40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

The Safety of Objects
2002
6.4/10

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
6.8/10

To Each His Own Cinema
2007
6.5/10

Maestro
2014
6.1/10

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
6.7/10

Lucky Them
2013
6.0/10

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
6.4/10

Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003
7.6/10

Love & Sex
2000
6.1/10

Salomé
2013
6.2/10

Jeune Femme
2017
5.8/10

He Said, She Said
1991
5.8/10

TalhotBlond
2012
6.3/10

The Adversary
2002
6.6/10

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
7.3/10

All About Nina
2018
5.9/10

I Can't Think Straight
2008
7.5/10

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
7.5/10

Starving in Suburbia
2014
6.5/10

Lulu in the Nude
2013
6.1/10
Bloody Sunday
2002
7.3/10