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Trip to Orlando

16 Apr 2008 03:04 CST

A stop motion animated film based on the story by Garrison Keillor.

All You've Got

08 Apr 2008 03:04 CST

A battered wife forms an emotional attachment to the cat burglar robbing her home.

Redma

04 Apr 2008 02:04 CST

In a distant future, Janus, an astronaut in flight, is informed that his father just died. Without option, the last farewell is said in a dream while he is in hibernation

Out of Context

27 Mar 2008 11:03 CST

What happens when someone over hears a conversation they shouldn't have? Two disgruntled looking foreigners have their conversation overheard at a restaurant in Japan. What will happen to their conversation taken out of context?

The Laborer

26 Mar 2008 10:03 CST

In a life of work, we work to live life. One businessman has the chance to take a step back and look at his life. To his dismay he sees a man who not only labored at work but also in life. This is a surreal look at the hard fact of life we all face, making sacrifices because of our job.

THE CORNSTARCH GIZMO

25 Mar 2008 01:03 CST

Driven by the need to heal, an idealistic young inventor builds a bizarre machine which he fuels with cornstarch. "If cornstarch can be used to heal diaper rashes," he reasons, "it can be used to heal the world's rashes." So he summons one person after another to his stately Brooklyn home, and they all desperately offer themselves to the odd-looking Gizmo (made from a lawn ornament and other random objects). Appearing in sumptuous B&W, the film is a tribue to the theatre of heightened emotion, at once displaying the effects of a world in desperate need of healing and the ludicrousness and i

The Break In

15 Mar 2008 11:03 CST

A brief intense look at three people confronting each other in a home break in. A couple tries desperately to escape their captor, who struggles to remain in control.

Love, Lust & Opportunity

05 Mar 2008 03:03 CST

An unwanted sexual encounter forces a fifty plus boomer to confront her personal sexuality. This short film addresses all baby boomers who are knocking at the half century door, and to all who suspect that sex cannot possibly exist past fifty. At least not the way it was.

BLOW

03 Mar 2008 08:03 CST

A terrible death machine imposes its law crushing everything it meets. It is a real living thing ridden by a fat War Lord. Many branching arms move the machine. A clever game of light and shadow discloses walls and buildings of a frightened city apparently uninhabited. The fat powerful man terrifies the city while windows close, black vultures drop their contents of death from the sky and explosions from the buildings follow one after the other. The Lord of War walks triumphantly, nobody can resist him. But something slips away, not everything is under control. A young boy attacks frontally. C

LOST THINGS

29 Feb 2008 01:02 CST

Mike is a frantic ?Number One Dad? who?s losing his grip. After pawning his wedding ring and video camera he still cannot pay the final installment on his daughter Shannon?s two-thousand-dollar Irish dancing costume. Already in the bad books with Shannon?s dance teacher, Patrick, and hounded by the threatening messages of debt collectors, Mike digs himself deeper and deeper, following more and more desperate courses of action. Clearly, there is much more at stake here than missing a payment on a dress. As the story unfolds it becomes painfully obvious that much of Mike?s identity as a dad

Without Warning

28 Feb 2008 10:02 CST

Two mammoth tornadoes rip through a small town while residents scramble for cover. This film was inspired by images from the Psalm Sunday tornado outbreak in 1965. Shot in Oakville and Essex County Ontario and took roughly 4 months to complete with a budget around $300.

There / Was a Man

28 Feb 2008 01:02 CST

Paul is in a living dream, driving in the city, driving through his own mind??? In the past, he met a girl, who doesn???t seem to remember what happened. At the same time, he has to deal with a new encounter, a man, who will lead him somewhere. Paul knows something happened, or will happen.

SILENCI

18 Feb 2008 05:02 CST

After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time? and of course all changes force us to learn new lessons. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back ? to home, and a husband she still loves and respects, but who has still to learn to listen to his wife and find out what her needs are. In these difficult moments for his parents, Dolors? son, Jordi, goes to see her in her hotel. As Dolors listens to her son, she feels admiration for his achiev

INNUENDO

13 Feb 2008 10:02 CST

Layla is nine years old. The day her father leaves home for the funeral of his mother she turns completely silent. Joan is Layla?s young mother and is now alone in their big house. The situation with Layla turns worse and Joan is forced to stay home. She becomes desperate when a news item describes child abuse at schools and she starts to suspect that that may have happened to Layla. Constantly on the phone with her husband and in contact with a child psychologist she tries to find out what happened with her daughter. The only way Layla communicates with her mother is by making a drawing. And

delirium

12 Feb 2008 04:02 CST

when you don't eat, things don't seem to be as they are...

