Narrative
see all genres ›As short story is to novel, the narrative short is to the fiction feature: a storytelling miniature that can deliver maximum potency and detail within a minimalist expanse.
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The Phone Call
Winner of the 2015 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. THE PHONE CALL follows Heather, (played by Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins), a shy lady who works at a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man (played by Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent) she has no idea...Watch Movie
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Williamsburg
A pocket-sized city symphony, WILLIAMSBURG collects some of the first images Jonas Mekas shot with a film camera in 1950 (along with footage from 1972 when he was returning to his old neighborhood as a visitor). Bygone Brooklyn is richly evoked in the everyday life of the street: the elevated...Watch Movie
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Memory Box
A dreamlike drama about gender and power. A young mother works at a memory recreation facility (where actors recreate clients' memories). A client pushes her to break the rules, crossing lines and jeopardizing her job. She's forced to decide how far she's willing to go. Dreams and fantasy become...Watch Movie
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Fragile
Instead of giving herself time to come to terms with the loss of her relationship, Natalie has a first date with Sascha that triggers exactly what she wanted to suppress: her lovesickness. She needs one night and some more or less self-destructive and bizarre encounters until she can find peace...Watch Movie
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Meshes of the Afternoon
One of the most important films in the history of American avant-garde cinema, Maya Deren's MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON is captivating and dream-like, filled with tinges of psychodrama, murder mystery, and film noir. In a seemingly ordinary Los Angeles home, the film's...Watch Movie
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Knuckleface Jones
Hailed as being "wildly surrealist" by Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader and called "a work of demented brilliance" by Dave Nuttycombe of the DC City Paper. KNUCKLEFACE JONES won some big fans at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival and made a lot of enemies elsewhere. It...Watch Movie
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Dottie Gets Spanked
Another dazzling suburban phantasm from writer/director Todd Haynes, DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (made post-POISON and pre-SAFE) is a stylized, bittersweet nod to his childhood fascination with I LOVE LUCY. Deep in the heart of pre-hippie 1960s America, young artistically-inclined...Watch Movie
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Discontinuity
Tabitha and Stephen have been in each other's lives for a long time but because of their jobs they must periodically live apart. When Tabitha returns "home" after their longest separation, what they've been missing becomes opaquely clear and who they're becoming makes it hard for them to see each...Watch Movie
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Sleeping with Frank
A slice of a morning in Queens, New York is shown in SLEEPING WITH FRANK, as a couple readies for the day: wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast is shown in SLEEPING WITH FRANK. The tableaus are familiar: cozy, rote, intimate and distant. Dance and choreographed gestures reveal...Watch Movie
