Self Service

This humorous animated short offers one possible answer to the philosophical question: what would life be like if I had never lived? The first half of the film follows a man from his conception to his funeral, focusing on the effect his life has on the people and events around him. The second half looks again at the same people and events, except now the man is not there - he had never been born. The differences will surprise you!

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

A subjective view of an UFO. Shot frame-by-frame along the Tama River.

Inspired by true events, Kotti is a short comedy about a bunch of misfits whose fight for justice captured the hearts of the nation. It is a story of unlikely friendships and the power of community to triumph over prejudice and oppression.

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.

Back country of Provence. Summer 1972. In the distance, a fire. Alain leaves with the men of the village to fight the fire while waiting for the firemen to arrive. Left alone with her son Simon, Chantal must continue to run the cheese dairy and look after the herd. The fire is getting dangerously close to the family farm... and no news from Alain.

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

After Sofia's husband is brutally murdered during a teresterrial invasion, she asks her local sensei to train her in the art of self-defense.

An immigrant teenage girl with feathers on her body, is torn between the need to belong and her own identity.