Movies: Existentialism

For us, a thought always presupposes a society, a culture and above all the consciousness of time. We are haunted by immortality, human notion par excellence. As if the world was here to fascinate us. And to disappoint us. The film travels around the...

Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the case, at the same time Under the cold stars can hardly be considered a documentary: the microcosm on w...

What starts as a desire to experience nature more intimately develops into a relatable conversation on alternative pathways through life. Two friends go on a two-year road trip through Latin America. Presenting an insight into long term travel and h...

An essay film about Jean-Paul Sartre and the French Existentialists, featuring Roland Barthes' last interview....

The Metaphor That Became a Room is a psychological drama exploring identity, communication, and the struggle for self-understanding. Divided into two parts, the film first delves into the protagonist’s frustration with the urge to persuade others, re...

A man causes a public disturbance, policemen intervene....

The theatre company of a forgotten town puts on one last performance to escape the reality of their home fading away into nothingness....

A teen contemplates his life after getting locked in his garage during a power outage....

A recluse indifferent to everything around him seeks pleasure in one thing: a steaming, hot shower. One day, his heating goes off....

A man sits with his cat on a lonely day and calls the operator, asking if there is a number for God. Premiered on the BBC Culture Show and featured in The Animation Show Vol. 4....

An existentialist conversation divided in chapters between the animated alter ego of the author and two alien creatures that represent future versions of herself....

Two computer engineers are given a strange request by a monk: Compile all 9 billion names of god. One engineer discovers a strangeness regarding the entire situation....

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In the cabin the conductor activates the gear lever; his motion breaks the inertia. Behind is the station, then images of the machinery, the resignation of travelers, and the landscape. The events are increasingly bizarre; there is no destination, on...

As an unwavering natural force, Maj Wechselmann produces at least one film a year, which is guaranteed to show troublesome connections between established power structures and maladjustments for people further down the hierarchy of society; this time...

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A surreal musical comedy set in a world where the avant-garde and the mainstream are reversed....

Two brothers walk into a graveyard, yet can't find their fathers grave....

Two kids entangled in the pursuit of young love find themselves colliding with the life of a woman experiencing a crisis....

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