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06:00

SHORTS Animate!

FAN AND THE FLOWER, THE

An ill-fated and unconsummated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy-tale ending.

2005 / Animation / United States / English

Director: Bill Plympton

Cast: Paul Giamatti

7 mins

06:07

SHORTS Animate!

HOME ROAD MOVIES

The real-life story of a shy and awkward father who desperately wanted the family car to make him a better parent. The film uses innovative and atmospheric computer animation combined with treated album photographs. A sweet reminiscence about a family of

2001 / Documentary / United Kingdom / English

Director: Robert Bradbrooke

Cast: Bill Paterson

11 mins

06:19

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: BORN TO BE WILD

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

06:24

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: I WANT TO BREAK FREE

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

06:29

SHORTS Best in Fest

BROKEN

It's 1968 and 14 years old Chrystalla arrives in London to meet her father Solomon after 4 years apart to find he is not the man he seems to be...

2007 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Vicki Psarias

Cast: Lucy Christofi Christy, Michelle Collins, Peter Polycarpou

15 mins

06:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

SIXTH SCENT

A comic tale about the laws of karma at work in the superficial world of love and lust in the big city.

2002 / Comedy / Australia / English

Director: Petrina Buckley

Cast: Mark Jensen, Stephen Bach, Petrina Buckley

4 mins

06:49

SHORTS Best in Fest

ALMOST STRANGERS

2003 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Sarah Walker

Cast: Gil Darnell, Carol Hodge, Layke Anderson, Ruth Posner, Harry Kent

10 mins

06:59

Editor's Pick

TIME 2 SAVE THE WORLD

A workaholic dad is forced to take time out from his busy schedule to save the world.

2002

Director: Adam Trotman

Cast: David Hargreaves, Jessica Harper, Colin Buchanan

10 mins

07:10

Editor's Pick

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - PRIVATE PARTS

Documentary / English

2 mins

07:12

Editor's Pick

LETTERS OF SERVICE

A rest home nurse pieces together the haunted past of a 100 year-old psychiatric patient, about whom nothing is known but his date of birth and his name.

2004 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Duncan Wellaway

Cast: Morris Perry, Chloe Bale

13 mins

07:26

Editor's Pick

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - YELLOW SUBMARI

Documentary / English

3 mins

07:29

SHORTS in Love

8 MINUTES TO LOVE

A woman is confronted by her cheating ex-boyfriend at a speed dating event. She gives him eight minutes to try to win her back. Starring Sandra Oh

2004 / Romance / United States / English

Director: Thom Harp

Cast: Heidi Darchuk, Micha Rice, Shawn Telford, Sandra Oh, Tim Gouran

11 mins

07:41

SHORTS in Love

CORONA STATION

Corona Station is a turf war between two violinists who vie for a prime busking location and the heart of a pretty girl in a gritty Vancouver SkyTrain station.

2004 / Romance / Canada

Director: Steve Rosenberg

6 mins

07:48

SHORTS in Love

POOL, THE

2003 / UK / English

Director: Chris Richards

Cast: Richard Frame, Micaiah Dring, Jamie Davis, Rosalind Knight, James Booth

7 mins

07:57

Stars in SHORTS

ANNA AND THE MOODS

The story tells of Anna and her family and how one day they all wake up to a frightful reality. The family is waiting for their perfect daughter to arrive at the breakfast table and kiss them good morning as always. But this morning Anna has woken up, loo

2007 / Animation / Iceland / English

Director: Gunnar Karlsson

26 mins

08:23

Stars in SHORTS

EXHAUST

On a typical Sunday a car owner finds himself in a tight situation as he battles between love and safety. Starring Martin Freeman from BBC TV's BAFTA & Golden Globe winning TV series The Office and featuring an exclusive soundtrack by Badly Draw

1999 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Suzi Ewing

Cast: Martin Freeman

7 mins

08:31

SHORTS Film School

DIS-CONNECTED

A woman struggles to overcome the untimely death of her husband.

2002 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Tim DeRidder

Cast: Caroline Faber, Lucy Evans, Hannah Donaldson, Ben Davies, Liz Cass, Daniel Anthony, Aml Ameen, Laura Aikman

20 mins

08:52

SHORTS Film School

GUILT

When Arnie's family decides it would be a great idea for him to donate his heart to save his young dying mother, he wants to flee. But, there is no escaping maternal guilt.

