11:59

by Johan Kramer
2004, Black Comedy, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

An 18yo Dutch/Maroccan guy leaves his home in distress and breaks into school.

3 MISSES

by Paul Driessen
1999, Animation, 10'10", NL
35mm, No dialogue

Oscar nominated in 2000

3 short animated stories, all with a connection.

25 WAYS TO QUIT SMOKING

by Bill Plympton
1989, Animation, 5', USA
35mm, English

Watch this and you'll never smoke again!

A FUNERAL FOR MR. SMITHEE

by Diederik van Rooijen
2002, Comedy, 3 min, NL
cinemascope, No dialogue

Famous Mr. Smithee died...

A GREEK TRAGEDY

by Nicole van Goethem
1985, Animation, 6'30", NL
35mm, No dialogue

1986 Oscar for Best Animated Short

A whimiscal look at the difficulty in holding together a Greek temple, when one of the holders is different.

ABOUT FISH AND REVOLUTION

by Margien Rogaar
2008, Comedy, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

Two separate worlds come together at an ordinary fishing pitch. Gerard's marriage has become a drag, his friendships have dwindled and the fish he catches are too small.

Produced by BOSBROS

AIAI!

by Roxanne Burchartz
2002, animation, 8 min, NL
No dialogue

"AiAi!" tells the story of a little lad who lives alone in his little house on the hill. The only thing he does is playing videogames twentyfour hours a day without any interruption. But this habit turns into a real nightmare. The kid's right-eye pupil ‘s getting bored of staring at the endless flikkering tv-screen so it decides to choose freedom. It jumps out of the lad's eye and the little boy tries to get his pupil back but however, everything seems to get even worse...

ALL OVER BRAZIL

by David Andrew Ward
2003, Drama, 10 min, U.K.
S16mm, English

With Scotland in the 1974 World Cup everything looks rozy - but thirteen year-old Stephen, is more into Glam Rock than the Beautiful Game - in direct conflict with his football-mad Dad.

ANATOMY OF TIME

by Dick Tuinder
1995, Fake doc, 17', NL
35mm, French

BA film about the life and works of Arthur Dauphin (1852-1896), a forgotten contemporary of Georges Méliès. Fiction?!

ANNA II

by Maria Uitdehaag
2005, Black Comedy, 7', NL
35mm, No Dialogue

A farmer, his newlywed wife and a jealous cow.

APPLE MONKEY

by Ed Roberts
2001, Animation, 4', UK
Beta, No dialogue

One Man...One Monkey...But only one apple tree

AT THE OPERA

by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2011, Animation, 1', Argentina
digital

An original and particular moving night at the opera.

Produced by JPZtudio

AUDITION

by Udo Prinsen
2011, animation, 6 min, The Netherlands
HD, no dialogue

Inspired by Auschwitz prisoners, the film tells the story of a father and son imprisoned in a death camp. The son is auditioning for the camp's orchestra to improve his chances for survival. A firing squad will decide whether he is admitted. His father listens in from a distance.

Website Audition

AUDIOTOUR

by Stephane Kaas
2010, comedy, 4 min, The Netherlands
HD, english

A young girl visits a 17th-century arts museum in Amsterdam and decides to take the audio tour. The girl is struck with surprise when the voice that guides her takes on a life of its own...

BABYPHONED

by Diederik van Rooijen
2002, Thrillerish, 10', NL
cinemascope, Dutch

A mother is still struggling with her babyphone.

BACKTRACK

by Henk Haselager & Michael Helmerhorst
2008, Drama/Thrillerish, 10 min, NL
35mm, Dutch

Being dumped at a gasstation, two girls decide to get back home, but when one decides to cross the hazardous freeway the two lose track of each other.

BAD LUCK

by Ron Termaat
2002, Comedy, 5', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A burglar is having a hard time when breaking into a house.

BALL POSSESSION

by Willemiek Kluifhout
2007, Comedy, 9', NL
35mm, Dutch

An amateur soccer match ends. All players head for the cosy clubhouse. All except Willem, who needs to retrieve his soccer ball.

Produced by True Works

BEHIND THE WALL

by Elbe Stevens
2010, Comedy, 5 min, the Netherlands
HDcam, no dialogue

In the wilderness Jeff encounters a deserted Wall. When Jeff notices noises coming from the other side, he is determined to find out what is happening behind the wall. However, it remains to be seen whether this curiosity turns out to be a good thing …

BILLY BONGO

by Brian Kelly
2002, Comedy, 10 min, U.K.
S16mm, English

An ordinary young man with extraordinary large ears enters an ear-pulling contest, which could be his ticket to a new life.

BIRTH

by Alvin Erasga Tolentino
1997, Dance, 6', Canada
35mm, No dialogue

Dance performed and choreographed by Alvin ErasgaDance performed and choreographed by Alvin Erasga

THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

by Danne Bakker
2010, animation, 4 min, The Netherlands
video, no dialogue

Grandfather gets the surprise of a lifetime on his birthday.

BITE

by Annemarie van de Mond
2003, Black Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, No Dialogue

When a storm brews up, an adolescent boy is suddenly glad that he came on a long-dreaded holiday.

BLOKES

by Marialy Rivas
2010, Gay, 15', Chile
35mm / HD, Spanish

Santiago, Chile, 1986. Luchito, a 13-year-old boy, masturbates while he obsessively contemplates Manuel, his 16-year-old neighbor, whom he can see standing by a window in an adjacent project building. Oblivious of the gaze of his precocious voyeur, Manuel discovers his sexuality with girl from the neighborhood. The window turns into an erotic cinematographic world that awakens a curiosity in Luchito, with disastrous repercussions for Manuel.

Best Fiction, Curtas Vila do Conde 2010 , Portugal

WATCH TRAILER HERE!

BLONDIE

by Danyael Sugawara
2006, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

A barking dog tight to a phone booth and two lonely people. A great match, or not?
Produced by Lemming Film

BLOODY MARY

by Marc Van Uchelen & Fulco Lorenzo
1993, Comedy, 7', NL
35mm, No dialogue

A bar, a waitress, a guy and a Bloody Mary. Watch and laugh!

BOB

by Frank Jan Kat
2002, Comedy, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

A little puppy drastically changes the life of an unemployed and socially handicapped bachelor.

BONEY D

by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, No dialogue

An amusing chase short starring a hipster dog named Boney D.

BOOGALOO

by Marianne Jenkins
2003, Drama, 10', U.K.
English

A fifty-something woman, tells her story of falling in love, in her disco bathroom. With Sue Johnston.

BOOM TOWN

by Bill Plympton
1985, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, English

Boomtown, as sung by the Android Sisters, is a musical about the absurdities of military spending, from the Cold War to the present.

BOY MEETS GIRL STORIES

by Mark de Cloe
2004, fiction, 34 short films between 2' and 4', NL
with and without dialogue
35mm

The BOY MEETS GIRL STORIES are 34 poetic, cinematographic representations of the thoughts and feelings people have when they are in love. The recognizable short films are without explanation or definition. They are more poems of the unqualified feelings of being in love, filmed in a characteristic way. The 34 short films are connected by the search of Milou who believes that everybody has 7 chances to meet the right one.

