HIGH CONCEPT/LOW BUDGET FILMS

Slomo - 4 tenors - Ryan Junell, Oakland - 1min, mini dv, Small children are dragons to birds.

Children Are A Gift - Terri Timely, Oakland - 5min, HD 720P, Kids need help with the darndest things. Thank goodness someone else is related to this one.

Help is Coming - Ben Mor & Kareem Johnson, Los Angeles - 8 min, 16mm, A post Katrina New Orleans haunted by the empty gestures of our great leaders and the ironic victims behind their masks.

Arnold Heart Hummer - Laura Dean, San Francisco - 25 sec, mixed, You want alternative fuels? This baby runs on pure love.

Little Strong - Kuo-Ting Kao & Tsai-Pin Wang, Jersey City - 6min, animation, A city dweller’s nightmare and a roaches’ dream.

I am Hearing the Last Bird - Ryan Tebo, Syracuse - 6min, 8mm, A tactile meditation on blindness and the end of life.

The Trainee - Craig Rosenthal, Singapore - 8min, 16 mm, A first time robber holds up a late night convenience store with unexpected consequences.

AMAR - Franc Planas & Esteban Crespo, Madrid - 11min, mini dv, ¡Oh noche que guiaste! A young couple, passionately in love exchange their sexual identity in a mutual action of giving.

2 - Kim Anderson, Calgary - 3min, 16 mm, An animated meditation on the human ability and inability to communicate love through limited means.

Slomo - Snails on Theramin - Matmos, San Francisco -1min, mini dv, We watch snails at their pace.

Pump - Sinisa Kukic, San Francisco - 6min, 8mm, A poetic journey through San Francisco's urban landscape as seen through the lens of a fixed wheel and it's cyclist.

Me Room Matey - Katelin Saufley, Sioux Falls - 6 min, mini dv, All hope abandon, Ye who be livin' with the likes of a pirate who be comin' out of thar closet!

Absolute Zero - Alan Woodruff, St. Kilda - 27 min, 16 mm, A fascinating documentary that explores the twisted power of the mind.