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Cinema16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD.
Aside from providing short films with a much needed platform, Cinema16 gives filmmakers and movie-lovers access to some great films that would otherwise be near impossible to see, from the fascinating early works of some of the world's greatest directors to award-winning films from its most exciting new filmmakers.
Launching for the first time in North America, Cinema 16's European Short Films DVD celebrates some of the best short films to have come out of Europe in the last half-century.
With over three hours of films, this DVD is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. The majority of the films are accompanied by original audio commentaries, almost always by the directors themselves.
This DVD follows the success of Cinema16's collections of British and European Short Films which have been published in the UK Since 2003 and have featured films from Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Secrets and Lies), Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot), Peter Greenaway (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover), Jean-Luc Godard (Bout De Souffle), Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume), Krzysztof Kieslowski (The Three Colours Trilogy) And Patrice Leconte (The Hairdresser's Husband) and many others.
Most recently Cinema16 published a collection of American shorts in the UK including Gus Van Sant's 1982 adaptation of a William S. Burroughs short story, The Discipline Of DE, Tim Burton's early stop motion animated classic Vincent, George Lucas' USC short Freiheit, Alexander Payne's previously unreleased UCLA graduation short Carmen, Paperboys by Mike Mills, D.A. Pennebaker's Duke Ellington scored Daybreak Express, Todd Solondz's NYU short Feelings, along with Oscar Winner The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson, Stefan Nadelman's multi- award winning documentary Terminal Bar, Joe Nussbaum's cult classic George Lucas In Love and 2006 Sundance Winner The Wraith Of Cobble Hill by Adam Parrish King.
All films in a printable format
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Man Without a Head, The
directed by Juan Solanas, and
France,
Narrative,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:18:00
THE MAN WITHOUT A HEAD (L'HOMME SANS TĘTE) is one of the most outstanding short film debuts of recent years. Made over 4 years by Juan Solanas, who previously worked as a cinematographer, it's not only visual... more info
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Wasp
directed by Andrea Arnold, and
United Kingdom,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:23:00
Wasp was Andrea Arnold's third short film. Described by British newspaper the Guardian as 'socialist realist film poetry' it has won 30 international festival awards and the Oscar for best short film at the 2... more info
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Doodlebug
directed by Christopher Nolan
United Kingdom,
Exclusive,
1997,
35mm,
B&W,
00:03:00
This early short film from the director of MEMENTO, INSOMNIA and BATMAN BEGINS was made when he was a student in London. Nolan was studying English Literature at University College London when he started to m... more info
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World of Glory
directed by Roy Andersson, and
Sweden,
Narrative,
1991,
00:16:00
Roy Andersson's WORLD OF GLORY is a classic, recognised by the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival to be one of history's most important short films, and included in a top-ten list together with such films a... more info
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Je t'aime John Wayne
directed by Toby MacDonald
United Kingdom,
Narrative,
2000,
35mm,
B&W,
00:10:00
London co-stars as Paris in JE T'AIME JOHN WAYNE, the story of a young man who lives out his dream of being French cinema icon Jean Paul Belmondo, star of Jean-Luc Godard's new wave classic A BOUT DE SOUFFLE.... more info
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Gasman
directed by Lynne Ramsay
United Kingdom,
Narrative,
1997,
Super 16mm,
Color,
00:14:00
Ramsay graduated from the UK's National Film and Television School in 1995. In 1996 she won the Cannes Prix du Jury for her graduation short film SMALL DEATHS. Her second short, KILL THE DAY, won the Clermont... more info
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Jabberwocky
directed by Jan Svankmajer, and
Czech Republic,
Animation,
1971,
00:13:00
"The world is divided into two unequal camps - those who have never heard of Jan Svankmajer and those who happen upon his work and know that they have come face to face with genius".
The New Yorker
"My fi... more info
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Fierrot Le Pou
directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, and
France,
Narrative,
1990,
35 MM,
B&W,
00:08:00
Actor-writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz is one of the leading filmmakers to emerge from France in the last ten years. He is perhaps best known as the writer/director of the acclaimed French drama LA HAINE (... more info
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Rabbit
directed by Run Wrake, and
United Kingdom,
Animation,
2005,
Color,
00:08:00
Run has lived in London and worked as a freelance animator since graduating from the Animation MA course at London's Royal College of Art in 1990. He has produced several self-financed short films alongside... more info
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Copy Shop
directed by Virgil Widrich, and
Austria,
Animation,
2001,
B&W,
00:12:00
COPY SHOP is an ingenious, visually stunning experimental film about a man who works in a copy shop and copies himself until he fills the whole world. The film actually consists of nearly 18,000 photocopied d... more info
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Boy and Bicycle
directed by Ridley Scott
United Kingdom,
Narrative,
1958,
16mm,
B&W,
00:27:00
Using a Bolex camera borrowed from art school Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, GLADIATOR) shot his first film over the summer of 1956 in his hometown of Hartlepool. Scott used his brother, Tony, then 16 years old,... more info
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Nocturne
directed by Lars Von Trier, and
Denmark,
Narrative,
1980,
Color,
00:08:00
Nocturne was Lars Von Trier's graduation film made at the The National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen. It's an intriguing look at the beginings of the career of one of Europe's most prolific and provoca... more info
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Before Dawn
directed by Balint Kenyeres, and
Hungary,
Narrative,
2005,
35,
Color,
00:13:00
Before dawn, the wheat gently undulates on the hillside.
Before dawn, people will rise and others will take away their hope.
Balint Kenyeres was born in 1976 in Budapest. After studying philosophy, hist... more info
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Election Night
directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, and
Denmark,
Narrative,
1998,
35 MM,
Color,
00:11:00
Anders Thomas Jensen made three short films over three consecutive years. Each year he was nominated for an Oscar until he finally won with this final short, ELECTION NIGHT. Anders Thomas Jensen is one of the... more info
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Six Shooter
directed by Martin McDonagh, and
Ireland,
Comedy / Satire,
2004,
35 MM,
Color,
00:27:00
Six Shooter is a black and bloody Irish comedy written and directed by Martin McDonagh. The film was BAFTA nominated, won Best Short at the Irish Film Awards in 2005 and won the short film Oscar in 2006.
S... more info
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Opening Day of Close-Up, The
directed by Nanni Moretti, and
Italy,
Narrative,
1996,
35 MM,
Color,
00:07:00
The OPENING DAY OF CLOSE-UP is a classic short from Italy's most influential director, that sums up the state of cinema in less than 10 minutes.
With the awarding of the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film ... more info
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