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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
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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
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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
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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
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Careful with That Ax
New Zealand, 2008, 2 min.
A cautionary tale about playing with things we shouldn't.... more
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Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift
Canada, 2008, 13 min.
When a late-night convenience store owner begins to suspect chicanery involving the overweight idiot who returns to his store for a large cup of coffee every night, he decides to confront the man. Sometimes things are better left alone.... more
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Clones Gone Wild
USA, 2009, 18 min.
Timid and heartbroken Ben discovers he has an illegal clone living in Phoenix who seems to be having a far better life than he is.... more
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Cupid
Australia, 2009, 14 min.
As one might expect, Cupid has a ridiculous amount of self-confidence. But when he unsuspectingly falls prey to his own magic, even Cupid discovers he has a thing or two to learn about love.... more
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The Curiosity of Penny Parker
Canada, 2009, 6 min.
A children's nursery rhyme takes on a whole new meaning in this delightfully dark tale about a little girl and her cell phone addicted mother.... more
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Dandelion Dharma
USA, 2008, 24 min.
Every ending leads to a new beginning in this fabulous and funny tale about a young woman who's about to end it all in a shared community garden.... more
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Dead Bunny
USA, 2008, 13 min.
Mary and John have broken up. John is devastated: it's his first heartbreak, and he's not handling it well. When their dog Binky brings home 80 year-old Mrs. Pattersen's pet bunny -- dead -- the two are brought together one last time to right a wrong and maybe, just maybe, find their love again.... more
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Dish
USA, 2009, 16 min.
As Emo kids Israel and Louie wander their East Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates, Louis' boasts about his sexual escapades cause Israel to decide he's got some catching up to do.... 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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Early Checkout
Australia, 2009, 7 min.
A bumbling Lothario has done the unthinkable, accidentally creating a massive mess for his blissfully unaware mate who sleeps in the next bed.... more
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Expiration
USA, 2009, 4 min.
So, do you trust the drink-by date on a carton of milk? Do you?... 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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Feedback
USA, 2007, 9 min.
Two supposedly fast friends find themselves at amusing odds when their habitual chatter turns a little more edgy than either of them had anticipated.... more
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Fish & Chip
USA, 2008, 4 min.
For once, the Big One doesn't get away. Although for this fisherman, his catch may be more than he bargained for.... more
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FOUR
Australia, 18 min.
In the freewheeling, anything-goes era of the swinging 70's, Kit and Diana decide to spice up their lives through a little sexual experimentation with their new neighbors, but amusingly unexpected complications arise.... more
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Four Steps
USA, 2009, 14 min.
Jackie, who's having no luck finding a suitable girlfriend due to her malfunctioning gaydar, decides to take on a four-step program that she hopes will help her differentiate between potential partners and those who are simply friendly or flirty straight women.... 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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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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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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Into the Unknown
USA, 2008, 14 min.
Fern and Al share a marriage that's slipped into a kind of twilight zone since retirement, despite Fern's wishes that Al explore new things together with her. All that changes when a black hole opens up in their bathroom drain, and Fern decides to do some exploring on her own.... 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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King Crab Attack
France, 2008, 7 min.
The quiet little fishing town of Trouville-sur-mer has been attacked by killer King Crab! The headlines scream, the police are overrun, the townspeople terrified. Who will help them? Who will save Trouville-sur-mer? Who indeed, but the great Basile?... more
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The Lake
Israel, 2008, 26 min.
After once again losing his job, Yoni turns to his older brother, Sa'ar, in despair. Sa'ar's source of income has been a mystery for years, but Yoni admires the lifestyle Sa'ar leads and forces his brother to reveal the secret.... more
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The Last Supper
Australia, 2009, 14 min.
Ten minutes before Jesus Christ shows up for the Last Supper, his apostles are having a randy good time at the table.... more
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Lick
USA, 2008, 6 min.
Bobby, an enthusiastic third grader, has to touch everything -- old gum under his desk, dirt, twigs, even brain matter.... more
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Love and Other Red Spot Specials
Australia, 2008, 6 min.
Cecilia is beloved by the unseen Evan via a supermarket surveillance camera. But this one-sided romance won't satisfy Cecilia for long.... more
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Love Child
Sweden, 2009, 7 min.
When daddy brings home a new cat, he and mommy go crazy for it -- much to the dismay of their young daughter.... 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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Marry, F**k, Kill
USA, 2008, 2 min.
As a couple sits around their apartment bored one day, the wife suggests a game they can play to kill a little time.... more
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Master of His Domain
Singapore, 2009, 8 min.
One young boy's search for privacy is fraught with well-meaning interruptions from his dead grandparents.... more
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Mendel's Tree
Australia, 2009, 7 min.
When Mendel's orthodox parents announce an unexpected visit, their impending arrival cause Mendel's illicit and secretive love of Christmas to come crashing around him.... more
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The MisInventions of Milo Weatherby
USA, 2009, 23 min.
Milo spends most of his time in the garage trying to create the next great invention. Unfortunately, his inventions don't work most of the time, until an unusual accident creates the most magnificent of all inventions: a classic time travel machine.... more
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Mister X
Spain, 13 min.
Mr. and Mrs. X seem to have the perfect life: the kids, the dog, a wonderful house. But life isn't perfect in the bedroom, and Mr. X is looking for a change.... 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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My Four Inch Precious
USA, 2008, 10 min.
Garbage collector Sam, alone and shunned in the world, find solace in the beauty of nature. When he takes home a nearly dead flower, nurturing it back to life with great care, he is surprised by what emerges from the blossoming petals.... more
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My New Toy
Australia, 2008, 4 min.
Young Josh desperately wants the new toy he's been longing for, and asks his parents if they'll buy it for him. They make him earn chore money to buy it for himself, but when the big day arrives, the toy turns out to be not exactly what his parents had in mind.... more
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Once Upon a Crime
USA, 2009, 11 min.
What's the story behind this courtroom drama about a hard-boiled lawyer seeking to bring charges involving the promotion of child abuse, pedophilia and necrophilia against a seemingly innocent young woman?... more
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Our Neck of the Woods
USA, 2008, 17 min.
This sweet tale concerns a plant foreman whose life is turned upside down when a bewitching young foreigner comes to work at his factory.... more
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Quality Time
USA, 2008, 15 min.
It's Christmastime, and two long-estranged brothers come together to discuss how to deal with their dying father. In the course of one long and screwed-up day, the brothers bond again, as they cope with the cards they are dealt in very different ways.... more
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The Queen
USA, 2009, 8 min.
A young man's wildest prom fantasy comes true when as he's left alone to close up his mother's dry cleaning shop just as the desperate prom queen shows up with her hunky boyfriend after hours in need of some help.... 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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Red Flag
USA, 2008, 11 min.
Frustrated by a series of bad blind dates she's been set up with by friends, Tracy decides she's done with romance for a while. Then one day on a walk through the park, she meets a guy who seems to be Mr. Right.... 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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