Strasbourg International Film Festival

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Le Strasbourg International Film Festival se déroule du 28 août au 6 septembre et a pour mission de montrer le travail de réalisateurs nouveaux et émergeants,créatifs, non-conformistes, originaux et indépendants dans tous les genres, notamment dans le registre des films expérimentaux et avant-gardistes ainsi que des films plus traditionnels : drames, thrillers, comédies romantiques, documentaires originaux, films d’animations uniques.

Certains realisateurs présenteront leurs films suivis de questions-réponses du style “Quiz”, relayés par des débats, projections hors-compétition … Avec Brunchs en compagnie de ces mêmes réalisateurs.

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Programme des courts-métrages pour les festival de 2009.
Plus de 160 courts-métrages et deux longs...
Plus de 20 thème de tous les genres seront projetés,

> Les deux longs-métrages sont les suivants:

The Vicious Kind / USA (Directed by: Lee Krieger) 91 mins - 2009 - “The Vicious Kind” est un regard noir et comique à la relation entre deux frères, au père qui essaie de rapprocher ses fils, et à une jeune femme qui s’interpose entre les trois. L’histoire commence quand Caleb Sinclaire ammène à contrecoeur son frère Peter et sa nouvelle amie Emma à la maison pour la fête de l’Action de Grâce. Caleb qui s’est récemment séparé de son amie de longue date et qui craint les relations inter-personnelles, avertie Peter que Emma va finir par le blesser, mais il ne peut l’empêcher d’être attiré par elle. À mesure que son engouement pour Emma augnemente, il doit choisir entre agir selon ses sentiments ou protéger le premier amour de son frère.) International Premiere

ANYWHERE USA: An American Portrait/ USA [Directed by CHUSY (Anthony Haney-Jardine)] 107 mins - 2008 - ANYWHERE, USA transforme tout public en une foulle de gens ravis et ricanant. Les acteurs amateurs nous rappel de ce que veut dire le mot 'amateur' d'origine: le fait d'aimer. Aussi drôle, provocateur, osé et carrément fou que Chusy et ses acteurs le sont, le sentiment que ce film vient de leur amour propre -- l'amour de l'étrange, l'amour de l'idée inéxpliquable, l'amour du privilège de la tournage des films -- a été une des éxperiences les plus boulversantes du Sundance Film Festival. Ca me rappel la joie de m'assoir dans une salle avec un bande d'incconus pendant que tout le monde rigole hystériquement." Quentin Tarantino) - International Premiere

> Et puis la longue liste des cours.

Shoebox Redhead / USA (Directed by Matthew Lawrence) 15 mins - 2007 - A magical polaroid camera takes a heartbroken 20-something, his scatty friend, and a sardonic clown on an offbeat adventure to find a mysterious redhead. (Un appareil photo ammène un mec avec la vingtaine et un coeur brise et ses deux amis sur l'adventure de leurs vies.) - International Premiere

Sperfect / USA/Italy, USA (Directed by Jeffrey Dechausse, 1st Project) 13 mins - 2009 - There is nothing more important in life than love. When Gerry loses Monica to their handy plumber, it does more than break his heart – it drives him right over the edge. Now, with nothing left to lose, he will do anything to get her back – including kidnapping, robbery and various other federal offenses. - French Premiere

SLAP / Canada (Directed by Frieda Luk) 4 mins - 2008 - God is a drag queen. (C'est un rencontre hors d'ordinaire: entre Paul, un genre suicidaire et le Dieu, un tranvesti. ) - French Premiere

(EN)TERRADOS / (buried) over the roofs / (enterrés) sur les toits / Spain (Directed by ÀLEX LORA CERCÓS) 11 mins - 2009 - In a city... year 2010... (Dans un ville...) - French Premiere

The Fairy Princess / USA (Directed by Stephen Lyman) 14 mins - 2009 - In a quiet suburban community on Halloween night, a seemingly friendly neighbor grabs a little girl dressed on as a fairy, but who tricked who? - International Premiere

You're Outta Here / USA (Directed by George Griffin) 3 mins - 2009 - A spunky descendant of Betty Boop tells her no-good boyfriend to hit the road, to the stride rhythms of Fats Waller's 'The Minor Drag,' reinvented as 'You're Outa Here.' Feather (the lyricist and singer) produced; George Griffin, 'the quintessential independent American animator,' directed. A modern Soundie. - Mainland European Premiere

Death in Charge / USA (Directed by Devi Snively, AFI) 14 mins - 2008 - The Grim Reaper is mistaken for a babysitter and learns a thing or two about life. (La mort est pris pour un babysitter et apprend quelques trucs sur la vie. - French Premiere

Support / Iceland (Directed by Borkur Sigthorsson) 2 mins - 2008

WHITE BREAD / Australia (Directed by Luc Anthony) 13 mins - 2008 - In the lead up to Australia's 1988 Bicentenary celebrations 8yr old Julian suspects his family are keeping something from him. His innocence and fascination with Aboriginal Dreamtime stories propel him on a curious journey of self discovery. (Dans l'amener aux 1988 vieux Julian suspects bicentenaires des célébrations 9yr sa famille maintiennent quelque chose de lui, son innocence et la fascination avec des histoires de dreamtime le propulsent sur un voyage curieux de découverte d'individu.) - International Premiere

600 /China (Directed by James Z. Feng) 7 mins - 2008 - A journey about a fresh college-grad who goes oversees on vacation and ending up staying there for a long time and the identity crisis he faces as a result of his prolong stay. - Mainland European Premiere

Transarabic Express / United Arab Emirates/Spain, United Arab Emirates (Directed by Cesar Espada) 6 mins - 2009 - Two men wake up. They get up, put on some make up and women clothes, get on a car, where they talk and interpret the dream one of them had the night before, while they are being driven towards... (Deux hommes qui dorment ensemble se reveillent dans un pays arabe. Ils se levent, se maquillent, mettent des vetements de femme et sortent de l'apartement. Ils montend dans une voiture ou ils se livrent a l'interpretation du reve que l'un d'eux a eu la nuit avant pendant qu'ils sont conduits vers... ) - World Premiere

Help / USA (Directed by Val Lauren, 1st Project) 38 mins - 2008 - Follow Roman on the night that he embarks on a desperate mission to save his dying mother's life. (Suivez romaine dans la nuit qu'il se lance dans une mission désespérée pour sauver sa mère mourante de la vie.) - European Premiere

Gargoyle / South Africa (Directed by Kelsey Egan, 1st Project) 25 mins - 2009 - A security guard by day, Themba supplements his meager income with crime in order to support his younger brother, only to discover that his most recent victim is his brother's favorite teacher. - French Premiere

Chasmogamy / UK (Directed by Marinella Setti) 8 mins - 2008 - A modern parable about conflict,set in the cultural melting-pot of London and featuring various characters going through the daily grind of a rush-hour bus ride. (Une parabole moderne à propos de conflits culturels situé dans le melting-pot londonien avec des personnages coincés dans un bus à l'heure de pointe... ) - French Premiere

