Movies: Light

Something strange appears outside the window. Months later, a pregnant woman and her boyfriend are visited by a mysterious figure who has many questions....

Theory of Light is a documentary centred on the climate emergency through a climate justice lens. It's committed to uplifting the perspectives of communities already being impacted by climate change and representing those who feel excluded from the c...

On a little planet surrounded by clouds, two robots dream about seeing the sky...

Light is information, a signal more lasting than recollection. If there’s anyone out there to receive the message. Isolated in a sealed apartment, a lone observer regards an outside world outside become increasingly unreal or unreachable. Archaic il...

A couple experiences unusual events on a night out....

Robert Estragon has worked his way to the top of the food chain as a doctor in the city, but it has driven him to self-imposed delusion. Here, we listen as he sits and projects himself onto the mad world he observes. It all comes to a head when Willi...

With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting the cinematic quality inherent in this view of teeming traffic, the upright frame instead suggests a ...

Set in the near future where natural light has become a luxury, Brighter Days tells the story of Edgar, a father determined to drag sunlight into his dark home and give his kids a magical experience they'll never forget....

Take a look inside Jimmy's life and his ways....

Roaming through dark streets, Benjamín recognizes a house. After knocking on the door, an old friend opens, scared. It is as if he was waiting for him. Shortly after they exchange greetings, his friend tells him something isn't right: an intruder has...

An insoluble quest....

A film about the plains as an abyss and the night as a hiding place where darkness seems to keep a blazing secret and carry the imminence of an event perpetually postponed. An inquiry about the imaginary line that separates the provinces of Buenos Ai...

A computer generated fern follows a modular synthesizer soundtrack....

The film discusses the evolution and potential of using light waves, particularly coherent light, for communication. It highlights the development of lasers at Bell Telephone Laboratories, explaining how they produce a highly controlled and intense b...

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A Short Christmas film set in the 1980's. A young boy befriends a strange man living in the forest. After the boy passes away, on the following christmas a mysterious light appears in the sky. The light catches the mans attention as well as the siste...

On a film set a light fixture breaks down. The two electricians Olaf and Stefan are called to replace it. The gaffer is not there, so Stefan sees his chance to prove himself to everyone. Olaf on the other side has made muffins and wants to eat them w...

Five fragments of observation and sensations during a journey with Gorneton's trail in Seyssuel, Isère. A work-in-progress with sounds, the interest of light and the solitude of a digital camera....

A thinking about light and how it surrounds our lives....

When a young android programmed for extraordinary purpose discovers a rogue coworker, he is inspired to pursue an ordinary life - a choice that threatens the future of himself and his mentor....