Stage fright is not an option for the assorted heroes and heroines in this collection of tales revolving around life on the front lines and in the spotlight.
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Air Band: or How I hated being Bobby Manelli's blonde headed friend.
USA, 2005, 29 min.
A tale of friendship, rivalry, and rock ‘n’ roll set in the late 1980s. Darren has always lived in the shadow of his best friend Bobby, the lead singer for their air band Ma-cab-ree. When a rival band challenges Ma-cab-ree’s supremacy, Darren proves to himself, his friend Bobby, and an audience that... more
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The Audience
2006, 5 min.
Celebrated BBC telejournalist Alan Feasible introduces us to Alex Thomas, a comedian who travels with his own audience—the logical extension of the celebrity entourage.... more
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Hessier
USA, 2006, 16 min.
Hessiers are kids that are stuck in the glory days of glam rock. With their long hair, cut off jeans and their favorite glam band tees, Ralph and his buddies think about one thing only: rocking out.... more
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Initiation
USA, 2005, 3 min.
A young man tries to fake a mugging for his initiation into a gang, but the victim doesn’t cooperarate.... more
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Longtime Listener
USA, 2005, 10 min.
Mearle from Medfield is a regular caller to the Rick Dees radio show. Be it politics, sports or cooking, the cocky Mearle is always has an opinion to offer. At Radio Hut, Mearle struggles to revive the lost “integrity and spirit” of the erstwhile Frequency Barn, a defunct electronics store where Mea... more
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Music Appreciation
USA, 2006, 6 min.
Three unusal beings convene at a remote roadside location and are taken on a musical journey that makes their day.... more
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Performer
United Kingdom, 2005, 4 min.
A man runs through a forest. Another figure runs in the distance. They chase each other through a series of environments and through ever-increasing obstacles. Finally they face each other head-to-head...... more
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Phobias
United Kingdom, 2006, 7 min.
A surreal adventure into the minds of five phobics in a psychiatrist’s waiting room where an evil receptionist has the power to make fears reality.... more
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Rick's Head
United Kingdom, 2005, 6 min.
Rick McCartney, a sixty-year old failed actor, asks his son Sam to help him get a part in Hamlet. It’s ‘to be or not to be’ time, but Sam doesn’t come through, so Rick kills himself and returns as a ghost to haunt Sam into submission.... more
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Shaolin Delivery Boy
Canada, 2005, 11 min.
A Chinese-Canadian actor enlists his white friend to teach him the how and tao of Chineseness.... more
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With Kings
Australia, 2006, 11 min.
A young working-class man living in modern day Sydney attempts to win back the love of his disheartened girlfriend through the words of a Shakespearean sonnet.... more
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