See website!!

BREATH

by Margien Rogaar
2007, Drama, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

On a trip to the lake, 12yo Erik feels deeply attracted to the father of his friend Sophie, and hatches a plan to express the extent of his love.

Produced by BOSBROS

BRIDGE

by Gerben Agterberg
2010, Animation, 6 min, The Netherlands
35mm, no dialogue

 

A man considers his world grey and inanimate until he meets a beautiful fish. When the fish tragically disappears the man is left with agony.

Produced by Mooves

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BUGCRUSH

by Carter Smith
GRAND JURY PRIZE SUNDANCE 2006!
2006, Thriller / Gay, 35', USA
HD, english

BUGCRUSH is the story of Ben, a small-town high school loner, whose fascination with Grant, a dangerously seductive new kid, leads him into something much more sinister than he could ever have imagined.

BUKOWSKI

by Daan Bakker
2010, comedy, 10 min, The Netherlands
35mm, dutch

A chic hotel in Amsterdam has a very special guest for 1 night: world-famous writer Charles Bukowski. He is twelve and his real name is Tom.

BYE

by Tamar van den Dop
2011, drama, 10 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch

Through the eye of his camera, Jonathan sees how grown up people deal with the death of his father and say their last goodbyes to him. Maybe he could postpone this farwell.

Produced by IJswater Films

Can't Drag Race With Jesus

by Bill Plympton
2000, Animation, 2'16", USA
35mm, No dialogue

A southern preacher sings an ode to Jesus and auto racing, with a religious choir backing him up.

CELEBRATION

by Daniel Stedman

Berlin Teddy Award 2002

2001, Gay, 4'50", USA
35mm, english

CELEBRATION is a coming of age story of a boy called Alex who makes an astonishing announcement at a public ceremony, causing an unexpected reaction from the crowd.

CHALK

by Diederik van Rooijen
2001, Drama, 12', NL
Cinemascope, English

A guard and prisoner share a forbidden love.

CHINESE FOOD & DONUTS

by Sunny Lee
1999, Comedy, 6'10", USA
35mm, No dialogue

A story of lo mein, love, and the law.

COCKY LOVE

by Hanro Smitsman
2010, Drama, 9 min, NL
35mm, Dutch

An old farmer prepares his favourite rooster for a contest. His wife tries to capture his attention too. It is time to make a choice.

Produced by Corrino

CONTACT

by Hanro Smitsman
WINNER GOLDEN BEAR 2007!
2006, Drama, 9', NL
35mm, Dutch

The search of a boy his mother and lover for happiness.
Produced by IJswater Films

COOKIE

by Remco Moll
2005, Animation, 7'30", NL
video, no dialogue

An older lady, a dog, a bird and some cookies... Bad combination!

THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER

by Bill Plympton
2010, Animation, 6 min, USA
Digibeta/HD, No dialogue

"The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger" is a children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love.

1st Prize, Animation, Delray Beach FF, Delray Beach FL
Grand Jury Award, Best Animation, Florida Film Festival, Maitland FL 
Best in Show, Citrus Cel Animation FF, Jacksonville FL
Atom.com award - Best Comedy Animated Short, L.A. Comedy Short FF 
1st Prize, Animation, BeFilm Underground FF, New York, NY 
Excellence in Sound, ASIFA-East Awards 
Mention Speciale du Public, Narkolepsy Short FF, Grenoble
Audience Award, Short Film Animation, Woods Hole FF, Woods Hole MA
Outstanding Animated Short, Flagstaff FF, Flagstaff AZ
Golden Cowbell, Best Independent Animation, So
Dak Animation Festival, SD

COWBOYS AND INDIANS

by Stuart Grieve
2002, Comedy, 10', UK
S16mm, English

The story of a potentially disastrous double booking in a Glasgow social Club.

CRY FOR BOBO

by David Cairns
2001, Comedy, 10', UK
S16mm, English

Persecuted clowns take up robbery to earn some extra money.

AWARDS

2001 TAPS WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 
2001 ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY PROGRAMME AWARDS
3rd ANNUAL JIM POOLE AWARD for BEST SCOTTISH SHORT FILM

INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, ATHENS, OHIO - BEST NARRATIVE category first prize.
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, PALM SPRINGS - Audience Award
SPAIN - SITGES 2002 INTÕL FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA, SITGES - Best European Fantasy Short Film.
UK - BAFTA SCOTLAND NEW TALENT AWARDS, GLASGOW - Nomination in the BEST SHORT FILM DIRECTOR category.
FIKE - INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, BEST FICTION AWARD

CUPIDITY

by Keith Thomson
1994, Comedy, 8'50", USA
16mm, English

An aging cupid takes out a Help Wanted ad in the New York Daily News. Good help is hard to find.

DADDY'S GIRL

by Irvine Allen
2000, Drama, 10', UK
35mm, English

A young girl is left outside a pub and becomes prey to the whims and vancies of passing strangers.

DAJO

by Hanro Smitsman
2003, Drama/Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

A young boy buries his mother's lovers' presents, indicating what he thinks of them.

DANCING ALL DAY

by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 3'17", USA
35mm, English

Dancing Plympton style

DARKLING

by Pieter Kuijpers
1995, Thriller, 16'20", NL
Cinemascope, English

12-year old Rose is left alone in the house at night. Suddenly she becomes aware of strange noises...

DEAD BATTERY

by Joe Leigh
2001, Thriller, 10'15", USA
16mm, English

A woman stops for gas at a spooky service stations.

DESSOUS

by Luc Feit
1999, Gayish, 6', Germany
Cinemascope, No dialogue

Would you swap your clothes for underwear and even pay for it?

DIAMOND DANCERS

by Quirine Racké/Helena Muskens/Nicole Beutler
2011, dance, 9 min, The Netherlands
HD

A large group of line dancers travels to Amsterdam in a white tour bus to perform a flash mob in front of the Royal Palace at Dam Square. A flash mob is usually a surprise performance by young people, but now it is a group of elderly dancers who enjoy showing themselves to the passers-by and turn the expectations of the growing audience upside down.

DIG MY DO

by Bill Blympton
1990, Animation, 3'35", USA
35mm, English

What would happen if Elvis Presley were reincarnated as a dog?

DILEMMA

by ßBoris Paval Conen
2005, Drama, 9', NL
35mm, No dialogue

A man and a small boy on a bicycle race each other.
When the man arrives at a crossing, he stops as a truck approaches. The small boy drives on. For a couple of minutes the world comes to a stand still and the jogger has the power over life and death.

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DIRKJAN RULES

by Wilfred Ottenheijm & Remco Polman
2010, Animation, 3 min, The Netherlands
Video, no dialogue

Dirkjan, a nerdy guy turns Leader of the World. Where does his sudden hunger for power come from? And what is the Big Plan?

Produced by Mooves

DOCTOR BIRD

by Lodewijk Crijns
2004, Black Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

A small boy wakes up from the narcotic too early and confuses the laryngologist with a cacodemon from his anaesthetic dream.

