Um Cinema Quase Paradiso

Meaning of Robots

March 2012 •English

This short film profiles the benevolent Mike Sullivan, who has been in the process of shooting a stop-motion robot sex film in his New York City apartment for the last ten years. Obsessed with the meticulous construction of the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands, leaving him only tiny paths to navigate and no place to film his epic.

Do Útero Ao Túmulo

December 2022 •Portuguese

Oasis

October 2020 •Spanish

2020, in global confinement in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, in CDMX women decide to give birth in their own home. The film is an intimate witness of life, which, despite everything, prevails.

Time and Terrain

January 1948 •English

Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.

Sexy Show

April 1964 •Italian

Short film made by Elio Belletti.

Ricardo

August 2020 •Portuguese

Ricardo is an actor, driver, teacher, painter and a dancer at Sensible Soccers' shows. One day he forgets his signature dance move. Will he ever get it back? A film between documentary and fiction that immortalises a dance move present in the collective imaginary.

Kpaima

October 2020 •Spanish

Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.

Ñuu Kanda (Move)

October 2020 •Spanish

We are Nivi Savi, rain people, Mixtecos; a people that disperses like the clouds and every year returns to earth to continue to flourish the memory of their ancestors.

Oh butterfly, what dou you dream of when you flap your wings?

October 2020 •Spanish

The work of taxonomists hides more secrets than can be perceived.

The Lonely Wanderer

February 2023 •Norwegian

A documentary that follows the journey of a young man named Kristian, who suffers from anxiety and a fear of flying, as he attempts to overcome his fears and travel to Tokyo, Japan. The film captures the raw emotions and experiences of Kristian including the challenges he faces along the way.

Civil Servant P327JUM

September 2008 •Swedish

Johan Grum is a civil servant. He loves to process different matters and to read reports. Most of all he likes the everyday routines when nothing out of the ordinary happens.

Self Discovery

February 2024 •English

A short documentary on the creation of the Pixar SparkShort "Self".

The Girl with the Rivet Gun

February 2020 •English

Focusing on three women from vastly different backgrounds this film weaves together powerful moments from each of these Rosie's journeys of transformation.

Rouge ! L'Art au pays des soviets

March 2019 •French

Excess Will Save Us

January 2019 •French

In a small village of the North of France, an attack alert has been set off due to the combination of two events: the beginning of the hunting season and an argument between drunk Polish workers.

From 3 to 22

November 1966 •

A movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goes to sleep at 10pm.

Ocean Oasis

September 2000 •English

Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico's Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert.

Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop

November 2020 •French

An overview of 21st-century feminism through the lens of pop culture.

The Spirit Of Witkacy

January 1989 •Polish

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, better known as Witkacy, enivsages the future horrors of the Polish nation, as embodied by Stalin and Hitler, and the world collapsing into chaos.

GINI VIDI VICI

March 2024 •French