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Bill Oliver

Cast: Harriet Sansom Harris, Margaret Travolta, Carlos Jacott, Catherine Grace, Evan Mann, Gudrun Flaherty

13 mins

09:06

SHORTS Comedy

NOUVEAU RICHE NO. 34

2003 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Saar Klein

3 mins

09:09

SHORTS Comedy

CORPSE

Ageing thespian, Harold Brazier is hammier than a gammon sandwich. However, when he's upstaged by a stand-in he begins to find his character's true motivation. With the halp of a little rat poison, Harold is about to give the performance of his

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Richard West

Cast: Angela Mchale, Oliver Chris, Philip Jackson

15 mins

09:25

SHORTS Comedy

SURPRISE

A woman goes on a disastrous date with a psychic who can only see two minutes into the future.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Loren E. Chadima

7 mins

09:32

SHORTS Animate!

WOMAN IN THE ATTIC

2003 / Animation / United States

Director: Chansoo Kim

4 mins

09:37

SHORTS Animate!

HARVEST, THE

This alien race's demands are simple: just hand over your kidneys and no one will get hurt. But wait... that's a lie.

2006 / Animation / Netherlands / English

Director: Mark Bazelmans

Cast: Ferry Bazelmans

2 mins

09:40

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: LOVE IS IN THE AIR

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

09:45

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: I'VE LOOKED AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

09:50

SHORTS Animate!

TUNANOODA

A Grandfather tells a big fish story to his grandson as an oral tradition is played out through food preparation.Tunanooda uses real food along with a variety of 2D and 3D animation techniques to explore connections between eating and storytelling

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: David Zackin

Cast: David Zackin, Norman Bunin

10 mins

10:00

Editor's Pick

EL ESPANTAPAJAROS

The scarecrow has a new, strange partner. It seems very difficult to talk to him.

2001 / Animation / Spain / Spanish

Director: Gonzalo Zona

9 mins

10:10

Editor's Pick

PIGEON

Just imagine if from babyhood, your mother had raised you strictly according to old wives tales. How would you have turned out? Most probably, exactly like Jean-Pierre Pigeon - superstitious!

2006 / Comedy / France / French

Director: Benoit Gand

Cast: Fred Testot, Annabelle Milot, Stephan Avoge

14 mins

10:25

Editor's Pick

EMPIRE

2005 / Experimental / France / English

Director: Edouard Salier

3 mins

10:29

SHORTS Best in Fest

DREAMING, THE

2008 / US / English

Director: Anthony Green

Cast: Robbie Robertson, Vern Harper, Michael Greyeyes, Stanley Green, Devon Bostick

10 mins

10:40

SHORTS Best in Fest

BUTTON, THE

A young business man is driven mad by a mysterious button on his hotel room wall.

2001 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Emily Greenwood

Cast: Adrian JUBB

16 mins

10:57

SHORTS in Love

FLOATER

A toilet that won't flush and a bladder that can't wait any longer threaten to derail an amorous young couple's first weekend away together.

2000 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Rebecca Rodriguez

7 mins

11:04

SHORTS in Love

SPACEMAN, THE

Thomas is a man obsessed with outer space and the girl next door. One day he comes up with an idea of how to gain the respect of this girl. Everything would be alright if only the strange woman who lived downstairs would leave him alone.

1999 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Giles Borg

Cast: Julia Rayner, Paul Coster

11 mins

11:15

SHORTS in Love

DINNER WITH KIP

Desperate, neurotic Gloria goes on an emotional roller coaster ride when her boyfriend of three weeks, Kip, sends her yellow roses. What does yellow mean? Does Kip want to propose? To break up? Or does Kip want to destroy the planet?

2002 / Thriller / United States / English

Director: Chris Schwartz

5 mins

11:21

SHORTS in Love

MR THOMPSON'S CARNATION

Mr Thompson is an elderly, frail man, who wakes up every morning to buy a drooping flower from Miss Simmons, the forever-unmarried flower shop lady. She waits eagerly for their daily encounter but Mr. Thompson seems oblivious to her flirtations. Today, ho

2001 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Diene Petterle

Cast: Janet Henfrey, David Graham

9 mins

11:31

Stars in SHORTS

LISTENING

2002 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Cast: Frances Barber, Paul McGann

20 mins

11:52

Stars in SHORTS

RIBLOCK FOUNDATION, THE

Ernest attends an interview at the Riblok Foundation. As the questions grow increasingly bizarre he wonders whether he'll get the job and if he does, what will it entail?

