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

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

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

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

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

Alexandria
Singapore, 2008, 9 min.
Three men, trapped in a bookstore with alarmingly fast-rising flood waters threatening them, find themselves exposed and vulnerable. As the desperate men teeter on the brink of survival, unimaginable battle lines are drawn and the war begins.... more

PROGRAM: Alien/Nation
95 min.
In recent years, immigration and the émigré experience have been a major topic of news, conversation and of course, films. And with good reason. While we've begun to think globally, another country never really feels like home.... more

Alma
Spain, 2009, 6 min.
Attracted to the life-like dolls in a doll shop window, a young girl finds herself drawn in to the shop like a moth to a flame.... more

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

PROGRAM: Alt3red States 1
90 min.
Five stunning short films revolving around the theme of change.... more

PROGRAM: Alt3red States 2
90 min.
More stories about transformation and things not being quite what they appear to be.... more

Alter Ego
France, 2008, 21 min.
Esther and Nadir have both used the internet to help their floundering love lives, but their unexpected realities leave little room for romance.... more

PROGRAM: Amazing Animation
84 min.
A spectacular array of animated treats, utilizing mainly the techniques of cel animation and CG animation. Included in the package are films from France, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland and the US.... more

Andheri
India, 2008, 20 min.
Working as the maid -- and essentially slave -- to a cantankerous older woman for years in the teeming city of Mumbai, Anita finally makes up her mind to escape her predicament. But can she deal with the real world that lies outside the gilded cage in which she's been trapped for so many years?... more

PROGRAM: Animal Attraction
86 min.
Attractions are a very personal thing.... more

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

Apple of My Eyes
Mexico, 2009, 11 min.
A beautiful young woman finds herself the object of desire for a tiny man who appears in her apartment one day and encourages his devotion to her -- until a hunky new neighbor moves into the apartment upstairs, and things begin to change in not-so-subtle ways.... more

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

Arioi Women
Australia, 2008, 16 min.
Mid-16th century Tahiti sets the stage for this mythic story of a young girl who yearns to dance as part of the privileged Arioi Tribe. The magical movements of the dancers mimic the rhythms of the earth, nature and Woman, but now an extraordinary sacrifice is expected.... more

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

PROGRAM: Art Attack
85 min.
Art, artists and artifice are the subjects of this multilayered program that explores the creative process -- and in one case, the process of stealing art (which some might argue is an art form in itself).... more

The Art of Darts & Dying
Australia, 2008, 20 min.
Life is a series of endless choices, but for one man the siren call of the dart board may make his choice for him.... more

Atlantic
Ireland, 2008, 4 min.
From long ago and far away, words from a lost love letter frame the history of one man's longing.... more

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

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

BEST OF THE FEST: Audience & Jury Documentary Favorites
91 min.
The best documentaries of ShortFest as voted by the audience and jury.... more

BEST OF THE FEST: Audience Animation Favorites
89 min.
The best animated films of ShortFest as voted by the audience.... more

BEST OF THE FEST: Audience Comic Favorites
89 min.
The best comedies of ShortFest as voted by the audience.... more

BEST OF THE FEST: Audience Favorites
88 min.
Audience favorites of ShortFest.... more

BEST OF THE FEST: Audience GLBT Favorites
85 min.
The best GLBT films of ShortFest as voted by the audience.... more

BEST OF THE FEST: Jury Award Winners
90 min.
The best films of ShortFest as awarded by the jury.... more

Between Dreams
Finland, 2009, 11 min.
With a rattling nighttime Trans-Siberian train serving as the visual and aural backdrop, the passengers in the third class sleeping car recount their dreams -- and share their stories.... more

The Big 1-0
Canada, 2008, 17 min.
A landmark birthday seems pretty straightforward for Morris who steals a TV and paints it pink for his daughter, Erin. It's a little more complicated for Erin. For one thing, she's dressed in black and selling her gifts at a yard sale. For another, she stopped liking pink years ago.... more

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

Billy
Australia, 2009, 7 min.
Spurred on by his teacher, a young student throws his gay parents into a tizzy when he announces that he's decided what he wants to be when he wants to grow up.... more

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

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

Blossom
Netherlands, 2008, 25 min.
Unable to speak with others, Afanai makes her living crafting jewelry she sells on the internet, relying on her friendly mailman to take her post each day. When he becomes ill, Afanai's life grinds to a frightening stop as she desperately tries to face the world outside.... more

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

Boarding Pass
Puerto Rico, 2009, 12 min.
Little seven year-old Marysol dreams of playing a part in the school Nativity play, even as her reality defines another path.... more

The Boarding Ticket
USA, 2008, 2 min.
Travel and adventure aren't just for the passengers.... more

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

The Border Armadillo
Mexico, 2009, 10 min.
An ingenious armadillo leaves his wife and rapidly multiplying family at home and heads out in search of food, but finds trouble instead.... more

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

Boy Meets Boy
South Korea, 2008, 14 min.
A not-so auspicious meeting provides the catalyst for this dazzlingly inventive tale of a young man who finds himself attracted to forbidden fruit.... more

PROGRAM: Boy Meets Girl Meets Boy
86 min.
Romance generally blossoms when the right girl meets the right guy, but sometimes, mistakes will happen.... more

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

The Bread
Germany, 2009, 12 min.
In post-war Germany a weary wife is surprised by the selfishness of her husband, but her ability to easily forgive is long gone.... more

Bridge
New Zealand, 2008, 11 min.
Can true love be maintained in the absence of gravity? A very down-to-earth comedy about romantic pursuits.... more

Broken Time
Israel, 2009, 25 min.
Anxiety-ridden Daniel arrives home every day from school at exactly the same time to answer his mother's phone call. She arrives exactly one hour later. Except on this day in Tel Aviv, a terrorist attack has changed all the rules.... more

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