FOT-The next big thing / New Zealand (Directed by Alex Dron) 9 mins - 2009 - Following the 'Big game', FOT reinforces his awesomeness to all concerned. Featuring Rhys Darby (Murray off Flight of the Conchords) - European Premiere

The Escort / USA (Directed by Clare Holman, 1st Project) 17 mins - 2008 - When Lesley, a chaperone for young offenders, promises to help a young prostitute, she unwittingly brings danger into her home, forcing her to choose between her children or her career. - Mainland European Premiere

You / Japan/UK (Directed by Mikito Kyo) 21 mins - 2008 - The story is an attempt to capture a fleeting relationship in the modern society we exist. (L'histoire essaye faire passer le message d'une relation brève dans la société dans laquel on vit. )- French Premiere

KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER / UK (Directed by Tony Grisoni, 1st Project) 22 mins - 2008 - The moon looks down. A stranger arrives in the city looking for work, love and respect. We travel with him; briefly dipping into other lives, treading a tragically inevitable road that leads him back to the beginning. (La lune surplombe la ville. Un étranger vient d'y pénétrer, y recherchant travail, amour et respect. Nous plongeons avec lui parmi les rencontres et les découvertes, en suivant son chemin tragique,qui le ramène inévitablement au tout début de son parcours.)

Jenny Got A Boob Job / USA (Directed by Lon Diamond, 1st Project) 18 mins - 2008 - A high school girl enters the hospital for an emergency toncillectomy and is accidentally given a Double-D Boob Job.(Une lycéenne va à l'hopital pour une opération en urgence et se retrouve avec des seins refaits en taille 'e'.) - International Premiere

Body Job / USA (Directed by Joanne Nerenberg, 1st Project) 10 mins - 2008 - Body Job is a fast-paced meditation on inspired physicality in the workplace. It is a profile of three people who transform their jobs with active bodies. (Body Job est une meditation rapide sur l'activité corporal dans la lieu de travaille. Ca fait le profile de trois personnes qui transforment jeurs boulots avec des corps actifs.) - International Premiere

Clocked / UK (Directed by Michael Sharck) 13 mins - 2008 - How far would you go to help your dying mother? Would you lie, steal, risk your life? How far would you go if you knew she was lying? (Vous feriez quoi pour votre mère mourrante? Vous mentiriez, voleriez, vous risqueriez la vie? Vous iriez jusqu'où si vous aviez qu'elle mentait?)- Mainland European Premiere

True Beauty This Night / USA (Directed by Peter Besson) 10 mins - 2009 - Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met... (Hier soir, Rhett Somers a rencontré l'amour de sa vie. Maintenant il ne rest que de lui en convaincre. Pas facile à faire vu la façon d'ont ils se sont rencontrés.) - French Premiere

Holiday in Abkhazia / Abkhazia (Georgia), Russia, Italy, Germany/Germany (Directed by Fabian Muir) 8 mins - 2009 - World Premiere

(They Are) Hard, Wet & Synchronized / USA (Directed by Annika Kurnick) 3 mins - 2008 - An extreme gang of synchronized swimmers commandeer a local pool. (Un gang de nageuses synchronisées réquisitionnent la piscine du quartier. ) - World Premiere

Rock Lobster / Australia (Directed by Amy Handley) 7 mins - 2009 - Can love draw Wayne out of his shell? (Est-ce que l'amour peut rendre Wayne moins timide?)

Agenzia Immobiliare (Real Estate Agency) / Italy (Directed by Stefano Quaglia) 9 mins - 2009 - Have you ever tried to look for a flat? Ever had dealings with an estate agent? Ever experienced an irrepressible sense of impotence at the sight of extremely bright basement flats and unrepeatable bargains hat will force you to leave the mortgage to your heirs? If you've decided not to give in, welcome to the club. (Vous vous êtes déjà retrouvé en recherche d'un appart? Vous avez déjà senti la resistance contre les appartements sans luimière naturelle à des prix impardonnables qui vous foreront de laisser à vos enfants des dettes? Si vous avez décidé d'y résiter, bienvenu au club.)

Beware of Bear / Greece (Directed by Victoria Vellopoulou) 19 mins - 2008 - Angelos, photographer for a nature magazine, arrives in a remote village in Epirus to do a story. The inhabitants of the village are guarded towards him. And things get worse when he finds out that a wild beast, a bear, roams the surrounding woods and has already killed one person. As Angelos wanders in the woods he doesn’t discover the bear but things that maybe he shouldn’t have… (Angélos, photographe pour une revue écologique, se rend dans un village reculé d’Épire pour y réaliser un reportage. L’accueil des villageois est plutôt froid. Et les choses empirent quand il apprend qu’un fauve, en l’occurrence un ours, sévit dans le coin et a déjà tué un homme. Rôdant dans les bois, Angélos ne découvrira pas la moindre trace de plantigrade mais sera temoin de choses qui étaient censées lui échapper… ) - French Premiere

The Last Page / USA (Directed by Kevin Acevedo, 1st Project) 21 mins - 2008 - A tortured author struggles to overcome writer's block and is propelled into a bizarre series of events. (Un auteur torturé lutte pour surmonter son angoisse de la page blanc lui faisant vivre quelques instants étranges.) - Regional Premiere

Yamanote Line / Japan, USA/USA (Directed by Ark Mu/Thomas Takemoto-Chock) 15 mins - 2008 - Two American men go to the city of Tokyo in searching for something that they have lost. (Deux americains vont à Tokyo en recherche de quelques chose qu'ils ont perdus.)

Sands In The Glass / USA (Directed by Tatsushi Tahara, 1st Project) 3 mins - 2009 - Originally filmed in 16mm black and white, Music Video of the song 'Sands In The Glass' from the wacky, wonderful and virtuosic NYC performance band The Renaldo The Ensemble. (Clip de “Sands in the Glass” (Sablier) filmé en Novembre, 2008, joué par le groupe bizarre, merveilleux, virtuose New-Yorkais « The Renaldo The Ensemble » . Filmé en noir/blanc sur 16mm, transféré en digital pour le découpage.) - Regional Premiere

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams / USA (Directed by Nicolas Delgado, UCLA, Narration by Christopher Lloyd and John Lithgow) 26 mins - 2009 - Eight year-old Lavender Williams, who recently lost her mother to cancer, sets off on an epic journey to find her Dad, whom she's never met. Her only companion is Lester, her late pet who’s returned from the grave to help her. But the journey won’t be easy for the girl and her zombie dog, for the evil presence of Sheriff Murdstone stalks them at every turn… (Huit ans Lavande Williams, qui a récemment perdu sa mère au cancer, placent au loin sur un voyage épique pour trouver son papa, qu'elle n'est jamais rencontré. Son seulement compagnon est Lester, elle l'animal familier en retard qui est retourné de la tombe pour l'aider. Mais le voyage ne sera pas facile pour la fille et son chien de zombi, pour la présence mauvaise du shérif Murdstone les égrappe à chaque tour. ) - _French Premiere_

The Lift / UK (Directed by Kenny Evans) 28 mins - 2009 - Hell isn't always down... (L'enfer ne se situe pas toujours vers le bas.) - World Premiere

Lucinda, Serena, and Marca Get High / USA (Directed by Jesse Bonderman, 1st Project) 14 mins - 2008 - Reality is turned upside down when three desperate but indomitable women experiment with a mysterious drug. (La réalité s'inverse quand trois femmes déséspérés mais indopmtables éxperiementent avec une droque mystérieux.) - World Premiere

Blink / USA (Directed by Silas Howard) 12 mins - 2008 - Rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the weight of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers. (Une analyse des dangers des premiers amours, d'une flingue propre et son poids et des habitudes des holothuries.)

Protect Me From What I Want / UK (Directed by Dominic Leclerc) 12 mins - 2008 - Daz is looking for love. Saleem is looking for sex. Cruising at an underground archway, these two young men meet and connect. Back at Daz' bedsit, Saleem embarks on a dangerous, thrilling sexual adventure. Both characters’ very different worlds overlap and collide to tell a tale of loneliness and longing in a city late at night. (Daz recherche l'amour. Saleem recherche le sexe. Comme ils draguent sous un passage arqué souterrain, les deux se réunissent et se relient. Chez le bedsit de Daz, Saleem s'embarque sur une aventure sexuelle dangereuse et excitante. Les mondes disparates de les deux caractères se heurtent pour indiquer un conte de solitude et de désir ardent dans une ville tard la nuit.) - International Premiere

Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn / USA (Directed by Ragnar Freidank) 37 mins - 2008 - Based on the diary written by 80-year-old Jessie Singer Sylvester between 1976 and1978, we enter an ordinary life full of undiscovered riches. (Trouver un logement dans la métropole n'est plus possible. Trois personnages cherchent une alternative pour déceler un endroit où reposer en paix...) - French Premiere

Catastrophe Tourists / USA (Directed by Tamas Bojtor) 6 mins - 2008 - A helpful travel warning from the Kremlin about the Chernobyl accident site. (Un avertissement utile de Kremlin au sujet de Chernobyl et y rendant visite.)

And Thou Shalt Love / Isreal (Directed by Chaim Elbaum) 6 mins - 2009 - Ohad, who is studying in the special "Hesder" program for orthodox soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, experiences profound loneliness while he conceals from others that he is gay. After calling a religious hotline for advice, Ohad is convinced that he is "cured". Then Ohad's study partner Nir returns from the army. Ohad finds he can no longer evade the difficult questions, both within himself, and between himself and God. - French Premiere

Patience of the Memory/ Geduld der Erinnerung/La patience de la mémoire / Spain/Germany (Directed by Vuk Jevremovic) 7 mins - 2008 - The memory of Dresden, the city which was the most painted and destroyed in the last century. (La memoire de Dresden, la ville la plus peinte et détruite depuis une centaine d'années.)_ - French Premiere

King of the Ring / USA (Directed by Joseph Taranto) 5 mins - 2008 - The ultimate glory of victory and the total brutality of defeat are closely scrutinized in this edgy expose of an unexpected athlete at the pinnacle of her game. - International Premiere

Panta Rhei / USA/Poland (Directed by Marcin Gizycki) 3 mins - 2008 - An improvised abstract film, painted with brushes and water, set to Jelly Roll Morton’s music. (Un film abstract et improvisé, peint avevc des pinceaus et de l'eau, montré avec la musique de Roll Morton.) - Western European Premiere

echtZEIT - ist doch nur ein Spiel… (realTIME - it's just a game...) / Germany (Directed by Florian Metzner & Helge Balzer) 15 mins - 2008 - Confront a part of yourself you always hoped would not exist! (Confrontez une partie de vous-même vous avez toujour éspéré n'éxistait pas!) - French Premiere

Animales Domésticos/Domestic Animals / Peru (Directed by Brian Jacobs) 20 mins - 2009 - A maid does the housework: she cleans the toilet, polishes the living room, makes dinner, does the laundry. In the meantime, she secretly desires the teenager of the house where she works. He doesn’t even notice her presence. Accompanied by the routine that sees her days go by, the maid longs for the moment in which her luck will change. (Une bonne fait le ménage, nettoit les toilettes, cuisine le dîner et fait la lavage. Entretemps, elle a une désir caché pour l'adolecent habitant dans l'appartement où elle travaille. Il ne la remarque même pas. Accomagné par sa vie quotidien, la bonne espère que sa chance va changer.) - Regional Premiere

Standard Deviation / USA (Directed by Christopher Brannan/David Randag, 1st Project) 39 mins - 2008 - Standard Deviation is a documentary film about Billy Cottrell, the brilliant young physicist turned ecoterrorist. (Standard Deviation est un documentaire au sujet de Billy Cottrell, le jeune physiste devenu ecoterroriste.) - International Premiere

CannibAlien / Japan (Directed by David Kame Tsai) 33 mins - 2008 - In this future vision of Planet Earth, aliens have taken over and begun to eat humans. These 'CannibAliens' find human dishes to be very tasty. (C'est l'histoire de l'avenir proche.… Jour après jour, Les tres humains seraient mangés par 'Cannibalian' .)

The Snow Princess / USA (Directed by Audrey Holland) 7 mins - 2008 - Snow Princess Gwyneira has spent an eternity dreaming of the World of Spring, but one has to be careful what you wish for! When Gwyneira tumbles down her mountain top into this exotic world she will find adventure and a new friend, but at what cost? - Mainland European Premiere

Staubkaskade (The Cascade and its Dust) / Germany (Directed by Stefan Pautze) 4 mins - 2008 - Fractals provide the mathematical tool set to describe the complex structures of nature. They even might represent one of its main principles. - Regional Premiere

Corridors of Echoes / Japan, USA/USA (Directed by Tatsushi Tahara) 9 mins - 2008 - An experimental ghost film shot in Japan. Work that exercises the core essence of black and white cinematography - lights and shadows - Regional Premiere

The Last Dragon Kingdom / Bhutan/USA (Directed by Aine Carey/David Emery) 7 mins - 2009 - We have created a short film which is a visual "meditation" on Bhutan; the land, its people, and the impact of the changes that are occurring there.