2001 / Comedy / Ireland / English

Director: Chris Roche

Cast: Barry Murphy, Tommy Tiernan

3 mins

11:56

Stars in SHORTS

LOVE SPORT - LOVE THE DOGS

Six dogs chasing one rabbit. Who would you put your money on?

2007 / Animation / United Kingdom

Director: Grant Orchard

1 min

11:58

ShortsTV

60 mins

12:59

SHORTS Animate!

TEENOLOGY 5 SIMPLE RULES TO... Vegetarianism

2007 / Animation / UK / English

1 min

13:00

SHORTS Animate!

FISSION

A man sees himself as a graffiti on the wall.

2006 / Animation / United States / English

Director: Kun-I Chang

Cast: Ayesha, Jamil Shamasdin

4 mins

13:05

SHORTS Animate!

MANTIS PARABLE, THE

The Mantis Parable is the charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.

2005 / Drama / United States

Director: Josh Staub

7 mins

13:13

SHORTS Animate!

ANIMAL BOOK, THE

2006 / Animation / United Kingdom

Director: Chris Randall, Natalie Hinchley

9 mins

13:23

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: ALWAYS TAKE THE WEATHER WITH YOU

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

13:28

SHORTS Animate!

TEENOLOGY 5 SIMPLE RULES TO... Uniforms

2007 / Animation / UK / English

1 min

13:29

SHORTS Best in Fest

HERO BY NATURE

A Caucasian boy whose next door neighbour happens to be his native friend, is informed by his judgemental and intolerant father that he is no longer to have any contact with him. This stems from his strong prejudice against the native people.

2005 / Drama / Canada / English

Director: Roger Cantin

Cast: Frederick De Grandpre, Jesse Rath, Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle

14 mins

13:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

BROKEN

It's 1968 and 14 years old Chrystalla arrives in London to meet her father Solomon after 4 years apart to find he is not the man he seems to be...

2007 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Vicki Psarias

Cast: Lucy Christofi Christy, Michelle Collins, Peter Polycarpou

15 mins

13:59

ShortsTV

60 mins

14:59

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - NIGHT OF THE L

Documentary / English

1 min

15:01

Stars in SHORTS

TAKING THE WHEEL

An obstinate 90-year-old woman refuses to give up driving. Stars John Cleese.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: David Ackerman

Cast: David Brainard, John Cleese, Patience Cleveland

11 mins

15:12

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - CREATURE FROM

Documentary / English

1 min

15:14

Stars in SHORTS

8.3 MINUTES

2008 / Drama / Norway / English

Director: Klaus Thymann

Cast: Nick Kneller, Julie Lawes, Jeremy Tiang, Rob Crouch, Nicolai La Barrie, Colin Salmon

8 mins

15:23

Stars in SHORTS

CHARITY

A man working in a hardware shop fixes his own spectacles and then spots, to his horror, that the 'Sooty Bear' charity box only has one eye. This appeals to his sense of nurture and he sets about fixing it.

2002 / Drama / United Kingdom

Director: Pippa Marks

Cast: Christopher Eccleston

1 min

15:24

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - MAN WHO FELL T

Documentary / English

2 mins

15:27

SHORTS Film School

FE

A story about a boy who discovers a fairy in the woods, except she's a girl who needs help.

2000 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Erica Dunton

12 mins

15:39

SHORTS Film School

A DISTANT SHORE

A year after her monther's unresolved disappearance, Theda runs away from home and travels to a remote lighthouse, convinced that her mother is calling her there. On her journey, a concerned detective tracks her down in the hopes of returning her saf

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Franklin Rho

Cast: Courtney Halverson, John Colton

15 mins

15:54

ShortsTV

60 mins

16:54

SHORTS Best in Fest

CRICKET PLAYER, THE

Cricket and baseball take on new significance as a young boy from Apartheid-era South Africa struggles to fit into his new home in the United States.

2002 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Adam Rubin

16 mins

17:11

SHORTS Best in Fest

RAYMOND

2006 / France / French

Director: Jules Janaud, François Roisin, Bif, Fabrice Le Nezet

5 mins

17:16

SHORTS Best in Fest

FISHY

Glenda, an unemployed misfit falls in love with Freddie, her goldfish. As her search for work founders, her love for Freddie deepens and she feels her place is at his side...

