Secret Santa [fiction] - Alan Harris, Brooklyn, NY, 3 min, Mini DV
Good will during the holiday season is always appreciated, or is it?

Neighbors [documentary] - The DB, Brooklyn, NY, 6 min, Mini DV
Before you 'just browse' the neighbor's newspaper you might want to look over your shoulder.

Valium and Grass (part 3) [experimental/music video/found footage] - Bill Macomber and Tony Schloss, Los Angeles, CA, 3 min, Super8
Assembling a collage that is as much sonic as it is visual, these filmmakers set hypnotic beats to an eclectic mix of b-movie and home movie footage. Then they scribble over it, cut it up, fold it in on itself, and get deliriously trippy with it.

Natasha [documentary] - Jen Ashlock, Chapel Hill, NC, 13 min, Super 8
Three high-school gals form a band, name it after their collective alter-ego, write lyrics in class (and yes, some of those lyrics are physics problems and Noam Chomsky), and find beauty and complexity in the simplest of songs. Power to the Girls!

Petunia [animation] - Aaron Hughes, New York, NY, 3 min, video
A charming love affair between a man and his flower bounces merrily along from this world into the next.

Nature's Blueprints [documentary]- Mike Seely, San Francisco, CA, 10 min, 16mm
If all architects took their cues from nature, the world would look like a very different place, or at least Berkeley would.

Tales of Mere Existence [animation] - Lev, San Francisco, CA, 7 min, Mini DV
With stream-of-consciousness fluidity our anti-hero draws and recounts for us the details of his life - which are, principally, putting off work and being unbelievably horny.

Smack [fiction] - Alessandro de Cristofaro, Evanston, IL, 1.5 min, Mini DV
The ultimate synthesis of the dating scene becomes something to which every Donkey Kong fan can relate.

Mobius [music video] - Julie Kahn, Miami, FL, 4 min, 16mm
It's like a trip to the ballet, except with lawn mowers and weed-wackers.

The Legend of Santa Susanna [fiction] - William Scott Rees and JoEllen Martinson, Minneapolis, MN, 38 min, Mini DV
It's tough to create a modern fairy tale, let alone one with breakdancing, low-riders, and a fish with an awesome collection of sunglasses, but exquisite art direction, great acting and a sweet crazy story proves you can.