Player Two

Elgin Park

February 2015 •English

Michael Paul Smith is a unique character. He has spent most of his reclusive life struggling through bullying, prejudices and health issues until he found a way to eliminate it all. His answer was to create a fictional town called Elgin Park. We go deep into the mind and the magic behind Michael's 1/24th-scale recreation his town.

My Neighbor Totoro

April 1988 •Japanese

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

The Sacred Food

February 2007 •English

A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of hand-harvesting and parching the wild rice. Biotech companies are currently researching ways to genetically modify the rice and the community is fighting to keep it wild.

Baths Bring out the Best in Me

October 2020 •English

If your life flashed before your eyes, would it be worth watching?

To Be

October 2020 •Spanish

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

Dancing with Le Pen

June 2018 •French

In France’s last presidential election, Marine Le Pen, a right-wing candidate, won over 30 per cent of the vote after an attempt to rebrand a party long associated with her controversial father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. See how three of her supporters faced similar obstacles in changing the narrative.

Living in a Reversed World

January 1958 •English

Fascinating -- and unintentionally funny -- experiments at Austria's famed Institute for Experimental Psychology involve a subject who for several weeks wears special glasses that reverse right and left and up and down. Unexpectedly, these macabre and somehow surrealist experiments reveal that our perception of these aspects of vision is not of an optical nature and cannot be relied on, while the unfortunate, Kafkaesque subject stubbornly struggles through a morass of continuous failures.

Hen Hop

January 1942 •English

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink. Colour was added optically.

Made in Spain

April 2016 •English

An absent-minded traveler arrives at a Spanish beach where chaos is about to break out. (Followed by Mad in Xpain, 2020.)

4 maneras de tapar un hoyo

May 1996 •English

A hole can be interpreted in many ways, and so can these 4 ways of covering it

Out of Control

March 2008 •Spanish

Remote and alone, various personalities share feelings of solitude in the interior of a labyrinthine house

Letter to Hong Kong

March 2018 •Korean

Away from her home in Hong Kong, Vivi records her daily life as a member of Loona in a video letter to her parents.

What Is a Cat?

January 1972 •English

Presents the history of the domestic cat, tracing the animal as a house pet and as a symbol of mystery and worship from ancient Egypt to the present day. Offers hints on the care and treatment of cats in homes of today.

The black sheep and other fables

January 1978 •English

Animation that illustrates five of Augusto Monterroso's fables.

The Ugly Duckling

April 1939 •English

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

42 One Dream Rush

September 2010 •English

Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known for doing things differently , with other Chinese User Generated Films.

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie

March 1991 •Japanese

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie, features the three Gundams and a young girl named Riplin joining together to fight evil. (Source: myanimelist.net)

La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci

November 2023 •French

Gadgets Galore

July 1955 •English

This Warner Bros. short reviews in an often humorous way the impact of the automobile on the United States. By 1900, the horseless carriage was beginning to have an impact. Early adopters were often the object of attention by large curious crowds. There were many car manufacturers and the quality of their product varied considerably. Traffic jams, pollution and automobile racing were only a few of the outcomes.

3rd Ave. El

January 1955 •English

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.