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Malta, 2009, 11 min.
Parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi occupied Sicily, a British paratrooper finds himself pinned down in a shoot out with a German soldier and out of ammunition. Then he remembers he has one more bullet.... more
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26, Best Korean Girl
Brazil, 2009, 8 min.
Besieged with phone calls from her mother who's trying to match her up with a suitable mate, a young Korean woman deals the pressure in her own unique way.... more
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29 Days, 12 Hours, 49 Minutes, and 3 Seconds
Canada, 2008, 17 min.
A nighttime taxi driver, Albert finds the full moon both haunting and compelling, leading him to nights soaked with the memories he'd rather move past.... more
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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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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
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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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The Casuarina Cove
Singapore, 2008, 19 min.
One young man meets another while cruising the park near the military compound where they are both based, but what starts out as a promising encounter leads to an unanticipated aftermath.... 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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The Cello
Canada, 2008, 20 min.
Does lust drive passion, or is it the other way around?... 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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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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Connections International
Singapore, 2009, 11 min.
A Russian mail-order bride finds her husband-to-be isn't quite what she expected.... more
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The Counterpart
Hungary, 2008, 14 min.
Two officers from opposing armies are holed up in a mountain cabin, sharing an interlude based on their mutual history together. What awaits them outside on the wintry slopes is a wholly different matter.... 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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Dear Diary
Australia, 2009, 19 min.
Arthur seems convinced that his wife is trying to kill him -- "accidentally" -- and needs to get away before it's too late. But the truth will be revealed before this day is done, in a surprising climax to a convoluted tale of matrimony and murderous intent.... more
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Delilah, Before
Singapore, 2009, 9 min.
A small quite moment in the life of a young woman whose daughter is being cared for by her grandmother becomes a major milestone as one mother learns to let go of a daughter who needs to be a mother herself.... 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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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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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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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 Flyer
Scotland, 2008, 16 min.
This Bafta Award-winning short explores the plight of Anna, a struggling Polish émigré who pines for her boyfriend back home, even as a young coworker who's obviously enamored of her tries to bring her out of her shell.... more
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Free Zone
Sweden, 2009, 27 min.
When the Vicar decides to celebrate his birthday by indulging his secret vice while his wife is out of town, an unexpected predicament threatens to expose him to the community in a very unorthodox way.... more
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Gargoyle
South Africa, 2009, 26 min.
At a Johannesburg school, a gifted young student and his idealistic teacher confront the racial and societal divide that permeates the day-to-day life of people living with the remnants of a colonial past.... more
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Going Together
South Korea, 2008, 17 min.
A mother makes the long, arduous and unasked-for trip to see her son for the first time in 13 years.... more
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Good Advice
Sweden, 2008, 14 min.
Facing the imminent arrival of a new baby bother, young Rasmus decides that the only solution to his parental predicament is to run away from home. But first, he must make a tape giving his new brother a little advice.... 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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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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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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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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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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