Shot in one 6-hour shoot, edited in a week, this film was the exploration of an idea generated while researching the Franklin expedition, wherein several starving men in the far north had to figure out how to survive... there is a 2008 redux version (2.5mins. longer) out there somewhere (google 'delirium redux'?)

Square Pegs

11 Feb 2008 03:02 CST

A teenage girl, her childish mother and her younger sister find themselves in a strange restaurant. In this surreal way station, the manager is on drugs, the customers float and the food is free. Here, not only will their faith be put to the test, but the choices they make will either bring the family together, or pull them apart.

9 Minutes To Nirvana

10 Feb 2008 05:02 CST

Beaches are fascinating. You never know who might be sitting on the beach bed next to you. Your homes could be thousands of miles apart, and so could your beliefs and sensibilities. Will you strike up a conversation or will you instead reserve your attention to only sipping your beer? There?s no guarantee the conversation will be all about the sun and the white sand. Why do two people meet? Why do their paths cross? Why are they at the same place at the same time? As one of the characters points out: ?You could be in Greece, or Germany. But you are here, in Bag

Batard

07 Feb 2008 05:02 CST

Jacques Derrien, a french countryside hardware dealer, comes to Paris to execute his single daughter?s last wishes. Marthe Gogues, an orphan and a loose canon, leads strange investigation. The crossed destinies of two isolated, lost, and on borrowed time people trying to live or to come alive again.

pea vs. carrot

05 Feb 2008 07:02 CST

An intimate peek into the lives of a young couple.

Space Available

31 Jan 2008 07:01 CST

In the year 2025, the U.S. Government imposes strict population control measures. The law mandates that no child can be born and remain alive unless at the moment of its birth, or within sixty seconds thereafter, there is space available in the region. Believing that the choice does not belong to Man, young Isabelle follows the law and proceeds on faith that her unborn son will ultimately survive. At the moment of his birth, however, the Space Available counter drops to zero. In another room in the hospital, a man lies clinging to life. His loving wife begs for life-saving measures, but is den

L'Incantsimo Di Gilbert

25 Jan 2008 04:01 CST

A young orphan gets lost in the Wood of Vain Things. On her journey, she finds a log cabin. It is the home of Gilbert, the trophy builder, who is under a strange spell.

The Sound of the Wind

18 Jan 2008 05:01 CST

Mun-Su lives with his mother and works in his mother's restaurant in the wasted land. Nearby the restaurant, there is a small airport. Since he was a boy, Mun-Su has a dream to become a pilot. One day, a woman visits to Mun-Su's restaurant. She waits for something in the seashore.

The 400th Fly!

16 Jan 2008 07:01 CST

A dark tale about a young girl who declares war on the old man who lives next door when he kills one of her pet flies. As events escalate out of control, the question is....who will win?

Summer Breeze

16 Jan 2008 07:01 CST

Young insouciant Paul is idling a lazy summer day away. As if in a dream, the beautiful Hannah appears, her dress exploding in a bouquet of attractions. Before he really knows what hit him, Paul is falling under the spell of Hannah?s allure. No one can blame him, but he is suddenly willing to throw it all away and catch a wind to anywhere but here, just as long as the mysterious Hannah is with him.

Haunted Planet

15 Jan 2008 09:01 CST

Plagued by visions of restless, suffering spirits her entire life, a woman resolves to ignore them, tell no one of her 'gift' of second sight and try to be normal like everyone else. One day, her good friend tells her that he has dreamt about this terrible secret of hers. He explains that he's actually still dreaming now and that all of reality and the evils that haunt her are all just a nightmare -- his nightmare. At first she rejects his story. But she soon realizes that this is the most rational explanation for all of the atrocities of the world... it's all just a bad dream. She resolves to

Jack's Hat

14 Jan 2008 09:01 CST

?JACK?S HAT? is set in 1916. It is the story of Jack Mac Manus, a 21 years old lad Who has a lot of growing up to do. Jack is like every modern bloke, totally self-consumed with his appearance, his fashion, especially his hats, and women. He has no interest in the world or events outside his own little circle. Reality and responsibility are alien concepts. His latest obsession is a blue tweed hat with a felt trim, the inside is lined with satin and it?s only 1s 6d. He wheedles the money for ?the newest hat on the market? from his mother. On his journey through Dublin to buy his new

Tio Luis

11 Jan 2008 09:01 CST

An old married couple live in a department of the city of Mexico. Confusion and loss of memory are their companions.

She Dreamt We Dreamt

18 Dec 2007 04:12 CST

She Dreamt We Dreamt is a stop motion animation film based on a real story of love, jealousy, hatred and reconciliation.

I've Been Us

16 Dec 2007 12:12 CST

Wall and Lucielle's relationship is on the rocks until something magical happens.

Goodbye Rosebud

14 Dec 2007 11:12 CST

In a faceless studio, a once-great director named Jeremy Ryans, asks a younger filmmaker, Jamie Kincaid, to load a camera for him. In awe of his legend, Jamie brings up the older man's work. We see an apparition: a boy loading an 8mm camera. To Jamie's surprise, Ryans says he has seen his films too. But they are too complete. Good stories, explains Ryans, leave something unexplained, question marks without questions... '...a rosebud', says Jamie. Ryans, encouraged, challenges Jamie to direct him in a small scene. Hesitant at first, Jamie asks what it is. But Ryans is ironic: A suicide. A blind

Talking Picture (The Road to Ruin)

12 Dec 2007 05:12 CST

A re-working of a 1934 cautionary picture in which a young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion. In this version, a very simple manipulation has been enacted upon the film. By restricting the communicative abilities of the film, the ways in which meaning is drawn from a movie is addressed. The restriction also affects the sensationalist nature of the original work, drawing the viewer out of the somewhat passive viewing experience colored by camp or nostalgia, and into a mo

Wonton

04 Dec 2007 12:12 CST

Wonton is a story about a young Chinese woman and her witty escape during an Immigration Customs Enforcement raid of the US restaurant where she is illegally employed. Not only does Grace get away, she helps Armando, an underage Salvadorian dishwasher, to avoid the fate of the other illegal workers, who are subjected to humiliating treatment, capture, and possible deportation. The film gives a glimpse into the microcosm of life in a restaurant, and through a simple story, magnifies the need for human beings to have the right to pursue a better life.

J, a photographer in a strange village

29 Nov 2007 04:11 CST

Where is the ideal world and the ideal life that we always dreamed of.. Can you imagine a village without any hope. We could have created a world where all people were happy together. We are trying to make it happen but it fails again and again because of all complications in reality. I wanted to talk about the sadness. The younger generations who have dreams want to change the world and make it a better place but give up because of their surrounding traditional influences. This world is created and led by immature grownups.

First Grade

29 Nov 2007 04:11 CST

Min-Woo, an eight-years old boy enters into elementary school and faces his new school life. Min-Woo's father comes home drunken every night. He adores his son but the bitter alcoholic scent from the daddy is always uncomfortable and scary to the little first grader. While the boy is adapting to his school life pretty well and getting well-arounded with other kids, he hears a rumor about an egg monster from his classmates. He gets scared of what is happening to his Korean text book because it seems to be related to those rumors. One day, his book disappears and he incidentally finds a clue

Hyperhydrosis

20 Nov 2007 09:11 CST

More than anything Bryan Bodak wants to be normal but suffers from hyperhydrosis, a disease that causes him to shoot sweat out of his hands. Considered a freak by his classmates, Bryan confides in his Mother who accidentally burns down every house they live in. Together with his Dad and his best friend John, Bryan videotapes his trips to the Doctor where they discover a surgical remedy and the risks involved. A bittersweet coming of age tale, ?Hyperhydrosis? deals with individuality and the price of becoming normal.

