Directed
by: Torrill Kove
Running Time: 15:00
The Danish Poet
Can
we trace the chain of events that leads to our birth? Is our existence
just coincidence? Do little things matter? The Danish Poet considers these
questions as
we follow Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on holidayto
Norway to meet the famous writer Sigrid Undset. As Kasper's quest for
inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry
dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry goats and other
seemingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme
of things after all.
Directed
by: Gary Rydstrom
Running Time: 4:48
Lifted
When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducting humans requires precision and a gentle touch, and within a few missteps, it's painfully clear why more humans don't go missing every year ...
Directed by: Géza
M. Tóth
Running Time: 4:46
Maestro
Five minutes before
the Big Performance,
the Maestro is getting ready behind the curtains.
Time is slowly ticking away...
Directed
by: Roger Allers
Running Time: 6:37
The Little Matchgirl
Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale about a poor young girl whose burning desire to find comfort and happiness comes to life through the magic of rich hand-drawn Disney animation. Desperate to keep warm, a girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food and a place to call home.
Directed
by: Chris Renaud
and Michael Thurmeier
Running Time: 7:06
No Time For Nuts
While
trying to bury his nut in the ice age, Scrat uncovers
a frozen time machine. Accidentally activating the machine,
he goes on a hilarious adventure chasing his precious nut
through time.
Directed by: Ruby
Yang
Running Time: 4:46
China/USA
The Blood of Yingzhou District
No one knows how old
Gao Jun is. Four? Older? Younger? Whatever his biological age, he has
none of the verbal babble, or ready tears, of a child his age. The film
tracks this orphan for a year as his closest surviving kin - his uncles
- weigh what
to do with him. The older uncle's dilemma: if he allows his children to
play with Gao Jun, who is HIV-positive, they will be ostracized by terrified
neighbors. The younger uncle's dilemma: so long as Gao Jun remains in
the house, the young man may not be able to find a wife. Gao Jun is one
of just a handful of children we come to know in this film: Nan Nan who
after her parents' death, was shunned by relatives and left to live without
adult care, with "Little Flower," her teen-age sister; and the
Huang siblings who vividly describe their ostracism at school. The result
of misinformation about the nature of the disease, the suffering of these
orphans is all the more devastating for being largely unnecessary.
Directed by: Leslie
Iwerks
Running Time: 23 minutes
Recycled Life
At the vast, toxic
Guatemala City Garbage Dump, generations of families
eke out a living picking through the trash in search of items they can
recycle.
Directed by: Karen
Goodman
and Kirk Simon
Running Time: 40 minutes
Rehearsing A Dream
A group of exceptionally talented and gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists are given the chance to spend one week with leading figures from the world of the performing arts.
Directed by: Nathaniel
Kahn
Running Time: 17 minutes
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
When pianist Leon
Fleisher lost the use of his right hand in 1965, he began a decades-long
struggle to find a cure for his mysterious ailment, eventually diagnosed
as focal dystonia, while reshaping his career to accommodate his loss.
Directed by: Javier Fesser
Running Time: 30 minutes
Binta y la gran idea
Binta
is a 7 year old girl who lives in a small charming village on the Casamance
River in southern Senegal. She goes to school but her cousin Soda does
not have the same good fortune. She is not allowed to learn about the
things of the world. Meanwhile, Binta's father (a humble fisherman) is
concerned about the development of mankind and he is determined to carry
out his great idea.
Binta Trailer
- English Subtitles
Binta Short
- Spanish Subtitles
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga
Running Time: 16 minutes
Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)
When his wife leaves
him, Joaquin asks his son to help him persuade his mother-in-law to do
the housework.
The
Eramos Pocos Trailer
Eramos
Pocos - Full Short With English Subtitles
Directed by: Soren Pilmark
Running Time: 12 minutes
Helmer & Son
A son is called to
the rest home where his father – much against his will – has
recently been admitted. The father has locked himself in an armoire, and
the family has to reunite in order to get him out.
Directed by: Peter Templeman
& Stuart Parkyn
Running Time: 19:00
The Saviour
A
young Mormon man gets a little too involved with his latest convert. When
her husband comes home from prison, his true mission is uncovered.
Directed by: Nathaniel Kahn
Running Time: 17 minutes
West Bank Story
West Bank Story is a musical comedy about David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian fast food cashier - an unlikely couple who fall in love amidst the animosity of their families' dueling falafel stands in the West Bank.
Tensions mount when the Kosher King's new pastry machine juts onto Hummus Hut property. The Palestinians ruin the machine and the Israelis respond by building a wall between the two eating establishments.
The couple professes
their love for each other, triggering a chain of events that destroys
both restaurants and forces all to find common ground in an effort to
rebuild, planting a seed of hope.