2003 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Deva Palmier

Cast: Anne Lacey, Shirley Henderson

9 mins

17:26

Editor's Pick

LONESOME JOE

A lonely tow truck driver finds solace in his new found friend - a dog. But the relationship is not what it seems.

2002 / Comedy / Canada / English

Director: Mark Sawers

11 mins

17:38

Editor's Pick

ONE DAY

Owen has the same mundane routine every day. When his boss and secretary push his patience he escapes to Blackpool with Cherie, the girl from the video shop. He shouldn't but he's off on one

2006 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: James Barriscale

Cast: Tanya Franks, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens

15 mins

17:53

SHORTS in Love

LOVE TAKES

Finding Mr. Right is apparently as difficult at 8 as it is at 80. Love Takes is a documentary that charts the places that love takes us and leaves us over a lifetime.

2003 / Documentary / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jeanie Finlay

10 mins

18:03

SHORTS in Love

LOVE LETTER, US, USC

Welcome to planet 7th Grade! Where a love letter to the girl of your dreams can ruin your life, Salami is the perfect diversion for a crazy janitor, and memorizing Shakespeare makes you a loser, but just might win you the girl.

2006 / Romance / United States / English

Director: Trent Jones

Cast: AJ Noel, Alynia Phillips, Galvin Chapman, Nico Howard

16 mins

18:20

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL: No Commentary - PSYCHO

Documentary / English

6 mins

18:26

Stars in SHORTS

WISHING TIME

WISHING TIME is a story about Maggie Simmons, a young woman who has lived her entire life without making a wish or believing in a god. But after an unusual encounter with a strange man, Maggie begins to see things differently.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Torrie Rosenzweig

11 mins

18:38

Stars in SHORTS

DOPPELGANGER

Brian sees himself do bad things while he sleeps. Timothy Olyphant and Rebecca Gayheart star in this thriller that blurs the line between reality and dreams.

2001 / Thriller / United States / English

Cast: Rebecca Gayheart, Timothy Olyphant

13 mins

18:51

SHORTS Film School

HOPE

2006

Director: Deborah Aston

6 mins

18:58

SHORTS Film School

FINE

Ed, a suburban factory worker with a wife and kid, faces a dilemma when a young co-worker asks him for marriage advice.

2002 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Michael Downing

20 mins

19:18

SHORTS Film School

EVERY NIGHT I GO RUNNING

The joy of running from the perspective of someone who cannot run. The central character uses the power of his imagination to transport himself into a universe which is every bit as challenging as the real thing.

2002 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: David Storr

Cast: James Farley

3 mins

19:21

SHORTS Comedy

HETTY

On 14th May 2002, Hetty Vickers invited loved ones to her home, to assist in taking her own life.Unfortunately, something went awry. A disarming satire about euthanasia and just how hard it is to rest in peace.

2002 / Comedy / Australia / English

Director: Angus Stevens

Cast: Carole Skinner, Don Reid, Julie Herbert, Maggie Kirkpatrick

8 mins

19:30

SHORTS Comedy

NOUVEAU RICHE NO. 34

2003 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Saar Klein

3 mins

19:34

SHORTS Comedy

BOY NEXT DOOR

Calvin thinks his new next door neighbour will bring his unlucky streak to an end. Unfortunately he's right.

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Travis Davis

Cast: Travis Davis

17 mins

19:52

SHORTS Animate!

SNOWTIME

Colin complains about the weather while Cumberland does his best to ignore him.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Dana Dorian

1 min

19:53

SHORTS Animate!

TEENOLOGY 5 SIMPLE RULES TO... Cheatin'

2007 / Animation / UK / English

1 min

19:54

SHORTS Animate!

YOGA NOGA REYOGA: : THE ENLIGHTENMENT COMPETITION

Two young monks meditate in the search for greater Cosmic Union. However, in their quest, they become increasingly aware of the others' activities, jealously upping the stakes in order to be the "most enlightened".

2006 / Animation / United Kingdom

Director: Kengo Kurimoto

5 mins

20:00

SHORTS Animate!

UNSTEADY CHOUGH, THE

An Oxford undergraduate discovers that amid the dreaming spires there roosts a boozy bird. 3D and 2D, live action and animation blend to create the drunken world of The Unsteady Chough. With Monty Python's Terry Jones.

