Oh Dear [fiction] - Nicolas Provost, Brussels, Belgium, 1 min, video
Formula 1 go-karts, porcelain faced kids and a CG Bambi collide in a trip around the track.
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Financial Advice [fiction] - Fritz Donnelly, New York, NY, 5 min, Mini DV
The Wall Street Journal never tells it like it is. But alone in his apartment, Fritz breaks down all you need to know about taking stock of your assets, inventorying your friends, and hiding your cash in your closet.
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Two [fiction] - Nick Peterson, Portland, OR, 10 min, Super 16mm
In a near wordless world of melancholy two people have drifted apart for reasons that aren't nearly as important as the hurt they both feel. Those in the midst of a lousy break up may want to step into the lobby and refill their popcorn.
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Candy Girl [music video] - Charles Roxburgh, Burbank, CA, 5 min, 16mm
Gussied up in the bright red colors of a bygone Soviet era of space exploration, a girl races in her rocket to get back to the moon in time to save the universe and keep her dog from going crazy.
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American Bandits [experimental] - Philippe Vendrolini, San Francisco, CA, 4 min, DV
Some people obsess over the reality shows they love (Cops, for instance); others draw all over them, remix the sound and throw in a few grazing deer along the way.
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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn [documentary]- Neil Needleman, Katonah, NY, 7 min, VHS
An earnest interest in the family history takes a screeching right-turn as Aunts Esther and Naomi disagree about the details.
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Stall [experimental] - Brian Kerr, Lake Oswego, OR, 2 min, Mini DV
A micro-tour of an exhibit at the Exploratorium that is out of this world.
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Weights and Measures [fiction] - Tom Toro, Brooklyn, NY, 7 min, 16mm
In a startlingly elegant cinematic style a health inspector visits a Japanese restaurant and finds himself swept away in a macabre tale of sex, power and living up to code.
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Turkey Shoot [animation] - Dug Ward, Los Angeles, CA, 4 min, video
A tale of role reversal that's sure to make you think twice before pulling the trigger for your next kill.
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We Are The Littletons: A True Story [documentary] - Penny Lane, Troy, NY 10 min, Mini DV
Futile attempts to keep up appearances plague bourgeois America. One enterprising filmmaker walks through the front door and roots around the closed drawers and private letters of a New England family with secrets to keep.
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Archive [experimental] - Charles Cline, Pittsburg, PA, 6 min, video
What at first appears to be authentic footage dusted off from the early days of moving pictures, gives way to incidents both violent (bear attack), and banal (sandwich making).
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Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about spam [fiction] - Steven Tsuchida, Los Angeles, CA, 5 min 35mm
If the X-files had a penchant for Japanese poetry (and for a certain Hormel meat-based product) you might get a metaphysical comedy like this.
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Good Strong Roof [documentary] - Tony Gault, Englewood, CO, 6 min, Super 8
On the one foot this is the story of a man's lifelong struggle to keep his toenails under control; on the other it may very well be a story about making your peace with who you are.
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Valium and Grass (Part 4) [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.
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Dark-Bright-Red [fiction] - Danann Breathnach, London, UK, 9 min, Mini DV
Using crisp imagery and a taut script, a narrator chronicles the trivial and profound experiences of a foreigner making sense of her menial job, her new tongue and her own aspirations.
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