A Memorial to Failure / 2013

A balance of precarity with a new sense of artistic liminality, art as a kind of critical and aesthetic ritual that embodies the threshold the world is at currently.

The Perfectionist, Trilogy of Failure Part III / 2005

The Perfectionist (2005) is the third part of Rosefeldt’s Trilogy of Failure (2004/2005) in which three different settings draw a picture of our vain entanglement with everyday rituals. In each case the protagonist is caught up in a microcosm that suggests mental and spatial claustrophobia. As a reaction to the hopeless situation, he plunges into permanent Sisyphean activity – going nowhere and producing nothing. The motifs of perpetual attempt and constant failure find their equivalent in the repetitive structure of the loop. The scenes are allegories of our frantic and ultimately futile attempts to escape the surrounding norms, constraints, structures and rituals by which we are determined.

The Soundmaker, Trilogy of Failure Part I / 2004

The Soundmaker (2004) is the first part of Rosefeldt’s Trilogy of Failure (2004/2005) in which three different settings draw a picture of our vain entanglement with everyday rituals. In each case the protagonist is caught up in a microcosm that suggests mental and spatial claustrophobia. As a reaction to the hopeless situation, he plunges into permanent Sisyphean activity – going nowhere and producing nothing. The motifs of perpetual attempt and constant failure find their equivalent in the repetitive structure of the loop. The scenes are allegories of our frantic and ultimately futile attempts to escape the surrounding norms, constraints, structures and rituals by which we are determined.

Failure to Protect / 2021

Failed by a system that unfairly tears apart low income, marginalized families, four parents - Anna, Trish, Ernst and Rosa - fight to reunify with their children. But what does it take to get your children back after they’ve been taken by the Child Protective Services? Failure to Protect is an in-depth look at the child welfare system through the forgotten lens of parents, further contextualized by experts in the field to unpack a pressing socioeconomic issue that affects hundreds of thousands of families everyday.

A Successful Failure / 1934

Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.

Liftoff!: Success and Failure on the Launch Pad / 2005

An overview to the history of launch vehicles in the United States. Everything from Goddard to the V-2 to Vanguard and Explorer I, to Atlas and Titan, even the Saturns and Space Shuttle. Also rare Air Force documentaries, on Vandenberg, the X-17, SAC, and the Thor. Footage of many launches and explosions, with expert commentary by propulsion engineer Dave Mohr.

Antique Failure / 2022

Collin lives a simple, disillusioned life as a small-town’s only mechanic. Gay and closeted, his world completely shifts when Roman, the lead singer of touring punk group ‘Antique Failure,’ comes to Collin for help on his broken-down van. The attraction is instant, but in fear of his small, conservative community, Collin must decide between keeping safe, or taking his only chance at love.

Failure Is Not an Option / 2003

The Space Race comes alive through the eyes of the ultimate insider - retired NASA Mission Control Flight Director Gene Kranz. A history of the U.S. manned space program from Mercury to Apollo 17, as seen by the men of Mission Control.

Prolonged Failure / 2023

Two film students desperately try to create a documentary for their final project whilst putting in as little effort as possible.

Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland / 2022

Since 1959 at the age of five, David "The Weatherman" Wills has been recording his life, self, and anything he likes (such as the weather, toilets flushing, and intercepted cell phone conversations) and broadcasting it to anyone listening. Together with childhood friends Richard Lyons and Mark Hosler they formed Negativland, which quickly became an absurd and noisy multimedia world without boundaries, ownership or privacy. Negativland's complex chaos of plunderphonics poses both serious and silly questions about the nature of culture, media, technology, control, propaganda, power and perception in the United States of America. Is what you're hearing and seeing real or simply familiar? The medium reveals that any message is all in our heads.

Oregano: The Failure Family / 2022

"Oregano" is the story of a dysfunctional and very poor family, made up of four members: the mother, a former singer who failed in her career and expresses her frustration through anger and violence; the father, a former butcher who had to close his business after the 2001 crisis and was confined to a wheelchair; the youngest son, who does not finish elucidating his sexuality, escapes from reality building a universe of fantasies, but at the same time seeks to become independent; and the eldest daughter, who questions her identity and that of her family, realizing that she is the same age as her father. The family lives in a small house where individual conflict and frustrations are combined with group ones, which unleashes a chain of events that leads to the rupture of their traditional scheme.

FTY: Failure to Yield /

An AI programmed to guard a border region with deadly force begins to gain sentience when she meets a woman attempting to cross.

Failure "The Focus" (Fan Made) / 2015

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Tribute to Failure /

The Swiss Alpinists Hojac, Siegrist, Schild and Scharf attempt a first ascent of a route on the 6,543m Shivling and show the willingness to suffer before a decision about success or failure on the mountain.

Big Queer Failure /

A DIY film celebrating and asserting our right to fail at life as individuals and communities.

The Crystal Wind - A Symphony of Failure / 2024

A director laments the loss of his short film destroyed by the pitfalls of difficult editing software.

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel /

Our Failure / 2018

Human Failure / 2008

Using first-hand accounts, award-winning filmmaker Michael Verhoeven goes on a search to unearth evidence documenting one of the greatest robberies in human history.

One Man's Failure on Two Wedding Nights / 1977

Without any dialogue, the film tells the story of a man who had an Oedipal passion for his mother. After getting married, the disorders return with more force and can lead to unimaginable consequences.