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Farm Sluts 2007-05-08 02:13:00 2003 - USAA successful 30 something (Chris Parnell) is fired for accidentally visiting a pornographic web site during office hours. His life unravels when the false accusation prevents him from gaining alternative employment. In despair, he commences a series of hilarious suicide attempts.Chris Parnell ... LarryArden Myrin ... Larry's Co-workerRoy Lee Jones ... Larry's BossErin Leigh Price ... Larry's Girlfriend (as Erin Price)Rick Hoffman ... RickElizabeth Keener ... JanetBrian Reddy ... Larry's FatherCarol Mansell ... Larry's MotherSteve Hytner ... Evil Male ExecutiveLisa Ann Walter ... Sexy Feminist ExecutiveGreg Allen Johnson ... Larry's UncleLeslie Jordan ... CoronerDirected by: Collin Friesen
Quartier de la Madeleine 2007-05-11 08:56:00 2006 - USAVicenzo Natali, the filmmaker behind the mindbending cult classic The Cube, contributed this film to the collection Paris je t'aime. Starring Elijah Wood and Olga Kurylenko, Quartier de la Madeleine
is an eerie dialogue-free vampire tale.A young guy stumbles upon a female vampire hunting at late midnight.He is bound to go to the extremes as he falls in her at first sight.CASTOlga Kurylenko Elijah WoodWes Craven Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Finite 2007-05-13 06:52:00 USA - 2005Nothing lasts forever.When a relationship is forced to change, how does one come to terms with the past and reconcile? Ultimately, relationships like life simply exist, persist, and endure for a limited period of time.CASTRich McDonaldGwendolynn MurphyDirected by Eric Hyland&Dusty Culbertson
Anna and The Soldier 2007-05-15 22:45:00 2005 - GERMANYBetween 1943 and the end of World War II in 1945 Italy was occupied by troops of Nazi-Germany. It was a time of cruelty and inhumanity for the Italian people in their own country...Italy, 1950. The 18-year old Italian girl Anna is haunted by her past. Six years ago she lost her whole family in a massacre by the German Wehrmacht. Again and again she is drawing her horrific memories. Suddenly one of the Nazi soldiers returns. The moment for revenge has come.CASTPheline Roggan AnnaSteffen Schroeder SoldierDirected by Sören Hüper&Christian Prettin
My Left Eye 2007-05-20 01:48:00 ARGENTINA - 2005Clarin newspaper's sponsorship campaign for the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival includes five directors each giving their take on the same script. The directors include (in order of appearance) Ariel Winograd, Rodrigo Garcia Saiz, Plástico, Cayetana Vidal, and Nicólas Parodi.Short Film 1Production Company: Wasabi filmsDirector: Ariel WinogradProducer: Fabian ZayatShort Film 2Production Company: Bendercine / Central FilmsDirector: Rodrigo Garcia SaizProducer: Jacqueline LigtenstenShort Film 3Production Company: FlehnerDirector: PlásticoProducer: Gabriel StarnaShort Film 4Production Company: Furia FilmsDirector: Cayetana VidalProducer: Alejandra CohenShort Film 5Production Company: Blue FilmsDirector: Nicólas ParodiProducer: Gonzalo FontanaProduction Director: Facundo PerezResponsible for Client: Pablo Schcilnik / Javier Kravier / Diego Volcovich
Star 2007-05-22 05:20:00 2001 - USAThe Driver carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting Pittsburgh. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soon gets tired of her and decides to have a bit of fun.Guy Ritchie directs his wife Madonna and it is definitely his style, seen in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch'. CASTClive Owen ... DriverMichael Beattie ... ManagerToru Tanaka Jr. ... BodyguardTroy Aguayo ... BodyguardMadonna ... StarWoon Young Park ... BodyguardDirected by Guy Ritchie
Offside 2007-05-21 02:51:00 2001 - USAThis is the true story of the Christmas Truce of 1914, when British and German soldiers on the Western Front put down their guns and played a game of soccer in "No Man's Land.The film takes every exceptionally detailed & focused element and forms an extraordinary and inspiring piece. Not one detail is overlooked, from the superb acting to the outstanding production design.CASTSam McConkey ... British SoldierJohn Churchill ... German soldierChris Elwood ... Pvt. BourneEuan K. MacDonald ... MacDominic Muller ... German SoldierJohn Prosky ... SergeantDarren Richardson ... ChaplainChris Wallace ... German SoldierDewey Weber ... SoldierSye Williams ... German SoldierPatrick Wuebben ... German Soldier Directed by Leanna Creel
Cashback 2007-05-26 09:35:00 2006 - ENGLANDWhen art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.'Cashback
' is director Sean Ellis' debut feature and he recreates the atmosphere of his same-titled short film with deft strokes, breathing life into a fantasy movie masking as a romantic comedy. Do not write it off on the basis of this negatively-connoted label, rather see it as a creative drama that delivers comedy by the bucketload. The fact is that 'Cashback' delves deep into the emotions
Doll Face 2007-05-28 18:20:00 USA - 2005A machine struggles to construct its own identity as it mimics images on a television screen. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.It's a very simple set, only a few objects. But they are very well designed, modelled, textured and lit, and the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts. It takes a lot of talent to make something so simple seem so believable.But the real strength of "Doll Face" is in its content. This is a film that speaks on many different levels about the struggle between individuality and conformity in response to external ideals. But I think it's also a comment on reaching ever higher for physical perfection in our image-obsessed society.Andy Huang has directed and animated short films that have received both national and international recognition. His past animated work has been showcased at the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the C
Spin 2007-06-01 00:45:00 USA - 2005A mysterious DJ is sent to a city block to mend a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives.It concerns a DJ who has the ability to control time, but every time he makes an adjustment to prevent a tragedy, some bigger catastrophe occurs. The guy who plays the DJ is super-cool and has some great one-takes. The audience really got into it. Although there is no dialog, it has some great sound design. Unlike other short films, this one is actually SHORT and does not wear out its welcome. The acting, production values, special effects, and editing are all first rate -- and it's very, very funny.Raymond Andrew Bailey ... Drug DealerCesar Bejarano ... Tough Cholo 1Brandon Carrillo ... Armed CholoTroy Garner ... BusinessmanJamey Geston ... Little GirlGale Grove ... Elderly WomanJonny Hayz II ... ScratchMegan Heffernan ... MotherKerry Knuppe ... Reading GirlPooch ... DogJeffrey Richardson ... Shy GuyMike Saleeb ... Tough Cholo 2Alan Shackelford ... Elderly ManBama Sl
Thomas 2007-06-03 20:08:00 CANADA - 1995Keith Behrman’s first short film, THOMAS, deals with a family waiting for a snowstorm to abate in order to bury their eldest son. It’s a stark, lonely story and more than a little reminiscent of Claude Jutra’s classic MON ONCLE ANTOINECASTAdam FrostJamie BabbDirected by Keith Behrman Read more:Thomas
Oscar Pinta 2007-06-08 16:47:00 AUSTRALIA - 2004A young boy takes a photograph of a stranger and is slowly consumed by the man's soul.CASTMichael KotaridisRod BarrSienna Taylor GibsonDirected by Joanna Quintanilla Read more:Oscar
Love Without Socks 2007-06-12 16:14:00 CANADA - 1998It's the little things that count. A simple pair of socks produce a critical moment in Fanny and Frank's relationship. Very first short film from Filmmakers Alliance co-Founder Jacques Thelemaque starring Diane Gaidry.CASTG. Larry ButlerFrank ComoDiane GaidryAndrew M. SomersDirected by Jacques Thelemaque Read more:Socks
The Silent City 2007-06-20 15:35:00 IRELAND - 2006This film is about three soldiers struggling for survival on a dust-laden, war-torn planet that may or may not be Earth.Robinson directs and edits “The Silent
City” with virtually a non-existent budget and has created a stunning visual effects film with a gripping character study of the ultimate futility of war that rivals anything I’ve seen since Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” or Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” only on a smaller scale.CASTCillian MurphyDon WycherleyGarvan McGrathDirected by Ruairí Robinson
Thinning The Herd 2007-06-18 16:38:00 FRANCE - 2004Having finished the graveyard shift a young albino returns to her apartment to find that a vicious killer of the disabled has made her next victim. What attracts some humans to the dark side? Is it a cry for pop culture attention in a world where serial killers are more famous than nobel prize winners? Society's sum of the disenfranchised or do dark forces really call to them? Why does a young man feel compeled to act out brutal murders inspired by satanic music? This simple premise becomes the set for a little game of show and tell between predator and prey.CASTTravis MarchallRie RasmussenDirected by Rie Rasmussen
The Youth in Us 2007-06-18 10:45:00 USA - 2005Every once in while on WTTW’s Image Union (the long-running half-hour short film showcase) you come across a real gem. In this case, the jewel is The Youth In Us, and the good news is, you don’t have to TIVO Image Union (which I recommend) to see it, since director Joshua Leonard has constructed a modest website to share his work. Leonard, an actor who is best known (apparently) from The Blair Witch Project (the only human image that sticks with me from that film involves a flashlight and snot), shows talent with this 2005 short, his first directing gig. However, it is the writing and cinematography that make The Youth In Us stand out among the large population of short films that are made and never seen.While short form cinema allows for multiple viewings, good short form cinema encourages it. On first blush here we have an intimate conversation between two kids in love, played with impressive restraint by Lukas Haas (Brick, Last Days) and Kelli Garner. However, both the
Prey Alone 2007-06-26 19:59:00 IRELAND - 2005Believe it or not it took only 4 days to shoot all of the live action elements of Prey Alone in a green screen studio at Ardmore Studios in Dublin. One can appreciate the amount of preparation this took. Every head turn, look and movement had to be worked out in advance by directors Stephen St Leger and James Mather and agreed upon for it to cut together. There are approximately 350 shots in the completed movie and each one is at least digitally enhanced if not completely created on a computer. The self-taught James Mather spent at least 18 months preparing and building all the necessary 3d objects and elements. After seeing a short clip, producer John McDonnell was successful in securing some short film funding from the Irish Film Board. With a budget most Hollywood producers spend on lunch, Technical director John O’Connell set up the domestic nine-computer render farm. Then James, Lead animator & compositor Jonathan Ridge and graphic artist Eddie Sheanon had only thr
Spring in Awe 2007-06-26 17:58:00 USA - 2004Martina Radwan :"My story behind the film is very simple and very direct. I have been a political person all my life. I was amazed to see so many people, worldwide, on the streets protesting against the war in Iraq, and it didn’t seem to matter to the government. I felt very helpless and wanted to be heard.I have also had a lifelong fascination with Times Square. Times Square is a symbol of entertainment and glamour everywhere in the world — that changed drastically when Disney took over and it became the Mecca of commerce. Seeing the horrible news of the war melting into the colorful fluorescent lights and therefore making them seem less horrible, made me very angry.I told a friend of mine, Moira Demos, an editor, about my idea and she immediately agreed to collaborate with me. I went out to shoot on Times Square almost every night, depending on the news, and the next morning Moira would load in the footage and we would edit.We had a very quick turnaround, roughly eigh Read more:Spring
405: The Movie 2007-06-25 18:24:00 USA - 2000405 was created by Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt using only consumer level computers, off-the-shelf software, and their imaginative talents. This short film was shot in two days on location on the busy I-405 freeway in Los Angeles and Orange County. But it really came to be only after three more months of hard work using computer graphics.Much of the movie, featuring a DC-10 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee, was created entirely inside these computers. There are 62 shots in this 3 minute film and 42 of those shots are enhanced with digital visual effects. Nineteen shots are entirely digital creations, using no live action footage whatsoever. There is no real airplane in this film. The DC-10 was created digitally in a 3D environment. Both cars in this film are also created digitally using Lightwave 3D. Both actors were shot inside real vehicles, however, most shots--including all of the old woman's scenes--were shot standing still. Even the freeway backgrounds were created digitally
Trevor 2007-07-01 03:17:00 USA - 1994Trevor
is your average 70's high schooler in Bible Belt, USA: He listens to records, hangs out with his friends, and goes to the movies. But one day things change: He hits puberty, and everything seems different. He doesn't want to make out with the girls at a party. He starts to pay more attention to the other boys in his class. He starts to realize that people make fun of him for his love of ballet and theatre and Diana Ross. Eventually, Trevor comes to the realization that he's gay. Now, his friends don't want to be seen anywhere around him, his parents ignore him, his priest accuses him of being a pervert, and his best friend Pinky tells him that he's a weak person. With no one offering any support, Trevor decides to kill himself. But help comes in an unexpected form.A film that deals with the very real issue of one's self worth in the eyes of people that matter in your life.Trevor is a film many people will identify with. It takes a sensitive yet blunt approach to
Fashion Victim 2007-07-01 00:25:00 USA - 2003A verbal spat amongst two stylish denizens in a nightclub bathroom concludes with an explosive bloody splash – when one attempts to stifle a sneezing fit by pinching her nostrils shutCASTAlyssa LobitMichael LucidDirected by Rachel Tejada Read more:Fashion
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They Are Made Out Of Meat 2007-07-05 00:32:00 USA - 2005After years of probing humans in every possible manner, two alien researchers meet at a late night diner to discuss a most unusual discovery about our species.A short-film adaptation of science fiction author Terry Bisson's short story "They're Made Out of Meat." Directed by Stepehn O'Reagan, and starring Tom Noonan (The X-Files, Robocop 2) and New York standup Ben Bailey, it won grand prize at the Science Fiction Museum's First Annual Short Film Festival.They're made out of meat.""Meat?""Meat. They're made out of meat.""Meat?""There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat.""That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?""They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines.""So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact.""They made th
Utopiec 2007-07-01 23:28:00 POLAND - 2005A woman arrives to the house at the lake. She had a bad experience there and will have worse one.CASTViola SimolinskaMichal TorbusDorota SpazcynskaRafal PilorzDirected by Pawel J. Rodan
The Spook House 2007-07-08 00:09:00 SPAIN - 2003A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?It bases the terror on the simple fact that neither we nor the man sitting in the chair knows (or can see) what is happening around him. Is it a dream? Is it just a big hoax? ...Or is he in fact about to be tortured to death? Eli Roth tried to base the terrors in his foul piece of dogturd, Hostel, in very much the same emotions (spiced with over-the-top gore and naked tits) - and he failed miserably!Coldo Serra's El tren de la bruja doesn'tCASTManolo SoloJon AriñoHéctor AlterioNacho MarcosSantiago GuibertJesús PueyoFernando CalvoElena MendiolaNacho VigalondoDirected by Koldo Serra Read more:House
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan 2007-07-06 16:23:00 CANADA - 200625-year-old director/producer/musician Aaron Beckum's “Who Wants To Be An Amerikan” is a satirical film set in soviet Russia where a young man appears on a game show offering the grand prize of a new life in America.Amerikan has received some negative comments from some though who think the closing statement, “People are more important than places,” to be anti-American.“I wanted to make a point about the ugliness of extreme nationalism, but I’m not anti-American and neither is the film,” Beckum says. He attributes his success in this increasingly violent and profane world to his walk with God and his commitment to uphold his values.“I’m lucky to be pursuing my passions while surrounded by people I love. I thank God every day for the gift of being able to create and speak through art.”CASTBen MartinAnastacia BendeyAlexandra ReaRichard BernardDirected by Aaron Beckum
Heavenly Peace 2007-07-05 19:29:00 HUNGARY - 2005Father Phillip confronts all the ghosts of a shooting in the local Chinese fast food restaurant. A well executed short film with tough words and deaths.CASTJeges KrisztiánLengyel Tamás Fodor AnnamáriaBernáth Dénes Köllő BabettZsemlye Flóra Tóth József Fazekas PéterDirected by Sándor Bisztray Read more:Heavenly
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The Prophet 2007-07-17 04:24:00 ENGLAND - 2002A moral tale on why it always pays to be nice.Flynt, a mean and twisted astro-miner, rescues a mysterious Old Man from an apocalyptic planet. Remembering an ancient legend, Flynt decides to put the man and the myth to the test.Written and directed by Ian Power, with narration by John Hurt, this C.G.I. laden black comedy clearly illustrates why it is better not to know your future as the force may not always be with you.CASTNed DennehyJer O'LearyDirected by Ian Power Read more:Prophet
Spank 2007-07-20 19:15:00 CANADA - 2003SPANK” is a short film, set 6 years into the future. The Year is 2013. Advanced Technology has made it possible for people to interact with one another over the internet via means of a virtual hologram program. This Hologram Interface Technology (or H.I.T. as it's sometimes called) allows the public to live out their deepest fantasies from the comfort of their living rooms.In this techno-future with a twist, a common domestic psycho-drama is not all it seems. Whether counseling session or virtual reality masochism, an enterprising therapist/technician makes an unexpected change in the program. We follow a day in the life of one young actor/therapist, Chavez (Blaze), as he takes us through a typical day of his work. Ashlin (Hopps), one of his long-time clients, is the first to log-on this evening. Usually, she gets Chavez to act as her husband the night she told him about her affair with another man. What she isn't prepared for, is that Chavez has a different scene he i
Night Shift 2007-08-14 18:41:00 ITALY - 1987Extracted from a popular tv series,this short deals with a lady taxi driver's trouble with a passenger .CASTLamberto BavaAsia ArgentoDirected by Lamberto BavaPART ONEPART TWO Read more:Night
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On Edge 2007-08-18 22:23:00 USA - 1999 CASTDoug Bradley Charley Boorman Beth Murray Directed by Frazer LeeThis film is guaranteed to set your teeth On Edge. Based on the story byrenowned horror writer CHRISTOPHER FOWLER (Roofworld, Spanky, Soho Black)On Edge tells the story of stroppy businessman, Thurlow, who goes to a dentistswithout an appointment and is forced to wait. Fed up of waiting, Thurlowwanders off, only to meet the enigmatic Doctor Matthews. Thurlow gets morethan he bargained for in the dental surgery, to the horror and surprise ofthe receptionist, and the audience!This story deals with one of the things that the human kind dislike the most : going to the dentist’s.The plot is mainly based on the actor skills of Doug Bradley whose performance is absolutely fantastic with contradictory emotions switches andis both convincing by his attitude and the look in his eyes, but also both inhis charming and his threatening sides of his character.The camerawork is great too. Indeed, the camera is mainly fixed
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