Absorbed / USA (Directed by Lee Bishop) 1 min - 2008 - Don't blink, you'll miss something! Fast and funny music video self-portrait of the filmmaker in her element. (Fermez pas les yeux, vous manquerez quelque chose! Un clip de musique drôle de la réalisatrice dans son élément.)- International Premiere

Domestic Flight / UK (Directed by Julie Edwards) 16 mins - 2008 - Domestic Flight is a dark comic tale of how Edie, a woman who has always seen the good in people, comes to see her family and her life as they really are. After years of being belittled by her crossword-obsessed husband and ignored by her greedy daughter, Edie has an experience that renews in her a hope that there is a better way, and makes sure that from now on things are going to be different. (Domestic Flight (Vol Interne) est une tragi-comédie qui raconte comment, Edie, une femme qui d'habitude ne voit que le bien chez autrui, en vient à voir sa famille et sa vie telle qu'elles sont réellement et lui assure qu'à partir de maintenant les choses vont être différentes.) - French Premiere

Isosceles / New Zealand (Directed by Anton Steel) 9 mins - 2008 - A look at the harsh side of love through the eyes of three people. One has everything they want, one has lost what they wanted and one has no idea what they want. (Une observation des l'amour à travers trois regards differents. Un a tous ce qu'ils veut, l'autre l'a perdu et le troisième ne sait pas ce qu'il veut.)

Catching the Bus / UK (Directed by Antonio Ribeiro) 34 mins - 2009 - A suicide pact formed in an internet chatroom leads to a fateful encounter between an unlikely pair. (Une pacte de suicide fat sur internet ammène deux inconus à se rencontrer.) - World Premiere

Avaler un ange (Swallow an angel ) / Switzerland (Directed by Jean-Luc Mello) 48 mins - 2008 - Indifference does'nt kill anyone! (Les quatre saisons d'une mouvance de la danse Butô à Genève! ) - International Premiere

Abbi cura di te (Take Care of Yourself) / Italy (Directed by Lorenzo Corvino) 17 mins - 2008 - Dramatically-inclined Criminally Active Experimental Drama - World Premiere

A Marginal Note / Germany/Germany, Switzerland (Directed by Robi Voigt) 10 mins - 2009 - A woman, a parking deck and the sky. The poetic 10-minute-short shows the fateful day of a woman who concludes to quit accepting but to take action. Certainly she did not suppose such a reaction. A film about anger, mercy and emancipation. - World Premiere

Let Me Out / Canada (Directed by Martine Chapuis) 4 mins - 2009 - A selfish girl is trap in the trunk of a particular tree. (Une fille égocentrique est prise au piège dans un tronc d'arbre particulier. ) - World Premiere

Wake Up And Write / USA (Directed by Jim Vickers/Damian Vickers, 1st Project (Jim)) 16 mins - 2008 - After a hard night out, a young man on the road to 'nowhere in particular' is abruptly awoken and confronted by his own inability to express his inner most feelings to the people who mean the most to him. The dilemma that ensues is all to relevant to so many of us. - International Premiere

Rearview / Ireland (Directed by Jake McKone) 12 mins - 2007 - For a Dublin Taxi driver, an everyday encounter presents a dilemma to be honest broker or to keep out of others affairs. - Mainland European Premiere

Fat-tastico / USA (Directed by Yung-Jui Lee) 3 mins - 2009 - This is a 3 minutes 3D animated short film called: Fat-tastico. The story is about a grumpy magician and a naive assistance. (L'histoir parle d'un magicien malheureux et une aide naïvement donné.)- French Premiere

Down the Rabbit Hole / Romania/UK(Scotland) (Directed by Eva Pervolovici) 15 mins - 2009 - A young girl is prepared to do no matter what sacrifice in order to ease her lover’s penalty, so she goes through a process that will not leave unharmed her innocent approach to love and life. - French Premiere

The Eggs / Russian Federation (Directed by Kirill Kemnits) 16 mins - 2008 - Tania knows for good that her mother is no fun to be with, but she can't leave old ill woman living alone. She tries her best but gets only nagging in return. Suddenly, a little accident dissolves long and deep conflict between the mother and her daughter.

Instructions to Finish your Neurosis / Mexico (Directed by Luis Ayhllon) 27 mins - 2009

Thorns / USA (Directed by Neil Thompson) 18 mins - 2009 - In ancient Italy, a young servant is offered wealth and freedom... if he will but murder his kindly master. (En Italie antique, un jeune esclave est offert la richesse et la liberté s'il tue son maître.) - International Premiere

Family Recipes / USA (Directed by Cosmos Kiindarius) 14 mins - 2008 - Hanna's life has always been about cooking and food, whether she wanted it to be or not. The death of her domineering father and the subsequent selling of the family restaurant, thrusts her into the position she's been trained for. The regulars aren't satisfied with her twist on the family recipes they had come to love. The new owner threatens to fire her if she can't give the customers what they want. Hanna must choose between returning to traditions she’s trying to bury or abandon her life's work of being the chef her daddy always wanted her to be. - European Premiere

La Dinde Marinee / France (Directed by Benoit Ameil) 13 mins - 2008 - Imagine what your life could be if your wife became George Clooney dependant !...(Imaginez ce que votre vie deviendrait si votre femme devenait dépendante de George Clooney!) - Regional Premiere

Der Doppelganger / Austria (Directed by Stephanie Winter) 14 mins - 2009

Twitter / USA (Directed by Charis Tobias, Under 18, 1st Project) 4 mins - 2008 - Pop Culture - International Premiere

TEMPI SUPPLEMENTARI (Extra Time) / Italy (Directed by Margherita Ferri) 5 mins - 2008 - A psychological thriller based on when we listen to someone elses voicemail messages, do we always get the right idea? (Un thriller psycholoquie basé sur la question de, si on écoute les messageries des autre, est-ce qu'on comprend bien les situations?)- French Premiere

James / Ireland/UK, UK (Directed by Connor Clements) 17 mins - 2008 - When James, played by realises long buried secrets can lead to poor family relations, he feels it's time to confide with his only friend a secret of his own. (Quand James réalise les secrets longtemps enterrés peuvent mener aux relations de famille pauvres, il juge qu'il est temps de confier avec son seulement ami un secret de ses propres.) - French Premiere

EL CAMINO DEL DESEO (THE ROAD OF DESIRE) / Belgium (Directed by Eva Cools) 23 mins - 2007 - Ana is a young Spanish woman on the loose. In an attempt to escape from her past she hopes to find a new life with a rockband on the road. (Ana est une jeune espagnole libre. En esperant de changer sa vie elle essaye de rejoindre un group de rock en tournée.) - French Premiere

Rain Rain / USA (Directed by Matthew Brown) 11 mins - 2009 - Trapped inside on a rainy day, a young girl discovers a family secret which unleashes her devilish imagination upon her house. (Ce film a un bon nombre de pluie) - French Premiere

A Likely Story / USA (Directed by Olivia Motley, 1st Project, Under 18) 7 mins - 2007 - A young girl is rescued from her miserable life when her daydreams become a reality... Or was 'reality' just a nightmare all along? - International Premiere

MAMA SUPERFREAK / Netherlands (Directed by Bea de Visser) 13 mins - 2009 - In one long shot this adaptation of ‘La Mamma Fricchettona’, a monologue by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, shows Viviane De Muynck in a humorous elucidation of a woman’s odyssey from doting motherhood to a state of independence whilst addressing an invisible and anonymous man. Visual artist and filmmaker Bea de Visser balances in this film on the edge of the cinematographic picture and the visual art, that provides the film its own special realism. - Regional Premiere

