Self-Portrait
Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.
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Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.
The author uses his home movies and photographs taken at significant moments of his life that had shaped him into the man he is today. The film presents his innocent childhood, his love for his profession, his first enco
After enduring a panic attack, Leigh runs away and hides in a bathroom, only to be met with their Reflection. Who, unfortunately, is not exactly very helpful in these situations.
When Soleil, a young aspiring poet, and her mother, Salma, attend a poetry slam, the two women find themselves in a confrontation over Soleil's future.
This extremely brief film was Osamu Tezuka's answer to a challenge presented to the leaders of the international animation community to create animated self-portraits.
"This film is a collaborative installation project with Orleans + Winder (Detroit). It examines Nathaniel Dorsky’s writings on Self-Symbols in film as applied to the exhibition and personalization of clothing. Dorsky wri
In this intimate film, the filmmaker reflects on his fears and struggles to reveal his identity to his father through a narration of their memories together.
Experimental film inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'.
Journey to Self' is an intense story of friendship, sacrifice, empowerment and self-respect. Four childhood friends, Regina, Nse, Rume and Alex, receive news that another long time friend of theirs, Uche, has died.
How do people react with an unimaginable tragedy? When the undead feed upon the living it is everyone for themselves as people flee to find a safe place. Some try to help others at a risk to their own safety. Is there a
Tim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon works his way to the top of the social scale, but Corrie doesn't change at all--she stays a dour, drab woman with no soci
Two men, sick of being in over their heads, decide to escape their gang. However, their plan to leave will bring them closer than ever to the overarching influence of their boss and his unpleasant associates.
Choreographic dance video created in 1976 by Ed Emshwiller.
Yvette, known as a society woman, but in reality a leader of a gang of crooks, sits at the telephone, laughing at the impulsive young man at the other end. Yvette still laughs when Ralph threatens to kill himself if she
A young actor faces success, unexpected love, and moral dilemmas that will alter his life forever during a therapy session.
This is a documentary on the subject of male masturbation. It goes beyond the conventional talking head documentary and explores a new experimental genre where the body instead of the face is used as the communicative mo
Follow the young mom Annie into the deepest parts of the mountains where she‘s trying to find her true self again after family life consumed her.
A morphing self-portrait of artist Bill Plympton
Based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 62, a celebrity explores the extremes of her own self-love on a journey to discover what truly matters to her.
An experimental short film, a distorted self-portrait.