Short – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

DE STEDELING (1984)

Jon W. — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:38:34 +0000

A young man from the city decides to travel into the Dutch countryside. There, he notices strange mound-like shapes in the fields covered by white plastic tarps. The local farmers casually explain that the mounds contain silage or hay, but the man becomes suspicious. When he secretly peeks underneath, he discovers something bizarre instead: stacks of consumer goods like sugar, canned soup, and sliced bread.

Director: Alex van Warmerdam.
Writer: Alex van Warmerdam.
Stars: Alex van Warmerdam.

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MP4 | 162 MB | 704×568 | 25 FPS | 2000 kb/s | AAC 160 kb/s
Language: Dutch | Subtitles: English (hard)

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MKV | 160 MB | 704×568 | 25 FPS | 1950 kb/s | AC3 192 kb/s
Language: Dutch | Subtitles: English, Dutch, French (soft)

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EMA (1992)

Jon W. — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:17:54 +0000

In the winter of 1992, in a small provincial town in Moldova, a young woman named Ema wanders through the drab corners of her surroundings in search of meaning, pleasure, or a way out. Like Flaubert’s Emma Bovary, she dreams of a different life, finding refuge in films, fantasies, and daydreams as she struggles to escape the monotony and emptiness of her everyday existence.

Director: Bogdan-Cristian Dragan.
Writer: Bogdan-Cristian Dragan.
Stars: Ioana Moldovan, Constantin Rădoaca, Bianca Brad, Mara Gregory, Lia Bugnar, Adina Cartianu.
Cinematographer: Emil Stan.

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MP4 | 745 MB | 2048×1080 | 24 FPS | 5489 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: Romanian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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You can find many more graduation films from former students of the I.L Caragiale University of Theatre and Film all in restored HD quality and with English subtitles on their website.

IMAGINING OCTOBER (1984)

Jon W. — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:07:37 +0000

Produced for the 1984 London Film Festival, Derek Jarman’s Imagining October is a dreamlike meditation on art and politics in the final years of the Cold War. In this film Jarman explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928).

Director: Derek Jarman.
Writers: Shaun Allen (commentary), Derek Jarman (commentary).
Stars: Angus Cook, Peter Doig, Toby Mott, Stephen Thrower, Keir Wahid, John Watkiss, Peter Wollen.
Cinematographers: Richard Heslop, Derek Jarman, Carl Johnson, Sally Potter, Cerith Wyn Evans
Composers: Dave Ball, Genesis P-Orridge

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MP4 | 260 MB | 674×540 | 25 FPS | 1225 kb/s | AAC 112 kb/s
Language: English | Subtitles: None

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BALTIE ZVANI (1961)

Jon W. — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:38 +0000

The first film of Latvian cinema’s “new era”, that of the Riga School of Poetic Documentary Cinema. The story of a little girl in a white dress wandering the streets of Riga in search of the flowers she has seen in a shop window was originally conceived and shot as a short film, but its documentary character is so abundant and artistically valuable that this little film became a turning point in cinema history and the beginning of a new era.

Director: Ivars Kraulitis. AKA White Bells
Writer: Herz Frank.
Stars: Ilze Zarina.
Cinematographer: Uldis Brauns.

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MP4 | 369 MB | 1280×720 | 25 FPS | 2000 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: None | Subtitles: English (soft) (titles only)

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ONE WOMAN WAITING (1984)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:45:11 +0000

One Woman Waiting evokes questions of subjectivity in the mirrored performance of two women. The single take, tableau composition forms the structure for catalytic change between the characters. The sensuous desert environment accentuates the poetic and ephemeral quality of this film.

Director: Josephine Massarella.
Writer: Josephine Massarella.
Stars: Marianne Kaplan, Karen Stanley.
Cinematographer: Josephine Massarella.
Composer: Hildegard Westerkamp.

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MP4 | 809 MB | 1436×1078 | 24 FPS | 13,100 kb/s | AC3 192 kb/s + AC3 192 kb/s (commentary)
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If you enjoy experimental cinema check out Black Zero, an independent company putting out a lot of rare and previously unavailable Canadian experimental films on Bluray, including a collection of Massarella’s films.

SHELTER (1980)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:45:09 +0000

Set in a cave imagined as an air-raid shelter, images of the surrounding trees are painted over directly on the film. Vivid colors intermixed with the sound of wartime radio communications and bombing create a harmonious composition of documentary and animation.

Director: Nobuhiro Aihara.

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MP4 | 253 MB | 1920×1080 | 23.976 FPS | 4598 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
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YA ZAMENE AHU (1970)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:16:51 +0000

Ya Zamene Ahu is a quiet documentary about the visitors of the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam, in the city of Mashhad in the North East of Iran. Nicknamed the “Guardian of Deer,” it is said that Imam Reza once protected a deer chased by a hunter.

“There is the religious belief which leads the human beings to the shrine. All that I do is to show the space between the hands of the believers and the shrine. The symbolism in my film is rooted in reality. All the human beings and things in the film are real, nothing has been arranged.” – Parviz Kimiavi.

Director: Parviz Kimiavi.

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MP4 | 403 MB | 710×442 | 29.970 FPS | 2538 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: Persian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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MP4 | 492 MB | 710×442 | 29.970 FPS | 3022 kb/s | AC3 256 kb/s
Language: Persian | Subtitles: English (soft)

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HEAVY METAL DRUMMER (2005)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:39:25 +0000

The story of a 15 year’s old Moroccan who is the only heavy metal fan in his town Essaouira. He spends his weekends playing traditional ballads in a wedding band with his two cousins but dreams of playing thrash metal and headlining Monsters of Rock.

Directors: Toby MacDonald, Luke Morris.
Writers: Michael Lesslie, Toby MacDonald, Luke Morris, Luke Ponte.
Stars: Yassine Jarl, Fouzia Boutour, Salim Mohammed, Latifa Hayan.
Cinematographer: Natasha Braier.

2006 BAFTA Film Awards – Nominated for Best Short Film.

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MP4 | 73.5 MB | 704×480 | 29.970 FPS | 1588 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Languages: Arabic, French | Subtitles: English (hard)

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