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45
United Kingdom, 2009, 12 min.
Blending elements of Groundhog Day with those of Memento, this engrossing tale of a fighter who finds himself caught in a twilight zone of conflicting realities unravels an unexpected conclusion as he prepares for a big fight that may already be lost by default.... more
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Archive of Dreams
United Kingdom, 2008, 16 min.
Over the past 30 years, in a northern Italian town, Carlo Roda has amassed a staggering film collection. But now, with the archive in terrible disarray, a group of young film enthusiasts may represent the last chance to save the collection.... more
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Blackwater
United Kingdom, 2009, 30 min.
David has always lived in the shadow of his older brother Paul, but when Paul shows up one night as David and his wife Carole are about to leave for an anniversary dinner, that shadow begins to take on a darker hue.... more
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Careful Carl
United Kingdom, 2009, 9 min.
Carl is careful, predictable and very safe. He has a wife named Vicky, for whom he has brought home a sensible birthday gift. Vicky hopes Carl has also brought home some fun -- a little romance and maybe a celebration -- but Carl's not really a risky kind of guy.... more
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Decoding Alan Turing
United Kingdom, 2008, 17 min.
This fascinating documentary about a British WWII hero at the center of US/UK intelligence explores the life and bizarre death of a man whose famed past as the "father of the modern computer" was at odds with his life as an openly gay man in a homophobic society.... more
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Diana
United Kingdom, 2008, 11 min.
In the immediate wake of Princess Diana's tragic death, Mohit, a pre-op transsexual who had idolized the princess, calls home hoping to reestablish a connection with his disapproving mother.... more
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Domestic Flight
United Kingdom, 2008, 17 min.
Belittled by her husband and ignored by her daughter, sweetly tempered Edie finds a little ray of sunshine in the unexpected discovery of just who exactly her family is.... more
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Don't Just Lie There
United Kingdom, 2008, 2 min.
So very tired of doing all the work at home herself, an overburden mother finally lets her husband know exactly how she feels.... more
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Floating is Easy
United Kingdom, 2008, 14 min.
Alison's long devotion to her Alzheimer's-stricken mother has slowly but surely worn away the edges of urgency in her, leaving Alison's decision-making skills calm and unhurried, and somewhat questionable.... more
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The Happiness Salesman
United Kingdom, 2009, 15 min.
Christopher Eccleston stars as a door-to-door salesman who may just be the devil in this twisted little story about a mother with the voice of an angel who's offered the opportunity to see into her future.... more
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Hunger
United Kingdom, 2008, 14 min.
Stranded for the night in a foreign city, Saul retreats to the safety of a café where a chance encounter with a seductive woman offers distraction from his predicament. The diversion, however, is soon revealed to come at an extremely high cost.... more
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The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive
United Kingdom, 2009, 12 min.
This hugely entertaining short tells the story of a determined old lady and the alien who arrives at her house when his spaceship malfunctions, crashing into her patch of paradise.... more
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Intercom
United Kingdom, 2008, 10 min.
Simon, a new tenant in a high-rise building, stands out from the others with his music, his noise and his late nights. Their daily routine broken, the other occupants confront Simon at his most vulnerable via the front door intercom.... more
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Kingsland #1: The Dreamer
United Kingdom, 2008, 21 min.
An engrossing story about a young Kurdish émigré who tries to meld into the teeming world of London unequipped with the language or basic skills he'll need to make it in this alien new world that he's entered.... more
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Lost and Found
United Kingdom, 2008, 24 min.
In this captivating CG animated film, a young boy in a seaside village is faced with the problem of helping a penguin get back to his home in the South Pole, even if it means rowing all the way there.... more
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Love Does Grow on Trees
United Kingdom, 2008, 10 min.
It's 1989, and 13-year-old Danny has just discovered porn magazines and girls. Now it's a tough choice between the two, considering the embarrassment that goes with both.... more
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Love Hate
United Kingdom, 2009, 20 min.
Is it really ever wise to unleash your inner Id? And if you did, could you get her to go home when you'd had enough?... more
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Me, Me, Me
United Kingdom, 2009, 20 min.
