SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2009
International I-B
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 These films contain sexual or violent content. |
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A little girl is playing on the beach with her parents, but she worries. Why is it that she can see the real danger of global warming, and the politician standing by the water doesn’t seem to have a clue? So she sets out to explain. In the end more than 6,000 people will help her to do so.
A mysterious femme fatale asks an unwitting stranger to mind her handbag. She disappears. Moments later, he receives a mysterious phone call. If he wants to stay alive, he has to follow her instructions to the letter… a simple matter of murder.
"Wolverhampton Deaf Fest 2008 (UK)"
"Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2009 (UK)"
Two Mexican immigrants work at the Paradise Cafe. While preparing dishes, the youngest rehearses his heroic resignation, through which he hopes to regain his youth and dignity and even win the love of a waitress. But things aren’t as they seem here, where reality becomes fiction and fiction reality.
"Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico 2008 Grand Prix
"Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2008 (France)"
"Montreal World Film Festival 2008 (Canada)"
Facing foreclosure, 74 year-old Stanley decides to take matters into his own hands. As events unfold, he meets a man who throws a severe kink into his plans.
"Atlantic Film Festival 2008 (Canada)"
"Calgary International Film Festival 2008 (Canada) "
"Vancouver International Film Festival 2008 (Canada)"
A mattress salesman who employs faux science to get female customers into bed falls for a skeptical insomniac who knows her science better than her heart.
"The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Television Awards 2008 3rd Place in Drama"
"Visionfest 2009 (USA) Best Short Film"
"The Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2008 (USA) Best Student Film"
A few months after she marries Peter Pan, Wendy delivers her first baby…
"Tours Métrages Festival 2008 (France) Jury Award"
"Besançon Film Festival 2008 (France)"
"Best Fiction Film Austin Fantastic Fest 2008 (USA)"
Luzia lives in the countryside of Brazil with her parents and her brother Pedro. When her brother starts going to the school, the girl shows her desire to go with him, but her wish is not respected. Repressed by her father, Luzia learns how to read using her own way. To do so, she may even count on the devil’s help.
" Brasilia Film Festival 2008 (Brazil)"