Booth Story
Australia, 2006, 12 min.
A sad but often funny tale of the lengths to which one man goes to overcome loneliness—the story of a duck, a booth man, escape, and an unexpected swim in a country lake.... more

Chiyo (Chiyo No Omukae)
Japan, 2005, 25 min.
In 1945, a year after Chiyo's father dies in the war, she expects him to come back during O-Bon, the Japanese festival of the dead. When he does not return, this four year-old girl runs off into the darkness, where she has many adventures.... more

La clé des champs
Switzerland, 2005, 14 min.
It’s a beautiful summer day, and a teenager, her mother and grandmother visit the young girl’s great grandmother, who’s recently entered a nursing home—an unexpected moment of happiness between an old woman and a young girl.... more

Lucky
South Africa, 2005, 20 min.
Lucky is an AIDS orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village for the bright lights of Durban. He is full of excitement and hope but he will learn about life the hard way, not through school or education, but through an unlikely bond with a racist Indian neighbor.... more

Under the leaves (SOTTO LE FOGLIE)
Italy, 2005, 13 min.
A shop assistant is being watched through the shop-window by a girl in her car. A sort of courting starts, making him believe she has some interest in him—until she gets off her car to talk face to face.... more