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After the World Changed
99 min.
We’re all familiar with the date: 9/11/01; what we’ll never fully know are the multitude of stories connected with the events of that date and its aftermath, though the eight stories included in this selection are as moving and provocative as anything you’re ever likely to see or read about in conne... more
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Animal Attraction
97 min.
Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! Our fascination with the animal world may just be because we know little separates us from the denizens of the feathered, finned or four legged world other than the ability to talk and to reason; that said, we do share certain “animal instincts…”... more
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Around the World
114 min.
The world is immense and at the same time incredibly small. These brilliant shorts explore the interconnectness of it all, and examine—as the current phase in vogue has it—the root causes of our problems.... more
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The Art of the Story
81 min.
Sublime storytelling connects these glorious films that reveal the human condition in all its glory and variety.... more
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Audience Favorites III
84 min.
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Audience Favorites II
84 min.
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Jury Award Winners I
86 min.
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Jury Award Winners II
89 min.
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Programmers Picks
85 min.
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Best of ShortFest 06 - Audience Favorites I
92 min.
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Body Language
93 min.
The body can be a source of great pleasure and great pain. In this collection of gems, ambivalence is the key…... more
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Boy Meets Boy...
88 min.
Okay, strictly speaking, not every short in this package involves two boys or men meeting for the first time. That said, each of them does involve a one-on-one encounter in which something unexpected happens between the protagonists, but we didn’t want to call the package “Tales of the Unexpected”, ... more
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Boy Meets Girl.
107 min.
We all know what happens when boy meets girl… or do we? Expect the unexpected when the hero and heroine of each of these distinctly different shorts encounters each other. Your view of male-female relationships may never be the same!... more
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The Chosen
74 min.
An alternately engrossing and entertaining overview of the vast range of Jewish experience, this package of short stories revolving around what it means to be a Jew draws upon family life, history, current events and the Holocaust to etch an indelible portrait of a people who persevere through stren... more
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Closing Night Gala: 2006 ShortFest Award Winners
90 min.
This special evening presentation, dedicated to the very best of this year’s ShortFest lineup, will feature award presentations together with screenings of the winners of this year’s Audience and Jury Awards.
The Gala evening show will be followed with a Closing Night Fiesta at Las Casuelas Terr... more
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Coupling
101 min.
Close relationships are defined by the magic number two— as in two people who live together or have been drawn together by fate. Whether for an instant or an eternity, each of the couples in this collection of short tales shares an extraordinary bond, which endures whatever life may hold in store…... more
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
110 min.
These nine exceptional short films, alternately horrifying or hilarious, each revolve around the commission of a crime and/or its consequences.... more
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The Family Dysfunctional
96 min.
Happy families might make good company, but—from the Corleones to the Tenenbaums—dysfunctional ones make the best stories!... more
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For All Ages
South Africa, 83 min.
This extraordinary selection is not only absolutely appropriate for children, but also consummately rewarding for more sophisticated viewers.... more
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For the Love of Film
102 min.
Each film in this selection pays homage to other films from the past, to brilliant (and often hilarious) effect.... more
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Generation X,Y,Z
97 min.
These fascinating tales, each told from the varying perspectives of the generations that followed the Baby Boomers, show just how different perceptions and actions can be when the world is seen through a different – and younger – pair of eyes.... more
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Happiness Is...
88 min.
Happiness means very different things to different people: for some it’s love, for others it’s discovering the meaning of life… while for still others, it may be as simple as a sharp new pair of shoes.... more
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High School Confidential
86 min.
Fast, occasionally furious and always very funny, each of these four fabulous shorts revolving around high school life is as engaging as it is entertaining. Maybe we just went to the wrong high schools!... more
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Hustle
93 min.
“There’s a sucker born every minute…” goes the old P. T. Barnum adage, and more than
enough con artists to take care of each and every one of them, judging from these delicious and devious stories revolving around a scam as familiar as it is infuriating.... more
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I Hear Voices
103 min.
Above the din of modern life, voices can be discerned by madmen and visionaries. Sometimes the voice has a more prosaic source: the conscience.... more
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Intimate Revolutions
97 min.
Change is the constant in human experience. Roads diverge, choices must be made—and that, to paraphrase the poet, makes all the difference.... more
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Iraq and a Hard Place (Part II)
103 min.
