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TimeGenreFilm TitleDuration

06:00

Editor's Pick

DOG TIRED

2004

Director: Greg McLeod

9 mins

06:09

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

06:24

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

06:28

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

06:30

SHORTS in Love

ROASTBEEF

2007 / Canada

Director: Miryam Bouchard, Francois Begin

Cast: Louise Lecavalier, Reynald Bouchard

5 mins

06:36

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

07:00

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

07:07

Stars in SHORTS

LISTENING

2002 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Cast: Frances Barber, Paul McGann

20 mins

07:30

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

07:48

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

08:00

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

08:30

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

08:32

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

08:34

SHORTS Animate!

HARD BOILED CHICKEN

2006 / Netherlands

Director: Arjan Wilschut

4 mins

08:38

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: YOU GIVE ME FEVER

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

08:43

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

08:48

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: BECAUSE I GOT HIGH

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

08:53

SHORTS Animate!

VENT

2004 / Netherlands

Director: Erik Van Schaaik

4 mins

08:58

SHORTS Animate!

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

09:00

SHORTS Best in Fest

CONFESSIONS OF A LATE BLOOMER

2005 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Jen McGowan

Cast: D'Angelo Jones, Christina Stacey, Tylor Chase

15 mins

09:16

SHORTS Best in Fest

MEGATRON

It's Maxim birthday. He is 8 years old. he lives with his mother in a village quite far from the nearest city. For his borthday, his mother takes him to a McDonald's restaurant.

2008 / Drama / Romania

Director: Marian Crisan

Cast: Erwin Simshenson, Damian Oancea, Maxim Strinu, Gabriela Crisu

13 mins

09:30

Editor's Pick

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Miguel is an East L.A. teenager with aspirations of going to a good college. One year earlier, Miguel's mother - Carolina, divorced his father due to his unemployment and constant infidelities.

2004 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Alonso Mayo

Cast: Jose Yenque, Jeff Licon

23 mins

09:54

Editor's Pick

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

10:00

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

10:09

SHORTS in Love

EMPIRE

2005 / Experimental / France / English

Director: Edouard Salier

3 mins

10:14

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

10:22

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

10:23

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

10:30

Stars in SHORTS

DREAMING, THE

2008 / US / English

Director: Anthony Green

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

10 mins

10:41

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

10:52

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

11:00

SHORTS Film School

PANOESTHASIA

Animation / United States

Director: Brad Schaider

6 mins

11:06

SHORTS Film School

BUDDY AND GRACE

B & G is about the enduring love of an elderly man and his wife who suffers from Alzheimer's. When they are suddenly faced wih the prospect of separation, Buddy discovers that rather that be paralyzed by his fear of the future, he can rebel agai

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Claudia Myers

Cast: Elizabeth Hess, Michael Higgins, Rita Gardner

21 mins

11:30

SHORTS Comedy

CLAIRE MAKES IT BIG

Claire, an overweight actress is fed up with losing parts to skinnier rivals. When she is rejected for a part in a Hollywood movie, she decides to get even.

2000 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Jeremy Workman

Cast: Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt, Stuart Fratkin, Wali Collins, Clancy Brown, Mara Hobel, Paige Turco, Peter Bogdanovich

28 mins

12:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

13:00

Editor's Pick

NAME OF THE GAME, THE

A journey into the musical mind of a 12 year-old tomboy, Maxine, who would rather wear shorts and play baseball than wear dresses, cook or clean. Through her imagination, she sees things more vividly brought to life through the beats of the big band.

2005 / United States / English

Director: Daniel Buday

Cast: Brooke Mackenzie, Joel McCrary, Stasha Surdyke

14 mins

13:14

Editor's Pick

BEATS PER MINUTE

Through very lovable and entertaining choreography, a talented French street dancer leaves Europe with a one-way ticket to Hollywood to show the world a style of dance they've never seen before. He discovers that through dancing he can rewind time.

