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09:24 LOCAL, THE
Dir: Dhananjay Kapoor, India, 6 min, 2003, Narrative Short
Over 5 million people commute every day in 2000 suburban ("local") trains in Mumbai. During rush hour, more than 4,500 passengers travel in a single train ... more »
15281
Dir: Pia Borg, Australia, 2 min, 2003, Animation
A flight of fancy gets nipped in the bud. ... more »
25 WAYS TO DIE
Dir: David Chai & Steve Stanchfield, United States, 8 min, 2003, Animation
Crazed, college cartoonists collaborated cross-continentally to confer this catastrophic collection of casualties. ... more »
ALIVE IN LIMBO
Dir: Gunnarsdottir, Naccache, Marcus, United States, 57 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
In 1993, the filmmakers met five kids. Four Palestinian refugees and one Lebanese boy. Like kids everywhere, these youth in Lebanon were looking outward at ... more »
Alphabet Pam & Alphabet Zelda
Dir: Eva Saks, United States, 6 min, 2004, Narrative Short
ALPHABET PAM is about Pam, who has a passion for the Letter P. ALPHABET ZELDA is about Zelda and Zachary's hunt for the Letter Z. ... more »
ANNE B REAL
Dir: Lisa France, United States, 91 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
When Cynthia's father hands her "The Diary of Anne Frank" before dying, she never imagined how it would open her soul. Trapped within her own prison, Cynth ... more »
ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS
Dir: Tom Barman, Belgium, 127 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Antwerp, early June. On a sweltering Friday afternoon, eight people dream of a different life. There’s wind and music, police and paranoia, hints and ... more »
ARAKIMENTARI
Dir: Travis Klose, United States, 75 min, 2003, Documentary Feature
In a red kimono, her arms tightly bonded, she stares at the lens with a lifeless expression. Behind the camera a curious little man is grunting, snapping p ... more »
AUCTION, THE
Dir: Carlo Sansonetti, United States, 5 min, 2003, Animation
Vito is an adult man who still plays with toys and in particular with a robot toy called Bot Roy. Hiding all this to his mom he gets on an online auction t ... more »
AVATAR
Dir: Nicolai Amter, England, 9 min, 2003, Narrative Short
LONDON, 2024. Terror strikes at Heathrow Flight Control Tower. An unknown fault with the landing software has stranded nine planes over London. A race agai ... more »
BACKSEAT BINGO
Dir: Liz Blazer, United States, 6 min, 2003, Animation
Sexy Senior Seeks Same... Backseat Bingo is an animated documentary about senior citizens and romance. ... more »
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Dir: Dov Gil-Har, Israel, 64 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
In the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two former friends and present-day enemies, embark on an emotional journey into Intifahda-land, in search ... more »
BELONGING
Dir: Tamara Gordon, England, 52 min, 2003, Documentary Feature
Li-Da was airlifted from Cambodia as a baby girl, and adopted by British restaurateur Prue Leith and her writer husband Rayne Kruger. With little informati ... more »
BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
Dir: Alexandra Gezentsvey, United States, 7 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Four immigrant teens from the former Soviet Union explore their often painful experiences of coming to America and the feeling of being stuck between two c ... more »
BID 'EM IN
Dir: Neal Sopata, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
A stark animated depiction of the dehumanizing cruelty of a pre-Civil War Southern slave auction. ... more »
CALAIS: THE LAST BORDER
Dir: Marc Isaacs, England, 59 min, 2003, Documentary Feature
For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of migrants it is the final barrier ... more »
CERTAIN KIND OF DEATH, A
Dir: Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock, United States, 70 min, 2003, Documentary Feature
Unblinking and unsettling, "A Certain Kind of Death" lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us: What happens to people who die with no next ... more »
CHECKMATE
Dir: René Zeuner, Germany, 5 min, 2004, Narrative Short
A game of chess as a stage of global political moral. "Checkmate" is about two players, one of them will reveal a weakness of character in the course of th ... more »
CHOCOLATE GIRLS
Dir: Justin Whiteman, United States, 14 min, 2004, Narrative Short
A tale of conformity, as a young girl finds out that changing for the "best" doesn't always make you feel better. ... more »
CLIMACTIC DEATH OF DARK NINJA, THE
