Exploring the musical concept of "release," this film is a haunting found-footage study in the plurality of visual and auditory meanings of the term. A series of collaborative works pairing artists working in visual and auditory mediums, the Études meditate on individual musical concepts through experiments with sound and film. Étude 1a: Release (I) is the first in this series and is directed by filmmaker Russell Sheaffer and composer Aaron Michael Smith.

Solid Serenade
1946
7.4/10

Casanova Cat
1951
6.7/10

The Bodyguard
1944
7.4/10

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
2019
5.9/10

Barbecue Brawl
1956
6.7/10

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022
6.8/10

Sea Scouts
1939
6.4/10

Mickey's Delayed Date
1947
6.6/10

Far from the Tree
2021
8.1/10

The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
7.2/10

Our Wife
1931
7.1/10

Perfect Day
1929
7.0/10

Pluto's Sweater
1949
6.8/10

Beau Hunks
1931
6.8/10

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?
2019
6.0/10

A Knight for a Day
1946
6.6/10

Donald's Nephews
1938
6.5/10

Good Scouts
1938
6.3/10

Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
2006
6.1/10
Unbedingt ein Neger
1989
0/10