DOWN TO THE BONE

by Peter Ahern
2009, Animation, 5 min, USA
Video, English

Little Michael has vicious allergies, and when babysitter Meredith arrives for a night of no-nonsense, he's swiftly dispatched to the yard...where his delicate condition takes a turn for the worse.

DRAW

by Bill Blympton
1993, Animation, 2', USA
35mm, English

Winds moan across the desert, empty save for two desperadoes.

DRAWING LESSONS

by Bill Blympton
1988, Animation, 6', USA
35mm, English

An ill-fated romance between a drawing line and his model.

DROP DEAD!

by Arne Toonen
2009, Comedy, 9'11, NL
35mm, Dutch

Fons is about to embark upon his first parachutejump. What begins as an exciting adventure takes a nightmarish turn, when his instructor shows signs of suicidal behavior.

Produced by HAZAZAH

DUMMY

by Diederik van Rooijen
2006, Thrillerish, 10', NL
cinemascope, Dutch

Tonight, two damaged men recontruct the biggest mistake of their lives.

Produced by Family Affair Films

E=MC2

by Jan Sanctorum & Vivian Miessen
2006, Animation, 12', Belgium
35mm, No dialogue

A former terrorist lives in a gigantic "trash-dump", far from his wife and from a world that's destroing itself by pollution. A ironic but tend vision on the end of the world, approaching fast because of the worldwide pollution.

EAT

by Bill Blympton
2001, Animation, 9', USA
35mm, English

Have dinner at a fancy French restaurant, Plympton style!

ELECTRIC

by Jiska Rickels
2004, Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

The 85-year-old Valerie Rouland lived her whole life without electricity on her farm in the Belgian Ardennes. Then her house get connected to the electricity network...

EMERGENCY EXIT

by Dennis Bots
2001, Thriller, 13', NL
Cinemascope, English

A girl faces her most startling nightmare: a walk through her past. She must re-live some of her worst moments and make difficult choices anew. This time, she has a strange protector, but can he be trusted?

ENGEL & BROER

by Hanro Smitsman
2004, Drama, 9', NL
35mm, Dutch

Two children are playing on a garbage dump, acting out their parent's divorce, which leads to an unexpected ending.

ENTITY NINE

by Brad Kean
2007, Thriller, 16 min, USA
35mm, English

Alex Wayland, a brilliant robotics engineer, discovers that the corrupt corporation he works for has begun to use his technology to covertly replace its political opponents with androids matching their exact likeness and disposition. When Wayland quits he finds himself marked for replacement. Stalked by an android that looks just like him, Wayland must now stop the corporation at all costs.

ETT HOPP - ETT LIV/one life

by Sharif Shawky
2003, Drama, 4'17", B/W Sweden
Swedish

A visual poem read by Erland Josephson, set in a swimming pool.

Present, frustate, you frustate
the trampoline of destiny
my sense, my soul, you navigate
you navigate my interval,
I feel
wingbeats, learn, you learn,
open, my origin, the portal of life
my soul, my role, judged
teaching master,
I, teaching master for the coming hopes

www.sharifshawky.com

EXIT

by Simone van Dusseldorp
2001, Drama, 11', NL
S16mm, English

Renate is heartbroken when her boyfriend breaks off their relationship. Ignored while flirting with two shop assistants, she steals first lipstick, then many more things . Eventually caught by the security guard, she breaks down crying. He brings her to a small room and leaves her alone. This period of solitude gives Renate a new perspective and eventually she copes with her true feelings.

FADED ROADS

by Bill Plympton
1994, Animation, 2'30", USA
35mm, English

A country song about life on the highway, searching for lost love.

FANTAISIE IN BUBBLEWRAP

by Arthur Metcalf
2007, Animation, 5 min, USA
English, comedy

A whimsical jaunt through the world of bubblewrap.
Arthur Metcalf's website

AWARDS:
-Association International de Film d'Animation
(ASIFA-East) Film Festival
Winner - Best in Show
- BeFilm: The Tribeca Underground Film Festival
Winner - 2nd Place Award for Animation
- Alice Radio 3-Minute Film Festival
Winner - Best Animation
- San Francisco Indpendent Film Festival
Winner - Audience Award for Animation
- First Sundays Comedy Shorts - November 2007
Winner - Audience Award
- Woodstock Film Festival 2007
Winner - Maverick Award for Best Animation

FATA MORGANA

by Frodo Kuipers
2011, animation, 4'20" , The Netherlands
Digital, practically no dialogue

Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo - a lemonade seller with a small stand - is fighting the urge to drink his last and final bottle of refreshing lemonade..

Produced by Illuster

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

by Michael Dudok de Wit
2000, Animation, 8'30", NL/UK
35mm, No dialogue

2001 Oscar for Best Animated Short

A father bids farewell to his young daughter; she grows up longing for his return.
Other titles by the same filmmaker: Tom Sweep, The Aroma of Tea.

FATHER'S DAY

by Froukje Tan

2009, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

When little Keetje wants to surprise her father with a big Father’s day breakfast, she is painfully confronted with herself.

Produced by IJswater Film

FETCH

by Lynn-Maree Danzey
1998, Comedy, 7', AUS
35mm, English

A man takes a woman out on their first date. Events conspire to make him wonder. Should he ever have left home?

FIRST DOWN

by Tony Huston
1991, Comedy, 5', USA
Beta, No dialogue

Tony shows his love for Emus. And vice versa. Hilarious!

FLICKA

by Guido van Gennep & Marco Vermaas
2001, Drama, 11'30", NL
35mm, Dutch

Flicka is the story of a lonely foreman CARL. He has a relationship with FLICKA, a girl who lives in a virtual world. Although computerized, she is very sweet. And Carl's love for her is real. When Carl no longer has access to food modules for her, she becomes ill. Carl's quest for food takes him to illegal trade, bribery and violence. He is prepared to go all the way. But is that enough to save her?...

FLOOBY NOOBY

by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 3'45", USA
35mm, English

Come with Bill to Flooby Nooby land!! Come with Bill to Flooby Nooby land!!

THE FLYING HOUSE

by Winsor McCay and Bill Plympton
1921-2011, Animation, 7'30 min, USA
HD, English

Watch Teaser!

After eating a rarebit at a party, a woman has a strange dream in which her husband converts their home into a flying machine to escape having to pay the exorbitant interest on the mortgage, on a flight that takes them around the world and to the moon.

"The Flying House" is a "re-imagining" of Winsor McCay's 1921 short, "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House.". Bill Plympton cleaned, removed all imperfections, and colored each frame using reprints of Winsor's color comics as a guide. By recording the voices of Patricia Clarkson & Matthew Modine he was able to remove the balloons and intertitles and replace them by their voices. A completely new soundtrack was added as well.

FOR OBSERVATION

by Eche Janga
2011, drama, 10 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch

One and a half years after their relationship ended, two young parents spend a night together in the hospital where their 4 year old son has been taken in for medical observation. The night shows that they still have feelings for each other. However, it turns out that life has led them to separate paths.

Produced by IJswater Films

FRIGHT RIDE

by Jan Woudenberg & Kaspar Guyaux
2001, Animation, 6'32", NL
Beta, No dialogue

Fright Ride is a short, satiric animation film about a reverend and his housekeeper who have won a free ride in the local ghost house. At first the terror they encounter arouse the least bit of interest. Until they enter a steep, upward tunnel. Heavenly light and music reveal themselves at the end, when the slightly agitated Christians are about to have the ride of their lives!

FROG

by Christopher Conforti
2004, Animation, 4'20" min, USA
No dialogue, comedy

Poor frog. His attempts to escape the blistering heat only result in a much worse (and gross) situation.

See the film online!

FULL OF GRACE

by Nicole van Goethem
1991, Animation, 8'10", NL
35mm, No dialogue

An amusing tale of less-than-graceful nuns who find their kick in the local sex shop.

GET REAL!

by Evert de Beijer
2010, Animation, 12 min, The Netherlands
35mm, no dialogue

A high school girl is addicted to a computer game that protects a sexy female mega singer agaisnt all kinds of attacks. That way it 'scores' her love.... But the addiction costs him a lot...

Produced by Cinété Filmproduktie

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

by Alexei Gubenco
2008, Animation, 3 min, Romania
HDcam, no dialogue

Not everyone is meant to fly.

Best animated film - Annual Awards of the Romanian Filmmakers’ Union 2008 
Best animated film - "Miracle" Faludi International Youth Film Festival , Budapest 
Best Film Of Festival (Jury award) - Thermaikos Film Festival 2010, Thermaikos 
Best Foreign Film (Audience award) – Thermaikos Film Festival 2010, Thermaikos
Best International Animation - Video Festival Imperia 2010, Imperia
1st Audience award - animation category - Kimera International Film Festival 2010, Campobasso
Best Student film - Lola Kenya Screen 2010
Nairobi Best Animation – Hyperion International Film Festival 2010

AND MANY OTHER AWARDS!!

GREAT!

by Karin Junger
2003, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

WINNER SILVER BEAR BERLIN 2004

A short film about daily life of a group of teenagers in a poor neighbourhood. This day is as every other day: the girls are seated on the bench, while the boys come and go, explicitly playing and flirting with the girls.

GUARD DOG

by Bill Plympton
2004, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue

NOMINATED FOR A 2005 OSCAR!!!

An unusual guard dog takes his job too serious!

GUIDE DOG

by Bill Plympton
2006, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue

"Guide Dog" is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short "Guard Dog". This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.

HELTER SHELTER

by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, English

This parody of Friends is a untypical sitcom that features three totally different people living together. In this episode Driscoll accidently gets his head cut off right before a big date. Not wanting the evening to be ruined, the April and Seth sew Driscoll's head onto the body of the chicken he was going to cook for dinner. Will the date notice? What happens when his headless body wanders back into the house? Which one will the date prefer??? A wonderfully warped show that has the potential to be as big as South Park but was never shown on the air.

HI MAYA

by Claudia Lorenz
2004, Fiction - G&L, 13 min, CH
35mm, Swiss German

PRIX UIP BERLIN 2005

After 40 years, two ladies meet each other again at the hairdresser's...

HIGH MAINTENANCE

by Philip Van
2006, Comedy, 7'30", Germany/USA
HD, english

winner Berlinale Talentcampus 2006
winner Student Academy Award 2007

A marriage has become boring, the partners are frustrated and unhappy. Technical progress provides the answer: It's time to upgrade the husband...

HORN DOG

by Bill Plympton
2009, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue

"Horn Dog" is the fourth film in the famed Oscar® nominated "dog" series. Here are more misadventures from our plucky canine, as he fends off an obese dog, attacking oysters, and a wayward killer violin bow, while trying to win the love of his heart's desire.

HORSEHAIR

by Duncan Nicoll
1998, Comedy, 7', UK
35mm, English

A man spends too much time in his favourite armchair.

HOT DOG

by Bill Plympton
2008, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue

This is the third in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. Typically, the results never turn out the way he planned.

HOW TO KISS

by Bill Plympton
1989, Animation, 6'30", USA
35mm, English

This short shows all the violent and bizarre pitfalls of "sucking face".

How to make love to a woman

by Bill Plympton
1995, Animation, 5', USA
35mm, English

Now, we're talking naked bodies and hot emotions here!!

HUNGREED

by Ira Israel
1995, Comedy, 10', USA
16mm, English

A comedy set in New York City. The city were it all happens. Losing money, meeting weirdos and having coffee.

IF THE SHOE FITS...

by Ruth Meyer
2004, Animation, 10 min, NL
35mm, No dialogue

Ordinary shoes at first sight, force the bearer to execute the actions of the previous owner.

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INDOOR FIREWORKS

by Rudolf B
2003, Comedy, 12', NL
English

Two small-time crooks.
One big-time safe.
Who will crack first?

www.indoor-fireworks.nl & www.sleevemonkey.com

IRMGARD'S DELIGHT

by Ellen blom
2003, Drama/Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

A delicious tragicomedy with the right dose of irony, humour, absurdism and a surprising ending.

JACCO'S FILM

by Daan Bakker

2009, Drama, 17', NL
35mm, dutch

Jacco’s world is a happy place. Even when it’s not.

Produced by NFTVA

ISN'T IT GOOD AGAIN

by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 2'40 min, USA
35mm, English

JAGUAR 

by Willem Thijssen
2003, Comedy, 12'27", Belgium/NL
35mm, Dutch

A woman wants to supplement her meagre income with a perfectly planned car theft, designed to leave no clues. Based on a true story.

JEAN

by Anthony Fabian
2000, Gayish, 10'48", UK
35mm, No dialogue

A charming woman and a mysterious young man have a shared past, but what's the secret?

JOURNEY TO MARS

Produced by JPZtudio

JOYMEAL

by Mathijs Geijskes
2001, Comedy, 6'47', NL
35mm, No dialogue

During lunch in a very busy fast-food restaurant Jack becomes very attracted to the middle-aged Anna who sits two tables away from him. Without saying a word they bring each other to an ecstasy with their fries, hamburgers and milkshakes. But suddenly the fries are finished...

JUICED

by Arne Toonen
2008, Drama, 7', NL
HD, No Dialogue

Forbidden fruits are the downfall of two lovers.

Produced by HAZAZAH

JULY

by Tim Klaasse
2009, Drama, 10 min, NL
35mm, Dutch

Ten year old Joshua gets himself into big trouble by telling a little lie.  When he faces his fears and takes responsibility for his actions, he finds out what happened.

Produced by Corrino

JUST ONE TIME

by Lane Janger
1998, Gayish, 7'28", USA
35mm, English

One is okay, two is better. How about a ménage à trois?

LAPSUS

by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2007, Animation, 3'30, Argentina
digital, No dialogue

A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.

Produced by JPZtudio

Anima Mundi, Sao Paulo
BEST SHORT FILM

Anifest 2007, Czech Republic
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

L.A.T.

by Nicole van Goethem
2002, Animation, 8', NL/B
35mm, Flemish

A blind painter creates masterpieces by accident while quarreling with his cleaning lady and his parrot.

