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06:00

SHORTS in Love

VELOCITY RULES

Midwestern housewife inadvertently discovers that she is a superhero.

2000 / Comedy / United States

Director: Patty Jenkins

18 mins

06:18

SHORTS in Love

I WANT YOU

A 'boy meets girl' love story. Nearly.

2003 / Romance / United Kingdom / English

Director: Alex Norris

Cast: Bryan Dick, Loo Brealey, Ranee Chambers

3 mins

06:22

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

06:30

Stars in SHORTS

PHOBIAS

A surreal adventure into the minds of five phobiacs in a waiting room.

2006 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: KATIE ELLWOOD

Cast: ANDREW BUCKLEY, ISOBELL HURLL, KIKI KENDRICK, LUCY MONTGOMERY, Paul Kaye

8 mins

06:38

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN

Directed by Nathan Juran, no one could have predicted that this mini-budget exploitation film from 1958 would become one of the most famous titles in movie history.

Documentary / English

2 mins

06:40

Stars in SHORTS

COME HERE TODAY

The philosophical journey of Alex, Rhys Ifans, through his most intimate relationships towards an emotional reconciliation with his father. It is only in the moment of death that one can truly grasp the meaning of life.

2007 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Simon Aboud

Cast: John McArdle, Rhys Ifans, Rita Tushingham

11 mins

06:52

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : PSYCHO

This trailer (almost a short subject at nearly 7 minutes long) is from 1960, when Hitchcock had merchandised himself a la Walt Disney into one of the most recognizable movie directors on earth.

Documentary / English

6 mins

07:00

SHORTS Film School

DOUBLE NEGATIVES

Enter the world of 12 year old Paul Sorensen as his battle with obessives compulsive disorder reaches a climactic moment and for the first time he is forced to choose between friendship and the desperate loneliness caused by his disorder.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Stig Tue Walin Storm

16 mins

07:16

SHORTS Film School

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRIS

While the USA and the USSR engage in a nuclear standoff, a single mother potty trains her two-year old.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Charles McNamara

16 mins

07:30

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

07:38

SHORTS Comedy

LONE STAR LETTERS, THE

In a small-town post office populated by big-time personalities, a postman falls in love with a mail tampering vixen.

1996 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Leandro Esquerra

Cast: Colleen Camp

20 mins

08:00

SHORTS Animate!

LOST CARGO

2006 / Netherlands

Director: Pieter Engels, Efim Perlis

15 mins

08:16

SHORTS Animate!

ANNIE & BOO

It is night, in a lonely train station when a young girl meets with a strange... coincidence. Literally. What if coincidences were living, breathing entities? And what would happen if a human and a coincidence met? Would either one of them ever be the sam

2003 / Animation / Germany / English

Director: Johannes Weiland

14 mins

08:30

SHORTS Best in Fest

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

08:48

SHORTS Best in Fest

GOING POSTAL

Ten year old Sandy is abandonned for a week at home, alone. She strikes up a friendship with the postman. Can she trust him?

2005 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Suzi Ewing

Cast: Heather Cameron, Steve Husin

13 mins

09:00

Editor's Pick

DOG TIRED

2004

Director: Greg McLeod

9 mins

09:09

Editor's Pick

LITTLE TERRORIST

A twelve year old Pakistani Muslim boy mistakenly crosses the minefield strewn border into India and finds an unusual ally - Bhola, a Hindu school teacher who must find a way of hiding him from Indian soldiers looking for the 'terrorist' who cro

2004 / Drama / United Kingdom

Director: Ashvin Kumar

Cast: Salim Ali, Megnaa Mehtta, Sushil Sharma

15 mins

09:24

Editor's Pick

TRAILERS FROM HELL : PHANTHOM OF THE PARADISE

Brian De Palma and Paul Williams' satirical glam-rock-opera takeoff on the Lon Chaney classic is the very definition of a midnight movie: bizarre, stylish and totally out there in that unique anything-goes 70s mode that looks positively classical tod

Documentary / English

3 mins

09:28

Editor's Pick

TRAILERS FROM HELL : FORBIDDEN PLANET

Dr. Morbius. His daughter Altaira. Robby the Robot. The Monster from the Id. Did we mention Altaira? (!) All are cultural icons introduced in the best-loved space opera of the nifty fifties, based on The Bard and bolstered by memorable fx by Disney's

Documentary / English

3 mins

09:30

SHORTS in Love

ROASTBEEF

2007 / Canada

Director: Miryam Bouchard, Francois Begin

Cast: Louise Lecavalier, Reynald Bouchard

5 mins

09:36

SHORTS in Love

INDEFINITELY

A wedding videographer decides it's his moral obligation to break up the bride and groom. Chaos ensues.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Marc Pilvinsky

Cast: Dameon Clarke, Alaina Kalanj, Jeffrey Schmidt

20 mins

10:00

Stars in SHORTS

COOKIE THIEF, THE

A silent duel over a bag of cookie set in a train station.

1999 / Comedy / United Kingdom

Director: Toby Leslie, Hugo Currie

Cast: Honor Fraser, Jack Davenport

7 mins

10:07

Stars in SHORTS

LISTENING

2002 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Cast: Frances Barber, Paul McGann

20 mins

10:30

SHORTS Film School

JOHN

A men's room attendant is in jeopardy of losing his job when the restaurant owner's son takes over.

1998 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Marni Banack

18 mins

10:48

SHORTS Film School

NO PROBLEM

Delightful and poignant, the film is set in the late 1970's and tells the story of a newly arrived immigrant boy dealing with his first days in an American school.

2001 / Drama / United States / Russian

Director: Gene Lushtak

16 mins

11:00

SHORTS Comedy

MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING & CH

When Steve and Peter's game of "British Bulldog" gets out of hand, their moms sign them up for the "Dorky" Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School. Narrated by William Hurt.

1990 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Randall Miller

Cast: Elden Henson, William Hurt

31 mins

11:30

SHORTS Animate!

OPERATOR

A man makes a phone call to God and He answers.

2007 / Comedy / UK (England) / English

Director: Matthew Walker

Cast: Matthew Walker

1 min

11:32

SHORTS Animate!

TV PEOPLE

This story is about a man in a city. He spends a Saturday afternoon in his apartment bit by bit developing his own,very individual, phantasies.

2003 / Animation / United States

Director: Katrin Glanz

2 mins

11:34

SHORTS Animate!

HARD BOILED CHICKEN

2006 / Netherlands

Director: Arjan Wilschut

4 mins

11:38

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: YOU GIVE ME FEVER

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

11:43

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: AND SO THE FEELING GROWS

As if ant isn't small enough, when he gets lost in the maze of tunnels in his underground home he stumbles across a strange liquid. He drinks it. He shrinks. Tiny tiny! His tunnels are now huge caverns and the other ants are giants he now has to evad

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

11:48

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: BECAUSE I GOT HIGH

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

11:53

SHORTS Animate!

VENT

2004 / Netherlands

Director: Erik Van Schaaik

4 mins

11:58

SHORTS Animate!

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

12:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

13:00

SHORTS in Love

LEFT

An Inpressionistic short film largely inspired by Andrew Wyeth's paintings "Christina's World" and "Overflow", LEFT centers around the heartbreaking separation between a woman and the man she loves. Devoid of dialogue, this haunting and operatic

2006 / Drama / United Kingdom

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

Cast: Henri Rowland, Marilyn Auer

9 mins

13:09

SHORTS in Love

EMPIRE

2005 / Experimental / France / English

Director: Edouard Salier

3 mins

13:14

SHORTS in Love

PASSENGERS

The story of a mythical figure, who throughout time has watched over the consciences of mankind. This figure visits Jack, a man on the run from a troubled past, who must face his fears or meet with this myth.

2000 / Drama / United Kingdom

Director: Matthew Kok

8 mins

13:22

SHORTS in Love

A SUMMER'S DAY

Two teenagers share a post-coital moment in a field on a perfect summer's day.

