Directed/Produced by Patrick Smith
Begun as an audio experiment, Masks illustrates modern exploitation, production and consumption in animated terms. In Masks the audio came first, thus all images exist to tell the musical story, instead of the typical method of scoring music after animation has been completed. In this manner, Masks projects itself as a musical interpretation, a contemporary and disturbing version of the Disney formula of Fantasia.
8 min
Written/Directed by Jimmy Weber; Produced by Annie Baker
A young man wakes up in a bathtub full of ice in a dingy motel room only to discover his problems have just begun. You’ve heard the urban legend…this is worse.
6 min
Written/Directed by Jesse Griffith; Produced by Charles Danek
In the year 2103, mankind is at war with the Tarceds, an alien race that can control minds. Our brave men and women of the U.E.S. Navy hold the enemy at the outer edge of the galaxy. But when a pilot returns mysteriously from a bombing run without his wingman, suspicions arise. The Captain of a Star Carrier must decide whether to let him land and risk exposing his carrier to alien control, or succumb to the will of the cold Government Agent and let him die in space; insuring that the rule of engagement is followed.
12 min
Written/Produced by Ninja Sex Party (Danny Sexbang and Ninja Brian); Directed by Jim Turner
A music video by NY comedy band Ninja Sex Party. Band members Danny Sexbang and Ninja Brian think about how awesome the world would be if they were gay.
2 min
Written/Produced by Ninja Sex Party (Danny Sexbang and Ninja Brian); Directed by Jim Turner
A music video by NY comedy band Ninja Sex Party. Lead-singer Danny Sexbang realizes that his passion for dancing is getting in the way of his murderous ninja lifestyle.
3 min
Written/Produced by Ninja Sex Party (Danny Sexbang and Ninja Brian); Directed by Jim Turner
A music video by NY comedy band Ninja Sex Party. One woman must make the ultimate choice: Have sex with a ninja, or a super Jew.
2 min
Written/Directed/Produced by Corienne Gibeault & Patrick Lafrance
A young girl grieves at the grave of her recently deceased dog, Milo. When she turns to leave, a bark calls her back…
3 min
Written by Brad Lambert; Directed/Produced by Brad Lambert & Rob Benica
An animated documentary detailing boxer John L. Sullivan’s rise from barroom brawler to America’s first sports celebrity, highlighting Sullivan’s epic 1889 battle for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, the last title bout fought under bare-knuckle rules.
12 min
Written/Directed by Luke Asa Guidici; Produced by Kimberly Browning
In 1950’s rural America, a postman’s first day takes a terrifying turn when a precocious young girl tells him of her family’s horrible tragedy.
8 min
Written by Chris Kok; Directed by Joris van den Berg; Produced by Sanne Cousijn & Camiel Zwart
Thijs and the Ladies’ is a series about Thijs, a guy who’s not so good with girls, but he keeps trying. But the only thing worse than him hitting on a girl, is when a girl hits on him.
2 min
Written by Yfke van Berckelaer; Directed by Joris van den Berg; Produced by Sanne Cousijn & Camiel Zwart
Thijs and the Ladies’ is a series about Thijs, a guy who’s not so good with girls, but he keeps trying. He’s at it again, and he hasn’t learned a thing.
2 min
Written/Directed by Joris van den Berg; Produced by Sanne Cousijn & Camiel Zwart
Thijs and the Ladies is a series about Thijs, a guy who’s not so good with girls, but he keeps trying. His meeting with Eveline is none-to-good for him or Eveline.
2 min
Written, Directed, & Produced by Josh Bass
Yoav and Fyvush Goldsteinfeldbergowitzblumbaum are your average mohels (that’s ‘professional baby penis carvers’ in layman’s terms) with secret identities as Jewish ninja superheroes. When Fyvush begins dating a Catholica woman, Yoav tries to put aside his reservations and be supportive. But is this apparently sweet girl all she appears? (SPOILER ALERT: she’s not. She’s an evil demon bent on converting everyone to Catholicism. Damn, I spoiled it).
13 min
Written/Directed/Produced by Sharifa Williams
A divorced man retreats from the city when he phases in to his quiet apartment on Osiris Level, Unit 7D. One night he discovers a ghostly woman in his home – only to her, it is he who has appeared in her home.
Johcef and Phee live in a Phased Housing Project where tenants are separated by dimensional Levels. As the Levels fluctuate, Johcef is surrounded by more unwanted guests. The closest thing he has to a friend is Phee, a woman he offended the moment they met.
29 min
Written by Sam Carter & Evan Fowler; Directed by Sam Carter; Produced by Sam Carter & Eddie Stone
What evil lurks behind their googly eyes?
Stan Gable isn’t a bigot. He doesn’t hate anybody… except puppets. As a self proclaimed ‘fluff-o-phobe’, Stan’s worst nightmare comes true when a group of puppets move into the house across the street. As his suspicion turns to paranoia, Stan tries desperately to convince those around him that the puppets are up to something. Is Stan crazy, or is there something truly sinister about his cute and cuddly neighbors? A film chocked full of torture, bigotry, mutilation, terrorism, and adorable fuzzy puppets.
16 min
Written/Directed/Produced by Chuck Grieb
Down on his luck again, the likable and plucky, if opportunistic, knight, Sir Oliver, is on the run. Stumbling into the king’s receiving room, Sir Oliver finds the old monarch’s crown, left forgotten on the throne. Intrigued at this unique, valuable, and fragile find, the easily distracted Sir Oliver gives the crown a try to see how it sits on his head. Trouble quickly returns when a searching knight tracks down Oliver’s hiding place.
2 min
Written/Directed by David Marshall Silverman; Produced by David Marshall Silverman & Kelly Young Silvermann
Paulie Gugliata loves Chinese food. He especially digs his fortune cookie. One day, after his usual meal at his usual Chinese restaurant, something very unusual occurs: Paulie is stiffed on the cookie! Informed of a possible fortune cookie writers’ strike, tough guy Paulie flies from Newark, New Jersey to Decatur, Georgia to straighten things out, and what he finds down in Dixie will change his life forever.
14 min
Written by Whitney Baltz & Carolyn Burns; Directed by M. Shawn Lewallen; Produced by M. Shawn Lewallen, Whitney Baltz, Jon Baltz, Derek E. Tindall, Benedict R. Fancy, Shane Callahan, & Brad Walker
What would happen if The Zombie Apocalypse struck during your birthing class? See who thinks fast and runs faster to stay ahead of the walking dead.
Blair and Jackson don’t get along very well, but they are having a baby together and headed for Lamaze class. When a strange illness strikes many around them, they make a mad dash for their lives and that of their unborn child. You better be running the fastest as they continually must make the hard choices to save their little family. It’s The Zombie Apocalypse – welcome to the last day of the rest of your life.
8 min
Written/Directed by Patrick Rea; Produced by Patrick Rea & Ryan S. Jones
Written/Directed by Jacob Jester; Produced by Emily Peck
Chuck Bunbury is a pretty regular guy: suffers from anxiety, not too crazy about his job, dresses like an anthropomorphic chipmunk in his spare time…
Yes, Chuck is a Furry, and this year he and his buddy Thumper are entering his character—Durango Pennyfarthing, steampunk chipmunk—into Gryphon*Con’s costume contest. His main problem: an antagonistic dork named Loki, competitor in the competition and dead-set on defaulting the contest’s entry policy to ‘No Furries Allowed.’
With Loki, a moody celebrity guest star, and a torrent of less-than-Furry-friendly convention-goers, it’s up to two Furries to face the onslaught and defy convention!
16 min
