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An actor has been stuck in one of their roles for some time and is unable to separate themselves from it. The actor’s professional and personal life is affected by this role, and they can no longer distinguish between who they are and the character they play. They see eliminating themselves as the only way out of this crisis. Winner of the statuette and honorary diploma for Best Play in the playwriting section of the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival in 2019.

The film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting of a dynamic line drawing of Sisyphus, the stone, and the mountainside.

A troubled man seeks comfort in the face of his existential worries.

A student faces challenges in his acting class.

SISYPHUS is the independent directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Matt Murray, following professional wrestler Hardcore, traveling with him along the east coast as he competes against opponents Sinister and Jessie Daniels for the Hardcore Championship.

A video of a dance performance by the Karen Jamieson Dance Company.

In the desert, a man extracts stones from a mountain and breaks them. In his perpetual labour, he meditates upon life and death.

A stop-motion adaptation of the story of Sisyphus.

A rollicking drumbeat roils over different playful spellings of the film's title.

'Sisyphus' is a silent 16mm film shot on a Bolex exploring a journey that never ends. I made this film at renowned experimental filmmaker Phil Hoffman's Film Farm workshop in Mount Forest, Ontario. Originally, I wanted to create a simple statement about overcoming depression. The ultra short narrative in 'Sisyphus' uses heartbreak as a metaphor for depression, since depression is just that - being heartbroken about life. The creative process and the practice of handmaking films speaks to treating life as a work in progress, thereby positively embracing the permanence of Sisyphus in my life. The lush, organic imagery in 'Sisyphus' was created by hand-processing 16mm black and white footage in a bucket and hand-tinting and toning individual pieces of film.

A man is trapped in a psychological time loop, forced to relive the same moment again and again. With every repetition, his grip on reality weakens, turning survival into a battle against his own mind.

"Sisyphus" is a take on insignificance, repetition and the invisible chains that bind us to the routine of our daily lives.

An animated cartoon of the Greek legend, which interprets the mood and style of Robert Garioch's poem.

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A young woman goes through a bizarre and disruptive routine. A routine that encapsulates and visualizes, to an extent, the experience of having mental breakdowns and episodes.

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Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.

Wu Ming Tian is an office worker who has been in the workforce for three years. One day, his life takes a dramatic turn when a "God of Time" meteor visits Earth, triggering a mysterious time loop that causes his day to repeat over and over again. From that moment on, his ordinary, routine-filled life as a corporate cog is completely upended. Escaping the predetermined path of exhausting labor, his youthful heart begins to yearn for a new kind of life… a life of choice, meaning, and self-discovery.

Sisyphus is a journey through the rehabilitation of addictions in Mexico. In the absence of a public infrastructure to combat this problem, the annexes are the alternative that addicts themselves have created. The annexes are unofficial rehabilitation centers in which a method of rehabilitation thought apart from medicine or professional therapy is offered.

Armed with only a shovel, artist Victor Pilon accomplishes the unimaginable by moving 300 tons of sand in a physical and psychological performance lasting over 180 hours in the heart of Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Inspired by Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, this acclaimed tour de force is magnificently captured in an eventful film that emotionally reminds us that behind every human tragedy lies a journey as liberating as it is salutary. A masterly production to match a spectacular performance, accompanied by the notes of the Montreal band Dear Criminals.

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

France: 2020s. Piotr, a young Polish immigrant stuck in a string of odd jobs, crosses paths with Stefano, a burly mover. Little did Piotr know, this encounter would soon draw him into the eerie world of nighttime fighting.

On the verge of despair, she is ready to leave everything, but at the last moment she returns - and it changes everything.

Charlie receives strange phone calls, maybe from the beyond? What's on the other end of the phone? It doesn't matter, as long as we imagine Sisyphus happy.

Sisyphus is a shepherd who lives by the river. A solitary man who falls into trap set by the gods. He dares to stand against the almighty Zeus, bringing upon himself his wrath. The revenge of the gods seems simple – they send Death after Sisyphus.

For the first time in the role of screenwriter, an AI narrates the life of Adam, a young university student afflicted by an existential crisis, and his journey towards the meaning of life, between absurd encounters and very human atmospheres.

An animated short film about a person who's got their head stuck in a chamber pot and tries to get it off.

A modern low-budget adaptation of the myth of Sisyphus, made by film students as an school project.

A stop-motion Sisyphus is overwhelmed by the Czechoslovakian bureaucracy.

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Stop motion animation by Jonatan Schwenk

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The paintings of Nick Zedd come to life, and they have some disturbing things to say in this animated short.