Dir: Peter Craig, United States, 12 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A frazzled auteur struggles to keep his lead actor, avoid heat stroke, and weather creative differences - all while attempting to shoot his movie's climact ... more »
CONTAMINATION
Dir: Carl Stevenson, England, 6 min, 2003, Animation
A glimpse of a distopian future where the cross contamination of genetic material runs out of control. The film uses a combination of 3d and 2d animation t ... more »
CONVERTIBLE, THE
Dir: David Tessier, France, 16 min, 2003, Narrative Short
Franck is an ordinary pizza delivery boy until the day he wins a beautiful convertible at a Playstation contest. On this day his life is going to change... ... more »
CRYING IN PUBLIC
Dir: Brian Oakes, United States, 2 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A movie about the animals we love and the people who love to eat them. ... more »
DEAD HEAT UNDER THE SHRUBS
Dir: Esmael Barari, Iran, 71 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
On just an ordinary day, a teenage boy happens to witness a woman dumping a dead body down a well near his village on the outskirts of the desert. Noticing ... more »
DEAR, SWEET EMMA
Dir: John Cernak, United States, 5 min, 2003, Animation
As the search is given up for Emma's latest husband, Tucker, a private look reveals that Emma has a secret and uncontrollable darkside. The sweetest angel ... more »
DELIVERY
Dir: Patrick Smith, United States, 8 min, 2003, Animation
Abuse leads to rage as two friends compete for a delivered package. Was the result of this conflict worth the prize found within the box? ... more »
DIRTBOX
Dir: Carl Le Blond, England, 12 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Mr.Gray takes us on a nasty, elegant, threatening, thoughtful and sometimes funny poetic journey. In a Shakespeare meets the Krays sort of way. ... more »
DOWN TO THE BONE
Dir: Debra Granik, United States, 101 min, 2004, Narrative Feature
In Upstate New York, Irene (Vera Farmiga) struggles to raise two sons, keep her stale marriage together and manage a secret cocaine habit. Isolated by the ... more »
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DUD, THE
Dir: Andreas Samland, Germany, 30 min, 2004, Narrative Short
An allotment garden in Berlin is going to be destroyed in favour of a new motorway. As the construction workers find a dud bomb from WWII, the gardeners pr ... more »
EMERGE
Dir: Neal Sopata, United States, 5 min, 2003, Animation
A playful animation that centers around the funny antics of several primates as they sing and dance to the pop rock song Emerge. ... more »
ERL-KING, THE
Dir: Hannes Rall, Germany, 8 min, 2003, Animation
An animated film adapted freely from the poem "The Erl-King" by Goethe. ... more »
EVERLOVING
Dir: Steve Johnson, United States, 4 min, 2003, Experimental
Simultaneously inspired by the paintings of Beksinski and the music of Moby, I set out to blend image and sound as seamlessly as possible. Another of my go ... more »
EVERYTHING TABOO
Dir: Mike Nicholls, United States, 60 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
The Show taboo sucess in London Failure on broadway. In depth look at the show and behind scenes ... more »
FERRY TALES
Dir: Katja Esson, United States, 39 min, 2003, Documentary Short
For hundreds of commuters it is just a routine trip form the quiet of Staten Island to the frenzy of Manhattan. But not for all. Every morning a fascinatin ... more »
FIRE & HOPE
Dir: Shannon Walsh, Canada, 16 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Young people have become the fastest growing group of new HIV infections in the world. In South Africa, the pandemic is at epic proportions, and young peop ... more »
FIRST KISS
Dir: Jim Mortensen, United States, 2 min, 2004, Animation
First kiss is the story of two children too nervous, yet eager, to admit their love for each other. Eventually, through fate, they come together to enjoy b ... more »
FLOPPY, THE
Dir: Yevgeniy Fiks, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
This 3-D computer animation is a drama of obsolete technologies. The main character, the Floppy Disk, negotiates her differences with the technology of tod ... more »
FLY ME TO THE MOON
Dir: Taina Kontio, Finland, 8 min, 2003, Experimental
Fly Me to the Moon is cinematic poem of harsh mental landscapes, a portrayal of personal tragedy, and naive hope. ... more »
FORK OVER THE CHOPSTICK
Dir: Ted Hinojosa, United States, 4 min, 2003, Animation
An experiment, musical "Matrix Barbie" animation ... more »
FREE RADICALS
Dir: Mahyar Abousaeedi & Ed Chen, United States, 8 min, 2003, Animation
