hearty breakfast of honey, Pooh finds it hard to leave.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
- DirectorDwinell GrantThis sequel to Themis (1940) similarly simulates the movement of abstract colours and shapes to form distinct visual patterns.
- DirectorSamuel BeckettAlan SchneiderStarsBuster KeatonNell HarrisonJames KarenA twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsWoody AllenJean-Luc GodardAnnette InsdorfRevolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody Allen on the cultural radiation, the ubiquity and significance of Television, and how Television compares with cinema as a medium and form of expression.
- DirectorDusan VukoticSimple story about the man who comes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs.
- DirectorBruce Conner"A film portrait cut to the tune of Conway Twitty's version of 'Mona Lisa.' Filmed in part at a 1964 show of Conner's artwork in San Francisco, the film is also a witty statement about forces that take the life out of art. Vivian Kurz, the subject of the film, is entombed in a glass display case." - Judd Chesler Award: Gold Medal Award, Sesta Biennale D'Arte Republica Di San Marino. Da Vinci thought he caught her smiling.
- DirectorDjibril Diop MambétyStarsDieye MaAminata FallDemba BâA broke and dopey musician, constantly harassed by his exasperated landlady, glues his lottery ticket to his door and when it turns out to be a winner must carry his door to the lottery office.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.
- DirectorBill MorrisonStarsEddie PhillipsLola ToddA scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon¹s 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of an film.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
- DirectorPatrick HughesStarsNick RussellKestie MorassiWhere do you find love? Sometimes all you need is a sign.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorAlice GuyIn a society in which gender roles are switched, will men tolerate being unequal?
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiPeople of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtA series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
- DirectorJerzy BossakJaroslaw BrzozowskiStarsAndrzej LapickiOver a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can be dangerous for the local population.
- DirectorStephen DwoskinImages of a woman lying on a bed appearing to have a sexual fantasy for lack of anything else to do.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellThe Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyRichard EdwardsMickey and Donald ride in a trailer pulled by Goofy, who doesn't realize his car has separated from the trailer as they travel down a mountain.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanThe corporate board has Elmer committed to an asylum because he thinks he's a rabbit. At the sanitarium Bugs agrees to trade places with Elmer.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryFrank GrahamA wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
- DirectorBert HaanstraWho is watching who in the zoo?
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonBartine BurkettCharles DoretyA drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
- DirectorSid LaverentsStarsSid LaverentsAdelaide LaverentsThrough the magic of quick cuts and split screens, Sid Laverents puts on a one-man-band performance of a novelty ragtime tune.
- DirectorHenri ChometteA black and white short film which documents a trip through Paris by train.
- DirectorAhmed ImamovicStarsAlmedin LeletaSatoshi YahataMilan PavlovicIt's 1994. How different can ten minutes of a tourist in Rome and a family in the besieged Sarajevo be?
- DirectorE. HardonEveready Horton and his behemoth penis venture through the country in search of the penetrable.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsHenryk KlubaMichal ZolnierkiewiczVoytek Frykowski"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsNatalie PortmanMelchior DerouetWhile he is receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a strange way. A segment of Paris, I Love You (2006).
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDaffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.
- DirectorPaul GrimaultAn animated short film about a wounded toy soldier who return from war to his beloved ballerina.
- DirectorDimitri KirsanoffStarsNadia SibirskaïaYolande BeaulieuGuy BelmontA couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtDark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery, in this second chapter to "Everything Will Be OK".
- StarsNeil Patrick HarrisNathan FillionFelicia DayAn aspiring supervillain must balance his career and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder.
- DirectorAndrea TonacciStarsFrancisco ArrudaBaguNelson CamargoThe tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerA one-armed man obtains an artificial limb which he cannot control.
- DirectorVanalyne GreenMathew PriceStarsVanalyne GreenEnrique McPhailBecky WillisA documentary by Vanalyne Green which draws parallels from the game of baseball to family, relationships, and sexuality.
- DirectorA.-P. DufourJean PainlevéThe film begins with methodical descriptions of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional space. It then looks at a two-dimensional world inhabited by flat mice. It imagines how a human, from the third dimension could interact with that world. It then suggests how beings from a fourth dimension might interact with us. Next the film posits time as a fourth dimension, with scenes to aid comprehension. An off-screen narrator, graphs, and clever photography provide explanations and illustrations. The film asks viewers to use their imaginations.
- DirectorCharlie 'Brown' DavisJimmy 'Country' RobinsonDavid 'Bat' WilliamsStarsCharlie 'Brown' DavisDavid 'Bat' WilliamsReginald 'Reggie' AckridgeA documentary and dramatization of gang life in 1960s Philadelphia.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsJacques DumesnilThis documentary explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its priceless treasures, and how humanity remembers itself.
- DirectorOskar FischingerThis is an abstract film in which every motion is in strict synchronization with music, so the description must be read in terms of the overall impression it gives. Within a deep blue environment, one red cube slowly drifts on a reflecting floor. Suddenly there are multiple red cubes drifting and dancing in various formations. Over the course of the film the angularity of square shapes are transformed into circular and cylindrical shapes. The climax of the film features a multitude of these shapes in Busby Berkeley-like formation, as various circular figures grow and disappear among a simulated sky, with the blue colors giving way to red.
- DirectorClaude JutraNorman McLarenStarsClaude JutraAn ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
- DirectorJohn EmersonStarsDouglas FairbanksBessie LoveAllan SearsA bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWalter SteinerWerner HerzogA study of the psychology of a champion ski-jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykStarsLigia BraniceA haunting, minimalist short that mostly consists of a monologue to camera by the young Rosalie, on trial for the murder of her new-born infant.
- DirectorHollis FramptonStarsMichael SnowFrampton slowly burning his black and white photographs as he describes and tells the story behind them.
- DirectorPeter ThompsonStarsPeter ThompsonUniversal Hotel combines objective and subjective elements. In it, Thompson chronicles his research into experiments by Dr. Sigmund Rascher at Dachau in 1942, in which he nearly froze a Polish prisoner and then got a German prostitute to warm him up; Thompson uses photographs from archives in six countries and recounts a subjective dream set in what he calls the Universal Hotel.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayJennifer NyholmDon HertzfeldtA hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsSterling HollowayIvanMischaAnimated version of the fairy tale of the Russian boy Peter and his hunt for a raiding wolf, presented to the music of Sergei Prokofiev.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMarion HarlanBuster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.
- DirectorJay RosenblattStarsEva BraunFrancisco FrancoAdolf HitlerFilm clips of the 20th century's great dictators with narration in first person combine to form a fascinating portrait of power and evil.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsViktor KartashovNikolay KhmelyovBoris ZakhavaA Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsAndrew GarfieldLyle KanouseNancy MunozA young man faces the abrupt loss of his friend.
- DirectorJames BlueStarsCarl RowanMarian AndersonJoan BaezA 1964 documentary film about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAt a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned.