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STILL: The Girl With The Yellow Stockings 

CATALOGUE 

DISTRIBUTION 

2010

CONTENTS (by Genre) 

FICTION [Under 10 minutes] 

AND THE RED MAN WENT GREEN, AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE, CIUDAD PERDIDA, CROSSING 

TRACKS, EL ENCARGADO (THE ONE IN CHARGE), FENDER BENDER, GIRL CLIMBING TREES, THE 

GIRL WITH THE YELLOW STOCKINGS, IN THE CITY, ON S’EMBRASSE, SHAME, SHE LOVES ME, SHE 

LOVES ME NOT, SOLKATTEN, SURPRISE, TRICKO (THE T-SHIRT) 

FICTION [10 minutes +] 

A BOUT DE TRUFFE (THE TRUFFLE HUNTER), A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THE AGREEMENT, ALEX AND 

HER, ARSE TRUCK, BAGHDAD EXPRESS, BALE, BOTH, C’EST PLUTOT GENRE JOHNNY WALKER, 

CAN’T STOP BREATHING, CITIZENS, COCOON, COMPASSION (MEDELIJDEN), THE ELEPHANT 

GARDEN, FIVE FEET, HIGH AND RISING, HEAVY METAL, HONEYMOON, IN PASSING, JUVENILE, 

CITIZENS, LA APERTURA, LA VIE D’UN CHIEN (THE LIFE OF A DOG) , LARS OG PETER, LIAR, THE 

MAKING OF PARTS, MEAT, MILAN, LA PARABOLICA, LES AMOURS PERDUS, LOVESICK: A FAERIE 

TALE, THE MAN I NEVER KNEW, PARAFFIN, PASSING HEARTS, RALPH, ROCCO PARIS, THE SECOND 

LIFE OF THE SUGARBOWL, SEPTEMBER, SUITE FOR TWO, TOP GIRL, TRIP, WHAT DOES YOUR DADDY 

DO?, WHERE IS ESTEL?, PATH LIGHTS 

COMEDY [Under 10 minutes] 

A SMALL SILENT FILM ABOUT DEATH, BITCH, THE BLACK HOLE, BOYCLOPS, BUSKER, CRAZY HANDS, 

DOG YEARS, DOG YEARS 2, DON’T BREAK UP WITH MEGAN, FIVE MINUTES, GASH, GOODBYE TO 

THE NORMALS, HOW I MET YOUR FATHER, INDUSTRIAL LOVE DWARF NO.7, LA LECON DE DANSE, 

LA PIATTAFORMA, LE, CHEVAL 2., MEN AT WORK, NEIGHBOR, NO BAR, NOODLES, OCCUPIED, 

OEDIPUS, OH GREAT NOW, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED, ONE SMALL LEAP, PINCH ME JESUS, PLEASE 

DO NOT PUT ANY DUCKS INTO, THIS CHUTE, POTATOES, POUND, REMOTE, RIGHT PLACE, SHIT 

HAPPENS, STAGE FRIGHT, TELL IT TO THE FISHES, TEN THOUSAND PICTURES OF YOU, THIS IS ME, 

WHAT’S VIRGIN MEAN? 

COMEDY [10 minutes+] 

A DAY IN A LIFE, ASSHOLE, FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION, MEDIUM RARE, THE NAMEMAKERS, ON 

A TRAIN, ONE OF THOSE DAYS, THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER, RATTLESNAKES, STIG, ST. 

MERCEDES DAY, UN HOMBRE TRANQUILO, VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES, WHERE HAVE I BEEN ALL YOUR 

LIFE?, THE YELLOW SMILEY FACE 

DOCUMENTARY [Under 10 minutes] 

CEMETERY PEOPLE, THE CHILDHOOD OF THE PALM, CHINESE TONGUE DIAGNOSIS , EVEN IF SHE 

HAD BEEN A CRIMINAL…, THE ICE TRIBE, LIPARI, THIS IS SLOVENIA 

DOCUMENTARY [10 minutes +] 

THE APOLOGY LINE, CHILDREN OF MANILA, LOST AND FOUND, PETER AND BEN, POSSESSED, 

THORNS AND SILK 

3-10 

11-30 

31-48 

49-56 

57-60 

61-63 

ANIMATION 

LUCIA [Part 1 of 2 ), LUIS AND THE WOLF [Part 2 of 2), A FILM ABOUT US, A LETTER TO COLLEEN, 

A MENINA GORDA (THE FAT GIRL), AU!, AVERAGE 40 MATCHES, BALD DAD, THE BIG PUSH, THE 

BUMBLEBEE FUR COAT, BUS RIDE, CHANGE, THE CHILDREN, CODEHUNTERS, COPENHAGEN 

CYCLES, DAYS LIKE THIS [Series of 10], EASY , EVERYTHING WAS LIFE, GARDEN OF FETISH 

[FETISHU DARZS], HUM, LA REVOLUTION DES CRABES (THE REVOLUTION OF THE CRABS), THE 

LIFESIZE ZOETROPE, THE LINES, LITTLE DINOSAURS, LIVING IN THE DARK, LOG JAM [Series of 5], 

LOST UTOPIA, MAN UP, MATCHBOX, MORRIS AND THE OTHER, MY FIRST CRUSH, NO ROOM FOR 

GEROLD, NOT LONG NOW, ON TIME OFF, PASSE VITE, PAVEMENT, PES ANIMATIONS [Series of 10], 

THE PEOPLE AND THE WHALE, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING, PRAYERS FOR, PEACE, RABBIT PUNCH, 

ROOF SEX, SHE WHO MEASURES, SKIP AND LESTER, STUBBLE TROUBLE, SUBA, SUBSIDIZED FATE, 

SUKKI’S STORY, SWEET DREAMS, TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE [Series of 6], THIS WAY UP, T.O.M., 

UNBEARABLE HEAT, VIZEN, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, FREAK OUT, THEN GET A GRIP, WANTED, WESTERN 

SPAGHETTI, WISH, WITHOUT YOU 

HORROR / THRILLER 

BLACK DOG, THE HANDYMAN, I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET, THERE 

ARE MONSTERS 

MUSIC VIDEOS / PROMOS 

I WANT MORE, LITTLE BIG LOVE, QUIETSCH, SORRY I’M LATE 

EXPERIMENTAL [Under 10 minutes] 

BUTTERFLIES, COPY CITY, HIGH PLAINS WINTER, HUTTE, INSIDE, KINETIC SANDWICH, IMMERSE, 

KAMOGAWA, MANDERLAY, NUMERICAL ENGAGEMENTS, RABBIT STORIES, SHED, SOLACE, 

SUPERHERO, WALKING 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

BICYCLE MESSENGERS, CHEAT NEUTRAL, CO2 OR YOU?, GUILTY BY NATURE, SHED, 

UNBEARABLE HEAT 

SPORTS 

ALPTRAUM, L’ARBITRO, LIBRE INDIRECTO, LOVESPORT [Series of 10], MAXIMA PENA, MENTAL 

BLOCK, PERFORMER 

64-93 

94-96 

97-98 

99-105 

106-108 

109-112

FICTION [Under 10 minutes] FICTION [Under 10 minutes] 

AND THE RED MAN 

WENT GREEN 

Dir: Ruth Meehan / 1’40 / UK / 2002 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

An old woman’s world is turned upside down at a pedestrian crossing as 

she negotiates the hectic streets of London. 

• Best Short Film, DepicT! 2006 

• Winner, Cocotte Minute competition, Court de Brest 2006 

• Best International Film, Teheran 2006 

AT THE END OF THE 

SENTENCE 

Dir: Marisa Zanotti / 9’40 / Scotland / 2005 / colour / Film (Fiction) 

This darkly comic film follows Sue and his teenage son as they await the 

release of Sue’s father from prison. It is an emotional journey through 

strange and beautiful landscapes. 

• UK Film Council Audience Award, Encounters Bristol 2006 

• Best British Short, British Independent Film Awards, Nominated 2006 

• BAFTA Scotland, Best New Screenplay , Nominated 2005 

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CIUDAD PERDIDA 

Dir: Sergio Garcia & Diego Forero / 9’00 / Columbia / 2004 / (Fiction) 

Juan is a thief on the mass transit system. When a beautiful young 

woman boards a city bus he attempts to seduce her and steal her 

precious phone. 

• Sydney Latin American Film Festival 2007 

CROSSING TRACKS 

Dir: Marcus McSweeney / 3’10 / UK / 2005 / colour (Fiction) 

This experi-mentary short is seen through the eyes of Alan, a trainspotter. 

The film questions society’s notions of normality as Alan reveals himself 

to be more than just a bloke at the end of a platform. 

• ‘Best of British’, Brief Encounters Short Film Festival, Nominated 2005 

4


EL ENCARGADO (THE 

ONE IN CHARGE) 

Dir: Sergio Barrejón / 8’ / Spain / 2008 / B&W / (Live Action / Fiction) 

Martin is put in charge of his class during the teacher’s absence. He 

must write on the blackboard names of those who speak. An easy job... 

until the class bully starts talking. 

• 1st award Gotham Film Festival NYC, 2008 

• 1st Award Navas Film Festival (Spain), 2008 

FENDER BENDER 

Dir: Daniel Elliott / 10’00 / UK / 2003 / colour (live action / Fiction) 

Rasmus and Aleksander struggle with their thoughts and emotions after 

being affected by the same accident, until they finally come together. 

An exploration of guilt and frustration. 

• Best European Short Film, European Film Academy Awards, Nomianted 

2004 

5


GIRL CLIMBING TREES 

Dir: Jared Katsiane / 4` / USA / 2006 / (live action / Fiction) 

THE GIRL WITH THE 

YELLOW STOCKINGS 

Dir: Grzegorz Muskala / 6’ / Germany / 2008 / colour / 35mm (live action / Fiction) 

A girl climbs trees as a familiar voice talks about freedom A young couple is spending the day in bed. He asks her to marry him. 

She says no...at first. 

• Best Short Film, German Film Academy Awards (Lola) 2008 

• Nouveau Cinéma Montreal 2008 

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IN THE CITY 

Dir: Mark Bethune / 3 mins / Canada / 2002 / B&W (live action / Fiction) 

ON S’EMBRASSE 

Dir: Pierre-Olivier Mornas / 5’51 / France / 2003 / colour (live action / Fiction) 

A slice of life in the city. A young girl walks into a pub to prepare an audition that she will have 

in ten minutes. Having a problem to learn her lines, she asks a man to 

help her. They start rehearsing... 

• Pathe ‘5 Minute’ Award, Brief Encounters Int’l Short Film Festival 2001 

• Cannes Film Festival, Director’s Fortnight Selection, 2001 

7


SHAME 

Dir: Tom Geens / 3’00 / UK / 2005 / colour / Super 16 (live action / fiction) 

In an empty but cosy suburban living room, a woman suddenly 

appears from behind a sofa with extraordinarily big hands. She starts 

talking about her hands and how she has learned to live with them. 

Then her mother comes back home... 

• Oskariada Film Festival, Warsaw 2008 

SHE LOVES ME, SHE 

LOVES ME NOT 

Dir: Jamie Rafn / 7’46 / UK / 2003 / colour (live action / fiction) 

It’s as easy to ruin a romance as it is to pluck the petals off a flower. 

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SOLKATTEN 

Dir: Stina Bergman / 7’00 / Sweden / 2003 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

It is easy to brush off someone who is approaching you verbally, but 

what happens if you use an entirely different language? That is the 

question asked by this funny and sensual film about two strangers 

waiting for a train. 

• Best Film, DaKino International Film Festival, Bucharest 2004 

• Winner, Premio FICE, Arcipelago Int’l Festival of Short Films and New 

Images, Rome 2005 

SURPRISE 

Dir: Ben Dodd / 1’22 / UK / 2006 (live action / fiction) 

Hitchcockian short film noir where a romantic murder is not as it seems. 

• BBC New Filmmakers Award, 2007 

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FICTION [Under 10 minutes] 

TRICKO (THE T-SHIRT) 

Dir: Hossein Martin Fazeli / 9’ / Slovakia / 2006 / B&W (Live Action/Fiction) 

Mark, who is half-American, half-Slovak, walks into a small store in 

Slovakia. At first he’s happy to find a fellow fan of baseball with the 

Stars and Stripes on the wall. On his way out however, his eyes fall upon 

an anti-God T-shirt the store clerk is wearing while standing under the 

American flag. We all know you should never talk religion and politics, 

hence the chance meeting leads to something far more sinister. 

• Best Screenplay, Leicester International Short Film Festival 2006 

• International Jury Award, Encounters Short Film Festival 2006 

• Best Short Film, Bianco Film Festival 2007 

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FICTION [10 minutes+] FICTION [10 minutes+] 

A BOUT DE TRUFFE 

(THE TRUFFLE HUNTER) 

Dir: Tom Tagholm / 16’00 / 2007 / UK/France / (live action / fiction) 

After years of searching, Jean Dubois a struggling truffle hunter, makes 

the discovery of a lifetime- with devastating results on his relationship 

with his partner/lover/pig, Carinne. 

• Winner, TCM Shorts 2007 

• Best British Short Film, British Independent Film Awards 2007 

A SHADOW OF A 

DOUBT 

Dir: Esben Tonnesen / 19’00 / Denmark / 2006 / colour/ 16mm (live action / fiction) 

Choosing to love another person, to confront your inner doubts and 

fears is a lonesome and frightening task. Often it is easier to run away. 

Liv wants to fall in love. She longs to have another person in her life, but 

her head is filled with doubts and anxiety. 

• Venice International Film Festival, 2007 

• Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2007 

• Festival Grand Prize, FICA Film Festival 2008 

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FICTION [10 minutes+] 

THE AGREEMENT 

Dir: Russell Edwards / 11’02 / Australia / 2006 (live action / fiction) 

When Dad comes home for dinner fear rules supreme. Years of fatherly 

abuse have his family living on the psychological edge, but a small 

rebellion leads them to a sinister idea. 


ALEX AND HER ARSE 

TRUCK 

Dir: Sean Conway / 16’33 / UK / 2007 / colour (live action / fiction) 

A scooter riding zelophile called Baby Shoes, his dogfart 

nymphomaniac girlfriend Alex, her black lover Nylon, a mentalist 

named Poubelles and a pair of drug dealing lesbians. 

• British Independent Film Awards, Best Short Film, Nominated 2008 

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BAGHDAD EXPRESS 

Dir: Nimer Rashed / 11’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / (live action / fiction) 

The film tells the story of Maya, a teenage girl working in her father’s 

Arabic restaurant, who’s forced to decide which comes first: her dreams 

or her family… 

• Time Out Award for Best London Film, London Short Film Festival, 

Nominated 2009 

BALE 

Dir: Alastair Mackay / 14’47 / UK / 2009 / colour / Super 16 (live action / suspense fiction) 

‘Bale’ is the story of 3 young boys, 4 teenagers, and the British 

countryside. It’s about a desertion, a misunderstanding, and a 

cruel overreaction. And the sparking of a chain of events that leads 

uncontrollably to a terrifying outcome... 

13


BOTH 

Dir: Bass Breche / 12’00 / UK / 2007 (live action / fiction) 

In July 2006 during the Israeli – Lebanese war, a former Lebanese militia 

sniper creates his own dream-like fantasy world in London. This world of 

solitude turns into an obsessive fixation on an imaginary muse. Even if 

war is meant to be continuous, “Both” is a message of hope, love and 

truth from the city of the endless wars, Beirut. 

C’EST PLUTOT GENRE 

JOHNNY WALKER 

Dir: Olivier Babinet / 28’00 / France / 2008 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

Tired of his incessant divagations, Solveig kicks her boyfriend Étienne 

out for the night. He goes to his friend Bip’s, where he keeps turning his 

troubles over. He’s sick of the same old life. Shortly after, Étienne finds 

himself locked in a time loop. 

• Special Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2009 

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CAN’T STOP BREATHING 

Dir: Amy Neil / 15’00 / Scotland / 2004 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

A delicate portrait of a mother and daughter’s strained existence 

together in the Scottish countryside. A birthday celebration is hampered 

by a crumbling life that is held together by a daughter’s love. 

• BAFTA Scotland, Winner, Best New Work 2005 

• BAFTA Film Award, Best Short Film, Nominated 2005 

• British Independent Film Award, Best British Short, Nominated 2005 

CITIZENS 

Dir: Juho Kuosmanen / 30’00 / Finland / 2008 / color (live action / fiction) 

‘Citizens’ tells the story of Yasin and Marko, who are citizens of Helsinki. 

Plan A for both of them is to earn a living and live a decent life. Now, 

Marko needs to buy a car and Yasin wants to sell one. This simple act 

of selling a car turns into something unpleasant – and both men are 

forced to go on living according to Plan B. 

• Prix Arte, Premiers Plans Film Festival, 2008 

• Second Prize, Locarno Film Festival 2008 

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COCOON 

Dir: Hana Tsutsumi / 12’00 / UK/Germany / 2007 / colour / HD (live action/fiction) 

A toddler is trapped in her home with her dead mother. As the weeks 

go by no other dwellers in the apartment block have realised that there 

might be a serious problem with one of their neighbours. Only Nick, the 

postman, acts after becoming suspicious when he finds the letters he 

has delivered have been posted back through the letter box. 

COMPASSION 

(MEDELIJDEN) 

Dir: Tom Geens / 18`00 / Belgium / 2006 / 35mm (fiction) 

. 

A curious woman secretly follows home a street beggar but all she finds 

is touble. 

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THE ELEPHANT GARDEN 

Dir: Sasie Sealy / 19’37/ USA / 2007/ colour / super 16mm (live action / fiction) 

The Elephant Garden is the story of two sisters growing up amidst the 

constant construction and red clay of the New South. Elisabeth’s 

headlong rush into love confuses her little sister, and Chloe’s struggle to 

reconcile the shifting boundaries between childhood and adolescence 

results in strange, new, dark emotions and high fiction. 

• Winner, Tribeca Film Festival, Student Visionary Prize, 2008 

FIVE FEET HIGH AND 

RISING 

Dir: Peter Sollett / 29’00 / USA / 2000 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

Victor, a twelve year-old boy growing up on New York City’s Lower East 

Side experiences what growing up is all about. 

• Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2000 

• Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation Award, 2000 

• Silver Moon of Valencia, Valencia International Film Festival 2000 

• SXSW Competition Award, SXSW Film Festival 2000 

• Sundance Film Festival, Short Filmmaking Award 2000 

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HEAVY METAL 

Dir: Zaida Bergroth / 30’09 / Finland / 2007 (live action / fiction) 

Set at the end of the 80’s, a village in the middle of Finland, 15-year-old 

Hevari, the only long-haired boy in tow, is the coolest guy in the world- 

according to Kate next door. Hevari who is used to being the laughing 

stock of his peers prepares for the Friday night disco, hoping tonight 

everything will be different. 

• Main Prize, Tampere Film Festival 2007 

• Audience Award, Tampere Film Festival 2007 

• Best Fiction Film, Kettupaivat Short and Documentary Film Festival 

2007 

• State Quality Award, Finland 2007 

HONEYMOON 

Dir: Miranda Bowen / 30’12 / UK / 2006 / colour (live action / fiction) 

A newly wed couple arrive at a service station in the middle of the 

night. Zoran disappears to make a phonecall but when he fails 

to return Dawn begins to wonder just how well she knows her new 

husband. 

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IN PASSING 

Dir: Chris Croucher / 11’00 / UK/ 2009 / colour / HD (live action / fiction) 

Blitz mother Fay Travers carries on the war on the Home Front alone her 

son and husband away on the front line. One morning she receives 

a letter she feels unable to open. That night, a surprise encounter in a 

shelter means she is able to open her letter. 

• “The most perfect short film I’ve seen in years.” Billy Williams (DOP) Gandhi, 

Sunday Bloody Sunday 

JUVENILE 

Dir: China Moo-Young / 11’43 / UK / 2007 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

The story of a single parent father with a teenage daughter and the 

day she brings home her new boyfriend. The film explores the emotional 

tensions of a father not wanting his little girl to grow up, and conversely 

an adult behaving like a child to get his own way. 

• Sundance Film Festival, 2008 

• Berlinale Film Festival, 2008 

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LA APERTURA 

Dir: Duska Zagorac / 22’00 / UK/Argentina / 2005 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

Daniel is about to get it all - the girl, the dream, the way out of his poor 

Buenos Aires neighbourhood. There is only one problem - he has to 

betray his best friend. 

• Best of the Festival Audience Award, Zinebi Festival of Documentary 

and Short Film, Spain 2005 


LA VIE D’UN CHIEN 

(THE LIFE OF A DOG) 

Dir: John Harden / 13’19 / USA / 2002 / B&W / digital from 35mm stills (live action / fiction) 

A wonderful homage to Chris Marker’s La Jetee and an ode to freedom 

of love. 

• Best Narrative Short, Los Angeles Film Festival 2002 

• Special Jury Recognition, Aspen Shortsfest 2003 

• Best Short, Seattle InternationalFilm Festival 2002 

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LARS OG PETER 

Dir: Daniel Borgman / 15’00 / Denmark / 2009 / colour / 35mm RED1 (live action / fiction) 

Lars (9) just wants his father to be happy. His mother is gone and life has 

been empty and dysfunctional without her. On the eve of his birthday, 

Lars’ dad gets drunk and has an embarrassing argument with the 

next-door neighbour before masturbating in the backyard. Lars sees 

everything; and he has to figure it all out by himself. 

