Films

If it ain't broke…

Guy in the Sky

Matt Brown | Canada | 8 min | 2009 Two friends discuss the widening gap between their thoughts and their actions, and how bridging that gap isn't as satisfying as they think.

Fragments

Kevin Nikkel | Manitoba | 18 min | 2009 An aspiring stained glass apprentice struggles to end her relationship with the master artist of the studio. As she works alone in his absence on a stained glass window, she finds the means to finally provoke a conversation. The conflict forces him to bring closure to their relationship.

The Opening Ceremony

Wong Men-hoi | China | 12 min | 2009 Filmed in one continuous shot, two men say goodbye with the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in the background.

The Spine

Chris Landreth | Canada | 11 min | 2009 The Spine uses uniquely bizarre but strangely believable imagery to tell the story of an ordinary married couple whose lives are in turn tragic, absurd and beautiful. Landreth won the Oscar® for best animated short in 2004 for the film Ryan.

Under the Dust

Maggie Musial | UK | 11 min | 2009 Alice lives an isolated life with her father with no intimacy or affection in her life. She searches for love in the romance of a passing couple. Deterioration of her father and continued loneliness find her affections placed upon her father as the only resort.

Choking Game

Cynthia Tremblay | Canada | 10 min | 2009 In the heart of a suburb, a teenage girl flirts with death in the hope of killing tedium. She plays a game that touches upon sexuality and becoming an adult.

Clint

Philipp Scholz | Germany | 4 min | 2008 The love triangle between Clint, his girlfriend and his cigarettes is pressured.