Dreaming of hot sand, females, and mahi-mahi, three rocky mountain cockroaches enter the extreme ski contest of a lifetime. The only problem is... who has ... more »
GRRRNG
Dir: Park Jinseok, Italy, 8 min, 2003, Animation
Grrrng is the story of a Cyborg looking for his severed hand. ... more »
HAPPY ENDING
Dir: Chris Irrizarry, United States, 11 min, 2004, Documentary Short
Chris dreams of reuniting with his mom and step-dad, both recovering addicts living in Philadelphia. But when he visits them for the first time in three ye ... more »
HEADRUSH
Dir: Shimmy Marcus, Ireland, 85 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
'Headrush' is a crazy, contemporary, black caper/crime comedy about two stoners, Charlie and T-Bag, who hope to solve all their problems by working for a n ... more »
HELLO
Dir: Jonathan Nix, Australia, 6 min, 1970, Animation
In a digital world, can analogue find true love? It is the wise old gramaphone who has the answers for a lovesick loner. ... more »
HIC! - OPEN A DOOR IN THE USA
Dir: Koyalee Chanda, United States, 5 min, 2003, Narrative Short
"Hic!" follows a five-year old Asian-American girl through her ethnically mixed neighborhood as she tries to find a cure for her hiccups. Through comic sce ... more »
HOMELAND
Dir: Jacob Bricca, United States, 5 min, 2003, Experimental
Documentary footage and clips from prime-time TV are mixed ingeniously in this moody short film about suburban sprawl, globalization and war ... more »
HOW MERMAIDS BREED
Dir: Joan Ashworth, England, 10 min, 2002, Animation
This film answers the question of how mermaids breed. Although they are traditional symbols of fertility and a sexuality so powerful as to be a danger to s ... more »
I PROMISE AFRICA
Dir: Jerry A. Henry, Kenya, 3 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Tragedy is something the entire world experiences; sometimes simultaneously. During the tragedies of 9/11, I was in a a rural village in Kenya shooting a d ... more »
INDECENT
Dir: Christian Sonderegger, France, 20 min, 2002, Narrative Short
A young couple is making love in a bedroom. She's in love with him. She won't stop telling him. He's not sure to be in love with her. He don't know how to ... more »
INSEPARABLE BONDS
Dir: Lars Magnus Holmgren, England, 20 min, 2003, Experimental
Challenging complacency in the media-arts, Inseparable Bonds offers a fresh sliced alternative to "reality" television, presenting instead "surreality" tel ... more »
INVASION OF THE PLANET EARTH
Dir: Moritz Langer, Germany, 12 min, 2004, Narrative Short
An alien Soldier lands on a clearing in a forest. Mistaking the trees for a massive foreign army, he confronts them with some of the meanest weaponry in th ... more »
IT'S A CASUAL LIFE
Dir: Jon Baird, England, 12 min, 2003, Narrative Short
You thought soccer hooliganism was a thing of the past? Then think again! IT’S A CASUAL LIFE tells the story of Jimmy and his lifelong membership of ... more »
JACK THE LAD
Dir: Martin Friend, England, 5 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Kids these days think they're so bloody funny! Well this 'Jack the Lad' will think twice next time he has a laugh at someone else's expense! An irate group ... more »
KILL ME TENDER
Dir: Ramón de España, Spain, 89 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
A recently widowed baker with a lot of dough. A sexy young lady big on sass but low on scruples. A bumbling ex-legionnaire who works for a debt-collecting ... more »
KINGS OF BROOKLYN, THE
Dir: Lance Lane, United States, 91 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Three childhood friends from Brooklyn are corrupted by the dark side of Wall Street and suffer the consequences of innocence and ignorance. ... more »
LEARNING TO LIE
Dir: Hendrik Handloegten, Germany, 94 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Helmut is a shy, awkward kid...and a bit naïve when it comes to girls. When Britta, the most gorgeous girl in his high-school class, finally notices him on ... more »
LESTER SHOW 'HAPPY HOUR', THE
Dir: Allan Steele, United States, 6 min, 2003, Animation
The story revolves around Lester, a skinny kid who lives with his rat in an abandoned car underneath the freeway overpass. On this epic journey he makes fr ... more »
LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN
Dir: David Petersen, United States, 87 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
In an age when fundamentalist religion is often tied to terrorism, LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN offers insight into the role it plays in human society. This doc ... more »
LIGHTNING BUG