• Cannes Film Festival, 2009 

• Chicago International Film Festival, 2009 

• Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, 2009 


LIAR 

Dir: China Moo-Young / 10’10 / UK / 2005 / B&W (fiction) 

Four characters, a drag queen, a city boy, a lad, and a loner are all 

uttering falsehoods, inflated fibs, and tragic untruths…nobody knows 

who’s telling the truth because every one seems to be a LIAR. 

• Cannes Film Festival, 2006 

• Jury Award, NPA Awards, Nominated 2006 

• Audience Award, NPA Awards, Nominated 2006 

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THE MAKING OF PARTS 

Dir: Daniel Elliott / 15’40 / UK / 2006 (live action / fiction) 

A man’s love and tenderness, which he once shared with his wife, is now 

slipping away from him. As one sexual existence ends, another is just 

beginning. 

• Winner - Prix U.I.P., Best European Short Film - 63 Venice Film Festival 

• Nominee Best Short Film - European Film Academy Awards 2006 


MEAT 

Dir: Slava Ross / 14’00 / Russian / 2003/ B&W / 35mm (fiction) 

Love is too much of a luxury. This word is mostly taken from sentimental 

books. The real life is simpler and more terrible. It crashes people’s 

destinies like pieces of meat in a meat-chopper. A little boy comes into 

the cruel world to become a man. He has to take his father’s place. 

And that’s his mother he has to protect and to forgive. 

• Best International Narrative Short, Rome International Film Festival 

• Grand Prix, Zinebi, 2003 

• Special Jury Prize / Best Cinematography, Saint Anne Film Festival 2003 

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MILAN 

Michaela Kezele / 24’29 / Serbia / 2007 (live action / fiction) 

Yugoslavia during the 1999 NATO air raids: Two brothers are making 

plans to go and play “hide and seek” in the forest. As Milan (6) gets to 

the meeting point on time, his brother, at the same time, is fighting for 

his life. As Milan starts looking for him, he surprisingly finds someone 

else … 

• Shortlisted for Academy Award Nomination 2008 


LA PARABOLICA 

Dir: Xavi Sala / 12’00 / Spain / 2007 / colour (live action / fiction) 

During the broadcast of the Pope’s visit, Vicente’s television is broken. 

Desperate, he decides to make a homemade parabolic dish. 

• Arte Short Film Award, Dresden International Film Festival 2008 

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LES AMOURS PERDUS 

Dir: Caroline Sasha Cogez / 21’00 / Denmark / 2005 / color (live action/fiction) 

‘Did you know, that people in relationships are happier than others. - 

It’s scientifically proven. The question is whether the relationship makes 

you happy, or whether only happy people find someone to be with.’ In 

the twenty-four hours around the concert of world famous flute player 

Michala Petri three people are trying to grasp on to love. 


LOVESICK: A FAERIE 

TALE 

Dir: Patrick Collerton / 10’51 / Estonia / 2003 / color / Digital (live action / fiction) 

An Estonian teenager, hung up on gangster glamour, is lured from 

Tallinn into the forest where she experiences an altogether different kind 

of seduction by the modern day spirit of Kalevipoeg. 

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PARAFFIN 

Dir: Laurence Easeman / 18’27 / UK / 2006 (live action / fiction) 

Working as a security transporting precious computer parts up to 

Scotland, ex-paratroopers Finn and Tony Know very little about each 

other. That is until they journey back to London, when Finn starts to 

suspect Tony is not all he appears. Finn confronts Tony about the 

disappearance of a local child with unexpectedly dramatic results. 

• Commendation, Festival Fantastic Films 2006 

• Raindance Film Festival, London 2006 


PASSING HEARTS 

Dir: Johan Brisinger / 15’00 / Sweden / 2006 / colour / 35mm (live action / fiction) 

The story of Daniel’s poignant meeting with the family whose late son 

saved his life. 

• Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival 2006 

• Audience Award & Best Cinematography, Aspen Film Festival 2006 

• Humanitarian Award, Lilla Film Festivalen, Båstad 

• Audience Award, Brest European Short Film Festival 2006 

• Prix Européen du Conseil Régional de Bretagne 

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RALPH 

Dir: Alex Winckler / 13’00 / UK / 2008 / color / super 16mm (live action / fiction) 

16 year old Ralph travels alone to Marseille in order to try and find his 

best friend Clare and declare his love for her. 

• BAFTA, Best Short, Nominated 2009 

• Best British Short, Leeds International Film Festival 2008 


ROCCO PARIS 

Dir: Sean Conway / 11’00 / UK / 2004 / B&W / 16mm (live action / fiction) 

Rocco Paris begins as a study of loss and ends as the beginning of a 

love story. It is a playful and pretentious nouvelle vague homage shot 

on b/w 16mm film featuring a Kurt Cobain obsessed protagonist. 

• Best Short Film of the Year Award 2005, London Curzon Cinemas 

• Winner, London Short Film Festival 2005 

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THE SECOND LIFE OF 

THE SUGARBOWL 

Dir: Didier Canaux / 12’43 / France / 2007 / colour (live action / fiction) 

We follow an old bum in an urban setting while he picks up objects that 

we believe are useless. But appearances are deceiving... This grumpy 

old man reveals himself to be a magician. He invents a world of sound 

in order to illuminate the night of a little girl. In the second life of the 

sugar bowl, humans and objects are not what we think they are. 

• Prix du Public, Les Mardis de l’Escurial Paris, October 2007 


SEPTEMBER 

Dir: Esther May Campbell / 21’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / Digibeta 

(live action / experimental) 

In an in-between world of flyovers, grass verges and dead-ends, where 

the motorway hum serves as a constant reminder of the speed of other 

lives, Marvin is not going anywhere. Until an extraordinary adolescent 

arrives and changes his world forever. 

• BAFTA, Best Short Film, 2009 

• Best Film, London Short Film Festival 2009 

• Best British Film, Brief Encounters Film Festival 2008 

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SUITE FOR TWO 

Dir: Marko Raat / 15’40 / UK / 2003 / colour / Beta SP (live action / fiction) 

A rich woman returns to her hotel suite to discover one of the young 

maids going through her belongings and trying on her clothes and 

jewellery. Rather than report her, the older woman subjects the girl to 

verbal and physical violence. 

• Best Short Film, Cultural Endowment Prize, 2003 


TOP GIRL 

Dir: Rebecca Johnson / 18’00 / UK Germany / 2008 / colour / super 16mm 

(live action / fiction) 

Brixton rude girls Donna and Felicia are inseparable best friends but 

aspiring MC Donna is unquestionably TOP GIRL. Truthful, tender and 

brutally comic, Top Girl tells a story about girls growing up in a man’s 

world. 

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TRIP 

Dir: Harry Wootliff / 15’00 / UK / 2008 (fiction) 

Trip is an emotionally charged tale about a dad who tries to do the right 

thing by his two daughters but chooses the worst way to go about it. 


WHAT DOES YOUR 

DADDY DO? 

Dir: Martin Stitt / 15’19 / UK / 2006 / colour (Live Action / fiction) 

The story of a deep cover policeman infiltrating a paedophile ring and 

the subsequent effects on him, his family, and those around him. 

• British Independent Film Awards, Best Short Film, Nominatred 2007 

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WHERE IS ESTEL? 

Dir:Jared Katsiane / 2’55 / US / 2007 / colour (live action / fiction) 

Fiction story about a girl and her friends, the day after she has joined 

the military. 


PATH LIGHTS 

Dirs: Zachary Sluser / 19’ / USA / 2009 HD (live-action / comedy) 

Bobby is the voice of pulpy detective novels on audio, as well the 

automated answering service of a tree cutting company. One day 

while walking his dogs, a bottle falls from the sky almost hitting him. 

Bobby decides to track down the culprit. 

• Woodstock Film Festival, 2009 

• Clermont¬Ferrand, International Competition, 2010 

• International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2010 

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A SMALL SILENT FILM 

ABOUT DEATH 

Dir: Steve Rainbow / 3’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / Betacam (live action / comedy) 

A man emails his wife telling her he has reached their honeymoon 

hotel. Unfortunatly the email gets misdirected to a woman who is 

burying her husband. 


BITCH 

Dir: Dom Bridges / 3’30 / UK / 2009 / colour / DV (live action / comedy) 

After an encounter with a sweet old lady in a grocery store, a young 

man finds that buying a tin of Tuna is more difficult than it seems. 

• Encounters Short Film Festival, 2009 

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COMEDY [Under 10 minutes] COMEDY [Under 10 minutes] 

THE BLACK HOLE 

Dirs: Phil and Olly / 2’30 / UK / 2008 / colour / HD Digital (live action/comedy) 

A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole - 

and then greed gets the better of him... 

• Winner, Virgin Media Shorts Award 2008 

BOYCLOPS 

Dir: Jay Dahl / 6’00 / UK / 2004 / colour / animation 

This energetic short comedy chronicles the trials of a one-eyed 

teenager in an epic athletic contest with a two-eyed rival. 

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BUSKER 

Dir: David Wigram / 5’52 / UK / 2006 / colour / 35mm (live action / comedy) 

An aspiring Mime Artist is feeling utterly defeated – even a tone-deaf 

Guitarist is getting more attention from the public. Determined to win 

an audience, the Mime pulls out his air guitar to conjure raucous music 

from thin air. 

• Zurich Film Festival, 2006 

• Raindance Film Festival, London 2006 


CRAZY HANDS 

Dir: Charlie Graley / 7’ / UK / 2009 / colour (live action / comedy) 

A man wakes to discover that his hands have a life of their own. 

• Best UK Short - Raindance Film Festival, 2009 (Nominee) 

• Free Net World festival 2009 Serbia 

• Iasi International Film Festival 2009 Romania 

• Imaginaria Film festival 2009 Italy 

• Golden Knight International Film Festival 2009 Malta 

• Jordan Short Film Festival 2009 Jordan 

• Jaipur International Film Festival 2010 India 

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DOG YEARS 

Dir: Sam Hearn & Richard Penfold / 3’50 / UK / 2004 / colour / Super 8mm (live action 

/ comedy) 

Ben, 39, castrated mongrel, needs love. Good sense of humour 

essential. Made on a budget of £4.90 for ham and sausages this Super 

8mm short film was shot on 1x50 ft roll and edited in-camera under the 

Joy of 8mm initiative. 

• ITV West Award for ‘Outstanding Talent’, Brief Encounters 2004 

• UK Film Council Audience Award, Brief Encounters 2004 


DOG YEARS 2 

Dir: Sam Hearn & Richard Penfold / 4’30 / UK / 2006 / colour / Super 8mm (live action 

/ comedy) 

Ben, 46, frustrated mongrel, inflamed anal glands, needs ointment. 