2002 / Experimental / United Kingdom

Director: Pippa Marks

1 min

13:23

SHORTS in Love

MELANCHOLY PUFF MACHINE, THE

Longing for the affection of a beautiful doll, a melancholy puff toy delivers a message across a child's bedroom.

2006 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Jennifer Oxley

4 mins

13:30

Stars in SHORTS

DREAMING, THE

2008 / US / English

Director: Anthony Green

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

10 mins

13:41

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

13:52

Stars in SHORTS

DARLING DARLING

Harold (Michael Cera) must do his best to make a good first impression on his date's one-of-a-kind father, Mr. Darling.

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Matthew Lessner

Cast: Seana Mcgaha, Steven Barry, Michelle Marie-White, Michael Cera

13 mins

14:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

15:00

SHORTS Animate!

MY DATE FROM HELL

The Devil moves into his Viagra years, hoping to find the right girl to make his life complete, in this clever and atmospheric short. Beelzebub is fat, complacent and bored with the daily pressures of running the underworld. He's convinced that findi

2006 / Animation / Germany / English

Director: Tim Weimann, Tom Bracht

12 mins

15:12

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: AND SO THE FEELING GROWS

As if ant isn't small enough, when he gets lost in the maze of tunnels in his underground home he stumbles across a strange liquid. He drinks it. He shrinks. Tiny tiny! His tunnels are now huge caverns and the other ants are giants he now has to evad

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

15:17

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: BECAUSE I GOT HIGH

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

15:22

SHORTS Animate!

DOWN TO EARTH

Netherlands / English

Director: Niels Van Der Heidjen, Michiel Wouters, Jairo Bambang Oetomo

2 mins

15:25

SHORTS Animate!

NA HRANI

One day during a training session a figure skater fell don and was badly hurt... His future sportive career is threatened. His eyes are full of horror. What phantom did he see and what will he do to change the fearsome destiny?

2007 / Animation / Ukraine / English

Director: Artem Sukharev

6 mins

15:30

SHORTS Best in Fest

BORIS

A Russian man living in Los Angeles is forced to come to terms with his past and navigate his future.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Francesca Galesi

Cast: Ilia Volok, Irene DeBari, Yevgeni Lazarev

26 mins

16:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

17:00

Stars in SHORTS

CAR KID, THE

Two unlikely heroes become connected through their love of music, and on the day they meet, their lives are changed forever. Stars James Franco ("Spiderman"), Brad Renfro; features Meat Loaf.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Tricia Brock

Cast: Brad Renfro, James Franco, Meatloaf

14 mins

17:15

Stars in SHORTS

ANOTHER GREEN WORLD

A novel and uplifting film in which Patsy Palmer plays a woman trying to contend with her gritty urban life after the loss of her sister.

2004 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Peter Chipping

Cast: Patsy Plamer

8 mins

17:30

SHORTS Film School

AMERICAN MADE

An Indian - American family confronts issues of tradition, faith, conformity and sacrifice after the youngestson accuses his turban - clad orthodox father of looking like a terrorist while standed on a remote desert road.

2003 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Sharat Raju

23 mins

17:54

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : JOHNNY GUITAR

Nick Ray's wild "revisionist" western must be the most critically dissected Republic Picture ever. Pure fifties hysteria with Mercedes McCambridge at her most terrifyingly overwrought. Great cast and terrific score by Victor Young.

Documentary / English

3 mins

17:57

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : LORD OF THE FLIES

Author William Golding turned down numerous entreaties for movie adaptations of his provocative novel, finally accepting Peter Brook's concept of taking 30 or so boys to a tropical island and semi-improvising a feature film. The result, surprisingly,

Documentary / English

2 mins

18:00

SHORTS Comedy

AUTO DA FE

2005

Director: Steve Rainbow

9 mins

18:09

SHORTS Comedy

DOCTOR MUFFINS

Doctor Muffins leads an image driven town towards cosmetic bliss untill a new patient threatens to undo all they have come to know.

