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.

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
6.8/10

The Safety of Objects
2002
6.5/10

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
6.5/10

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
6.8/10

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
7.3/10

Lucky Them
2013
6.0/10

Starving in Suburbia
2014
6.5/10

To Be Takei
2014
7.2/10

TalhotBlond
2012
6.3/10

Dalida
2017
6.7/10

Normal
2003
6.7/10

A Dry White Season
1989
6.7/10

150 Milligrams
2016
6.7/10

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
7.7/10

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
7.5/10

Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
2016
6.7/10

Hounddog
2008
6.4/10

The Adversary
2002
6.6/10

The Meetings of Anna
1978
7.0/10

Tupac: Resurrection
2003
7.9/10
Italian for Beginners
2000
6.401/10