Warms hands essential. The sequel to the international award winner, 

Dog Years. 

• Aspen Shortsfest, 2006 

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DON’T BREAK UP WITH 

MEGAN 

Dir: Jay Dahl / 8’49 / USA / 2006 / colour (live action, comedy) 

A love story about girls, drinking beer, girls and voodoo dolls. 

• Atlanta Film Festival, 2004 


FIVE MINUTES 

Dir: Dir. Konstantin Ivanov / 5’00 / Russia / 2007 (comedy) 

Just before the New Year, inhabitants of one building are inspired by the 

singing of Lidmia Gurchenko to let loose. 

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GASH 

Dir: RONG / 4’00 / UK / 2005 / colour / Digital (comedy) 

A child cries, a crack addict mother tries to comfort him - This is social 

realism. This is Gash. 

• Aspen Shorts Fest 2005: Finalist. 

• Montréal/Just For Laughs/Comedia/Eat My Shorts 2005:Finalist 

• London £50 Film Festival 2005: Special mention 


GOODBYE TO THE 

NORMALS 

Dir: Jim Field Smith / 4’00 / UK / 2006 / colour / 35mm (live action/comedy) 

Six-year-old Magnus has decided to run away to America. He’s all 

packed and ready to catch the boat, but is this just another one of his 

little games? 

• Winner, Base-Court Switzerland Prix du Public, 2006 

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HOW I MET YOUR 

FATHER 

Dir: Alex Montoya / 9’ / Spain / 2009 / 35mm / colour / (live action / comedy) 

Ana and Mikel crash into Ana’s bedroom in a flurry of kisses; but when 

they get down to business Mikel is unable to “perform”. Mikel leaves with 

a few mumbled apologies and his tail firmly between his legs. Will Ana 

see the funny side and give him a second chance? 

• Winner, Best Fiction, Kino Fest 2009 

• LA Film Festival 2009 

• Hawaii International Film Festival 2009 

• Ankara International Film Festival 2009 


INDUSTRIAL LOVE 

DWARF NO.7 

Dir: RONG / 3’31 / UK / 2005 / colour (live action / comedy) 

Ever wondered why one day you can wake up and you just don’t love 

someone any more? This cutting expose reveals all…. 

• BBC 3 Mini Masterpieces 2004 

• Super Shorts 2005: Finalist 

• Brief Encounters 2005: Best of the South West: Finalist 

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LA LECON DE DANSE 

Dir: Philippe Prouff / 5’00 / France / 2006 / colour (live action / comedy) 

This film is dedicated to all the people who want to impress others with 

revolutionary dance training. You will no longer have an excuse not to 

move your body to the sound of digital beats. Two left feet? No rhythm? 

No problem. One man breaks it down in this hilarious instructional 

dance class. 

• Jury Special Mention, Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival 2007 


LA PIATTAFORMA 

Dir: Laura Chiossone / 7’00 / Italy / 2004 / colour / 35mm (live action / comedy fic- 

tion) 

A white square in a blue sea, a microcosmos where you can hear time 

passing by. 

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LE CHEVAL 2.1 

Dir: S. Scott-Hayward & A. Kirkland / 2’00 / UK / 2003 / B&W / Digital (live action/com- 

edy) 

The dreams of a man who has always wanted to be a horse... 

• Best Short Film, Depict! 2003 

• Best Short Film, SuperShorts 2004 


MEN AT WORK 

Dir: Fausto Caviglia/ 10’00 / Italy / 2008 / color / Betacam (live action / comedy) 

Milan. The city wakes up and goes to work. Luca wakes up but he 

doesn’t have a job. He makes a call to Michele. The conversation is a 

race to demonstrate who is the busiest, the most efficient businessman. 

• Circuito Off Venice International Film Festival 2008 [Special Mention] 

• Odense International Film Festival 2008 

• Reggio International Film Festival 2008 

• Budapest International Film Festival 2008 

• Maremetraggio Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio, Triest 2009 

• Puertorico International Short Film Festival, San Juan 2009 

• La 25° Ora Festival del Corto, Rome 2009 

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NEIGHBOR 

Dir: Eric Lynne / 2’04 / USA / 2003 / colour (comedy) 

This is the story of a neighbourly, yet rather unusual, invitation to a house 

party. 

• Best New Director, D&AD New Directors Competition 2003 

• Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 2003 

• HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, 2003 


NO BAR 

Dir: Cleiton Stringhini & Paulo de Tarso Disca / 8’00 / Brazil / 2002 / colour (comedy) 

A Brazilian federal law enforces cigarette manufacturers to print 

illustrated messages on all packages of cigarettes in order to 

discourage smoking. This may cause some controversy between 

retailers and consumers. 

• Jury Award, Best Director / Best Short Film, 35th Festival de Brasília 2002 

• Audience Awards, Best Director and Best Short Film, 31st Festival de 

Gramado 2003 

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NOODLES 

Dir: Jordan Feldman / 5’30 / France / 2004 / colour (romance / comedy) 

When a beautiful woman enters a café, strange happenings ensue… 


OCCUPIED 

Dir: Christian Filek / 8’55 / Austria / 2006 / colour / mini DV (live action / comedy) 

She has smuggled everything she needs aboard. Nobody saw or 

noticed anything. All moves have been carefully studied. The goal 

clearly within reach. Let the mission begin... 

• Jury Award & Audience Award, Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg 2006 

• Best Foreign Short Film, Big Island Film Festival 2006 

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OEDIPUS 

Dir: RONG / 6’00 / UK / 2005 / colour / HD (comedy) 

A hand-warming tale of love, incest and death. Be warned no film 

called Oedipus can ever end happily. 

• Winner BBC New Filmmakers Award 

• Clermont-Ferrand 2006: International Compeition: Finalist 


OH GREAT NOW LOOK 

WHAT HAPPENED 

Dir: Gerbrand Burger / 4’04 / Netherlands / 2007 / (live action / comedy) 

Oh Great Now Look What Happened is a fascinating 

and puzzling impression of a strange and unexpected event. An 

indefinable feeling of fear and threat is portrayed in a short film that is 

both melancholy and funny. 

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ONE SMALL LEAP 

Dir: James Walker & Ed Boase / 2’46 / UK / 2003 / colour / 35mm (comedy) 

21 July 1969: Neil Armstrong makes one giant leap for mankind. In 

Muskogee, Oklahoma, one man is turning back the evolutionary clock. 

Based on a true story. 

• Cocotte Minute Award, Brest European Short Film Festival 2003 

• Best Direction, Capalbio Cinema 2003 


PINCH ME JESUS 

Dir: James Scott / 3’08 / UK / 2006 (live action / comedy) 

Shows the length at which TV Preachers are willing to exploit religion for 

financial and political gain. 

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PLEASE DO NOT PUT ANY 

DUCKS INTO THIS CHUTE 

Dir: Johnny Burns / 0’32 /UK / 2004 (comedy) 

A man, a chute, a duck and the future of the world... 


POTATOES 

Dir: Matt Golding / 1`56 / UK/ 2002 (comedy) 

A brief mockumentary on the origins of this staple food. 

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POUND 

Dir: Evan Bernard / 2’08 / USA / 2007 (live action / comedy) 

Two friends run into each other on the street and greet each other with 

the world’s longest and most complex handshake. 


REMOTE 

Dir: Johnny Burns / 2’00 / UK / 2004 / colour / Super 16 (live action / comedy) 

Lying on the bed in her sexiest underwear, her television on and head 

on his lap, she looks at him and wonders ‘Would we still be together if I 

couldn’t get BBC2?’ 

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SHIT HAPPENS 

Dir: Rob Brown / 1’30 / UK / 2007 / B&W / Super 16mm (live action / non-dialogue / 

comedy) 

Life for a deserting Russian WWII Soldier takes a darkly comic turn as he 

encounters a landmine. 


STAGE FRIGHT 

Dir: Mark Bethune / 2’07 / Canada / 2004 / colour / 70mm (comedy) 

Through the eyes of an unseen character, we are whisked through a 

bustling backstage area before being thrust on stage to perform in front 

of a hushed and expectant audience. 

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TELL IT TO THE FISHES 

Dir: William Sinclair / 10’00 / UK Ireland / 2006 / colour / 35mm 

(live action / comedy fiction) 

The tide is slowly coming in and Finn, a worthless low-rent hood, has 

been dropped on an isolated beach, his feet set in concrete. 


TEN THOUSAND 

PICTURES OF YOU 

Dir: Robin King / 3’01 / UK / 2006 / HD / (live action / comedy) 

An exhilarating roller coaster ride through the animated pictures of 

Sarah’s world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke her 

heart! 

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THIS IS ME 

Dir: Sam Arthur / 4’05 / UK / 2006 / colour / (live action / comedy) 

Bertie is in a coma whilst his wife enjoys the high life. Witness the rise 

and fall of this couple living under the Heathrow airport. Based on a 

real phenomenon air 

lines would rather we didn’t know about, this film is a little thing with a lot 

of impact. 

• Winner, Eurostar “London Coming” Competition 2006 


WHAT’S VIRGIN MEAN? 

Dir: Michael Davies / 1’30 / UK / 2008 / colour / HD (Live action/comedy) 

Sometimes there are big answers for little questions. 

• Special Achievement Award, Depict! 2008 

• Encounters Short Film Festival 2008 

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COMEDY [10 minutes +] 

A DAY IN A LIFE 

Dir: Nicolas Danenens / 21’00 / 2008 / Belgium / colour / 16mm 

(live action / comedy fiction) 

Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask 

the young Turkish Emin to be their getaway driver. Nothing quite goes to 

plan, as three stories converge in this high-stakes game. 

• Critics Prize, Brussels Short Film Festival 

• Best Short Film, Strasbourg International Film Festival 


ASSHOLE 

Dir: Chadd Harbold / 10’40 / USA / 2008 / colour / HD Digital (live action / comedy) 

Vincent Allen goes to the doctor and finds out he’s an asshole. 

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FUNCTION AT THE 

JUNCTION 

Dir: Justin McArdle / 13’00 / UK / 2005 (comedy) 

‘Function at the Junction’ is a black comedy that centres on a dance 

competition in a Northern Soul nightclub in 1975. The film pays homage 

to a scene that impassioned a whole generation and showcases the 

music, dance and style of the Northern Soul movement. 


