30 Minutes or Less
Sometimes great movies come in small sizes. Enjoy one of these shorts, all under thirty minutes. Check back monthly for new selections!
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The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady
Directed by Gabriel Abrantes • 2019 • France
Starring Liza Lapert, Virgil Vernier, Caroline Deruas-GarrelTired of being a banal architectural ornament, a sculpture runs away from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.
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Call Your Father
Directed by Jordan Firstman • 2016 • United States
Starring Craig Chester, Jordan FirstmanUsually a reserved guy, Greg struggles to keep up with young, unpredictable Josh on their first date. But as things heat up and spiral out of control, the two men must confront the generational divide that...
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Warsha
Directed by Dania Bdeir • 2022 • Lebanon, France
Starring Khansa, Kamal Saleh, Hassan AqqoulQueer alienation gives way to an ecstatic experience of liberation in Dania Bdeir’s dazzlingly conceived short, a Sundance prizewinner. One morning, Mohammad (Khansa), a Syrian migrant working constructi...
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Borom sarret
Directed by Ousmane Sembène • 1963 • Senegal
This groundbreaking short film, which won first prize at the 1963 Touris Film Festival in France, was the directorial debut of Ousmane Sembène.
Restored in 2013 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Éclair, in association wit...
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FISHING WITH JOHN: Episode 1
“Montauk with Jim Jarmusch”
Directed by John Lurie • 1992 • United StatesJohn Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime in FISHING WITH JOHN. In this episode, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Lo...
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Shadow Animals
Directed by Jerry Carlsson • 2017 • Sweden
Starring Ayla Turin, Cecilia Milocco, Peter MelinMarall, a young girl, accompanies her parents to a dinner party where the strange social rituals of the adult world take an unsettling turn.
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Shake! Otis at Monterey
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus • 1986 • United States
Redding, a venerable star of Memphis’s Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best, and last, performances. SHAKE! OTIS AT MONTEREY, feature the entire set of this legendary musician, a performance that has ...
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À propos de Nice
Directed by Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman • 1930 • France
Jean Vigo was twenty-five when he made this, his debut film, a silent cinematic poem that reveals, through a thrilling and ironic use of montage, the economic reality hidden behind the facade of the Mediterranean resort town of Nice. The fi...