The Middle East is front and center in the news these days, a seeming powder keg of feuding factions and ancient antagonisms with no relief on the horizon. These six striking films explore the day-to-day realities of life as it’s experienced on the front lines and slightly further afield.... more
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Memory
111 min.
Memory is a double-edged sword—it can comfort and it can bring pain. And in the best of circumstances, it enriches our experience of life.... more
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Metropolis
113 min.
Cities take on lives of their own, becoming characters as vivid as the people who inhabit them, in this selection of stories set in very different metropolises around the world.... more
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Nickelodeon Presents
102 min.
A program of shorts from the brilliant creators at Nickelodeon including favorite characters and sneak peaks into new and upcoming projects.... more
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Oblique Visions
86 min.
Experimental work approaches narrative obliquely, telling stories poetically. Each of these films uses imagery and sound to create breathtaking moments—and impart emotional truths.... more
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Oh! Canada
92 min.
Wisdom, wit and wonder (along with a dash of insouciance) provide the elements of this short film showcase featuring eight very different films from our Northern neighbors, This year’s ShortFest Spotlight highlights the filmic bounty of Canada, where state support for the arts has helped create a th... more
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On The Road
99 min.
The four corners of the world form the setting for this wildly eclectic group of short films revolving around road trips.... more
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Once Upon a Time...
108 min.
Film is the perfect medium to tell fantastic tales, with its ability to render the magical in light and shadow.... more
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Opening Night Gala: International Award Winning Shorts
94 min.
This year’s award-winners from the Cannes, Berlin, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy and Worldwide Short Film Festivals, together with the recent winner of the European Film Awards for Best Short will be among the highlights of this spectacular evening dedicated to the art of being short.... more
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Out and About
89 min.
Gay life is anything but homogeneous for the wildly differing protagonists who are featured in this collection of fascinating short portrayals about la vie queer.... more
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OUT in the Family
92 min.
Each of these tales involves gay men dealing with the realities of family; whether coming out, camping it up, cutting the ties that bind or creating a new kind of non-nuclear family unit, we are as much defined by how we interact with our families as we are by the lifestyle we pursue…... more
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Performance Anxiety
108 min.
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.... more
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Queer...With a Twist
89 min.
Where does the twist come in, you ask? Each of these shorts involving gay men involves either a twist of fate, an unexpected twist in the storyline, or is just plain twisted!... more
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Scenes From a Marriage
102 min.
The union with another human can be a source of great comfort—and, at times, misery. This extraordinary collection illustrates the passion, humor, devotion—and animus—that characterizes the bond between two people.... more
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Spotlight on Women Directors
88 min.
So many remarkable shorts by women directors came our way this year, that we couldn’t resist the opportunity to put a package of shorts together that have nothing in common other than the fact that they are all made by very gifted women directors. Kind of makes you wonder why there aren’t more women... more
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Table Manners
110 min.
Praise the Lord and pass the dinner rolls! Here’s a collection of tales revolving around our favorite meeting place: the dining table, where meals aren’t the only thing that is served up hot and spicy…... more
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That Changes Everything
122 min.
Prepare to have the rug snatched out from under your feet, as each film in this selection of wildly unpredictable shorts seems to be going down one road, only to take a u-turn on the way to its final destination.... more
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The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
102 min.
Imagine the clarity that comes from concentrating your attention on what may be your last breath. This dazzling selection reveals the variety of human responses that range from the devastating to the absurd.... more
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The Wages of War
117 min.
Seven astonishing short films about war, each of them very different in tone and setting from the others, form the basis for this engrossing collection of tales about conflict and its extraordinary effect on everyday people.... more
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There's No Business Like Show Business
103 min.
For those whose lives revolve around ‘the biz’, reality is a dish best served to somebody else altogether…... more
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There's No Place Like Home
96 min.
Home is where the heart is… or is it? These superb shorts all depict hearth and home in rather untraditional ways.... more
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True Stories
104 min.
Each of the characters captured in this fascinating series of documentaries about real people is remarkable in their own way, and each of them is anything but ordinary.... more
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Unregular Guys
108 min.
What do Travis Bickle, Charles Foster Kane, and Jeffrey Lebowski have in common? That’s right—you’d never never characterize them as regular guys! And the same goes for the gentlemen in our selection.... more
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What Girls Want
99 min.
We may all know what we want, but do any of us know what we truly need? These six outstanding shorts about life in the ‘L’ world explore what it means to be a lesbian, and how each woman expresses her sexuality as it relates to the things she deals with every day.... more
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