2003 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Will Canon

Cast: Laura Reeves, Robin Read, Bob Hess, Phil Harrington, Molly Harrington, Truett Griffin

16 mins

18:26

SHORTS Comedy

STICK GUNS

STICK GUNS looks at the instinct boys have for war, deep within the local wood, narrated from the viewpoint of a now thirty-something dad. A world where adventure was limited only by your imagination. A world where a good stick became a great gun.

2005 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: David Tucker

5 mins

18:30

SHORTS Animate!

BAR CODE

2001 / Netherlands

Director: Adriaan Lokman

8 mins

18:38

SHORTS Animate!

HERO

2002 / Netherlands

Director: Geertjan Tillmans

3 mins

18:42

SHORTS Animate!

HOLD THE LINE

2005 / Netherlands / English

Director: Sem Assink

6 mins

18:48

SHORTS Animate!

SHIPWRECKED

2005 / Netherlands / English

Director: Frodo Kuipers

5 mins

18:53

SHORTS Animate!

STICKY FEET

2007 / Netherlands

Director: Udo Prinsen

4 mins

18:58

SHORTS Animate!

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

19:00

SHORTS Best in Fest

CODENAME: SIMON

Simon is an undercover space agent whose new mission finds him on Earth awaiting pick-up by his parents' spaceship.

2004 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Graham Tallman

9 mins

19:09

SHORTS Best in Fest

TRAILERS FROM HELL : ROSEMARY'S BABY

William Castle's greatest movie-- because it was directed by Roman Polanski! May be the finest book to film adaptation ever, brilliant in every detail. Naturally, it's slated to be remade--but we dunno who'd be foolish enough to try.

Documentary / English

3 mins

19:13

SHORTS Best in Fest

PHOBIAS

A surreal adventure into the minds of five phobiacs in a waiting room.

2006 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: KATIE ELLWOOD

Cast: ANDREW BUCKLEY, ISOBELL HURLL, KIKI KENDRICK, LUCY MONTGOMERY, Paul Kaye

8 mins

19:21

SHORTS Best in Fest

CONCRETE

When a reserved botanist tries to teach a little girl about the world of plants, he finds that she is, in fact teaching him about the world of people.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Andy Watts

14 mins

19:30

Editor's Pick

ONE OF US?

The dynamic pace of Quincy's basketball match soon calms when he is faced with a life changing dilemma.

2007 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Clint Dyer

Cast: Ellen Thomas, Simon Kunz, Danny Webb, Cathy Tyson, Madra Ihegborow, Alexis Rodney

10 mins

19:40

Editor's Pick

ORION SLAVE GIRLS MUST DIE

This is the voyage of Jules and Matt, best friends whose lives are devoted to Star Trek...and devoid of girls. When Matt falls for Stacey, an alluring sorority girl, he ashamedly hides his love of Trek to join a fraternity. Outraged, Jules must take drast

2008 / Sci-Fi / English

Director: Eric Kallevig

Cast: Matt Jones, Nicholas Downs

21 mins

20:00

SHORTS in Love

WEDNESDAY

"Wednesday" is the story of a girl and a boy, born on the same day, at the same time, in the same hospital, whose paths cross again years later, in the very same place.

2007 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Rob Sorrenti

Cast: Anne Emery, Sinead Matthews, Tom McClane

21 mins

20:22

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

20:30

Stars in SHORTS

DEATH OF SALVADOR DALI, THE

When Dali seeks Freud's assistance to inject madness into his art, tables are turned and student becomes teacher.Through a series of visits by Dali's friends, enemies, and muse, Freud is unwittingly subjected to chaos, deception, and guns. Featu

2005 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Delaney Bishop

Cast: Alan Shearman, Bob Cesario, Dita Von Teese, Mary Burton, Salvador Benavides

18 mins

20:49

Stars in SHORTS

SPYHOLE

Haunting, evocative study of an ebbing relationship rekindled. When their neighbours go away, Angela offers to watch their cat. Once inside their flat, both Bill and Angela discover a sensual forbidden world, reminding both what they have left behind.

