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The 20 Second Rule
USA, 2008, 13 min.
When the phone-salesman-from-hell makes the mistake of tangling with the wrong customer (a Voodoo priestess in the midst of casting a spell), the results are hilariously appropriate.... more
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7 Weaks
USA, 2009, 18 min.
An artist finds his mind -- the wellspring for all he creates -- can no longer be trusted with reality.... more
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Abuelo
USA, 2009, 15 min.
When 12-year-old Emily loses her mother, the last thing she wants is her grandfather caring for her. He's old, doesn't even speak English and seems to think he's in charge.... more
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Act As If
USA, 2009, 18 min.
Harvard women's basketball coach Kathy Delaney-Smith teaches her players to "act as if" they can overcome any obstacle to achieve their goals. Now, the winningest coach in Ivy League history must apply this philosophy to her own harrowing fight against cancer.... more
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Adelaide
USA, 2008, 12 min.
Adelaide's Munchausen's Syndrome serves her well — getting her out of the house, helping her meet people emergency medical workers and doctors trying to save her life. The tables turn, however, when she meets a young pharmacist who seems to like her just the way she is.... more
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ADM for EVE
USA, 2009, 9 min.
With a violent end approaching at rapid speed, two young people cling to the last vestige of life as they knew it.... more
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After the Storm
USA, 2008, 19 min.
A candidate for the Student Oscars, this story about a young couple who confront a burglar in their neighborhood in the midst of a Florida Hurricane grapples with the issue of when protecting home and hearth takes second place to protecting your family.... more
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Almost Every Day
USA, 2008, 18 min.
Priscilla, a young, single mother in Rio who struggles to reconcile her motherly duties with her own professional ambitions, confronts a day in the bustling city when everything that can go wrong does.... more
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The Antagonist
USA, 2009, 11 min.
He's the responsible, emotionally mature partner, while she is slightly out of control in more ways than one. When the couple is invited to a birthday party where she goes deliriously off the rails, can anything save the precarious balance of their relationship?... more
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Arithmetic Lesson
USA, 2009, 17 min.
Seven year-old Gracie's mother lies dying in a hospital with her husband by her side. A Taiwanese au pair, hired to provide daily care for Gracie, feels more inclined to offer comfort to Gracie's dad. Boundaries are blurred and lines crossed, as Gracie seeks answers far beyond her young years.... more
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The Bake Shop Ghost
USA, 2009, 17 min.
Coralee Baker has run the best bakery in town for decades, but when she passes away and her bakery goes on the market, Coralee finds her own unique way of ensuing that anyone who can't live up to her legacy doesn't run the shop for long.... more
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Before the Sea
USA, 2008, 8 min.
A father and son share the space on the family fishing boat, but not necessarily the dreams.... more
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A Bike Ride
USA, 2009, 13 min.
A young girl reconciles the fast moving life around her from the front of her dad's bike, allowing for an ever-changing daily landscape to soften the harsh realities of grown-up lives.... more
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Birthdate
USA, 2008, 11 min.
There are all kinds of ways to meet a woman in the big city, but for Luke, whose birthday happens to fall on the very day he meets Kim, life is just about to get a whole lot more interesting.... more
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Blue-Eyed Mary
USA, 2008, 13 min.
Free-spirited tomboy Johanna is far more interested in the neighbor boy than she is in her aunt's life lessons. But her distractions are about to cost her more than a few undone chores.... more
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The Boarding Ticket
USA, 2008, 2 min.
Travel and adventure aren't just for the passengers.... more
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Bohemibot
USA, 2008, 26 min.
Set in the distant future, following a series of wars which have devastated the planet Zednek, this dazzling sci-fi short tells the story of a man who struggles to maintain his humanity in the face of overwhelming force.... more
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Bottled Up
USA, 2008, 21 min.
Leaving his wife Myra back at their rural bungalow as he heads into town for groceries at the outset of a weekend getaway, Charles finds himself enmeshed in a bizarre and unsettling incident when he agrees to help out a couple whose car has broken down.... more
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Boycrazy
USA, 2009, 25 min.
This delirious musical comedy introduces us to Corey, a guy who's enjoying the many pleasures of single gay life even as he finds himself torn between two handsome suitors who provide plenty of reasons for finally settling down.... more
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Brotherhood
USA, 2008, 11 min.
Jared arrives home from his sophomore year in college to find his older brother, Kief, hell-bent on driving him home from the bus stop. The short trip encounters more snags than either anticipated, but sometimes it's the destination, not the ride, which matters.... more
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Caution Sign
USA, 2008, 13 min.
Who among us hasn't misread a road sign on a dark, windy road late at night when taking a new short-cut?... more
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Charlie Thistle
USA, 2008, 14 min.
In the Department of Normality, Charlie Thistle is a little unhappy with his work. However, a promotion to a new title allows him to make some -- gasp! -- changes.... more
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Chased
USA, 2009, 16 min.
Seth and Charlie, best friends in college, discover they share a mutual sexual charge when a brush with a group of punks leads to a hair-raising chase on their way home from a bar one night.... more
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Cigarette Candy
USA, 2009, 13 min.
When a young marine just back from a harrowing tour of duty in the Middle East is forced to play the roll of hero at a homecoming party thrown in his honor, he finds himself attracted to a rebellious young woman who appears to be a kindred soul.... more
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Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial
USA, 2009, 29 min.
