Directed by Kaichi Sato; Produced by Kaichi Sato; Written by Kaichi Sato
A mysterious superheroine lives as a housewife who is the target of violence from her husband every day.
22 minutesDynamic Venus
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Library
Directed by Rose Brauner; Written by Rose Brauner
When the written word has been destroyed in the name of power, many are forced to seek out creative means of preserving and attaining it.
3 minutesCreation & Hope
Directed by Keith Carter; Written by Keith Carter
The genesis of man according to the Blackfoot Legend is his assimilation into the ultimate frontier…
10 minutesHusk
Directed by Paul Howell; Produced by Paul Howell; Written by Paul Howell
While collecting paper scraps for her den, Husk, a life size tree spirit, has a shock encounter with some feral fairies in the street-art urban environment of Melbourne, Australia. Nothing is as it seems as this hypnotic story unfolds.
4 minutesLessons Learned
Directed by Toby Froud; Produced by Heather Henson; Written by Toby Froud
Lessons Learned is a live action puppet short film. In the story, the boy is surprised by special treatment on this year’s annual birthday visit with his grandfather. Instead of the regular tea and cake fare, grandfather presents an intriguing gift to the lad. When curiosity gets the best of him, the boy falls into an adventure of other-worldly experiences not intended for him. Where will this journey lead? What lessons will he learn?
16 minutesThe Country of Wolves
Directed by Neil Christopher; Produced by Louise Flaherty
The Country of Wolves (Amaqqut Nunaat) is a traditional Inuit story about two brothers who find themselves adrift on broken sea ice while out hunting for seal. They drift in the darkness for many days, until the ice they are on settles on the shore of a strange and distant land. The hunters begin to look for landmarks or people to help them find their way back home.
Eventually, they come to a camp and the two brothers split up to find help. The younger brother goes to the large communal igloo, where music and merriment can be heard. The older brother walks to a small igloo at the edge of the camp. Here he finds a strange old woman who is surprised to see him. She identifies him as human and tells him that he is in the Country of Wolves. She warns him of danger, but says it is too late for his brother. From this land, almost no one returns…
11 minutesAll Down Hill
Directed & written by Kyle Fleischer
Alone in the desert, a class of Satanic children learn about shapes from a brooding TV and it’s little assistant child. They play, sleep and bond through ritual.
7 minutesAll Down Hill trailer from Kyle Fleischer on Vimeo.
Fisher
Written/Directed/Produced by Yoram Benz
Fisher is an outcast who lives in a small cabin at the edge of the sea. A pasty grey creature living among tall furry ones, Fisher is ostracized by his village for being different. His only company is a memory, a faded photograph of his deceased mother. But his world is turned upside down one day when in a twist of fate, he is forced out of his comfort zone and into a journey of self-discovery.
A film about finding yourself and how sometimes we need that extra push to take a leap toward changing our lives.
7 minZing
Directed by Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collins; Produced by Phillip Wolf, C. Cramer-Clausbruch
Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people’s lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door bell. It’s a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she’s the next life on Mr. Grimm’s list.
7 minScrap Metal
Written/Directed/Produced by Anthony Straus
The Cold War is over, but with a different ending. New York is in ruins and is overgrown with a network of some kind of sentient plant organisms. All human life has vanished. However, roaming the empty streets is a lone robot leftover from a Soviet spy initiative. The robot’s only companion is a screw which the robot lives with inside his out-of-place subway car wreck. When mutant plant monster known as Gigaplant emerges, threatening to eat the screw, the robot must do everything he can to defend his helpless friend from certain demise.
4 minOpening Day
Written/Directed by Caitlin Shirts
In this slapstick tragedy, handless creatures are given the opportunity to receive hands. When two of the creatures cheat the system to increase their odds of getting good pairs, the others try to stop them.
8 min2009: A Spacebat Odyssey
Written/Directed/Produced by Barry Munden
Three years ago, NASA launched STS-119, tasked with putting the finishing touches on the International Space Station. The shuttle mission carried with it an unexpected stowaway, a small, free-tailed bat who clung to the external fuel tank during lift-off. This is the untold story of that launch, and the fate of NASA’s first bat-stronaut.
8 minThe Tale Of Mr. Rêvus
Directed by Marius Herzog
Since the time nobody knows, night by night, Mr. Rêvus prepares the dreams of mankind. In his nightly routine, one momentous mistake happens to him which is the dawn of an adventure. The story tells about friendship, hope, and how our dream world can go to pieces by accident.
12 minRantdog’s Top Ten Zombies – EVER!
Written by Dave Clark & Norm Fassbender; Directed by Norm Fassbender; Produced by Kate Holowach
Midnight in a fog-bound swamp, Rantdog (Zombie fan) debates Twitch (non-Zombie fan), who is gagged and bound to a post. Nearby, a pile of rotting Zombie bodies and a freshly dug grave. Will Twitch learn to love Rantdog’s favorite zombies in time? Do you agree with Rantdog. No zombie fan can miss this.
8 minThe Lady ParaNorma
Written/Directed by Vincent Marcone; Produced by Rodrigo Gudino & Marco Pecota
The Lady ParaNorma can hear ghosts, but cannot see them. They whisper and sing and tease her, but refuse to reveal themselves, until one fateful day, when one ghost in particular calls her from his tomb which lies beneath a treacherous pile of rocks.
6 minDream Giver
Written/Directed/Produced by Tyler Carter
A regular night of dream-delivering turns into a nightmare when an orphan’s book of Ancient Aztec Mythology comes alive.
6 minMoonfishing
Written by David Michael Friend & Stuart Cudlitz; Directed/Produced by David Michael Friend
A fisherman’s hobby of sculpting is interrupted when he must perform his monthly task of illuminating the town he lives in. With container on back, fishing pole in hand, and his current carving stashed in his pocket, the lonely soul goes searching for the perfect spot to catch the moon’s shimmering sister. But his shattered hope for exchanging his catch for the villager’s fellowship returns him to his art for companionship. From executive producer Heather Henson.
12 minNight Of The Living Spuds
Written/Directed by Timothy Alan Richardson; Produced by Timothy Alan Richardson & Michael Kouroubetes
After a large astrospud falls from the sky and crashes into the cemetery on the outskirts of Chive City, Dr. Ram Russett, astronomer, and Nurse Candy Yam must quickly create an antidote in order to return the town’s zombie-fied citizens to their normal, high potassium state.
10 minThe Offering
Written/Directed/Produced by Michael Huber
Surrounded by peace, tranquility and the lushness of nature, a young, innocent woman gathers water from the river. She plucks a lotus blossom and tucks it behind her ear. As she passes through the jungle her grace, beauty and purity is evident but the sway of her hips hints at her budding maturity. Irresistibly drawn to the abandoned temple, she hesitates unsure whether she should enter. As though compelled by an unseen force she takes her first tentative steps and the transformation from girl to woman begins. When she steps in front of the statue of the temple god, she feels the goddess within stir and senses the universal power that women possess. The dance begins naïve and stylized, to impress the being within the statue. Her attempt fails to illicit a response. She turns, discouraged but even gods are not immune to a woman’s power.
9 minThe Lighthouse Girl
Directed/Produced by Jenna Smith, Ryan Miller
A short, animated adventure of a little girl and her monster friend and their daily journey on a magical island.
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