Dir: Robert Hall, United States, 109 min, 2004, Narrative Feature
"Lightning Bug" is the story of a young boy growing up poor and misunderstood in the rural South. He dreams of escaping by becoming a special effects make- ... more »
LONDON
Dir: Garry Waller, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
A short animation which uses the spoken word alongside animated typography to convey a brief story about the blitz in London during World War II. As th ... more »
LOVE & SUICIDE
Dir: Rene Gabri, United States, 128 min, 2004, Experimental
In Love & Suicide, a filmmaker is asked by a stranger to document his suicide. Part documentary, part fiction, and refusing to be tied to genres, the film ... more »
MAKING UP
Dir: Jennifer Gauthier, United States, 3 min, 2003, Narrative Short
Mother and daughter face off in this short comedy about becoming a woman one lipstick dab at a time. ... more »
ME MYSELF AND THE UNIVERSE
Dir: Hajo Schomerus, Germany, 13 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Man and gravity: A classical tragedy. The individual's struggle with his self and the overwhelmingly complex structure of the universe. A stewardess, an ex ... more »
MENDY
Dir: Adam Vardy, United States, 93 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Mendy is a young Hassid, a devout member of an ultra orthodox Jewish sect. His insular and extreme upbringing do not prepare him for the impossible transit ... more »
MOJADOS: THROUGH THE NIGHT
Dir: Tommy Davis, United States, 63 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
Mojados: Through the Night is an eye-opening documentary filmed over the course of ten days that follows four men into the desperate world of illegal immig ... more »
MOTHER'S CROSSING
Dir: Lode Desmet, Belgium, 61 min, 2004, Documentary Feature
The film tells the moving story of an Iranian woman and her two daughters on the run for their violent husband and father. A people smuggler takes them on ... more »
MR MILLE
Dir: Massimo Carrier Ragazzi, Italy, 5 min, 2004, Animation
A man and the experiment of a big hyper technological object. A subtle, humorous metaphor about the techno excess in the world and the abuse of the super n ... more »
ODES OF GORNA
Dir: Ali El Ghazouli, Egypt, 23 min, 2004, Documentary Short
The Egyptian cultural identity was established in the times of the pharaohs when the social and environmental conditions, which existed in the Nile Valley, ... more »
OLIVE
Dir: Neasa Hardiman, Ireland, 11 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A girls' school romance. Deirdre attends an Irish-language school. She is fifteen, lonely and has an unfashionable interest in 70s punk bands. Then her cla ... more »
ON THE TRAIL OF THE CAT
Dir: Andrea Caccia & Vittorio Moroni, Italy, 45 min, 2003, Documentary Short
In the north-east of Brasil the "fazendas" look for workers to knock down hectares of Amazon forest. For this purpose they use a foreman called "the cat". ... more »
OUTPATIENT
Dir: Alec Carlin, United States, 109 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
A stylish psychological thriller of duplicity, dance, and the descent into madness. When a soft-spoken young writer, Morris Monk (Justin Kirk) – inad ... more »
PASSARE
Dir: Oana Suteu, Canada, 5 min, 2002, Experimental
An old man and a young boy bring alive emotions through the poetry of their movements. The choreography is inspired by the human dimension of simple gestur ... more »
PINK AND PONG
Dir: Alina Bliumis, United States, 3 min, 2004, Animation
A search for kindred souls in an imaginary world of a big city. ... more »
POL POT'S BIRTHDAY
Dir: Talmage Cooley, United States, 10 min, 2004, Narrative Short
The office staff of the most brutal dictator on earth attempts to throw a surprise birthday party for their boss. ... more »
POLISH YOUR SHOES
Dir: Sam Huntley, England, 11 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Six London born brothers and sisters recall memories of their dead father. ... more »
PORNOGRAPHIC APATHETIC
Dir: T. Arthur Cottam, United States, 6 min, 2003, Experimental
Two girls, two guys: Sex like you've never seen. ... more »
PUPPET LOVE
Dir: Eric Callero, United States, 5 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A young filmmaker falls asleep trying to come up with ideas for his latest film. In his dream, we see two sock puppets who fall in love at first sight. But ... more »
RECESS
Dir: Dave Kalstein, United States, 11 min, 2003, Narrative Short
At a utopian prep school in the year 1934, two unlikely allies - the school's Valedictorian and its most-feared delinquent - concoct an elaborate conspirac ... more »
RESCUE?