2004 / Animation / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jonathan Van Tulleken, Sam Leifer

Cast: Andy King, Clover, Donal Coonan, Julie Bower, Stephen John Holgate, Terry Jones

5 mins

20:05

SHORTS Animate!

FREAK, THE

In a land where blind conformity is the law, a dentally challenged, brightly garbed freak brings hope for all things fantastic and atypical. The problem is the establishment doesn't tolerate diversity.

2003 / Comedy / United States

Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas

6 mins

20:11

SHORTS Animate!

SMILE

This animated short film tells the story of Smile, a lonely but caring happy face toy who befriends a happy face balloon. The menacing deeds of an evil Pirate lead Smile on a daring rescue mission to save the balloon from certain peril.

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Chris Mais

10 mins

20:21

SHORTS Best in Fest

EMPIRE

2005 / Experimental / France / English

Director: Edouard Salier

3 mins

20:25

SHORTS Best in Fest

LOS ALMENDROS

Antonio is the bus driver on a very special route: every day a lot of special things happen, much more than on the other routes in the town. A Musical short featuring traditional Spanish Flamenco performances.

2000 / Comedy / Spain / Spanish

Director: Alvaro Alonso

Cast: Antonio Lobo

22 mins

20:49

Editor's Pick

SLEEPER

Rosko's world has become a disjointed collection of random moments. He finds himself snapping in and out of consciousness at the wheel of his courier van but even his dreams repeat scenes of his everyday life.

2004 / Thriller / Australia / English

Director: Andrew Milner

9 mins

20:58

Editor's Pick

Tunnel Vision

2006 / Australia / English

Director: Luke Mayze

Cast: Timothy Dashwood, Dan Poole

19 mins

21:18

SHORTS in Love

NEVER THE TIME

Dark comedy about a dysfunctional couple on a lovely day the English countryside.

2008 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Tom Tyrwhitt

Cast: Alex Haroy, Diana Eskell, Katerina Zoob

19 mins

21:38

SHORTS in Love

SOUFFLE

Selma and Oliver's love should still be fresh. But add an evening with old friends and past lovers, carefully mix the ingredients and let them cook up slowly.

2002 / Drama / Switzerland / German

Cast: Markus Gerber, Martina Scutze, Yutah Lorenz

8 mins

21:48

Stars in SHORTS

HARD TO SWALLOW

3 Couples and a cat share Sunday Lubnch... and certainly don't end up drinking too much, swearing at each other or fighting.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Mat Kirkby

Cast: Daisy Haggard, Katherine Parkinson, Kerry Godliman, Nick Burns

14 mins

22:02

Stars in SHORTS

I JUST WANT TO KISS YOU

1997 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jamie Thraves

Cast: Martin Freeman

11 mins

22:13

Stars in SHORTS

TEN MINUTE MOVIE

A lowly extra gets a shot at stardom. The glory, and the girl, are at Sam's fingertips. But suddenly his best friend is packing heat and his femme has gone all fatale. Sam's got 10 minutes to stop the plot twisting out of control.

2003 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Imogen Murphy

Cast: Alexandra Staden, Jimi Mistry, John Simm

9 mins

22:23

SHORTS Film School

HONOR SYSTEM, THE

The comedic story of what happens when a group of awkward sixth graders compete for the school's dodge ball title.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Jeff Morris

Cast: Kyle Swann, Sydnes Franklin

7 mins

22:31

SHORTS Film School

SANTA CROCE

A fractured family drops into disarray when a local Virgin Mary statue begins bleeding from the eyes. As flocks of wroshippers and tourists flood the forgotten town, the family's eldest daughter embarks on a bizarre spiritual journey.

2006 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Gavin Hefferman

Cast: Abby Eiland, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Brad Fisher

23 mins

22:54

SHORTS Comedy

YOU OWE US: THE FAMILY NEVER FORGETS

A comedic look at the film noir genre, You Owe Us is about lackluster newlywed, Billy who must suddenly make good on a forgotten favor owed to the Mafia from years past.

2004 / Comedy / United States / English

16 mins

23:10

SHORTS Comedy

TWO STOPS TO BANK

A journey home that turns into a nightmare, TWO STOPS TO BANK is a roller coaster ride of suspense, suspicion, guilt and romance. Okay, not that much romance actually!

