The Lunch Date

The short film (conveyed in a parable-like story structure) follows a man devoted to himself and the blessings of his attributed god. He struggles to survive a primitive life and is forced to take action to ensure his own prosperity.

A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

An alien crashlands to earth with his two stupid henchmen.

The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad, and separately made his own short film; one that feels complete in and unto itself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

A young couple visits a widow named Amparo on Christmas Eve to possibly buy her floor. But Amparo seems more interested in their lives than a flat sale.

Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.

A woman's chance at love with her best friend, a fellow Harry Potter nerd is derailed by the office mean girl and a bully from her tragic past.

Liz Newey, a recovering alcoholic, is in the midst of her early morning recitation of the Twelve Steps, when she's interrupted by a phone call. Her father, Frank Newey, estranged for twenty-three years, is on his death bed in a Toronto hospital.

Daffy Duck pursues Yoyo Dodo through Wackyland in search of a simple meal.

After his mutt accidentally eats some loose change, a man is soon bewildered to discover that his furry companion has passed the currency with compounded interest.