Existentialism Movies

A teen contemplates his life after getting locked in his garage during a power outage.

A small mistake in timing... A man who has given up on life is stopped by something unexpected: Death itself. Their encounter leads to a tragicomic...

What happens to a person's self when she retires and no longer has the job to lean on? Documentary filmmaker Lars Lennart Forsberg asked that...

What starts as a desire to experience nature more intimately develops into a relatable conversation on alternative pathways through life. Two...

After inadvertently drinking himself to death, Gabriel, a downtrodden recent college graduate, is presented with one final conversation with The...

A burning flame, black-and-white, opens Nasos Karabelas’ “Osmosis”, a philosophical piece on life, death, loneliness and...

A short, abstract look at the effects of repetition on the human mind.

A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!

Poppy, the last human on earth, discovers a newfound friendship when she brings the former robot “Banjo” to life. Together they explore...

First work in the experimental trilogy ‘Sentidos encontrados’ (Conflicting Senses). The term ‘life’ refers to that which...

Two kids entangled in the pursuit of young love find themselves colliding with the life of a woman experiencing a crisis.

experimental piece exploring existentialism, time, age and space

When a girl was ten-years-old she developed a brain tumor. Doctors were able to remove it, but at the expense of the perception of her own face. She...

Two brothers walk into a graveyard, yet can't find their fathers grave.

Clouds and more clouds.

Experimental short film about the fragility of time

A quiet meditation on the mundanity of life.

Do you need children, careers and partners to feel happy? The filmmaker Lotta Stemme has for five years documented both her own and three of her...