2004 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Fred Aidroos

7 mins

23:18

SHORTS Comedy

MALTONIUS OLBREN

Maltonius Olbren lives on the top floor of a tall, old building on the ring road. One morning he wakes up with the urge to fly.

2001 / Comedy / France / French

Director: Kalev Kamen

Cast: Eric Caruso, Fabien Krzyzanowski

6 mins

23:25

SHORTS Comedy

WORLD OF WRESTLING

Welcome to a colourfully noctural world of oversized men, ill-fitting leotards, Boston-crabs, half-Nelsons and the unforgiving whims of the British transport system.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Ben Gregor

Cast: Kris Marshall, Kevin Eldon, Justin Edwards, Miranda Hart, Stewart Wright, Jonathan Ryland, Patrick Baladi, Mackenzie Crook

12 mins

23:37

SHORTS Comedy

ARROW MAN SAM

Welcome to the world of pub darts - a world of fast cars, fast women and free food. In this comedy mockumentary cledwyn's dreams fall around his snakeskin shoes as he grooms his chubby protege Sam for the success he himself recently let slip.

2004 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Tom Rowson

Cast: Lily Robinson, Masato Ando, Peter Rowson, Sam Childs, Tom Rowson

16 mins

23:54

SHORTS Midnight

ROOM TO THINK

2003

Director: Jamie Duncombe

8 mins

00:03

SHORTS Midnight

SINGLE ROSE, A

Set in the rural 20th centuary South, Rose, an African- American beauty, finds her soul singing at a nearby local juke joint.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper

19 mins

00:23

SHORTS World Cinema

CHIYO

In 1945, a year after Chiyo's father dies in the war, she expects him to come back during O-Bon, the Japanese festival of the dead.

2006 / Drama / United States / Japanese

Director: MASANORI BABA

Cast: HIROMASA TAKAGI, JYUNKO KIMOTO, MIYU TANAKA, TOKUKO MIURA

23 mins

00:46

SHORTS World Cinema

UDENS

Maria decides to go for a swin in the pool even though it looks deserted and she is warned that the water is cold. When she gets into the pool she is faced with not only the frigid water, but with her other feelings as well. Like fear.

2006 / Latvia / Polish

Director: Laila Pakalnina

Cast: Guna Zarina, Gundars Abolins, Irina Jegorova

2 mins

00:50

SHORTS Best in Fest

LA MOTO DE MA MERE

Laure, 15 years old, believes that her father is responsible for the accident that killed her mother. When he decides to sell her mother's motorbike, Laure runs away with her brother. A road movie in the Swiss mountains.

2003 / Drama / Switzerland / French

Director: Severine Cornamusaz

Cast: Charlotte Dumartheray, Ernst C. Sigrist, Fabio Fernandes

27 mins

01:17

SHORTS Midnight

ANYONE THERE?

Violet is looking forward to spending a nice long weekend house-sitting at a friend's mansion. She is not expecting to be stalked by a psycho killer. Or is she?

2008 / Horror / Germany / German

Director: Holger B. Frick

Cast: Tai Jason, Sandra Ahrabian

8 mins

01:26

SHORTS Midnight

ELI

2007 / Sci-Fi / United States / English

Director: Josh Lee Kwai

Cast: Caroline Rich, JanelleTaylor, Scott L. Schwartz, Kristen Kerr, Christina Carlisi, Erin Beaux, David Anders

17 mins

01:43

SHORTS Midnight

TRAPPED IN FREEDOM

A man looking for ultimate freedom becomes trapped in a final act of rebellion.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Moh Azima

Cast: Clint McCown, Monica Lortez, Richard Hinojosa

5 mins

01:48

Editor's Pick

NOT A FISH STORY

A suburban housewife is forced to confront her own needs when her husband announces his desire to become a fish.

2002 / Comedy / Canada / English

Director: Anita Doron

23 mins

02:12

Editor's Pick

NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING

A happy group of picnickers bustle to the beach. A man puts on a pair of flippers, does a clownish dance & dives into the grey-blue sea. The others picknickers notice their friend waving from the water and wave back energically.