2002 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jodhi May

Cast: David Morrissey, Lesley Sharp

6 mins

20:57

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

George Pal's pioneering H.G. Wells adaptation from 1953 with Oscar-winning state-of-the-art visual fx and sound effects so great they're still in use today.

Documentary / English

2 mins

21:00

SHORTS Film School

INTIMATIONS

Abbey McCormick is struggling to connect, full of personal sorrow, and she doesn't necessarily understand this. Teaching her favorite poet, William Wordsworth, at an elite preparatory school, she finds unresponsive and uncommunicative students.

2004 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Matthew Testa

Cast: Matthew Christopher, Matt Caruso, Sterling Fitzgerald

18 mins

21:18

SHORTS Film School

MIME TO FIVE

Working hard for his money, Mime asks how much is that unicycle in the window?

2d animation

7 mins

21:26

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE SKULL

Probably the most accomplished of the non-omnibus Amicus horror pix. Dedicated occult collector Peter Cushing scores a coup - the skull of the Marquis deSade. But it doesn't make him --or anyone else--very happy!

Documentary / English

2 mins

21:30

SHORTS Comedy

JELLY MOUSTACHE, THE - EPISODE ONE WORK

Comedy / English

9 mins

21:39

SHORTS Comedy

FAMILY ATTRACTION

The last "nuclear family" in America is an endangered species, held in captivity at The National Zoo. Stars Chris Penn and Martin Sheen.

1998 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Brian Hecker

Cast: Martin Sheen, Chris Penn

16 mins

21:55

SHORTS Comedy

CROOKED MICK OF THE SPEEDWAH

2005 / Australia / English

Director: Philip Smith

9 mins

22:00

SHORTS Animate!

DOGGONE IT!

Dogcatcher Lumpy gets caught in a pack of dogs-gone-crazy!

2d animation

7 mins

22:07

SHORTS Animate!

CONCRETE SOLUTION

Warning: Concrete and sugar do not mix well for Nutty!

2d animation

7 mins

22:15

SHORTS Animate!

SEA WHAT I FOUND

A treasure map can only lead to underwater lunacy and painful death!

2d animation

7 mins

22:27

SHORTS Animate!

NUTS AND BOLTS

High up on the steel supporters of a construction site: an apprentice, his frog, the site foreman, and a lunch break that never was...

2002 / Animation / Germany

Director: Andreas Krein

4 mins

22:30

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

22:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

APOLOGY LINE, THE

2006

Director: James Lees

9 mins

22:54

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

23:00

Editor's Pick

MONSTER AND THE PEANUT, THE

A become obsessed with the mathmatics of traffic after losing his daughter on the way to the hospital.

2004 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Franklin Rho

Cast: Dean Haglund, Bo Foxworth, Anne Ramsay

22 mins

23:22

Editor's Pick

LAST THING TO GO THROUGH A FLY'S MIND, THE

A man dies and is given an ultimatum by God; repent or suffer for eternity. He refuses and is reincarnated as different creatures until he eventually repents, only to be robbed of happiness at the last minute.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Steve Webb

Cast: Joe Gooch, Ralph Ineson, Sean Douglas

9 mins

23:30

Editor's Pick

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

23:45

Editor's Pick

CALL REGISTER

A hilarious and familiar story of two friends divided by the affections of a woman. The film encapsulates the jealousies and insecurities of friends chasing the same romance.

2004 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Ed Roe

Cast: James Lance, Martin Freeman

13 mins

00:00

SHORTS Midnight

Back

2002 / Australia / English

Director: Sam Toy

Cast: Lucas Stibbard, Damien Garvey

13 mins

00:15

SHORTS Midnight

Hole in The Wall

2005 / Australia / English

Director: Peter Hegedus

Cast: Helen Howard, Samuel Johnson, Harrison Reynolds

10 mins

00:26

SHORTS Midnight

DESSERTS

An unsuspecting man becomes the victim of a vengeful sea creature. Stars Ewan McGregor.

