16mm Film Movies

  • 2014
    Nan Lakou Kanaval

    Nan Lakou Kanaval

    Nan Lakou Kanaval

    02014HD

    A 16mm visual and auditory exploration of the Haitian carnival. A hallucinatory and unparalleled carnival. Made in collaboration with students from...

    Nan Lakou Kanaval
  • 1972
    Front and Back

    Front and Back

    Front and Back

    01972HD

    Slide-show of genuine postcard 'fronts' set to readings of their 'backs.'

    Front and Back
  • 1970
    The Road Ahead

    The Road Ahead

    The Road Ahead

    01970HD

    A look at what the future might hold for us all

    The Road Ahead
  • 2026
    Poker Roulette

    Poker Roulette

    Poker Roulette

    82026HD

    Two men face each other across a poker table in a secret underground game where every losing hand means pulling the trigger. As the rounds unfold, a...

    Poker Roulette
  • 2026
    Brume de Temps

    Brume de Temps

    Brume de Temps

    02026HD

    Shot on 16mm film, Brume de Temps tells a story of intimacy, nostalgia, and the fragile boundary between loving your perception of a person and love...

    Brume de Temps
  • 2023
    Let the blind lead those who cannot see

    Let the blind lead those who cannot see

    Let the blind lead those who cannot see

    02023HD

    A blind man in a dark room melts into celluloid, feeling with his hands the messy layers of processed reality.

    Let the blind lead those who cannot see
  • 2026
    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    102026HD

    Dissonant selves dancing around opposition and harmony.

    Two-Factor
  • 2026
    THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE

    THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE

    THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE

    02026HD

    silent short film, shot on 16mm Kodak T200 -- made possible by the Chicago Film Society's Intro to 16mm class. Featuring over 30 locations across...

    THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
  • 2010
    Tree

    Tree

    Tree

    02010HD

    Structural study of a tree. Light, water and air coax it out of the soil in a manner foregrounding time’s relativity to different forms of life...

    Tree
  • 2026
    Memory of Our Betters

    Memory of Our Betters

    Memory of Our Betters

    02026HD

    An experimental 16mm project that explores themes of grief, lost love, and regret told through a collection of unsent and found letters.

    Memory of Our Betters
  • 1982
    The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    01982HD

    Stop motion animation short film based on the original story by Hans Christian Andersen

    The Ugly Duckling
  • 2023
    A Media Agua

    A Media Agua

    A Media Agua

    22023HD

    A Media Agua is a documentary filmed in 16mm, made up of a series of short films that review the history of the last century through the eyes of an...

    A Media Agua
  • 2023
    Cariad Brawdol

    Cariad Brawdol

    Cariad Brawdol

    02023HD

    Two brothers from a small Welsh town spend a final day together before one of them departs for University.

    Cariad Brawdol
  • 2026
    A Comfortable Relationship

    A Comfortable Relationship

    A Comfortable Relationship

    02026HD

    A quiet portrait of love, comfort, and the subtle ways two people can lose themselves in one another.

    A Comfortable Relationship
  • 2025
    Hot Splice

    Hot Splice

    Hot Splice

    02025HD

    Hot Splice is a semi-serious short documentary that highlights how destructive film repairs leave behind raw materials to experiment and play with....

    Hot Splice
  • 2025
    Feeder

    Feeder

    Feeder

    02025HD

    Under an authoritarian regime, caught between the past and the future, a new regulation requires its citizens to bring a portrait of their great...

    Feeder
  • 2024
    The Day the Earth Got Free Richard Pryor Photos

    The Day the Earth Got Free Richard Pryor Photos

    The Day the Earth Got Free Richard Pryor Photos

    02024HD

    An experimental science fiction epic about the importance of dental hygiene made entirely from hand-cut 16mm film.

    The Day the Earth Got Free Richard Pryor Photos
  • 2018
    Con(fusión)

    Con(fusión)

    Con(fusión)

    02018HD

    A girl. A leaf. And a strange confusion.

    Con(fusión)
  • 1977
    La otra muerte

    La otra muerte

    La otra muerte

    01977HD

    La otra muerte
  • 2023
    Saccade

    Saccade

    Saccade

    02023HD

    Experimenting with the relationship between still and moving images.

    Saccade