Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.” Filmed in Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey by activist-turned-filmmaker Bernard Nicolas as his first project at UCLA, this short film poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities. —Allyson Nadia Field
Daydream Therapy
1977
0
Deep underground, a lone scientist mans a discarded research facility struggling to deal with extreme boredom, a desperate voiceless companion and a mystery he'd really rather not have to solve.
Eddie
2016
7
Borrowing its title from an experimental text by Walter Benjamin. Many years ago, the cities by the river were gripped by a contagion. Things started to change and everything slowly became something else. It was not clear if transformation was a symptom of the disease or a way to escape it. The contagion touched everything and everyone: animals and plants, stones and soil, men, women and children, their thoughts, their dreams, their memories. An old woman once told me how all memories turn into trees, I could hardly make out what she was saying. She said she could hear the trees singing: To be a body, to be any body. After the years of contagion ended, the cities appeared untouched. One had to look hard to see the traces of the previous time. If one could listen to the trees, what would they say? A way out, a way out?
Phantasiesätze
2017
4
An agoraphobic man traps himself in an astronaut costume to avoid the disastrous consequences of his condition
Space Man
2025
0
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
A Grand Day Out
1990
7
In the near future, an 11-year old girl's loyalty to her parents is tested after an attack by her caregiver hints to a greater violent upheaval beyond their rural surroundings.
Cera
2021
4
水母
2019
0
When her imaginary friend is kidnapped, Olivia has to go on an epic quest to get him back.
Imaginapped
2015
7
In the near future, a young father's morning routine is put on the fritz when he uncovers his wife's bizarre secret, one that forces him to question his sense of self and his role in the family.
Faulty Father
2019
7
In a dystopian future where telepaths are deployed at the service of a militant regime, a mute girl takes revenge on her father's killer while simultaneously helping the resistance.
Boléro
2019
8
Damien returns to the water to re-kindle memories of his late father and him surfing as a boy. Past and present begin to blend in parallels under the water and Damien's mortality is further threatened by a stalking siren.
Glass Tunnel
2013
0
One woodsman and his robotic friend must stop an evil organisation from destroying the world.
Ghost Beaver Kick
2019
8
Double King
2017
7
A strange woman arrives from the North to a prehistoric village bringing some bad news...
Evergreen
2012
5
A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerability, and confusion of coming-of-age through stories that celebrate queer love, self-discovery, and the breaking of societal boundaries. Blending narrative shorts, experimental visuals, and music-driven pieces, the anthology offers an evocative, multifaceted portrait of innocence transformed.
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
2021
4
A new-old disease returns to haunt humanity. Experts, doctors and the population discuss its existence
Febre da Dança
2024
0
Bearded contract employee goes on a "giant bouquet of flowers" planet and prefers friendship with the robot because all inhabitants are creepy psychos.
Контракт
1985
5
Homunkulus
1984
6
Two forms of alien intelligence analyze the contradictory behavior of their human test subjects.
Survey From The Stars
2021
0
A loving mother must give the ultimate sacrifice to save her family from a supernatural force bent on tearing their world apart.
Spooked: Banshee
2014
0