Movies: Magic

Eighteen very different stories are told in this horror anthology film, as we get to see time travel, robots, aliens, murder, killer dolls and even the apocalypse....

Unable to deal with her mother's death, Samantha turns to her drawings for solace. She discovers she is able to bring her drawings to life and attempts to bring her mother back. In doing so, she finds out the truth behind her mother's death....

In a future where systems of control spread out to the furthest reaches of the planet, a woman tries to survive in a realm of naturalized oppression. Her art is her weapon and an expression of resistance....

El Poder tells the story of Alejandro who discovers a new ability within his powers. Dying to show it to his friend, they run to a nearby forest, but little does he know about the dangers of this newfound power......

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Imagine, if you will, LARPers — Live Action Role Playing — but on a much larger scale, filmed by video camera, fuzzy drained video colors coalescing to give us wanderers with walking sticks in the woods, primitive video effects in the place of comput...

A magical Nintendo 64 follows around a distracted child who must finish his homework after his abusive father forces him to complete it....

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A young witch tries to find 'the oasis' and has captured a young man who knows it's exact location. But before he tells her where she can find this mystical place she first has to convince him that magic is in fact very real....

Prestidigitation before the age of the pixel. Very lively stop motion and open shutter piece, all done in camera – but transferred to video for ease of viewing....

A little character named The Small One must try and set a spell right that was cast by his adopted father, a powerful wizard, who was once the protector of the land Marimdorph before he died....

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In the north country there are helpers. People with special gifts and abilities. In the Sámi heritage they have existed for centuries. They healed, relieved pain and stopped bleeding. And much more. The good helpers are still here. Out there in our m...

A lonely boy encounters a mysterious wizard and is given a seed that could grow into something magical....

A young man, obsessed with improving his guitar playing, goes to disturbing lengths to achieve his dreams once he starts to suspect that his music Instructor is hiding a magical secret....

An exchange student in Eastern Europe enters a realm of unsettling phantasm....

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This is a short film about life. The mundaneness of it all. That “magic” is a fantasy to distract us from it. But there’s no such thing as fantasy. Move forward and believe in yourself. Open your eyes and you’ll see the truth. Magic is everywhere....

Why is it that societies need magicians to lie to them? It's a question magician and philosopher Eugene Burger addresses as the world-renowned 'Guru of Magic.' In 'A Magical Vision,' Eugene and a circle of other thoughtful magicians reveal why, from ...

On January 3rd, 2001, documentary writer/producer Wayne Darwen brought a professional TV news crew into the Temple of the O.T.A. to visually record a remarkable event: the summoning of the ancient spirit Vassago. Only 13 days after the ritual was vis...