Security

19 Nov 2007 06:11 CST

A security guard catches a young woman stealing in a supermarket, but something about her makes him do something he has never done before.

Joke

19 Nov 2007 07:11 CST

A man , bored while waiting, meets a stranger. He makes a quick deal hoping for entertainment, but he gets more than he bargained for.

Too Little Justice

12 Nov 2007 12:11 CST

Boys Grammar

12 Nov 2007 12:11 CST

Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes when a student is raped at an exclusive private boys school. Based on shocking true events, BOYS GRAMMAR looks at the consequences for perpetrator and victim, both caught up in a cultural cycle of abuse and intimidation.

Murder

12 Nov 2007 06:11 CST

A woman's spiritual resolve is put to task by a quiet, malevolent force.

Across the Line

12 Nov 2007 01:11 CST

A "Miami Vice" inspired Crime/Drama. "Across The Line" is a first hand account of the pressures and temptations that face vice cops while they are undercover. In the high stakes world of undercover police work, the undercover operatives walk a fine line. Where not going deep enough can get you killed, going too deep can have dire consequences as well. When the line between right and wrong starts to become unclear to an undercover cop, he must make a very difficult decision. A decision that not only affects him, but everyone else around him. Copyright? 2007 Marc Powers and Gre

Help Wanted

08 Nov 2007 07:11 CST

There's trouble at the office when employees begin to disappear. A 72 Hour Challenge film.

Redemption

08 Nov 2007 06:11 CST

Blackmarket baby south of the border. A 72 Hour Challenge film.

Moscow, Sky's The Limit

06 Nov 2007 10:11 CST

2 people go away from Vanity.

Lucky

05 Nov 2007 04:11 CST

It is a story about one little kid and his relationship with an old man. The film is funny, yet very dramatic and emotional. The animation of the film is very simple, but that's just the beauty of it! It is a movie with a message.

Anxious for Love

22 Oct 2007 01:10 CST

A short, romantic comedy exploring the anxiety-ridden experience of not feeling confident in one?s own ability to entice the opposite sex. Although the prospect of going on a blind date makes him more anxious than he would care to admit, Oliver, nonetheless, agrees to go along with it. His string of bad luck with women is long and he?s ready to try anything to find love. He?s prepped properly: a new haircut, a snazzy shirt and an impressive floral bouquet. He?s sporting a positive attitude and ready to try it all again. But is it enough to overcome the onslaught of humiliation, intimidation a

Confessions of a Slacker

22 Oct 2007 09:10 CST

Twenty-five, drunk, two-timed, worn out, and dumped, Jack is having a mid life crisis of sorts. Working at a gas station by day, and trying to be a writer by night, Jack has always, at best, had a tentative grip on sobriety. But when his writers block wont diminish, and his supposed soul-mate informs him she???s leaving him for his best friend, Jack finds an all new way of hitting rock bottom, with a little help from his drunken obnoxious friends. After some severe misadventures due to binge drinking, Jack is forced to face some demons. Reflections on broken bones, broken hearts, and a ru

Once Upon A Time...

20 Oct 2007 04:10 CST

an abstract surreal film, influenced by german expressionism. An adult version of beauty and the beast meets little red ridding hood.

Echo Park

19 Oct 2007 11:10 CST

Viewed through adolescent eyes, "Echo Park" follows Jesse, an aspiring photographer and his spiraling relationship with girlfriend Rene. Jesse, a Highschool student struggles though life with a neglectful mother, abusive father and destructive home life. To deal with this, he turns to a place where he can escape. "Echo Park" is a place where clarity comes to the troubled Jesse; little does he know one ordinary day this place of solitude will change him forever. As the story unravels itself, with help of best friend Lanny, Jesse deals with a trying life, a toiling relationship and all that it e

Larson

15 Oct 2007 05:10 CST

Larson Mews desperately needs his new apartment to mean a fresh start. But when his neighbors find out he's a convicted sex offender, the future may not seem so bright.

Work

29 Sep 2007 01:09 CST

Ian goes to work. He is pitching for a major shoe client. But he also has eyes for a new secretary, and something in his drawer at work. And he likes to go to the lavatory too.

Little Clumps Of Hair

29 Sep 2007 01:09 CST

Martin goes to the pub to meet friends. They have little to talk about until Jack notices there is something to talk about that Martin would rather not talk about. A lesson in loyalty, women, hair, and how not to dress.

C'EST COMME ÇA

27 Sep 2007 02:09 CST

A condemned Man shares his last thoughts, as he smokes a cigarette, moments before his death.

Teléfono

27 Sep 2007 01:09 CST

Two strangers share a moment, and a kiss, neither will ever forget.

Dawno Temu w ilzy

10 Sep 2007 09:09 CST

Trailer for a full feature, tottaly non profit (cost of the movie is less then 1k$ premiere date is June 2008

Around Sanford

08 Sep 2007 10:09 CST

A man sends out his ghoulish friend to attack newcomers to town.

Soft Like Me

08 Sep 2007 10:09 CST

Boys are enslaved to work on a sadistic ranch. They dream of escape.

Under Chad Valley

08 Sep 2007 10:09 CST

In an underground tank, two butchers express their affections.

Mr. Garcia

01 Sep 2007 11:09 CST

the parents of a stdents take the life of a professor, due to the anger of the father of Jeffrey.

Sonata

29 Aug 2007 03:08 CST

Sonata is the first film and animation created solely by Ryan McDougal. It was his final thesis while he attdended Vancouver Film School in British Columbia, Canada. All visual elements were created and conceived by Ryan McDougal. The sound and music editing was done by the talented trio of Walter Gutierrez, Dominic Popovich and Evan Joel. Sonata is a snapshot of one moment in a man's life where he must decide whether or not to take a chance.

Three in the Morning

25 Aug 2007 12:08 CST

Sex, airplanes, and an inexplicable flow of electricity.

Cirque du Machinima: Bridge

24 Aug 2007 07:08 CST

Circus act where nothing is possible. Not even to live.

Cirque du Machinima: Cuckoo Clock

24 Aug 2007 05:08 CST

Animated circus act where everything is possible. Even 3D acrobats with 2D scenery in 3D circus showing how 4D love is.

A Portrait of Envy

23 Aug 2007 02:08 CST

The subtly disturbing story of Gillian, an artistic but timid young woman and her obsession with Jerry, her co-worker and his girlfriend Samantha. What's going on in Gillian's mind when she agrees to paint Samantha's portrait?

Traces

21 Aug 2007 12:08 CST

Still reeling from the recent disappearance of husband Oliver, Vanessa Lyons is thrown into turmoil when she starts to see and hear him in her waking life. Vanessa?s father does his best to convince her it?s merely a figment of her imagination, but when she learns that Oliver had rented a storage facility in an outlying town and that his space is still in active use, she becomes all the more sure he must be alive. She travels to the town to find her husband, but instead learns the truth she?s tried her hardest to deny. In the early morning, she returns home - ready for the final conf

The Devil's Library

12 Aug 2007 09:08 CST

Amy is invited to dinner with the devil in hell; one guest of 13 at a sumptuous banquet, where no one can eat for knowing what will begin afterwards. Amy, however, is distracted by the devil's library; a collection of all the books ever burned by man... Based on the graphic story Dinner with the Devil (1995) by Jesse Reklaw and Amy Luther, originally published in Concave Up #5.

Across The Skybridge

07 Aug 2007 04:08 CST

A medical technician decides to stop supplying his pain killer addicted brother-in-law with narcotics stolen from his job.

Energetic Boredom

20 Jul 2007 08:07 CST

Two young Japanese men abroad wrestle with their crushing boredom. Created by Vancouver Film School student Tsuyoshi Isihara through the VFS Film Production program.

Filmmaker Bio
Tsuyoshi Ishiahra was born in Kyoto, Japan. He majored in economics at Konan University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2001. After graduating, he worked in a Wood Block Hand Printing Gallery / Business. He graduated from Vancouver Film School in 2006. He has been interested in people and culture and in particular, how culture affects behavior and the meeting of cultures and

Love is A Stranger

27 Jun 2007 01:06 CST

'One night in Sydney, Two strangers: a disturbed Muslim girl and an arrogant policeman with attitude problems meet in violent circumstances and find they are destined to be together'.

