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1. Spanish Gothic

This 2010 interview with writer-director Guillermo del Toro, conducted by Javier Soto, explores the influence of the Spanish Gothic genre on 'The Devil's Backbone' and del Toro's 2006 Academy Award-winning feature, 'Pan's Labyrinth'.

2. Windows

A sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location. One of Greenaway's early short films.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

3. The Biggest Little Farm

The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.

It has an average vote of 7.521 on TMDB.

4. Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits (Natpwe (le festin des esprits))

In Natpwe, the feast of the spirits, co-directors Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel have produced an immersive, seemingly timeless document of an annual Burmese trance ritual that dates back to the eleventh century. Shot in Super 8 and 16mm in sooty black and white, the film conveys the astonishing sense of liberation of tens of thousands of bodies and minds — a mass expression of faith, but also a rapturous respite from societal intolerance.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

5. Hold the Ketchup

This short documentary is about newcomers to Canada and what they eat. Funny, mouth-watering and visually delectable, it takes us into the specialty food shops where the ingredients are bought, and into the homes where the food is prepared and served in the traditional way.

6. Mystery in the Kitchen

Why does a housewife concerned for her family's welfare feed them so inadequately that she endangers their very lives? The film is a humorous and satirical attempt to remind the average housewife that it is not enough to be aware of modern food facts; they must also be applied in daily food purchasing and preparation.

7. These Are the Weapons (Estas são as armas)

The agitprop film Estas são as armas by Murilo Salles was edited together from archival images and formed one of the first works to be produced by the newly founded film institute in Maputo.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

8. 1986 Summer (1986 夏)

A previously unseen short by the Japanese avant-garde titan, Toshio Matsumoto's 1986 Summer locates faces and bodies within superimpositions, zooms, a lightning-fast montage of brick structures and verdant trees.

9. From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances

Hundreds of feet in the air, a drone approaches a row of skyscrapers along Hong Kong’s affluent southern coast. The target: giant holes in the buildings’ facades kept clear for the passage of mythological dragons. Over three successive trips, an affectless voice offers thoughts on feng shui architecture, ideological resistance, and notions of queer identity.

It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.

10. We Work Again

The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society. The highlight, by far, is rare footage of Orson Welles’s “Voodoo Macbeth,” produced in 1935 for the New York Negro Unit of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

11. Le Deal mexicain

Documentary

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

12. ACT (Акт)

Several fragments of one day in Leningrad in the autumn of 1989, refracted in the imagination of the artist.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

13. Castle to Castle (D’un château l’autre)

Spring 2017, in between the two rounds of the French presidential election. Pierre, a 25-year-old scholarship holder studying in a big Parisian school, lives with 75-year-old Francine, who is disabled and wheelchair-bound. Politically and socially opposed, they are perplexed and disoriented as they witness the unfolding electoral spectacle. While waiting for the results, they engage with each other, as Pierre tries to take care of Francine’s body and she attempts to heal his voiceless resentment.

It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.

14. The Chaperone

The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s Montreal, Canada. Told from the first person unscripted perspective of the school teacher and DJ who were there that night, The Chaperone recreates the whole scene using hand drawn animation, miniature sets, puppets, live action Kung Fu and explosions all done in stereoscopic 3D. With over 10,000 hand drawings , an original blaxploitation score and featuring a cast of over 200 people, The Chaperone is an unconventional approach to documentary shorts.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

15. Intervals

A short film which has its emphasis on back street walls with peeling posters and the constant pedestrian traffic in the foreground. It has a static camera positioned in front of the walls; experimental editing techniques, no dialogue-just background music, and quick edits of blackness throughout.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

16. The Condition of Dogs (狗的状况)

Shows a market where puppies are bought and sold. Several puppies are placed in a cloth bag, and they struggle to break free. One bites through the bag, pokes his head, and is observed in his triumph and then confusion.

It has an average vote of 5.75 on TMDB.

17. The Death of Father Men (Смерть меня)

Alexander V. Men was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and writer, whose influence is felt among Christians, both in Russia and abroad. He was murdered on September 9th, 1990.

It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.

18. Mädchen am Ball (Mädchen am Ball)

Make-up and cleats are not mutually exclusive for the soccer players from "Agrispor". In "Mädchen am Ball", Aysun Bademsoy accompanies five young Turkish women on their way up in a women's soccer team in Berlin.

19. The Elephant Queen

Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.

It has an average vote of 7.412 on TMDB.

20. The Woman and The Car

Artist Kate Blackmore looks at motherhood and mobility, film and feminism through the prism of Margaret Dodd's 1982 classic short film 'This Woman is not a Car.'