La Cabina

La Cabina (The Telephone Box) is an award-winning 1972 horror short film. In the 35-minute film, a man becomes trapped in a telephone booth, while passersby seem unable to help him.

In December 2021 a replica of the red phone booth was inaugurated as a tribute to the film and its director Antonio Mercero close by the filming location in Madrid.

Window Water Baby Moving

Window Water Baby Moving is a 1959 Stan Brakhage experimental short film. The film documents the birth of the director's first child and is one of his best-known works.

via YouTube (but it's age-restricted and you'll have to click through to view the movie):

Image Journal concludes,

Window Water Baby Moving exists, like all the best works of cinema, as a record of love. It reminds me that such tender, romantic, passionate, and quiet love, even if it changes, even if it goes away, has existed. And in that reminding—the reminding that is, for me, the heart of cinema—it manages to exist in a kind of continual, mysterious, and eternal present.

TCM has information.

Ballet Mécanique

Ballet Mécanique is a 1924 short film described by Wikipedia as a Dadaist post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy with cinematographic input from Man Ray. It is considered one of the masterpieces of early experimental filmmaking. This one's 20 minutes long, and I'll admit to investing 20 minutes in anything described in such glowing terms. You can watch it here or via YouTube.

via YouTube:

 

 

I'm drinking a cuppa:

while I watch. Please share your own drink-related post at the T Stands for Tuesday blogger gathering.

The Red Balloon (1956)

The Red Balloon is an award-winning French fantasy comedy-drama short film. I had this on VHS back when The Kids were little, and I've always adored it. A delightful film. It's available on HBO Max.

via YouTube:

Criterion has a glowing article which says, in part,

The Red Balloon is filled with indelible images, but as I screened it again, I was struck repeatedly by the filmmaker’s use of sound. It’s a nearly wordless film, but it’s not silent. There is Maurice Le Roux’s enchanting score, full of sweet melodies, jaunty strings, mischievous woodwinds and horns, something that sounds like a music box, and surprising moments of panic and fear. Especially lovely is the theme that plays when we first realize that the balloon has a consciousness of its own...

Empire Online describes it as, "A legendary cinematic masterpiece, of course, but also a poignant and magical piece." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 96%.

World of Tomorrow (2015)

World of Tomorrow is an acclaimed 2015 animated short film written, directed, produced, animated, and edited by Don Hertzfeldt. This is the first film in an ongoing series featuring the voice of Julia Pott, frequently alongside Hertzfeldt's four-year-old niece Winona Mae, who was recorded while drawing and playing. Her spontaneous, natural vocal reactions and questions were then edited into the story to create her character. Absolutely delightful!

Powers of Ten (1977)

Powers of Ten is a 1977 short film (9 minutes) depicts the relative scale of the Universe according to an order of magnitude (or logarithmic scale) based on a factor of ten, first expanding out from the Earth until the entire universe is surveyed, then reducing inward until a single atom and its quarks are observed.

Stephen Fry Hates Dancing

Stephen Fry Hates Dancing:

Ripped (2016)

Ripped is a 2016 horror short film. This one's a bit campy, not going for the scary atmosphere.

The Christmas Witch

The Christmas Witch is part of the Shelley Duvall world of delightful tales and is narrated by Angela Lansbury.

North Pole Nutrias

North Pole Nutrias:

Read more about Miss Pussycat's puppets here.

Mr. Creak (2015)

Mr. Creak is a 2015 horror short film. from IMDb: "Returning to her childhood home after many years, Penelope is tormented by a monster that she thought had vanished long ago."

Suckablood

Suckablood is a 2012 horror short film. from IMDb: "A gothic tale of a girl scared to suck her thumb, lest the monstrous Suckablood should come."

Creak (2015)

Creak is a 2015 horror short film.

Behind the Door (2013)

Behind the Door is a 2013 horror short film.

The Passing (2014)

The Passing is a 2014 horror short film. from IMDb: "A mysterious woman, a missing child and an ominous past converge on two detectives in this frightening tale."

I'll be enjoying a seasonal beverage:

with the T Stands for Tuesday participants at the weekly gathering hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth.

On My Way

On My Way is a 2016 short horror film. from the description on the Youtube video embedded below: "While on his way to a Halloween party, a man drives through a town, slowly realizing it's gone insane."

Latch (2017)

Latch is a 2017 horror short film about what happens when a boy dares his sister to play a game involving a chant and a match. In a closet. Sounds like harmless fun, right?

Peephole

Peephole is a 2018 horror short film. There's a knock at the door. He answers it.

The Dancing Pig

The Dancing Pig is a 1907 French silent short film.

It Had Pale Skin

It Had Pale Skin is a 2016 horror short film about a girl walking home in the dark.