A Writer's Tale

25 Jun 2007 03:06 CST

Shawn Wellington has a problem; it?s been 4 month since he left his apartment. Shawn, the author of three bestsellers, has entrenched himself in his bathroom since his latest novel exceeded its deadline with a bad case of writers block. How could this happen to a bestseller? He is on his last nerve. His phone calls to his analyst aren?t any help, just the dull tone of an answering machine. Shawn?s world is getting smaller and smaller. To top off Shawn?s run of bad luck we have the lovely Diane, Shawn?s ex-wife. She has fallen in love again and is set to leave New York. After an intense disc

The Snow Witch

22 Jun 2007 11:06 CST

A Japanese ghost story adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's Yuki-Onna (Kwaidan). Two woodcutters, an old man and his young apprentice, Minokichi get trapped in a snowstorm in the forest and take refuge in a hut. That night, Minokichi is forced to make a bargain that will later be forgotten.. A short, animated tale filmed using Soundtrack: Album 'Out of the Blue': Artist: Tilopa available at Magnatune Intro music: 'Ghost Processional': Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) All music licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 2.0"

The Living Room

19 Jun 2007 05:06 CST

The Living room is the story of Susan and Mary , two sisters with a love and hate for one another. with problems of alcohol abuse and fighting. The end is a result of this pain and ends in tragedy.

RED SEVEN

18 Jun 2007 09:06 CST

RED SEVEN explores the strained relationship of two lovers, Eric and Sarah, as they attempt to communicate their distress with one another. So when their best friend, Jake, offers them a chance at a fresh start with a large payoff from scamming a dangerous Blackjack game, they take a chance which will ultimately lead to a chilling climax that fans of short film cinema won't soon forget.

Three Way

05 Jun 2007 09:06 CST

Three women weave their way through a web of lies to discover the truth behind a mans grizzly death. The psychiatrist and her two female patients go head to head and plunge towards an answer that will either tear their world apart or bring them together in a way they could never have expected.

Unforgotten

01 Jun 2007 06:06 CST

I filmed this near Sequim, WA with my sister. It was just a short idea that was pretty much done on the fly. I enjoyed the editing process a great deal and finding music to set the tone.

The Magician

23 Apr 2007 04:04 CST

A short film based on Uranus, the Magician by Gustav Holst. Part VI of the planets project.

Why Caged Birds Sing

20 Apr 2007 06:04 CST

There are people that cut themselves, burn themselves and break their own bones. Self-mutilation has remained almost ignored for a long time. In the fields of psycho-pathology and general practition the problem is now beginning to be studied more seriously. The reasons for this behaviour are many and varied. Many ?cutters? claim physical and sexual abuse during infancy. A large number have not, however, been subject to these forms of abuse. The temptation to cut oneself becomes overwhelming and the physical pain represents, in itself, a way of overcoming a much greater and more

Midnight Confession

14 Apr 2007 06:04 CST

A tormented priest hears the confession of a young man with a lycanthropic condition.

Milk Your Mind

22 Mar 2007 02:03 CST

A Jay Sansone Film A corroded journey into the mind of a man disconnected by his disillusions of love and hallucinations of a giant milk carton. Starring: Chris Potter, Rachel Gippetti, Brian McCoy, Mike Walsh & Will Carpenter (more)

Dangerous Grounds

15 Mar 2007 06:03 CST

Always tell the truth. Or not.

Unlikely Circumstsances

07 Mar 2007 03:03 CST

A seasoned hit man receives a unique request.

Hunger

07 Mar 2007 02:03 CST

A young man, looking to help people in foreign countries, realizes that he is most needed at home.

Infidel Trailer

25 Feb 2007 03:02 CST

A street preacher encounters a man in a greasy rib joint and becomes convinced that she has been chosen by God to bring this solitary stranger to Jesus. What she doesn?t realize is that he is a hired killer staking out the restaurant as he lies in wait for his intended victim. Both the preacher lady and the hit man are determined to carry out their mission. No matter what it takes.

The Long Road Home

20 Feb 2007 04:02 CST

Follow this dark story as a husband and wife balance on the edge of destruction on the Long Road Home .....some would say things end on a bad note. You decide.