1998 / Thriller / United Kingdom

Director: Jeff Stark

Cast: Ewan McGregor

3 mins

00:30

SHORTS in Love

BABYSITTER, THE

Don't tell anybody, but 15-year-old Jimmy is still a virgin. Tonight he's stuck babysitting his neighbor, Sara. All he wants is a quiet evening at home. Simple, right? Meet Sara. She's 10. She has other plans for the night

2003 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Gideon Raff

16 mins

00:46

SHORTS in Love

FLOOR 29

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Korinna Sehringer

Cast: Brooke Shelton, Tim Seyfi

14 mins

01:00

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

George Pal's pioneering H.G. Wells adaptation from 1953 with Oscar-winning state-of-the-art visual fx and sound effects so great they're still in use today.

Documentary / English

2 mins

01:02

Stars in SHORTS

NEUTRAL CORNER, A

A young boxer arrives in a desolate town where he meets a dao, a stranger and a mysterious waitress. Graham is on a journey, but where will it take him?

2006 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Emily Greenwood

Cast: Angela Dixon, Jody Latham, Jon Murray, Valerie Leon

13 mins

01:16

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE TIME MACHINE

Released in 1960, George Pal's greatest work is ably served by Oscar-winning fx, Russ Garcia's memorable score and Rod Taylor and Alan Young's warm performances.

Documentary / English

3 mins

01:19

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

They don't make 'em like this anymore: those huge sets and cast of thousands from 1964 aren't computer-generated but absolutely real, and those sixties-era actors are a darn sight more interesting than a lot of those we have on hand today.

Documentary / English

4 mins

01:23

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : SUNSET BOULEVARD

Billy WIlder's devastatingly dark yet moving take on the tragic decline of a silent movie queen was released in 1950 and stars Gloria Swanson and William Holden.

Documentary / English

3 mins

01:30

SHORTS Film School

PERSONAL PLEASURE

An underappreciated housewife in an upper-class society fantasizes about a man intruding into her home and murdering her neglectful husband.

2005 / Drama / United States / English

Director: James Oakley

Cast: Ames Ingham, Blake Robbins, Michael Oberlander

13 mins

01:44

SHORTS Film School

ONE, THE

Natasha Brooks thinks she can have it all with a career, husband and child. Time slips by and she realizes she only has one. She thinks she's in control of her life until a twist of fate makes her question if she has really found "the one"

2007 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Deborah Read

Cast: Victoria Lauture, Marty Lodge, Fred Ochs, Christina Kendal York, Daila Cardenas, Reda Alili, Deborah Read, Chris Cleveland, Giselle Jones, Jennifer Lynn Wetzel

13 mins

02:00

SHORTS Comedy

RATS AND ROACHES

When Dennis, an unlucky exterminator meets Sophie,an old lady with a hook for a hand, she offers him a deal he can't refuse:an unobtainable woman in exchange for bugs and vermin. Sounds simple, but will Wendy, Dennis' dream girl cooperate?

1999 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Andy Watts

15 mins

02:15

SHORTS Comedy

NO NO NO

2002 / Comedy / Ireland / English

Director: Stephen Bradley

2 mins

02:18

SHORTS Comedy

BARRIE THE BARBER

A day in the life of Penarth's worst barber and keenest fitness expert. WINNER BBC TALENT AWARD 2004.

2004 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: John Amu

10 mins

02:30

SHORTS World Cinema

PRINCESA NARANJA

Grieving a loss, Esme and her father move to Los Angeles to start a new life with Aunt Lola. Her father has always treated her as a little girl, but soon he learns that he must let go and allow her to become the woman she was created to be.

