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06:00

SHORTS Film School

WHITE LIKE THE MOON

A young hispanic girl living in the 1950's has an identity crisis when her mother makes her bleach her skin.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Marina Gonzalez Palmier

20 mins

06:21

SHORTS Film School

WOODEN SOUL

Displacement of grief. Charming to some, shocking to others.

2006 / Drama / United Kingdom / English

Director: Rehana Rose Khan

Cast: Michael Gilroy, Stephanie Edwards, Trae Gould

10 mins

06:30

SHORTS Comedy

JELLY MOUSTACHE, THE - EPISODE TWO CRIME

Comedy / English

12 mins

06:43

SHORTS Comedy

LOLLYPOPS

2003 / Australia / English

Director: Rebecca McElroy

Cast: Bev Langford, Carol Burns, Slim De Grey

4 mins

06:48

SHORTS Comedy

CROOKED MICK OF THE SPEEDWAH

2005 / Australia / English

Director: Philip Smith

9 mins

06:57

SHORTS Comedy

LOVES LABOURER

Ern, a council worker and hopeless romantic, tries to negotiate his way around the obstacles of modern dating.

Australia / English

Director: Alister Grierson

5 mins

07:00

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

07:10

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

07:19

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

07:30

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

07:44

SHORTS Best in Fest

FETCH

1998 / Australia / English

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey

1 min

07:45

SHORTS Best in Fest

ANNA AND BELLA

1984 / Netherlands

Director: Børge Ring

7 mins

07:52

SHORTS Best in Fest

NOT FUNNY

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

2006 / Animation / Germany

Director: Sebastian Leunter

2 mins

08:00

Editor's Pick

MOVING STILL

Animation

Director: Santiago CAICEDO DE ROUX

2 mins

08:02

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

08:14

Editor's Pick

DOG TIRED

2004

Director: Greg McLeod

9 mins

08:24

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

08:30

SHORTS in Love

VELOCITY RULES

Midwestern housewife inadvertently discovers that she is a superhero.

2000 / Comedy / United States

Director: Patty Jenkins

18 mins

08:48

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

08:52

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

09:00

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

09:08

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

09:10

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

09:22

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

09:30

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

09:46

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

10:00

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

10:08

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

10:30

SHORTS Animate!

LOST CARGO

2006 / Netherlands

Director: Pieter Engels, Efim Perlis

15 mins

10:46

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

11:00

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

11:02

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

11:04

SHORTS Best in Fest

AMARELINHA

Mateus is six. He does not want to learn how to read. He thinks that when he's able to read, his parents will stop telling him stories at bedtime. The only special time he has with them will be gone. Mateus comes up with a plan.

2006 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Francois Choquet

Cast: Ike Krieger, Darien Dikeos, William Corkery, Alex Castillo, Brody Nicholas Lee, Cody Benjamin Lee, Paula Lemes

19 mins

11:30

Editor's Pick

DOG TIRED

2004

Director: Greg McLeod

9 mins

11:39

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

11:54

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

11:58

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

12:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

13:00

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

13:18

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

13:30

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

14:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

15:00

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

15:24

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

15:30

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

15:39

SHORTS in Love

EMPIRE

2005 / Experimental / France / English

Director: Edouard Salier

3 mins

15:44

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

15:52

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

15:53

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

16:00

ShortsTV

60 mins

17:00

SHORTS Comedy

DEATH IN PROGRESS, A

A short dark comedy following the Grim Reaper as he writes out the last moments of a hapless man, Daniel Matthews. When he can'r decide how he wants the man to die, Grim ends up rewriting his death over and over, trying to make it better.

2007 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Don Bitters

Cast: James Powell, Pietro D'Alessio

7 mins

17:08

SHORTS Comedy

EXPRESS: AISLE TO GLORY

The rise and fall of a legendary bagboy are recounted in this pastiche of the sports documentary.

1998 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Jonathan Buss

Cast: Kal Penn

11 mins

17:20

SHORTS Comedy

BITTER

2008 / Drama / UK / English

Director: Joel Wilson, Jamie Campbell

Cast: John Sessions, Philip Davis

10 mins

17:30

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

17:42

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

17:47

SHORTS Animate!

