1. Dream World
Dan and Rhiannon Humes are filmmakers who craft their fans' dreams and fantasies into personalized, custom videos. The husband and wife team shoot the scripts their fans write and commission. Some are silly, some are sexual, and some are deeply personal experiences the fans want to recreate. Dan and Rhiannon's world is changed forever when they receive an unusual request they can’t refuse.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Lost World
As Singapore dredges sand from beneath Cambodia's mangrove forests, an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman's relationship to her beloved home are faced with the threat of erasure.
3. Ladislav Jurovatý - majster drôtu a železa (Ladislav Jurovatý - majster drôtu a železa)
(Ladislav Jurovatý - majster drôtu a železa)
4. Saltlake Van Sant
Behind-the-scenes documentary of one morning on the set of "Gerry" directed by Gus Van Sant.
5. Who's Superstitious?
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
6. Ocean Wonderland
Shot on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and in the Bahamas, Ocean Wonderland brings to you the amazing beauty of the many varieties of coral and the immense diversity of the marine life thriving there.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
7. Botticelli – Inferno (Botticelli – Inferno)
The Renaissance master Botticelli spent over a decade painting and drawing hell as the poet Dante described it. The film takes us on a journey through hell with fascinating and exciting insights into Botticelli's art and its hidden story.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Navras (Navras)
An essay on memory that explores the vision of life and death in the Far East. Shot in five Asian countries over three years, it recounts the director's real experiences.
9. Electronic Poem (Poème Électronique)
Poème Électronique is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The Philips corporation commissioned Le Corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress. The pavilion was shaped like a stomach, with a narrow entrance and exit on either side of a large central space. As the audience entered and exited the pavilion, the electronic composition Concret PH by Iannis Xenakis was heard. Poème électronique was synchronized to a film of black and white photographs selected by Le Corbusier which touched on vague themes of human existence.
10. At Your Fingertips: Cylinders
Instructive short on using cylinders to construct all manner of fun objects.
11. Koenigs Kugel - Der Bildhauer und der 11. September (Koenigs Kugel - Der Bildhauer und der 11. September)
Adlon recounts the making of the sculpture, "Kugelkaryatide" the sphere that stood in the center of Tobin Plaza between the two towers of the World Trade Center. The film follows the sculpture from its creation as the largest bronze sculpture of recent times to the aftermath, where it now stands, heavily scarred, in Battery Park.
12. Cleaners of Death (Kalmansiivooja)
This is a story about people whose invisible job is to clean up the world that is hidden from our society.
13. William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick
14. Cradle of Genius
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1904. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short
15. Thirty Million Letters
Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
16. Nine from Little Rock
The Arkansas school integration crisis and the changes wrought in subsequent years. This film profiles the lives of the nine African-American students who integrated Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the fall of 1957. The film documents the perspective of Jefferson Thomas and his fellow students seven years after their historic achievement. Central to this story is their quiet but brave entrance into Little Rock High, escorted by armed troops under the intense pressure of the on looking crowd. We learn first hand their impressions of the past and present and their hopes for the future. Their selfless heroism broke the integration crisis and pioneered a new era. This film went on to win an Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short in 1964.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Short Subject Oscar.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
18. Sola gratia – jedine milosťou (Sola gratia – jedine milosťou)
(Sola gratia – jedine milosťou)
19. Unikum (Unikum)
(Unikum)
20. Grandma Moses
1950 short film portrait of the octogenarian folk artist. Nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Subject, One-reel".
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.