Britian Isn't Working / UK (Directed by Rocky Palladino) 10 mins - 2009 - What would happen if Britian stopped working? (Qu'est-ce qui se passerait si la Grande Bretagne ne marchait plus?)- French Premiere

Noor / Jordan/Jordan, USA (Directed by Razan Ghalayini, 1st Project) 24 mins - 2008 - Noor's birthday plans take a turn when she and her mother get caught in an Israeli Defense Forces imposed curfew. (Les idées d'anniversaire de Noor changent rapidement quand elle et sa mère se font rammener par l'armée isralienne.)- European Premiere

The Optician / UK (Directed by Jane McGee) 14 mins - 2008 - When love at first sight needs a second chance... (Quand le coup de foudre a besoin d'une deuxième chance.) - Mainland European Premiere

Miss Sgodiphola / South Africa (Directed by Andy Kasrils, 1st Project) 12 mins - 2008 - It's a sunny Saturday afternoon in Sgodiphola and the local beauty pageant is under way. Innocentia surprises herself by reaching the final stage and must now compete for the title against stunning Precious. But it’s going to take more than answering the regular questions to gain the title of ‘Miss Sgodiphola’. Featuring acting performances from South Africa's most popular township music artists, Miss Sgodiphola is a wild, fun ride into Soweto community culture. - French Premiere

Downtown Train / USA (Directed by Todd Komarnicki) 3 mins - 2008 - A beautiful woman breaks social rules on the NYC subway. (Une jolie femme sort du quotidien sur un métro américain.)

Collector / USA (Directed by Dempsey Tillman) 14 mins - 2008 - Justin Sayer struggles with a mental illness that has consumed his life. (Justin Sayer lutte contre une malaidie mental qui a consommé sa vie.) International Premiere

Ronnie Grimble / New Zealand (Directed by Elliott McKee) 13 mins - 2008 - In the tragi-comic tradition, ‘Ronnie Grimble’ is an idiosyncratic tale about a man’s attempt to overcome his humdrum existence. (Ronnie Grimble est l'histoire parfois étrange d'un homme qui essaye de changer son existance non-intéressant.)

Duty Calls / UK (Directed by Paul Blinkhorn, 1st Project) 10 mins - 2008 - On the night shift, in an eerily expansive warehouse, Dave, a solitary dieting security guard confronts his biggest threat - a vending machine. - French Premiere

Un Café pour l'Amerique / Luxembourg/Belgium (Directed by Jossy Mayor, 1st Project) 20 mins - 2009 - A close dystopia, a stressful quest; an impossible interaction towards a poetic escape... (Une dystopie proche, une recherche stressante; une interaction impossible vers une évasion poétique...) - International Premiere

Pop Switch / Canada (Directed by Jason Goode) 19 mins - 2009 - After years of failing to get his baby-crazed wife pregnant, Frank is suddenly forced to decide whether he’s committed to becoming a ‘Pop’ or not. - Western European Premiere

The Deadbeat / USA (Directed by Levi Kaminkowitz) 20 mins - 2009 - Rob Ullett and Joseph Culliton star in this dark, bizzare, original comedic short set in a mortuary. Morgan, a socially inept mortician (Ullett), is subject to his deranged boss, the mortuary owner (Culliton). A twisted and hilarious tale ensues. - European Premiere

The Man Inside / Ireland (Directed by Rory Bresnihan) 12 mins - 2009 - A short story in memory of Lisandro who accidently locked himself in. (Un histoire court dans la mémoire de Lisandro, qui a cassé sa clef.) - Regional Premiere

Floating is Easy / Scotland (Directed by Graeme McAulay, 1st Project) 14 mins - 2008 - Alison has devoted the last three years of her life to caring for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease. When she wakes one morning to find the front door of her house open and her patient gone, Alison fails to raise the alarm. Instead, she chooses to escape to the relative calm of a floatation tank - a decision that will have grave consequences. - European Premiere

Ten For Grandpa / USA (Directed by Doug Karr) 7 mins - 2008 - David Karr: husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, corporate CEO… Soviet agent? A fast-paced look at the life of a most influential ancestor. Ten for Grandpa’s narrator tries to decipher if Grandpa was a manipulative antihero or simply a victim of a McCarthy witchhunt. - European Premiere

Fin / Netherlands (Directed by Asaf Ben-Yehuda) 22 mins - 2009 - The story is about a girl who is naive and happy, the girl suddenly gets an illness that is caused by wrong brain functions, she wants to get rid of her illness at all cost, since she cannot live with the disability, there is also a thought of suicide before this all happens, in which she says that if she would ever have to end her life, saying half seriously she would do it at a full moon night and a morning orange sunrise, describing the beauty of nature.

Chicken Wings / Germany (Directed by Pauline Kortmann) 5 mins - 2008 - Once upon a time, when the Wild West was still wild, a Cowgirl and a Werewolf travel the hostile land. As a chicken walks their way a fight about the appropriate use of it makes them forget the danger around, till it seems to be too late. (Il était une fois, quand totu était encore un jungle, une cowgirl et un loup-garou voyagent à travers un terrain dangereux.)

Premature / USA (Directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green) 14 mins - 2008 - After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she’s pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has no where to turn and is faced with the most difficult decision she will ever make. (Après Tisha, la rue un adolescent du Bronx, elle découvre l'enceinte et ne reçoit aucun soutien de sa communauté, elle n'a pas où s'adresser et est forcé de faire la décision la plus difficile jamais elle faire.) - International Premiere

La Ausencia (The Absence) / Chile/Chile, UK (Directed by Ricardo Greene) 11 mins - 2008 - Set to unravel the central yet invisible place of female domestic workers in Chilean culture, 'La Ausencia' departs on a journey through time and space, exploring the production and reproduction of family memories through photo albums and the uses of space.

Uriasul / Romania (Directed by Mihai Ionescu) 14 mins - 2009 - The story is a film developed around a child who lost his legs in an accident. Disappointed by what has happened to him, he no longer wants to live, trying to convince his doctor to help him die…!

