Alison loves to do star jumps in the water. She also likes to watch people fight in chip shops. Her two worlds collide as a fight breaks out in aqua-aerobics and she's never felt so alive. When the foam settles, Alison realises she's an outwardly nice person who lives for confrontation.
Self
29 Jun 2006
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.
19 Dec 1952
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
01 Mar 2001
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
24 May 1973
A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
01 Jan 1995
When longtime friends Joey Fortone and Lenny Kaminski get together, the race is on to get one up on the other. Their fantasies abound and their results lag far behind.
27 Nov 2015
Meeting while on vacation, Ved and Tara sense a connection but vow to keep their real identities a secret. Years later, their paths cross again.
15 Aug 2025
Singer-songwriter and alt-comic Will Wood performs for audiences across the U.S., intertwining songs from his discography with a drug-addled, rat-filled, spiritually confused "about-as-true-as-a-true-story-can-be-while-still-being-a-story" story about accidentally going viral, timeshare presentations, and the end of the world.
13 Mar 1987
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
20 Sep 2023
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
23 Jul 2025
David Robert Pollock is missing, loved ones have disappeared, and out of desperation the crew of The David Robert Pollock Show turn to the dark arts. As they say, the show must go on!
Celebrating stories of location, language and love, an international cast of amazing and independent women each share inspirational stories about themselves, women they know or a woman who has inspired the world around them. Presented in first-person monologues performed directly to camera.
14 Oct 2015
A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch into an improvised version of Aladdin.
08 May 2007
Oluf Raillkattli is one of Norways most beloved humor characters. How's it been? How did the stories come to life? What's the story behind the 100-year phenomenon Oluf? These are some of the questions that's raised when Arthur Arntzen and his longtime partner in crime Tore Skoglund meet up at Folkets Hus in Narvik. The occasion is Arthurs 70th birthday and a look back at 50 years of memorable Oluf moments on stage and TV.
Nearly a century after a nuclear holocaust, a new civilization is stumbling its way into the future, and old scraps of pop culture have become the basis for their oral storytelling. A group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of their bizarre sacred text – a story known to their ancestors as The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare”.
12 Feb 2021
An uncensored monologue by Dani Rovira about today's society.
11 Mar 2025
A highfalutin art movie crumbles into a meta-fictional disaster that betrays its director’s incompetence in real time, and it’s all on film.
15 Feb 2006
Five years after "Oluf" was laid to rest, Arthur Arntzen is back with perhaps one of the most beloved Norwegian humor characters of all time. He meets up with his partner in crime, Tore Skoglund, in a small village up north where he reads his own stories - in character - and debates them just like he can.
24 Jan 2020
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller.
10 Aug 1972
The members of a wedding party play a game whereby each describes the events of their own wedding night.
15 Mar 1974
Peter brings his new girlfriend Anja up to C. von Ficker's (i.e. Fucker's) flat, but their tryst is repeatedly disturbed by various events in the building. To calm the jittery Anja, Peter relates a series of erotic stories to put her back in the mood.