MEDIUM RARE 

Dir: Stefan Stuckert / 14’00 / UK / 2007 / colour / 35mm (live action / comedy) 

A dark tale of lust and desire, set at night in a dreamlike cityscape. Carl 

is a loser, a victim, the kind of man who never has much luck. When he 

has a bizarre encounter with a rich and beautiful stranger it seems his 

fortunes are about to change… 

• Bronz Busho Prize, Budapest Short Film Festival 2008 

• Winner, Silver Bear, Austria’s Festival der Nationen 2008 

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THE NAMEMAKERS 

Dir: Andri Luup / 12`00 / UK / 2003 (live action / comedy) 

Two unemployed men get the idea of making money by giving names 

to newborns, but it isn’t as easy as they think. 


ON A TRAIN 

Dir: Barnabus Toth / 10’30 / France / 2004 / colour (live action / comedy) 

In a train traveling across Europe, two young travelers, one 

Hungarian, the other Finnish, meet each other... without managing to 

communicate. 

• Huesca International Short Film Festival, 2005 

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ONE OF THOSE DAYS 

Dir: Hattie Dalton / 14’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / 35mm 

(live action / comedy) 

Mild mannered suburban Englishman Howard Whittham discovers that 

due to a clerical error on Judgment Day he has been confused with the 

genocidal tyrant Vlad the Impaler and must endure a seemingly never 

ending bureaucracy to clear his name and get to heaven. 

• Best Short Film, Catalonian Film Festival 2009 


THE ONE AND ONLY 

HERB MCGWYER 

Dir: James Griffiths / 24’16 / UK / 2006 / Colour (live action/comedy) 

A millionaire buys his very own one-man concert. 

• BAFTA, Best Short Film, Nominated 2008 

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RATTLESNAKES 

Dir: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson / 23’26 / Iceland / 2007 / colour 

(live action / comedy) 

Anton is a used car salesman going through a mid life crises. He 

decides one day to ignore his routine ways and buy cowboy boots. 

We follow him for one week and see how his colleges and life at home 

changes. 

• Best Short Film, Icelandic Edda Awards, Nominated 2007 

• Best Script, Langlois International Short Film Festival 2007 

• Best Comedy, Best Actor, Achievement in Film, Audience Award, Columbia 

Film Festival 2007 


STIG 

Dir: Henrik Gyllenskiold & Tomas Nordstrom / 19’00 / Sweden / 2007 / colour 

(comedy) 

STIG is a man in his forties. He is probably middle-class, works full-time, 

gets a decent pay check and drives a nice new car from a well-known 

Japanese carmaker. He is married, or at least living together with a 

woman, and he dresses well without over-dressing. He is a normal 

Swedish man, yet he performs what most people would consider totally 

irrational acts… why? 

• Istanbul International Short Film Festival 2008 

• Just For Laughs Film Festival, Canada 2009 

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ST. MERCEDES DAY 

Dir: Hendrick Toompere Jr / 12’00/ UK / 2003 / colour (comedy) 

A short about a woman living with a man who loves his car more than 

her. His absurd love for his car takes on religious proportions. 


UN HOMBRE 

TRANQUILO 

Dir: Arantzazu Gomez Bayon / 12’20 / Spain / 2007 / colour / HD Digital (live action / comedy) 

A colourful and surreal portrait of a family in 1980’s Spain told through 

family holidays and a daughter’s impression of her parents. 

• Best Short Flm, Subimagen 2007 

• Best Screenplay, Medina Del Campo International Film Festival 2007 

• Jury Prize, Medina Del Campo 

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VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES 

Dir: Sean Ellis / 11’30 / France / 2008 / Colour / 35mm (live action / comedy) 

Jean Paul Clement is on a business trip. He checks into the Dolphine 

Hotel for seven nights where we learn he has one saved message on his 

mobile phone and a personal dilemma 

• BAFTA, Best International Short, Nominated 2009 


WHERE HAVE I BEEN 

ALL YOUR LIFE? 

Dir: Jim Field Smith / 20’00 / UK / 2007 / colour / 35mm (live action/comedy) 

Liam’s innocent quest uncovers a series of dark secrets in an otherwise 

quiet suburban household 

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THE YELLOW SMILEY 

FACE 

Dir: Constantin Popescu / 15’00 / Romania / 2008 / colour / 35mm (Live action / comedy) 

Mia and Florin Popescu are a little scared of the technological changes 

going on around them. To them, the computer is nothing more than a 

piece of furniture until the chance to communicate with their son, Alex, 

who lives in USA, makes them step into the virtual world. They explore this 

new territory using the instructions Alex has sent them in a letter, making 

for heart-warming comedy. 

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CEMETERY PEOPLE 

Dir: Alessandro Molatore / 4’ / US / 2009 / colour (live action / documentary) 

Over 6,000 people make their home among the tombs of Navotas 

Cemetery, located in the Philippines on the shores of Manila Bay 

• Best Short Film, Sedicorto Film Festival 2009 

• Special Jury Mention: Human Rights, Festival Salento FiniBus Terrae 2009 

• San Sebastian Human Rights Festival, 2009 


THE CHILDHOOD OF 

THE PALM 

Dir: Mohammadreza Fartousi / 2’30 / Iran / 2007 (live action / documentary) 

Some children are playing in a palm-grove near the war zone, 

suddenly they are attacked by the airplanes. 

• First Prize, 7th Educational Films Festival, Tehran 2007 

• Winner, ISESCO Festival, Tehran 2007 

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CHINESE TONGUE 

DIAGNOSIS 

Dir: Eric Fong / 1’28 / UK / 2005 / colour (documentary) 

This film comprises a series of short clips of people sticking their tongues 

out at the camera, together with a lively soundtrack and on-screen 

text indicating their dietary preferences and tongue diagnoses by 

TCM doctors. As the voluntary participants were of different ages and 

different cultural backgrounds, this work also offers a celebration of their 

physical and cultural diversity. 


EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN 

A CRIMINAL… 

Dir: Jean-Gabriel Periot / 9’00 / France / 2005 / color (experimental / documentary) 

France, the summer of 1944, at the time of the Liberation. The public 

punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during 

the war... 

• Grand Prize, 36th Tampere Film Festival 2006 

• Best International Short Film, 51st Cork Film Festival 2006 

• Grand Prize, Best Int’l Short Film, 21st Odense Film Festival 2006 

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THE ICE TRIBE 

Dir: Heidi Vilkman / 7’22 / Finland UK / 2006 colour (documentary / live action) 

Whether it’s called ice hole swimming, polar bear dipping or just plain 

old madness, this short documentary explores an unusual, spiritual past 

time in the midst of an icy, Finnish landscape. 


LIPARI 

Dir: Frank van den Engel / 10’00 / Netherlands / 2006 (documentary / live action) 

On the idyllic island of Lipari near Sicily a few traditional swordfish 

hunters are still active. The days are over where these fisherman were 

self-evidently succeeded by their sons. Lipari pays homage to an 

almost extinct profession. 

• Official Selection Eco Vision, 2008 

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THIS IS SLOVENIA 

Dir: Michael Frank / 1’00 / Slovenia / 2007 / colour (documentary / live action) 

Josko Joras is an obstinate man caught between two fires. He lives on 

the disputed border between Slovenia and Croatia. 

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THE APOLOGY LINE 

Dir: James Lees / 10’00 / UK / 2007 / colour / Digital (documentary / fiction) 

Feeling guilty? The film is based around the creation of a real-life 

‘apology line’ where members of the public can anonymously confess 

to absolutely anything, over the telephone. Beautiful visuals pick out 

moments that might otherwise pass us by, given new meaning by the 

apologies which are sometimes funny, sometimes haunting, but always 

fascinating. 

• Prix UIP Best European Short Film, Cork 52nd Int. Film Festival 

• Best Short Documentary, Hot Docs 2009 

• Jury Special Mention, Clermont-Ferrand 2009 


CHILDREN OF MANILA 

Dir: Alessandro Molatore / 15’ / US / 2009 / colour (live action / documentary) 

The Philippines are home to an estimate 1.5 million street children, 

many of whom survive by begging and selling salvaged recyclables 

from the streets of Metro Manila. 

• San Francisco Short Film Festival, 2009 

• Cork Film Festival, 2009 

• Filipino International Film Festival, Los Angeles 2009 

• Potenzo Short Film Festival, Italy 2009 

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LOST AND FOUND 

Dir: Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull / 14’41 / UK / 2005 / colour / 16mm, 8mm, DV (live ac- 

tion/documentary) 

Jim Lee was born in a field in Kent on November 1st 1936. Abandoned 

from birth, his childhood memories were a blur. The visual background 

of Lost & Found is formed by a collage of discarded footage collected 

from charity shops, boot sales and private collectors around the 

country, creating a visual representation of his life. 


PETER AND BEN 

Dir: Pinny Grylls / 10’00 / UK / 2007 / colour (documentary / live action) 

Peter and Ben is a touching and quiky story of how two “black-sheep” 

form an unusual and enduring bond. 

• Best Documentary, Aspen Shorts Fest 2008 

• Four Docs Best Documentary, London Short Film Festival 2007 

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POSSESSED 

Dir: Martin Hampton / 21’24 / UK / 2008 / colour / digital (live action / documentary) 

Enter the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives 

are dominated by their relationship to possessions. The film questions 

whether hoarding is a symptom of mental illness or a revolt against the 

material recklessness of consumerism. When does collecting become 

hoarding and why do possessions exert such an influence on our lives? 


THORNS AND SILK 

[Series of 4] 

Dir: Paulina Tervino / 12’ / UK/ 2009 / colour (live action / documentary) 

Four, 3-minute unusual stories from Palestine, featuring women who work 

in men’s jobs. 

• Birds Eye View Film Festival, 2009 

• [Films are available as a series or separately] 

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ANIMATION 

A FILM ABOUT US 

Dir: Pedro Lino / 5’25 / UK-Portugal / 2005 / colour / Digital (animation) 

Is there any room for individuality in a world of identikit office blocks 

and battery farmed workers? 

• Best Film, Barreiro Video Festival 2006 

ANIMATION 

A LETTER TO COLLEEN 

Dir: Andrew and Carolyn London / 8’30 / USA / 2008 / Digital (animation/fiction) 

A man troubled by his ex-girlfriend tries to put his demons to rest. 

• Best Digital Short Film, Raindance Film Festival, Nominated 2008 

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ANIMATION 

A MENINA GORDA 

(THE FAT GIRL) 

Dir: Pedro Lino / 2’17 / Portugal / 2004 / colour / (hand-drawn animation) 

This little, fat girl has a sentimental heart. 

• Winner, Young Portuguese Filmaker, Cinanima Festival 2004 

• Winner, Best Screenplay, Barreiro Video Festival 2004 

ANIMATION 

AU! 

Dir: Hegyi Magdolna / 4’00 / Hungary / 2006 / colour / 35mm (animation) 

The story – based on Victor Pelevin’s novel ‘The Life of Insects’ – follows 

fictional beings that exist simultaneously as humans and insects. Their 

life experience and motivations are similar to our own, but we are not 

sure about their real nature. This ambiguity remains until the end, when 

the film reveals its concept about this ambiguous existence. 

