Modest Heroes

Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

A Modest Killing

Young lovers turn on one another in the aftermath of a deadly car crash.

Fashionably Modest

Nushmia Khan, a documentary film-maker, follows three Muslim women involved in the fashion industry: Dina Torkia, a YouTube star; Sadeel Allam, a successful blogger; and Maryam Basir, a bikini model. The result is a fasc

A Modest Hero

It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but husband hires a man, while he goes fishing. Our hero substitutes himself for the cleaner and appears to rob the lady of h

A Modest Proposal

A factory owner shows the process of making poor children into food for rich people.

Modest Livelihood

Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater’s collaborative film Modest Livelihood follows the artists as they set out from Fort St. John, British Columbia, on a series of moose-hunting trips. The film’s premise alludes to a 1999 C

Modest Male Exposure

While blogging about some of his recent news segments, TV reporter Sam Derrick (Jed Ryan) wonders about male modesty and exposure in public places and gender-segregated bathroom facilities. From a live post-game locker r

Modest Reception

An Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.

A Modest Success

An ambitious new magazine staff member shares a tense lunch with a senior colleague, navigating subtle inquiries about recent interactions with office coworkers. Through their conversation, the complex social dynamics an

Untitled Modest Mouse Documentary

Documentary about the indie rock band Modest Mouse made around 1997, as they were recording their second album, The Lonseome Crowded West

A Modest Defeat

It's civil war in suburbia between two young siblings. Big brother Tommy never plays fair, but eight-year-old Tiny has an elaborate plan up her sleeve and a faultless determination to put things right.

A Modest World

A MODEST WORLD goes in search of the anonymous adventurers of daily life, people who blow up all of our official aesthetic codes, and transform insignificant things into works of art. "Modest art" is an anarchic jumble.

Modest Gods

Keep a Modest Head

Deco Dawson uses rare audio recording and film footage taken from Jean Benoit's studio in Paris to whimsically illustrate the life of the last official member of the hugely influential Surrealist group.

Young Wife: Modest Indecency

Shinji, who has been writing a screenplay that is not going to be made into a movie, has a girlfriend who is a model. One day Shinji receives a call from the husband of his old lover Yoko, and goes to see her. When he m

A modest dream

Iran, where ideas of modesty and chastity are deeply ingrained from an early age. The film reflects on how these structures can cause trauma in adolescence, at a time when self-awareness and emotional exploration are sti

Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West

Directed by RJ Bentler as part of the "Pitchfork Classic" series, Pitchfork.tv presents a 45-minute documentary on Modest Mouse's classic 1997 album The Lonesome Crowded West. For the film, Pitchfork.tv traveled to Los

Point A to Point B: A Modest Documentary

Focuses on two self-described "crazed" Modest Mouse fans as they follow the band across their 2003 tour, the duo continually bumping into Isaac Brock across the way.

The Modest Heroes of Studio Ponoc

Yoshiaki Nishimura discusses Studio Ponoc's founding, their creative principles and the inspiration behind their three "Modest Heroes" shorts.

Modest Male Exposure 2: I Dream of Genes

A 40-something, single journalist is determined to continue a life of rugby, drinking with buddies, and pan-sexual play parties. Life takes an abrupt change when the 20-something year old son whom he never knew he had en