LARRY'S VISIT

by Carlo Nero
1994, Gayish, 23', USA
Beta, English

Frank, whose seemingly stable family life is called into question by the unexpected visit of Larry, an old friend.

LEONARDO

by Jim Capobianco
2009, Animation, 9'30", USA
HD cam, No dialogue

Follow Leonardo da Vinci in his quest to fly. A story of perseverance, "Leonardo' takes you on a journey of creativity. A journey that often leads to a very different place then where you thought you would end up.

Festival awards:

Audience Award 2009 Imagine Science Film Festival NYC

Grand Prize film for children KID's Eye program, 2009 Rhode Island FF

Best Animation, 2009 Marbella Film Festival

Best Animation, 2009 Youth Film Festival Wales

Produced by Aerial Contrivance Workshop

LE GRAND TANGO

by Pieter Jan Smit
2002, Music, 11'23", NL
35mm, No dialogue

A one shot film about the way music captures the musician. Written by Piazzolla for Rostropovitch.
Violoncello - Paul de Jong
Piano - Reinier van Houdt

LIBERATO

by Kevin J. Cottam
1999, Dance, 6'30", Canada
Beta, No dialogue

Ice gains life through freezing air. Water turns to ice. The Blades friction against the ice liberates water and therefore movement. Air feeds the blood to liberate the heart and soul to move. Air unleashes the voice. Resistance to ice liberates the skater into flight. Flight liberates the body.

LIESJE

by Sander Alt
2006, animation, 8', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A girl starts a battle with a city tyrant, without speaking a word...

Produced by Revolver

LITTLE DICKIE

by Anita McGee
2002, Comedy 6'57", Canada
English

LITTLE DICKIE is a cowboy musical comedy that grew out of a series of pick-up lines.

Produced by Kickham East Productions
www.littledickie.com

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
Mostra Internazionale di Cinematografica di Venezia
Toronto International Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
St. John's International Women's Film and Video Festival

LONG DISTANCE

by Dick Maas
2003, Thrillerish, 4', NL
35mm, Dutch

A father has a fatal car accident and gets a chance to call his 5 year old daughter to say goodbye.

LONG METRAGE

by Julien d'Astier
2004, Fiction, 7 min, France
35mm, No Dialogue

A couple in love, a long thread. It leads to nowhere in the end.

WATCH THIS FILM!

LOUNGE ACT

by Gareth Love
2001, Animation, 6'31", UK
Beta, English

Ever wondered what goes on in your living room while you're out? A neurotic dog on ‘death row', a couch potato cockatoo and a bowl of religious fish give us fresh insight into the world of our pets, as they share an uncertain future with their ageing owner.

LOVE IN THE FAST LANE

by Bill Plympton
1987, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, English

A never picked up pilot for a TV Series in a Scooby Doo animation style.

LOVESICK HOTEL

by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 6'08", USA
35mm, English

Funny gags on every floor of the hotel...

LUCAS THE EAR OF CORN

by Bill Plympton
1977, Animation, 4', USA
Video, English

Lucas, a young ear of corn, finds out about growing up, and the meaning of life.

LUMINARIS

by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2011, Animation, 6'20", Argentina
digital

In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.

Watch TRAILER!

Produced by JPZtudio

MANJI

by René Mohandas
2001, Drama, 9'30", UK
S16mm, English

A family struggles to keep its business alive. Nothing helps like a little imagination!

MATCH

by Jeff Nassenstein
2003, Animation, 4 min, NL
video/35mm, no dialogue

Some buildings don't offer a comfortable environment for one-legged birds.
The feathery creatures are either too large or too small. There's no escape.
Even an egg isn't safe. A strong draft can blow it straight out of the building.
Our guide hops higher and higher through the large halls, unmoved by the sad scenes he meets. When he finally returns to the start, he is happy for a few seconds.

MARRIAGE

by BRAM SCHOUW
2005, Fiction, 7 min, The Netherlands
No dialogue, comedy

A bridal couple and their guests have to overcome a number of bizarre events until they can finally stand before the altar. At a high pace, one catastrophe speeds up to another one, all coming down to a rather anti-clerical ending.

Bram Schouw's showreel + Marriage online
Produced by Triomf

MARYLOU

by Todd Kurtzman & Danny Shorago
1996, Animation, 3'16", USA
16mm, English

Sexual tales of bravado through different realms.

MASS

by Diederik van Rooijen
2005, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, no dialogue

Don't dig into your past, you might not like what you find.

MERCEDES

by Mark de Cloe
2001, Drama, 11', NL
S16mm, Dutch

A one-night-stand turns into parenthood for this young couple. They decide, after

a brief moment of doubt, to have sex and conceive a baby. In the nine hours that follow they experience every stage involved in having a baby and all the associated emotions: embarrassment, curiosity, desire, lust, unity, disgust, doubt, attraction, trust, intimacy, jealousy, rejection, fear, and loneliness. This one night represents, above all else, love.

METALSTASIS

by Matthew Hood
2001, Animation, 7'48", UK
Beta, No dialogue

A mechanical man finds his routine life disturbed by illness from an unusual source.

METRO

by Eric Steegstra
1999, Puppets, 14', NL
35mm, No dialogue

After a football match, rioting hooligans flood the city.

Watch film here!

MILAH

by YANI
2007, Drama, 17', NL
35mm, Czech/German

In 1952 Milah is forced to flee his hometown of Pilzen to secure the secret recipe that has been in his family for years. His escape will change his life forever.

Produced by HAZAZAH

MOET & CHANDON

by Mark de Cloe
1999, Poetical, 8', NL
35mm, English

At the end of a wedding the bridegroom and the waitress have a little flirt. Based on a poem by E.E. Cummings.

MORE SEX AND VIOLENCE

by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue

The sequel to 'Sex'! Some of these gags push the limits of good taste even further...

MORTEL

by Remco Polman
2006, animation, 5', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A little man discovers the life behind his walls.

Produced by Mooves

NESSUN DORMA

by James Dunnison
1998, Music, 3'30", Canada
Beta, Music

The aria performed by tenor Richard Margison. And funny as well.

NEVER TRUST A COW

by Nathalie Percillier
2003, Comedy, 5', Germany
35mm, German

A cow is standing on a lush meadow in bright sunshine. This could be such a nice day... If we weren't in a movie! The cow is the worst actress walking the earth, the director an idiot picking at everybody and at the end of the day it's Ute who gets sacked, although she's done nothing but trying to harmonize the set. Call that fair!

NEW NEIGHBOURS

by Anita McGee
1999, Comedy, 6'45", Canada
No dialogue

A woman's calm, relaxed life of tea and books is suddenly disrupted when new neighbours move in. This film is about better sex next door.

Produced by Kickham East Productions

NIGHTBITER

by Chris Mitchell
2002, Thrillerish, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

Parent's love is not always what it seems when you get a brother or sister.

NIGHTSWIMMING

by Dominic LeClerc
2009, Gay, 14', UK
HD, English

NO NOSE BLUES

by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 4'20", USA
35mm, English

A nosey music short.

