Movies: Satire

This is a forty-minute drama for schoolkids, broadcast by the BBC in Britain. There was an epidemic of Liverpool kids blowing up public telephone boxes with fireworks at the time, so we began with an incidence of that. (A.C)...

A telefilm that satirizes the Portuguese espionage....

This video takes an analytical and humorous stab at the plethora of “pro-feminist” advertising that followed the emergence of the “new woman” and the increasing presence of women in the workforce during the 1990s. Conventional television genres are a...

Chronically online teenage boys, Sam and Aaron, lock their phones away and go on a quest to touch grass to impress the intimidatingly beautiful influencer, Lila....

When a birthday dinner takes a murderous turn, it's up to the surviving guests to figure out who killed the host and why? Not to mention having to keep themselves alive too....

After Dr. Beanson steals a toy from Toy-R-Us, Little Guy goes on an adventure to stop the evil doctor, while facing a friend of his....

A castaway is interrogated by Interpol, conquered by an imperialist ship, loses his lone palm tree to greedy loggers, is consoled by a missionary who promptly abandons him, is thoroughly examined by scientists, and harassed by journalists....

Roberto Soto is a renowned Spanish science fiction screenwriter. He has won a Goya award and his screenplays are internationally acknowledged. However, his producer is tired of science fiction and believes that, in Spain, he has to write films of dif...

On a day in the field, a young woman questions her relationship when she catches a man taking photos of her....

Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film warning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses....

A satirical look at the Soviet-block hairdressing contest which was held in Warsaw in 1971....

When the US-raised girl from India, Ana, attempts to start a Library in her ancestral hometown in central India, her commendable intentions ignite a storm in the village's politics and bureaucracy. Her journey, in absurd and satirical ways, unveils h...

A nearly finished construction site. The wiring is completed, the walls are painted, the final inspections are being done. The construction manager Thomas Zetzsche is proud of his achievement. The prestigious building he created is a modern dream com...

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An animation film about a clarinet and a trumpet that meet, clash, compete, compromise and harmonize....

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Bro Night follows the story of three bros who during their weekly Bro Night get a mysterious phone call that will change their lives forever....

Dog racing is used as a metaphor for the futility of human existence....

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