LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS
99 min // DVD
Fri 9:00, Sat 7:30, Sun 9:00, Tues: 9:00
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA
Spain // Javier Fesser & Luis Manso // 30 min
Binta, a seven-year-old girld, sets out to change the life of her young cousin.
ERAMOS POCOS
(ONE TOO MANY)
Spain // Borja Cobeaga // 16 min
When his wife leaves him, Joaquin asks his son to help him persuade his mother-in-law to do the housework.
HELMER & SON
Denmark // Soren Pilmark & KimMagnusson // 12 min
A son is called to the rest home, where his father has recently been admitted
THE SAVIOUR
Australia // Peter Templeman & Stuart Parkyn // 19 min
Malcolm, a door-to-door Mormon evangelist, is in love with a married woman.
WEST BANK STORY
USA // Ari Sandel // 21 min
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands on the West Bank. Oscar Winner!
The Saviour
The Danish Poet
| ANIMATION SHORT FILMS
77 min // DVD
Fri 7:30, Sat 9:30, Mon 7:30
THE DANISH POET
Canada/Denmark // Torill Kove15 min
Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, takes a holiday in Norway to meet the famour writer Sigrid Undset. Oscar Winner!
LIFTED
USA // Gary Rydstrom // 5 min
A young alien student from a distant world tests the patience of an increasingly weary instructor in a first-time alien abduction attempt.
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
USA // Roger Allers & Don Hahn7 min
A tale about a poor young girl who finds visions of happiness in the fiery flames of the matches that she lights to keep warm. Based on the Hand Christian Andersen story.
MAESTRO
Hungary // Geza M. Toth // 5 min
Maestro sits in front of a dressing room mirror, and carefully prepares for his grand show.
NO TIME FOR NUTS
USA // Chris Renaud & Michael Thurmeier // 7 min
While trying to bury a nut during the Ice Age, Scrat uncovers a frozen time machine.
A GENTLEMAN'S DUEL
USA // Francisco Ruiz Velasco & Scott McNally // 8 min
A seemingly innocent tea party takes a turn for the dramatic when two imperious aristocrats suddenly find themselves competing for the affections of the same fair lady.
GUIDE DOG
USA // Bill Plympton // 6 min
Guide Dog is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short Guard Dog. This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.
ONE RAT SHORT
USA // Alex Weil // 10 min
The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded food wrapper leads a New York subway rat into an adventure of love and loss.
THE PASSENGER
Australia // Chris Jones // 7 min
Storm clouds gather as a timid bookworm braves his daily walk to the bus stop. When he discovers what awaits him on board, he realizes he'd have been better off outside in the storm.
WRAITH OF COBBLE HILL
USA // Adam Parrish King // 15 min
When teenage Felix, from a deadbeat Brooklyn home, is asked by Mr. H, the kindly corner store owner, to mind his dog while he's away, it's up to Felix either to reciprocate the benevolence Mr. H has always shown him, or perpetuate the neglect handed down as a family legacy. |
