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2 Dogs Inside
USA, 2006, 21 min.
Claire believes she lives her life on the right side of a black and white world until she stumbles upon a murder-for-hire... and her conscience.... more
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4:07am
USA, 2005, 13 min.
Armed with her sketchbook, a young woman seeks refuge from her insomnia. She takes to the streets and cafes of Tokyo only to find that she is not alone. The night is filled with people, reluctantly in search of the company of strangers. And smokes.... more
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5 Telephone Conversations
USA, 2006, 12 min.
Meeting through an internet dating website, John and Korey find a unique connection through a series of telephone conversations.... more
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A Day At The Office
USA, 2005, 16 min.
This satirical comedy depicts the ordeals of a nameless homeless man as he scams, cons, and schemes to make a buck.... more
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A Little Light
USA, 2006, 23 min.
Life is simple for Ernie, Los Angeles Parking Enforcer extraordinaire. Even gravity ‘flaking out’ and sucking random people into the sky doesn’t throw Ernie off his stride.... more
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A Riot in the Dark
USA, 2006, 10 min.
Nasur’s plans for revenge are unpturned when he catches his bully in a disturbing and perverse situation.... more
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Across the Hall
USA, 2005, 25 min.
A quiet night takes a dangerous turn when Julian (Adrian Grenier) receives a frantic phone call from his best friend, Terry (James Oliver).... more
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Adidas “Adicolor - Green”
USA, 2006, 4 min.
10 or 20 million years from now, a futuristic Palm Springs ritual (involving small green truffles) commemorates the end of the Nuclear Winter.... more
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Adventures in the Mind of Jack Quimby
USA, 2005, 15 min.
Jack Quimby can’t find peace at home, but he can make it for himself. Through his magical thoughts he creates stories that provide him sanctity and eventually deliverance from the harsh reality at home.... more
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Afraid So
USA, 3 min.
Based on a poem where each line forms a question with the implied response being “afraid so.” Narrated by Garrison Keillor.... more
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After June
USA, 2005, 15 min.
Three old friends meet for an afternoon of furniture moving, petty theft, and fortune telling, but when the tea leaves are read, a hint of menace is predicted before the day is over.... more
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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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Air Guitar
USA, 2005, 4 min.
In a mock casting session more than 200 candidates (many actual air guitar champions from around the world) vie for a lead role in a movie.... more
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Alone and Inhuman
USA, 2006, 14 min.
In this perverse tale, an evil farmer cultivates an insidious new drug, but he soon get a taste of his own medicine.... more
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The Aluminum Fowl
USA, 2005, 13 min.
A cinematically beautiful and disturbing portrait of four brothers living on a rural Louisiana cockfighting farm. Please note: There are disturbing scenes involving animal cruelty in this film.... more
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Angry Unpaid Hooker
USA, 2005, 7 min.
In this wry animated short, a young man wakes up with a cranky prostitute in his apartment. He can’t pay her, and he can’t explain to his girlfriend how she got there.... more
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Apocalypse Oz
USA, 2006, 25 min.
In a filmic synthesis of Apocalypse Now and The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Willard, a disgruntled Vietnamese-American teenager embarks on a journey to find her Vietnam-vet father.... more
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Auteur
USA, 2006, 26 min.
The satirical tale follows the rise and fall of an ambitious film buff who pirates films to raise money to produce his own screenplay.... more
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Bagelized
USA, 2005, 5 min.
A bagel man teaches an apprentice everything there is to bagel-making, but the young woman turns out to not be an apprentice... more
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Ballyvaughan Story
USA, 2006, 7 min.
Based on a true story, this beautiful animated short tells the tale of the village of Ballyvaughan in Western Ireland during the Irish War of Independence in 1921.... more
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The Betsy Wetsy Time Bomb Effect
USA, 2005, 22 min.
What if your life was a sitcom? Or if an argument with your mother turned into a scene from Dynasty? That’s exactly what happens to Alistair!... more
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The Big Toe (Le Gros Orteil)
USA, 13 min.
Recalling the stylish b&w films of the nouvelle vague, a young boy finds a human toe on the beach in 1960s France and takes it home.... more
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Black Sea
USA, 2005, 21 min.
A young American travels to Romania to reconnect with his estranged father.... more
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Blindsight
USA, 2005, 10 min.
The story of a man who has a neurological disorder that leaves him unable to recognize faces. Ethan faces a series of bizarre encounters that make him question his memory, his sanity, and even his own identity.... more
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Breakdown
USA, 2006, 11 min.
An unlucky-in-love casting director, desperate to find the perfect man, puts out a call for a new 'untitled romantic comedy.' After sorting through hundreds of headshots Mary calls in her favorites...... more
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Bugcrush
USA, 2006, 36 min.
A story of Ben, small-town high school loner, whose fascination with Grant, a dangerously seductive new kid, leads him into something much more sinister than he could ever have imagined.... more
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The Butler of the Van der Waal House
USA, 2005, 9 min.
