Movies: Neo surrealism

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-ef...

The end of the world is imminent. A man goes into a parallel dimension, a limbo between reality and fantasy where the normal rules of time and space have ceased to apply. His wife goes to rescue him. Both will be trapped in a strange and cruel world ...

Events take a sinister turn one night in London, when two very different couples arrive at a double-booked apartment. Actions have consequences and not all debts are paid for with money. Leaving, it's harder than you think....

After a sight-restoring surgery leaves him seeing surreal distortions, a photographer must rely on his camera to discern reality from illusion as he ventures outside for the first time....

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror....

5 short films, from 5 directors and 4 different countries on the theme of the Alter-Ego. The "Alter Ego Film Project" is inspired by the spirit of Maya Deren and her way of making films. Between double personality, secret identity, doppelgänger and ...

Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'....

Alfredo, a bank manager and meticulous researcher of eccentric wigs, after his divorce from Dorotea, the forgetful stingy lawyer and former Scout leader, is finally free to decide on his own holiday. The unexpected arrival of Dorotea and their godchi...

This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They l...

Karma, an international high school student from Sikkim struggles to fit in and hold onto his cultural identity when he is stuck at home with his host sibling, Alex....

Marta, a young girl, finds herself locked in a library at night. The books begin to come to life and the real and the unreal merge....

A student moves into their accomodation, only to find their room already decorated, a strange, inhuman flatmate, and a kettle that won't stop boiling....

Samantha Moon, A young woman who lives by herself in the city must confront her past and future through her dreams whilst being stalked by a mysterious entity…...

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A fleshy nightmare barrages the viewer with an onslaught of abstract gore and nonsensical terror....

Dadaland is a satirical exploration of current media and how its consumers connect to it. Inside a Dada-inspired psychedelic world, we meet a plethora of strange characters who want nothing more than to escape their own reality....

A soccer fan tries to help her friend become part of the Soccer Jersey Collectors Association....

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The Tenant continuously fails to escape his deadly apartment under five minute time limit as his blood-thirsty neighbor threatens to break in and exterminate him....

Experimental shots with some continuity with a gritty raw surrealist style...