2008 / Drama / United States / French

Director: Andrea Ball

Cast: Celine Thubert Cole, Cole Walliser, Leigh Fox, Salah Benlemqawanssa

7 mins

13:22

Editor's Pick

FLYING SAUCER ROCK N' ROLL

1997 / Ireland / English

Director: Enda Hughes

12 mins

13:30

SHORTS in Love

CHIARA

A beautiful and mysterious Italian girl and a local Irish lad meet at a country railway station, unfortunately heading in opposite directions.Will their brief encounter lead to further romance?

1999 / Comedy / Ireland / English

Director: Chris Roche

Cast: Myles Horgan, Romina Mondello

22 mins

13:52

SHORTS in Love

Weight of Sunken Treasure, The

2008 / Australia / English

Director: Luke Mayze, Simon Toy

Cast: Chris Haywood, Renai Caruso, Michael Dorman, Alex Rayner-Barnes

12 mins

14:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

15:00

SHORTS Comedy

AUTO DA FE

2005

Director: Steve Rainbow

9 mins

15:09

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

15:26

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

15:30

SHORTS Animate!

BAR CODE

2001 / Netherlands

Director: Adriaan Lokman

8 mins

15:38

SHORTS Animate!

HERO

2002 / Netherlands

Director: Geertjan Tillmans

3 mins

15:42

SHORTS Animate!

HOLD THE LINE

2005 / Netherlands / English

Director: Sem Assink

6 mins

15:48

SHORTS Animate!

SHIPWRECKED

2005 / Netherlands / English

Director: Frodo Kuipers

5 mins

15:53

SHORTS Animate!

STICKY FEET

2007 / Netherlands

Director: Udo Prinsen

4 mins

15:58

SHORTS Animate!

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

16:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

17:00

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

17:22

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

17:30

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

17:49

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

17:57

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

18:00

SHORTS Film School

WINGED

A young astronaut goes into deep space to fix a deadly situation caused by his own father.

1999 / Sci-Fi / United States / English

Director: Val Keller

Cast: Doug Tompos, Jennifer Massey, Mike Roemer

25 mins

18:25

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

Sergio Leone's 1968 masterpiece which gives the lie to the term "spaghetti western".

Documentary / English

3 mins

18:28

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

One-time industrial filmmaker George Romero's seminal Pittsburgh indie (an unauthorized re-imagining of "I Am Legend") changed the face of horror films and redefined the word "zombie" for a generation. It spawned a flood of imitations, but a copyrigh

Documentary / English

2 mins

18:30

SHORTS Comedy

JELLY MOUSTACHE, THE - EPISODE ONE WORK

Comedy / English

9 mins

18:39

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

18:55

SHORTS Comedy

LUNCH (2003)

A look into the secret infrastructure of eating out: In a small cafe, a big man in need of lunch encounters a uniquely American brand of malaise while two curiously unqualified chefs try to decode a TV cooking show .

2002 / Comedy / United States

Director: Mark Herzig

Cast: Reda Bellarbi, Rick Kleder

7 mins

19:00

SHORTS Animate!

VOODOO BAYOU

After being mistakenly bitten by an electrified mosquito, a voodoo doll comes to life in a dilapidated shack. Then, realizing he's been used a an instrument of evil, tires to escape the control of his master, the mysterious Witch Doctor...

2007 / Horror / Mexico

Director: Javier Gutierrez

10 mins

19:10

SHORTS Animate!

RAFT, THE

Two starved and exhausted castaways are lost at sea, when a seagull drops a fish to their raft. this is the moment tos ee what the real friendship is!

2004 / Animation / Germany

Director: Jan Thuring

8 mins

19:19

SHORTS Animate!

DREAMMAKER

The Dreammaker once made the most beautiful dreams for people. Now he lives solitary for only one purpose, the creation of a special dream - his dream. One day a girl visits him to ask for a dream to help her through scary nights. When he refuses, he stay

2007 / Animation / Germany / English

Director: Leszek Plichta

12 mins

19:30

SHORTS Best in Fest

MEGATRON

It's Maxim birthday. He is 8 years old. he lives with his mother in a village quite far from the nearest city. For his borthday, his mother takes him to a McDonald's restaurant.