SOUS CAUTION C'EST EXPERIMENTIEL (UNDER DEPOSIT IT'S EXPERIMAZING) / Belgium (Directed by Ruggiu Jean-Paul, 1st Project) 8 mins - 2008 - Over with the bank and the fucking objectives. Over with the teacher job and the corrections. Betty and Fred are going away, there, far away, to sail around the world world. Unless the bank rejects the 50.000 euros loan... (Finie la banque et les putains d'objectifs. Fini le boulot de prof et les corrections. Betty et Fred rêvent de partir , loin, très loin, faire le tour du monde à la voile. A moins que la banque ne refuse le prêt de cinquante mille euros... )

La Main des Maitres/French (Directed by Adrien "CaYuS" Toupet&Clement Delatre) 4 mins - 2008 - Overexploited workers are revolting against the milice which hides their existences to rich people. In the middle of this war, we are following two young workers trying to claim their existences to the bourgeoisie – notably through the propaganda. (Une révolution oppose des ouvriers sur-exploités face à une Milice armée qui maintient les bourgeois dans l'ignorance de leur existence. Au coeur de ce combat; nous suivons deux jeunes ouvriers tentant de clamer leur existence à la bourgeoisie - notamment par le biais de la propagande. Ceci dans le but de faire évoluer leurs conditions (sociales, vie...). ) - Regional Premiere

Nous Deux Encore / Greece, USA/USA (Directed by heatherharlow@mac.com) 17 mins - 2009 - Nous Deux Encore is a delightful and semi-voyeuristic glimpse into the 13 years that Maxie and Yiannis spent until Yiannis' untimely death in 1982. This extraordinary love story reveals itself through candid and unexpected photographs taken with the self-timer of an old format camera given to Yiannis as a child. (Un ancien journaliste de la télévision française nous emmène dans l'âme de l'une des plus grandes histoires d'amour jamais racontees, présentée de facon spectaculaire a travers les photos atemporelles prises par son defunt mari.) Regional Premiere

Nice Shootin' Cowboy / Australia (Directed by Ben Phelps) 15 mins - 2008 - A contemporary Western about desperate buyers, desperate sellers, and an unthinkable deal. (Un westerne contemopraire au sujet des acheteurs et des vendeurs déséspérés et un deal impossible.) - International Premiere

Everything Is Ordinary / USA (Directed by Noelle Brower) 15 mins - 2008 - In Everything Is Ordinary, a family waits for its patriarch to die amid the petty dramas that make up their lives. Throughout, the little girl, Sarah, just wants to share her discoveries, but can't pull the adults away from their own concerns. In the end she connects with the only person able to hear her. This is a work of memory and how, when we look back on the big events in our lives, what so often comes to mind are the small details of what we were doing at the time. In this sense, everything is ordinary. Because in the moment of extreme emotion, we cannot truly reflect on what is happening. There is no perspective. Only the little girl can truly connect. - International Premiere

Francois / Italy (Directed by Dario Gorini) 12 mins - 2008 - In a bar three women and three men always choose te same table to look for their soulmate.. (Dans le même bar trois hommes et trois femmes choisissent toujours la même table pour trouver leurs amours.)- French Premiere

Solo / Austria, Poland, Ukraine/Poland (Directed by Maciej Pisarek) 55 mins - 2008 - An unusual journey to the roots of even a more unusual art. A film dedicated to Mr. Boguslaw Schaeffer. (Un voyage bizzare observant les débuts d'un art encore plus étrange.) - French Premiere

Long Distance / UK (Directed by Moritz Siebert) 28 mins - 2008 - Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career in the US. Once he was a promising member of the Ethiopian national team, but two years ago he left his country to start a new life. Weekend after weekend, he races with fellow African athletes in road races, competing over a few hundred dollars of prize money. - French Premiere

My Son the Pornographer / Canada, Czech Republic/Canada (Directed by Peter Campbell) 45 mins - 2008 - MY SON THE PORNOGRAPHER is a story about values, life choices, guilt and, ultimately, about the love between a father and a son. (Mon fils le Pronographe raconte l'histoire des valeurs, des choix de vie, de la coupabilité et finallement de l'amour entre père et fils.) - International Premiere

Paper Dolls - Australian Pinups of World War 2 / Australia (Directed by Angela Buckingham) 52 mins - 2008 - A documentary about the Australian women whose swimsuit photos in the 1940's uplifted the spirits of a nation at war. (Un documentaire au sujet des photos des femmes australiennes en 1940 en maillot de bain et comment ça remontait le moral des soldats en combat.) - European Premiere

Hey / Isreal (Directed by Guy Ben Shetrit) 4 mins - 2008 - After 3 years of work of 15 animators, I am submitting you "HEY" - new 3D animation music video of Eatliz band. HEY is a Sci-Fi Fantasy journey of a little girl with a special pet friend, a huge toad. “Hey” is the creation of a talented team, headed by the multi-talented Guy Ben-Shetrit. Ben-Shetrit is both the composer of the music and writer, director and lead animator on this music video. This position allowed for a unique merge between music and visual, which sum up to one dazzling vision. - Mainland Western European Premiere

Stand Sentry / USA (Directed by Meghan Hemingway & Stephen Sheffer, 1st Project) 10 mins - 2008 - Oh what do you people know about tradition! (Qu'est-ce que vous en savez de la tradition?!) - World Premiere

FANATIC / Spain, UK (Directed by Paul Robinson) 23 mins - 2009 - “A man works on the 33rd floor of a tall office building. Each day he takes the elevator to the 26th floor, then, climbs the remaining seven flights of stairs to his place of work. Why?” Daniel is a dwarf bicycle courier living and working in Barcelona. One quite normal hot sunny day, a chance meeting and an act of kindness help Daniel take stock of everyday preconceptions. (Daniel, un nain, est un messager à vélo, qui habite et travaille à Barcelone. Une journée de grande chaleur, une rencontre fortuite et une gentillesse inattendue le mènent à réféchir sur les idées préconçues que l’on rencontre tous les jours.) - French Premiere

Ruth / Isreal (Directed by Keren Abitan) 55 mins - 2008 - During the days of the Israeli withdrawal from the settlements in the Gaza strip, when the residents of the Katif bloc are uniting to fight for its existence, Ruth, a young teenager from the settlement, is searching for excitement. When Ruth meets Erez, a photojournalist sent to cover the events of the disengagement, she realizes that she doesn't belong anywhere. - French Premiere

April / UK (Directed by Erica Herbert, 1st Project) 14 mins - 2009 - April is a stylish, beautiful story with more than a hint of black comedy about April, a young woman with a warm heart and a fresh,natural beauty who has a series of night dreams which change her life forever.(April est une histoire stylé et jolie avec un peu plus qu'un peu de comédie noire. Une jeune femme avec une grande coeur et une beauté naturelle a une série de rêves qui lui changeront la vie à jamais.) - World Premiere

Repaired? / USA (Directed by Seung-Hoo Ihm) 3 mins - 2008 - Two stupid aliens try to fix their UFO after crashing from the Moon to the Earth but they don't know how to fix it. While one tends to follow by the manual to fix it, the other wants to do by instinct. Finally they fixed the UFO but they encounter an unexpected situation. (L'histoire de deux extra-terrestres bêtes qui se retrouvent coincés sur la lune en essayant de réparer leur capitule spaciale.) - International Premiere

25 Cents / Germany (Directed by Sascha Zimmerman) 10 mins - 2008 - Crime-inclined Comedy - International Premiere

East River / USA/Isreal (Directed by Marc Grey, 1st Project) 21 mins - 2008 - A traveler wanders uncommon spaces and fashions deceiving relationships amidst the industrial ruins of Brooklyn. (Un voyageur se tramballe autour des éspaces et des pratiques decevantes dans la ruins industrielles de Brooklyn.)- European Premiere