2004 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Kenneth Williams

Cast: Marco Rodriquez, Mel Gorham, Stephanie Fabian

13 mins

02:43

SHORTS World Cinema

PRISON FOOD

2008 / Germany / English

Director: Uwe Flade

Cast: Keith Myers, Peter Henderson, Tony Fordham

6 mins

02:50

SHORTS World Cinema

HELIUM

A gang of burgals intends on breaking into a safety vault.

2008 / Comedy / France / French

Director: Pascal Anquetil

Cast: Akim Chir, Alain De Catuelan, Alain De Catuelan, Jean-pierre Lazzerini, Patrick-Kodjo Topou

12 mins

03:00

SHORTS Best in Fest

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

03:08

SHORTS Best in Fest

CAROLINE CROSSING

The story of a young girl evacuated from London during the Blitz and sent to live with distant relatives in America. She struggles to accept her new home and family while fearing the worst for her parents back in London.

2006 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Mahesh Pailoor

Cast: Addie Daddio, Lexi Ainsworth, Patrick Knutsson, Traber Burns

18 mins

03:30

SHORTS Midnight

CALL, THE

The Call is a tense urban thriller in which a gauche youth is drawn in by a sophisticated seductress after he discovers her mobile phone ringing in the street. Stars Louise Lombard ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" & "Hidalgo").

2003 / Thriller / United Kingdom / English

Director: Theo Delaney

Cast: Joe Trill, Louise Lombard

10 mins

03:41

SHORTS Midnight

ZEN WARRIOR, THE

A young woman travels from Japan to Munich to bring back a stolen scroll. She meets her old love and has to solve an incomprehensible Zen puzzle.

2004 / Action / Germany / German

Director: Martin Kowalczyk

Cast: Shijeki Ohno, Ralf Ulbig, Kato Masahiro, Tina Pham, Miyabi Sudo, Chiang-Mei Wang, Emanuel Bettencourt, Hiromichi Nagano, Tillbert Strahl-Schafer

14 mins

03:56

SHORTS Midnight

MOTEL (Brazil, 2003)

She left then and they suffered the consequences of this unusual love triangle.

2003 / Drama / Brazil

Director: Felipe Dall'Anense

Cast: Patricia Barros, Daniel Aguiar, Denise Boro

6 mins

04:00

Editor's Pick

2010

2010 is a reference code of her favourite wine. While leha lries to shield herself from the suspicious looks of the staff at Systembolaget, the state liquor store, the people close to her shut their eyes to her increasinlgy obvious addiction. Then Leja me

2006 / Drama / Sweden / Swedish

Director: Beata Gardeler

Cast: Jesper Malm, Ellenn Mattsson

29 mins

04:30

SHORTS Film School

AUTOMATION

A lonely parking garage attendant is thrust headlong into a fully automated world as he tries to deal with a random power outage. As his frustration builds, his need for human contact becomes more than he can bear.

2004 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Todd Albright

24 mins

04:54

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH /

Third of Nigel Kneale's visionary Quatermass features adapted from his groundbreaking BBC serials, this one dispenses with Hammer's '50s reliance on transplanted US stars and took a decade to make it into production. Although somewhat cribb

Documentary / English

2 mins

04:57

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA

Roger Corman's goofiest movie didn't play many theaters in 1961 but found its audience during the following decade on late nite TV Creature Features. More off-kilter fun from writer Chuck Griffith. The third lead, billed as Edward Wain, is China

Documentary / English

1 min

05:00

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

05:12

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

05:30

SHORTS World Cinema

BREAD

English

4 mins

05:34

SHORTS World Cinema

NALE

A girl straggles through a nightmarish and desolated landscape. Everyting around her is burnt. Not realizing what has happened, her journey becomes a passage between life and death.

2007 / Drama / Germany

Director: Tobias Rahm, Marc Tobias Winterhagen

Cast: Marc Tobias Winterhagen, Camilla Nas

5 mins

05:40

SHORTS World Cinema

Prep Rules

2003 / Australia / English

Director: Luke Mayze

Cast: Colin Chua, Alison Hart, Michael Coughlan, Tom Cushing, Mark Finden

20 mins

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