James presents ... I've become somewhat obsessed with rooting out great short films over the past year or so, mostly out of necessity.

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I've become somewhat obsessed with rooting out great short films over the past year or so, mostly out of necessity. I never seem to have enough time to watch quite as many films as I want to, so it's often the case that the shorter, the better. I've assembled an A-Z of some of my favorites, sorted by the director's surname. There's plenty of omissions that I either couldn't find online or had to be excluded because of my slightly anal organizing system, but I hope you find some treasures in here. I couldn't even think of a director whose name begins with U or X, never mind a great short film by them, but maybe those holes can be filled if you add in some of your own recommendations. Enjoy!


Tex Avery – King Size Canary (1947)



Stan Brakhage – Window Water Baby Moving (1959)

(part 1)


(part 2)


Adam Curtis – Oh Dearism (2009)



Maya Deren – At Land (1944)

(part 1)


(part 2)


Jean Epstein – La Glace A Trois Faces (1927)



Georges Franju – Blood Of The Beasts (1949)

(part 1)


(part 2)


(part 3)


D.W. Griffith – Musketeers Of Pig Alley (1912)



Todd Haynes - Superstar



Joris Ivens – Regen (1929)

(part 1)


(part 2)


Chuck Jones – Duck Amuck (1953)



Abbas Kiarostami – 2 Solutions For 1 Problem (1975)



David Lynch – Lumiere (1995)



Guy Maddin – The Heart Of The World (2000)



Gaspar Noe – Tintarella Di Luna (1985)

(part 1)


(part 2)


(part 3)


Nobuhiko Obayashi – Emotion (1966)



Vladimir Pudovkin – Chess Fever (1925)

(part 1)


(part 2)


Brothers Quay – Street Of Crocodiles (1986)

(part 1)


(part 2)


(part 3)


Alain Resnais – Toute La Memoire Du Monde (1956)
(part 1)
(part 2)


Ousmane Sembene – Borom Sarret (1966)

(part 1)


(part 2)


Peter Tscherkassky – Outer Space (1999)



Agnes Varda – Black Panthers (1968)



Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Phantoms Of Nabua (2009)


Tadanori Yokoo – Kachi Kachi Yama (1965)


Jia Zhangke – Black Breakfast (2008)

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