An ambitious actor makes up for his lack of charm with an overabundance of narcissism, but his drive to be cast in the next big film is thwarted by another, more charming and handsome than he.... more
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Memorabilis
United Kingdom, 2009, 10 min.
Still suffering from the death of their daughter, Beth and George slowly try to reintegrate themselves back into some sense of a normal life, attending dinner parties and finding small moments to laugh again. But the shocking truth of Sophie's death is still to unfold.... more
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Naming Pluto
United Kingdom, 2008, 13 min.
In 1930, American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Planet X. Across the Atlantic, 11-year-old Venetia Burney becomes the only child in the world to name a planet. 77 years later, she gets the opportunity to see Pluto through a telescope for the first time.... more
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Not Yet
United Kingdom, 2008, 6 min.
Perched on a rooftop, a man ponders his next step as he prepares to end it all. His mind seemingly made up, he takes one last look at his phone before proceeding.... more
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Off Season
United Kingdom, 2008, 12 min.
A windswept beach offers solitude and quiet, but a father needs more than that to help his son understand the nature of loss and finality.... more
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One of Those Days
United Kingdom, 2008, 14 min.
A clerical error has dull and predictable Howard Whittam (Derek Jacobi) and his wife caught in a bureaucratic nightmare on Judgment Day.... more
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The Problem with Pets
United Kingdom, 2008, 13 min.
When Monica's mom's new boyfriend, Dr. Dick, comes to stay for the weekend, unsettling things begin to happen to Monica's menagerie of pets.... more
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Protect Me from What I Want
United Kingdom, 2008, 14 min.
19-year-old Saleem has desires that run counter to his strict Muslim upbringing. But when he encounters a sexy, working class guy while he waits for a bus one night, those same impulses begin to outweigh his reluctance to take the plunge.... more
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Roar
United Kingdom, 2009, 16 min.
A key-shop assistant is driving the pretty customers away with his leeringly inappropriate behavior, leaving the owner no choice but to set things right in his own way.... more
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Souvenirs
United Kingdom, 2009, 15 min.
Denzil, a cross-dressing Rastafarian, and Bookmark, his straight flatmate, hit the streets looking for a woman to be Bookmark's newest conquest -- the souvenir of which will be added to the trophy box back home.... more
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The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space
United Kingdom, 2008, 10 min.
In this prize-winning short from the recent Venice Film Festival, a young boy's fantasy about a trip to a strange planet in a rocket ship morphs into a different kind of trip altogether as reality sets in.... more
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The Taxidermist
United Kingdom, 2008, 22 min.
An unusual elixir has extended the life of all the pets in the desolate village of Gibworth. This is good news for the pet food shop owner, but not so good for the taxidermist next door.... more
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Tell
United Kingdom, 2008, 3 min.
A young woman explains what she will, and won't, allow into her life.... more
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This Way Up
United Kingdom, 2008, 8 min.
A little boy's misunderstanding and his mother's address book contribute to a heavenly journey.... more
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Toshi
United Kingdom, 2009, 14 min.
Awkward and socially inept, Toshi finds himself shut out of his colleagues' fun while on a business trip in London -- but Toshi's about to have some fun of his own.... more
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Transit
United Kingdom, 2009, 7 min.
A young boy, landing at a busy airport with his parents on the way home from an overseas trip, has a chance encounter with a prisoner being deported to an uncertain fate in a country where he's considered an enemy of the state.... more
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Waiting for Women
United Kingdom, 2008, 35 min.
In the remote Spanish village of Riofrio, almost all of the women have left. The village men, desperately seeking female companionship, organize a busload of single women from Madrid with the hope of changing their fortunes in love.... more
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Washdays
United Kingdom, 2009, 11 min.
Afflicted with a case of adolescent bed wetting which he can't seem to shake, young Kyle goes to great lengths to deal with his embarrassing problem, even as his oblivious mom only makes matters worse with her punishment of him. A deeply moving and ultimately lovely tale of childhood angst.... more
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