Little Terrorist (Ashvin Kumar / India / 14:00)
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A touching Academy Award nominated short about a Muslim Pakistani boy who chases his cricket ball into a minefield along the Indian border and then must rely on and Indian Hindu family to help him sneak past the guards and explosives and find his way back home.
Foot Cred (Yukus Akseki and Cath le Couteur / UK / 5:30)
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Film-makers Yukus Akseki and Cath le Couteur edit stills and video of New York into a montage to illustrate the tale of a Brit who must defend his new kicks on a subway deep in Brooklyn.
The Storyboard of My Life (Robert Castillo / New York / various lengths)
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Professional storyboard artist Robert Castillo tells the story of his life in clips of sped up video that capture his drawing process. In these three selections, he tells of a comical elementary school screw up, a nearly disastrous trip to Cuba with a group of randy co-eds and a completely catastrophic mishap in a bread factory.
Von on Von (Von Von Von / New York and Antwerp / 15:00)
A candid look into the life and mind of Antwerp's sexiest native son and one of New York's great imported jewels, the inimitable and irrepressible Von Von Von. Few men have worn feather a feather boa so often or so well. The great Von will perform from his new EP "House of Von" after the screening. Visit www.vonvonvon.com for a taste.
Between You and Me (Patrick Rebisz / New York, NY / 4:00)
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Seen by over 100,000 people online this 4 min long
film was shot with still camera. A girl on her day off
takes a hike through the streets of New York. As she
runs she takes photographs of stuff on her way. She's
assaulted in the evening and looses the camera. The
"good guy" who tried to save her uses the camera as
his only clue to where she might live.
My Back Garden (Lee Kern / UK / 3:00)
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A very driven dog embarks on a mission to discover all the long buried contents hidden deep beneath a typical British backyard. Instead of stopping the dog, the filmmaker comes to appreciate his pooch's efforts as he slowly realizes how many good plastic men and monkeys he left behind so long ago.
Late Bloomer (Craig MacNeill / New York / 12:44)
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A hilarious and immaculately produced reenactment of H.P. Lovecraft's first day of 7th grade Sex Ed class.
Seven Miles Alone (Topaz Adizes / New York / 16:30)
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Are you willing to sacrifice who you are for what you
could become? In the confines of a small fishing town and the borders of the boxing ring, two brothers must decide whose dream will become
reality. Seven Miles Alone is a drama about two brothers; about the conflict between the commitment to your dreams and your sense of obligation to others, and in particular, to your family.
Not Long Now (Joe Berger / London, UK / 0:15)
An extremely brief animated portrait of a much too long train ride.
Please Do Not Put Any Ducks in This Chute (Pie / London, UK / 0:15)
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For God's sake, please don't put any ducks in that bloody chute!
Eggscape (Mark Hutching / London, UK / 0:15)
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This chick on the run will hopefully suffer less than the duck that went down the chute.
Crutchmaster (Nicholas Jenkins / New York / 10:00)
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Nicholas Jenkins captures the performances and thoughts of a very unique and completely healthy street performer who tweaks his unwitting audience for their assumptions about the handicapped.
Don't You Know Who I Am? (Tristan Daws / London, UK / 5:00)
A delightfully twisted classic amnesia story about a woman who can't remember who she used to be and a man who couldn't be happier about it.
Han_man (Simon Ratigan / London, UK / 0:15)
2 Brit tykes take the game a little too far.