Karaoke Show / Germany (Directed by Karl Tebbe) 5 mins - 2007 - A mixture between sauna and disco, as a man imagines himself a rock star. (Une mélange entre un sauna et un disco, un homme s'envisage en tant que vedette.) - Regional Premiere

Eiko / Austria (Directed by Christoph Kuschnig, , Columbia University - Film Dept, 2nd year) 13 mins - 2009 - Itinerant handyman, Alex, no stranger to life on the road. But his life takes a sharp turn when Lili, a mysterious young hitchhiker obsessed with sex and suicide, appears in the back of his truck. - European Premiere

Gym Lesson / Germany (Directed by Hannes Rall) 8 mins - 2009 - A chubby little boy has to confront his sadistic gym instructor in the gym lesson. (Un petit potelé doit confronter son professeur de sport sadique pendant la lesson.) - European Premiere

Verbrandman/Sunburned Man / Netherlands (Directed by Ian Swerts) 13 mins - 2008 - The Belgian coast. The present. Bruno Weyns is a thirty something geek who has a crush on the waitress of a local seaside tavern in Ostend. He is devastated to find out she might lose her job because of the bad weather forecasts. Later that day, he falls asleep on the empty beach of Ostend. When he wakes up he suffers from a heavy sunstroke. Bruno is not Bruno anymore, but a superhero named Burned Man… Regional Premiere

Severing the Soul / USA (Directed by Barbara Klutinis) 18 mins - 2008 - Found footage interweaves an account of Rosemary Kennedy’s lobotomy procedure in 1941 with an overview of the psychosurgery movement of the 1930’s-1960’s in the US. - French Premiere

Hunted / UK (Directed by Ricardo Velarde) 10 mins - 2008 - A desperate photojournalist is threatened with losing his job if he doesn't get the photographs of a freak. He has only one day to do this, no matter what it takes. - French Premiere

Dorothy / UK (Directed by Dorna Aslanzadeh) 21 mins - 2007 - Dorothy is lonely. She'd like a new friend. So would her flatmate Vivian. (Dorothy est solitaire. Elle aimerait avoir un nouveau ami. Ainsi que sa collocataire Vivian.)- World Premiere

Blood Shed / Canada (Directed by Jason Shipley) 16 mins - 2008 - A violent horror-comedy about two Acadian brothers taking drugs, shooting guns, and getting bloody in the eastern Canadian woods. WARNING: THIS FILM CONTAINS SCENES OF NUDITY, PROFANITY, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, DRUG USE, MUTILATION, AND FISHING. ENJOY. - French Premiere

Extracte (UNE TACHE REBEL PROD) / France (Directed by Kana Fukui) 11 mins - 2009 - Urban Experimental - Regional Premiere

Norman Normal: A Modern Metamorphosis / USA (Directed by Suzanne Sitelman) 18 mins / 2008 - A modern take on a classic short story, this adult fairy tale explores a most normal man who suffers a most abnormal transformation. - International Premiere

Il re dell'isola (The king of the island) / Italy (Directed by Raimondo Della Calce) 16 mins - 2009 - Gioannin is a 6 years old kid who lives in Genoa, Italy, at the beginning of 1900. He always dreams of his strong and wonderful father he never knew, missing at sea and never returned. He is going to discover that a dream is not worth what real life, despite its difficulties and disappointments, can naturally give.

Beached / UK (Directed by Hefin Rees) 14 mins - 2008 - After five years together, Angela longs for marriage, but Paul doesn' believe in it. Angela thinks he doesn't believe in them and leaves him. In his drunken quest for solace, Paul begins a soul-searching journey, trying to overcome his fear of commitment. Will it be in time?

Delaney / USA/Spain, USA (Directed by Carles Torrens) 21 mins - 2008 - 13 year old Delaney wants to run away with her boyfriend to Las Vegas, but her family wants to steal his heart and sell it on the black market for $300,000. (Delaney a treize ans et elle veut se sauver à La Vegas avec son ami mais ses besoins de famille pour voler son coeur et le vendent sur le marché noir pour $300.000.) - French Premiere

Loma Lynda: The Red Door / USA (Directed by Jason Bognacki) 16 mins - 2008 - A rape victim forms an imaginary friend in order to deal with the trauma.(Une victime de viole s'invente un ami imaginaire pour pouvoir gerer la traumatisme.) - French Premiere

The Vacation / Australia (Directed by Masoud Sheihki) 27 mins - 2009 - A young couple in the first day of their two weeks vacation is driving along the highway, in danger of running out of gas. The girl (22 years old) demonstrates a joking annoyance to her companion of his inability to keep the car's gas tank full. The argument between them continuous up to the point that their reach a petrol station. The girl leaves the car to take a short walk by the time he is filling gas tank. When he picks her up again in the highway they become spontaneously engaged in a role-playing game as if a stranger driver is giving a lift to a girl in the highway. Although, the game begins innocently, this behavior leads to identity crisis for the participants... - World Premiere

One Nothing / USA (Directed by Todd Harter) 6 mins - 2009 - Sometimes imagination is enough. (Dès fois l'imagination suffit.)- French Premiere

Historia de Una Hora (Story of an hour) / Mexico (Directed by Salvador García) A woman receives the news of the tragic death of her spouse on an airplane accident. (Une femme apprend que son mari vient de morrir dans un accident d'avion.) - International Premiere

Matinée / Netherlands (Directed by Jennifer Lyon Bell) 34 mins - 2009 - A pair of actors have to push their boundaries physically, emotionally, and sexually. (Un paire d'acteurs doivent se pousser au extrèmes physiquement, emotionellement et sexuellement.)- French Premiere

Francois / Italy (Directed by Dario Gorini) 12 mins - 2008 - In a bar three women and three men always choose te same table to look for their soulmate... (Dans un bar trois hommes et femmes s'assoivent toujours à la même table pour retrouver leurs amours.) French Premiere

A Summer Night's Dream / Japan /Japan, USA (Directed by Yoshiya Okoyama) 11 mins - 2009 - A Summer Night’s Dream is well-crafted animation that portraits a friendship between a boy and a ghost and represents sentimental journey to grow up. - World Premier

Drop / UK (Directed by Gavin Toomey) 10 mins - 2009 - "I like tiny stories that are allowed to unfold in their own time, between events. "Drop" is driven by an incidental encounter between two, disparate men on the roof of a building in the financial district of London. - French premiere

The Spirit of a School / USA (Directed by Tal Shamir) 3 mins - 2009 - The film is an historical essay on the foundation of The New School University in NYC. The film tries to capture the establishing spirit of a unique institution. The film’s style challenges the borders between Surrealism, Cubism and Documentary. - World Premiere