2008 / Drama / Romania

Director: Marian Crisan

Cast: Erwin Simshenson, Damian Oancea, Maxim Strinu, Gabriela Crisu

13 mins

19:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

19:45

SHORTS Best in Fest

ANNA AND BELLA

1984 / Netherlands

Director: Børge Ring

7 mins

19:52

SHORTS Best in Fest

NOT FUNNY

A yeti is in urgent need of a toilet...

2006 / Animation / Germany

Director: Sebastian Leunter

2 mins

20:00

Editor's Pick

SPECIAL GLUE AND OTHER STORIES

"Special Glue and Othert Stories" is the latest film from award-winning director Andy Sykes. The film is made of 3 contemplative tales from Andy Childhood, told from the point of view of his adult self.

2008 / Flash Animation / United Kingdom / English

4 mins

20:04

Editor's Pick

DEAR LEMON LIMA

A lonely girl with a vivid imagination struggles to plant seeds of love after her narcissistic sweetheart breaks her heart.

2006 / Family / United States / English

Director: Suzi Yoonessi

Cast: Hugh Scully, George Bass, Hana Moon, Melissa Leo, Ellen Hornberger, Miles Thompson

11 mins

20:16

Editor's Pick

DOG TIRED

2004

Director: Greg McLeod

9 mins

20:25

Editor's Pick

TUNNEL VISION

A man, a woman, a boring commute from work and football. Anything can happen, but who will score?

2001 / Drama / United Kingdom

Director: Alex Soskin

Cast: Raife Burchill

3 mins

20:30

SHORTS in Love

CHIARA

A beautiful and mysterious Italian girl and a local Irish lad meet at a country railway station, unfortunately heading in opposite directions.Will their brief encounter lead to further romance?

1999 / Comedy / Ireland / English

Director: Chris Roche

Cast: Myles Horgan, Romina Mondello

22 mins

20:52

SHORTS in Love

Weight of Sunken Treasure, The

2008 / Australia / English

Director: Luke Mayze, Simon Toy

Cast: Chris Haywood, Renai Caruso, Michael Dorman, Alex Rayner-Barnes

12 mins

21:00

Stars in SHORTS

BLAME

2009 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Kole Onile-ere

Cast: Jimmy Clark, Anthony Warren, Joel Stevensen, Adrian Black, Cassie Cassidy, Ralph Laurila, Todd Carty

11 mins

21:12

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : FOXY BROWN

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

2 mins

21:14

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE BIRDS

Another marathon Hitchcock cult-of-personality trailer with not a single shot from the actual movie. Drolly scripted by Hitch's tv series intro-writer James Allardice.

Documentary / English

5 mins

21:20

Stars in SHORTS

INTERCOM

A woman and her uncommunicative neighbours closely monitor a new tenant until they meet up via their intercom to face consequences.

2008 / Thriller / United Kingdom / English

Director: Mark Gutteridge

Cast: David Calder, Jenny Agutter, Marc Warren

9 mins

21:30

SHORTS Film School

BITTER MY TONGUE

The mystery a U.N. peacekeeper's death is unraveled during the sexualized power play between an immigration officer and a refugee.

2000 / Drama / Canada / English

Director: Ric Kokotovich

15 mins

21:46

SHORTS Film School

LEHI'S WIFE

Lehi's Wife is a tragi-comedy about the day Lehi puts his wife into a nursing home. He's now free, he decides, to go out with other women.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Wendy Hammond

Cast: Bobby Harwell, Kiva Lawrence, Ana Ortiz, Lynn Hatcher, Sarah Lilly, Kathryn Joosten, James Greene

12 mins

22:00

SHORTS Comedy

JELLY MOUSTACHE, THE - EPISODE TWO CRIME

Comedy / English

12 mins

22:13

SHORTS Comedy

SCAB

4 mins

22:17

SHORTS Comedy

BAND, THE

The Mighty Fighting Marmots, a small collegiate marching band comprised of misfits and outcasts, prepare for the National Band Championships in Tempe, Arizona. From the creator of "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker."

2000 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Cast: Michael Sean McGuinness, Suzanne Powell, Michael Cornacchia

13 mins

22:30

SHORTS Animate!

THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACK

Lumpy's repair skills on the rollercoaster leave much to be desired!

2d animation

7 mins

22:37

SHORTS Animate!

HERO TO ETERNITY

Splendid takes time to do his laundry and save the town from a giant run-away snowball!

2d animation

7 mins

22:45

SHORTS Animate!

DON'T YANK MY CHAIN

Falsely accused criminals Mole and Handy are chased down by Sheriff Lumpy!

2d animation

7 mins

22:52

SHORTS Animate!

JAM SESSION

Theresa and Viktor, a middle aged couple, are living in an appartment above a jazz club. They can't sleep at night because of the music coming from the club. Perhaps it is a welcome distraction from their mundance lives?

2005 / Animation / Germany / Polish

Director: Izabela PLUCINSKA

8 mins

23:00

SHORTS Best in Fest

RIXE, LA

Estelle, Young Police woman, goes in a "dangerous" area with two of her colleagues, with bikes.

2004 / Drama / France / French

Director: Antoine Renand

Cast: Ali Meziti, Daniel Lobe, Slimane Hadjar, Stephane Baikoff, Vincent Lecoeur

22 mins

23:23

SHORTS Best in Fest

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

23:25

SHORTS Best in Fest

BIRD IN THE WIRE

A factory worker uses her imagination for relief from her everyday routine.

2001 / Family / Australia

Director: Phillip Hudson

2 mins

23:30

SHORTS Best in Fest

SAMOURE

A peculiar shepherd living in a village in the mountains of Crete hopes that one day he will become a true samurai. Samoure is a story of being different in a small community and the conflicts this causes.

2005 / Drama / Greece

Director: Theo Papadoulakis

25 mins

23:56

SHORTS Best in Fest

WHOA

Urban opera about a man in the wrong place at the wrong time.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Maurice Dwyer

Cast: Eddie Steeples

5 mins

00:00

SHORTS Midnight

SNOW

Will filming herself sleeping reveal the secret behind Beth's nightmares?

2003 / Fiction / United Kingdom / English

Director: Emily Greenwood

Cast: Adrian JUBB, Geraldine Gough

10 mins

00:10

SHORTS Midnight

3 A.M. ETERNAL

A Vietnam vet is haunted by disturbing reoccurring nightmare.

2000 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Norman Lesperance

17 mins

00:30

Editor's Pick

CLINIC E

CLINIC E is a black comedy about how the power of denial can lead to destruction. Jack Everhart, a man in his 20s, receives a letter informing him that one of his ex-lovers has tested HIV positive.

1996 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Mark Ward

27 mins

01:00

SHORTS in Love

I JUST WANT TO KISS YOU

1997 / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jamie Thraves

Cast: Martin Freeman

11 mins

01:11

SHORTS in Love

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

A tenderly offbeat comedy about love and communication...or lack thereof. Meet Mulligan (a typically English man), Esther (his Scandinavian girlfriend), and the on-screen subtitles that find themselves along for the ride.

2007 / Comedy / United Kingdom / English

Director: Tim Plester

Cast: Craig Parkinson, MyAnna Buring, Tim Plester

17 mins

01:30

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE BIRDS

Another marathon Hitchcock cult-of-personality trailer with not a single shot from the actual movie. Drolly scripted by Hitch's tv series intro-writer James Allardice.

Documentary / English

5 mins

01:35

Stars in SHORTS

NAKED: A GUY'S MUSICAL

Follows a guy who suffers from a recurring musical nightmare in which he relives past romantic encounters buck-naked.

2007 / Musical / United States / English

Cast: Suzie Pollard, Christine Lakin, Mizuo Peck

14 mins

01:49

Stars in SHORTS

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

01:53

Stars in SHORTS

BOUNCER

Bouncer deals with a club doorman's worst nightmare- 'the one that comes back'.

2002 / English

Director: Michael Baig-Clifford

Cast: Paddy Considine, Ray Winstone

9 mins

02:00

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

02:23

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

02:30

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

02:42

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

03:00

SHORTS World Cinema

FAHRENHEIT

3 Interpol agents lead by their Captain Frank Darabont inquire about Judge Monroe's disappearance while Arthur Blinker is accused of turning aside millions of Euros from the Banque de France...Who is guilty?

