Featured Shorts

Academy Award© winning actor/director Lee Grant's directorial debut short was this acclaimed adaptation of August Strindberg's "The Stronger." Starring Susan Strasberg and Dolores Dorn, Grant transformed the premises of the AFI into a lush 19th century society hotel with cinematography by Andrew Davies and editing by Hal Ashby

John Heyn and Jeff Krulik filmed Judas Priest fans in a concert arena parking lot in suburban Maryland. Thirty years later, Heavy Metal Parking Lot is hailed as one the greatest rock documentaries ever. It’s a definitive cultural touchstone for the 1980s metal scene: spandex, big hair, denim, mullets, muscle cars, and beer. Heavy Metal Parking Lot launched a ...Read More

One of the more popular animated short films that aired during Night Flight’s '80s heyday was Wes Archer’s cult fave Jac Mac & Rad Boy, Go!, a wonderfully frenetic cartoon about two party-bound teens who inadvertently destroy a city on their way to hell, which Archer admits he may have also been inspired by his own wayward youth in Houston, Texas. Note: Wes went on ...Read More

A Sammy Davis, Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy's bedside.

The Miami Vice Incident explores a 35-year rift in a family caused by an episode of Miami Vice.

Made by artist/animator Nalani Williams and accompanied by the haunting music of Domino Kirke, stop motion and hand painted animation converge to create a multidimensional, layered and experimental work illuminating the pain of impermanence.

A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.

Enter the haunting world of “Michikusa”—a surreal stop motion, hand-painted short created by animation artist, Nalani Williams, accompanied by prolific experimental band, Boris. In this allegorical landscape, reality is woven from skin and bone, painting a hellish portrait of a world caught between the realms of life and death.

Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? Is it a source for harmless kicks, or a potentially crippling addiction? Is it a tool to expand one’s consciousness, or a downward spiraling path that can eventually lead to insanity? Once and for all the facts about this controversial substance are frankly discussed, in the long-lost...Read More

Tonight’s Night Flight Original Episode is a mystery mix of lost video treasures; a rapid fire sampler of short films, animations and music videos. This full episode with commercials intact kick offs with Rik Carter’s 1987 short “Horror Brunch,” a long forgotten cult masterpiece that Bloody Disgusting had the following to say about: “If you love gory ’80s flicks, yo...Read More

The city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?

Directed by Don Swaynos. The reunion of a woman and her estranged daughter is interrupted by a man with an unusual request.

An eccentric, introverted man (Bob Bert of Sonic Youth) goes on an adventure in his bathtub. As he explores a warped and lopsided world, he chooses to ignore his surroundings in favor of his favorite comic book. Others around him react to his presence with lust, jealousy, desperation and violence while he remains blissfully naive. Winner of the 2020 LA Punk Film Fes...Read More

Knowing that another world is possible, individuals young and old share their hopes and dreams for the future.

Directed by Yen Tan and Hutch Crane. A congressman is haunted by an outfit that won't go away.

A hapless hitchhiker (Larry Hankin) gets advice on his road technique from a fairytale frog.

Sometimes Jones, A homeless street character (Larry Hankin) tries to talk to the night waitress in Solly's Diner (Ruth Silvera). He's plea is interrupted by a desperate business man (Roger Bowen) who pulls a gun and demands all the money in the cash register. Jones cleverly captures the robber and is rewarded with a free meal.