After serving for many years as the Van der Waal family's butler Orson is dismayed at the changes in the household. After the death of the mother, Orson adds the job of preventing the son’s numerous attempts on Mr. Van der Waal's life to his daily responsibilities.... more
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Caroline Crossing
USA, 2006, 20 min.
An intimate portrayal of a young girl torn from the only home she ever knew, who must find a way to survive against the backdrop of a World War II.... more
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Chase, Le
USA, 2005, 20 min.
A comic look, in French New Wave style, at the unlikely romance between Hero and Francie. With the help of a kindly French whore and an extreme make-over, Hero unlocks the heart that beats beneath Francie’s punkish shell.... more
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Chicken
USA, 2006, 20 min.
Megan Timonthy, a writer, actress, model and adventurer, suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2003 that left her with a one-word vocabulary: “Chicken.” This documentary is the story of her incredible journey back from her near-fatal stroke—a journey filled with absurdities, heartbreak and triumph.... more
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Chicxulub
USA, 2005, 15 min.
Based on the short story by T.C. Boyle, the film takes us on a journey down two parallel storylines. The first about about parents who receive a phone call in the middle of the night and the second about the catastrophic event of an asteroid that collided with earth 65 million years ago.... more
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The Christmas Tree
USA, 2005, 8 min.
The only Muslim girl in the fifth grade sparks a religious and cultural battle with her traditional father when she brings home the class Christmas tree.... more
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Christopher Brennan Saves The World
USA, 2005, 25 min.
A young drive-thru attendant takes food orders and and gives advice to all his customers in a gig he calls “Chris’s Drive-Thru Counseling.”... more
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City
USA, 2006, 8 min.
An Iraqi cabdriver in New York has a candid conversation with a Wall Street passenger about Muslims and the post 9/11 world.... more
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Cosa Bella
USA, 2005, 16 min.
Delphine must make a choice to win the heart of her lover, Belle... more
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Dancing Ground
USA, 2006, 15 min.
Firecrackers fly through the sky...ghosts dance in the dust...an old man wanders the prairie with a gun...and a small town sheriff searches for another chance.... more
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David Bianchi’s Soldier
USA, 2006, 11 min.
A film told in performance poetry illustrating ing a day in the life of a soldier at the front lines of the war in Iraq.... more
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Davy & Stu
USA, 2006, 13 min.
As the sun sets over a swampy Scotland bog, two boys meet in the darkness as part of a nightly ritual. A heartwrenching look at the intensity of adolescent romance and forbidden love.... more
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The Days and the Hours
USA, 2006, 9 min.
In a stunningly beautiful church in the middle of San Francisco, homeless people are allowed to sleep in the pews in the midst of daily services. A documentary meditation on the thin line that separates homeless people from everyone else.... more
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Denial
USA, 2006, 16 min.
When a seemingly picture perfect relationship begins to unravel, a man (Brandon Roth) must make a choice between the love of his life, and his reality. A raw glimpse into how loneliness and regret can test the limits of one's sanity.... more
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Doctor, El
USA, 2006, 24 min.
This exquisitely animated poem, handpainted by artists in Los Angeles and Mexico over five years, is set in a crumbling Mexican hospital circa 1920. Inhabited by surreal characters including the man shot with one hundred holes, the girl who sprouted morning-glories, and the woman who thinks she is ... more
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Dog Tags
USA, 2006, 32 min.
A closeted young law student moves from self-loathing about his sexuality to taking a step toward self acceptance.... more
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Drown
USA, 2006, 12 min.
What do haircuts, drunk dialing, sleepwalking, shopping for swim trunks, and a cute little bunny all have in common? Based on a true story Drown is hilarious, shocking, and curiously profound.... more
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El Tigre
USA, 2 min.
13-year-old Manny Rivera must choose to become a great superhero, like his father, or a feared super-villan, like his grandfather. This is quite a struggle for Manny. He wants to be good, but being bad is just so much FUN.... more
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Emelia
USA, 2005, 9 min.
This quirky animated story of redemption takes us into the head of a five-year-old goth girl.... more
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End of A Dog
USA, 2005, 19 min.
A misanthropic loner returns home one day and discovers his not-so-beloved dog, Hedda, has died. Stingy as well as reclusive, he now must wander a city of cement in search of a free, yet appropriate, burial site for Hedda.... more
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Envious Heart
USA, 2006, 5 min.
Five fairies teach five gloomy dragons how to find happiness in this animated rendition of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.... more
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Existence
USA, 2006, 27 min.
At death, in an instant, life and perception end, years of memories vanish. Vincent has transitioned to a new reality, but he is unaware of his new place. As he travels deeper into the afterlife his fate becomes painfully clear—there is no escape.... more
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The Extra
USA, 2006, 12 min.
A struggling movie-extra with no where else to go decides to live on a movie lot. He learns the in-and-outs of Hollywood deal-making up-front and personal.... more
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Faceless
USA, 2006, 9 min.
With a slice of dark humor and a stab of gory, flesh-ripping fun, Faceless asks the question—can an artist combine talent with a keen sense of depravity?... more
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