Diploma Thesis (1979)

Stuck

A sex toy mishap leads to a night in the emergency room, where a freshly broken-up couple are forced to confront their issues on love and relationships.

After-School Special

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

Tea Time on Hip Hop Nation

After losing her long-time job at Classical FM, radio show host Ethel Jenny interviews for a new gig at Hip Hop Nation.

Above Rubies

In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.

Connected

A man is isolated by modern technology. He takes his mobile phone back to the shop - it's not working, he's not receiving any calls. But the phone is fine, it's him that's not working. But he still wants answers.

Porklips Now

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

Goldfish

Two couples, in the same room, try to keep it together. The human couple fare differently to the pair of Goldfish in their fish tank. An artful piece exploring choice in life and love. The humour is derived from the wistful musings, in Cantonese, of the male fish and narrator.

Too Many Crooks

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.

Fear & Shame

Actor Robert Pattinson takes us into a brief, desperate, hunger-filled moment battling anxiety and fame in the life of Robert Pattinson.

The Bachelor with Dogs and Scott Eastwood

In this spoof of The Bachelor, a guy picks from a group of dogs to be his companion.

The Impossible Voyage

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

Floaters

High in the sky of a sci-fi metropolis a lone spaceship is confronted by a much larger and more intimidating vessel.

Leon in Wintertime

One winter, a ravenous ogre terrorizes the land of King Balthasar. Meanwhile, a blizzard is brewing in Léon’s heart. Braving the cold, this adopted bear cub runs away from home. Léon has many an adventure during his travels. He befriends a hedgehog and an elephant, confronts an ogre, and sets Princess Molly Gingerbread free. His courage and integrity eventually lead him back to his family. In the end, the cub earns everybody’s respect.

Ñeñeñe

Mario has prepared something for Cristina, but she doesn't seem very interested in knowing what it is.

3-Way (Not Calling)

On the eve of a significant birthday, a woman facing an existential crisis convinces her partner that a threesome might change everything.

Bikini

Spain, 1953. Pedro Zaragoza, mayor of the city of Benidorm, in the province of Alicante, by the Mediterranean Sea, visits the Palacio del Pardo, General Franco's residence in Madrid, to ask him for help, in the hope of solving a very delicate problem.

Cla'am

A dark, surreal comedy about a local man who becomes convinced that a vast conspiracy is behind the impossibly rapid gentrification in his London area. But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines? Cla'am is the debut short from Nathaniel Martello-White, one of the UK's leading young playwrights.

The Rink

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Count

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

The Music of Regret

Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Girl Night Stand

Katie doesn’t usually sleep with women, but that’s about to change.

Urbanissimo

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.

Gay Jesus

Once upon a time in a cheap Jerusalem hotel room, Jesus and Judas are spending their time away from Nazareth between hot, sweaty, carnal love and preparing sermons for Jesus' growing fanbase. Enter Mary Magdalene, jealousy, Satan, and the Romans, and the once-perfect love affair between Judas and Jesus becomes a hellish ring of fire, leading Judas to betray his beloved Christ and the Romans to punish everyone for trying to turn everyone gay.

King Lavra

A king hides an embarrassing secret - and it causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair.

Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection

Prep and Landing: On Christmas Eve, a high-tech team of elves from an elite unit known as "Prep & Landing" ensures homes around the world are prepared for Santa's visit. But when two hilarious little elves face unexpected challenges and are pushed to their limits, it'll take a great big effort to save the season. Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice: The outrageous yuletide adventures of Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne continue in this totally tinsel adventure that reminds us there's room for everyone on the 'nice' list. Santa's stealthiest little elves must race to recover classified North Pole technology, which has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking naughty kid, in an effort to stop Christmas from descending into chaos.

Roller Coaster

A boys first weekend with the father after the divorce of his parents. Together with his friends, he makes a plan to turn that weekend into a horror trip, to punish his father. But then everything changes

Dante's Lunch

Every dog has his day, but poor Dante can't seem to catch a break.

The Licensed Fool

A travelling court jester, known as The Licensed Fool, begins to unravel when he learns of a sinister motive behind him being hired for an upcoming performance.

Frenchball - Le Coup D'Envoi

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A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.

Auxiliary Man

An inept criminal with bad credit is finally given an opportunity to prove himself, but nothing goes as planned.

City Slickers In Westworld

Years after their "City Slickers" narrative was retired, Westworld hosts Mitch and Phil are still happily driving cattle, however Mitch has started to malfunction and it's up to Stubbs to analyze why he has gone off his loop.

The Last Virgin in LA

When Millie discovers she's the last virgin in LA, things get out of hand.