Explicit Television

May 15th.

January 1969 •French

A couple wakes up one sunny morning on the 15th of May. Apparently, they had the same nightmare and the day unfolds strangely. The next day, we are still on the 15th of May. Graduation work from La Fémis.

The Nap

April 2019 •Spanish

A girl wraps her grandmother in a spiral of fantasy, causing amnesia to her.

Oh! What a Nurse!

March 1926 •English

Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Gayne Whitman, Matthew Betz, Edith Yorke, and David Torrence. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 7, 1926.

Glued

August 2012 •English

A short film about a mother trying to deal with her videogame addicted son.

Let Liv

June 2023 •English

A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.

Burying The Mother In-Law

March 2019 •English

Mark should be looking forward to his stag do. Instead he's in a forest at 4 in the morning, helping his best friend, Sam dig a grave for their mother-in-law. A corpse will become the least of their worries, as the night has only just begun.

The Second Look

January 1989 •Persian

Panahi's graduation film is an imaginary behind-the-scenes documentary short on the making of Kambuzia Partovi's film Golnar. It focuses on the puppet maker for Partovi's film and his relationship with his puppets.

Akharin emtehan

January 1992 •Persian

Second arrative short starring non-professional.

The Friend

January 1992 •Persian

This is the first fiction short movie of Panahi, who offers us his vision on what it is like to be a young boy and is considered to be an homage to Abbas Kiarostami's 'Bread and the Alley'

Head in the Clouds

January 1994 •French

In his film 'La tête dans les nuages' ('Head in the Clouds') Jean-Marie Teno criticizes the ills of the modern world and the regression of African societies. This short documentary shows the capital of the Cameroon, Yaondé, but might equally show other African cities: heaps of rubbish lie at the edge of streets, academics are out of work, officials unpaid, corruption is the norm, and misery everywhere. For Jean-Marie Teno 'colonization, civilization, independence, then humanitarian talk are merely excuses and theatrical gestures to ensure that Africa remains the place which foreign powers can exploit with a good conscience.'

The Paleface

January 1922 •English

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

The Prince and the Pauper

November 1990 •English

Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.

Cliché

September 2021 •English

A young man with an ordinary life witnesses a murder. To survive, he will go through a lot of adventures that gather clichés from cinema.

A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

January 1912 •English

Lieutenant Troyano, a young Italian officer, bids his sweetheart, Marie Petrini, a fond farewell and then rushes to war. In reading a detailed newspaper account of the battle, Marie sees an appeal for Red Cross nurses. Leaving her luxurious home and arriving at Tripoli, she takes up the duties assigned to her. She is beloved by all who require her services

Chinese Vegetables

January 2010 •French

A young woman is being offered seeds of a vegetable with incredible energetic properties. The care required by the culture of these vegetables opens internal perspectives to the young woman, which transform her step by step. The insipid routine of this young woman takes slowly a direction...

Hold Up

September 2021 •French

Determined to hit the road for their vacation, two gangster brothers engage in a state-of-the-art holdup unaware that their opponent, a bitter gas station salesman, will be harder to take down than anticipated.

Day of the Living?

November 2010 •English

The last three Zombies on earth are trapped inside a cabin, while an angry mob of humans linger outside. The three of them don't have much time to waste as the humans grow restless.

Gilles

September 2016 •French

On a Saturday night in the "City of Love", two sworn enemies are united in their hatred for someone they despise even more than each other: a gay man.

A Girlish Impulse

December 1911 •English

A hastily written letter is used in a blackmail scheme by a scorned suitor.

Taxistop

June 2014 •French