Quien es el Verdugo/Who is the Executioner / Cuba/Cuba, Peru (Directed by Brian Jacobs) 10 mins - 2008 - Two naked bodies. He wants to marry her, but she doesn’t. She lies to him. Manipulates him. A camera privately spies on them. An executioner is who observes the scene. Maybe there are several executioners, or perhaps none. It could be that nothing of this is happening. They are beginning to suspect that. A circle between manipulation and representation. - Regional Premiere

I'm in and Away From Here / UK (Directed by Catriona MacInnes, 1st Project) 22 mins - UK - French Premier

Goombah Goodbye / Canada (Directed by Jerry Rector) 1 min - 2009 - A 'wise guy' comes to terms with himself as he examines his motives and his actions. (Un Idiot-savant se met à l'aise après avoir examiné ses motifs et actions.) - European Premiere

Parts / USA (Directed by Scott Hanson) 20 mins - 2008 - A butcher, saddled with an abandoned child, chooses between starting the family his wife always wanted, or paying off his mob debt by selling the orphan. (Un bucher, forcé de prende un enfant abondonné, doit choisir entre la famille qu'il a toujour voulu et de payer ses dettes au mafia en vendant l'enfant.) - International Premiere

The Stars Down to Earth / Australia (Directed by Jim Curlis) 8 mins - 2007 - After being unceremoniously dumped by his partner, a man takes off on an interstellar journey through loneliness and despair. - European Premiere

Im Anhang: Lebenslauf / Germany (Directed by Andrea Schorr, 1st Feature) 59 mins - 2009 - A roadmovie about searching for freedom and longing for steadiness. (Un film tourné en route au sujet de la liberté et l'éspoire de sécurité.)

Totenwache (The Wake) / Germany (Directed by Gregor Hoeppner, 1st Project) 11 mins - 2008 - In the dimly lit living room of a farmhouse, the body of a young man is laid out. (Dans la salon sombre d'une ferme, le corps d'un jeune homme est étalé.)

Portal / USA (Directed by John Bush) 8 mins - 2008 - PORTAL, choreographed by Nadine Helstroffer, was filmed during Christo and Jeanne Claude's installation, The Gates, in Central Park, New York City. In a landscape muffled by snow and lit by saffron-colored portals, three dancers stir in the wind - emerging, dissolving, morphing into the breath of winter. - German Premiere

Premiere / France (Directed by Julie Mai) 7 mins - 2009 - He accomplishes the illegal assignments for bonus points. Journalist Heppler (Doreen Dietel) is collecting evidence and suddenly becomes a mission target herself.

Die Archives Von C. G. Jung / Spain (Directed by Gemma Ventura) 16 mins - 2008 - The picture made in an expressive manner tells about case in a psychiatric practice of doctor C.G.Jung: patient’s story which reminds him of reincarnation. This film attempts to find new form for such imperceptible human’s conditions as memory and dreams. - French Premiere

Poem / USA (Directed by Maia Sørensen & Brandon Jacobs-Mills) 7 mins - 2007 - Poem is a 6 minute duet by two women, whose relationship is explored through their body language and by the observant eye of the camera. The contrast of the two media, dance and film, merge into a dream scape urging the viewer to enter a mysterious, dark, and poignantly charged world. - French/German Premiere

The Adventure of a Worm: A Short Tribute to Mr Aleister Crowley, The Magus / Czech Republic (Directed by Richard Pecha) 3 mins - 2008 - Animated Experimental

Wall Taps / USA (Directed by Carol Jacobsen) 10 mins - 2009

Village Tales / Poland/Germany (Directed by Wlodzimierz Krygier) 59 mins - 2009 - The unknown face of Poland. There is a small, forgotten village in Poland, where the life is like before many years; very simple. This world will soon disappear. The village is slowly dying. The way to asphalt is very long – to make it shorter the people built the hanging bridge. Josef, an old man, who lives there, cannot find himself in a new political situation in Poland. He critisises communism but at the same time he thinks, that the old life was better. He doesn`t know where to look for a justice today.
The family of Bozenka try to not loose an optimism. When the people lost their faith in justice, they can have very dangerous ideas. So looks sometimes demokracy like. 20 years ago in Poland the regime of Jaruzelski decided to share power with Solidarity (opposition). Some perceived this as the end of communism. World Premiere

Badewanne zum Glück (Bathtub to Happiness) / Germany (Directed by Nadine Keil) 26 mins - 2009 - Victor and Marie have never met before tonight. But several chaotic coincidences later they both find themselves in the same bathtub. Without any clothes on. On top of all that, the bathtub they are sitting in starts to glow and hum in very un-bathtub-like ways... You guessed it: Victor and Marie are sitting in an enchanted bathtub, one that will make their destiny... the bathtub to happiness! European Premiere

Near the Egress / USA (Directed by Antonio Martinez) 5 mins - 2008 - Over 800 tintypes, produced in stop-motion time, capture the sublimity and spectacle of the modern circus.

Rain / Sweden (Directed by Pontus Lidberg) 28 mins - 2009 - Experimental Dance

Shadows in Furs / Austria, Poland/Austria (Directed by Sebastian Brauneis - 17 mins - 2008 - The child fell asleep. And so began the deeper dream of his life.

Time / Canada (Directed by Kwan Ho Tse) 4 mins - 2008 - The face of Toronto for the past hundred years compressed into 3 minutes, as we travel through Time.

Crema Suprema / Canada (Directed by Ellenora Ventura) 3 mins - 2008 - Crema Suprema (2008; 2 m. 50 s.) is a charming stop motion animated story about two bakers competing to win a “masterpiece” cake contest; only one cake can win. - French Premiere

Casual / Spain (Directed by Aitor Echeverria) 9 mins - 2008 - In the awakening of thedistrict, the music of the daily actions brings us over to persons who coexist and are not known. Lives that the coincidence joins or that the routine separates. - French Premiere

A Chronicle of Concrete / USA (Directed by Tanya Sleiman, Stanford University Grad Student) 6 mins - 2008 - Tracing cement from its birth deep in the bowels of the earth, this visual essay takes a fresh look at cement, transforming an otherwise ordinary part of our world that is so ubiquitous, we almost don't see it.

Dots / USA (Directed by Beth Tsai) 3 mins / 2008 - Life is flustered, life is cyclical, coming round again, never quite in the same place.

Sweet Seduction / USA (Directed by Gabrielle Lui, Under 18) 8 mins - 2008 - Aaron has a problem, an infatuation. Her name is Amy. They are great friends. She has no idea how he stalks her every moment of her life. John is her wonderful boyfriend, but Aaron does not like that and has different plans for them. - International Premiere

Welgunzer / USA (Directed by Bradford Schmidt, UCLA) 14 mins - 2009 - Donald was going to build a time machine. He was going to travel into the future... and murder himself. - Regional Premiere

Die Rote und Zora / Germany (Directed by Biene Pilavci) 14 mins - 2008 - Antonia calls her mother the radiohost on her show for coming home. But Zora joins a cuddle party. Antonia injures herself. The next day they meet in the metro. - World Premiere**