Still Life

In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of truth.

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Two Distant Strangers

Two Distant Strangers

2020

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

2019

One Week

One Week

1920

The End of All Things

The End of All Things

2019

It's a Date

It's a Date

2017

Gone Nutty

Gone Nutty

2002

Ice Age: Surviving Sid

Ice Age: Surviving Sid

2008

The Absent-Minded Waiter

The Absent-Minded Waiter

1977

The Reapers

The Reapers

2019

PITFALL

PITFALL

2017

Thread: My Rose

Thread: My Rose

2025

Denko

1993

Under the Same Sky

Under the Same Sky

2022

The Happiness Salesman

The Happiness Salesman

2010

Jorge

Jorge

1998

Paper 4: Unfolding

Paper 4: Unfolding

2023

Textiles

Textiles

2001

Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee

2012

Fraud

Fraud

2022

41 Seconds

41 Seconds

2006