Silent Movies

Short silent animated film

Adeline, a small mutt makes her enthusiasm for food and classic French cinema clear, specifically her love for Jean-Luc Godard films.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Prym ad by Pinschewer.

A group of students hatch a risky plan to steal their principal’s lunch, but nothing goes quite as expected.

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Silent cartoon.

A teenager turns to filming their family after the loss of their mother.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Death awaits the souls of those who perished and interviews them before they move on.

In search of something, a woman goes on a fantastic exploration of her house.

An interpretation of a recurring dream.

Chicago streets.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

A boy explains the various steps to making a bowl of cereal in a hilarious Charlie Chaplin-inspired scatter.