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ANIMATION 

AVERAGE 40 MATCHES 

Dir: Burkay Dogan / 2’32 / Turkey / 2007 / colour (stop animation / experimental) 

A group of matchsticks come to life and work together to satisfy their 

craving for cigarettes. 

ANIMATION 

BALD DAD 

Dir: Krisitan Andrews / 4’30 / UK / 2007 / BETA SP PAL (animation) 

Mum said we don’t live with Dad because he’s a bit irresponsible; I knew 

that was true because of the time we went camping. 

• Official Selection, Lille Film Festival, 2008 

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ANIMATION 

THE BIG PUSH 

Dir: Ian Fenton / 1’00 / UK / 2007 / colour (animation / comedy) 

Why is this old woman putting so much effort into pushing a huge pram 

to the top of a hill? 

• Virgin Media Shorts Award, Nominated 2008 

ANIMATION 

THE BUMBLEBEE FUR 

COAT 

Dir: Agnes Miesenberger / 2’00 / Austria / 2007 / colour (animation / comedy) 

A young girl gets her semi-perilous fashion fix. 

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ANIMATION 

BUS RIDE 

Dir: Aline Helmcke / 2007 / UK / 2`14 / animation) 

This drawn animation follows a bus journey from one stop to the next 

ANIMATION 

CHANGE 

Dir: Gerd Jonas / 1’10 / Austria / 2009 / colour / Hand-Drawn (animation / comedy) 

Inspired by president Obama’s speech, a gluttonous couch potato 

decides to make a change. 

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ANIMATION 

THE CHILDREN 

Dir: Chai-Yu Huang / 2’46 / Taiwan / 2007 / colour (animation / experimental) 

Colour varies with children’s voices, emotion, and movement, 

conveying and depicting the intriguing and amazing characteristics of 

children. 

ANIMATION 

CODEHUNTERS 

Dir: Ben Hibon / 9’27 / UK / 2006 / colour (animation/ futuristic / action) 

In a futuristic industrial city, four mercenaries team up to rescue their 

fallen leader from the armies of a ferocious dictator. 

• Best Short Film, 25th Imagina European Digital Content Creation Festival 

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ANIMATION 

COPENHAGEN CYCLES 

Dir: Eric Dyer / 6’35 / USA / 2006 / colour (animation) 

A bicyclist travels through a fantastical, collaged reconstruction of 

Denmark’s capital city. Dyer combined the concept of the pre-cinema 

zoetrope with fast-shutter digital video technology to explore the 

kinetics of Copenhagen. About 25 paper cinetropes were created for 

the film. 

• Venice Biennale, 2009 

• Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier Artist Exhibition, 2009 

• Best Experimental Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival 2006 

ANIMATION 

DAYS LIKE THIS 

[Series of 10] 

Dir: Joel Simon / 30’ (10 x 3’) / Ireland / 2008 / colour (animation) 

An uplifting series of ten, three-minute shorts illustrating the extraordinary 

stories of ordinary people; from the very poignant (a woman recalling 

her fondest Christmas memory), from life-changing journeys (a man’s 

quest to overcome alcoholism), to seemingly ordinary events (a woman 

overcomes her fear of deep waters). Days Like This describes a day or 

moment, which holds special significance in the life for each narrator. 

THE BIG MATCH / BLUE / BLUE CHOPPER / THE GRANDPARENT’S GRAVE 

/ LITTLE BLUE FLOWER / LONELINESS / OCEAN WALKING / RED ROSE OF 

NEWCASTLE / SIBERIAN VEGETARIAN / WASHING OF HANDS 

* [Films are available as a 30 minute series or separately at 3 minutes each] 

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ANIMATION 

EASY 

Dirs: Vessela Dantcheva and Ivan Bogdanov / 3’20 / The Netherlands / 2002 / (animation) 

Easy tells the tail of a casual sexual relationship of convenience 

between an older couple. It seems on the surface to have become 

routine and easy, but underneath this ease lays a dark secret. 

ANIMATION 

EVERYTHING WAS LIFE 

Dir: Ellie Land / 4’00 / UK / 2004 / colour / Digital (animation / documentary) 

‘Everything Was Life’ is an animated documentary looking at the 

practice of female genital mutilation. 

• Best Experimental Student Film, Independent’s Film Festival 2005 

• InterFilm, Berlin, Special Mention 2005 

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ANIMATION 

GARDEN OF FETISH 

[FETISHU DARZS] 

Dir: Karlis Vitlos / 9’56 / Latvia / 2006 (animation / experimental) 

A painter is searching for an entrance to a lost garden- the only place 

where he can create artworks. When he finds it, he turns into a fetish. 

ANIMATION 

HUM 

Dir: Søren Bendt Pedersen / 8’40 / Denmark / 2007 / colour / Digital (animation/ comedy) 

The small turntable-headed robot Hum sits left alone in an old workshop. 

He decides to create a friend to have fun with. 

• Oslo Science Fiction Festival, 2009 

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ANIMATION 

LA REVOLUTION DES 

CRABES (THE REVOLUTION OF THE CRABS) 

Dir: Arthur de Pins / 4’59 / France / 2003 / B&W (animation / comedy) 

The crabs from the Gironde estuary have a serious problem: they are 

condemned to follow the same straight line all their life. 

• Audience Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival 2004 

• Best Animated Film, Brooklyn International Film Festival 2006 

ANIMATION 

LUCIA 

[Part 1 of 2 of the series: Lucía & Luis and the Wolf] 

Dirs: Cristóbal León, Niles Atallah and Joaquín Cociña / 3’50 / Chile / 2007 / colour (stop- 

motion animation / drama) 

Lucía remembers the summer in which she fell in love with Luis. The 

furniture within a bedroom is shaken and destroyed, meanwhile the 

charcoal Lucía appears and vanishes on the walls. 

• Grand Prix, Wooden Wolf Prize, Animated Dreams Film Festival, 2009 

• 1st Prize, Best International Film, Fantoche International Animation Film 

Festival, 2009. 

• Grand Jury Prize, FIBABC, 2009 

• Literaturwerkstatt Berlin Prize, Zebra Poetry Film Festival, 2009 

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ANIMATION 

LUIS AND THE WOLF 

[Part 2 of 2 of the series: Lucía & Luis and the Wolf] 

Dirs: Cristóbal León, Niles Atallah and Joaquín Cociña / 3’50 / Chile / 2008 / colour (stop- 

motion animation / drama) 

Luis is waiting for Lucía in the forest. He appears and disappears 

in charcoal on the walls of a room filled with broken objects that 

constantly shift around. 

• Kunstfilm Biennale, 2009 

• 7ª Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosur, 2009 

• EMAF, 2009 

• Breda International Film Festival, 2009 

* [Films are available as a set of two or separately] 

ANIMATION 

THE LIFESIZE ZOETROPE 

Dir: Mark Simon Hewis / 6’33 / UK / 2007 / colour (animation / experimental documentary) 

One man’s life told in one giant human sized zoetrope. 

• Main Prize, Tampere FIlm Festival 2007 

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ANIMATION 

THE LINES 

Dir: Leo Murray / 06`03 / UK /2007 / DV PAL / Animation 

In a hilltop prison in the dead of night, a man begins his plan for 

escape. 

• Official Selection, Dresden Film Festival, 2008 

ANIMATION 

LITTLE DINOSAURS 

Dir: Dana Dorian / 1’12’ / UK / 2007 / colour (comedy / animation) 

A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a group of small 

dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking on them. 

• BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame, 2008: Regional Winner (Scotland) 

• Best Animated Film, In The Bin Short Film Festival 2008 

• Virgin Media Shorts Award, Best Short Film, Nominated 2008 

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ANIMATION 

LIVING IN THE DARK 

Dir: Thomas Leung / 5’27 / Australia/Hong Kong / 2005 / colour (animation / documentary) 

A young man remembers a childhood with a blind father and his own 

temporary sightlessness. 

• Best Tertiary Animation, Atom Awards 2006 

• Best Film, Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 

• Best Cinematography, Bondi Shortfilm Festival 

ANIMATION 

LOG JAM [Series of 5] 

Dir: Alexei Alexeev / 6’00 / Hungary / 2008 / colour (animation / comedy) 

Log Jam is an animated series showing how three “professional” 

musicians, the Bear, the Rabbit and the Wolf try to rehearse in the forest 

regardless of the circumstances. May the rain, the night or the hunter 

come or may a snake eat half of the group: the show must go on! 

* [Films are available as a series or separately] 

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ANIMATION 

LOST UTOPIA 

Dir: Mirai Mizue / 5’10 / Japan / 2007 / colour (experimental / animation) 

This remarkable animation, which uses 5000 original, hand-drawn 

pictures, draws on the famous biblical tale of Adam and Eve as its motif. 

• Best Animation, Cordoba Int’l Animation Festival 2007 

ANIMATION 

MAN UP 

Dir: Arturo Cabanas / 11’00 / USA / 2007/ colour (live action / animation) 

Parents want nothing but the best for their children, sometimes at 

surprising costs. Man Up looks at a young champion wrestler and his 

family in an examination of a father’s intentions for his child in light of 

that child’s own 

• Best Short Documentary – HotDocs Festival, Toronto, 2007 

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ANIMATION 

MATCHBOX 

Dir: Emil May / 0`20 / UK / 2008 / animation 

The cares inside look a bit like the cars outside 

ANIMATION 

MORRIS AND THE 

OTHER 

Dir: Edwin Rostron / 4`00 / UK / 2007 (animation) 

A hypnotic journey through a bleak, shimmering netherworld populated 

by a series of fantastical characters, lovingly drawn in 2B pencil. 

• Official Selection Future Shorts, Camden Arts Centre, 2007 

• Official Selection Eat My Shorts festival, NFT London, 2007 

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ANIMATION 

MY FIRST CRUSH 

Dir: Julia Pott / 3’45 / UK / 2008 / hand drawn/ digital (animation / documentary) 

Animated animals represent the director’s friends as they discuss their 

first experiences with love in a series of earnest interviews. 

• Audience Award, Amsterdam Film Experience Festival 2008 

• People’s Choice Award, Standing Rock International Film Festival 2008 

ANIMATION 

NO ROOM FOR 

GEROLD 

Dir: Daniel Nocke / 4’55 / Germany / (animation / comedy) 

After ten long years in the flat, Gerold the crocodile is being thrown out. 

Is there a conspiracy against him? Does newcomer Ellen the wildebeest 

have something to do with it? One thing is for sure - the wild days are 

now just distant memory. 