2004 / Action / France / French

Director: Pascal Anquetil

Cast: Akim Chir, Alain De Catuelan, Alain De Catuelan, Cedric Camus, Patrick-Kodjo Topou, Thierry Manfroid

18 mins

03:18

SHORTS World Cinema

RIVE GLAUQUE

Vlad, a matronly man, is drinking a beer when Dan, a young crook, sits at his table with Patrick, an older man. In this Shabby mood, sitting in front of their drinks, the 3 men are scheming. The set up of s despicable affair is progressively divulged.

2008 / Thriller / France / French

Director: Eric Poulet, Steven Ada

Cast: Isaac Sharry, Odile Vuillemin, Pascal Elso, Serge Riaboukine

15 mins

03:30

SHORTS Best in Fest

VAGABOND SHOES

A chance occurrence gives Alec, an enigmatic homeless man, the opportunity to enter a high society gathering. There, the layers of his personality and his past are revealed to an unsuspecting audience.

2005 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Jackie Oudney

Cast: Iain Glen

16 mins

03:46

SHORTS Best in Fest

CHYENNE

On the lawn between two blocks of flats of a deserted housing estate, a little girl ? Chyenne ? sneaks up to a raven and starts a game in approaching him unseen. The odd duel ends up in a struggle, whose winner isn't defined till the very end.

2004 / Experimental / Switzerland

Director: Alexander Meier

Cast: Deleila Piasko, Raven Henry

4 mins

03:51

SHORTS Best in Fest

EQUESTRIAN

A short film that plays a refined game with slices of time in the big city. The matter-of-fact presence of a horsewoman in the city changes into a surrealist and heroic moment and monument.

2003 / Experimental / Netherlands

Director: Michiel Van Bakel

Cast: Deborah Post

3 mins

03:55

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

04:00

SHORTS Midnight

GRASSHOPPER

A young businessman learns the cost of living an insulated life when he encounters a young runaway girl as he journeys to track down a cell phone that he left on a train

2006 / Drama / United States / English

Cast: Brad C. Light, James Franco, Rachel Miner

20 mins

04:20

SHORTS Midnight

BUSHIDO: THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR

A Samurai should follow his Master in death as he had followed him in life .

2004 / Action / United Kingdom / Japanese

Director: Susan Jacobson

7 mins

04:30

Editor's Pick

ONE LAST RUN

A Korean-American young man from LA feels Puerto Rican at heart and suffers from this problem.

2001 / Drama / United States

Director: Rich Kim

24 mins

04:55

Editor's Pick

TRAILERS FROM HELL : BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLL

It seemed like a good idea at the time-- give the sequel to one of Fox's soap opera hits to skinflick auteur Russ Meyer in the heady days of X-rated prosperity. Ok, it didn't work out so well at the boxoffice, but it did give us a touchstone for

Documentary / English

2 mins

05:00

SHORTS Film School

SIT & SPIN

A man struggling to grow up turns to his best friend, the only woman in the world who doesn't hate him.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Kevin J Burke

Cast: Corin Nemec, Dean Cameron, Melonie Mack

19 mins

05:19

SHORTS Film School

GOD AT SEVEN

The story of a young girl's loss of innocence in the face of death and adult hypocrisy.

1999 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Daniel Pollack

6 mins

05:26

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

This (British) trailer goes out of its way to sell David Bowie (the best-cast alien since Michael Rennie in Day The Earth Stood Still) as The Second Coming, but Nic Roeg and Paul Mayersberg's adaptation of Walter Tevis' novel is one of the fines

Documentary / English

2 mins

05:29

SHORTS Film School

TRAILERS FROM HELL : THE PARTY

Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers approach silent-movie purity in this non-stop, quintessentially '60s gagfest set at the kind of Hollywood party that Fatty Arbuckle wishes he'd lived to see.

Documentary / English

2 mins

05:30

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

05:46

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

05:53

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

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