The Painted Door is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman and released in 1984. Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, the film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Atlantis Films of Toronto. It follows a housewife who struggles with loneliness after her husband ventures into a blizzard. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.
Eric Peterson
August Schellenberg
Linda Goranson
A newly recovering addict's daylong journey to reconnect with his younger brother leads them both into an unexpected storm.
Diane is a young dancer whose quiet life is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious and unsettling gardener. As strange and sinister events unfold, Diane faces growing fear and uncertainty in a world that feels increasingly threatening. “The Butterfly Dance” is a psychological short film centered on tension, fear, and the unknown.
In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)
A spacefaring robot’s quest to cure his loneliness is interrupted by the discovery of a strange new creature: a human.
It's 1986, tormented teenager Henry is struggling with his sexuality and abusive home life. Henry sits in his closet contemplating suicide. In a flash of light he is transported to 2016 where he meets teenager Ben — now occupying his room 30 years later.
The monotonous life of Cleo and Judy, a queer couple who run a kitschy love motel, is thrown into disarray when Cleo falls for a visiting dominatrix.
Following a near-fatal traffic accident, Lizzie's moving out of her mum's care and back to London (or as Mum calls it, the city of death). But Lizzie's going to live.
An argument between two families in a thrift store erupts into a full-scale brawl.
Meet Ben - he holds a sign for a living, and he loves his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.
Shot in 16mm, Berenice is Rohmer’s first finished film. The film is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe about a man who becomes obsessed with his fiancé’s teeth. The film was shot at Andre Bazin’s house by Jacques Rivette. Rivette also edited the film.
A princess and a hunter. An iconographic journey immersed in Lusitanian fantasy.
Something unexpected brings Vitor back to the house where he was born. His return awakes ghosts from the past and a war long ago locked within this family.
Lucía, looking to get ahead with her son, Álvaro, begins to sell his failed sopaipillas to drunken men at a Pool Bar in his area.
In a war-ravaged Syrian neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.
Quiet 10-year-old Zsofi has just changed schools. Feeling out of place at first, she is quickly admitted to the school’s famous choir and befriends her popular classmate Liza. Soon, they have to stand up united against their choir master, who isn’t quite the friendly and inspirational teacher they first thought she was.
Two boys quarrel over a toy pistol in an ever escalating game.
Berlin, 1934. Many men are forced to live their hidden homosexuality. Erich, a photographer, has an appointment in his photo studio with Wolfgang, a Nazi soldier, with whom he shares a loving, tumultuous, and passionate relationship. For both of them, this should not be a problem, but appearances deceive.
Watching the love of his life dying out of a terminal and painful illness, Mike slowly grows to make a decision to end her suffering.
Purple Leone is an experimental short film exploring how trends emerge and spread across the world. Through a blend of visuals and sound, it reflects on influence, identity, and the subtle forces behind global culture. A quiet, atmospheric look at what drives what we follow.