JUNGLE BEAT: BECAUSE I GOT HIGH

2004 / Zimbabwe

Director: Brent Dawes

4 mins

17:52

SHORTS Animate!

DOWN TO EARTH

Netherlands / English

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

2 mins

17:55

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

18:00

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

18:30

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

18:44

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

18:52

Editor's Pick

FLYING SAUCER ROCK N' ROLL

1997 / Ireland / English

Director: Enda Hughes

12 mins

19:00

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

19:22

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

19:30

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

19:45

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

20:00

SHORTS Film School

PANOESTHASIA

Animation / United States

Director: Brad Schaider

6 mins

20:06

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

20:30

SHORTS Comedy

AUTO DA FE

2005

Director: Steve Rainbow

9 mins

20:39

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

20:56

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

21:00

SHORTS Animate!

AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Rub-a-dub-dub, Pop forgets all about Cub!

2d animation

7 mins

21:07

SHORTS Animate!

IPSO FATSO

Disco Bear is too big to boogie-oogie-oogie and heads to the gym instead!

2d animation

7 mins

21:15

SHORTS Animate!

PARTY ANIMAL

Flippy flips at his very own surprise party, but not in a good way!

2d animation

7 mins

21:22

SHORTS Animate!

LUCIA

Lucia discovers soem x-ray pictures on her night trip through the hospital. An image of a head stimulates her fantasy - dear and reality dissolves into each other. Her illness takes her to a place of origin. After the return, hope prevails.

2004 / Animation / Germany

Director: Felix Goennert

7 mins

21:30

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

21:39

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

21:55

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

22:00

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

22:30

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

22:46

SHORTS in Love

FLOOR 29

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Korinna Sehringer

Cast: Brooke Shelton, Tim Seyfi

14 mins

23:00

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Although some bemoan Irving Thalberg's civilizing influence on the Marx Brothers when they moved to MGM, this is probably their most popular picture. And seen with an audience, one of their all-time funniest.

Documentary / English

2 mins

23:02

Stars in SHORTS

AIRLOCK, OR HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN SPACE

Trapped in a capsule, hundredths of miles from Earth, two pioneers of the Sapce Race await the call that will determine their fate.

2007 / Sci-Fi / United Kingdom / English

Director: Chris Boyle

Cast: Derek Jacobi, Steven Waddington, Michael Sheen

14 mins

23:16

Stars in SHORTS

TRAILERS FROM HELL : POINT BLANK

John Boorman's dreamily stylized adaptation of a Donald E. Westlake novel was way ahead of its time, adapting New Wave techniques to produce a deliberately alienating effect that confused and annoyed the brass at MGM, and might even be a moment-of-de

Documentary / English

3 mins

23:19

Stars in SHORTS

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

23:23

Stars in SHORTS

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

23:30

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

23:35

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

23:49

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

23:53

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

00:00

SHORTS Midnight

RED VEIL, THE

Yasmine dances under the watchful eye of saloon owner Sami. When a mysterious gypsy arrives in town, Yasmine must decide between freedom and the only man she has ever loved.

2005 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Tarik Karam

Cast: Stephen R. Hudis, Alex Helfrecht, Marian Griffin, Tyler Dawson, Chris Hogan, Melissa Marsala

18 mins

00:18

SHORTS Midnight

PITBULL

Meet Pitbull, A twelve year old with a taste for money and the skill to kick ass.

2002 / Drama

Director: Daniel Nemet-Nejat

5 mins

00:24

SHORTS Midnight

ONE QUIET SUBURBAN NIGHT

A prostitute, a thief and a suburban husband all receive big surprises when the wrong customer is serviced.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Robbie Pickering

Cast: Al Thompson, Danielle Viola

7 mins

00:30

SHORTS Film School

EXISTENCE

In the line between reality and illusion, life and death... can we really tell the difference? What happens when you are trapped in the line?

2006 / Fantasy / United States / English

Director: Anthony Leonardi

Cast: Gabriel Pimentel, Jack Walsh, Jonathan Davis, Matthew McGrory, Max Baker

26 mins

01:00

SHORTS Comedy

MACKENHEIM

Eleanor suspects that her neighbor, Mr. Mackenheim-the former ruler of a distant alien planet-has been taking her cats. But when the two square off, Mackenheim quickly learns never to come between a woman and her cat.

