Alice (1988)
Surreal adventure 'inspired by' the Lewis Carroll classic.
Insect (2018)
An amateur drama troupe rehearse the Čapek Brothers’ The Insect Play.
Jan Svankmajer: The Complete Short Films (2007)
Selection of surrealist shorts gets a polished release from the BFI.
Little Otik (2000)
Grotesque take on the story of the little wooden boy.
Lunacy (2005)
Horror film addresses madness, both in and out of the asylum.
Surviving Life (2010)
Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer's extension of one of his own dreams.
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