• Awards of Distinction, Ars Electronica, Linz 2006 

• Special Mention, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2006 

• Silver Award, Box Shorts Film Festival, 2008 

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ANIMATION 

NOT LONG NOW 

Dir: Joe Berger / 0’15 / UK / 2004 / colour (animation / comedy) 

A small boy amuses himself on a long and boring train journey. 

Nokia Shorts, 2004 (shortlisted) 

• Finalist, Nokia Shorts, London 2005 

ANIMATION 

ON TIME OFF 

Dir: Bill Porter / 4`30 / UK / 2008 (animation) 

Drawn from life and from the director’s memories of working in an ice 

cream café in Cornwall, these images form an animated landscape 

that takes the viewer on a journey through fire and ice cream and 

micro-fictions between strangers on a sweltering holiday beach. 

• Official Selection, London International Animation Festival, 2008 

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ANIMATION 

PASSE VITE 

Dirs: Bert Dombrecht, Korneel Detailleur, Ben Verschooris / 2’00 / Belgium / 2006 / colour / 

DV (stop animation) 

The production line at the fruit factory goes awry, causing havoc 

among the bananas and tangerines and producing strangely delicious 

results. 

ANIMATION 

PAVEMENT 

Dir: Aline Helmcke / 1`26 / UK / 2007 / Animation 

A sort film exploring the various patterns of London’s streets 

• Official Selection Lille Film Festival, 2008 

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ANIMATION 

PES ANIMATIONS 


USA / colour / (stop animation) 

1) BABY NUT 

2) CAKE COUNTDOWN 

3) DOGS OF WAR 

4) DROWNING NUT 

5) FIREWORKS 

6) MARRIAGE IS FOR… 

7) MOTH 

8) PEE-NUT 

9) PRANK CALL 

10) ROGUE PEANUT 


ANIMATION 

THE PEOPLE AND THE 

WHALE 

Dir: Peter Larsson / 5’47 / Sweden / colour / MiniDV (animation / comedy) 

A whale has stranded on a beach and the people go there to watch 

the spectacle. It becomes a very special afternoon for all involved 

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ANIMATION 

PLEASE SAY 

SOMETHING 

Dir: David O’Reilly / 10’00 / Ireland / 2008 / Colour / HD digital / (animation/fiction) 

A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant 

Future. 

• Winner, Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival 2009 

• Best Animated Film, German Short Film Award 2009 

• Special Distinction Award, Annecy Film Festival 2009 

ANIMATION 

PRAYERS FOR PEACE 

Dir: Dustin Grella / 7’28 / USA / 2009 / colour / HD (drawn animation/ Fiction) 

Confronts the memory of the artist’s younger brother killed in the current 

conflict in Iraq. 

• Best Animation, Cinema City International Film Festival 2009 

• Best Short Film, Utopia Film Festival 2009 

• DOK Leipzig, 2009 

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ANIMATION 

RABBIT PUNCH 

Dir: Kristian Andrews / 5’34 / UK / 2008 / colour / (animation / fiction) 

Nothing happens where we live so we do special ops. 

• 4mations Emerging Talent 

ANIMATION 

ROOF SEX 

Dir: PES / 1’10 / USA / 2001 / colour / Digital (animation / comedy) 

XXX “chair-on-chair” action!! 

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ANIMATION 

SHE WHO MEASURES 

Dir: Veljko Popoviç / 6’50 / Croatia / 2008 / colour / Digital (animation / experimental fic- 

tion) 

Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed 

products of the society we live in? 

• Special Mention, Animafest Croatia 2008 

• Winner, Fripesci Award, Annecy 2008 

ANIMATION 

SKIP AND LESTER 

Dir: Lance Myers / 2’13 / USA / 2009 / colour / Digital (animation / comedy) 

It’s Lester’s first day on the job at Copy-O’s copy shop and his boss, Skip, 

has given him just one direction - - Don’t let anyone use the big paper 

cutter in the back! 

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ANIMATION 

STUBBLE TROUBLE 

Dir: Joseph Meredith / 3’57 / USA / 2000 / colour (drawn animation / comedy) 

A lovelorn caveman fights a losing battle with his hyperactive beard in 

pursuit of love. 

• Academy Award, Best Animated Short Film, Nominated 2002 

• Best Animation (2nd Place) Palm Springs International Short Film 

• Festival 2000 

• Best Animation, Annie Awards, Nominated 2002 

ANIMATION 

SUBA 

Dir: Alastair Graham / 4’00 / UK / 2005 / colour (animation / adventure) 

Based on the work of composer Mitar Subotic (Suba), this animated 

short follows a robot invading the rainforest and opposing another 

machine summoned by the natives. The story refers to the civil war in 

the former Yugoslavia. 

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ANIMATION 

SUBSIDIZED FATE 

Dir: Lance Myers / 5’00 / USA / 2003 / colour (animation / thriller) 

A man unquestioningly follows bright signs lit up with neon lights, but 

when they guide him into a strangers bedroom things get out of hand… 

• Special Jury Award, SXSW Film Festival 2004 

ANIMATION 

SUKKI’S STORY 

Dir: Thomas Leung / 5’00 / Australia / 2005 / colour / Beta (animation / fiction) 

‘Sukki’s Story’ reflects on Thomas Leung’s changing relationship with his 

mother when he leaves Hong Kong to start his new life in a new country. 

• Best Sound Design, Victorian Student Animation Festival 2005 

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ANIMATION 

SWEET DREAMS 

Dir: Kirsten Lepore / 10’00 / USA / 2009 / colour (animation / adventure) 

A cupcake builds a boat of sugar cubes and sails into the unknown. 

When a storm washes him up on a strange alien inhabited by 

vegetables, he befriends the vegetables and falls in love with a 

butternut squash. The vegetables build him a new ship so he can sail 

home, and the squash gives him some seeds to plant. When he gets 

home another storm washes his town away, but he uses the fruits of the 

squash’s seeds, along with the skills he learned from the vegetables, to 

save his friends and build a new town. 

ANIMATION 

TALES OF MERE 

EXISTENCE [Series of 6] 

Dir: Lev / USA / 2006 / B&W (animation / comedy) 

1) THE COOL GUYS (1’46) Lev knows The Cool Guys won’t be so cool after 

high school is over... will they? 

2) HAIRCUT (0’51)You never know when a good haircut will come in handy. 

3) HORNY (1’19) Lev lists the things that make him feel horny. 

4) HOW I SIT ON THE BUS (2’10) Lev is challenged with sitting the way a guy 

should sit on public transportation. 

5) PICKLE (0’39) Lev recalls when he tested his heterosexuality with a pickle. 

6) PROCRASTINATION (1’13) Lev has a lot of stuff to get done. He will start 

getting his stuff done... in a minute. 


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ANIMATION 

THIS WAY UP 

Dir: Smith & Foulkes / 9’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / (animation/comedy) 

When a falling boulder flattens their hearse, A T Shank & Son have a 

bad day, as they make their way cross-country with just a coffin for 

company. 

• Academy Award, Best Animated Short Film, Nominated 2009 

• Best Animation, Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008 

• Best Animated Short, Palm Springs Film Festival 2009 

ANIMATION 

T.O.M. 

Dir: Tom Brown & Daniel Gray / 3’30 / UK / colour / HD (animation / comedy) 

A young boys journey… 

• Cartoon D’or, Finalist, 2007 

• Sundance Film Festival, Honourable Mention, 2007 

• Special Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2007 

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ANIMATION 

VIZEN 

Dir: Fruzsina Gaal / 3’56 / Hungary / 2007 (animation / comedy) 

A couple are sitting in a boat having their everyday arguments about 

their relationship when jealousy turns fish and birds into men... 

• Winner of Best Animation, Szemletek festival, 2007 

• Offical Selection, London Film Festical, 2008 

ANIMATION 

WAKE UP 

Dirs: Vessela Dantcheva and Ivan Bogdanov / 3’00 / The Netherlands / 2002 / 

(non-dialogue / animation comedy) 

The interaction between a lazy cat and a hyperactive bird. 

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ANIMATION 

WAKE UP, FREAK OUT, 

THEN GET A GRIP 

Dir: Leo Murray/ 11`50 / UK / 2008 (animation) 

Chalk and talk promoting citizen’s understanding of ‘tipping points’ and 

‘feedbacks’ in the Earth’s climate systems. It’s much, much later than 

you think. 

ANIMATION 

WANTED 

Dir: Damien Jones / 2’21 / UK / 2009 / colour / Digital (animation / comedy) 

An extraordinarily lucky bandit and his horse narrowly escape the 

gallows. 

• Animated Exeter, 2009 

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ANIMATION 

WESTERN SPAGHETTI 

Dir: Pes / 1’44 / USA / 2009 / colour / Digital (stop motion animation) 

Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to 

cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography. 

• Sundance Film Festival, Honorable Mention, 2009 

• Audience Award, Annecy Animation Festival 2009 

• TIME Magazine’s #2 Viral Film of the Year, 2009 

ANIMATION 

WISH 

Dirs: Vessela Dantcheva and Ivan Bogdanov / 2’20 / The Netherlands / 2004 / (non-dia- 

logue/animation) 

The melancholic film follows an unlucky lonesome creature and his 

attempts to find a guardian angel. 

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ANIMATION 

WITHOUT YOU 

Dir Tal Rosner / 4’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / HD digital (animation / experimental) 

A visual exploration of London’s industrial suburbia. Following colours 

and surfaces into abstraction, the film reveals the complexity of 

apparently simple forms. 

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BLACK DOG 

Dir: Ian Fenton / 14’00 / 2006 / UK / colour (fiction) 

When Chris is sent across the city to take a tonic to his ailing 

Grandfather, he finds himself on a chilling journey of self-discovery in 

this audacious re-imagining of a classic fairytale. 

• North Star Prize, Northern Lights Film Festival 2006 


THE HANDYMAN 

Dir: Simon Rumley / 15’16 / UK USA / 2006 (live action / fiction) 

A serial killer is on the loose and a lone woman employs a handyman to 

work on her farm. 

• Best Film, Sitges Film Festival 2006 

• Best Fiction, LA Shorts, Nominated 2006 

• Best of the Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival 2006 

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I’LL SEE YOU IN MY 

DREAMS 

Dir: Miguel Angel Vivas / 20’00 / Portugal / 2003 / colour (horror) 

In a town filled with the undead, only one man seems to be able to 

stop them. That man is Lúcio, a worker whose wife recently turned into 

a zombie, forcing him to keep her locked in the basement. In a local 

tavern he finds a second shot at true love, but this blooming romance is 

threatened by the situation plaguing the town. 