Dir: Michael Abt, United States, 7 min, 2003, Experimental
We follow the task of a beautiful angel as she guides two lost children from a dark world of industrial confusion into a natural paradise. This metaphorica ... more »
REVEILLE
Dir: Adam & Donovan Montierth, United States, 11 min, 2003, Narrative Short
A Navy Veteran's daily routine of putting up the flag in a retirement community is interrupted when an Army Veteran moves in across the courtyard. They beg ... more »
ROLAND'S TROUBLE
Dir: Chuck Grieb, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
Roland is a big, strong, stubborn, knight. Accustomed to getting his way, Roland finds himself up against an invisible obstacle beyond his experience, abil ... more »
ROLLING FOR JESUS
Dir: Erica Sashin, United States, 36 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Philip Frabosilo is a minister in New York City. His church: a yellow cab, medallion number 3C49. Lovingly adorned with personal photographs, plastic flowe ... more »
ROOSTER PROJECT, THE
Dir: Mike Mayfield, United States, 11 min, 2003, Animation
After seeing a commercial for Admiral Chicken Restaurants, the owner of a domesticated rooster decides to trade the nervous bird in for a free pot pie vouc ... more »
ROVER'S RETURN
Dir: Oliver Ledwith, England, 12 min, 2004, Narrative Short
London, present day. Zeta, a thirtysomething highflying advertising executive, decides to leave her beloved dog in the care of Zoe, a junior work colleague ... more »
RUN OVER
Dir: Martin Menzel, Germany, 12 min, 2003, Narrative Short
The movie takes place in a smoky nobel nightclub where rich singles meet to dance and take drinks at the bar of Ulrich the barkeeper. The attractive Sandri ... more »
RUNAWAY BATHTUB
Dir: Annie Poon, United States, 2 min, 2004, Animation
Bathtime turns into an adventure when a flood carries the two little girls out to sea. They meet fishy friends and foes and have a rainwater tea party. ... more »
SANDSTORM
Dir: Yeon Choi, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
In an imaginary land that lacks of water and flesh, two skeleton figures find a pair of eyes in the sand. Their selfish minds start a fight over the eyes, ... more »
SCREW
Dir: Sam Rider, United States, 18 min, 2004, Narrative Short
A matchmaking mother and her crippled son, Michael, are visited by a young beauty selling Avon products. This seductive stranger appears to want Michael's ... more »
SHARE OUR WORLD
Dir: Ramalah Yusufzai, United States, 14 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Three girls share their lives as Muslims growing up in New York City. One teen lives an ÒAmericanizedÓ life, while another tries to keep true to the daily ... more »
SILENT LOVE, A
Dir: Federico Hidalgo, Canada, 100 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
A middle-aged film teacher from Montreal embarks on the adventure of his life when he decides to marry a young Mexican woman through the services of an Int ... more »
SIXTY SECOND TRAGEDY, A
Dir: Dane Webster, United States, 2 min, 2003, Animation
A slient film star has a little trouble remembering his lines ... more »
SMALL WORLD
Dir: Milos Radovic, Serbia, 85 min, 2003, Narrative Feature
Friday 16th September, just like any other Friday: a doctor wants to kill himself, two policemen make the wrong choice and a suspect thinks he'll never be ... more »
SPACE INVADER
Dir: Tatiana Strauss, England, 102 min, 2002, Narrative Feature
A disturbing portrait of a young woman pushing against the boundaries of love and lust. Billy's passionate relationship with her friend, Maria, ignites her ... more »
SPIDERMEN
Dir: Harry Kellerman, United States, 8 min, 2003, Narrative Short
In the middle of the night a little boy sneaks out to reclaim his confiscated Halloween candy. An 8 minute superhero story. ... more »
SPRING IN AWE
Dir: Martina Radwan, United States, 4 min, 2003, Documentary Short
The lights of Times Square have always awed spectators. Over the years the incandescent bulbs of theaters have given way to the fluorescent tubes of advert ... more »
STATIC
Dir: Paiman Kalayeh, United States, 4 min, 2003, Experimental
The film is set in a tyrannical world, where its citizens are forced to wear headphones, which control their every thought and belief. When one man decides ... more »
STOCKHOLM STREET
Dir: Måns Månsson, United States, 6 min, 2003, Documentary Short
Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden - Måns discovers a different Stockholm - in Bushwick, Brooklyn. ... more »
STRESSLESS
Dir: Jessica Nilsson, Denmark, 13 min, 2003, Narrative Short
Young, mature, and single? Living alone with your dog. In this short film lifestyle guru, Lulu tells you how to handle everyday emotional stress when just ... more »
SUMMER OF THE SERPENT
Dir: Kimi Takesue, United States, 27 min, 2004, Narrative Short
Eight-year old Juliette sits at the side of the local pool waiting for another lonely summer day to pass when an unexpected newcomer arrives. Fascinated by ... more »
TAKE IT BACK
Dir: Viko Nikçi, Ireland, 10 min, 2004, Narrative Short
‘Take It Back’ is the story of an ordinary man whose entire world changes in the blink of an eye. He finds himself in a moment where a split se ... more »
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