Silent Movies

A boy sits alone in his room, but he hears a noise. What is this noise, who is making it?

A man marks everything he encounters with an X, from telephone poles to fruit and books he fondles in markets to a woman he pursues who lies on the...

At the center are takes which do not change - a tree in a field in Vermont, U.S.A. Since the film was shot over a period of fifty days, the single...

A silent student short film with lots of drama. Courtesy of Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal Qc.

Every day, a father works to accumulate the money needed to buy go-kart tires for his daughter and himself. At the racetrack or at home, nothing...

A short film following the struggles of balancing university life and trying to find a job after recently losing their previous job

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

Florence is a contemplative study of light and shadows, textures and planes, that makes beautiful use of the tonal qualities of black and white film....

An outdoor gathering.

A lonely young woman becomes obsessed with the sex lives of her next door neighbors, unaware that appearances are not what they seem.

In a world where humans only communicate telepathically, Nima searches for a butterfly. Her encounter with a black cat leads her to an apathetic old...

Chicago streets.

It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

Silent cartoon.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Short animated film

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.