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Angry Man
Norway, 2009, 20 min.
This winner of the Best Animated Short at the Aspen and Claremont-Ferrand Short Film Festivals portrays the fable of a young boy who enlists the help of the king to deal with his father's anger management problems.... more
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Battered
France, 2009, 16 min.
What should be the hazy, lazy days of a teenage summer become clouded by reality.... more
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Bicycle
Japan, 2009, 21 min.
Mamoru's having a difficult time in life. Embarrassment at work has caused him to quit his job and now, every morning, his bike is being stolen -- one piece at a time.... more
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Born Sweet
Cambodia, 2010, 29 min.
Gorgeously photographed in Cambodia, Born Sweet tells the courageous and inspirational story of Vinh, a 15-year-old boy stricken with arsenic poisoning.... more
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The Bully
Australia, 2009, 23 min.
A father's advice isn't always the best advice to take.... more
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Chicken Heads
Palestinian Territories, 2009, 15 min.
A young Bedouin boy's pet gazelle kills his father's prize sheep, setting the stage for an exotic moral tale about personal responsibility and self respect.... more
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Father Christmas Does Not Come Here
South Africa, 2009, 14 min.
A naive young girl wants to be as beautiful as her mother and asks Father Christmas to deliver. ... more
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The Fight
Norway, 2009, 6 min.
When three boys throw down the gauntlet to their counterparts over a territorial matter in this wry Nordic tale, neither side seems truly determined to settle the matter once and for all.... more
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The First Time
Japan, 2010, 14 min.
Yoyoko has offered to help her friend, Koichi, practice his moves as he learns how to seduce his girlfriend. But Yoyoko's own desire leads her astray.... more
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The Foal
Australia, 2010, 10 min.
Young Chloe goes to live on her uncle's ranch after the death of her mother, finding solace in a foal with whom she strives to exercise some control over a world that escapes her understanding.... more
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Franswa Sharl
Australia, 2009, 14 min.
The annual family holiday in Fiji takes a new twist when 12-year-old Greg finds a ready-made venue for his special talents.... more
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The Game
Italy, 2009, 18 min.
Ostracized by a group of older boys who play a game on the beach in Italy, a young lad finds a way to get into the game, and the results are not what any of the children might have anticipated.... more
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Gisberta
Germany, 2009, 24 min.
Jealousy and resentment overtake a boys school when the beautiful caretaker Gisberta finds her favorite among the lesser of them.... more
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Git Along, Little Dogies
USA, 2010, 9 min.
In this amusing personal meditation, a woman confronts the fact that she's always been defined by her breasts rather than by her actions and accomplishments.... more
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How Eunice Got Her Baby
Canada, 2009, 16 min.
Florence, a small town cashier with big dreams, has every intention of getting out of town -- until Darryl Dean Chipman wanders into the store where she works, holds her at gunpoint and steals her heart.... more
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Hymen
France, 2010, 25 min.
Director Cedric Prevost (Alter Ego) returns to PSISF to tell of an unexpected evening between a man, the escort he's hired and the best laid plans.... more
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Las Pelotas
Switzerland, 2009, 14 min.
Proud fathers Chato and Lopez love their soccer-playing sons, but when recruiters tell them the kids aren't talented enough, the two men come up with a plan to create the perfect athlete.... more
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The Little Snow Animal
Finland, 2009, 19 min.
Nominated for a European Film Award, this fascinating and hauntingly beautiful film pushes the boundary of documentary, animation and live action to create an impressionistic picture of a 16-year-old girl's troubled state of mind.... more
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Man v. Minivan
Canada, 2009, 17 min.
On the brink of wedlock, Shane gets a fully-loaded gift from his in-laws that sheds light on the road ahead, causing him to have major second thoughts about his impending wedding.... more
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Meanwhile
Brazil, 2009, 14 min.
Bernardo and Emelia are students who meet at school, and an unexpected relationship ensues. But the day of their meeting is the same fateful day that an ominous news report arrives from New York City.... more
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Nova Scotia
USA, 2009, 15 min.
Amy, a sexually awakened teenaged neice who wants to push at the edges of old wounds, drops in unexpectedly on her Uncle Cormac.... more
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Poi Dogs
USA, 2009, 12 min.
A socially-challenged high school football player navigates the budding romantic relationship with a girl who plays the tuba in the marching band.... more
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The Pool
Ireland, 2010, 12 min.
Three teenage boys break into their school swimming pool late one night for a test of skill and endurance. ... more
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The Road Home
United Kingdom, 2010, 22 min.
Sent by his parents in England to an international boarding school in the Himalayas, Pico grapples with his Indian heritage in this engrossing tale of a young boy in search of the road home back to England.... more
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Roof Rattling
New Zealand, 2009, 14 min.
Sunday morning and James, with his two friends, decides the time is right to break into an eccentric old man's house to find the stockpile of dirty magazines they hear he has. But getting in is never as hard as getting out.... more
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The Six Dollar Fifty Man
New Zealand, 2009, 15 min.
Andy lives in a make-believe superhero world, circa 1970s New Zealand. His imagination allows him to deal with playground bullies, but the real world -- and his only friend Mary -- need Andy to count on himself instead.... more
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Somewhere Unreached
South Korea, 2009, 29 min.
A young man is faced with the startling realization that family duty can mean many different things.... more
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Stealing the Corn
Slovenia, 2009, 11 min.
Three teenage boys, bored on a sunny summer day, decide to pick their fill of corn in a nearby field. The farmer, however, has different ideas.... more
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That Thing You Drew
United Kingdom, 2010, 7 min.
A young girl’s escapism through her art leads her to more trouble than she imagined.... more
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Tobacco Girl
Germany, 2009, 29 min.
Mom and Dad want their 14-year-old daughter to marry a rich man who will pay them 3,000 Euros. Will Mümine choose differently knowing that this means excommunication from her family?... more
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The Wasp and the Caterpillar
Italy, 2009, 9 min.
Mo finds his imminent and tragic destiny reflected in his school lecture about the wasp and the caterpillar.... more
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Wild Africa Chronicle
France, 2009, 15 min.
Somewhere in Africa, a man is waiting near a bus stop, when a group of spirited young people arrive and engage him in conversation about the world.... more
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Wish 143
United Kingdom, 2009, 23 min.
A young man, desperate to come of age before time runs out, has nothing to lose but his virginity.... more
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Woman in Purple
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2010, 14 min.
When confronted with the prospect of easy money in post-war Sarajevo, Mirza is certain he can control the consequences.... more
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