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Noviciat

Noël Burch

Noviciat
1964|France|17 min|BW|Live Action

- Smack (the) Moon.

Voyeurism/Avant-garde
Maîtresse, by Barbet Schroeder

Stick a pole in your head,
	Smooth out the touch,
		Like the fad.
			Scratch the thread,
				And charge ahead,
					It's in the reach,
					As in the spread.
					Sketch,
					Snatch,
					Scorch the place,
	From your dinner to her bed.

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Mermaid
(Rusalka)

Aleksandr Petrov

Rusalka
1997|Russia|10 min|Col|Animation

- Secret fantasy dissolved in rocky water.

Romance/Fantasy
, by

She floats
	On my belly
		Playing the folly
I splash
	Onto the sands
		Away from the lands
We drift
	No direction
		All affection
			Lest no one know
				Lest everyone flow

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The Cat That Hated People

Tex Avery

The Cat That Hated People
1948|USA|7 min|Col|Animation

- The best kind of hatred.

Absurdism/Black Comedy
, by

Not all legs are created equal,
	Some are dull,
		Some are tasteless,
			Some don't even move,
				After a few rounds of licking.
Not all people are created equal,
	Some are dull,
		Some are tasteless,
			Some don't even move,
				After a few rounds of licking.
...It's good to be a cat.

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The Jaywalker

Robert Cannon

Jaywalker
1956|USA|7 min|Col|Animation

- Complete guide to jaywalking.

Social Satire/Comedy
, by

Where	did	all	the	people	go	?

But	this	is	Sunday	!

I	hope	nobody	is	riding	the	bike.

It's	more	fun	to	drive	a	car.

You	know	,

I'm	kinda	scared	to	cross	the	street	now...

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Imagining October

Derek Jarman

Imagining October
1984|UK|27 min|Col|Live Action

- Red, plain red.

Political Commentary/Film Essay
, by

The armchair needs some cleaning,
	But I
	But I
	But you
	But you
	But they
	But they
	But those
	But those
	But that which
	But that which is dust off is not red.

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The Roll-Call
(Apel)

Ryszard Czekala

Apel
1970|Poland|7 min|BW|Animation

- The dark tunnel of history.

War/Avant-garde
, by

Right
							      Left
Bottom			Down
					Up
				
Top

Right
							      Left
Middle
					?  

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Film
(Samuel Beckett's Film)

Alan Schneider

Film_Beckett
1965|USA|20 min|BW|Live Action

- Buster Keaton sleeps in and over.

Mystery/Avant-garde
, by

Thebusstopissohideousthat
	I can barely see myself
Butthereisnobuscoming
	Despite the fact that
Thereissignsayingthisisnolongerabusstop

WellIguessthismustbemyunluckyday
	If I insist on resting my feet
OrelsewhatcanIdostandinglikethatinabrokenbusstop
	If not for what they told me
Aboutthedistancebetweenmeandmyreflection?

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All Nothing
(Tout rien)

Frédéric Back

Tout rien
1980|Canada|11 min|Col|Animation

- Memoir of a future non-human.

Social Commentary/Environmentalism
, by

Fast.
Faster!
Kill that rabbit! You son of squirrel!
	Skin that possum! What a gland!
	Scalp that hedgehog! What a house!
	Smother that cub! What a couch!
	Slit that koala! What a pouch!
Call your team! You slow-wit!
	This is the time for action! You dumb-ass!
		Smooth out the forest! What a city!
			Sleep in it! You human-beings!

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Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)

Michael Snow

Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)
1976|Canada|15 min|Col|Live Action

- Oh! The aches of eating breakfast.

Experimental/Film Formalism
Wavelength, by Michael Snow

Once in a while,
	Your breakfast takes too long,
		You realize that,
			But are unable to move along.
Maybe it's time,
	And yes that means now,
		To get yourself started,
			In an irreversible vow.
You either wake up at noon;
	Or skip the breakfast,
		Along with the cow.

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Mermaid
(Ningyo)

Osamu Tezuka

Mermaid
1964|Japan|8 min|Col|Animation

- What is beauty?

Comic Romance/Fantasy
, by

It is time, too early, for a shower,
	But the sky won't listen,
		You cannot be prepared
			To fasten
			Your way
			Your mind
			On the water.
There it is,
	A beauty's figure under the blue,
		Takes over the sky and its crew,
			And drifts away, leaving you with no clue.