2002 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jane Rogoyska

Cast: Antonio Gil Martinez

3 mins

02:16

SHORTS Film School

CRANK CALLS

This dark comedy focuses on a man, victimized by circumstance, who finally snaps. Using only a phone, a Polaroid camera and his wits, he reclaims control over his life, transforming himself from pawn to puppet master in a wicked tale of revenge.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Terry Rietta

9 mins

02:25

SHORTS Film School

PASSAGE

An older man who lost his family to the Taliban helps to unite a young couple which restores his will to live.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Jimmy Nabi

19 mins

02:45

SHORTS Comedy

LONGBRANCH: A SUBURBAN PARABLE

A cowboy, a blind man, and a guy in a red sweater all come together in a didactic recipe of hamburger, ketchup and suicide.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

12 mins

02:58

SHORTS Comedy

JEFF FARNSWORTH

Ross wants to be a bouncer at a nightclub, but the harder he tries the greater the struggle to succeed.

2003 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Paul Cotter (dba Z Group Films)

14 mins

03:13

SHORTS World Cinema

LA CERCA

In 1959, Nino arrived to California from Mexico to live with his father, on a cattle ranch in the coastal Santa Lucia Mountains. Nino's discovery of the world beyond the barbed- wire fence changed his life forever.

2005 / Latino / United States / Spanish

Director: S.J. Main

Cast: Ehecati Chavez, Eloy Mendez, Hector A. Garcia, Rene Pereyra, Roger Fanter

16 mins

03:30

SHORTS World Cinema

COMMANDO HOLGER MEINS

3 former participants in the 1968 students' movement revive their revolutionary marxist beliefs, rob a bank and then use the cash to buy designer furniture.

2003 / Comedy / Germany / German

Director: Tobias Peper

Cast: Dietrich Adam, Gerrit Gatjens, Springala

14 mins

03:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

APOLOGY LINE, THE

2006

Director: James Lees

9 mins

03:54

SHORTS Best in Fest

FAULT

A poignant, disturbing, and darkly comic short film about a boy who attacks his sadistic tennis instructor.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Justin Swibel

Cast: Josh Podoris, Brian Swibel, John Austin, Aaron Fall, Justin Swibel

14 mins

04:09

SHORTS Best in Fest

TEZ

Tez is in his car, having a BAD day. A lighthearted study in stress and misanthropy, 'Tez' takes one intolerant man, puts him under the microscope and prods him until he explodes.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Elliot Goldner

Cast: Alex Lowe

6 mins

04:16

SHORTS Midnight

LAST BREATH, THE

An idyllic diving excursion devolves into a darly comedic Darwinian nightmare when a family resurfaces to find that there just isn't enough air to go around. The clan must replenish their oxygen tanks, at any cost.

2009 / Horror / United Kingdom / English

Director: David Jackson

9 mins

04:26

SHORTS Midnight

MULE, THE

For two Nuyorican drug traffickers, cleaning out heroin 'mules' is nothing new?until they meet their newest Colombian customers, Maria and Manolo. With Spanish & English dialogue.

2003 / Drama / United States / Spanish

Director: Nicholas Rucka

Cast: Al D Rodriguez. Lorna Ventura, Mario Golden, Tere Martinez

11 mins

04:37

SHORTS Midnight

REWIND

The film recounts backwards the last moments of three friends who are betting their lives and a million on a game of Russian Roulette.

2007 / Drama / India / English

Director: Atul Taishete

Cast: Raj Singh Verma, Rajeev Mishra, Salim Javed

8 mins

04:46

Editor's Pick

BAGATELLE

An international group of amateur footballers find their efforts to locate a pitch to play on abruptly halted by a group of angry French locals.

2009 / Comedy / France / French

Director: Ben Adler

Cast: Oli McAvoy, Philippe De Monts, Acim Vasic

8 mins

04:54

Editor's Pick

BOYS FROM THE BLOCK

During the battles of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, two 20 years old friends, loving the same girl, suddenly find themselves with guns in their hands on the opposite sides of the barricades.

2006 / Drama / Hungary

Director: Mesko Zsolt

Cast: Kavinsky Attila, Toth Attila

17 mins

05:12

SHORTS Film School

LA MOTO DE MA MERE

Laure, 15 years old, believes that her father is responsible for the accident that killed her mother. When he decides to sell her mother's motorbike, Laure runs away with her brother. A road movie in the Swiss mountains.

2003 / Drama / Switzerland / French

Director: Severine Cornamusaz

Cast: Charlotte Dumartheray, Ernst C. Sigrist, Fabio Fernandes

27 mins

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