Nirmala (To Preserve a Sunflower)

Sunshine

April 2007 •English

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

The Tree of Life

May 2011 •English

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

The Quiet Earth

September 1985 •English

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

After Darkness

January 2019 •English

As the Sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.

The Sunfish

March 2023 •English

Azariel is a boy with a motor disability who deals with the pressures of fitting in at school and the contempt of his stepbrother.

Last Sunrise

February 2019 •Chinese

A future reliant on solar energy falls into chaos after the sun disappears, forcing a reclusive astronomer and his bubbly neighbor out of the city in search of light in the perpetual darkness.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

November 1961 •English

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

(un)Sunny

December 2014 •Spanish

What if the Sun did not exist? Or if the clouds could completely cover it? Tito imagines a world where sunflowers do not have to look at the sky, where the Moon works overtime to make him smile... The question is: why?

Blackout

March 2019 •English

What would you do if you knew the sun was about to expire and life as we know it would be changed forever? Blackout is a short film that takes place in the approximate 8 minutes it takes for light to reach Earth from the Sun as two strangers, Sampson and Darryl, discuss what they wish they could have done differently had they not taken sunlight for granted.

Life Of A Sun Warrior

July 2023 •English

Ori Peer's Sun character in a 3 minute short employing a unique, cynical take on the cycle of life.

Celestial Transits

June 2022 •English

A young woman named Olive struggles to define her own identity, which manifests into her two inner "celestial beings," Sol and Luna, coming into a conflict.

Rundown

Invalid date •Norwegian

Tommy tries to live under his alter ego "Tommy G" after having made a mixtape with his best friend Pelle aka "Little P".

Woodpecker

December 2023 •English

A dreamy autumn picnic goes awry when it receives an unexpected visitor.

How Death Came to Earth

March 1971 •English

How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style.

The Suns of Easter Island

August 1972 •French

Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.

Love You Sun

March 2018 •French

Migajas

October 2023 •Spanish

Fed up with surviving on social crumbs, he takes a surreal flight to find a hidden truth. In a dull world, we need color, but what if this colorful idealization turns against you?

The Sleeping Beauty

December 2023 •Spanish

One spring night, Ana falls into a permanent sleep. Her mother Irene and her little sister Ayleen witness each other's loneliness as they interact with the sleeping body and discover a distance that was previously imperceptible.

Alexandra

December 2023 •Spanish

Daniel and Alexandra. A beach day. An accident… A nightmare.

Infinitus

July 2020 •English

Science has failed, and an operation to harness energy from the sun has resulted in disaster. With the light from the sun now gone, humanity lives deep underground, attempting to research and reverse the damage before the world freezes completely.