Freddie Rich and His Orchestra

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

December 1945 •English

Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

The Bolero

October 1973 •English

The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.

Trigger Happy

January 1997 •English

“Trigger Happy” was made with hundreds of objects found on the streets and sidewalks of New York. It began as an attempt to make an animated ballet, but as I was shooting the dance turned rowdy, into more of a nocturnal revel. It was shot on a lightbox with high-contrast film. The backlight silhouetted the objects, making them into graphic icons of themselves. The resulting film is a negative, which turned the objects white and the background black as asphalt. It makes the dance almost phantasmagoric. The trigger I was happy about was on the camera, but the title also fits the velocity of the imagery. Much of the animation happens by the rapid replacement of one object with another. It’s the afterimage in your eyes that animates the difference between the shapes, as one is replaced by another, and another… The music by Shay Lynch perfectly captures the idea of dancing in the streets.” —Jeffrey Noyes Scher

Giant Steps

January 2001 •English

2-minute animation film to music by John Coltrane.

Born to Dance This Way

June 2012 •English

Joo Si auditions for the opportunity of a lifetime to be a principal backup dancer for the sexy female pop singing sensation, The 4Play Ladies.

The Archivists

September 2020 •English

After uncovering a degraded vinyl album in an abandoned home, three musicians attempt to reimagine one of its songs.

The Yacht Party

September 1932 •English

On a set resembling a yacht, Roger Wolfe Kahn leads his orchestra in several popular tunes of the day. Billed and un-billed guest acts also perform. At the end, Kahn thrills his guests by piloting a biplane.

One Hundred Years

October 1984 •English

A short animation set to and inspired by The Cure's One Hundred Years. Max Anderssons debut animation film won 1st Prize at Melbourne international Film Festival, 2nd Prize at Los Angeles Animation Celebration and a special prize at Berlin Film Festival.

Italy & (This is) Water

November 2019 •English

A single day: from the tender break of dawn to the darkest night. One out of many days to come? Quite possibly the very last. A long farewell, an ultimate goodbye to a life we have grown to hold dear. Leading to a head-on dive into a new reality, into a new state of being. To long for the unknown. To desire to be at the mercy of chance. Last caresses in solidarity, last minutes in shelter. End means beginning. Death becomes birth. From water, back into water. From gas to solid. Everything is commenced by woman, everything ends with a woman.

Tropico

December 2013 •English

Based on the Biblical story of sin and redemption, Adam and Eve explore modern LA; the land of gods and monsters.

Do Útero Ao Túmulo

December 2022 •Portuguese

Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special

December 2017 •English

To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll where Anne Boleyn (Emma again) asks jester Tim to send invitations to the guests for her Christmas party. However Cardinal Wolsey aims to steal them so that they will come to his own party and Tim must thwart him.

Feet of Song

January 1988 •English

Joyful, androgynous forms shimmy across the screen to the sound of world-beat music.

The Adventures of the Son of Exploding Sausage

January 1969 •English

The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound.

Brighter - A Short Film

January 2024 •English

A short film featuring two new records from Jasmine Cephas Jones' forthcoming debut album PHOENIX, detailing the journey of growth, transformation, and finding one's true self.

O Black Hole!

August 2020 •English

A woman who can't stand the passing of time turns herself into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her warm and dark embrace until, finally, the Singularity awakens inside.

The Great Philips Review

November 1938 •English

Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.

Ballet terrain vague

January 1957 •French

Short film based upon a ballet by Yves Bonnat & Françoise Adret

The Backyard Broadcast

September 1936 •English

In this short film, a boy holds a talent show in his backyard by and for his adolescent friends.

Gals, Incorporated

July 1943 •English

The story of a nightclub.