HIGH CONCEPT/LOW BUDGET FILMS

Slomo - Calling Occupants - Michelle Dean, Los Angeles - 1min, mini dv, A short, magical slo-mo journey to a land of globe-headed hula-hooping spacemen.

A Trip To Prague - Neil Needleman, Katonah - 5min, dv, Gorgeous illustrations and the narration of a lovable Brooklyn Jew give form to this sweet and touching story that will make even the most cynical art snob believe in happy endings.

That Old Pair Of Jeans - Andrea Giacomini, Los Angeles - 5min, mini dv, This stylish film is full of sensible advise on how to clean up your life, and mend a broken heart while you’re at it.

MacDeath - Erik Dillinger, Thadeus Parkinson, Janis Robertson & Simon Fillat, San Rafael - 3min, mini dv, What’s a young thespian to do when drama pirates from the future commandeer his stage? Submit or Die!

A Pomegranate Escaped - William H. Frey III, San Francisco - 2min, mp4, When opportunity knocks, this pomegranate pulls up it's bootstraps and heads for the door.

MIRAGE - Youngwoong Jang, New York - 9min, dv, Set against a backdrop of futuristic desolation, this beautifully human tale proves that the struggle for precious resources can actually become a transcendent symbiosis.

Sub Sectio - Wim Jongedijk, Amsterdam - 16min, 8mm/16mm, In this haunting and moody film, form and content are entwined in a morbid dance through decay and disorientation, loss and shame, and the post-modern world’s destructive dissection of humanity.

Run - Nathan Brunskill & Anna Salim, Los Angeles - 4 min, 35 mm, The short guy with the beer belly goes head to head with the sexy man with the perfect bod and matching tracksuit. Who will come out on top…

Ignorance is Bliss - Sean Christianson, Miriam Wilson & Greg Wild-Smith, Oakland - 3 min, mini dv, This short answers questions you’ve always wanted to know about the afterlife: what if heaven is animated and Saint Peter is a lonely, lovelorn and slightly sadistic Barry Gibb look-alike?

SELL THIS BIKE! - Brendon Lloyd, Los Angeles - 4 min, dv, The middle man vigorously strikes again.

Papeterie - Simon Beaupre, Montreal - 1 min, dv, A beautiful video composition that explores the origins of paper.

Slomo - Vasa Milagro - James Matlosz, Los Angeles - 1 min, mini dv, A visually stunning minute.

Pilgrimage - Tadashi Nakamura & Karen Ishizuka, Culver City - 22min, mini dv, An inspiring story of how a small group of Japanese Americans in the late 1960s transformed an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.

Recalling Trinity - Tim Guthrie, Omaha - 4min, dvcpro -The father of the atomic bomb is dissected in paint.

Slomo - Your Turn - Brian Perkins, Boston - 1 min, minidv, What is slow motion?

Shank - Jenessa Joffe & Erikka Yancy, Los Angeles -17 min, mini dv, Lila's soccer coach is a dream. Here's a topic you may have missed from Degrassi Junior High.