• International Fantasy Film Award, Fantasporto 2004 

• Grand Prize, European Fantasy Short Film, Amsterdam Fantastic Film 

Festival 2004 

• Best Portuguese Film, Algarve International Film Festival 2005 


SKELETONS IN THE 

CLOSET 

Dir: Ulrik Friberg / 10’00 / Sweden / 2007 (live action / suspense) 

A woman and a man wake up on the floor in a musty flat, remembering 

nothing of who they are or why they are there. As they try to piece 

together how they ended up in this situation, their brutal, clumsy, and 

yet erotic nature is revealed - but at what cost? 

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THERE ARE MONSTERS 

Dir: Jay Dahl / 10’ / Canada / 2008 (live action / horror) 

There’s something that’s just not right in this small Canadian town. 

• London Film Festival 2008 

• Atlantic Film Festival 2008 

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I WANT MORE 

Dir: Dan Gordon / 3`17 / UK / 2004 

An energetic music video 


LITTLE BIG LOVE 

Dir: Thomas Mankovsky / 8’12 / Sweden / 2004 / colour (stop frame animation) 

Love is hard when you’re a little robot in a big world 

• Best Swedish Film, Stockholm International Film Festival 2004 

• Winner, The November Festival 2004 

• Winner, Young Swedish Design 2004 

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QUIETSCH 

Dir: Baran Bo Odar / 6’11 / Germany / 2005 / colour / HD (music video) 

A musical of sorts, one with noises, creaking beds and three unruly kids. 

• First Prize, Film festival Zlin 2005 

• Special Jury Mention, Schweriner 2005 

• Special Jury Mention, Filmfestival Raunschweig 2005 


SORRY I’M LATE 

Dir: Thomas Mankovsky / 3’12 / UK / 2003 / colour (animation / adventure) 

A young man misses his bus, and goes on an incredible journey to 

reach his destination. 

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BUTTERFLIES 

Dir: Cormac Faulkner / 12’40 / UK / 2007 / color (animation / experimental) 

‘Butterflies’ was created through a series of workshops with adults with 

learning difficulties in Coventry, who were creating artworks inspired by 

butterflies. The film is a series of studies of some of the participants as 

they work, and it is inspired by the artworks that they created. 

• First Prize, EU XXL Film Mobile Award, 2009 


COPY CITY 

Dir: Denise Hauser/ 4’36 / UK / 2008 / color (experimental) 

Copy City is an experimental exploration into marginal worlds, having 

its roots in the new media development, Web 2.0 and real/virtual life. 

• Best of Emagiciens, 2008 

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HIGH PLAINS WINTER 

Dir: Cindy Stillwell / 9’47 / USA / 2006 / B&W (live action / experimental) 

High Plains Winter is an attempt to understand what becomes of the 

human spirit in a vast, wintry landscape. Through color and black and 

white super 8 and 16mm images of snowscapes traversed by largescale 

powerlines, small strings of feeding cattle, and the occasional 

grain bin dotting the whiteness, humans find a way to leave traces in 

what very often seems an environment hostile to their existence. 

• Best Experimental Film, Rural Route Film Festival, New York 2006 

• Winner, Judges Award, San Diego Women Film Festival 2006 


HUTTE 

Dir: Philipp Hirsch / 3’48 / Germany / 2005 / color (experimental) 

A cottage on the water in the claws of a spoiler; a metaphor for 

ephemerality and childish malevolence. 

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INSIDE 

Dir: Philip Hirsch / 6’40 / Germany / 2005 / color / DV (experimental) 

Dazzling camera work through water and forest gives a dizzying sense 

of a young woman’s perspective as she flits in and out of consciousness. 


KINETIC SANDWICH 

Dir: Eric Dyer / 2’45 / USA / 2002 / colour (experimental / animation) 

Through a process that converts mass into time, Kinetic Sandwich 

explores the secret motion hidden in an everyday object. 

• Best Animated Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival 

• Best Experimental Film, Red Bank International Film Festival 

• Best Experimental Video, MicrocineFest 

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IMMERSE 

Dir: Anton Groves / 2’00 / ROMANIA / 2008 / colour (animation / experimental) 

This effervescent short plays with the idea of creatively questioning the 

microscopic level of existence, the ‘inner space’ that exists all around us 

but that we are unable to see. 

• Winner Best Film, Film Minute Festival 2008 


KAMOGAWA 

Dir: Aline Helmcke / 4’00 / UK / 2008 / B&W (experimental) 

A two-screen-projection depicting various incidents around the bridges 

of Kamo River in Kyoto; ‘Kamogawa’ explores the relationship between 

still and moving images. 

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MANDERLAY 

Dir: Paul Barritt / 3’02 / UK /2006 (animation / experimental) 

The narration of a nightmare with goatmen baby ballerinas, a toothfairy 

without a face, scissors and other horrific participants. 


NUMERICAL 

ENGAGEMENTS 

Dir: Chelsea Walton / 3’53 / USA / 2004 / color / 16mm (live action / experimental) 

This hand-processed, optically printed love poem explores an 

intimate, roaming rendezvous. Lush and colorful, the rhythm of editing 

resembles a heartbeat. 

• Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, 2004 

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RABBIT STORIES 

Dir: Sean Conway / 8’35 / UK / 2006 (live action / experimental) 

Rabbit Stories is a study of mental illness: a portrait of a young 

schizophrenic man called Fenton Fuller. 

• Finalist, BBC New Filmmakers Award 

• Best Experimental Film, Lux, Nominated 2006 


SOLACE 

Dir: Jared Katsiane / 11’19 / USA / 2006 (live action / experimental) 

A teenager wanders his neighborhood, drifting in and out of the lives of 

friends and strangers 

• Silver Mikeldi, Bilbao Int’l Festival of Short Film and Documentary 2005 

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SUPERHERO 

Dir: Jared Katsiane / 4’00 / USA / 2006 (live action / experimental) 

A young boy waits at a bus stop, drawing his ideal self as a superhero 


WALKING 

Dir: Alexandre Bayle / 5’25 / France / (animation / experimental) 

Following someone’s footsteps through a sound- journey in the heart of 

a city where sound is light 

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ENVIRONMENTAL 

BICYCLE MESSENGERS 

Dir: Joshua Frankel / 5’08 / USA / 2006 / colour (animation / documentary) 

Animated Bicycle messengers weave between the live 

action streets of New York City, highlighting the peculiar relationship 

between messengers and the contemporary city in which they operate. 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

CHEAT NEUTRAL 

Dir: Beth Stratford/ 12’42 / UK / 2007 / colour (documentary / live action) 

From the high street to the houses of Parliament, cheatneutral.com 

sparks an important debate about the inadequacies of carbon 

offsetting. 

• Winner, Best Documentary, Rushes Film Festival 2007 

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ENVIRONMENTAL 

CO2 OR YOU? 

Dir:Tama Gempton / 1’00 / Canada / 2007 / color / 16mm/HD (live action/experimental) 

With climate change becoming a reality, humanity’s faith in technology 

to solve our climate problems is challenged by our inability to give up 

on harmful technologies. 

• Ecofilms, 2008 

• Cine’Eco International Festival, 2008 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

GUILTY BY NATURE 

Dir: Joseph Barnett / 9’20 / UK / 2006 / color / HD (experimental / nature) 

Set on a militant horticultural nursery, Guilty By Nature follows the life 

cycle of a wild and vigorous shrub; exploring ideas of individuality and 

persecution. The film is shot with extreme close-ups, varied frame rates 

and an exaggerated soundscape. 

• Best Experimental Film, London Short Film Festival 2007 

• Best Experimental Film, Concorto Film Festival 2007 

• Edinburgh International Film Festival 2006 

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ENVIRONMENTAL 

SHED 

Dir: Paul Barritt / 1’34 / UK / 2006 (animation / experimental) 

Children play “I can see you...” 

• Professional Category, Darklight Film Festival 2006 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

UNBEARABLE HEAT 

Dir: Paul Barritt / 3’39 / UK / 2006 / colour (animation, experimental) 

The nightmarish narration of an extreme drought in the city. 

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SPORTS 

ALPTRAUM 

Dir: This Luscher / 3’00 / Switzerland / 2007 / colour / Film (live action – comedy) 

In the Swiss Alps, a man watches the finals of the EURO 2008 with 

Switzerland playing. Just before the game ends there’s a heavy bang 

and the TV turns black. The man soon discovers that the ball from 

the game is stuck in his satellite dish; suddenly HE is in control of the 

outcome of the game. 

• Zurich Film Festival 

• Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (DE) 

• Fest. Int. Du Court Métrange Clermont Ferrand (FR) 

SPORTS 

L’ARBITRO 

Dir:Paolo Zucca / 15’00 / Italy / 2008 / B&W / Digibeta (live action / comedy) 

In the hellish mayhem of a lowest division football match, the destinies 

of two thieves cross paths 

• Special Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2009 

• Best Short Film, David di Donatello, Rome 2009 

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SPORTS 

LIBRE INDIRECTO 

Dir: Juanjo Gimenez / 10’00 / Spain / 1997 / colour / 35mm (live action / comedy) 

During a regional soccer game, a goalkeeper is sent off from the 

game. A very special supporter will cheer up the substitute the rest of 

the match. 

• Canal+ Short Film Award, Festival Montpellier 1997 

• Special Jury Prize, Nuremberg Festival 1998 

• Los Angeles Shorts Film Festival 

SPORTS 

LOVESPORT 


Dir: Grant Orchard / 10 x 2’00 / UK / 2007 / colour / digital (animation / comedy) 

For all you Hoppers, Skippers, Jumpers, Kickers, Throwers, Shooters, 

Divers and Climbers, this is the series for you. 

ALL IN WRESTLING / BASKETBALL / BIG GAME HUNTING / DOMINOES / HIGH 

DIVING / MOUNTAINEERING / PAINTBALLING / PARK FOOTBALL / PING PONG 

/ SKI JUMPING / SUMO / THE DOGS 


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SPORTS 

MAXIMA PENA 

Dir: Juanjo Gimenez / 11’00 / Spain / 2005 / color / 35mm (live action / comedy) 

During a regional football match, the trainer tries to guide his team, 

instead of attending his father’s funeral. 

• Best Comedy, Los Angeles Intl. Shorts Film Festival, Nominated 2006 

• Audience Award, Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier 2006 

• Chicago International Film Festival 

SPORTS 

MENTAL BLOCK 

Dir: Karen Palmer / 3’00 / UK / 2008 / colour / DV (live action/documentary) 

Mental barriers can be just as formidable as physical ones, especially in 

the world of free running. 

• Finalist, IFC.com Documentary Competition, 2008 

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SPORTS 

PERFORMER 

Dir: Olaf Wendt / 3’39 / UK / 2006 (live action/ fiction) 

A man runs through a forest. Another figure runs in the distance. They 

chase each other through a series of enviroment’s and through ever 

increasing obstacles. Finally they face each other head-to-head... 

• Honorary Award, Sopot Film Festival 2006 

• Seahorse Award, Moondance 2006 

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