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- DirectorBørge RingThe pure and unconditional love that parents have for a child is admirable, but, in this case, there is also value in letting go.
- DirectorMichael MillsStarsVlasta VranaMichael MillsAn interpretation of the history of the World in Three Minutes.
- DirectorMark OsborneA worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
- DirectorDavid FincherWe see a dystopian city of the future, characterized by neon lights and Asian architecture, bathed in perpetual smoke and soaked through to the bone. Fincher's signature high contrast, cold look plays directly into the BLADE RUNNER style, which the young director builds upon by adding his own flourishes like artful silhouettes and a high-energy camera that screams through the cityscape.
- DirectorDavid FincherA memorable commercial for the American Cancer Society; it shows a fetus smoking a cigarette, to warn expectant mothers against smoking while pregnant.
- DirectorBob GimlinRoger PattersonStarsBigfootRoger PattersonA short film of what appears to be the first captured footage of Bigfoot.
- StarsAnonymousEric FournierMax Headroom HijackerIllegal broadcast showing Max Headroom Impostor doing non-sense things and obscenities, shown over sports news and "Doctor Who" episode, which became cult phenomena as culprits were never captured.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA man and two women sit down to eat dinner, but several unexpected surprises prevent them from their repast: the legs of the table grow, the table disappears into the floor, and a ghostly spirit appears and takes possession of the man.
- DirectorRobert BiermanStarsGeraldine JamesJohn WhiteDavid CaseyA stalker follows Sally home and attempts to break into her flat several times. How will he finally get to her?
- DirectorBuddy GiovinazzoStarsJoe SpinellA children's television host plots murderous revenge against child abusers.
- DirectorGabriel SundayStarsDon GoedeDaniel JohnstonGreg McLeodDaniel Johnston stars in this psychedelic short film about an aging musician coming to terms with the dreams of yesteryear.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsJoseph JeffersonA compilation of eight earlier films, also from 1896, that chronicle the adventure of Rip van Winkle. Rip encounters dwarf-like mountain-dwellers, gets drunk with them and awakes after twenty years, having significantly aged.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonA cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
- DirectorÉmile CohlFour customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere bring heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has a beautiful dream in which two angels come and play to him on violins, with such charm that he is transported to the seventh heaven. The dream changes, and we see him going through many amusing and fantastic scenes. Finally, customers annoyed by his snores, wake him by pouring seltzer over him.
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsWinsor McCayGeorge McManusRoy L. McCardellThe cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
- DirectorAndy MilliganStarsRobert DahdahGerald JacuzzoHal SherwoodA controversial look at the lives and conflicts of a group of homosexual men set during one evening in a New York bath house for men.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsThe harvest of a pre-war British farm.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissMary ValentiWhile spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
- DirectorHarmony KorineGirls dressed as American Indians visit a good old boy for his birthday.
- DirectorNorman McLarenAn experimental animated short in which images are drawn directly onto the film using a pen.
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthStarsMay ClarkCecil M. HepworthIn one glorious point-of-view shot, a vehicle dashes full-speed into an ill-starred passer-by.
- DirectorKenneth AngerA man in tight jeans buffs his car to the strains of "Dream Lover".
- DirectorNorman McLarenAn experimental film of dots animated by being drawn directly on filmstock.
- DirectorLen LyeStarsRupert DooneThe film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General Post Office): "The Post Office Savings Bank puts a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for you. No deposit too small for the Post Office Savings Bank."