Advertising Movies

Commissioned by developer Harry Macklowe to promote properties at 432 Park Avenue in New York City, this short film tells the story of a ballet...

PBS Frontline takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have...

A man is tortured both mentally and physically by his television. As the man is suffering, the television plays commercials representing his life,...

Mr. Miller is the CEO of a big soap company whose son Henry like to spend his father's money but isn't interesting in working. Henry's laziness makes...

Intended as a publicity film for Chrysler, Rhythm uses rapid editing to speed up the assembly of a car, synchronizing it to African drum music. The...

In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film...

Part of a triptych of fashion films edited from Erwin Blumenfeld's original footage by filmmaker Adam Mufti and sound designer Olivier Alary. This...

Purple Leone is an experimental short film exploring how trends emerge and spread across the world. Through a blend of visuals and sound, it reflects...

On completing his training in a secret elite army unit, Eitan is taken out by mates from the unit to celebrate. During a night of drinking in Tel...

The film shows one day from waking up in the morning all the way to waking up again the next morning. The everyday situations that many commercials...

A fake horror commercial following a writer who relies on a headache pill to keep her creative spark alive

Focusing directly on the world of commercial images, Sut Jhally asks some basic questions about the cultural messages emanating from this...

A fake horror commercial about the agony of mental overload, where a sudden rush of endless thoughts turns into a paralyzing headache.

Film collage with documentary material from the time of the German economic miracle. The "Golden" 50s run in a serene potpourri of weekly clips, old...

Several children spend a day in the forest and learn from Smokey Bear the five rules to fire safety.

No Measure of Health profiles Kyle Magee, an anti-advertising activist from Melbourne, Australia, who for the past 10 years has been going out into...

Early 1960s documentary into the spending habit of 'screenagers' (young cinema-goers aged between 16-24). Based on Mark Abrams' 1959 report, 'The...

Advertising cartoon advising the farmers of West Africa to save their money in Barclay's banks.

TVTV turns its critical eye to the world of advertising in Adland, subtitled Where Commercials Come From. Focusing on the reality behind the image,...