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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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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
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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
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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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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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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
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Cabaret Kadne
Spain, 2008, 5 min.
Otto and Lola are two cabaret artists for whom the show is everything.... more
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Cages
Mexico, 2009, 10 min.
As an old man collects his traps in the desert, hunting for any new game he might have caught, an unearthly spirit is stalking his own prey.... more
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Chicory 'n' Coffee
Slovenia, 2008, 9 min.
This sweet, animated musical short, based on a Slovenian folk tale, details a wife's innocent deception of her husband over the course of a long and loving marriage.... more
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The Clockmaker's Revelation
Mexico, 2008, 5 min.
A room comes to life with the fantastical imaginings of the clockmaker as she diligently works on constructing her own sense of time and space.... more
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Daniel Finds His Walking Stick
2008, 7 min.
Daniel lives in a fusion of his memories and present day, often letting both coexist in timeless discord.... more
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Dog with Electric Collar
Australia, 2008, 5 min.
A dog who barks at anything that passes by his basement window finds himself forced to keep clam when his owner decides to teach him a lesson with a new electric collar.... more
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Eyelash
Switzerland, 2008, 8 min.
A wry and inventive animated walk through a man's day as he details his life and his philosophy with delicious irony.... more
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Flip
Australia, 2009, 2 min.
The deeper implications of mindless violence are captured between the pages of flipbook animations.... more
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French Roast
France, 2008, 9 min.
A small café, a missing wallet, a street beggar and a little old lady who may not be quite as simple as she seems.... more
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Greed
Sweden, 2008, 2 min.
A young punk with malevolent intentions finds himself distracted by a blemish he finds on his face in a public washroom, leading to a series of foolish acts driven by, well, greed.... 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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The Incident at Tower 37
USA, 2008, 11 min.
This dazzling CG animated story follows a pair of unorthodox saboteurs as they attempt to blow up a water processing plant in the middle of a dry, desolate wasteland once the site of a lake teeming with life.... 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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Juiced and Jazzed
USA, 2009, 3 min.
A toe-tapping, jim-jam-jumping, animated treat about a good girl gone bad who fools around with demon rum during the prohibition era and ends up paying the price for her fall from grace.... more
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Leonardo
USA, 2009, 10 min.
Art and science intersect in unexpected ways, as Da Vinci's experiments with flight lead him to the discovery of his most famous muse.... more
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Little Dinosaurs
Scotland, 2008, 1 min.
A father and son discuss the best way for a group of small dinosaurs to get a big dinosaur to quit picking on them.... 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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Mite
Germany, 2008, 5 min.
In this twisted pastiche of live action and animation, a young man brings his grandmother home from the hospital to find her apartment has a few more inhabitants than he had anticipated.... more
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More from Life
USA, 2009, 9 min.
6017 index cards make up these nine minutes that celebrate the ephemera of daily life -- morphing, blurring and transforming the 365 day existence of one artist.... more
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The Mouse That Soared
USA, 2009, 6 min.
A young mouse is adopted by two well-meaning birds who expect of him what they would expect of any young bird -- that he learns to fly.... more
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Mutt
Australia, 2008, 7 min.
A curious farmer's dog gives unconditional love to everything he comes in contact with, but nothing can top the affection he feels for his beloved, and elusive, red ball.... more
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No Strings
USA, 2008, 28 min.
Using puppetry in inspired and profound ways, a veteran aide worker and the creators of the Muppets team up to reach children suffering from post-Tsunami stress in Sri Lanka and to promote landmine education in Afghanistan.... more
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Orange Peel
USA, 2008, 15 min.
Orange Peel heads to London with a risky plan to achieve all her dreams and desires.... more
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Pigeon: Impossible
USA, 2009, 6 min.
A rookie CIA agent on his very first assignment is nearly thwarted by a curious, and capable, pigeon. Before he knows it, the rookie has the fate of the free world hanging in the balance.... more
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Reach
Australia, 2009, 4 min.
A tiny robot stretches the limitations of his existence (also known as his power cable) when he yearns to reach beyond the walls around him.... more
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Repaired?
USA, 2008, 4 min.
Two aliens land their spaceship on a distant planet, hoping to fix a minor problem and be off again. But neither turns out to be a mechanical genius, and things quickly go from bad to worse.... more
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Sandpiper
Ireland, 2008, 5 min.
A young boy saves a sandpiper whose wing is injured by an aggressive seagull, but what to do with the wounded bird?... more
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Shatranj: Your Move...
USA, 2009, 4 min.
A provocative animated overview of the underpinnings of Middle Eastern conflict, this eerie tale leaves no party unscathed in its attempt to get to the root of the problem affecting all of us in our everyday lives.... more
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Space Travel According to John
Scotland, 2008, 3 min.
10-year-old John speculates about life on Mars and what the future might hold.... more
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Styx
Scotland, 2008, 7 min.
A man seeks to escape the cavernous realm of Limbo by crossing the great River Styx to the afterlife. The only problem is, the man who ferries people across in his boat will only accept exact change for the trip.... more
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Trickster
Germany, 2008, 16 min.
A ravishing animated fable about a malevolent clown and the arena where he pursues his alchemy with headlong abandon.... more
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Unbelievable4
USA, 2008, 5 min.
This dazzling CG animated music video features the fab four -- George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfield and Condi Rice -- as a hilariously hard-rocking band doing their best to push the party line to the tune of 80's metal hit, "The Final Countdown."... more
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You're Outa Here
USA, 2009, 3 min.
Live action, cell and semi-abstract animation are combined in this jazzy tale about a woman who decides to get rid of her cheating boyfriend once and for all.... more
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