NOSEHAIR

by Bill Plympton
1994, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue

This epic battle between a man and his nasal follicle escalates to world-war proportions.

NOTEBOOK

by Evelien Lohbeck
2008, Animation, 4'52", NL
DVcam, no dialogue

Expectations are challenged in this short experimental film which plays with illusions and reality.

See also: www.evelienlohbeck.com

OBLIGATO

by Wip Vernooij
2005, Animation, 3', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A music piece à la Fantasia, only much much shorter!

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

by Bill Plympton
1988, Animation, 7'50", USA
35mm, English

What would it be like to live the most violent and accident-filled day imaginable?

ORFEO & EURYDICE

by Barbara Willis Sweete & David New
1998, Music, 3 ', Canada
Beta, Music

Dance performed by Andrew Kelley and Jeannette Zingg.

PARKING

by Bill Plympton
2002, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue

Don't park you car there!!

PAS DE CHAIRS

by Annick Vroom
1995, Dance, 7 min, NL
35mm, No dialogue

A short mixing dance, music, animation & filmtechniques.

PICTURE THIS!

by Michiel van Jaarsveld
2004, Humor, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

The clumsy Karel (17) buys an exceptional mobile phone; there is a whole new world for him. Making contact with his favourite model is easier than ever, but that is not really true.

PIGLETS

by Luc Feit
1998, Gayish, 3min, Germany
35mm, No dialogue

Two guys, a grandmother and two piglets.

PIZZA DI MARIO

by Saskia Pauw
2005, Animation, 3', NL
video, no dialogue

It's man vs. pizza in this saucy short that'll make you say, "dough!".

WATCH THIS FILM!!

THE PLACE

by Jakob Halldorsson
2009, Drama / Gayish, 22', Iceland
RED, Icelandic

A promising high school kid is unjustly sent to the notorious youth prison of Iceland where he faces increasingly severe abuses from the head guard who is determined to brake his spirit.

WATCH TRAILER HERE!

MORE INFO

PLYMPMANIA

by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, English

The best wacky surreal pieces, made for the Fox TV show "The Edge".

PLYMPTOONS

by Bill Plympton
1990, Animation, 6'45", USA
35mm, No dialogue

The strangest gag cartoons inspired on his work for Rolling Stone, Playboy, Penthouse and National Lampoon.

PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT

by Dominic LeClerc
2009, Gay, 15', UK
HD, English

PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 6'30", USA
35mm, No dialogue

This madcap escaltion of physical humor and violent brutality was inspired on Laurel and Hardy.

QUEEN'S PARK STORY

by Barney Cokeliss
1998, Drama, 10', UK
35mm, English

Urban fairytale about an ice cream-seller who turns to the local animals for advice on love.

RAGS & BONES

by Sytske Kok
2005, Drama, 7', NL
35mm, Dutch

A sharp edged dark tale for winter evenings, with a Morningstar, two doves and the circle of life...

produced by Armadillofilm

RAFAS RULES

by YANI
2007, Comedy, 15', NL
35mm, Dutch

Poor Rafas has a dull job, no wife and no money to send back home to his complaining mother. But when he visits an African medicin man, suddenly fortune is on his side.

YANI's Showreel

Produced by HAZAZAH

RED-END and the seemingly symbiotic society

by Robin Noorda and Bethany de Forest
2009, Animation, 15', NL
35 mm, 4K DCP, HDCAM, Digibeta, no dialogue

Ants gather sugar cubes in an icy marl cave in order to build a big palace. This turns out to be a nursery to cultivate larvae. These grubs reveal themselves as bizarre, marching gluttons. The ant Red-end is different and tries an experiment…

Produced by Rocketta Film

o Holland Animation Film Festival 2009, Utrecht/Netherlands – MovieSquad Award

o Cinanima Animation Film Festival 2009, Espinho/Portugal - Best Short Film

o Animated Dreams Festival 2009, Tallinn/Estonia - Braintap Award

o Premiers Plan d’Angers 2010, Angers/France – Audience Award

RED RAIN

by Matthijs van Heijningen.Jr
1996, Thriller, 14', NL
35mm, Dutch

A woman in a broken car on a dark country road. A tribute to Hitchcock.

REFLECMENT

by Dennis Bots
1996, Thriller, 8', NL
Cinemascope, Dutch

Three kids in a basement try to get in touch with a ghost.

RESTROOM
(Au Café Romand)

by Richard Szotyori
2008, Comedy - , 9 min, CH
35mm, French

Action Light Prize & Cinema e Gioventù Prize Locarno 2008

Grégoire meets his future parents in law in a restaurant, but feeling uncomfortable, he escapes to the restroom with absurd results.

Produced by Louise Productions

RITA KOELING

by Hubert Pouille
2002, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

An 11 year old shy guy falls madly in love with his classmate.

R.I.P.

by Jan Doense
2001, Horror/Comedy, 7', NL
35mm, No dialogue

A woman and her dead husband have a close encounter.

ROAD

by Daniel Bruce
2007, Thriller, 9', NL
35mm, Dutch

When a young woman encounters a stranger one dark night as she is drinving home, she is forced to fight desperately for her own life.

Produced by Lev Pictures

ROADKILL

by Jeroen Annokkée
2002, Comedy, 5', NL
35mm, no dialogue

Hitting a duck can be funny!

Produced by IDTV FILM

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ROSALINDA

by Rogier Hesp
2010, drama, 10 min, The Netherlands
35mm, dutch

14 year old Jelle escapes into the world of hardcore music because he doesnt want to deal with the situation at home. His father, an organ player, finds this hard to cope with.

SAHARA

by Ineke Houtman
2007, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

After a wild one-night-stand with a thirty year younger guy, the 49-yo Laura realizes that she has to change her life.

Produced by Waterland Film & TV

SALE

by Nicole van Kilsdonk
2003, Drama, 9', NL
35mm, Dutch

While shopping Judith is challenged to submit to her desires when she stares into the face of the man of her dreams.

SALTBATTLE

by Ron Termaat
2001, Comedy, 5'15", NL
Cinemascope, No dialogue

Annoyed with his inability to pick up the salt shaker from the table if a trendy restaurant a man tries to wrench it off inconspicuously. Eventually he loses patience and brazenly attacks the shaker, attracting the attention of all the guests in the restaurant. The ensuing commotion alarms the chef who attempts to restore order. Unabashed, the hero demonstrates that he will stop at nothing to put salt in his soup.

SAND

by Joost van Ginkel
2008, Drama, 21', NL
Digital Video, Dutch

Luuk is a truckdriver who seems to be a goodhearted father for his daughter Isabel. After Luuk divorced his wife Karen, Isabel lives with
her mother. Whenever Luuk has the chance he takes Isabel to the
sea or for a ride in his Truck which only carries sand. On one of those occasions Luuk discovers the horrific reason why Isabel is so quiet that day. From that moment on Luuk has to cope with a new and unexpected situation. Luuk kidnaps his daughter to protect her but he slowly loses control. Zand is a compelling and romantic story about Luuk and his daughter Isabel who both like the feel of sand.

Selected for the Venice International Film Festival 2008

SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS

by Bill Plympton
2008, Animation, 4 min, USA
35mm, narrated by Matthew Modine

We all think of Santa as "Jolly ole St.Nick". But who knew that he has a dark hidden past that's very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores Santa's flirtation with politics and greed.

SARAH AND HE

by Anne de Clerq
2007, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

At a turning point in her relationship with Steven, Sarah sees her own life reflected in four other couples. Must she continue her relationship with Steven or choose her own independence? Sometimes the choices that lay ahead are just a blown lash away.

Produced by IJswater Films

SEX AND VIOLENCE

by Bill Plympton
1997, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, No dialogue

These quick, 20-second gag shorts push the boundaries of good taste and bad humor.

SHOCKING BLUE

by Paul Ruven
1993, Sexy, 16'30", NL
35mm, English

A woman discovers a porn-video which confronts her with a lot of questions: Why do mean (and women) like porn?

SHUT-EYE HOTEL

by Bill Plympton
2007, Animation, 7 min, USA
35mm, no dialogue

A film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become victims of this evil force. What "Jaws" did to swimming, "Shut-eye Hotel" will do for sleeping.

SMELL THE FLOWERS

by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, No dialogue

A busy executive gets a visit from a nature loving bird and introduces the harried office worker to the joys of flora and fauna, with a surprise ending.

SCHNEIDER'S 2nd STAGE

by Phil Stoole
2000, Thriller, 17', U.K.
35mm, English

Joe (Kenneth Branagh), having driven for hours finds himself in a field in the middle of nowhere. He has no idea what forces have conspired to bring him to this place or why.

The shrill ringing of a mobile phone shatters the silence, the voice on the other end of the phone tells Joe to take a look in the back of his car.

What he finds there is just the beginning of a nightmare from which he may never escape and what he finds in the forest across the dark waters of the lake will change his life forever.

SMALL

by Sanne Vogel
2011, fiction..., 7 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch

Noortje, a 12-year old girl, experiences her first massage ever. She is not prepared to feel the hands of a stranger on her skin yet.

Produced by IDTV

SOAPY SOAPY SAMBA

by Mark Yardas
1993, Sexy, 13'30", USA
16mm, English

A 30 year old guy, still living with his partens, fantasizes on his birthday a tropical escape from his bizarre home life.

SOLA

by Kevin J. Cottam
2001, Dance/Doc, 25', Canada
Beta, English

Alvin Erasga takes us on a three-part journey through his world of dance.

SPRING

by Hong Khaou 
2011, Gay, 13', UK
HD, English

SREDNI VASHTAR

by Angela M. Murray
2003, Drama, 10 min, U.K.
S16mm, English

Based on the short story by Edwardian writer H.H. Munro, Sredni Vashtar is a chilling, gothic fairy tale. After the death of his parents, twelve year old Conradin is sent to live with his strict aunt in the Scottish highlands. Her world is a stark contrast to the warm colourful life conradin has left behind. Fuelled by growing hatred, Conradin creates Sredni Vashtar - a vicious, glorious God of everything his aunt opposes.

STATIC

by Jeff Gettinger
1996, Comedy, 16', USA
35mm, English

Stuck on a land mine somewhere in iraqi Desert please send help please!!

STICKY DOUGH

by Nathalie Percillier
2000, Comedy/Gay, 7'30", Germany
35mm, German

A girl is having a hard time getting to grips with bakery machines.

STREET NOISE

by Jonathan Herman
1997, Jazz, 5x5', NL
Beta, Music

Shot on various locations in Amsterdam, performed by 5 most successful young Dutch jazz artists.

SUCCESS

by Diederik Ebbinge
2008, Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

Jos starts his day like any other, with one difference: he has to give a presentation.

Produced by IDTV FILM

SUGAR

by Jeroen Annokkeé
2010, Comedy, 8 min, The Netherlands
35mm, English

SELECTED FOR CLERMONT-FERRAND 2011

When Bert's sexy neighbour pops in to borrow some sugar, a regular situation with a potentially sexual outcome turns instead into his worst nightmare.

Produced by Lev Pictures

SUMMER

by Hong Khaou 
2006, Gay, 9', UK
35mm, English

SUMMER BUMMER

by Bill Plympton
2011, Animation, 2 min, USA
Digital, No dialogue

A man about to go swimming imagines what horrors cold be lurking deep in the waters of his backyard pool.

SURPRISE CINEMA

by Bill Plympton
1999, Animation, 7'30", USA
35mm, No dialogue

An outrageous parody of "Candid Camera" featuring, among others wacky stunts, a man having sex with an octopus.

SWIMMING PARADISE

by Lodewijk Crijns
2009, Comedy, 10', NL
Super 16, Dutch

Anne & Lotte are having a perfect day at the swimming pool, or not?

Produced by BOSBROS

TALMEN

by Stijn van Santen
2002, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

An infatuated couple's questioning about making love leads to an unexpected end.

TANGERINE

by Coline Hough
2001, Drama, 9'06", UK
S16mm, English

After a life of working on a suspension brdige, a man must adjust to retirement.

TANGO SCHMANGO

by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 2'04", USA
35mm, No dialogue

A haunting tango song inspiring this dancing couple to try steps and moves that Fred and Ginger never imagined.

TANTALUS

by Kevin J. Cottam
1998, Dance, 7', Canada
35mm, No dialogue

Dance performed and choreographed by David Pressault.

TEA

by Barney Cokeliss
1997, Comedy, 3'15", UK
35mm, English

Britain's most favorite traditions: tea & masturbation.

THAT OLD ONE

by James Henry
2002, Comedy/Thriller, 10', U.K.
S16mm, English

Tom makes his way home after a one night stand, when he discovers his wedding ring is missing.

THE 7 BROTHERS

by Paul & Kaj Driessen
2008, Animation, 12'20", NL
35mm, No dialogue

Once upon a time there were seven brothers who wandered through the streets of their village, looking for inspiration for fairy tales.
The ideas they came up with, however, didn't look much like the traditional fairy tales we are used to.
At home, the brothers wrote their stories down, unaware of their shortcomings.
But then they heard their last tale being acted out next door, quite differently from the way they had written it.....
The brother's wanderings are shown in live action; the fairy tales are animated.

THE AROMA OF TEA

by Michael Dudok de Wit
2006, Animation, 3, NL
35mm, No dialogue

By the animator of the 2001 Oscar winner! Father and Daughter

A small shape travels purposefully and rhythmically towards its final destination.

Other titles by the filmmaker: Tom Sweep

THE BEAST

by Rhoderyc Charles Montgomery
1995, Dance, 12', USA
Cinemascope, English

A chilling courtroom vignette set in the near future, starring an intelligent chimpanzee who stands trial.

THE BENCH

by Jean-Francois Bernier
1999, Comedy, 6'20", Canada
35mm, No dialogue

Unspoken quirks and quibbles on a park bench.

THE CALM AFTER THE STORM

by Harrie Verbeek
2011, drama, 9 min, The Netherlands
HD, dutch

When Anna is told her boyfriend was killed during a Tsunami, her heart and the time stands still.

Produced by Armadillo Film

THE CHALLENGE TO DEATH

by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2002, Animation, 3'20, Argentina
digital, English

For the very first time in front of a camera, Fahaki Ayunanda introduces his all body into a blender and assures that he will remain alive after turning it on.

Produced by JPZtudio

THE CHINESE WALL

by Sytske Kok
2002, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

Don't jump to conclusions based on some observations in this Chinese Restaurant!

THE DARK

by Gareth Love
2001, Animation, 7'12", UK
Beta, English

The times are changing, even for an old bogeyman, as his apprentice demonstrates. His drinking pals - a squeamish vampire, a tooth fairy who has seen better days and a redundant ghost - have some problems of their own.

THE DRIVING TEST

by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab
2005, Comedy, 8', NL
35mm, Dutch

The good result of Diana's driving test is threatened by the examiner's escalating argument with his wife.

THE END OF THE ROAD

by Keith Thomson
1998, Thriller, 10', USA
Don't know, English

A suspicious hitchhiker is picked up by an elderly woman. They go the the end of the road.

THE EXCITING LIFE OF A TREE

by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue

What does life look like from a tree's point of view?

THE FAN AND THE FLOWER

Directed Animated by Bill Plympton
Written by Dan O'Shannon
Narrated by Paul Giamatti
2005, Animation, 7 min, USA
35mm / video

An ill fated and unconsummated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending. A very atypical Bill Plympton film.

THE HELPLINE

by Keith Thomson
1994, Animation, 2'30", USA
Beta, English

Call this line if you are desperate and suicidal.

THE LAST LAUGH

by Robert Harders
1994, Comedy, 12'50', USA
35mm, English

A comedy set in a mortuary. Elaine and Louise come to pay their respects to the deceased - a woman they both hate.

THE LIZARD WHOMPER

by T. Reid Norton
1996, Animation, 2'15", USA
Beta, No dialogue

Don't eat before you see this!

THE LOOK

by Todd Kessler
1995, Drama, 9', USA
35mm, No dialogue

A girl has an adventure after school.

THE NAIL

by Benedikt Erlingsson
2008, Comedy, 15'33", Iceland
HDcam, Icelandic

Inside every man is an animal waiting to act out. It takes only an accident to release it.

THE PERIWIG MAKER

by Steffen Schaeffler
1999, Animation, 14'42", Germany
35mm, English

2001 Oscar nomination

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, this medieval story moves you from start to end.

THE RUNNER

by John Trapman
2000, Drama, 10', NL
Beta, Dutch

A quiet Sunday afternoon is about to turn into a disaster as one year old Niki struggles for her life.

THE SINK

by Tiago Guedes
1999, Thriller, 16', Portugal
35mm, Portugese

The one and only sink with a view!!

THE SLAP

by Tamara Hernandez
1996, Comedy, 7 min, USA
16mm, English

All he wanted was a kiss; she wanted something more.

THE SUITCASE
(La Valise)

by Kaveh Bakhtiari
Action Light Prize & Cinema e Gioventù Prize Locarno 2008
2007, Drama - , 12 min, CH
35mm, French

After a 50 years marriage, Jeanne is about to leave for a three weeks holiday on her own. Her husband doesn't like the idea and locks her in the bathroom...

Produced by Louise Productions

THE WISEMAN

by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 4'45", USA
35mm, English

One of Bill's most bizarre short films.

THE WITNESS

by Erik de Bruyn
2006, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

A confused witness of a murder tries to remember the perpetrator.

Produced by IJswater Films

THREADED

by Mark Forstmann
1999, Drama, 12'45", Australia
35mm, English

Sometimes there is only a thin thread that keeps us from breaking!

THREE THINGS I'VE LEARNED

by Lory Smith
1994, Comedy, 5', USA
35mm, English

A little film about some of life's big lessons.

TOM SWEEP

by Michael Dudok de Wit
1994, Animation, 3, NL
35mm, No dialogue

By the animator of the 2001 Oscar winner! Father and Daughter

Exploring the rough business of rubbish collection!

Other titles by the filmmaker: The Aroma of Tea

TONINO

by Michiel van Jaarsveld
2002, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Italian

A wannabe photographer gets the assignment of his life, which turns into a fun story.

TURKISH CHICK

by Lodewijk Crijns
2006, Black Comedy, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

Teenage skateboarder Fokko is attracted by a sensual headscarf-wearing girl.

Produced by Motel Films

UNSEEN

by Boris Paval Conen
2007, Drama, 10', NL
35mm, Dutch

The life of blind Mara seems to be completely under control. She even managed to turn her handicap into an advantage. Until she falls in love with Jonah. Her view on the world loses balance. Non-blinds always say that love is blind, but is that equivalent for a blind person?

Produced by IJswater Films

VALUES

by Van Phan
2000, Animation, 5', USA
16mm, English

A father and son struggle with their relationship over the years: expectations, disappointments, approval an disaproval, and of course love.

VANDALEN

by Simon Steuri
Clermont-Ferrand 2009
2008, Gay, 17 min, CH
German

The difficult balancing of two young graffity artists trying to live their love without betraying what is closest to their heart: painting.

Produced by École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
Schweizer Fernsehen

VIOLET

by Kevin J. Cottam
2002, Dance, 8', Canada
35mm, No dialogue

Violet indeed!!

WAITING FOR SAILOR

by Bill Plympton
2011, Animation, 30" sec, USA
Digital, No dialogue

Waiting for her sailor to return home, a woman on a cliff watches closely as a ship approaches.

WISE GUYS

by Adrian McDowall
2003, Comedy, 10 min, U.K.
S16mm, English

As far back as he can remember, William has wanted to be a gangser. When his paper round turns into a racket, he gets his wish. Along with his older brother Michael and their friend Bobby, he is soon living like a made guy. Just like in the gangster films William loves, things quickly get out of control.

WITNESS

by Paul Ruven
1994, Drama, 7', NL
35mm, English

A woman witnesses a murder and has to stand trial.

WRESTLING

by Grimur Hakonarson
Selected at Sundance & Clermont-Ferrand 2008!
2007, Drama / Gay, 21', Iceland
35mm, Icelandic

Denni is a tunnel-maker and Einar is a farmer, and both practise the sport of Icelandic wrestling, which allows them to escape their daily routine and to express their true selves.

Awards:

Honorary Mention in Locarno Film Festival 2007
Honorary Mention in Nordisk Panorama 2007
The Icelandic Academy Award "Eddan" - Best Short 2007
Third prize in short film competition in Alcine Film Festival 2007
Best European Short in Brest European Short Film Festival 2007

YOUR FACE

by Bill Plympton
1987, Animation, 3'10", USA
35mm, English

Oscar nominated in 1987

As a second-rate crooner sings about the beauties of his lover's face, his own face metamorphosizes into the most surreal shapes and contortions possible.

ZAP

by Paul Ruven
1994, Comedy, 16', NL
35mm, English

Switching channels has never been more fun!