A groundbreaking Supreme Court decision at the heart of the Gay Rights movement in the '80s shares much in common with the equal rights struggle the LGBT community confronts in America today.... more
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Clones Gone Wild
USA, 2009, 18 min.
Timid and heartbroken Ben discovers he has an illegal clone living in Phoenix who seems to be having a far better life than he is.... more
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Concerto
USA, 2008, 15 min.
A cuckolded husband having a spectacularly bad day snatches his wife's lover from the kitchen while she's upstairs in the bedroom.... more
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The Crooked Eye
USA, 2008, 19 min.
This visually stunning adaptation of a short story about a woman who's going slowly insane stars Fay Masterson, Katherine Boecher and D.C. Douglas and is narrated by Academy Award winner Linda Hunt.... more
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Dandelion Dharma
USA, 2008, 24 min.
Every ending leads to a new beginning in this fabulous and funny tale about a young woman who's about to end it all in a shared community garden.... more
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Dead Bunny
USA, 2008, 13 min.
Mary and John have broken up. John is devastated: it's his first heartbreak, and he's not handling it well. When their dog Binky brings home 80 year-old Mrs. Pattersen's pet bunny -- dead -- the two are brought together one last time to right a wrong and maybe, just maybe, find their love again.... more
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Desert Wedding
USA, 2008, 14 min.
When her bouquet turns up missing on her big day, Marissa, an excited bride-to-be, turns into a raging bridezilla -- until an unexpected event suddenly puts her petty concerns into stark perspective.... more
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Dish
USA, 2009, 16 min.
As Emo kids Israel and Louie wander their East Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates, Louis' boasts about his sexual escapades cause Israel to decide he's got some catching up to do.... more
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Dry River Road
USA, 2008, 14 min.
Desperation plays out at a lonely highway gas station when a young man, just returned from the military, realizes he is out of options if he wants to be a father to his daughter.... more
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Emilia Eckle
USA, 2009, 7 min.
Lovely Emilia finds bookish Tom to be charming and delightful. If he keeps his glasses on, he feels the same way about her. Their first date a hit, it does seem to be true love -- at least, until the awkward moment after the good-night kiss.... more
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Expiration
USA, 2009, 4 min.
So, do you trust the drink-by date on a carton of milk? Do you?... more
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The Fairy Princess
USA, 2008, 14 min.
A predator confronts more than he had bargained for when he sets the stage for a young girl's kidnapping on Halloween.... more
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Feedback
USA, 2007, 9 min.
Two supposedly fast friends find themselves at amusing odds when their habitual chatter turns a little more edgy than either of them had anticipated.... more
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First Kill
USA, 2008, 16 min.
Rayburn hesitates on his first contract kill for the crime family that employs him. His mentor, James, has little patience and does the job for him. That’s when the two men discover they are not alone, and their every move has been captured on film.... more
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Fish & Chip
USA, 2008, 4 min.
For once, the Big One doesn't get away. Although for this fisherman, his catch may be more than he bargained for.... more
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Four Steps
USA, 2009, 14 min.
Jackie, who's having no luck finding a suitable girlfriend due to her malfunctioning gaydar, decides to take on a four-step program that she hopes will help her differentiate between potential partners and those who are simply friendly or flirty straight women.... more
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Gloria & Eric
USA, 2008, 17 min.
It's New Year's Eve and neither Gloria nor Eric is having a good time at the party. One is heartsick, the other just tired of having grown up and grown old. But their unlikely alliance is a tonic for them both, as long as they can make it through the night.... more
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Heartbreak Haiku
USA, 2009, 9 min.
The poetry of love is never as well-versed as when recited by a man who remembers the woman from the glare of bright morning light rather than the mystery of nighttime shadows.... more
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Help
USA, 2008, 40 min.
Roman is a man driven to save his dying mother's life, driven beyond all recognition to deliver to her the one thing that can save her. Unfortunately, it's the one thing Roman can't do alone. Co-starring Adam Beach (Smoke Signals, Flags of Our Fathers, WindWalkers).... more
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The Hemingway Night
USA, 2009, 19 min.
Two men, Terry and Leon, meet for the first time in months -- both of them struggling, one with a divorce and the other with writer's block. As they drink and reminisce, the memory of a night Terry barely remembers emerges as the one Leon can't forget.... more
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Hide and Seek
USA, 11 min.
Three kids, a house in Palm Springs, a whole lot of shakin' going on. This stop-motion animated film was the winner of this year's Palm Springs Student Film Festival.... more
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Honor
USA, 2008, 7 min.
Three soldiers parachute into post-invasion Normandy during the war, and talk about their lives back home while they patrol the seemingly quite countryside. The sudden appearance of a sniper changes everything in an instant.... more
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Horn Dog
USA, 2009, 6 min.
Bill Plympton's eternally loveable-but-stupid dog falls for a pretty pooch he spots in the park, with the usual disastrous results.... more
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Hove
USA, 2009, 10 min.
Olympia Dukakis stars in this moving tale about two Armenian women whose friendship is deeply affected by an encounter with the past and the powerful, unresolved legacy of the Armenian genocide.... more
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Immersion
USA, 2008, 14 min.
Ten year-old Moises has just immigrated to California from Mexico. Although he doesn't speak English, he studies hard and is a whiz at math, so he hopes to do well on his first test. But rules and apathy conspire against his success.... more
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Imminent
USA, 2008, 10 min.
An unsettling stare-down between two friends becomes even more unsettling once they return to their car after a trip to a supermarket for beer in the course of one strange evening.... more
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