The Mirror

18 Feb 2007 06:02 CST

The Mirror is a nine minute short film set in 5th century Britain. The story centers on the internal struggles faced by the main character, William, who is torn between making the right and wrong choices in life. His journey towards the light is presented in a dreamlike and symbolic manner.

25 Ways to Die

31 Jan 2007 02:01 CST

David Chai & Steve Stanchfield are independent animators in the Detroit, Michigan area. Their interests include rock climbing, weight lifting, and full contact karate. However, they lack significant physical dexterity, upper-body strength, and endurance, so stick primarily to animating while breathing very vigorously.

The One Long Night

25 Jan 2007 12:01 CST

Jacob has never been good at accepting reality. When his personal demons start to catch up with him, his attempts at ignoring them become less and less successful. He can't sleep, can't leave the house, and will eventually have to cave in to their agenda...

Adia

12 Dec 2006 05:12 CST

"Adia" examines the issue of pre-arranged marriage in West Africa. It is about a 14year old girl who is sold by her father, into the hands of a 40year old man for marriage. Adia falls in love with a boy her own age but the relationship is broken apart by her husbands jealously.

Drawn By Pain-Trailer

10 Dec 2006 01:12 CST

The story of a little girl turned fierce woman with the power to manifest strong anime characters onto herself has finally been brought to the web, and beyond! Fusing animation with live action, Emily Waters slices an animated sword through all that stands before her as she struggles to deal with her real life, inner (and outer) demons and the person she fears the most: herself! ?I figured why tell a pre-existing anti-hero story that?s been told through comics and books when I can just make my own. Isn?t the very point of storytelling to try and be original?? Tired of the same unoriginal

Bathroom Stories - Trailer #1

06 Dec 2006 06:12 CST

This is a Trailer for the upcoming 45 Min ?so-called short? film Bathroom Stories. It?s an episode film about six people around the world who talk their regular lives in their bathrooms. No matter what culture you are from the problems you face are universal. You will find a German ?blind date? episode about a couple who lives in Hamburg. Then we have a ?making Sushi/taking drugs? episode from Tokyo starring two wonderful Japanese woman. Then, after you thought that?s it, we see a ?Woody Allen-esque? story about a brilliant writer who can?t leave his apartment ?cause of his writers block. A

The Legend

05 Dec 2006 11:12 CST

Three retired local legendary warriors try to live an ordinary life with their girlfriends after beating their destined opponent. However, their opponent seeks revenge and tracks down one of the warrior. The villain decides to kidnap the warrior's girlfriend and kills her. Now the three legendary warriors get together and face the final battle with their destined opponent.

Vox

18 Nov 2006 07:11 CST

A rape survivor

Quarter Life Crisis

12 Nov 2006 03:11 CST

Tomasso is a bright, educated, and ambitious 26 year-old wasting his life away working in a hockey arena. Tomasso and his best friend Leo plan a trip to Europe so Tomasso can escape the painful memory of his ex girlfriend leaving him after she aborts his child. Tomasso and Leo try to convince their unhappily married friend to go to Europe but his wife won?t let him, making Evan bitterly angry. Tomasso meets Martina--a comfortable distraction?before he voyages to Europe. Martina looking for love and trying to please her overbearing mother goes to great lengths to find fulfillment as all the ch

Put That Away

14 Oct 2006 01:10 CST

Put That Away is the story of a break-up. Subtle and sweet, this film gives us a glimpse into the experiences of two women by juxtoposing the beginning and the end of their relationship.

This short was produced as part of the Digital Gun Awards in Toronto, 2003. Filmmakers were given 3 days to make a 6-minute film based on a provided theme. (12 hours to write, 12 hours to shoot, 12 hours to edit.) The theme for this film was "a room with a view."

Put That Away

13 Oct 2006 02:10 CST

Subtle and sweet, this short gives us a glimpse into the lives of two women by juxtaposing the beginning and the end of their relationship. This was produced as part of the Digital Gun Festival. Filmmakers are given 3 days to make a 6 minute film based on a provided theme. (12 hours to write, 12 hours to shoot, and 12 hours to edit). The theme for this film was "a room with a view."