Life's Hard
Romania, 2007, 20 min.
This delightful story, about a young thief who meets a distraught young woman when he attempts to steal her purse while her car is stopped at a stop light, won a major jury award at this year’s Aspen Shortsfest.... more

Manon on the Asphalt (Manon Sur le Bitume)
France, 2007, 15 min.
Manon has an accident while riding home on her bicycle. As she lay in the street as ambulance rush to her, her out-of-body experience lets her see friends one by one as they learn of the event. From an oddly engaging and sweetly compelling birds-eye view, Manon discovers her life all over again.... more

Procrastination
United Kingdom, 2007, 4 min.
WON: Best Student Animated Short This winner of the Best British Animated Short at the London Short Film Festival is an amusing and visually lively meditation on the subject of inertia.... more

Sikumi (On the Ice)
USA, 2008, 15 min.
This Sundance Grand Prize winner is a visually spectacular tale about a conflict between members of an Eskimo tribe in a remote, frozen locale in the Arctic.... more

Tadeo Jones and the Basement of Doom (Tadeo Jones y el Sótano Máldito)
Spain, 2007, 18 min.
When a cute dog is thrown into an underground temple where animals are sacrificed to pagan gods, would-be hero Tadeo Jones comes to the rescue in this dazzling animated film which won the Spanish Oscar (the Goya) for Best Animated Short.... more

The Wednesdays
Ireland, 2007, 14 min.
A delightfully amusing short story about an elderly couple who utilize an illicit substance to inject some zing back into their marriage, this charming film won the Best Short Award at the Galway Film Festival.... more