2002 / Sci-Fi / United States / English

Director: Adam Barr

Cast: Bruce Jachow, Veronica Cartwright

16 mins

01:16

SHORTS Comedy

URBAN MYTHS: THE LAST GOODBYE

A young man meets a woman in the supermarket checkout line who has a very unusual request.

2001 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Jonathan Judge

4 mins

01:21

SHORTS Comedy

NOUVEAU RICHE NO. 11

2004 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Saar Klein

3 mins

01:24

SHORTS Comedy

LOVE THY BROTHER

A comedic look at the disastrous effects of sibling rivalry when two competitive, antagonistic brothers are robbed in their own home.

2002 / Comedy / United States / English

Director: Ralph Macchio

9 mins

01:30

SHORTS World Cinema

AFRO DEUTSCH

Remembering critical moments of his life, a man turns to face his enemies.

2001 / Drama / Germany / German

10 mins

01:40

SHORTS World Cinema

PUNITION, LA

Paris, France: a film producer and alcoholic asks a private detective to spy on his wife to make sure she still loves him. The detective discovers an absurd and deadly relationship.

2007 / Drama / France / French

Director: Yuki Kawamura

Cast: Claire Renaut, Didier Nobletz, Francois Podetti

19 mins

02:00

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

02:14

SHORTS Best in Fest

APOLOGY LINE, THE

2006

Director: James Lees

9 mins

02:24

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

02:30

SHORTS Midnight

Creator, The

It's 1000 years in the future. A corporation has devised a procedure that has the ability to liberate the human race...or possibly doom it for eternity. The fate of the humanity lies in the hands of a single human being.

2006 / Australia / English

Director: Paul Mayze

Cast: Glen Keogh, Robyn Moore

9 mins

02:39

SHORTS Midnight

REDUCING STANLEY

The surreal tale of a young boy struggling to communicate with his increasingly obsessed father in the lingering aftermath of tragedy.

1998 / Thriller / United States / English

Director: Mike Harvkey

Cast: Christopher Coulson, Ramsey Krull

23 mins

03:00

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

03:30

SHORTS Film School

FAR ON FOOT

In their attempt to reach an alternative cancer center, a father and daughter realize that healing can occur in the most unlikely circumstances.

2001 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Stephanie Smith

21 mins

03:52

SHORTS Film School

UN-GONE, THE

2005

Director: Simon Bovey

8 mins

04:00

SHORTS Comedy

DORIS THE BUILDER

2004

Director: Alice Troughton

10 mins

04:10

SHORTS Comedy

DISHPAN MAN, THE

The rise and fall of a young hood with a supernatural gift.

2000 / Sci-Fi / United States / English

Director: Hal Long

14 mins

04:24

SHORTS Comedy

ONE SHOT WONDER

Two filmmakers discuss whether it's possible to make their short film using only one shot. And apparently it's not.

2001 / Spoof / Australia / English

Director: Carine Colin

6 mins

04:30

SHORTS World Cinema

OBCY VI

Poland / Polish

27 mins

05:00

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

05:02

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

05:04

SHORTS Best in Fest

AMARELINHA

Mateus is six. He does not want to learn how to read. He thinks that when he's able to read, his parents will stop telling him stories at bedtime. The only special time he has with them will be gone. Mateus comes up with a plan.

2006 / Drama / United States / English

Director: Francois Choquet

Cast: Ike Krieger, Darien Dikeos, William Corkery, Alex Castillo, Brody Nicholas Lee, Cody Benjamin Lee, Paula Lemes

19 mins

05:30

SHORTS Midnight

PROS AND CONS OF BREATHING, THE

A character-driven action film about a criminal who suffers from cystic fibrosis. He's been afflicted with this condition and his criminal lifestyle, at the core, is both an expression of rage and an attempt to take control of his morality.

2006 / Action / United States / English

Director: Seth Manheimer

Cast: Coby Ryan McLaughlin, Dylan Purcell, John Laughlin, Tino Sutras

21 mins

05:51

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

05:55

SHORTS Midnight

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

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