Openfilm - Videos by HumDrumFilms

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HumDrumFilms — Tue, 31 Mar 09 13:43:09 -0400

Ninth in the series of Hum-drum films. In this debut from writer/director Kendal Chalk, a young woman alone finds herself not just seeking freedom of expression, but also experiencing a dark night of the soul.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 09:50
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 33
Categories: Drama Experimental Music
Tags: humdrum york woman trouble night kerouac stream of consciousness dancing ballet alone smoking ginsberg beat poet David lynch

He Didn't Know Where The Cafe Was...

HumDrumFilms — Sun, 29 Mar 09 08:33:10 -0400

The eleventh in the series of Hum-drum Films from York. When asked to give his friend Bobo directions to the cake shop, Humphrey McCardle finds trouble expressing himself, little realising the journey on which Bobo is about to embark.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 08:36
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 20
Categories: Comedy
Tags: friends directions chase running york minster cakes stuck in head river lost dream nightmare

If It Were Not

HumDrumFilms — Sun, 29 Mar 09 08:17:15 -0400

The tenth in the series of Hum-drum Films from York. Have you ever found yourself walking at the same speed as the person in front of you? What happens when such accidental synchronicity occurs? For a young man and woman who find themselves in this predicament, things get quickly awkward...

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 05:14
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 20
Categories: Comedy
Tags: humdrum york walking same speed pavement etiquette following stalker awkward running black white indie funny strange

Je Vais Fumer Un Cigarette

HumDrumFilms — Fri, 27 Mar 09 10:45:52 -0400

The eighth in the series of Hum-drum short films, and a debut from director Anna Cathenka. A young man goes for a cigarette break which turns into more of an escape, in a style that consciously evokes the French New Wave films of the 50s and 60s.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 04:19
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 26
Categories: Comedy Experimental
Tags: humdrum york cigarette french new wave cafe walk river park escape work sunshine godard 60s

My Kingdom Come

HumDrumFilms — Fri, 27 Mar 09 10:20:51 -0400

The seventh in the series of film from Hum-drum. In My Kingdom Come, a traveller is compelled to pick up a strangely familar hitchhiker. But has he taken on more than he can handle?

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 08:43
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 37
Categories: Comedy Drama
Tags: humdrum travelling car hitchhiker jesus cross driving diner guilt religious moral panic

George's Prize

HumDrumFilms — Fri, 27 Mar 09 09:52:57 -0400

The sixth in the series of hum-drum films. This one screened at the Sefton Film Festival in 2008. The childlike George and his mischievous friend Filer make a series of discoveries that lead to an adventurous day out on their bikes. But where will their discoveries lead them, and what could it mean for George? .

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 11:53
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 27
Categories: Drama Other
Tags: humdrum york childhood friends bouncy balls adventure bikes e.t. park playing jungle gym game kids disappear hide and seek

Nazareth

HumDrumFilms — Fri, 27 Mar 09 09:45:21 -0400

The fifth in the series of films from York film companies Hum-Dum and Miles To Go. This one, which was shown in 2008 at the Bacup Film Festival, Lancashire, is a trilogy of shorts connected by a theme, and that theme is... something you'll have to tell us, because your guess is as good as ours. Veering from weirdness to all-out comedy and back again, 'Nazareth' has been a crowd-pleaser on the UK festival circuit and now comes to Openfilm. Whatever you do, don't drop your egg... .

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 09:48
Added: 12 months ago
Views: 162
Categories: Comedy Drama Experimental
Tags: humdrum trilogy silent film parody eggs weird David lynch bullies wasteland lost beating laurel hardy

Time Is Lost

HumDrumFilms — Tue, 03 Feb 09 10:32:04 -0500

The third in a series of short films from Miles To Go and Hum-drum Films, which were released last year and included in several film festivals around the country. A young man makes preparations for an unusual ritual.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 07:12
Added: 1 year ago
Views: 50
Categories: Drama Experimental
Tags: shovel soil digging pit burial buried alive

The Picnic

HumDrumFilms — Mon, 02 Feb 09 19:39:02 -0500

Second in the series of short films from Miles To Go and Hum-drum Films, released last year and included in film festivals around the country. In this little gem, two friends meet for a somewhat unorthodox picnic. Food and dark passions arise.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 03:01
Added: 1 year ago
Views: 57
Categories: Comedy Experimental
Tags: humdrum york picnic friends park bench banana sandwiches mess attack

But In The Voice

HumDrumFilms — Mon, 02 Feb 09 19:30:17 -0500

Fourth of the Miles To Go/Hum-drum Films shorts, a series of 11 films made between 2007 and 2008 and included in several film festivals across the country. In this one, from a short story by Teresa Stenson, a writer gets inspiration from a spider who seems to have the voice of Peter OToole.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 03:13
Added: 1 year ago
Views: 93
Categories: Comedy Other
Tags: humdrum york independent film writer peter o'toole spider novel carrots cat inspiration bath ideas

The Planetarium

HumDrumFilms — Sun, 01 Feb 09 14:59:02 -0500

The first in a series of short films from Miles To Go and Hum-drum Films, which were released last year and included in several film festivals around the country. In the first short from Hum-drum Films, two men meet in a wasteland and an exchange occurs. David Lynch meets League of Gentlemen.

By: HumDrumFilms
Duration: 03:11
Added: 1 year ago
Views: 151
Categories: Comedy Drama Experimental
Tags: humdrum york wasteland strangers threat eh danger David lynch league of gentlemen