Before Words

It's Christmas time, and a grandmother spends a quiet afternoon tending to the family chores. But the arrival of an unexpected visitor brings with her some deadly consequences.

Runtime

17m

Director

Kevin Ang

Cast

Erlinda Villalobos, Myrtle Sarrosa, Red San Buenaventura

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.

Runtime

10m

Director

Alfred J. Goulding

Cast

Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Harry 'Snub' Pollard

An alcohol/drug abuser re-examines his life until he nearly dies from an overdose. Then a friend convinces him to join a self-help group which turns out to be demonic.

Runtime

37m

Director

Mark Borchardt

Cast

Tom Schimmels, Jack Bennett, Mike Schank

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Runtime

38m

Director

Gaspar Noé

Cast

Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

Runtime

1m

Director

William K.L. Dickson

Cast

Charles Kayser, John Ott

Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert