The Astronauts

My Strange Grandfather

July 2011 •Russian

A creative person often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle - merely from garbage.

Lipsett Diaries

October 2010 •French

A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with LIPSETT DIARIES, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.

种子传说

March 2020 •Chinese

The story is a journey - a little boy wants to find a special place to burry his golden seed. During this trip, he learns about this world and the growth of his heart.

Moradora

April 2020 •Spanish

A young woman travels through her psyche in order to find who murdered her lover, Juan.

Reset

September 2013 •English

Sophie lives alone with her mother on a desolate farm in the middle of nowhere. A place that hides a secret far worse than she could have imagined.

Evolution of the Red Star

January 1973 •English

Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master image is formed, this continuously throbbing, pulsating sight is used to ring changes based on years of optical work. Music and picture work together to create a mood of ecstatic tranquility. The bright colors, beautiful music, surprise at the end, etc. make this a good film for young children. Awards: Sinking Creek Film & Video Festival, 1973; Washington National Student Film Festival, 1974; Brooklyn Independent Filmmakers Exposition, 1974; Vanguard Int'l Competition of Electronic Music for Film, 1974; Humboldt Film Festival, 1974. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.

Elegy

September 2014 •English

In the future, nature has evolved to destroy humans. One man fights across a treacherous landscape to reunite with his past. (Post-apocalypse)

Quinoscopio 1

January 1986 •Spanish

A collection of unrelated sequences featuring people in various situations.

Beheaded

January 1999 •Dutch

Violet, Fisher of the Black Sea

October 2006 •Spanish

Violeta loves best fishing into the darkest depths.

Bunker or Tales I Heard When the World Fell

March 2020 •Portuguese

In a world polluted by atomic radiation, five survivors find shelter in an underground bunker. The sudden discovery of a rare and miraculous medicine will become a source of quarrel within the group.

La cancion du microsillon

February 2003 •French

Francesc lo valent

February 2003 •French

At dawn an army prepares for battle, but one of the knights shies away from combat and rides his horse beginning a trip crossing the landscapes desolated by the war. Along the way, he joins the victims of the war, helping them to defend their lives.

The Bearers of Memories

October 2021 •Lithuanian

With every moment – one more memory. But memory sometimes goes blind and what is left becomes hazy.

The Fall of the House of Usher

January 1984 •English

Animated adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe 1839 short story The Fall of the House of Usher, a work of Gothic fiction that includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.

Sweet

June 2005 •French

Will curiosity shorten the cat's life expectancy?

PHANTASMATA

November 2019 •English

In a transitional state, at the threshold of consciousness // fabricating and reminiscing //embracing and escaping // all from safe distance // letting go.

Cops and Robbers

December 2020 •English

Animation and activism unite in this multimedia spoken-word response to police brutality and racial injustice.

The Drawer and the Crow

December 2009 •English

Best Canadian Short Film - Ottawa International Animation Festival 2009

Popsicle

January 2004 •Russian