Absurdism Movies

Part lyrical document, part farce, Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations On the Dreamlife of Beasts explores the imaginary unconscious minds of...

Five thirty-something men in as many separate segments struggle to grapple with the relentless absurdity of their respective existences.

After a great storm, is there silence?

When a young filmmaker meets a living film legend and an enigma Albert, for his Mumbai based short film, Albert throws the script away and instead...

An absurd dystopia featuring our senses. About sound, sight and wagging tongues.

Two women, a generation apart, find themselves locked in an absurd battle for a coveted promotion. Desperate to outshine each other, the ladies...

A mysterious entity closes in around John, keeping him trapped inside his house. The only thing protecting him from being crushed is the egg timer...

Lilith Marek doesn’t remember the man’s face. She only remembers the alley, the darkness, and the sensation of dying. After surviving a...

An Australian trading company hires an inept, drunk Korean as their head of security, but their new employee is not exactly what he appears to be.

An "Idealist" and a "Revolutionary" gather for a summer BBQ & discuss the state of the world in 2020. "The Richest Man In The World" stops by to...

The movie chronicles a fragmented voyage through the mind and experiences of a person on a deeply depressive state trying to receive treatment.

Following a devastating break-up, a bitter man decides to become a clown only to end up as the entertainment for his ex's wedding three years later.

Hard pruning jokes are interspersed with musical interludes, a magic trick and Teeuwen's unique improvisations in the sixth show by the Dutch...

A reworking of an earlier film, Institutional Quality, in which the same test was given. In the earlier film, the person taking the test was not...

A short film about the serene and dream-like town of Squallitch, Greater London. Introduced by British filmmaker, Alan Brown; scrutinised by Guardian...

He really likes Poughkeepsie Crispies. Maybe too much. A darkly funny, minimalist loop of repetition, ritual, and barely-hinged performance.

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense...

In a transitional state, at the threshold of consciousness // fabricating and reminiscing //embracing and escaping // all from safe distance //...

Two friends decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a...