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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

JACCO'S FILM

by Daan Bakker

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

SELECTED FOR BERLIN 2010

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

Produced by NFTVA

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

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

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

PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT

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

Daz is looking for love. Saleem is looking for sex. Cruising at an underground archway, these two worlds collide. Back at Daz' bedsit, Saleem embarks on a dangerous, thrilling sexual adventure. Both characters’ disparate worlds overlap and collide to tell a tale of loneliness and longing in a city late at night.

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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!

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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
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