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Brotherly Dance

July 2004 •Serbian

Savo from Kikinda (Serbia) and his brother recall how they called communal service few years back to empty the septic tank in their backyard. As careless servicemen weren't coming for days, Savo staged his death by drowning in the hole. Communal service sent three trucks while Savo was looking at them from the attic. A story of a small man who fought the system and won, only to become a huge YouTube hero afterwards.

1999 A.D.

January 1967 •English

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer Philco-Ford. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow", each family member's activities are enabled by a central computer and revolve around products remarkably similar to those made by the sponsor. Power comes from a self-contained fuel cell which supports environmental controls, an automatic cooking system, and a computer-assisted "education room".

And that secret that moves the tides of your chest

December 2018 •English

After having contemplated the final scene and the credits of the movie “Your light disappears”, a man, absolutely moved, feels how his emotions materialize in his face.

Carne

August 2013 •Portuguese

Half-Pint Palomino

September 1953 •English

Barney Bear sets out to capture the world's smallest horse.

Fido Beta Kappa

October 1954 •English

A duck hunter sends his stupid mutt to dog college, and he comes back superciliously clever.

Cats A-Weigh!

November 1953 •English

Sylvester Cat accepts a position as mouse-catcher on a ship, and his son, Junior, accompanies him. They encounter baby kangaroo Hippety Hopper being shipped from Australia and, as usual, mistake Hippety for a giant mouse.

Ancient Fistory

January 1953 •English

It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach.

Sugar

July 2013 •English

One orphaned girl struggles to survive in the not so distant future where society has succumbed to violence and become a kill or be killed world.

Where the Penguins Fly

July 2008 •Croatian

On the same day several interrelated characters try to change their own lives and, in the process, change the lives of others.

Mower Minions

July 2016 •English

The Minions need to raise $20 to purchase an as seen on TV banana blender. So they take up lawn mowing at an old folks home, with hilarious antics!

The Focus Group

June 2016 •English

Sara feels sad, lonely, and ugly. Ann has a very unusual solution.

Star.Wav

Invalid date •English

After prophesying the end of humanity, a reclusive conspiracy theorist receives a troubling call into his radio show.

The Ladies

December 2023 •English

In the middle of two disappointing nights out, Kate and Lucy find themselves in the ladies. They begin as strangers but the mystical powers of this nightclub bathroom brings them closer together.

Beyond the Sea

September 2022 •English

Whilst still grieving the loss of a close loved one, Michael (Harry Murdoch) finds that his new friend, Lisa (Jenny Smith) has a past so unbelievable that he is forced to move on and learn to be himself again.

Shuteye Popeye

October 1952 •English

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.

Foxy by Proxy

February 1952 •English

Bugs is provoked by a pack of foxhounds and their hunters stampeding over his hole, so he gets out his Halloween costume from last year (a fox suit) and sets out to lead the dogs on a merry chase. The stupidest of the dogs, whose objective is to cut a fox's tail off, becomes his main victim; Bugs tricks him into chasing a train instead. He eventually tricks the dog pack into running off a cliff, but the stupid dog ends up with Bugs' tail.

Remembrance

June 1963 •Japanese

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

Mailman

January 1996 •English

A mailman so obsessed with his job isolates himself from reality.

“Sredni Vashtar” by Saki

November 1940 •English

David Bradley creates a faithfully suspenseful adaptation of a story by Saki which boasts an inadvertent post-modern attitude.