All Films

Fog

2007 • 15 min • New Zealand

Sixteen year old Ricky lives in a small fishing village with his parents. He dreams of leaving the town but is hindered by his father's expectations to follow in his footsteps. Ricky meets Telly, an older local girl who encourages him to sneak out of his house and escape into the night.

Ottica Zero

2007 • 13 min • Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America

Soon after her ‘big break’, Italian actress Nadya Cazan disappeared. Ottica Zero follows Nadya from her rejection of the monetary-based system to find an alternative way of living. It is a journey which takes us from Rome to Venus, where social innovator and futurist, Jacques Fresco, proposes a solution.

Widow Apartment

2007 • 60 min • Japan

Misaki’s husband Ken’ichi dies in a car accident soon after their marriage. As the first anniversary of his death nears, Misaki is still in mourning for Ken’ichi. Ken’ichi had managed the Sunrise Villa apartments, which his parents have managed after his death. A psychic claims to have received word from Ken’ichi’s spirit that he wants the apartments to be kept running responsibly. Misaki, believing the psychic, takes charge of the apartments, working as the landlady, performing repairs, and responding to the demands of the tenants… However wierd they are…

Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan

2007 • 5 min • Japan

Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan centers around Dr. Mashirito Jr. and his creation Abale, who serves as a rebellious opposite of the protagonist Arale. Many years after the end of Dr. Slump, Dr. Mashirito Jr. returns to avenge his father Dr. Mashirito, the sworn enemy of Senbei Norimaki. He makes an android at any point similar to Arale, except for her character that is somewhat different. He gives the name "Abale" to this android. In spite of itself, Abale will successfully contain an alien invasion.

Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

2007 • 46 min • United States of America

Christmas is never so spirited as when Tom and Jerry lock horns for the holidays in their new original movie--Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale In an empty opera house, Jerry wishes for a chance to perform -- and magically his dream comes true. The little mouse is whisked away to an enchanted kingdom where anything is possible: candy forests, singing snowflakes, even the toys spring to life! Jerry has a great time with his new friends, and when Jerry dances with the music box ballerina, he is as happy as happy can be. Unfortunately, alley cats led by Tom crash Jerry's party, kidnap the music box ballerina and wreak havoc in the holiday kingdom. It's up to Jerry to set things right -- and with help from a fellow mouse named Tuffy and more newfound friends, Jerry just may win the day!

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams

2007 • 56 min • United States of America

Princess Aurora and Princess Jasmine learn valuable life lessons in two short stories.

Pariah

2007 • 28 min

A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.

Code 13

2007 • 16 min • Canada

Montreal, one night. Joseph, a solitary and taciturn taxi driver, is involved in a disturbing incident with a cyclist after agreeing to replace a colleague.

Knife

2007 • 60 min • Estonia

Ekke is a real estate agent who seems to have everything - a good job, family, and money. But he feels that something is still missing. While trying to add some spice to his life, Ekke unintentionally commits a misdemeanour and finds it unexpectedly exciting. In order to feel the excitement again and again, Ekke will reach the state of mind that he won't be able to control any more. He grabs a knife and won't be able to put it down.

Alan & Samir

2007 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Two brothers out for a night of shagging instead bring up their hidden tensions

Perfect Day

2007 • 8 min • Canada

The artist records himself at home proudly indulging in the happiness of a drug (heroin and cocaine) inspired perfect day. The music of Lou Reed: Heroin and Perfect Day. Recorded on Sunday – edited on Monday. Be Happy.

The Capricious Robot

2007 • 40 min • Japan

The Film in commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Shinich Hoshi's death and the 50 year anniversary of his debut as author.

The FP

2007 • 13 min

In a post apocalyptic future, two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park by playing "Beat Beat Revelation", a deadly version of Dance, Dance, Revolution(TM).

Woodland Spirits

2007 • 27 min • Canada

In this documentary short, two men paddle a canoe across a remote part of northern Lake Superior. Each stroke brings them closer to the culmination of an artistic and spiritual journey, one that begins with ancient rock paintings from their Anishinaabe ancestors.

Foxy Lady

2007 • 12 min • Spain

An attractive journalist attempts to interview a writer of ill reputation.

Drop in Ghost

2007 • 48 min • Japan

The World According to Chocolat

2007 • 50 min • Japan

This work is based on the 2007 Sony Ericsson Foma SO903i mobile advertising idea to extend into a 50-minute fantasy movie with Yuko Takeuchi as Chocolat who's younger sister Noriko met Chocolat's old boyfriend during a storm in a bus stop. They went to cafe and started reminiscing using their mobile phone about Chocolat's death 7 years earlier in an accident...

Visités

2007 • 17 min • France

She losses her sight. Once back among friends and family: blindness, isolation and a strange perception of the bodies around her. Rejection of this changes and an abrupt decision to put an end to it all. In the peacefulness of early morning, the terms of a new shared existence take shape.

No Destination

2007 • 18 min

John Savage plays Billy, a Tony Robbins gone awry. He awakes and decides this is his day to die, but first Billy must pass on his warped brand of 'personal power' by captivating his his protégé, AJ who carries forth his maniacal rules. In 12 blazing hours, Billy magnetizes 2 love-struck honeymooners, a couple of hapless cops, and one expert martial artist/store clerk who all unwittingly fuel Billy's kamikaze mission.

Raving

2007 • 24 min • United States of America

In New York City, a young woman forms a curious bond with a lonely older man after they encounter one another on a street corner.

Democrazy

2007 • 1 min

Francesco Vezzoli once wrote that "Washington, D.C. is like the Hollywood of worldwide politics." In "Democrazy," a diptych of films that explore presidential public relations with two campaign advertisements, Vezzoli casts actress Sharon Stone and French public intellectual Bernard Henri-Levy as Republican and Democratic candidates named Patricia Hill and Patrick Hill.

Celebration

2007 • 42 min • United Kingdom

All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective wives. At an adjacent table a banker and his wife banter over his recently discovered affair. But while Pinter gets a lot of laughs out of these gold-plated philistines, he also suggests they are displaced people. Shorn of any inherited values, they live in an eternal present of sex, food and conspicuous consumption. - Michael Billington, Guardian

Missed

2007 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking past the window of the café in which he's sitting the next day.

Narzissen

2007 • 15 min • Germany

Throughout his whole life the boy – tortured by his mother’s disdain – has been struglling for love. Katharina, the girl next door, raises new hope. For her, he cultivates a garden.